Special grand jury to probe Claude Neal removal
Gov. Miller ordered a special session of the 21st judicial circuit grand jury for November 19 in Brewton to investigate the removal from Escambia county jail of Claude Neal a Black man later lynched near Greenwood Florida for assault and killing a white girl.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
21St Judicial Circuit
Grand Jury
Brewton
Escambia County
Claude Neal
Greenwood
Fla
Campaigners Launch Whirlwind Finish For 30 Million Voters
Roosevelt faces ballot day as about 30 million Americans register their views on the New Deal. Democrats forecast Senate gains of 6 to 9 seats and up to 20 House seats, while Republicans predict 30 to 40 more GOP House seats. About 1,450 candidates seek 33 governorships, 34 senators, and 432 House seats amid state charter and liquor-control questions in six to eight states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Farley
Senate
House
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Kansas
Florida
Idaho
Nebraska
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Massachusetts
California
Moore Sees Large Democratic Victory in North Carolina
Campaigners from both parties prepared for another push as voters head to the polls in Tuesday's general election. Democratic secretary Cutler Moore predicted a big Roosevelt vote and a larger Democratic majority, projecting 160 of 170 seats in the 1935 legislature, while Republican Calvin Zimmerman cautioned no miracle would erase races. Governor Ehringhaus and Senator Bailey led Democratic oratory across the state, especially into the east and Republican strongholds.
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Raleigh
Piedmont
Cutler Moore
Roosevelt
Calvin Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Secreary Moore
Ehringhaus
Josiah W. Bailey
Baley
Sampson Coun
Insull Defends His Honesty As He Quits Stand
Samuel Insull defends his honesty as he leaves the witness stand in the Insull mail fraud case. He denies fleeing in 1932 and says he lacked funds to return. He notes he conducted communications by code and disputes prosecutors’ claims of financial misstatements.
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Insull
Robert Yoder
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Leslie EB. Salcer
United States
Swanson
John A. Swanson
Europe
Basil Zabaroff
Insul
Basil
United
States
Middle West Utilities Company
Corporation Securities Company
Salter
Middle West
Miners Clash In Nanticoke as Union Pickets Fight
In Wilkes Barre area on November 3, clashes between United Mine Workers and United Anthracite workers erupted in Nanticoke and Sheatown. Five injured. rocks and debris damaged vehicles as crowds surged. Police intervened amid exchanges of gunfire and stone throwing near Susquehanna Collieries No. 7 pit.
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Wilkes-Barre
Saticoke
Alled
Amelia
United Anthracite Liners
Pennsylvania
Nanticoke
Sheatown
Newport Township
United Mine Workers
Number 7
Susquehanna Collieries Company
United Mine
Central Park
Car license sales rise in Raleigh through October
More car sales in Raleigh show 460,093 motor vehicle licenses issued in the first ten months, up from 400,490 in the same period of 1933.
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Raleigh
Auto Tags Ready for 1935 License Sales Across North Carolina
Raleigh officials report state motor vehicle workers are sorting and stuffing license applications for about 400000 cars. The 1935 tags with silvery numerals on a black background are staged in branch offices for sale, with December 1 as possible start by Governor Ehringhaus and December 15 as a usual opening.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Ehringhaus
Man Struck by Shotgun Slugs While Strolling at Mayview
Samuel Toney, strolling at the Mayview City hospital grounds during hunting season, was struck in the chest and stomach by shotgun slugs. He was rushed to the ward with other gunshot victims, all of whom were hunters except him.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel Toney
Mayview City Hospital
Richetti Bound For Kansas City Testimony In Massacre Case
Adam Richetti, henchman of Pretty Poy Floyd, heads to Kansas City to testify about the Union Station massacre that killed five men. Federal authorities seek his appearance before a Kansas City grand jury while Ohio and Missouri pursue related murder charges.
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Richetti
Kansas City
Lisbon
Adam Richetti
Poy
Floyd
Union Station
Columbiana County
Neas City
McCowan
Richett
Cleveland
Shuping Paid Not For New York Trip But Other Expenses
The Associated Press corrects an earlier dispatch stating C. L. Shuping of Greensboro North Carolina was paid 234.25 for a New York trip. The record shows the payment was for expenses incurred by Shuping in raising funds for the Democratic National Committee and does not relate to a New York hotel headquarters trip.
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Shuping
New York
Washington
Associated Press
Democratic National Committee
C. L. Shuping
Greensboro
N. C
House
National Committee
North Carolina
Co. L. Shuping
Broken Romance Linked to Marriage License Refund
Luther Dudley of Glenville West Virginia visited the county clerk office on November 8 to seek a refund of a marriage license. He was paid two dollars and left without offering an explanation, with local officials noting the possibility a broken romance sparked the action.
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Glenville
W. Va
Luther Dudley
Weather outlook by states and coastal winds
North Carolina sees occasional rain tonight and Sunday with warming east, colder west Sunday night. South Carolina reports rain likely ending tomorrow morning with warming tonight and a colder Sunday night, northwest areas turning cooler Sunday afternoon. Winds to be strong Sunday with overcast skies and showers. Coastal area from Hatteras to Jacksonville to shift winds Sunday from east southeast to westerly, with showers tonight and Sunday. Charlotte summaries temperature and rainfall through 8 A M in cotton regions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Northwest
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Ottiates Weather Bureau
Americans Refuse Complaint Over Nazi Hospitalities
Berlin reports that G Griffin Johnson Jr of Washington DC and Helen Lyster of New Rochelle NY said they had no official complaint to German authorities after being arrested in Munich on October 25. They were detained by storm troopers who spotted a camera and confiscated the film.
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Berlin
Nasis
Munich
G. Griffin Johnson, Jr
Washington, D. C
Helen Lyster
New Rochelle
N. Y
Johnson
Miss Lyster
Lyster
Peaches Browning Engaged to Bernard Hynes for Real Marriage
Widow Frances Heenan Browning announces engagement to Bernard J. Hynes, theater manager in Denver, after long publicized marriage to Edward W. Browning. She plans Dec 1 meeting in New York to finalize plans, hopes secrecy for wedding, and retires from stage. Browning died Oct 14 leaving limited estate and dower rights.
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New York
Peaches” Browning
Frances Heenan
Edward W
Daddy) Browning
Bernard J. Hynes
Hynes
Denver
Colo
Chicago Produce Report Notes Butter and Egg Prices
Chicago on November 3 reports butter at 7 187 easy creamery specials 93 score 28 29 extras 92 28 firsts 90 91 27 28 others 24 26 standards 27 percent. No butter sales. Eggs 1643 steady prices unchanged. No egg sales.
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Chicago
Roosevelt drives housing push to spark recovery
A Washington-beat opinion outlines a looming second phase of the Federal Housing Administration plan to boost building and jobs. Banks are urged to back federally guaranteed loans at 5 1 2 percent with up to twenty years to repay, aiming to persuade workers to invest in new homes as the New Deal stakes on a broad revival.
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George Durno
Washington
Thomases
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Churchill Charges Germany Rearming Secretly
Churchill warned that Germany is secretly and rapidly rearming to threaten Britain with a formidable, organized military machine. He cited an impending German offensive and a looming threat to the Thames while urging courage and a peace-keeping policy.
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Churchill
Germany
Woodford Bridge
England
Winston Churchill
Stanley Baldwin
Rhine
Thames
Reich
Two Robbers Change Their Minds in Philadelphia Incident
In Philadelphia on November 3 two robbers who locked a 56 year old night watchman, Charles Summers, in a restaurant's ice box felt pangs of conscience. One robber called the night manager after about an hour and alerted him to Summers plight. Joe, another presence, rushed to Summers aid.
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Philadelphia
Charles Summers
Joe
Summer
Wit and Wade in Beverly Hills Political Banter
In Beverly Hills on November 2, Mr. O'Connor, a currency controller, visits to vote and help the county boys. A comic scene unfolds at a Democratic dinner where a Republican interloper is challenged by the waitstaff, ending Frook’s dining intrusion.
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Beverly Hilia
Mr. O'Connor
Quenerelee
Artificial Trade Barriers Endanger Southern Cotton Growers
A. E. Hohenberg of Memphis, president of the American Cotton Shippers Association, says artificial trade barriers threaten the Southern cotton farmer. He urges tariff reductions and congressional pressure before the next session, warning that without readjustment the South cannot keep its world market position.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mov
A. E. Hohenberg
Memphis
American Cotton Shippers Association
Hohenberg
Association
Congress
America
South
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Reopens Cleveland Stores
The labor relations board announced that Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and Cleveland unions settled the dispute. Over 2,000 local employees returned to work as stores reopened after a weeklong closing and a seven point peace plan. The unions agreed not to strike before June 16 and the board’s arbitration path was established.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Cleveland
Forgram
Cloud S. Farrell
Cleveland Federation of Labor
John A. Hertford
St Byrnes
National Labor Relations Board
Frm
Extradition Sought in Turin Case of Master Minds
Rome reports that Turin will hear the extradition case first and the minister of justice will give a final decision.
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Rome
Turin
Little Boy Dies In Automobile Crash
The 11 year old Lee Roy Hunter, son of Mr and Mrs R Hunter of Winston-Salem, died when the car they rode in crashed into a street corner pole. His mother and father were injured. The car rolled after the steering wheel, the driver lost control.
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Vou Mw
Lee Roy Hunter
Here
R. Hunter
Winston-Salem
Doumergue Survives Cabinet Rift Over Dissolution Power
Paris November 3 premier Gaston Doumergue preserved his political truce cabinet amid a split with radical socialists who reserved their freedom to vote on the bill for dissolving the chamber without senate consent after one year. The measure aims to curb armed political factions as tensions rise from earlier riots.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Herriot
Republic
T Senate
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Meridia
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Federal Housing Administration
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