Victory Dinners And Meetings Are Held Over Nation
The piece reports anti-saloon League head F Scott McBride urging Democrats to nominate a strong constitutionalist and fight ten months ahead of the 1932 election. He warns no land slide for prohibition, stresses economic factors and warns against resubmitting prohibition to the states. Roosevelt and Smith are discussed as potential nominees with Roosevelts call for states rights and tax allocations, while Davis recounts campaign efforts.
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Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
League
McBride
Congress
States
United Press
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Roosevelt
New York
John W. Davis
Economists Agree On New Plan To Spur Prosperity
A group of leading U S economists after two months of talks endorses a simple four step program to revive business restore values raise employment and strengthen banks The plan calls for reconstruction finance corporation expansion sound money banking policy and budget discipline.
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New York
United States
Warren M. Persons
Associated Press Day
Persons
Europe
Reconstruction Ftnance Corporation
Federal Reserve
Reconstruction Corporation Bill Moves in House Today
The 2.0 billion Reconstruction Corporation Bill, Senate approved, heads to the White House for a likely signature next week. It includes a $200 million provision for loans to farmers via intermediate credit banks and agricultural groups, prompting administration efforts to strike the clause.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover
House
Senate
White House
New York
Chicago
Governor Grants 60 Day Reprieve In Raleigh Case
Ernest Herring, 22, of Sampson County, scheduled for execution for the Kerr Ernest postmaster murder, receives a 60 day reprieve after Governor Gardner visits death row and questions his claim of innocence. Chevis already executed and Ernest seeks new investigation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Ernest Herring
Sampson County
C. Max Gardner
State Prison
Chevis
F. F. Newton
Kerr
Ernest
Tyre C. Taylor
Herring
Walnut Cove Farmer Shot and Killed by Brother-In-Law
Harry Tillery, 32, a Walton Cove area farmer, was shot and killed at his home by Emmett Hooker his brother in law. Hooker surrendered to Stokes county officers hours later after witnesses said a quarrel occurred between Tillery and his wife, Hooker's sister. Hooker was jailed in Danbury and refused to discuss the incident.
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Walnut Cove
N. C
Harry Tillery
Emmett Hooker
Stokes County
Tillery
Hooker
Danbury
Vessel collision near Montauk Point halts Atlantic radio
The coast guard destroyer Herndon rammed by the Lemuel Burroughs is towed to New London with all crew safe. The Burroughs proceeds under her own steam after aiding the damaged destroyer in thick fog off Montauk Point.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Herndon
Lemuel Burroughs
New London
Mackay Radio
Radio Marine
United Press
Montauk Point
Burroughs
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Mystic Steamship Company
Boston
Newport News
Roemer
Al Smith's Son Held On Homicide Charge After Auto Fatality
Walter J. Smith 22 son of former Governor Alfred E. Smith arrested in New York on a technical homicide charge after his car struck 55 year old Harry Wallace at 128th Street and Lexington Avenue. Wallace died at the scene. police say he crossed against traffic signals.
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New York
Walter J. Smith
Alfred &. Smith
Harry Wallace
128Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Wallace
Young Smith
Ten Die As Second Dixie Tornado Hits Rural Tenn
Ten members of the Rice family were killed and three injured when a tornado struck two farming communities near Lex and Eaton Tennessee. The dead include P. W. Rice and several relatives aged 4 to 45, with many homes and barns destroyed and several more hurt in the surrounding area. Eleven injured relatives remained at hospitals in Dyersburg and nearby towns. The storm damaged multiple structures and cut telephone lines, with rescue efforts continuing.
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Trenton
Tenn
P. W. Rice
Opal Rice
Hazel Rice
Edith Rice
James E. Rice
Horace Rice
P. W. Rice Jr
Elsie McDaniel
Joe Webb
Eaton
Lex
Rice
Clarence Turner
Congress Action Report Shows Ongoing Fiscal Debates
Senate considers first deficiency bill while committees advance foreign affairs and fiscal policy. House panel continues debate on a $2.0 billion Reconstruction Corporation bill as hearings with the Treasury Secretary Mellon proceed. Ways and Means and Labor panels push tax and wage regulation hearings. Naval, Military Affairs, and Muscle Shoals inquiries persist on government programs and defense projects.
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Senate
Ne Committee
Foreign House
Reconstruction Corporation
Juch
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Ways and Means
Labor Committee
Sage Naval Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Topsy Turvy Weather Returns To Normal
Weather experts warn the topsy turvy pattern is ending as patterns of heat and cold shift. Blizzards in the west and heat in the east have caused deaths and strange storms from Montana to the Atlantic seaboard. Temperatures fall below zero in Montana and Minnesota while Chicago reports rare January lightning and frost threatens for spring bloom.
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United Press
Pacific
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Central States
Montana
Minnesota
Historic Sierra snow pack tops previous records
A winter storm swelled the Sierra Nevada snow pack to record levels at Summit California with over 130 inches reported. A 15 foot wave disabled a San Francisco Bay ferry but it was towed to safety. Snow blanketed Southern California including downtown Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
California
Summit
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Los Angeles
Ten Million Suit Filed Against Charleston Bank
The Chemical Bank and Trust Company of New York and Jerrie L. Dowling are accused in a $10,000,000 libel suit alleging statements damaged the People's State Bank of South Carolina. The suit claims false statements caused the bank to close its 44 South Carolina branches after about $24 million in deposits. Dowling, ex-vice president of Chemical Bank, had returned to Charleston to head the People's bank weeks before its closure. A show cause order requires collateral held by New York banks to await audit findings, and asks that the bank’s assets be taken over by the Ninth Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
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Meyer
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Rep. Laguardia
N. Y
New York
War Finance Corporation
House
Senate
McLean
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Bernard Baruch
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Angus McLean
N. C
Corporation
Treasury
Mellon
Paul Bestor
Farm Loan Board
Columbia
S. C
Chemical Banic and Trust Company
Jerrie L. Dowling
People’s State Bank of
South Carolina
Charleston
People’s State Bank
S. W. Parham
Bluebird Taxi Corporation
People’s Bank
Ninth South Carolina Circuit Court of Common Pleas
Foreclosure sale of Knoxville Journal for 152000
AP dispatches report the Knoxville Journal was sold at foreclosure to Canal Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans for 152000. Agent for the deal was H G Thompson of New Orleans. Other items note a Senate Finance Committee briefing from President Olaya on oil disputes and a bomb scare at a commerce official's office in Washington. In Charlotte a whiskey still case ties to J T Lawing of Greenville South Carolina.
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Knoxville Journal
Canal Bank and Trust Company
New Orleans
H. G. Thompson
Oe Orleans
Senate Finance Committee
Olaya
Congress of Colombia
J. P. Morgan and Company
Barco
Washington
Julius Klein
Greenville finds no J. T. Lawing in city directory
Greenville Indiana January 15 AP report states there is no J T Lawing listed in the city directory and officials say they do not know of any such person. Thomas Grice is also not known in Greenville.
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Greenville
8. C
J. T. Lawing
Thomas Grice
Mississippi faces gravest flood crisis in history
Tallahatchie county battles worsening flood as 300 yards of levee leak water through new cracks. Crevasses along the Tallahatchie and tippo basin threaten vast Delta lands. An emergency appeal seeks 100000 to aid flood victims. two lives reported lost, both Black farmers.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie County
Tallahatchie River
Webb
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