Roosevelt Forces Push Dem Candidacy As Ritchie Enters
Two Democrats gain front position as 1930s campaign season opens. Albert C. Ritchie announces Maryland governor bid in Baltimore. Jackson Day Dinner looms with Smith Davis Cox as possible frontrunners. Roosevelt camp seeks Kansas City convention and blocks liquor control plan. National committee meeting planned for June.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Democratic National Committee
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Baltimore
Free State
Alfred F. Smith
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Smith
New Yorker
National Committee
John J. Raskob
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Atlantic City
Raskob
Congress
Democratic National Committee Finances Report for 1931
The Democratic National Committee reported 1931 expenditures totaling 1,030,486 with receipts of 1,032,267. Unpaid bills reached 8,731 and a January 1, 1932 balance stood at 8,247. Large contributions included Pierre Dupont 12,500 Vincent Astor 25,000 Percy Straus 5,000 plus several 2,000 gifts from Newark and New Jersey donors.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee Today
House
James W. Gerard
John J. Raskob
County Trust Company of
New York
Pierre 8S. Dupont
Vincent Astor
Percy S. Straus
M. F. Reddington
R. R. Young
Ches Sabin
Morton L. Schwartz
John C. Weadock
Newark
Leo J. Warwick
Long Branch
New Jersey
Arthur A. O'Brien
Japanese premier resigns after attempted emperor bombing
The Japanese government led by Premier Inukai resigns after an assassination attempt as Emperor Hirohito narrowly escapes a bomb in Tokyo. The cabinet’s action mirrors the 1923 earthquake cabinet resignation. Riho sho, a Korean, was arrested with a second bomb found in his pocket. The emperor urged continued service until further orders. The U S note on Far East rights provokes conciliatory Japanese reaction while the League welcomes Stimson's stance on Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Inukai
Hirohito
Yamamoto
Torio
United States
Far East
Japan
Stimson
Rubber ranches in Singapore lure with cheap land
A letter from Will to Hen and Harvey Firestone boasts Singapore rubber ranches as a source of abundant supply cheaper than Kansas wheat farms. He requests a cable order to check on the venture, promising years of puncture supply.
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Singapore
America
England
Harvey Firestone
Liberia
Brazil
Kansas
Harvey
N C publisher urges more paid advertising over press agents
John A. Park publisher of the Raleigh Times told the South Carolina Press Institute that the newspaper industry needs fewer press agents and more paid advertising. He noted newspapers derive 80 percent of revenue from advertising and urged merchants to support advertising despite calls for rate cuts.
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John A. Park
N. C. Press Institute
Columbia
N. C
Raleigh
Times
South Carolina Press Institute
Park
South Carolina Press Association
Respus Executed in North Carolina Electric Chair
Asbury Respus, about 50, who confessed slaying eight people, was electrocuted at the state prison for the murder of Vera Leonard, a nine year old Guilford county girl. He entered the chamber singing and, after two shocks totaling over four minutes, was pronounced dead by Dr. R S M Bowie.
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Raleigh
N. C
Asbury Respus
State’s Prison
Vera Leonard
Guilford County
R. S. M. Bowie
Respus
Death Row
Gardner
Greensboro flier Dick Hunter wins parachute drop event
Miami air races report Dick Hunter of Greensboro North Carolina wins the parachute dropping event posting a mark landing 85 feet from the spot during today’s competitions in Miami Florida.
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Greensboro
Miami
Fla
Dick Hunter
N. C
Briand Expected to Resign as French Foreign Minister
The Havas agency reported that Aris tide Briand has presented his resignation as foreign minister of France. In a separate note, Christopher Battalino of Hartford forfeited his featherweight title in New York state after weighing in at 135 1 4 pounds for a Madison Square Garden bout with Lew Feldman.
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Briand
New York
Havas
Aristide Briand
France
Battalino
Christopher
Bat) Battalino
Hartford
Conn
New York State
Lew Feldman
Madison Square Garden
Stevens Seeks Six Hour Day Five Day Week for Government Work
Henry L. Stevens Jr of Warsaw North Carolina urged the government to require a six hour day and five day work week on all construction projects. He spoke as the American Legion national commander announced plans to press for a law mandating such a clause in government contracts.
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Richmond
American Legion
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
N. C
The
Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Washington
Violations of State Law By Officers In Mooney Case Heard
An unpublished report submitted to the Wickersham commission charges police and prosecution in California with flagrant violations in the Mooney Billings case. The document by Zechariah Chafee Jr., Walter H. Pollak and Carl Stern was sent by the justice department to the Senate and not accepted by the commission.
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Washington
California
Mooney- Billings
Wickersham Commission
Senate
Justice Department
Zechariah Chafee, Jr
Walter H. Pollak
Carl 8. Stern
Commission
Bailey blocks North Carolina postmaster appointments
Senator J W Bailey Democrat of North Carolina has held up all postmaster nominations for the state to study complaints of irregular appointments and alleged discrimination against former soldiers. He said an inquiry is underway as about 25 names submitted by President Hoover await Senate action.
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Washington, Jan
J. W. Bailey
North Carolina
President Hoover
Senate
Benjamin EE. Atkins
Apex
James J. Hathaway
Battleboro
Jed Shepardson
Belhaven
John P. Hoffman
Dallas
Neill S. Green
Dunn
J. Lee Norman
East Bend
Laurence T. Gibson
Gibson
Coy
Lewis
Hempt
Edith M. Holton
Jamestown
William R. Stephens
Leaksville
Mary W. Yarborough
Louisburg
George E. Hunsucker
Maiden
Blanche H. Edwards
Newport
James W. Smith
Pembroke
Raymond C. Edwards
Pomona
Alfred L. Purrington
Scotland Neck
Evelyn Hill
Snow Hill
John C. Matthews
Spring Hope
Lucy B. Hofler
Sunbury
Osmund F. Pool
Taylorsville
First Leap Year Romance Ties Granite Falls Pair
Lenoir North Carolina January 8 report says registerer Frank B White issued marriage license to G W Travis 63 and Sarah McRary 69 both residents of Granite Falls for a leap year romance in the region.
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Lenoir
N. C
Frank B. White
G. W. Travis
Sarah McRary
Granite Falls
Prominent Rocky Mount Merchant Found Dead on Tracks
J H Daniel a prominent Rocky Mount merchant banker and real estate owner was found dead on railway tracks in the warehouse section. Police say he was seen alive last night and a trunk severed body was found. coroner orders an inquest as two theories probe murder or accident. Daniel led four stores and headed the New Home Building and Loan association.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
J. H. Daniel
Daniel
George Wheeless
Wheeless
J. E. L. Thomas
Tarboro
New Home Building and Loan Associa
Congress and committees pursue large reconstruction bills
Senate weighs a 2 billion reconstruction finance corporation bill as LaFollette's unemployment relief inquiry continues. House starts debate on a Democratic tariff measure while the banking committee acts on 500 million reconstruction funds. Military affairs panel lasts over Muscle Shoals, and rivers and harbors reviews the Tennessee river project.
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Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
LaFollette Committee
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Military Affairs
Rivers and Harbors
Advertise Now Babson Advises In 1932 Marketing Push
Babson urges advertisers to plan aggressive policies to ride the business cycle and restore confidence. He notes the low mood phase is waning and conditions point to gradual improvement in 1932, with money still available for coaxing into trade and employment rising as Christmas buying boosts activity.
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Babson Park
Fla
Babson
Miami Beach Approves New Two Piece Brassiere Bathing Suit
Miami Beach officials approve a two piece brassiere bathing suit for women, a necklace brassiere and trunks with skin exposed, aimed at maximal sun exposure. Mayor Cleary notes that past abbreviated suits set a precedent and questions about enforcement arise.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Jan
Edward HH. McCracken
St. Petersburg
Fla
Val Cleary
Bribery Scandal Hits Coast Guard in Court Martial
Washington report says about 20 enlisted Coast Guard members faced court martial for accepting bribes from rum runners. Four enlisted men already sentenced, with New York authorities claiming a million dollar bribery ring. Federal prosecutors aim to uncover all involved, including higher figures, as arrests continue.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Walks Seven Miles To Jump At Lake Tahoma Then Refuses
Marion North Carolina January 8 Arthur Messer twenty after walking seven miles from home to Lake Tahoma jumped into the water in a death by own action attempt. He injured his leg, swam out, and then decided life was worth living after all. Deputy Sheriff B L Robbins said Messer admitted the act because his mother locked up his car to keep him from riding at night.
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Marion
N. C
Lake Tahoma
Arthur Messer
Messer
B. L. Robbins
Paul Young Turns Himself In To Houston Police
Paul Young, brother of Harry and Jennings Young, the Missouri slayers of six peace officers, surrendered to police in Houston. He had been sought for questioning in the Springfield killings as authorities believed his brothers were at the farm house during the gun battle. prosecutors later said they were the only ones present.
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Houston
Tex
Paul Young
Harry
Jennings Young
Missouri
Springfield
van Nee
Jennings
Lysistrata Cast Arrested Over Indecent Stage Produc tion Shakeup
Nance O'Neil and 53 cast members of Lysistrata were charged with an indecent performance in Los Angeles. Police took nearly every patrol wagon to transport the actors to jail, and after the show they were booked, bail set at 100 dollars each, with hearings scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Los Angeles
Nance O'Neil
D. MacDonald Jones
Paralyzed man survives after glass ingestion and gunshot wound
George Davis, shot by his father in law Harry Moore and, eleven months later, ingested glass to end his misery. Hospital attaches report the bullet in his spine and four glass fragments still torture him, yet he remains alive despite near fatal injuries.
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Asheville
George Davis
Davis
Harry Moore
Culbertson Lead Reduced In Bridge Contest
In New York on January 8 UP reports Sidney Lenz and Commander Winfield Liggett narrowed Ely Culbertsons lead by 5 405 points in the Culbertson Lenz contract bridge match. Culbertson started with Howard Schenken, led by Kibitzers including Charles M Schwab and Grantland Rice as the final nights play continued with seven rubbers completed.
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New York
Sidney Lenz
Winfield Liggett
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Ely
Howard Schenken
Lenz
Liggett
Schenken
Howard
Themelves
Thery
Union Square
Charles M. Schwab
Grantland Rice
Joseph
Supreme Court
Rube Goldberg
Cyril Tolley
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DEMS
Jackson
James M. Force
Force
St. Louis
Party
James R. Cox
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Cox
UY. S
Merica
League
Foreign Office
United Press
China
Manchuria
Debuchi
Great Britain
Italy
Geneva
League of Nations
China de Nanking
Will
N.C
Stevens
Mooney
Bailey
Tar Heel
J i. Reggles
By Roger W. Babson
Coast Guard
Howard W. Ameli
Ameli
Killer Trio
Houston Cops
Lysistrata
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