North Carolina voters face high turnout in senate race
In North Carolina voters go to the polls for a United States senate contest and ten congressional races with both major parties predicting victory and a heavy turnout. The principal battle centers on Josiah W. Bailey and George M. Pritchard as districts contest for seats, while Ninth District battles feature A L Bulwinkle and Brownlow Jackson amid vacancies and party clashes.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Farnifold M. Simmons
Josiah W. Bailey
Raleigh
Simmons
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
Pritchard
Brownlow Jackson
Hendersonville
United States
Frank Hancock
Oxford
John F. Reynolds
Wentworth
Charles A. Stedman
Greensboro
Major Stedman
William C. Hammer
Asheboro
Walter Lambeth
Thomasville
Colin G. Spencer
Carthage
Hinton James
Laurinburg
Spencer
Hammer
Lindsay Warren
Washington
John H. Kerr
Warrenton
E. Dana Dickens
Halifax
Charles L. Abernethy
New Bern
W. G. Mebane
Beaufort
Edward W. Poll
Smithfield
John C. Matthews
Spring Hope
J. Bayard Clark
Fayetteville
C. Ed Taylor
Southport
Robert L. Doughton
Laurel Springs
Ed. F. Wakefield
Lenoir
Bailey Denounces Last-Minute Libel
A Western Europe and England storm left a wide path of damage with lives lost and property destroyed. Winds 30 to 70 mph toppled roofs and trees, flooded houses, and caused ship damage including the Isle of Thanet and Maid of Orleans. A miniature Essex tornado struck near the Thames with cars overturned and roofs stripped.
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London
Europe
England
Atlantic
Isle of Thanet
Folkstone
Boulogne
Maid of Orleans
Cross Channel
Maelaos
St. Catherine’s Point
Isle of Wight
Essex
Thames
Channel
France
Portland
Altenrhein
Switzerland
New York
Amsterdam
Enterprise Will Give Returns From Elections
The Enterprise invites the public to its free election returns party at its Main street office tomorrow night. Returns from county, district, and state will be counted and transmitted rapidly with Associated Press wires. Loud speakers will broadcast results to the crowd. the full returns are also in Wednesdays edition.
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Enterprise Free Election Returns Party
Tomor
Enterprise
Associated Press
The
Gardner Denounces Republican Desperation In North Carolina
A Bailey letter denouncing a paid anti Smith ad as false is read on radio as Governor Gardner labels the piece last minute Republican propaganda. In Hickory etc three youths drown in Lake Hickory bringing two year toll to nine with funeral services pending.
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Bailey
Hickory
J. C. Baskervi
T. Raleigh
N. C
Josiah William Bailey
United States Senate
Simmons
News and Observer
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
WUTF
Gov. Gardner
Governor Gardner
Lake Hicckory
Cecil Killian
Ralph Killian
James Killian
Catawba County
Allen Bumgarner
Allen Bumegarner
John Brinkley
Lake Hickory
B. RB. Ball
W. S. Robinson
M. W. Veach
Statesville
Luther Turner
Elsie Poovey
Turner
Poovey
Republicans and Democrats trade last pre election barbs
The 1930 campaign enters a final pre election pause with Hoover as the national flashpoint. Democrats predict a House majority and a shrinking Senate GOP edge while Republicans report an eleventh hour shift in their favor as voters head to polls deciding House members, one third of the Senate, governors in 32 states, and many local offices.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Hoover
Congress
House
Gangster Figures Slain in Chicago Speakeasy
Two more hoodlums named Frank Smurlo aged 21 and William Smooth Sierra aged 35 were shot to death early yesterday in a northwest Chicago speakeasy. Police described them as minor figures in the underworld.
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Chicago
Frank Smurlo
William “Smooth” Sierra
Mouzon Arrives At Greensboro To Open M E Conference
Bishop Edwin Q D Mouzon arrives in Greensboro to open the Western North Carolina state conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He discusses merger proposals with church leaders and a possible submission to the upcoming conference of the M E and MP churches.
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Mouzon
Greensboro
M. E. Conference
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Edwin QD. Mouzon
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal and
Methodist Protestant Churches
Mayor Thompson Seeks Ballot From Bedside
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson, recovering from an appendicitis operation, pressed to vote in tomorrow’s election. Doctors assured an absentee ballot would be brought to Passavant hospital as election bulletins were to be carried to his bedside.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Passavant Hospital
Good Weather For Election Promised
The Weather Bureau predicted unusually good voting weather in about two thirds of the country for tomorrow's election. The remaining third especially the south Atlantic states could see occasional rains during balloting.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Three Americans Drown in Cuba Tragedy at Matanzas Bay
In Matanzas Bay Cuba on a Sunday outing three American vice consuls died in a rescue attempt. John Tillotson Wainwright 32 of New York Havana vice consul and William I. Jackson 36 of Madison Illinois Havana vice consul perished. Jacksons wife fell from a cliff and drowned as Gest and his wife helped others. Gest was rescued by his wife with a pole.
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Havana
Cuba
Matanzas Bay
John Tillotson Wainwright
New York
Matanzas
William I. Jackson
Madison
Ill
Jackson
Sydney Gest
Cotton’s Condition Improves After Auto Crash
Floyd Cotton, 29, Asheville businessman and former Georgia Tech athlete, was reported slightly better after a Friday automobile accident near Burlington. A broken vertebra left him paralyzed from the waist down. Specialists advised against immediate surgery to relieve spinal pressure, but said a later operation might be possible.
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Burlington
Floyd Cotton
Asheville
Georgia Tech
Here
South Carolina Democrats Run Unopposed in Elections
In Columbia on November 3, voters face a light turnout with about 60,000 expected to vote amid twenty proposed constitutional amendments, eight statewide, while Democratic nominees from coroner to U.S. Senate run unopposed.
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Columbia
S. C
Palmetto
United States Senate
Fate of Japanese freighter Seiyo Maru in danger in Pacific
San Francisco dispatch reports the Japanese freighter Seiyo Maru in distress and sinking conditions after sending distress signals early yesterday. The California sailed to reach the stricken vessel and rescue the 40 crewmen, but no word on progress had arrived by early today.
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San Francisco
North Pacific
California
Hoover Jr. Recovers at Blue Briar Asheville
Herbert Hoover Jr the president’s son settles at Blue Briar cottage in Asheville for six to twelve months to recuperate. White House physician Dr. Joel Boone and secretary Lawrence Ritchie return to Washington as Dr Bernard R Smith becomes the local physician. The Hoovers plan to visit soon as Mrs Hoover joins the family later in Palo Alto.
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Asheville
Blue Briar Cottage
Herbert Hoover, Jr
United States
Joel T. Boone
White House
Lawrence Ritchie
Mr. Hoover
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Hoovers
Sunset Mountain
Fred L. Seely
Tom Mix Hospitalized With Unexplained Illness
Navy reports in Los Angeles that film cowboy Tom Mix is under hospital treatment for an unexplained illness. Doctors say an official announcement will follow once diagnosis is completed.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Tom Mix
Liner Colombia Runs Aground Near Staten Island
The Panama Mail liner Colombia ran aground at the Narrows entrance to New York Harbor around seven in the morning. Coast guard reports said neither the vessel nor its fifty eight passengers were in danger.
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New York
Colombia
Panama Mail Line
Staten Island
Narrows
New York Harbor
Coast Guards
French witness recalls R-101 crash during rabbit hunt
Alfred Rabouille of Beauvais testified in London on the R-101 disaster, saying he was about 300 yards away when the dirigible veered, lights failed twice, exploded, and rose before crashing. He had risked poaching, fearing punishment, to speak.
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London
Alfred Rabouille
Beauvais
Jowett
Rabouille
Randolph Deputy in Liquor Charge
William Hurley a Randolph county deputy sheriff was arrested by federal prohibition agents near a Union township still on a distilling charge. He was released on a $1,000 bond to appear in middle district court. Hurley who claimed he was trying to arrest the operators was seen sampling whiskey from jars as agents watched.
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Asheboro
William Hurley
Union Township
Randolph County
Middle District Federal Court
Hurley
Pavlova Named in Slander Suit Over Kiss Report
Russian dancer Anna Pavlova and husband Victor D'Andre face a slander suit filed by Elsa D Arcy, a troupe member, alleging exaggerated reports about a 1929 kiss from dancer M Slavinsky during a Straits Settlements tour.
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London
Anna Pavlova
Victor D’andre
Elsa D’arcy
D’arcy
M. Slavinsky
Straits Settlements
Chinese Shift From Tea To Coffee Gains Steam
Washington dispatch reports that Chinese people are starting to drink coffee instead of tea. For the first half of 1938 coffee imports rose 30 percent versus the same period in 1937 and 100 percent over the first half of 1928.
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Washington
China
Abyssinian Coronation Celebrated With Grand Pageantry
Abyssinia crowned Ras Tafari Makonnen and Princess Wazira Menen as Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Etega Menen in Addis Ababa. Crowds filled the capital, seven hour service followed by a seven day festival, coronation costs about 3 million dollars.
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Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Ras Taffari Makonnen
Solomon
Sheba
Wazira Menen
Ras Tafari
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I
Juah
Etega Menen
Royal
Workers Give Jobless Cut From Pay Checks
Chicago November 3 Inland Steel workers pledge from 2 to 5 percent of their earnings to aid jobless colleagues with an equal contribution from the company. The plan adds to pro rating of available work within the firm.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Do X Delayed Second Time In Start For Amsterdam
ALTENRHEIN Switzerland Nov 3 The Do X giant German aircraft planned to fly to Amsterdam en route to New York but was forced to postpone its desure for a second time due to a storm over western Europe.
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Altenrhein
Switzerland
Amsterdam
New York
Westeern
Europe
Four Sing Sing Inmates Attempt Escape Ended in Death
Authorities investigated how pistols were smuggled to inmates Edward Ryan William La Pierre and Herbert Davis at Sing Sing after a jailyard escape bid left Harry Gordon dead. Guards and trusties were held hostage briefly before the group retreated to a cell block and yard.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Harry Gordon
Edward Ryan
William la Pierre
Herbert Davis
Ryan
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Bailey-Pritchard
Western
Stanzas Bay
Catawba County Grouths
By Byron Price
Thompson
Son
Afo
Randolph
Still
Palowa
Ras Tafari Makonen
Sing Sing Pistols
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