McCain Reported In Columbus On Christmas Eve
Police investigate a report that ex state Senator R S McCoin 60 of Henderson NC was seen in Columbus on Christmas Eve after his disappearance on December 22. A man resembling a postcard photo of McCain was said to be in Columbus December 24 as authorities review a bloodstained car found in a local garage.
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Columbus
R.S. McCoin
Henderson
N. C
McCoin
North Carolina
Thomas Scully
McCain
Scully
Maryland
Hoover’s Exit Delay Sparks Political Gripe In California
In Beverly Hills the writer argues for Hoover to step down now to avoid a lame duck presidency. He predicts two more months of gridlock and an extra session, urging Democrats to act quickly before March fourth. He says Hoover would emerge politically strong and Congress would bear the blame.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hoover
Wilson
Congress
Potomac
Health officials urge delaying North Carolina school openings
Raleigh officials consider postponing the start of public schools for one week due to an influenza surge. Health officer Dr James Parrott notes rising daily cases and many "bad colds" miscalled flu, while highway chairman E B Jeffress supports a further delay as wet road conditions complicate bus transport.
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Raleigh
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
James M. Parrott
Dr. Parrott
Dr. Parrot
Henderson Attorney Denies Bond Purchases
A. B. Webster, associate of missing R. S. McCoin, said McCoin did not buy two $1,600 North Carolina bonds for his wife to guard against trouble. He acknowledged one $1,000 bond given to his wife and a $500 debt payment on December 21, the day before his disappearance.
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Henderson
A. B. Webster
McCoin
Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Webster
McCain
First National Bank
Elinor Fair Seeks Divorce After Arizona Marriage
Hollywood actress Elinor Fair says her Arizona marriage to Thomas W. Daniel was a blue mistake after a quarrel with her sweetheart Frank Clark. She has hired an attorney to start annulment proceedings and has not seen Daniel since returning from Yuma. Clark joked about reconciliation as Fair remains engaged to him for now.
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Hollywood
Calif
Elinor Fair
Ill
Moyd
Yarra
Ariz
Thomas W. Daniel
Miss Fair
Frank Clark
Bishop Cheshire Buried at Tarboro Churchyard
Funeral rites for Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, bishop of North Carolina for 39 years, were held in Raleigh and the body was moved to Tarboro for interment beside relatives at Calvary Episcopal Church. Bishops and churchmen from the region attended in a misting rain as services followed his wishes for simplicity.
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Raleigh
Church of the Good Shepherd
Joseph Blount Cheshire
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Cheshire
Charlotte
Tarboro
Calvary Episcopal Church
Theodore Patrick
Edwin Penick
Charlottte
Helen Kane Divorces Joseph Kane in Mexico
The Daily News reports Helen Kane the boop boop a doop singer has secured a final Mexican decree of divorce from Joseph Kane a department store buyer. Announcement came from her sister Mrs. Gertrude Fogarty in New York on December 29.
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New York
The
Daily News
Helen Kane
Joseph Kane
Gertrude Fogarty
Ash Collector in Cleveland Loses Job Over Vote
Charles Gregory, famed as Cleveland's best ash collector after 20 years on the job, resigns his naturalization papers and mouths frustration after Mayor Miller alleges Gregory voted for his opponent in the last election. He seeks reinstatement, backed by bank and business backers. U S District Attorney hopeful notes will return naturalization certificate.
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Cleveland
Charles Gregory
Gregory
Ray Z. Miller
Miller
England
Seven Seas
William McDermott
U. S
Flood Threat Grips North Carolina Rivers Across State
North Carolina rivers rose as light rain continued with slides on Western highways. Lee A. Denson of the weather bureau warned all streams were climbing toward flood levels. The Roanoke neared 40 feet at Weldon, Nei se around 16 feet at Smithfield, and Cape Fear near 26 feet at Elizabethtown. Route slides disrupted several roads. one slide damaged a Southern Railway line near Murphy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Lee A. Denson
United States Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Weldon
Néuse
Smithfield
Elizabethtown
Cape Fear
E. BR. Jeffress
Highway Commission
Asheville
Marshall
Smokemont
Highlands
Murphy Division
Southern Railway System
Cowee Tunel
Bo Bryson
Preliminary Hearing Set for Doctor and Two Others
In Raleigh on December 29 a preliminary hearing for Dr. Mike Roberson of Durham and a Raleigh woman Mrs. E. E. Forsythe on murder charges tied to the death of Myrtle Gardner a Four Oaks teacher is expected within a week. Gardner died from blood poisoning after an alleged illegal operation. Gardner’s brother in law remains held on an accessory charge. A hearing likely January 2.
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Raleigh
Myrtle Gardner
Four Oaks
Mike Roberson
Durham
E. E. Forsythe
Miss Gardner
Southern Rivers Flood Lowlands In Six States
Flooding rivers swamped lowlands across six Southern states Alabama Georgia Mississippi South Carolina North Carolina and Tennessee with rivers at record or near record levels. Alabama faced the worst impact with Coosa and Alabama rivers backing into homes in Montgomery and Wetumpka and flooding thousands of acres. Rain remained likely tonight and tomorrow according to the weather bureau forecasts.
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OY Associated Press
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Coosa
Montgomery
Wetumpka
Mont
Exports of Steel and Iron Rise in November
Exports of United States iron and steel products rose to 56 041 gross tons in November, the highest since May, compared with 41 226 tons in October and 59 556 tons in November 1931. Imports totaled 39 924 tons, with Canada the leading buyer taking 19 180 tons of scrap.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Canada
Tragedy and death reported in separate regional blasts
In Tennessee a kerosene lamp exploded injuring Mildred Keys 10 and four family members with the child dead. Nearby in Kentucky Edwin P. Hodge 79 retired tobacco dealer and banker died after a brief illness. Hodge had retired in 1928 from Imperial Tobacco.
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Henderson, Ky
Edwin P. Hodge
Imperial Tobacco Company
Confederate Fort Sumter defender Dies at 89
William K R Greer a Confederate garrison member who defended Fort Sumter during the Civil War died in Charleston aged 89 The obituary notes he was among a small number of living veterans of the fort.
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Charleston
Dee
William KR. Greer
Fort Sumter
State advisory budget commission to meet January 2
Raleigh officials report the state advisory budget commission will convene at noon on Monday January 2 to finish drafting the administration's revenue and appropriations bills for submission to the 10988 general assembly.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Richmond insurance man leaps to death from eighth floor
George S. Guy a prominent Richmond insurance man died by suicide today leaping from the eighth floor window of the Mutual Building at 11 45 a m witnesses reported he stepped to the sill and plunged to the pavement police said no note was found and the motive remained undetermined
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Richmond
George
Guy
Mutual
Fatal fall in Marseville home injures Mrs Bailey
Charlotte dispatch reports Mrs. W. E. Bailey, 50, of Marseville, fatally injured after a fall down stairs at a relative’s residence. The incident occurred on December 29. Authorities investigate the cause of the fall.
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Charlotte
W. E. Bailey
Marseville
Disappointed Over Will Leads to Family Tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago a 60 year old chauffeur Peter Peterson shot his wife Anna and daughter Pauline before killing himself after a later will cut a $5,000 legacy. The earlier will left the amount to Peterson. the severed bequest vanished with probate of a newer will. The mother survived? The text states both were found dead.
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Chicago
Clement Studebaker, Jr
Peter Peterson
Studebaker
Peterson
Clement Studebaker III
Pauline
Northwestern University Liberal Arts College
Mra
Anna Peterson
Utilities
South Bend Automobile Manufacturing Family
Petersons
Clement
Junior
Gandhi May Be Released After Round Table Conference
London reports revived rumors Gandhi could be released from Yerada jail Poona where he is imprisoned for disobedience against British rule. The claim follows the India round table conference with officials cautious about a January 1 release for Gandhi and other non violent prisoners.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
England
Gandhi
Yerada
Poona
New Delhi
Earl of Willingdon
London Herald
Gandhi postpones protest fast over untouchables ban
Mahatma Gandhi announced the postponement of his planned protest fast against the Guruvayoor temple entry ban for untouchables. He conferred three hours with advisers in Yerada prison where he is held, and indicated the New Year fast would be postponed indefinitely while efforts continue to remove the ban.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Guruvayoori
Yerada
Gandhi
Two Men Jailed Over Lawrence Store Robbery
J. W. Broughton and Floyd Hill of Benson were jailed here after being charged with robbing Zeb Long's store at Lawrence of 65 dollars.
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Tarboro
J. W. Broughton
Floyd Hill
Benson
Zeb Long
Lawrence
Operation Finds Half Dollars In Bulldog's Tummy
Worcester mass December 29 194? AP Mike Veino a Boston terrier belonging to James Gi Veino of Worcester was operated on at a Springfield veterinary hospital to remove a silver dollar from his stomach. Two half dollars were found instead of the single coin expected.
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Worcester
Mass
Mike Veino
Boston
James Gi. Veino
Springfield
Mike
United States tax refunds total nearly nine hundred million
The 1932 refunds reached 890 million dollars reshaped by a court ruling on tax incomes of incompetent Oklahoma Indians from oil land rights. Notable payers included United Fruit Company 2.96 million, Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal 2.189 million, Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1,676, J Henry Rorabach 10,167, Henry J. Allen 2,488, Noy D. Chapin 3,746, and film stars Douglas Fairbanks 72,186 Ramon Novarro 7,604 with others in Hollywood listed. The year shows a large rise from 1931 refunds of 69.48 million.
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Washington
United Fruit Company of
Boston
Lehigh and Wilkesberre Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Anne Morrow Lindberg
J. Henry Roraback
Republican National
Connecticut
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Noy D. Chapin
Commercce
Douglas Fairbanks
Ramon Novarro
Conrad Nagel
Louis
B. Mayer
Charlies Rogers
Irene Rich
Adolph Menjou
Ernest Laubitech
Insull to Visit England After Extradition Fight
Athens dispatch reports Samuel Insull planning a continental tour including England after his recent acquittal and extradition battle. He said no definite U.S. return date and predicted his wife would join him later. He criticized Chicago lawyers for promising diplomatic moves to secure his extradition.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
United States
America
Continent
England
Chicago
Roosevelt Authority to Reorganize for Budget Balance
Democratic leaders in the House tentatively backed giving President-Elect Roosevelt power to reorganize the government to cut costs and balance the budget. The plan, likely as an amendment to the deficiency bill, could be added later or on a supply bill by the Senate. Roosevelt will study the government structure at Warm Springs with experts, while Speaker Garner and Rep Rainey push the move to curb expenditures without new taxes.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Burns
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Warm Springs
Ptr
Albany
Georgia
Garner
Congress
Representative Rainey
Itnois
Byrna
Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Proposed South Cotton Stabilization Board Unveiled
At the South wide cotton conference in Memphis Tennessee Governor Conner of Mississippi and Governor Blackwood of South Carolina pushed for a permanent board of governors to handle all agricultural problems in the south. The board would include each cotton belt governor or their appointee and would meet regularly to coordinate stabilization plans for annual cotton production with a view toward reducing next year's crop.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Conner
Mississippi
Blackwood
South Carolina
Cotten Belt
Ten Die In Napier Harbor Collision In New Zealand
Ten workers drowned when a launch carrying 30 collided with a small steamer in Napier Harbor Wellington New Zealand. Survivors were rescued and some passengers were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Wellington
N. J
Napier
Deported Prince Mike Ro manoff Returns to US Under Guard
In New York, Michael Romanoff alias Harry Gerguson, once famed for tall tales of Harvard and Oxford, sneaks back into the United States after deportation. Immigration officers hold him at Ellis Island as he plans to prove Bronx birth to avoid further removal. A Fifth Avenue tobacconist identified him after he bought $10 tobacco with a large bill, exposing the ruse.
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New York
Prince Michael Romanoff
Nicotine
Bronx
United States
Prince Mike
Harry
Gerguson
Pants
Ellis
Harvard
Oxford
Heidelberg
Coenen
Mike
Paris
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Mildred Keys
Jonesboro
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Mahatma
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