Ten Deaths in Holiday Accidents Across State
The holiday toll includes at least 12 injured and 10 dead from highway and grade crossing crashes. Victims named include Mrs. Lillie Renfrow and Marie Bass near Wilson, R. L. Smith and son near Sanford, Mamie Forbes near Rocky Mount, Sam Bradford and son Carl of Sanford, Billie Barber near Raleigh, Ray Lomax of Monroe, and Edgar W. Candler Jr. of Buncombe County. An accidental rifle discharge killed Candler, while others died in crashes near Wilson and Sanford.
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Lillie Renfrow
Marie Bass
Wilson
R. L. Smith
R. L. Smith, Jr
Sanford
Mise Mamie Forbes
MacClesfield
Rocky Mount
Sam Bradford
Carl
Billie Barber
Angier
Ray Lomax
Monroe
Edgar W. Candler, Jr
Buncombe County
Buck Gudger
Renfrow
Bass
Mr. Smith
Bradford
Barber
Raleigh
Lomax
Commission Gins McNinch Surprised by Dismissals
North Carolina member Frank R. McNinch of the power commission expressed surprise at the dismissal of Solicitor Charles A. Russell and Chief Engineer William V. King. He noted expectations of no meeting before January and protested staff changes made in his absence. The action drew protest from the Independent Republican faction in the senate, with threats to seek reconsideration of Smith, Garland and Draper confirmations.
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Washington
Frank R. McNinch
North Carolina
The
Power Commission
Charles A. Russell
William V. King
King
Russell
Smith
Garland and Draper
McNineh
Commission
Senate
Garsaud
Draper
Albemarle Man Blinded by Fog Killed by Train
D S Owens of Albemarle was instantly killed and his wife injured when their car collided with a locomotive at a Raeford road crossing in Fayetteville. Dense fog prevented visibility as the engine emerged from the mist. Mrs Owens was hospitalized. the couple was en route to White Oak to visit relatives.
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Fayetteville
D. S
Owens
Albemarle
Raeford Road
White Oak
Norris Refuses Third Party Lead Amid Dewey Proposal
Senator Norris dismissed the idea he would head a third party after a letter from Dr. John Dewey urged him to break with the Republicans and form a new political group. Dewey said Norris could unite progressives with the league for independent action to elect a president by 1940, contrasting rugged individualism with social planning.
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Wee Wae
Nebraska
John Dewey
League For Independent Political Action
Dewey
Norris
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Columbia University
Republican Party
League
Betty Compson In Broadhurst Show
Betty Compson and Ian Keith star in The Boudoir Diplomat at the Broadhurst today and Saturday, a master lover affairs portrayal. Classified readers with names in ads will find a treat in store.
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Broadhurst
Betty Compson
Ian Keith
Cold wave travels through Dixie with frost ahead
Atlanta dated December 26 reports a renewed cold spell moving through the South. Virginia already faced sleet and dangerous highway travel while snow and sleet linger from last week. Forecasters expect frost on the Gulf coast and freezing conditions reach Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and northwest Florida by Sunday with only Kentucky seeing potential warmth.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Gulf Coast
Virginia
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky
Prowler Kills Grounds Chief at Stetson Dormitory
In DeLand Florida on December 26 F D Edmunds superintendent of grounds at Stetson University was fatally shot by an unidentified Black prowler who had broken into a girls dormitory. A frightened girl prompted the escape as the assailant ambushed Edmunds with buckshot. He fled leaving a pair of shoes behind authorities seek leads from the footwear.
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Deland
Fila
F. D. Edmunds
Stetson University
Edmunds
Argentine Quake Death Toll Rises in La Poma
ALTA Argentina December 26 Thirty three dead and more than seventy injured as earthquakes over the holidays devastate La Poma Andean village A relief party arrived Christmas day after a 24 hour march survivors report six new tremors The quake followed by a thunder like sound described as horses galloping underground villagers fled to fields then returned at dawn amid dust and debris
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Alta
Argentina
la Poma
Little Mountain
Judge Lyle Enters Race To Purge Chicago Of Crime
Judge John H. Lyle, a municipal court jurist known for his stance against gangsters, announced a mayoral bid promising to sever crime from politics. He would oppose William Hale Thompson and Charles V. Barrett, pledging an efficient police department and to expel Capone and allied criminals from public spaces.
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John H. Lyle
Lyle
William Hale Thompson
Charles V. Barrett
County Board of Tax Review
Thompson
Barrett
Chicago
Cook County
Onb
Capone
Jobless Drive To Work In Cars At Municipal Woodpile
Independence opened a municipal woodpile as an unemployment relief project funded by a charity football game. Twenty nine men appeared for work and five arrived by automobile.
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Independence
Kas
Young Man Is Given Two and Half Years In Extortion Plot
Charles L. Duncan, 23, was sentenced to two and a half years in the Missouri penitentiary by Judge Ralph S. Latshaw on a guilty plea to extorting $25,000 from R. A. Long a wealthy lumberman in Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Mo
Charles L. Duncan
Missouri Penitentiary
Ralph S. Latshaw
Aes Ae
R. A. Long
Stribling Leads Parade of Heavies
New York boxing critics vote Young Stribling as the world’s top heavyweight for 1930 with 64 percent support in the Sun poll. Jack Sharkey follows closely with 61 percent, and a list shows Schmeling Carnera Griffin Godfrey Campolo Loughran Baer Risko among the decade’s leading heavyweights.
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New York
New York Sun
Young Stribling
Stribling
Jack Sharkey
Boston Ap
Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Former Charlotte police chief dies at desk after sudden collapse
Native of Union County and former inspector for the State Automobile License Bureau and Charlotte police chief, Chief Moore died in his office this morning after discussing the earlier death of Officer John O. Alexander. He served in Hamlet, as a Seaboard detective, and later helped coordinate railroad intercommunication before returning to public service in Charlotte. Survived by a widow, one daughter, siblings, and step-siblings. Funeral plans not yet made.
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Charlotte
John O. Alexander
Moore
Eloise B. Brown
Alexander
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta
New York
State Automobile License Bureau
Danville Strike Evictions Cease
Governor Pollard assures Danville Va textile strikers that evictions for non-payment of rent will end, except for those implicated in unlawful acts. Relief worker Miss Elizabeth Gilman notes Ritchie halted similar evictions in 1924 and recalls 1923 coal strike troop debates with President Harding.
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Baltimore
Danville
John Garland Pollard
Elizabeth Gilman
Gilman
Pollard
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Miss Gilman
John Hopkins University
Ritchie
Harding
Garner Proposes Cashing In Veteran Certificates Now
Rep Garner of Texas urges a plan to pay veterans the present value of their compensation certificates with four percent interest, offering a choice to receive now or hold to maturity. He estimates the cost at about a billion dollars, fundable by borrowing at roughly 1.75 to 1.875 percent.
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Washington
House
Garner
Texas
Treasury
State Tax Commission Opposes General Sales Tax
Raleigh December 26 The State Tax Commission says by next two years the state must cut expenses by at least two million dollars a year or find two million dollars in annual revenue. They doubt sales tax and stock tax would yield much. recommend taxing foreign stock at 5 percent with no exemptions, recapturing franchise tax from public utilities, higher franchise tax on buses and trucks, and higher fire insurance taxes but not life. They also suggest volume based license taxes for moving picture business and bottled drinks to boost revenue. Income tax changes include taxing fiduciaries annually, taxing partnership earnings at the source, and adjusting distributions on estates.
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Raleigh
Tax Commission
Kin Hubbard Dies at Indianapolis Creator of Abe Martin
Kin Hubbard humorist and creator of Abe Martin died suddenly in Indianapolis at age unknown. Born in Bellefontaine Ohio he moved to Indianapolis as a young man and built a popular column. His 1904 Abe Martin character satirized Indiana life and appeared in many papers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Kin Hubbard
Abe Martin
Mr. Hubbard
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Brown County
Indiana
Abe
Indianapolis News
Coun
Hubbard
Calcutta
Pash
Tarboro Man Severely Injured In Pistol Attack
Knox Porter of Tarboro was struck over the head with a pistol Wednesday night. Jack Exum, a filling station operator, was charged with the assault and released on a $200 bond.
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Tarboro
Knox Porter
Jack Exum
Porter
Schoolboys Use Gold Nuggets as Marbles in Missouri Town
In Hollister Missouri schoolboys played with gold nuggets believed found near the home of escaped bandit Jake Fleagle who was killed at Brandor months ago. A test confirmed the nuggets are gold and a boy reportedly has a double handful of them through the cache said by Clyde Chapman the railroad agent.
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Hollister
Jake Fleagle
Brandor
Clyde Chapman
Fleagle
Chapmen
Boyee
Poison Liquor Toll Tops Christmas Deaths in New York
New York reports five dead and 45 treated as poison liquor ravages Christmas. Five more deaths and several investigations follow across the city. doctors note the toll is the lowest in three years. Victims include John Cochrane and Patrick Breen among others, with Lena Gorman found in a West 17th street vacant lot.
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Igus
New York
California
Missouri
Charles Morris
John Cochrane
Patrick A. Breen
Andrew, Reichert
Lena Gorman
West 17Th Street
Ater
Trio Sausalito
Calif
Richardson's Bay
Sausalito
Isabre Zellerbach
San Francisco
Sam Bowman
Ernest Rogers
A. Vam Scoy
Bill
Seven Die in Fire Trapped on Whiting Rooftop
In Whiting Indiana seven men perished in a fire that trapped several on the second floor of a roofed rooming house. The victims were Joseph Lucie 49 John Lucie 34 Mex Stepich 6 Joseph Bebec 48 Victor Mechev 53 Thomas Kusevich 56 and Nick Flemick 40. Fireman Flemick was rescued from bed but died later. Authorities blame a carelessly dropped match or cigarette for the blaze.
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Whiting
Ind
Joseph Lucie
John Lucie
Mex Stepich
Joseph Bebec
Victor Mechev
Thomas Kusevich
Nick Flemick
Flemick
Canadian Airmen Bodies Recovered After Yearlong Forest Crash
In Quebec's Chibougamau district a forest yielded the fate of pilots W. H. Carmon and mechanic Leonce Lizotte missing since October 1929. Indians locating the wreckage alerted Roberval, with plans to bring the bodies out by airplane after a snowstorm forced their detour.
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Montreal
Quebec
W. H. Carmon
Leonce Lizotte
Chibougamau
Roberval
Que
St. Felfer
Chibongamay
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Charlies B. Timberlake
Colorado
Frost
R. Horace Moore
Union County
Sam
Senators
Washington, D. C
Josiah W. Bailey
Cameron Morrison
Bailey
Furnifold M. Simmons
Leeerman
Middle West
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