Senator Sheppard Withdraws From Dry Law Hearings
Washington December 30 Another Democratic prohibitionist senator Sheppard of Texas withdrew from a Senate sub committee hearing on the dry laws citing lack of time He supported the view that attempts to modify prohibition are a waste of effort The vacancy on the hearings panel affects a bill by Senator Bingham to permit four per cent beer Hearings set to start in January
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Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Bingham
Republian
Connecticut
Japanese Bombing and Russian Chinchow Advance Report
Japanese planes bombed a key rail junction 40 miles from Chinchow as Manchurian forces retreat toward Chang Hsueh-Liang's last stronghold. Kamura and Tamon push from two directions toward Kowpangtze with the wall city in sight. Chinese troop trains flee from Chinchow amid advancing Japanese columns.
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Prominent Woman Drowns After Missing Test of Sleep
Mrs. A. L. McCaskill 63 widow of NC political figure is found dead in a creek near her Cross Creek home in Fayetteville. Relatives say she may have fallen in while sleep walking. time of disappearance was between 5 and 8 PM. Survived by two daughters and a son. No funeral plans yet.
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N. C
A. L. McCaskill
North Carolina
Cross Creek
Wilmington
Congress
British Government Moves Toward Reparations Conference
The British government has begun preparations to summon an international reparations conference to meet in Lausanne on January 20. Telegrams were sent to British representatives in ten participating countries urging outreach to other governments for timing and venue. no replies yet.
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London
Lausanne
Credit Corporation Head Backs North Carolina Banks
John M. Miller Jr of Richmond, director of the National Credit Corporation for the fifth district, says the NCC has full confidence in North Carolina banks and will protect them. He notes the NCC has more than half a billion dollars available and cites a $1.1 million wire to the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company after bank closings in the state.
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Greensboro
John M. Miller, Jr
Richmond
National Credit Corporation
Fifth Federal Reserve District
North Carolina
Miller
Fifth District Association
United Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Hoover era tensions flare in party disputes and cuts
Senator Norris of Nebraska condemned Charles D Hilles remarks calling them a threat to Republicans who oppose Hoover. Senator Couzens urged 25 percent federal pay cuts before reducing workers pay. An explosion at a naval research lab detonation shelter injured two men, one severely, and they were hospitalized.
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Charles D. Hilles
New York
Republican National
Norris
Nebraska
Hilles
Thas
Hoover
Naval Research Laboratory
Naval Hospital
Explosion at Easton post office kills one maims three
A bomb exploded in the parcel post division of the Easton Pennsylvania post office killing clerk Edward Werkeheiser and injuring three others. John House lost both forearms and one eye, Arlington Albert and Clarence Keller were hospitalized or treated, while investigators traced the likely sender to two foreigners and noted multiple packages addressed to Huntington and Everhart.
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Edward Werkeheiser
John House
Arlington A. Albert
Clarence Keller
Werkeheiser
House
Albert
Keller
J. Everhart
Huntington
Heflin predicts Smith will again be Democratic nominee
Lanett Ala Dec 30 Former U S Senator J Thomas Heflin forecast that Alfred E Smith would be renominated by the Democrats in 1928 He pledged to oppose him vigorously and urged united action against Tam many and the liquor traffic Heflin also defended clergy political participation and called for a money circulation increase. He predicted Senator Bankhead seats conflict and speculated Hoover odds with Governor White of Hawaii as possible challenger
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Northwest
Senate
Murray
Oklahoma
Alfred E. Smith
Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Roosevelt
New York
Daniels
Lanett
Ala
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Tammany
John 8. Bankhead
Heflin
Namby Pamby
Hoover
White
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Knoxville Journal Properties Ordered Placed On Sale
Knoxville Journal properties in receivership were ordered to be sold by Chancellor Robert M. Jones on the petition of trustees. The sale targets the paper tied to a $508000 bond issue with $16250 in interest in default. Sale set for January 15 with terms: one fourth cash and balance in six and twelve months. The Journal, once controlled by Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell, has been in receivership over a year.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville Journal
Robert M. Jones
Luke Lea
Nashville
Rogers Caldwell
Flood waters recede as Delta dwellers watch levee threat
In Glendora Mississippi flood waters fall back while levees remain at risk. Workers moved from Glen Dora to Swan Lake as undermining signs appear. Receding floods also reported in Tallahatchie Quitman Panola counties with patrols monitoring for breaks and sand boils.
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Girl Dies After Firecracker Incident On Memphis to Bristol Road
In Knoxville, Helena Burden, 21, of Crab Orchard, was struck by a car after she jumped to avoid a firecracker thrown at her during Christmas holidays. She died from a fractured skull at Chamberlin Memorial hospital in Rockwood. Witnesses called it unavoidable. no arrests were made.
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Tenn
East Tennessee
Helena Burden
Crab Orchard
Memphis-to-Bristol
Chamberlin Memorial Hospital
Rockwood
Christmas Handkerchief Prank From Will Rogers
Will Rogers jokes about a Christmas handkerchief gift from his wife. He notes failed attempts to interview three high government officials in Shanghai and reflects on China's tolerance of fifty years of misgovernment while foreigners leave.
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Shanghai
China
Manchuria
Ker
Lenz and Partner Extend Lead in Bridge Match
In Chicago a gangland slaying marks Abe Cooper’s death as state patrol spots a sedan with bloodstains on the highway near Franklin Park. In New York Sidney Leng narrows the Culbertson lead by 520 points after a brisk bridge session with Commander Liggett.
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Abe Cooper
School Board
Franklin Park
Cooper
Edward Krotz
George Edgren
New York
Sidney
Leng
Ely Culbertson
Winfield Liegett, Jr
Oswald Jacoby
Lenz
Culbertson
Liggett
Mrs. Culbertson
Toll rises to four in South Carolina head on crash
Four people died in a South Carolina head on crash near Greenwood early Monday with Miss Irene Durst of Charleston, W Va, among the deceased. Three others injured were reported improving by physicians yesterday. Durst died from a fractured skull.
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U S Most Murderous Country With South Leading All
U S is declared the most murderous country in a 1930 overview by Prof. Kenneth E. Barnhart. He cites 12,000 homicides in the United States in 1930 and lists the 15 most murderous cities with their homicide rates per 100000, noting higher rates than England and Wales.
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United States
Kenneth E. Barnhart
Birmingham Southern College
Association For the Advancement of Science
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Wales
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Birmingham
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Tampa
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Dill cites Roosevelt as the sure Democratic nominee in 1932
Washington Senator Dill declared Roosevelt best to rally independent voters and deter a third party. He argued Roosevelt’s progressive record as New York governor and America first stance contrast with Hoover, predicting broad Democratic support nationwide.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
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America
Europe
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Gandhi to ride bicycle in Bombay spectacle
Bombay newspapers speculate Gandhi may be seen riding a bicycle in the city after bringing a bicycle from London. The Times of India notes the public may be treated to a scene with Gandhi in a loincloth pedalling, while Miss Slade and Madam Naidu ride nearby, though Gandhi’s rule against land mechanical contrivances could be violated.
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Round Table
Times of India
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Madame Naidu
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