Virginia Gubernatorial Election Seen as Democratic Test
Voters in Virginia faced a pivotal gubernatorial contest between William Moseley Brown, backed by Republicans and fusionists, and John Garland Pollard, the regular Democratic candidate. Results were read as an indicator of Virginia joining the doubtful or solid Democratic South, amid concurrent mayoral races in New York and other cities and state elections in Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
New York
Boston
Herbert Hoover
William Moseley Brown
Hoover
John Garland Pollard
Brown
Pollard
Tidewater
Gotham
New York City
James J. Walker
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Norman Thomas
Richard E. Enright
Square Deal Party
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Buckeye
House of Delegates
Unionist Accused in Wiggins Slaying Faces Resignation Call
Gastonia November 5 AP defense attorneys cross examine L J Baumgardner Bessemer City member of the National Textile union and the witness is accused of firing the shot that killed Mrs Ella May Wiggins in a fiery labor dispute case.
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L. J. Baumgardner
Gastonia
Bessemer City
National Textile Union
Ella May Wiggins
Northcott To Be Under Observation
Rear Admiral H. J. Ziegemeier ordered Lieut. Harold W. Northcutt to provide an explanation for his disappearance from Norfolk two weeks earlier. Northcutt, detained at Bremerton Navy Yard, refused to discuss the case or accept counsel as officials consider a medical examining board to monitor his actions.
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Bremerton
Wash
H. J. Ziegemeier
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Harold W. Northcutt
Norfolk
Ziegemeier
Navy Department
Lieut. Northcutt
Navy Yards
Vancouver
B. Co
Northcutt
Navy Yard
Washington
Ziegemier
Northccutt
Marine Barracks
Sarah Gibson
Laura Clements
University
Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign Tops Virginia Ballot
In Richmond voters faced a choice between a Democratic administration of four decades and a coalition slate led by William Moseley Brown. Polls opened early as Dr. John Garland Pollard urged unity while Brown predicted coalition victory and promised to reform election laws and curb fraud amid the Smith- Hoover split reflecting national doubts.
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Virginia
Wiliam Moseley Brown
Lexington
Hoover
al Smith
John Garland -Pollard
Richmond
Commonwealth
Pollard
John Garland Pollard
Poquoson
Old Dominion
William Moseley Brown
Coalition
Roanoke
Democratic Organization
Alfred E. Smith
Solid South
Raskobism
Ishop Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Bishop Cannon
Actor's Sword Causes Injury To Chicago Debutante
Chicago November 5 Miss Stevens debutante injured by an actor's sword during a Goodman Theatre rehearsal. The weapon, jostled from the actor's hand after a fall, pierced just above the heart. the sword was blunted for stage use and likely saved her life. The actor's name was not released citing unavoidable accident.
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Chicago
Miss Stevens
Goodman Theatre
Two Are Killed In Plane Crash Over East Boston Airport
Boston November 5 AP Clifton D Johnson federal air inspector and Henry Carter pilot for Skyways Inc died when their airplane crashed from a tailspin over East Boston airport. The gasoline tank exploded on impact, destroying the craft and burning the men beyond rescue after takeoff from Bridgeport Connecticut minutes earlier.
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Boston
Clifton D. Johnson
Federal Air Inspector
Henry Carter
Skyways, Inc
Johnson
Carter
Bridgeport
Conn
Train Crashes Into Auto at Red Springs Kill 2
Two people died and a third person suffered serious injuries when an Atlantic Coast Line train struck a car at Red Springs yesterday. Miss Cornelia Connely of Red Springs was killed instantly and 12 year old Gertrude Moore of Reidsville was fatally injured. Cr. A. McCormick of McDonald, driver of the car, survived with serious injuries and was in a Fayetteville hospital.
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Fayetteville
Red Springs
Cornelia Connely
Gertrude Moore
Robert Moore
Reidsville
Atlantic Coast Line
Cr. A. McCormick
McDonald
King George Holds Long Interview With MacDonald
King George conducted a lengthy interview with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after a morning party council meeting at Buckingham Palace in London.
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MacDonald
London
King George
Party
Buckingham Palace
New Chevrolet Car Linked to Wiggins Murder Case Testimony
Gastonia November 5. A Chevrolet coach linked to the Ella May Wiggins murder case as a magistrate investigates the September 14 killing. Eyewitness H D Ellis testified a car stood near state highway No 20 before a collision between a fleeing National Textile Workers Union group and an Essex coach owned by Fred Morrow. George Fowler was seen at the car’s wheel and shots were alleged to have been fired, though he could not confirm the shooter. Fourteen of sixteen defendants were present as testimony began.
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Gastonia
Ella May Wiggins
Pender A. McElroy
Essex
Fred Morrow
H. D. Ellis
George Fowler
Mill Near Charlotte Closed Indefinitely
Five miles from Charlotte the Leaksville woolen mill closed indefinitely after refusing to negotiate with workers who struck at the call of the National Textile Workers Union. President Julian H. Taliaferro cited market conditions and a production curtailment while union officials blamed the strike on the dismissal of five union members.
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Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
Leaksville
Julian H. Taliaferro
Young Man Kills Self After Refused Date
Homer Strickland, 27, shot himself after his sweetheart, Zena Tharrington, refused a date Sunday night. He went to her home and said he would kill himself, then fired a pistol through the heart before help could arrive. He was a son of Mr and Mrs A T Strickland living seven miles from Louisburg.
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Louisburg
Nov. d
Homer Strickland
Zena Tharrington
A. T. Strickland
Prince of Wales Plans African Big Game Hunt
London reports Prince Edward Albert Duke of Windsor intends to hunt big game in Africa after returning to Capetown and moving northward in January. He will likely start in Capetown, continue northward, and return to England in April amid his father King George's illness.
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London
Edward Albert, Prince of Wales
Africa
King George
Capetown
England
Brookhart recounts Wall Street booze party dinner tale in Senate
Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart of Iowa told the Senate the Wall Street booze party dinner story. He said he sat between Otto Kahn and E. E. Loomis of Morgan after rejecting Fahy invitations. He claimed he was urged to attend by the president pro tem.
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Congress
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Mellon
Smedley D. Butler
Iowan
Hoover
Curtis
Esme Howard
Willard Hotel
Smoot
Utah
Otto Kahn
E. E. Loomis
Morman Company
Loomis
Mr. Mellon
Treasury
Wall Street
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Morgan Company
Walter J. Fahy
Engineer Held For Alleged Assault On Helpless Girl
J L Sherrill a railroad fireman and engineer from Rocky Mount is jailed on a charge of criminal attack on Ruth Zimmerman a paralyzed white woman of Rocky Mount The arrest followed a pursuit from Florence South Carolina and the alleged assault reportedly occurred in September He denied guilt when seen at the prison
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Raleigh
J. L. Sherrill
Rocky Mount
State’s Prison
Ruth Zimmerman
Sherill
Florence
S. C
Young Mother Stabs Husband While Out With Other Woman
In Charleston South Carolina on November 5 Ruth Naomi Browning a young mother was jailed charged with stabbing to death her husband Russell Browning a street car motorman last night because he was out with another woman She followed him after leaving her two children with neighbors and stabbed him twice with a pocket knife After bringing him to a hospital where his condition was assessed she surrendered at police headquarters
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Charleston
S. C
Ruth Naomi Browning
Russell Browning
High Point Man Held in Raleigh Over Larceny Case
W R Fox a married man from High Point and believed to have escaped Guilford county confinement last December was found in Raleigh. He travelled with Lillie Martin also of High Point for months into Virginia and eastern North Carolina amid questions over 3200 stolen cigarettes and the car title and motor number. Police recall Fox but say they do not know Lillie Martin. Fox had been sentenced for breaking and entering freight cars and stealing cigarettes.
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Raleigh
W. R. Fox
High Point
Guilford County
Lillie Martin
Virginia
North Carolina
Fox
Grand Opera Opens In Magnificent Chicago Home
Chicago crowds fill the Gold Coast and Ghetto districts for the Grand Opera opening at the new Vivie theater on the Chicago riverfront. Verdi's Aida debuts as the skyscraper house is hailed as a landmark event with lavish floodlit exterior and prominent press coverage.
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Chicago
Gold Coast
Vivie Opera House
Planes Leave Havana for Port au Prince Route to Buenos Aires
The amphibian Bahia of the New York Rio and Buenos Aires air service departed Havana at 7 30 a m today bound for Port au Prince Haiti en route to Buenos Aires. A sister ship named anpta was expected to follow before noon.
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Bahia
New York
Rio
Buenos Aires
Port Au Prince
Haiti
aTmpa
Earhart Leaves Allentown for Columbus Flight
Amelia Earhart aviatrix took off from Allentown airport for Columbus Ohio at 9 15 this morning continuing a lone continental flight in support of a proposed association of women pilots.
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Amelia Earhart
Allentown
Aviatrix
Columbus
Ohio
Association of Women Pilote
Elections Today across states list offices and contests
The article lists today’s ballots by state including Virginia governor and others, Kentucky full house and senate members with amendments, New York mayors and Roy Wheeler succession, Michigan Detroit contests, Indiana city officers, Illinois state judges, Pennsylvania judges and city contests, Massachusetts Boston mayors, Ohio city mayors and tax amendment, California San Francisco and other cities, Connecticut New Haven Hartford Bridgeport mayors.
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Kentucky
House
Senate
New York
Roy H. Wheller
Michigan
Detroit
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Massachusetts
Boston
Ohio
California
San Francisco
Sacramento
Connecticut
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Dawes Calls At The White House
Charles G. Dawes visiting Washington for the first time since becoming ambassador to Great Britain briefs President Hoover on recent naval arms talks with London. He and Mrs. Dawes will stay three days as guests, with plans to discuss the January conference in London where Dawes will serve as an American delegate.
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Washington
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
Hoover
London
McCulloch Named To Succeed Burton In Ohio Senate
Roscoe C. McCulloch of Canton was appointed United States senator from Ohio by Governor Cooper to fill the vacancy after the death of Theodore E. Burton. McCulloch had chaired the state public utilities commission for a year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Canton
United States
Cooper
Theodore E. Burton
McCulloch
State Public Utilities Commission
Four Die as Mexican Plane Crashes Near Toluca
Governor of Aguas Calientes Manuel Carpio, secretary De Valera, pilot John Carmichael, and traffic chief Robert G. Lowry perished when a Mexico City to Juarez mail plane crashed near Pena Del Monte Ranch in fog and bad weather. Bodies awaiting claim in Toluca. Lowry reportedly recently married. Governor Carpio had just left Mexico City to defend his administration before the senate.
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Toluca
Mexico
Mexico City-Juarez
Manuel Carpio
Aguas Calientes
de Valera
John Carmichael
Robert G. Lowry
Corporaco Aeronautica de Transportes
Fort Worth
Texas
Valbuena Airdrome
Lowry
United States
Carmichael
Mexico City
Mexican Senate
Plan Services At Arlington Armistice Day
Parts of the 1921 interment ceremony for the unknown soldier at Arlington will be repeated on Armistice Day by original organizers Dr. Morris S. Lazaron and Colonel John T. Axton. Taps will be sounded by Staff Sergeant Frank Witchey using the same bugle as the burial service.
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Washington
Arlington
Morris S. Lazaron
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
John T. Axton
Army
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