Democrats pick Chicago for 1932 convention and date set
Democrats chose Chicago as the 1932 convention city with June 27 as the date, while debate over prohibition is sent to the national meeting. Raskob and Byrd present a smooth program amid factional rivalries and bidding for host cities peaks with Chicago offering 200000.
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Washington
Chicago
Raskob
Byrd
Virginia
Roosevelt
New York
Alfred B. Smith
Thial
Ritchie
Maryland
An Raskob
Convention City
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Harry Bacharach
San Francisco
Kansas City
Cermak
Edward N. Hurley
Four Suspects Held in Arkansas Gazette Payroll Robbery
Four suspects were held after the Arkansas Gazette payroll holdup in Little Rock in which cashier J. E. Chapple was shot and gravely wounded. Police traced the getaway car to Charles Pearce's home and identified Don Pearce as the man who entered the business office.
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Little Rock
Ark
The
Arkansas Gazette
J. E. Chapple
Charles Pearce
Gazette
Don Pearce
Pine Bluff
Sam Hart
Gazette Linotype
Chapple
Fleet will not visit Honolulu as Massie case stirs Navy
Massie backed by Navy chief in statement as dispatches reveal tension over the Honolulu murder case. The fleet will skip its Hawaii visit next month due to safety fears and potential violence stemming from the Massie affair.
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Honolulu
Massie
Washington
Thomas H. Massie
Naval Operations
Navy Department
Hawaii
Woman State Senator May Enter Race For Lieutenant Governor
SYLVA North Carolina January 9 A state senator Mrs EB B McKee of Sylva responded to Charlotte reports she may run for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor She said she has not decided yet though many have urged her to run and she is toying with the idea
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Sylva
N. C
Charlotte
EB. L. McKee
Beer Legalization Urged To Aid Farmers And Tax Revenue
Senator Bingham presented a prosperity chart urging legalization of four percent beer as a job creator and revenue source. Tydings argued it would ease conditions more than credit, citing 300000 workers and $500 million in tax income. Hull urged 3.2 percent beer to curb bootlegging and keep prices low.
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Washington
Senate
Bingham
Connecticut
Crusaders
Tydings
Maryland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senator Black
Alabama
William E. Hull
Illinois
New York Freighter Runs Aground in Cape Fear River
The American freighter Elda owned by the elder Dunston Company of New York ran ashore in the Cape Fear river near Wilmington in thick weather. She sat in 22 feet of water on a 15 foot knob while tugboats and salvage crews worked to refloat her and move upriver to Wilmington North Carolina.
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Norfolk
Elda
Elder Dunston Company
New York
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Carrabassett
Wood Towing Corporation
Cape Fear
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
For South Atlantic States generally fair with rain likely Thursday and Friday and over the northern portion Monday night. Winds shift, temperatures rise Monday, cool Wednesday, rise again by Friday, with a colder end of the week.
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South Atlantic
House approves tariff bill boosting Hawley Smoot reform
The House voted 214 to 182 to revamp Hawley Smoot tariff provisions and call for an international conference to cut tariffs. The measure shifts tariff rate power from the president to Congress and awaits Senate action amid expected veto threats. Twelve Republicans and one Farmer-Laborite backed the bill.
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Hoover
Senate
Congressional
White House
Farmer - Laborite
Kvale
Minnesota
House
la Guardia
New York
Canfield
Indiana
International Conference
Congress
Crisp
Georgia
Ways and Means
United Representatives
Tariff Commission
Federal aid for unemployed not needed
Washington, Jan 9. A Senate committee wrapped up hearings on direct federal unemployment relief with many recommendations but heard Walter Gifford, Hoover relief director, say federal aid is not necessary. The chamber referendum showed 2479 to 194 against federal appropriations. Gifford said local communities could handle the problem, though he would favor federal aid if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Gifford
Hoover
Manufactures
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
Gifford
White Native War Looms In Honolulu
Nervous residents fear racial clash as court proceedings unfold over the Massie case. Mrs Granville Fortescue and two naval men face charges in the slaying of a Hawaiian youth after luring him from a courtroom. Navy orders restrict shore access during Pacific fleet maneuvers and officials note few white female assaults.
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William V. Pratt
Massie
Granville Fortescue
New York
Washington Society
Honolulu
Mrs. Massie
Pratt
Navy Department
Stirling
Hawaiian
Navy
Thomas H. Massie
E. J. Lord
Joseph Kahahawai
James Gilliland
Pearl Harbor
Daniel Lyman
Oahu
Lyman
Lui Kaikapu
Pacific Fleet
Naval
Wallace R. Farrington
Roosevelt Named Philippine Governor General in Place of Davis
President Hoover promotes Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico to governor general of the Philippine Islands after Dwight F. Davis resigns. Davis cites personal reasons and will depart for Paris. Roosevelt will assume duties immediately, leaving the San Juan post open.
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Dwight F. Davis
Philippines
United States
Teddy Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Hoover
Islands
U. S
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Philippine Islands
Davis
White House
Hurley
War Department
Paris
Alice
Manila
Roosevelt
San Juan
Rains Bring Minor Flood Damage To N C And Mississppi Lowlands
Eastern North Carolina rivers rise above flood levels after heavy rains as Cape Fear and Neuse threaten lowlands. In Mississippi, Tallahatchie floodwaters inundate basins near Glendora and Tippo with hundreds displaced and Red Cross relief efforts under E P Krick underway.
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Mississippi
Raleigh
North Carolina
Lee. A. Denson
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Denson
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Glendora
Miss
Tippo Basin
Tallahatchie River
Red Cross
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tallahatchie Valley
Charleston
Webb
Marks
Swan Lake
E. P. Krick
National Disaster Relief
Tallahatchie County
Patience contest of nationalists ends as police move
In Jubbulpore India on January 9 nationalists who staged a patience protest against Gandhi followers were cleared from the main street after police in shifts maintained guard. The magistrate ordered them to quit within five minutes and police charged with lathis. Three leaders were arrested.
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Bombay
India
Jubbulpore
Akron Dirigible Flies Over Greensboro At Night
The dirigible Akron passed over Greensboro at 11 48 tonight. After a full circle the airship headed eastbound leaving residents noting the low altitude and quiet hum of its passage.
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Dirigible
Akron
Greensboro
Moses Backs Hoover as GOP faces President Question
Senator Moses of New Hampshire declares for Hoover as a delegate at large while Dawes resists rumors of a ticket bid. Hyde praises the administration in Washington as Hoover supporters push for unity amid party debates.
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New Hampshire
Hyde
Washington
Jan
Herberg Troover
Moses
Cha G. Dawes
Great Britain
Dawes
Chicago
Hoover
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Ritchie
Maryland
Concord Monitor
New York
Reparation Deadlock Deepens as German Stand Shifts
London January 9. Chancellor Bruening says Germany has reached the end of its rope on reparations payments ahead of a British cabinet meeting. The British policy response is unclear while Sir John Simon and Neville Chamberlain may lead the delegation to Lausanne. Britain’s mediating role between France and Germany is likely to grow more difficult.
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London
Bruening
Germany
John Simon
Neville Chamberlain
Lausanne
MacDonald
England
France
All State Highways In S C Closed or In Danger of Floods
Columbia S C Jan 9 The state highway department announced that all highways closed or threatened by high water were expected to be open tomorrow. Six spots were affected with Route 601 closed at Thompson's Creek between Cheraw and Society Hill but likely to reopen late tomorrow. Detours arranged.
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Columbia
8. C
State Highway Department
Thompson's Creek
Choraw
Society Hill
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Little Rock Gazette
Bandit
Lawrence Tibbett
Jennie Marston Burcard
Culbertson
Angie
Ely
Ely Culbertson
Sidney S. Lenz
Tyros
China
Senator
N. Y
Hawley-Smoot
U.S
Dwight Davis
Roanoke
Weldon
Smithfield
Neuse
Weather Bureau
Sharkey
Phillipps
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