Hoover Faces Opposition as Dawes and Johnson Rise
Washington dispatch notes Hoover prioritizes quick creation of a 2 billion dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation over party preparations. Dawes and Johnson are floated as possible rivals, with Coolidge and Lowden also mentioned. McCormick criticizes Hoover, while Johnson denies concrete moves, arguing the contest hinges on leadership and policy.
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Washington
Rae
Dent Hoover
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Hiram Johnson
California
Hoover
Congress
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Rockford
Ill
Register- Republic
Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Johnson
United Press
North Carolina posts lowest death rate in years in 1931
North Carolina recorded its lowest death rate in years for 1931 at 9.8, likely the lowest east of the Mississippi aside from Vermont. Dr. James M. Parrott credits the Health Board's disease prevention sanitation and health education. He notes auto accidents surpassed infectious diseases in deaths, urging drivers to exercise common sense and care. Rum running case: Dick Evans held on prohibition charges after release in Wilson.
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North Carolina
Parrott
State Board of Health
Dr. Parrott
Death of Showman Sparks Raleigh Police Probe
Raleigh police prepared to question five people in the Brown showman death case. Joe Truitt remains jailed on murder charges while Robert Stiles and Raymond Appleby were arrested in Norfolk and A B Jones and Nelile Stiles detained in Richmond as investigators seek to knit together alibis and movements surrounding the show’s disbanding. Elaine Lang, Brown’s former sweetheart, alerted authorities after reading of his death in a trade magazine.
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Raleigh
N. C
Kid” Brown
Corning
N. Y
Carnival Concessionaire
Joe Truitt
Robert Stiles
Raymond Appleby
Norfolk
A. B. Jones
Nelile Stiles
Richmond
Brown
Elaine Lang
B C Head Cold Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A pharmacist blended B C to ease head colds in minutes. It claims fast relief from headache neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs. Available in 10c and 25c packages at drug stores.
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B.C
Get
Atv
Indoor pool fishing in Paris becomes winter sport
Report from Paris describes trout fishing in a heated indoor pool where anglers pay 12 cents per catch and weigh fish at market rates. The setup features a bar, hungry stocked fish, and floor-walkers enforcing payment with a single rule catchers keepers.
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Paris
Izaac Walton
Societies For the Prevention of Cruelty
Tiny Bible Chains to Pulpit Draws Crowds in Fall River
Mrs C A Carter owns a remarkably small 876 page Bible measuring half an inch thick and under two inches in length and width It was printed by David Bryce and Son in Glasgow Scotland and is chained to a miniature pulpit drawing curious crowds to view the artifact.
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Fall River
Mass
C. A. Carter
David Bryce & Son
Glasgow
Scotland
United States Leads World in Sole Leather Production
The United States stands as the largest producer of sole leather globally, maintaining a dominant role in the industry with extensive output and supply capacity.
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United States
Mrs Marian Woodall Killed After Stumbling in Durham
Mrs Marian Woodall a 35 year old wife of J A Woodall sporting goods dealer in Durham was fatally injured when she stumbled and fell to the street after alighting from her husband s car. The tragedy occurred on a local street and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Durham
Marian Woodall
J. A. Woodall
Miss Harlow
Hell's Angels
Columbia
Jean Harlow
Chicago Likely Site for 1932 Democratic National Convention
Washington dispatch says Chicago probably will host the 1932 Democratic national convention, with June 21 as a tentative date after the Republicans pick Chicago for their nominating event. Delegates weigh midwest location, cost, and access as San Francisco or Atlantic City bid.
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Washington
Chicago
National Committee
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Kansas City
Mid-West
Americans Live In Luxury Amid Manchurian Trouble
Americans in Mukden enjoy rent free use of warlord palaces and cars since the occupation, with some renting heat and services while others heat large homes. Some estate valuables were seized by Japanese forces, including gold reserves and silver vaults, leaving questions about return or sale. A separate note reports Raleigh officer W. M. Linder was discharged for pistol threats to Fort Bragg soldiers.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Chang Heeuh-liang
Chang Tso-lin
Tang Yulin
Jehol
Raleigh
W. M. Linder
Fort Bragg
New Addition to Board
Dr. R. T. Simpson of Yadkin county assumed duties with the epidemiology and vital statistics department of the state board of health in Raleigh. In New Bern an orange seed lodged in the windpipe proved fatal to 7 year old Sarah Jess Whitehurst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitehurst, at their home nearby.
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Raleigh
R. T. Simpson
Yadkin County
Epidemicology and Vital Statistics Department
State Board of Health
New Bern
Sarah Jess Whitehurst
Str
Fred Whitehurst
Here
Deputy's Death by Own Action Reported in Zebulon
In Zebulon, W. Cc. Whitley, aged 26, died by suicide at the scene. The incident is reported as self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities are documenting the case as a fatal self-harm event with local record.
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Zebulon
W. Cc. Whitley
Souicilde
License Tag Sales Continue in Raleigh at 48 Hour Grace
State highway patrol will start arrests unless motorists renew 1932 license tags. E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the state highway commission, said grace period is limited to 48 hours.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
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Pinchot
Pennsylvania
George W. Norris
Nebraska
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Wilson
Dick Evans
Tennessee
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Small Bible
Dems
Windy City
Posible
Trad
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Baltimore
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Raskob
John J. Raskob
Platform Committee
Raskog
Democratic House
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Ae . Lettes
the Anendn Co
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