Lucas backs campaign to defeat Norris disclosed
Robert H. Lucas executive director of the Republican National Committee testified before the Senate campaign funds committee that he ordered Nebraska campaign literature against Senator Norris. He said the $1,237 cost came from regular Nebraska Republicans worried Norris, a Republican independent, would win. Lucas called the money a personal contribution to defeat Norris due to his opposition to Coolidge and Hoover.
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Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nebraska
Norris
Jakas
Coolidge
Hoover
Tragic Fogbound Collision Kills 45 Aboard Oberon
In heavy fog the Finnish liner Oberon and Arcturus collided off Laso Island. Oberon sinks with 45 dead including 17 passengers. Arcturus saves 86, with 36 Oberon survivors aboard. Brothers captains Eris and Ossi Hjelt commanded the two ships. Rescue attempts continue amid thick fog and injured passengers needing medical aid.
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Copenhagen
Oberon
Cattegat
Laso Island
Arcturus
Eris Hjelt
Ossi Hjelt
String Of Charges Grow Against Negro
Norfolk police arrested Ollie Dawson alias Dorson after the murder of J. T. Howe. Dawson admitted presence at the slaying but named Willie Murry as the killer. Murry unlocated. Dawson also confessed to killing W. J. Brickhouse and faces multiple charges including robbery, assault, and felonious murder. Howe’s body was found in Princess Anne county amid a violent assault and shooting.
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Norfolk
Ollie Dawson
Dorson
J. T. Howe
Princess Anne County
Dawson
Howe
Willie Murry
Murry
Greenwich Station
J. W. Brickhouse
H. P. Roberts
Ohio Creek
Roberts
New Haven
Conn
Gardner Cuts State Debt With $9.48 Million Reduction
Governor O Max Gardner continues debt reduction for North Carolina. He reports $4 899 844 bond payment on New Year’s Day with $1 650 000 reducing bonded debt and $3 249 844 for semi annual interest. Over the 18 months in office he directs $9 482 640 to debt reduction, net debt down by $7 512 640. He aims to avoid any new debt and notes total bonded indebtedness near $160 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
New York
General Assembly
Senate OKs 116 Million Public Works Bill for Immediate Use
The Senate passed an emergency 116 million public works bill to be available upon Hoover's signature. Funds will fund road, waterways and public building projects nationwide with most spent before July 1. The measure followed receding from three amendments and aims to provide job relief amid drought actions and other emergency measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoover
LaFollette
Wiseconsin
Walsh
Congress
White House
Testimony Ties Lucas to Nebraska Literature Order
Senate campaign funds committee hears that Robert H. Lucas of the Republican National Committee ordered and financed October literature urging defeat of Senator Norris in Nebraska and supporting Hitchcock. Charles I. Stengle accuses Lucas of directing the order to Elmer B. Stevenson via John M. Fetters of Omaha, with distribution unclear and under investigation.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Republican National Committee
Nye
Robert H. Lucas
George W. Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Lucas
Republican National Organization
Charles I. Stengle
Congress
New York
National Farm News
John F. Blackwell
Independent Publishing Company
Farm
Blackwell
Stengle
John M. Fetters
Omaha
Willingdon Named Viceroy of India in 1931
London December 20 The governor general of Canada Viscount Willingdon will become viceroy of India when Lord Irwin retires in March 1931 The appointment surprised most Britons as Ram say MacDonald had been seen as a likely choice Willingdon who governed Bombay 1913 1919 and Madras 1919 1924 is noted for conciliatory leadership and faces a difficult task amid widespread nationalist unrest and disturbances in India and suppression reports.
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London
Canada
Viscount Willington
India
Lord Irwin
Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Lord Willingdon
Bombay
Madras
Remembering every child at Christmas Eve
Poem fragment urges remembering the needy during Christmas. It laments forgotten sums that could buy a spinning top, a doll, or a crimson drum, hoping no child’s heart grieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Welshimer
Heiress Adele Ryan Sued for Alienation of Husband
Adele Ryan heiress to Thomas Fortune Ryan’s estate faces a $500000 suit alleging she seduced Robert Johnston away from his wife Muriel Johnston. The case cites four years of pursuit across Europe and New York with gifts and travel. Mrs Johnston seeks divorce to allow Johnston to wed the heiress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adele Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Muriel Johnston
State Supreme Court
Miss Ryan
Robert Johnston
Greenwich Village
Ryan
Johnston
Riviera
London
Night Life Club
Prince of Wales
Johnstons
Mrs. Johnston
Boston
Charity Show at Broadhurst Theater Show
Tomorrow afternoon at three o clock the Broadhurst theater presents William Haines in Remote Control a charity showing for The Enterprise Empty Stocking Fund. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy drama features Haines as a one man radio staffer and announcer in a plot centered on bank robberies and clairvoyant readings with a suspenseful chase to catch the criminals.
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William Haines
Broadhurst
Charity
Broadhurst Theater
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Haines
Kruger
Special Officers Named To Trace Rumors About Banks
Gastonia December 20. Solicitor John G. Carpenter announced that circulators of rumors harming banking reputations will be prosecuted. Police chiefs in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties and two sheriffs will hire plain clothesmen to detect spreaders. Rumor circulation about bank solvency violates state law and has endangered banks through runs.
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Gastonia
John G. Carpenter
14Th Judicial District
Mecklenburg
Gaston
Carpenter
North Carolina
Two Goldsboro Banks Fail to Open in Goldsboro North Carolina
Two Goldsboro banks under G. A. Norwood management closed for depositors' protection. National Bank of Goldsboro held 382150.30 in deposits and 623663.74 resources. Goldsboro Savings and Trust 226413.53 in deposits and 286491.72 resources. Norwood sr. predicted liquidation at 100 cents on the dollar. Other local banks said depositors remained calm and business was normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
National Bank of Goldsboro
Goldsboro Savings and Trust Company
G. A. Norwood
Thomas H. Norwood
John Norwood
The
Norwood
Senegalese soldier dies after siege and murder spree
Beenda, a Senegalese soldier at Fort Serrat in Perpignan, killed three people and wounded four before taking 2,000 troops hostage. He shot himself during the standoff, as officers leveled the barricade with bombs and tear gas. The body was found in a subterranean vault with his rifle beside him.
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Perpignan
France
Beenda
Fort Serrat
High Point Man Robbed After Helping Youth on Visit
Jesse Lee of High Point North Carolina told police in Washington that after sharing coffee and feeding a hungry youth he hosted him in his hotel room. He woke to find both the youth and his $107 missing, the article notes.
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High Point
Lad
Washington
Jesse Lee
N. C
Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Carolina Considers New Central Prison at Cary Farm
A state prison commission sub committee urges Cary prison farm as site for a new central prison and calls for a parole system with proper administration and inmate employment facilities. The seven recommendations summarize an 18 page report on reforming North Carolina’s penal system and may shape legislation this session.
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Raleigh
Cary
Special Prison Commission
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
Howard W. Odum
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Professor Odum
General Assembly
Cary Farm
War Department allotment speeds intra coastal waterway work
Washington December 20 War Department allocated 550009 dollars to accelerate the construction program on the intra coastal waterway from Jacksonville to Miami.
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Washington
Jacksonville
Miami
War Department
London Silver Prices and Money Rates Report
Silver in London at 145 1 2 cents per ounce. Money rate 7 percent. Discount on short bills 2 1 2 percent, 90 days 2 1 4 percent, three months 2 1 4 percent.
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London
Scientist Borchardt Feared Dead In Merapi Volcano
In Batavia on December 20, Professor Werner Borchardt of the Hamburg Tropical Institute, aged about 30, vanished during a Merapi eruption in Sumatra while attempting to observe lava emanations. One native assistant fled, the other stayed with him until the blast. both fled to a valley and the professor disappeared over a cliff. Troops searched but found no trace. the other native was injured. Borchardt had been loaned to the Medan institute for research on blood temperature relations.
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Batavia
Java
Werner Borchardt
Hamburg
Merapi
Sumatra
Borchardt
Hamburg Institute
Medan
Tar Heel Student Ordained At Rome
Patrick Gallagher of Raleigh North Carolina was among 27 American students at the American College in Rome ordained priests at St John Lateran. The five years of study culminated in the morning ceremony and they will celebrate their first masses Sunday.
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Rome
Patrick Gallagher
Raleigh
N. C
American College
Church of St. John Lateran
Two Bodies Sought In Savannah River
In Allendale South Carolina two men missing after a logging camp boat sank in swift water as rescue crews search along both South Carolina and Georgia banks. Farrell Smith of Grays Jasper county and Albert Claybourne a Savannah Georgia man remain unaccounted for after the incident. three others were saved.
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Allendale
S. C
Savannah River
South Carolina
Georgia
Farrell Smith
Grays
Jasper County
Albert Claybourne
Savannah
Drought Relief Funds Not Needed Before Holidays
Washington December 20 The agriculture department advised the House Appropriations Committee that it would not be necessary to appropriate the 45 6 million dollars for drought relief before the Christmas holidays. Chairman Wood said funds would be available soon after the holidays due to preliminary work required for loan dispensation. Authorization for the fund was voted by Congress yesterday and now goes to President Hoover for signature.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Wood
Congress
Hoover
No Extra Session For World Court
President Hoover will not call an extra Senate session to consider the world court. Only failure to enact key appropriation bills might trigger such a session. Republicans worry about pressure to summon a special session to back world court adherence.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Senate
World Court
Congress
Balbo Signals Return to Cartagena Fleet in Weather Break
General Italo Balbo reached Cartagena with three ships after a weather break, joining eight planes that rode out the storm. If skies clear, the squadron will launch tomorrow for Kienitra Morocco, continuing their Brazil flight.
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Cartagena
Spain
Italo Balbo
Italy
Brazil
Balearic Isles
Kienitra
Mrocco
Bilbo Advocates Bathing For Newsmen In Interview
Governor T. G. Bilbo returned from a week at his Poplarville pecan orchard with strong views on cleanliness. He greeted reporters from a tub of hot water, soap in hand, cigar in mouth, saying he favors bathing and even suggests it for newspapermen to keep columns clean.
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Jackson
Miss
T. G. Bilbo
Poplarville
Fresno parachute jumper sets new free fall record
George Sallee of Fresno is credited by a defense department report with a new official free fall record. He fell 8,625 feet before his parachute opened during a Armistice era test.
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Fresno
Cal
George "Sallee
Department of Commence
Sallee
Christmas shopping rush narrows time for plan ahead
The notice urges quick action to finish shopping lists before stores close. It advises planning beforehand to ease the process for shoppers and sales staff, and notes extra days may be available if needed.
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Campaign Funds Committee
G. O. P. National Committee
Iene
Scandinavian
Max Gardner
Willingdon
New Central Prison
State
Professor Borchardt
Crater
Bilbo
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