Progressives Split on 1932 Plans and Third Party Talk
Washington dispatch notes conflict among sponsors of the progressive conference over backing the Democratic or Republican ticket in 1932. Norris resists a third party. Brookhart questions Hoover renomination. Wheeler predicts a third party if Democrats nominate a reactionary. discussion favors a possible 1932 Democrat progressive union but remains unsettled.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Raskob
Roosevelt
New York
Brookhart
Towa
Hoover
Hart U Brookhart
Senate
Norrig
Wheeler
Montana
U S Shipyards Show Growth Amid War Aid Programs
New York March 14. American shipyards report thriving business despite idle global shipping. The Jones White act loans and mail contracts boosted construction by 19 percent last year, with firm belief that government support drives the rise.
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New York
Mechanical Man Responds To Spoken Commands
In St. Louis on March, the advanced mechanical man called Mr. Vocalite performs actions by spoken words. Developed by J. M. Barnett, a Westinghouse engineer, it uses telephone mouthpiece input with no direct electrical link to its brain.
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ST. Louis
Vocalite
J. M. Barnett
Westinghouse
Riot outbreaks raise prison fatalities across states
A New York AP report lists a surge of prison violence, noting 830 deaths in major outbreaks over two years. It cites incidents at Rhode Island Howard in 1980, Clinton in Dannemora New York 1980, Auburn New York 1929 and 1929 again, and Joliet Illinois 1981, with extensive property damage and multiple buildings burned.
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New York
Old State Penitentiary
Joilet
United States
Rhode Island
Howard
Clinton
Dannemora
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Auburn
State City
Colo
State Penitentiary
Joilet, I
Racing Proceeds Will Aid Relief at Maryland Tracks
Governor Albert C. Ritchie announced that net proceeds from opening days at Maryland’s four major race tracks this year would be dedicated to unemployment relief. The state racing commission will add one day to each meeting, and a bill to waive the $6,000 daily state license fee will be sought from the legislature.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
State Racing Commission
Gardens to Balance Diets Promoted by Agriculture Dept
The agriculture department urges larger back-yard gardens this year due to drought and unemployment. Officials say a garden is a godsend for jobless households and drought areas are advised to plant to balance diets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Associated Press In Action Depicted In Big Broadcast
AP in action described in a nationwide broadcast showing newsroom operations and the history making Lindbergh takeoff from Roosevelt Field. Kent Cooper opened the program from NBC and stressed AP’s 60 years of continuous news delivery while detailing staff duties and the news distribution system.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Kent
Kent Cooper
National Broadcasting Company
Cooper
M. H. Aylesworth
NBC
Chicago
Union of Progressives Under Dem Banner Has Morrison's O. K.
Charlotte report says Senator Cameron Morrison approved a 1932 union of progressives under the Democratic banner if no barter or traffic occurs. He avoided detail on the Washington progressive conference, urging unity to restore government to the people without Democratic party entanglements. He predicted the next platform would honor Wilson and Bryan and avoid prohibitions commitments. He blamed the Hoover Mellon Republicans for current business troubles.
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Union of Progressives
Dem
Morrison’s
O. K
Charlotte
Mar
Cameron Morrison
Washington
Democratic Party
Wilson
Bryan
Hoover and
Republican Party
Date changed for tax returns in Raleigh
Raleigh March 14. Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell said income tax returns postmarked March 16 would be accepted. Despite Sunday March 15, all returns must be postmarked before midnight tomorrow. Many returns remain to be filed and some deputies said Monday midnight postmarks would be accepted. Gilliam Grissom noted federal returns could be filed until midnight March 16.
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Raleigh
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Gilliam Grissom
Internal Revenue
Mrs Homer Wheeler Dies at Fritzharry Following Heart Attack
Mrs Homer Wheeler wife of the Sedgefield Country Club president and city financier died suddenly at Fritzharry during a social function for Miss Diana Fishwick London golf champion. She slumped in a chair and Dr J B Richardson and Dr T M Stanton pronounced death from a heart attack. Surviving are her husband and one son William Lillienahl, his wife Edith Ferrando, and a granddaughter.
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Homer Wheeler
Sedgefield Country Club
Katherine Raymond
Diana Fishwick
Mona Ivage
Peagereia
Harry Raymond
Enterprise
Wheeler
Isabel Lilliendahl
New York
Circle of Friends
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
William Lilliendahl
Edith Ferrando
Porto Rico
Ship Line Merger Effective March 9
Norfolk announces the merger of the Baltimore and Carolina line with the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, effective March 9. No changes will occur to the Norfolk line.
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Ship Line
Norfolk, Va
Baltimore and Carolina
Baltimore and Philadelphia
Norfolk
Hoover to embark on ten day Caribbean trip aboard Arizona
President Hoover plans a ten day voyage to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands aboard the reconditioned battleship Arizona. He will confer with Governors Roosevelt Jr and Pearson on administrative matters and then deliver eight speeches beginning at the Red Cross meeting on April 13 and ending with the Lincoln tomb dedication on June 17 in Springfield Illinois.
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Washington
Hoover
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Arizona
Norfolk
Caribbean
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Paul M. Pearson
Red Cross
Lincoln
Springfield
Ills
Plans for European Union constitution gathering
Paris reports finishing touches on the European union, formed a year and a half ago, to be discussed by a committee of twelve nations at the foreign office on March 24. Lead chair is M Ariste Briand, with members from Great Britain Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Yugoslavia Poland Portugal Spain and Switzerland under League of Nations auspices.
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Paris
European Union
Foreign Office
M. Aristide Briand
Great Britain
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Yugoslavia
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
League of Nations
Milestone wedding ends in tragedy in Viganano
In Viganano Italy on March 14 Sante Micheli aged 79 collapsed and died after signing the parish register for his marriage to his childhood sweetheart aged 60 The sudden death interrupted the ceremony as the couple from the town celebrated their union and local officials reflected on the unexpected ending.
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Viganano
Italy
Sante Micheli
Prince of Wales Opens Argentine British Trade Exposition
In Buenos Aires on March 14 the Prince of Wales delivered an inaugural address for the largest British empire trade exhibition outside Britain. He praised renewed British industry and urged more British goods for Argentina to boost meat and grain trade. President Uriburu cited enduring Anglo-Argentine cooperation and recalled past ties.
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Buenos Aires
Mar
Prince of Wales
England
United States
British Dominions
Palermo Park
Britain
Argentina
George
Cme
Uriburu
Greensboro Woman Claims Bandit As Long Lost Husband
Greensboro woman Nina Wall Ford identifies a man pictured with the Associated Press caption Tex Hayes as her husband. Hayes, along with three others, was captured by a 200-strong posse near Mulat Florida after a 400 mile chase and jailed in Chipley on robbery charges. Three years prior a man named Henry Ford courted Miss Ford in Greensboro before abruptly leaving.
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Greensboro
Associated
Greensboro Daily News
Nina Wall Ford
Associated Press
Tex” Hayes
Mulat
Fla
Chipley
Henry Ford
Nina Wall
Governor vetoes death sentence as punishment in Kansas
TOPEKA Kans Mar 14 Governor Harry Woodring vetoed restoration of capital punishment for first degree murder and armed robbery with firearms. He disapproved bills that would make these offenses punishable by death in the electric chair as an alternative to prison terms. He argued Kansas should not join states that legalize murder.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Harry Woodring
Famous Broncho Rider Thad Sowder Dies in Colorado
Thad Sowder, renowned cowboy and broncho rider from a quarter century ago, has died at Julesburg Colorado. Beginning at age 16 breaking horses, his career peaked after winning the Denver festival in 1900 and 1901, then touring Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody before returning to ride and conquer wild horses. He suffered strokes in a long illness and died last night after the third he endured.
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Julesburg
Col
Thad Sowder
Denver
Europe
Buffalo Bill’ Cody
United States
Uncle Sam's Top Sailor Retires at Age 64
Rear Admiral Louis R. de Steigner, long a senior Navy leader and commander of the battle fleet, will retire March 18 as mandatory age limits end his service. He earned medals in the Spanish American War and commanded the Arkansas in World War I, but age rules end his naval career. He laments leaving the grand fleet but accepts the rule.
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Louis R. de Steigner
Charles E. Gregory
New York
Uncle Sam
Navy
Battle Fleet
Third Naval District
New York Navy Yard
de Steigner
Dreanaught Arkansas
Sretiring
Grand Fleet
Local Bills Pass as Legislature Closes Busy Week
Raleigh AP report notes the Senate approved three state measures while the House passed the Jeffress and MacLean bills. Local measures include a Clarkson newsboy hours bill. A $400000 prison plant was planned at Cary farm and tax levies were reduced to reflect savings. Reed pari mutuel betting bill was killed in the Senate.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Senate
House
Jeffress
MacLean
Clarkson
Cary Farm
General Assembly
State Department of Labor
Department of Labor
Seawell
State Banking Department
Corporation Commission
Reed
Buncombe County
Dynamite Cited as Cause of Atlanta Trust Building Blast
Police Chief James L. Beavers said a special officer on duty at the Atlanta Trust Company building reported the noon blast in the basement during repairs was caused by dynamite. One worker was injured, with injuries not serious.
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Atlanta
James L. Beavers
Atlanta Trust Company
James Leahy
George Byrnes
Black assailants terrorize four homes in East St. Louis
In East St Louis on March 14 two Black individuals forced entry into four residences, binding and gagging occupants and ransacking jewelry, cash, and silver. A woman endured a sexual assault while others suffered minor injuries. suspects were not apprehended as police reported no prior knowledge of the crimes.
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East ST. Louis
Mar
Pistol Point
Mike Doyle
St. Clair County
Rebellion at State Prison Sparks Armed Confrontation
Prison guards repelled a dining hall uprising as convicts fired on the captain and fellow inmates. Warden Hill blamed simmering discontent, saying prisoners believed public sympathy favored them. The riot followed a Feb. 22 ambush that killed three fugitives.
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B. A. Davenport
Henry C. Hill
Negro Church Fire Damages Hanes Institutionals
Wilton Salem reports a blaze at Hanes Institutional G. M. E. church caused about $10,000 in damage from a cigarette-ignited grass fire near the building. The structure and contents were insured for $7,600.
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Wilton-Salem
Hanes Institutional G. M. E. Negro Church
Rev
H. D. Denson
Hoover Listens To AP Radio News Broadcast
President Hoover listened to an Associated Press radio broadcast of world news from the New York AP office. After dinner he retired to the White House study to hear the national chain hookup, remarking to associates on the appeal of radio news. Herbert Hoover Jr. served as the radio engineer overseeing the commission project.
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C. E. Associated
New York
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Hoover
White House
Radio Commission
Herbert Hoover, Jr
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