Fatal Firing in Bengal as India Arrests Rise in Nonviolent Campaign
In Berhampore police fired on a mob killing one and injuring two amid a widening crackdown on Gandhi’s nonviolent nationalists. The report notes widespread arrests, including Dr. N S Hardikar, and describes continued gold shipments to England despite Gandhi’s urging against export.
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India
Berhampore
Bengal
England
Mahatma Gandhi
N. 5. Hardikar
Gandhi
Congress
Hardikar
United States
Calcutta
London
Wife of Alleged Slayer Detained in Greensboro Jail
Mrs. Terry H. Harper wife of the shoe salesman charged in the December 23 Holton murder was arrested at her Greensboro area home and jailed without bail. She awaits a preliminary hearing set for Tuesday before Magistrate J. S. Currant.
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Charles C. Holton
Harper
Greensboro
Holton
R. B. Holton
Guilford County
Currant
Mrs. Harper
KR. B. Holton
Minister Is Freed By Jury In Death Of His Successor
The Rev. J. A. Brown, 68, was acquitted by a circuit court jury of murdering the Rev. George Rider, his successor at Halley's Bluff church. He admitted firing, claimed self defense, and the jury deliberated under two hours. The case followed a mistrial last September due to juror illness.
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Rider
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Hallett
Kansas City
Rown
Mr. Rider
Raleigh
Jan
Wake County
Joe Truitt
Gilford Brown
Corning
N. Y
Truitt
Pistol Pete
Memphis
Tenn
John Sheesley
W. A. Devin
Norfolk
Richmond
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Sun
Ajax United
Paul Green Signs Warner Contract to Write Films
Paul Green, UNC philosophy professor and Pulitzer prize winner, has signed with Warner Brothers to write two screenplays this spring. He plans a two to three month leave from the university and hopes to return before summer session. One adaptation centers on southern farm life, the other is an original with a southern backdrop. He also noted earlier talks about filming The House of Connolly.
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Chapel Hill
Paul Green
University of North Carolina
Warner Brothers
Green
Hoover Opens Washington Memorial Bridge in Informal Ceremony
A caravan of 12 cars led by President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover opened informally the Arlington Memorial Bridge and road project valued at 21 million dollars. The president's car led the crossing spanning the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial, connecting inaugurating memorial site.
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Washington
Hoover
George Washington
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Lincoln Memorial
Laval Says Reparations Conference May Be Postponed
Premier Pierre Laval told American Ambassador Edge that France favors postponing the Lausanne reparations conference until European views align. He suggested a one year extension of the Hoover moratorium as advisable and noted France would assist Germany in line with the Washington joint statement.
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Pierre Laval
Walter E. Edge
France
Lausanne
Germany
Laval
United States
Edge
Hoover
Washington
Wilmington Seeks Piedmont League Berth next season
Wilmington launches a push for 1932 Piedmont League status. League president Bramham notes Henderson’s spot will open at February meeting. Hal Weafer proposes operating Wilmington as a farm club with a major league partner, prompting a mass meeting of fans to discuss the chance.
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Wilmington
W. G. Bramham
J. E. L. Wade
Henderson
Hal Weafer
Wade
Arm found near Thomasville sparks murder hunt
A torn mangled arm found in a Davidson county pasture triggers a massive search by sheriff deputies and residents for a possible body. Hunters reported the limb, leading to fears of a gruesome crime and clues about where other parts may lie.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
J. A. Leonard
Lexington
Leonard
Lester Mendenhall
Roosevelt Pinchot Talk After Meeting In Philadelphia
Democratic New York Governor Roosevelt and Republican Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot met in Philadelphia during Elliott Roosevelt wedding preparations. They discussed unemployment relief and found their approaches broadly similar, sharing a focus on relief measures.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Elliott
Elizabeth Browning Donner
Bryn Mawr
Pinchot
Bellevue- Stratton Hotel
Mississippi Floods Hit Six Counties Prompt Red Cross Aid
Mississippian floods stretch across six counties as the Tallahatchie and related rivers spill over. Red Cross promises added field staff while residents seek rescue on higher ground. Levees fail and thousands are displaced. Memphis ships bread to Glendora as Greenwood and Glendora face dire drownings.
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Yazoo
Mississippi
Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
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Bossier Parish
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Minden
Tippo Basin
E. P. Krick
Red Cross National Disaster Relief
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Pan
Ola
Grenada
Memphis
Tenn
Black Bayou
Greenwood
Congress
Stimson Claims Leak In State Department Files
Secretary Stimson clashed with Senator Johnson in a Senate Finance Committee session over alleged leaks from State Department files connected to Barco oil concessions and Colombia loans. Johnson questioned records on a $4,000,000 National City loan after Barco concession, officials said no link existed.
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Washington
Stimson
State Department
Senator Johnson
California
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
Barco
Colombia
National City Company
Gulf Oil Company
Curfew Enforced In Boone To Tackle Night Youth
Boone aldermen draft 9 pm curfew for children under 14. Fines of five dollars apply for those out without parents after curfew. The ordinance follows a wave of recent depredations in the town.
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Boone
N. C
Guildrey
Feud Warfare Strikes Down Four In Church
In London Kentucky on January 16 a mountain feud erupted in front of New Salem Mission Church as worshippers left services. Four men died Homer Crook Forrest Crook Big Henry Johnson Earl Johnson. One Johnson cousin in hospital with critical abdomen injury Willie Johnson hurt in the hand. Sheriff W H Steele said further arrests may follow after investigation.
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Big Henry” Johnson
Early Johnson
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Forrest Crook
Little Henry”. Johnson
Willie Johnson
New Salem
Here
Johnsons
W. H. Steele
Johnson Boys
Crooks
Homer
Big Henry
Earl Johnson
Earl
Steele
William Johnson
Mrs Pinchot Attacks Liquor Interests in G O P Meet
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania's governor urged relief for millions of Americans at a New York pro prohibition gathering. She charged liquor interests and the administration in Washington with neglecting families and noted a growing split among progressives and reactionaries.
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New York
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
United States Congress
Pennsylvania
Allied Forces
Counter Charges Hit Heflin Election Hearing in Birmingham
Witnesses at the Heflin Bankhead election contest hearings alleged intimidation of democratic voters in 1930. They testified that men were imported from Nashville to influence votes and that letters warned supporters they were under surveillance.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
J. Thomas Heflin
Nashville
Tenn
Warnnere
Eflin
Bankhead
Ralph Quinn
Charles L. Cullen
Nablus
Horace Wilkinson
Heflin
Comstock
Quinn
Preston Young
Scottsboro
Tally Willis
United States
Huntsville
Tennessee
Brouht
Young
H. R
Hacklebury
Draper
Winter sways across the nation amid warm spell rebound
Winter returns to the U S with sharp temperature drops. flood threats persist in the Mississippi counties as Navajo relief airlift supplies Indians snowbound in Arizona and New Mexico. Snow and ice affect New York City forecasts while Los Angeles reports first California snowfall. Heavy weather disrupts travel in Chicago and adjacent areas.
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N. Y
New York City
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