Five Dead and Many Injured in Mississippi Tornado
A devastating Mississippi tornado in Simpson and Covington counties left five dead and three dying with about 50 others injured. Houses leveled, livestock lost, and timber damaged as flood waters from the delta swelled Yazoo tributaries forcing Glendora evacuations.
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Jackson
Miss
Simpson
Covington
Anse Everett
Magee
Paul Brown
Wilbur Brown
Hattie
Nannie Lou Lee
William Lee
Aaron Smith
William
Charity Hospital
Laurel
John Rankin
Glendora
Yazoo
Rum runners clash with Dania marshal in gun battle
City Marshal S L Barfield engaged a group of rum runners in a running gun battle in Dania Florida as five cars fled toward Miami. Frank Athanasaw known as Frank the Greek of Miami was wounded and hospitalized while Barfield fired with a riot gun and pistols and a machine gun.
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Dania
Fla
S. L. Barfield
Frank Athanasaw
Frank
Hollywood
Miami
Athanasaw
Barfield
Fort Lauderdale
Watchful Waiting Clouds Third Party Threat in 1932 Races
Washington and party leaders monitor a potential northwest third party split as Hoover and Republican officials weigh strategies for 1932. Analysts fear a Taft Roosevelt style schism while calls for unity grow ahead of early primaries including California where Senator Johnson's stance sparks speculation.
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Washington
Northwest
Hoover
Fess
Republican National Committee
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Brooks Drops Out of U S Senate Race
Greensboro politician Aubrey L. Brooks withdraws from the race for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate. The decision follows reports that Roosevelt’s 1932 presidential bid and a Democratic victory influence his higher political ambitions. Brooks previously sought the Senate seat against Overman and Morrison in earlier years.
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J. C. Baskervill
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Aubrey L. Brooks
Greensboro
United States Senate
Brooks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Shoul
Lee
Overman
Cameron Morrison J
N C Bank and Trust Backed By Cash To Meet Demands
Greensboro bank president W B Ryland announced the North Carolina Bank and Trust is amply good to meet all demands. He credited John M Miller Jr of First and Merchants National Bank and National Credit Corp for arranging $7 000 000 in additional cash amid heavy withdrawals after United Bank and Trust closed. The district remained generally quiet with few withdrawals.
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Greensboro
N. C
Ryland
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
John M. Miller, Jr
First and Merchants National Bank
Richmond
National Credit
Negro Held In Jail On Charge Attempted Criminal Assault
June Grayfield, 33, held in Rockingham county jail at Wentworth to await superior court trial for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Helen Mangum of Reidsville. She identified him as her assailant at a preliminary hearing.
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Reidsville
June Grayfield
Rockingham County
Wentworth
Helen Mangum
Mangum
Economist Blames People For Business Depressions At Science Meeting
New Orleans reporting that economist Robert G. Caldwell of Rice Institute told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that people trigger market depressions, while William B. Munro of Caltech warned democracy is in decline and must be saved by the United States. He said democracy is a fair weather craft unable to navigate rough seas, noting Europe faces dictatorship trends in Italy Poland Austria and Yugoslavia and Germany trends toward a Hitlerite domination.
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New Orleans
Robert G. Caldwell
Rice Institute
William B. Munro
California Institute of Technology
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Caldwell
Nero
Rome
Munro
Italy
Poland
Austria
Jugoslavia
Germany
Bomb Plot Uncovered Threatens Italian Officials
Federal agencies halt bomb threats across the nation as a Cleveland blast targets the Italian consulate. A prior Easton post office explosion killed two clerks and injured others, while a DuPont expert Charles Weaver worsened from injuries. Police link the plots to a wider conspiracy.
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Easton
Ce Ae Maean
Cleveland
Express
New York
Cesare Buzzi- Graednigo
Charles Weaver
Dupont Powder Company
Forbes to retire as ambassador to Japan in two months
William Cameron Forbes, American ambassador to Japan, notified the State Department of his desire to retire from the diplomatic service and plans to leave within two months after staying through the Manchurian crisis. George B. Elliott of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad announced a ten percent salary cut for all officials effective January 1, 1982.
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Washington
William Cameron Forbes
Japan
State Department
N. C
Dee
George B. Elliott
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Tex Guinan Night Club Raided Before New Year
Prohibition agents raided Tex Guinan's Planet Mars club in Chicago on December 31. Agents ordered 100 patrons to leave and stripped the club while seizing alleged liquor. Tex Guinan, famed for raids on New York venues, greeted the agents with Hello, suckers as they entered.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Texas
Bank Deposits Normal Confidence Expressed in High Point Banks
Banking activity in High Point's financial institutions showed calm deposits and steady cash reserves. The North Carolina Bank and Trust Company announced it could meet all demands with over 8 million dollars in additional cash via support from Richmond and national firms. Imperial Tobacco Co expressed full confidence in the bank's management. Ed L. Ragan disclosed a ten percent semi annual dividend from the High Point Savings and Trust Company. Deposits topped withdrawals at Commercial National Bank as new accounts opened, including a woman who started a savings account with thirty fifty dollar bills.
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High Point
Willis Johnson
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
W.S. Ryland
North Carolina Bank and
Imperial Tobacco Company
Richmond
Ryland
Ed L. Ragan
High Point Savings and Trust Company
J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Cox
Silence Greets Impeachment Petition Aimed at Parker
Baltimore based petition asks Congress to investigate John J. Parker of Charlotte as a civil case involving Miss Mary W. Speers and Speers Land and Clay Works surfaces in Charlotte. Parker says he sat with Webb and Chestnut in the Speers-Pratt appeal and denies knowledge of grounds for inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
John J. Parker
Charlotte
N. C
Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
House Judiciary Committee
Speers Land and Clay Works, Inc
Baltimore
Sumners
Circuit Court of Appeals
Mary W. F. Speers
Parker
Webb and
Chestnut
Speer
Circuit Court
Speers-Pratt
Blizzard Buries Entire Far West in Deep Snow
Denver dispatch reports western regions engulfed by blizzards with heavy snow and wind up to 60 miles per hour. Baca county faces paralyzing drifts while northeastern Colorado, Nebraska lines lose telephones. Pikes Peak covered in snow. five Albin basketball players and their coach rescued after seeking shelter. Over fifty stranded motorists found and aided by searchers.
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Denver
Oregon
Washington
Colorado-Kansas
Baca County
Colorado
Nebraska
Pikes Peak
Wyoming
Albin
Economic Boom in 32 Predicted by South Carolina Officials
Columbia South Carolina December 31 with construction revival, half of the 1931 cotton crop stored and acreage reductions seen as signs of recovery. Comptroller General Beattie notes improving tax collections and self reliance sentiments. Textile plants plan increased operations as road programs spur prosperity and banks show few failures.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
A. J. Beattie
Quote on China Confucius and experts in Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch on December 30 captions a traveler lamenting long residence in China. He jokes that the more he talks to people the less he knows and warns against trusting experts who have lived in China. He quips that Confucius was the last man to truly know China before growing confused.
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Shanghai
China
Confucius
Culbertson Largely Extends Lead In Bridge Match
New York December 31 United Press Ely Culbertson widened his lead by 3900 points over Sidney Lenz after a near altercation with Sir Derrick Wernaher at the Waldorf Astoria. The two captains sparred over a July challenge as the Culbertson Lenz match continued.
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New York
Primo
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Sidney Lenz
Waldorf-Astoria
Ely
Derrick Wernaher
British Isles
Derrick
Gardenia
Sir Derrick
Japanese Cavalry 15 Miles From Chin Chou Manchuria City
Japanese advance guard reached the Taling river and closed to within fifteen miles of Chin Chou in Manchuria. Chinese resistance appeared weak and mass evacuations were reported as Japanese forces mass for a likely New Year strike on Chin Chou. About 15,000 Japanese troops, including artillery, were in Kowpangtze area, with a major assault anticipated the next day.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Tamon
Taling River
Chinchow
Taling
Yung Chien
Kowpangtze
Wets Lead By Far In Dry Law Vote In Finland
Helsingfors reports show 82 percent of 132 730 votes favor repeal of prohibition laws as 60 percent of repeal ballots come from women. Only 17.2 percent back continuation and 0.5 percent favor light wines and beer. Government moves toward state control of alcoholic beverages.
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Finland
Helsingerors
Helsingfors
T. M. Kivimaki
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Marcello Royce
Dorothy Evans
G. O. P. High Command
John
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Johnson
U. S. Senate
Roosevelt
N. Y
N. C. Bank and Trust
Economist
Anti-Fascisti
Bulletins
Tex Guinan
Judiciary Committee
Far West
Rockies
Vincent Coll
Coll
S. C
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