Marines suffer eight KIA in Nicaragua ambush
In Nicaragua eight marines were killed in an ambush while a patrol repaired a telephone line between Ocotal and Ahuach. The bodies were mutilated and searchers scoured hills near Achuara for the insurgent group. Colonel Frederic Bradman held command authority in the field with no orders issued yet.
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Washington
Frederic Bradman
Nagua
Marine
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
Bradman
Myers
Elsalto
Sisle
Managua
United States
Achuara
Ocotal
Apali
Students favor dry modification at nation's congress
The National Students Federation of America, meeting in Atlanta, voted 66 to 23 for modifying prohibition. They also favored limits on athlete subsidies and discussed tariff policy with Nellie Tayloe Ross and a committee report on subsidies. Southern delegates backed a membership limit to curb delegates, amid claims of race-based motives by some northern delegates.
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Atlanta
National Students Federation of America
Nellie, Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Speeding Man Tries to Buy New License Before Year Ends
John F. Powell sped toward his Maryland home at midnight to swap to red plates as 1931 began. He explained to the court his license tags would lose value at midnight, but the judge rejected the tale and imposed ten dollars or ten days.
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Washington
John F. Powell
Maryland
Withdrawal of U S Marines Immediately Demanded By Senator
Senator King of Utah urged immediate U S marine withdrawal from Nicaragua after eight marines were killed. He described it as a tragedy and called for a senate resolution to demand absolute withdrawal to let Nicaraguans work out their own destiny.
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Washington
Nicaragua
King
Utah
Senate
Nine Die As Train Hits Car At Grade Crossing
Nine of ten in a New Year day auto ride died when their car was struck by the Grand Trunk passenger train at a suburban Harvey grade crossing. One three month old baby survived, found in a snow ditch crying but unharmed. Authorities cite possible driver avoidance and crowding as factors. The accident delayed the eastbound train about an hour.
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Chicago
Harvey
International Limited
Grand Trunk
Lorraine Margaret Olason
Lorraine
Matthew Clason
Elmhurst
Ill
Calvin
Muriel
Vilborg
Frank Nowak
Adam
Olason
Montreal
Elinor Smith Granted World Altitude Record Honor
Freeport New York January 2 Elinor Smith received official recognition as holder of the world altitude record for women pilots. On March 10 1930 she reached 27418 feet in a heavy cabin monoplane and the National Aeronautic Association informed her the Federation Aeronautique Internationale accepted the record.
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Freeport
N. Y
Elinor Smith
National Aeronautic Association of the
United States
Federation Aeronautic Internationale
Southern Adds 100 Men At Spencer Shops
Salisbury officials report Southern Railway hired 100 additional workers in its car and locomotive shops here. An official said further employment increases would be announced soon.
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Southern
Spencer
Salisbury
The
Southern Railway Today
State College Head Denies Abernethy Expulsion
Milton Abernethy of Hickory, NC State College student, withdrew from school on his own account after facing two student trials over a newspaper article on cheating. President Dr. E C Brooks said Abernethy was not expelled and left by his own choice amid questions of academic failure or pressure.
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Raleigh
Jan
Milton Abernethy
Hickory
N. C. State College
E. C. Brooks
Abernethy
Winston-Salem Journal Today
State
State. Dr. Brooks Said Today “He Was Not Expelled,’ When Asked If Abernethy
Gardner Paroles Three Prisoners in North Carolina
RALEIGH January 2 Governor O Max Gardner granted parole to three inmates. John Morrison of Wake County African American, sentenced December 1929 for housebreaking and larceny to three to five years, had the longest remaining term. William Farmer white, then seventeen, sentenced December 1929 in Guilford County to two years for aiding and abetting in breaking and entering and in larceny of an automobile. B H Huntley, convicted June 1930 in McDowell County for violating prohibition laws, was sentenced to 18 months.
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Raleigh
Jan
O. Max Gardner
John Morrison
Wake County
William Farmer
Guilford County
B. B. Huntley
McDowell County
No Liquor Cases On Wilkes Docket
North Wilkesboro brief notes that after the holidays the mayor's court docket for Wilkes County showed none charged with prohibition violations.
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Wilkes
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Wilkes County
Heir to Fortune Bums Two Bits Prohibition Abroad
Carlos O'Brien, rumored to inherit a large fortune, seeks to flee the United States for a country without prohibition. The itinerant printer denied wealth claims, spoke to reporters, and promised a later interview before leaving with a loan to a reporter. He mentioned three sisters and a brother in Australia.
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Columbia
8. C
Carlos O’brien
United States
Ireland
Columbia Record Building
O’brien
Alger
Australia
Mysterious Good Samaritan Is Gotham's Latest Puzzle
A nameless benefactor calling himself Mr Glad gives sandwiches and nickels to the unemployed at 346 Broadway. He urges people to mail old gloves and offers inspirational slips with each gift. He reveals little about his past, speaking only of quiet charity and faith.
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Gotham
New York
Glad
Broadway
Jones
Cohen
Murphy
Smith
Mr. Glad
Joffre Remains Unconscious in Paris Hospital
Marshal Joffre stayed in a coma with physicians unsure of any awakening. Reported by Dr Boulin and Professor LeGiche at the Hospital Saint Jean De Dieu the pulse ran high at 140, serum injections continued in hope of passage toward recovery, with the situation described as unchanged at midday.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Boulin
St. Jean de Dieu
LeGiche
Father of Seven Boy's Abductor Seeks Arrest in Abduction
St Louis police pursue 28 year old Charles Abernathy father of seven children for the kidnapping of 13 year old Adolphus Orthwein grandson of Anheuser Busch president. Abernathy confessed his son was the kidnapper and fled. authorities vow strong prosecution while the elder Abernathy was arrested for questioning.
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ST. Louis
Charles Y. Abernathy
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
August A. Busch
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Abernathy
Pearl Abernathy
Orthwein
Harry Troll
Young Abernathy
Troll
St. Louis County
Harry Castlen
St- Louis County
More Construction For Carolinas Than Anytime Since 1929
Charlotte clarifies activity with the Carolinas branch of Associated General Contractors announcing contracts totaling 4 342 475 85 dollars in two weeks. Major highway work dominated South Carolina with 3 274 327 92 dollars awarded across over thirty counties.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors of America
South Carolina
Amy Johnson Lands at Cologne on Peiping Flight
British aviator Amy Johnson arrived in Cologne Germany at 2 30 pm on the Peiping flight from Britain. She plans to continue to Berlin the next day and then on to China as part of her historic journey.
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Amy
Cologne
Germany
Amy Johnson
Peiping
China
Berlin
London
Great Britain
Seine
Hina
Ill Girl Amy Johnson Stages Long Flight From London
London reports reveal Amy Johnson, 23, begins a solo polar flight departing Hendon for Lympne and Liege, aiming toward Berlin Moscow Peiping with skis for Siberia. Health concerns and mixed press fear accompany her perilous voyage amid sub Arctic snows and heavy public scrutiny.
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Hendon
Lympne
Liege
Belgium
Berlin
Moscow
Siberia
Mongolia
Peiping
The
Daily Express
Australia
George Campkin
London
Johnson
Daily Mail
Amy
Railie Station WBIG to Broadcast From Jefferson Standard
Greensboro NC January 2 WBIG radio will move to the 17 story Jefferson Standard Life building in Greensboro with a 70 foot lattice tower and direct power room link once FCC approval is secured. Studios stay in a local hotel. The change aims to modernize equipment and support higher power for The Skyline of Dixie broadcasts.
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Greensboro
WBIG
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Federal Radio Commission
The
North Carolina Broadcasting Company
Dixie
New Trial Asked In Injunction Against Huge Steel Combine
A motion for a new trial was filed in common pleas court by Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube after Judge Davis G. Jenkins enjoined their merger last Monday.
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Huge Steel Combine
Youngstown, CO
Common Pleas Court
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Davis G. Jenkins
Greensboro Ends Era of One-Horse Town
Greensboro reporters note the city loses its last steady street cleaning horse Deuce who died after automations replaced the herd. The retiring Denee had already left work months earlier and now the equine era ends in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Deuce
Deneé
Denee
1931 Plates Must Be Had By Monday Begin Arrests
North Carolina policing officials announce strict enforcement of 1931 license plate laws starting Monday. Sprague Silver says no extensions. officers statewide to arrest motorists without new tags. By date, 123,434 licenses sold vs 140,096 last year. about 250,000 cars remain unlicensed.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sprague Silver
Motor Vehicle Bureau
State Department of Revenue
Silver
Baltimore Post Fire Claims One Life at Plant
A Baltimore Post plant fire destroyed a $200,000 four story facility, killing Lino type operator Joseph R. Douglass and injuring six others. The blaze began with an explosion in the photographic department, as editors and workers attempted to salvage the final edition. Officials in New York and Baltimore investigated the cause while rebuilding talks began.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Post
Scripps-Howard
Baltimore Sun
New York
Joseph R. Douglass
Fire Department
Bank of Pontotoc Fails and Liquidation Ordered
The Bank of Pontotoc failed to open and a door notice said the institution was turned over to the State Banking Department for liquidation. In its last report deposits were 410000, capital 110000 and a surplus of 10000.
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Pontotoc
Bank of
Science Finds Midwestern Boys Would Rather Be Lindberghs
A Cleveland report on a Kansas City and Topeka survey shows 26 000 youths favor aviation and applied sciences over sports and detective roles. Boys rate aviation first for willingness, with civil and electrical engineering and architecture next. girls prefer typists though expect housework, with limited movie careers.
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Lindberghs
Cleveland
Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Kansas City
Topeka
American Association For the Advancement of Science Today
Harvey C
Lehman
Ohio
University
Athens
Cowboy
Casey Joneses
Detectives
Premier Arias Now Controls Panama After Revolt
In Panama City on January 2 amid a coup, Harmodio Arias was named premier by President Arosemena then resigned as president, leaving Arias and his party in control. American journalist Hartwell F. Ayers was mortally wounded and died. U.S. officials monitored the crisis as troops guarded the legation and border amid fighting near the palace and police station.
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Panama City
Hartwell F. Ayers
Gorgas
Arosemena
Harmodio Arias
Panama
Arias
Daniel Ballen
Vic
Tomas Lee
Alfaro
Golindo
United States
Jorge D. Arias
United State Legation
Legation
Francisco Paredes
U. S
Collegians Deplore Subsidized Athletics
Atlanta det. January 2. The National Students Federation congress passed a resolution deploring subsidized athletes and another urging scholarships on academic basis regardless of extracurricular activities. A third measure proposed a nationwide meeting of athletic directors college presidents and student leaders on commercialism and professionalism.
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Atlanta
National Students Federation
Candor and Elm City Banks Closed Today
State bank examiner was notified that the Bank of Candor and the Bank of Elm City have closed. Candor had capital of 25000 with deposits about 109861 and resources 153633.03. Elm City had capital 20000 with deposits about 97000 and resources 186043.84.
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Candor and
Elm City
Raleigh
John Mitchell
State Bank Examiner
Bank of Candor
Bank of Elm City
Freight Cars Derailed in Montgomery. Tracks Damaged
Twelve Southern freight cars derailed early today near Montgomery, G. C. and tracks were badly torn up. No injuries are reported.
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Spartanburg
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