Lucas Statement Spurs Rift in Republican Ranks
Charlotte youths report a sequence of claims about a Cramerton robbery and a rising split within the GOP over Lucas and Norris. The executive director of the Republican National Committee denounced Norris, urging party members to oust him for alleged disloyalty, while Norris defended adherence to the 1928 platform promoting agricultural parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Norri
Lucas
Republican National Committee
Cutting
Lincoln
Day Enforcement Report Nearing Completion on Prohibition
Washington officials say the law enforcement commission expects a decision in days on what to include in the prohibition report. With eleven members present, unanimous hopes persist though key points remain unresolved. The Clark decision on the eighteenth amendment is to be disregarded in the recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Supreme Court
William
Kenyon
Census Reports Urban and Rural Populations
The census bureau announced the U S urban population at 68,955,521 and rural population at 53,819,525. The 1930 urban share is 56.2 percent of 122,755,046 total, up from 51.4 percent in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Robber Takes Rest In Trade After Deli Heist
In Chicago on December 22 a robber calmly left with $113.13 from Morris Lieberman a delicatessen owner. The thief asked to settle the rest in trade and selected a sausage string before abandoning the scene, draping the sausages over Lieberman’s overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Morris Lieberman
Lieberman
Empty Stocking Fund reaches 2462.11 after charity show
The Enterprise Empty Stocking Fund total climbed to 2462.11 after yesterday’s charity picture show netted 106.84 from twenty-one contributions. With a 3000 goal by Wednesday noon, organizers urge more gifts to aid needy cases. note 497.90 is from a football game earnings, leaving 1964.21 raised so far. Five year old Shirley Redding contributed 6.39 from her savings, adding pennies and small bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Redding
Lyman Redding
West Broadstreet
Bank of Portugal Wins Damages Over Forged Notes
London report says the Bank of Portugal was awarded 531 851 pounds in damages against Waterlow and Sons for negligently printing Portuguese banknotes on forged contracts. The trial, a major English law case, lasted three weeks with witnesses from Portugal Holland and London and filled twenty volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of Portugal
Waterlow and Sons
Portugal
Holland
Dozen Injured in Monte Carlo Riot Over Prince Louis
Seven thousand residents rioted in Monte Carlo as Prince Louis arrived from Paris to protest the dissolution of national and municipal councils. Police and soldiers were driven back, dozens were arrested, and the army stood with bayonets in the public square as order returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Louis
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Louis of
Paris
Merapi Toll Put Between 300 and 400
Rotterdam dispatch reports the Merapi eruption in Central Java left between 300 and 400 dead. Most victims were farm workers near the volcano base overwhelmed by sudden lava avalanches. the volcano had been inactive for 80 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Merapi
Java
Rotterdam
Daily Mail
Yale Professor Urges Art of Living Equal to Golf Stance
Yale professor DrWilliam Lyon Phelps speaking in Augusta Georgia urges couples to devote as much care to the art of living as to perfecting a golf stance. He marks 28th anniversary as happiest and says he will retire to Augusta in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Augusta
William Lyon Phelps
Phelps
Power Board Faces Many Worries and Unclear Jurisdiction
Washington dispatch reports the new commission anxiously awaits its first meeting to set organizational date. George Otis Smith remains director of the geological survey and has not resigned. Members named include Garland, McNinch, Draper, and Williamson. Core issue is defining federal versus state authority while lacking guiding precedents. Reorganization of staff and replacements for key posts are anticipated. The Appalachian Power case on a New River project remains unresolved, inviting court action to settle power jurisdiction.
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Smith
Geological Survey
Ma Garland
Louisiana
Frank RB. McNinch
North Carolina
Claude L. Draper
Wyom
Ralph B. Williamson
Washington State
Reorganized Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Frank E. Bonner
Com Ks
Army
War Department
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River
Radford
Virginia
Christmas parole for 300 convicts in Alabama
Alabama state prisons opened to more than three hundred inmates for Christmas paroles. Fifteen day releases cover long serving prisoners with meritorious conduct. Governor Bibb Graves administration notes six of 300 did not return in prior years, none checked until parole expiry January 5. Hamp Draper cites about ten percent on murder terms among the group.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Hamp Draper
Draper
Heifetz Makes Record $15,000 for Radio Appearance
New York December 22. Thirty minutes on the radio earned Jascha Heifetz fifteen thousand dollars for a half hour program on WJZ and affiliated stations. The amount is reported as the highest ever paid for a single entertainer’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heifetz
New York
Jascha Heifetz
WJZ
Continuance Of Knox Receivership Sought In Greensboro
Federal court heard a report from C. M. Vanstory Jr. the Knox Furniture plant receiver. He shows assets of 1.497 million and liabilities of 1.497 million with a net loss of 89.3 thousand this year. J. W. Lambeth Jr. was named co receiver. both to report progress January 26 on reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
C. M. Vanstory, Jr
Knox Furniture Manufacturing Company
Federal District Court
Hayes
J. W. Lambeth, Jr
Thomasville
Vanstory
Contin Ae
Blast Snuffs Out Blazing Gusher in Oklahoma Well
In Wewoka Oklahoma the No 2 A B Douglas gas well in the Wewoka field was blown out by a 45 pound nitro gelatin charge after failed shooting attempts. The well at 150 feet high gushed gas and oil spraying a pumping station and highway, with a daily flow of about 60 million cubic feet of gas and 800 barrels of oil. Two Kinley brothers, fire eaters, set off the blast from a water protected edge. Officials expect one to three more charges may be needed to cap the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
Okla
Mid-Continent
Tulsa
M. M. Kinley
Harry Kinley
U. S. Highway No. 270
Here
Haldena
Deep Rock Corporation
Douglas
Morrison Says Senate Stay Felt Rewarding
Senator Cameron Morrison says his brief time in the U S Senate was enjoyable and he is glad to return home for Christmas. He noted awaiting committee assignments after the holiday and defended his independence and long record as a champion of North Carolina voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Charlotte
N. C
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Morrison
Clement Satterfield Kitchin Dies in Tarboro
Clement Satterfield Kitchin 28, son of the late Gov. W. W. Kitchin and legislator elect from Halifax County, died yesterday at Edgecombe General Hospital after six weeks of illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. at the Kitchin home in Scotland Neck. Survived by mother Musette Satterfield Kitchin and four sisters: Mrs. W. T. Joyner Raleigh, Mrs. E. La Travis Jr. Halifax, Mrs. G. S. Brown Concord, and Musette Kitchin Scotland Neck.
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Tarboro
Clement Satterfield Kitchin
W. W. Kitchin
Halifax County
Edgecombe General
Kitchin
Scotland
W. T. Joyner
Raleigh
E. la Travis, Jr
Halifax
G. 5. Brown
Concord
Musette Kitchin
Lewis Proposes Exile for Reformers and Reformer Sympathizers
Berlin dispatch reports Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis, upon arriving home, proposes exiling all reformers and those suspected of wanting to reform America. He jokes that such a rule would banish himself too, then clarifies the rule to exclude only those convicted of attempting reform.
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Berlin
Sinclair Lewis
America
Weather Serves Ends of Justice
Snow and cold may serve justice. A penniless man, Fred Payton, claimed he was wanted in Rockville Maryland for a store robbery. Sheriff Lockne McKenzie had no warrant and jailed him until Rockville officials could confirm.
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Salisbury
N. C
Lockne McKenzie
Fred Payton
Rockville
Maryland
Payton
McKenzie
Woman in Man’s Dress Tied to Bootlegging Ring
Gene Buck 26 from Peter’s Creek Va appeared in Kernersville in male attire with two five gallon cans of corn whiskey and five one gallon tins of pie brandy in her car. Officers found ten twenty dollar bills she offered to buy leniency. She was jailed in Winston Salem then released on 500 bond awaiting Kernersville hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
George Fontaine
Kernersville
Virginia
Gene Buck
Peter's Creek
Stuart
Fontaine
Winston- Salem
Fonteine
Insurgent Break Reported in Venezuela Southwest
Bogota dispatches say about 300 armed revolutionaries captured La Batera near Cu cuta Colombia killing the civil chief and burning the city hall. The clash draws counterclaims from Tachira officials while Gomez remains a powerful postwar figure.
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Bogota
Columbia
la Batera
Cucuta
San Cristobal
Tachira
Venezuela
Juan Bautista Perez
Juan Vicente Gomez
Lo Batera
Caracas
Republic
Fresh Florida Strawberries Reach New York by Air
A plane delivered 432 pints of outdoor grown Florida strawberries to New York from Wauchula, covering 1100 miles in 11 hours 50 minutes. Dudley Reed piloted the aircraft. Judge F G James represented the Florida Growers Association. A sample went to Mayor James J Walker, with most of the rest auctioned to a restaurant.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Florida
Wauchula
Philadelphia
Dudley Reed
F. G. James
Hardee County
Shepard Convicted of Wife Murder by Poisoning
Kansas City Kan December 22 Major Charles A Shepard was convicted today of fatally poisoning his second wife. The jury verdict imposed life imprisonment and ruled out capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
White youths and a thief linked to string of Cragr town robberies
Charlotte detectives recaptured two white youths after a gun battle with citizens in Cramerton and Cragrenton. A black suspect known as Overcoat fled capture from Charlotte two times previously. Merchandise recovered includes lighters and knives. wounded youths were treated for facial and lip injuries.
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John
Charlotte
Sistar
Crawford
Biddleville
Gaston
Seanne
Cramerton
W. A. Bloodworth
Cers
Hoover Signs $150 Million Farm Board Appropriation
President Hoover today signed the bill appropriating 150 million dollars for the Farm Board. Congress enacted the appropriation Saturday, completing part of the 500 million dollar revolving fund authorized for farm relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Farm Board
Congress
Boyd’s
Deliver Dynamite To Beaufort County
A shipment of 11,500 pounds of dynamite 10,700 blasting caps and 10,400 feet of fuse was delivered to Beaufort county farmers during the past week for removing stumps and boulders from land now in cultivation, report E P Welch county farm agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. C
Dee
Beaufort County
E. P. Welch
Greensboro Youth Killed by Train
Worth Moore aged 20 a textile worker was struck and killed by a Southern railroad train north of Greensboro early today. His body was found by a section crew.
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Greensboro
N. C
Worth Moore
Southern Railroad
Two Days Left for Last Minute Christmas Gifts
With only two days remaining shoppers are urged to act now for Christmas purchases. The guidance emphasizes timely buying and notes two remaining chances to complete gifts before the holiday.
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Norris
National Party
Elizabeth Evans Hughes
William Thomas Gossett
Hughes
Power Board
New Commission
Seon
George Otis Smith
Knox
Oklahoma
Cam Morrison
Clement S. Kitchin
Lewis
Rosita Moreno
Orville Mohler
University of Southern California
Hollywood
Miss Moreno
Mohler
Shepard
Walter
Frank Crawford
Gaston County
Gaston Cers
Aea
Lin
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