Tradewind Monoplane Reaches Bermuda in Six Hours
Mrs Beryl Hart and Lt. William MacLaren completed the first leg of a planned Paris flight in the monoplane Tradewind. The duo left Hampton Roads Naval Air Station at 6 am and landed in Hamilton Bermuda at 12:55 pm, six hours fifty five minutes later, amid navy cheers.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Beryl Hart
William
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Hampton Roads
Azores
Paris
MacLaren
Lady Luck
Naval Air Station
Atlantic
Navy
Hart
Naval
Danville Church Bomb Shatters Local Congregation
A church in Danville Virginia, tied to non union textile mill workers from Schoolfield, was damaged by a bombing in a wave of attacks. Police investigated the incident as part of a string of recent violent acts aimed at labor groups.
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Danville
Schoolfield
Joffre Brought Home as Paris Honours War Hero
Paris marks the funeral of Marshal Joffre with tens of thousands lining routes from Notre Dame to Les Invalides while a bombing at Pentecostal Holiness Church disrupts services. Police hunt unnamed bombers as Governor Pollard vows full investigation amid strike tensions.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Les Invalides
Notre Dame
Pentecostal Holiness Church
F. A. Dail
Italians Conquer Atlantic as Seaplanes Reach Natal
A Portuguese Guinea dispatch says one plane crashed in flames and another returned. the pilot’s body is reportedly recovered. Censorship was lifted to avoid alarm among aviators’ families. Thousands in Natal watch ten Italian seaplanes arrive after a 1700 mile Atlantic crossing toward Rio de Janeiro.
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Buenos Aires
la Naciion
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Praiabranca Eer Agen
Natal
Brazil
Atlantic
Potengy
West Africa
Rio de Janeiro
Botafogo Bay
Missing Rutherford County mother and daughters likely victims
A mother Mrs. Jane Lavendar and her daughters aged 11 and 17 vanished December 14 after leaving a tenant farm house in eastern Rutherford county. A heavy snowstorm followed two days later and they never reached Boston their stated destination. County welfare officer Fannie Cantrell and locals have launched a search.
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Rutherfordton
Jane Lavendar
Pink Teasewear
Bostoc
Gaffney
D. C
Fannie W. Cantrell
Rutherford County
Much Ado Over Tom Mix Lawsuit in Natchez
NATCHEZ Miss Jan 7 There was much ado in Natchez today over a two year old lawsuit between showfolk Col Zack T Miller owner of the 101 Ranch shows and Tom Mix the movie star Hearing of the suit is scheduled tomorrow in Adams county Chancery court Mix appeared two years ago with the Sells Floto circus and Miller filed a bill claiming 50000 damages for breach of contract with the 101 Ranch shows
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Natchez
Miss
Col
Zack T. Miller
Tom Mix
Chancery Court
Adams County
Mix
Sells Floto Circus
Colonel Miller
Wickersham Commission Recesses Amid Prohibition Report Doubt
The Wickersham law enforcement commission recessed today until January 14 with secrecy over whether the pro prohibition report is ready for submission to President Hoover or will be revised further next week. The meeting lasted under two hours with eight of twelve members present and no reason given.
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Washington
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
White House
Commission
Tell Legation To Give Reception
Washington January 7 The state department instructed the American legation at Guatemala City to extend recognition to the government of provisional President Andrade.
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Legation
Washington
State Department
Guatemala City
Andrade
Will Lift Ban On Poultry Eating In Chicago
Chicago authorities prepared to lift tonight the ban on eating poultry declared by the orthodox rabbinate to fight racketeering by some authorized fowl killers. The move follows pressure and legal considerations amid ongoing public health concerns.
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Chicago
Chicago Rabbinate
Norfolk and Western workers to return to duty
Roanoked Virginia January 7. Seven hundred Norfolk and Western Railway maintenance of the way workers laid off December 18 will return to work Monday. The company announced a total of 3,500 men returning to work for the road since January 5.
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Roanded
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Republicans Call Caucus To Pick House Leaders
A Republican caucus for the 72nd Congress was set for February 26 by Chairman Wood to choose candidates for Speaker and House officers. All Republican members-elect were invited, aiming to resist Democratic bids for control as they previously waited for convening. Garza of Texas had called a Democratic caucus for February 28 with plans to elect a speaker candidate if possible.
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Washington
House
Wood
Congressional Committee
Gar‘mer
Texas
Capitol
Congress
Littleton Bank Fails To Open Doors Today
RALEIGH January 7 The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Littleton did not open today. Chief state bank examiner John Mitchell was notified this morning. The bank had resources of 118746 dollars at closure and a September 24 call statement showing 25000 capital and 118000 deposits. Resources at closure were about 50000 less than the September 24 total.
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Raleigh
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Littleton
John Mitchell
State Bank Examiner
Shipping Board Announces Loans to Maritime Firms
The Shipping Board announces loans totaling $12,285,056 to Grace Steamship Company of New York City and its Panama mail line subsidiary in San Francisco for construction of four vessels.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board Today
Grace Steamship Company
New York City
Panama Mail Line
San Francisco
Buttons Fascination Leads to Jail Time for Theft
In Chicago on January 17, Joseph Gugaraste, obsessed with buttons, stole a policeman’s star. He had a prior 60 day sentence for a similar crime and was fined 31 dollars plus costs. Police found two more stars and a badge on him as he left for the house of correction.
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Chicago
Joseph Gugaraste
Thomas Higgins
Joseph
House of Correction
Neal Introduces First 1931 Bill in North Carolina
RALEIGH Jan 7 AP W W Neal of McDowell introduced the first bill of 1931 to extend the property revaluation deadline in North Carolina to February 15 1931 The measure bears house number 2 and H G Connor of Wilson filed a resolution to notify the governor that the house is organized and ready to hear his message immediately after the organization began.
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Raleigh
W. W. Neal
McDowell
North Carolina
Neal
H. G. Connor
Wilson
Drought Loan Appropriation Still Looms
Washington today contended over drought loans and Muscle Shoals power lines with House and Senate at odds. Conferees settled disputed government construction points, while House action looms. Debates touched campaign funds, personnel nominations, and unemployment projections as the month advances.
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Washington
Senate
House F
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
House
Wood
Caneater
la Guardia
New York
Snell
Rules Committee
Walsh
Smith
Garland and Draper
Power Commission
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
J. R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Robert H. Lucas
National Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Arthur Woode
Senate Appropriations Committee
Money blows through Goldsboro as $400 in cash scatters
Money blew through Goldsboro today when John P F Hobbs dropped a $400 bundle from his bank book after his coat caught in a car door. A high wind swept the bills across the sidewalk, scattering real currency in fives tens and twenties.
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Goldsboro
John PF. Hobbs
Wayne National Bank
James Cannon Jr in Sanatorium for Rheumatic Ailment
Bishop James Cannon Jr arrived at a Marlin Texas sanatorium on January 2 seeking relief through mineral waters. He avoids interviews and has shown some improvement, accompanied by his wife after arriving from a Washington hospital.
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Marlin
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Texas
Washington Hospital
Lawmaking accelerates as states convene across the nation
Associated Press reports legislatures open in Ohio Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire Maine Connecticut and North Carolina with blue laws tax debates and public works spending on the agenda. In Delaware a biannual session faces early organization delays as governors and parties juggle unemployment and economy priorities.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Pennsylvania
New England
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
W. L. Cross
W. T. Gardiner
North Carolina
Delaware
Woman’s death statement absolves husband in cafe shooting
New Bern Sun Journal reports friends say Mrs Sadie Solomon’s dying statement in a Wilmington hospital absolved Aman Solomon and his brothers of blame in her death after a Christmas cafe shooting in Whiteville. Aman Solomon faces a January 13 preliminary hearing. Fred Solomon owned the cafe. Mrs Solomon died from a self inflicted gunshot after wounding her sister in law.
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New, Bern
New Bern Sun-Journal
Sadie Solomon
Wilmington
Dianne
Whiteville
Aman Solomon
Fred Solomon
Aman
the Sun-Journal
Thousands Idle Receiving Work Amid Factory Reopenings
New York on January 7 reports more than 60,000 workers in industrial centers regaining payrolls as new or rebuilt factories restart. Automobile plants in Detroit recall 22,000 workers. Chevrolet adds 1,500. Ford lines bring back 12,000. Cadillac adds 6,000. other rail and shipbuilding orders promise continued employment.
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New York
America
Panama Mail Company
Kearny
N.Y
Detroit
Chevrolet Company
Cadillac
Ford
Flint
Chicago and Northwestern
Monon Lines
Nor
Mary Frick Sentenced in Rockwell Bank Robbery Case
Mary Frick, former Rockwell teacher, begins a six to eight year prison term in Raleigh after conviction for complicity in the Rockwell bank robbery last fall. Sheriff Locke McKenzie delivers the sentence. Frick sought a new trial in the state supreme court, which was denied. Her three accomplices Mabel Yarbrough Ted Honeycutt and John Ellis have already begun serving their terms.
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Salisbury
N. C
Mary Frick
Locke McKenzie
Rockwell
Bank of Rockwell
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Mabel Yarborough
Ted Honeycutt
John Ellis
Great Salt Lake Freezes As Ice Forms on Lake
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7. Great Salt Lake, among the world’s saltiest waters, yielded to the cold with ice sighted on the lake yesterday for the first time in weather bureau records.
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Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Weather Bureau
Gang warfare blamed for Chicago gang leader Patsy Tardi slaying
Police attributed the latest underworld killing in Chicago to internecine gang warfare. Pasquale Patsy Tardi, head of the 42 gang, was shot on Polk Street near Hull House with Ralph Costanzo wounded. Two assailants fired from behind, then fled as Costanzo lay injured.
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Chicago
Jan. T
Pasquale
Patsy” Tardi
Alfred le
Chicago Tribune
Tardi
Polk Street
Ralph Costanzo
Jane Addams
Hull House
Costanzo
Richard Waldrop Takes Own Life in Raleigh
Richard Waldrop, 47, died by inhaling illuminating gas in Raleigh. Coroner L. M. Waring reported after investigation. He was brother of John D. Waldrop, chief highway engineer of the State highway commission. Waldrop lived with his brother and family. his body was found by his brother this morning and will be buried in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Raleigh
N. C
Richard Waldrop
L. M. Waring
Waldrop
John D. Waldrop
State Highway Commission
Norfolk
Bill to expand hospital facilities at two veterans homes
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to authorize a $650,000 appropriation for building additional hospital and domiciliary facilities at the mountain branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Johnson City Tennessee and at the Veterans Bureau Hospital in Oteen North Carolina.
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Washington
Mountain Branch
National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Johnson City
Tenn
Veterans Bureau Hospital
Oteen
North Carolina
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Romance Recalled as Police Probe Sarcophagus Mystery
In Copenhagen, Danish police seek to unravel why the sarcophagus of Earl of Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots third husband, was rifled. The container, containing his remains, was found broken with contents disturbed though no jewels or valuables appear taken. The tale ties Marian intrigue, royal beheadings, and centuries of vengeance surrounding Bothwell and Mary.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Skein
Mary
Queen of Scots
Earl of Bothwell
Bothwell
Zealand
Elizabeth of England
Henry
Darnley
Willis Smith Named Speaker In North Carolina Assembly
The 1931 North Carolina general assembly convened at noon with 117 members present. Willis Smith of Wake was elected speaker after unanimous nomination, as the House organized by seating officers and noting a contest over a seat in Yadkin while Clement S. Kitchin's death was reported. Renowned officials and witnesses, including Lieut. Gov. Fountain and Associate Justice Heriot Clark, took oaths as committees began organization and prayers were offered.
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Raleigh
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Alex Lassiter
House of Representatives
R. T. Fountain
Senate
Paul H. Fields
Lassiter
T. A
Pennix
U. S. Spence
Moore
Heriot Clarkson
State Supreme Court
Willis Smith
Wake
A. D. MacLean
Beaufort
John C. McBee
Mitchell
A. L. Butler
Sampson
Hearing Evidence in Coltrane Case Seeks Further Inquiry
Concord January 7 investigating the death of Tom Gay Coltrane moves forward as a coroner's jury labeled his death a fall and exposure. A bruise on the head and icy steps prompted more inquiry. Judge Oglesby ordered continued investigation and the case was sent to the Cabarrus grand jury with closed doors proceedings.
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Concord
Tom Gay Coltrane
Coltrane
John M. Oglesby
Cabarrus County
Zeb Vv. Long
Wrecking Tug Secures Line To Grounded Freighter
In New York on January 7 a wrecking tug secured a line to the grounded freighter William N. Page off Westhampton Long Island. Coast guard officials forecast a likely freeing at high tide later today with minimal hull damage and only light seawater ingress. The vessel's crew of 51 remained aboard.
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New York
William N. Page
Westhampton
Long Island
Coast Guard
Prince of Wales To Start Voyage
The Prince of Wales and his brother Prince Georg will begin their voyage to South America on Saturday January 17, an official announcement stated in London.
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Prince of Wales
London
Prince Georg
South America
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