Republicans Near House Majority With Minnesota Wins
Republicans hold 217 seats with 210 for Democrats and seven undecided, as late returns show one more GOP seat needed for a majority. Kentucky undecided races fuel doubt about Senate outcomes while Democrats press for independent alignment. Virgil Chapman Ralph Gilbert and Fred M Vinson wins reshape Kentucky contests.
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Tennessee
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Reece
Republican National Committee
Virgil Chapman
Robert Blackburn
Ralph Gilbert
Patrick H. Taylor
Fred M. Vinson
Kendall
Republicans Virtually Left Out of Legislature
Charlotte correspondent reports a Democratic surge after the election with Josiah W. Bailey winning the U S Senate race by a large margin and the party taking a dominant share of the House. Projections show only a handful of Republicans in the new General Assembly, with district results and statewide referenda casting a mostly unfavorable light on constitutional amendments and the veterans loan bill.
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Josiah W. Bailey
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Geo. M. Pritchard
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Washington
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London
Odus M. Mull
Repub
Zeb V. Weaver
Brownlow Jackson
Angles on Elections at Variance and Vindication Claims
Democrats claim a clean cut victory on issues of administration failure and seek 1932 presidential chances. Republicans deny rebuke, call results a crazy quilt while tout vindication for Hoover leadership amid adverse conditions.
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Herbert Hoover
Mouzon Warns Politicians Not To Embarrass Church
Bishop Edwin D Mouzon of Charlotte told the 41st Western North Carolina Methodist Conference that the church must not engage in politics but warned politicians not to place the church in an embarrassing position. He noted wet gains a Tuesday election and urged and reminded that North Carolina remains in the Bible belt while welcoming outsiders.
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Charlotte
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New York
Last Mine Body Recovered In Ohio Sunday Creek Disaster
The 87th victim was brought to the surface at Millfield Ohio as rescuers fear additional deaths among 18 injured survivors. Families wait at an improvised morgue while officials and investigators from the state and federal governments probe the cause amid gas dangers. National Guardsmen control access to the area as relief supplies are sent to Athens nine miles away. The mine explosion is blamed on gas buildup with blasts occurring about a mile and three quarters from the shaft.
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Ohio
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Sunday Creek Company
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E. W. Smith
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Athens
J. J. Forbes
Pittsburgh
Ww.ss. Bureau of Mines Experimental Station
California
State Department of Indus
Irregularities Reported in Mecklenburg Election
The Charlotte News reports Mecklenburg County Republicans are investigating poll irregularities on November 4 as Democrats swept races. The findings, once gathered, will be sent to the Nye Senate committee, linked to the Bulwinkle Jonas contest in the ninth district.
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Charlotte News
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Nye
United States Senate
Maj
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Charles A. Jonas
Lexington
Congress
Savings Deposits Rise to Record in U S Banks
Amid the business downturn savings deposits in American banks and trust companies rose by 267 million dollars to about 28.485 billion, the highest on record, while the number of depositors reached 52.77 million. Virginia and Southern states saw more depositors but overall deposits fell in the region.
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American Banks Association
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Louisiana
Texas
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Tennessee
Virginia
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Mississippi
Southport Merchant Ends Life at Home
Sam B. Northrop a Southport merchant and bank director killed himself at his residence after family retired citing ill health as the cause. He died instantly leaving a widow two sons and a daughter Mrs Nora Mitchell of Wadesboro as survivor.
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Sam B. Northrop
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Wadesboro
Durham Girl Dies In Auto Accident
Miss Lola B. Morton of Durham, 19, was fatally injured near Princeton when the car she rode in overturned about 9 30 last night. The vehicle, owned by Arthur Hanes, was being used without his knowledge. Her body was taken to Durham for funeral services Friday.
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N. C
Lola B. Morton
Durham
Princeton
Sinclair Lewis Grateful for Nobel Prize Money for Family
Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis says the $46,350 prize money will support his family, including wife Dorothy Thompson Lewis and their four month old son. He notes the Nobel prize carries no strings, unlike the Pulitzer. He was born February 7, 1885, in Sauk Center, Minnesota, and will receive the prize in Stockholm on December 10.
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Sinclair Lewis
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Stockholm
Dry forces claim prohibition holds after election
Dry organizations and Senator Sheppard of Texas said prohibition survived the election with no wobblers among candidates. The federal dispensary tax reduction league boasted 160 sponsored candidates, with all but 16 elected. The Anti-Saloon League and Methodist temperance board noted a Democratic tilt but preserved a stable wet dry balance in Congress. Edwin Dinwiddie warned against overstating gains.
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Methodist Church Board of Temperance
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
Missing Aviators Search Called Off in British Columbia
Atlin BC November 6 searchers abandoned efforts for Captain E J A Burke and two companions lost since October 11. Frank Corbandt and Alonzo Cope gave up the chase to reach Anchorage while Everett Wasson continued seeking. Other flyers Pat Renahan and two companions near Vancouver were being hunted along the coast south of Prince Rupert after vanishing eight days earlier.
Chatham Mills Busy Night and Day to Meet Orders
ELKIN Nov 6. The Chatham Blanket mills, already swamped with orders, are operating around the clock to keep up with demand.
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Chatham Mills
Elkin
Chatham Blanket Mills
Three Freed in Lynching Trial at Walhalla
Judge M. M. Mann directed verdicts of not guilty for Dock Carver Mitchell Lee and Will Elrod, reducing by today’s action the number cleared to seven of the original 17 defendants. Earlier he had acquitted Jake Wilbanks Ibra Patterson Joe McCall Jr and Pete Epps. Mendel L. Smith sought not guilty for Tillman Leard but was overruled.
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Mendel L. Smith
Tillman Leard
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Frank Hawks Lands At Jacksonville On New York Havana Flight
Capt. Frank Hawks, aiming for a New York to Havana speed record, landed at Jacksonville municipal airport at 2 14 p m to refuel and planned to continue southward shortly.
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Sharkey Offers Charity Fight With Stribling in New York
Boxing promoter Johnny Buckley says Jack Sharkey will defend his American heavyweight title against Young Stribling in New York next month. Proceeds go to the Christmas fund of the New York American for training expenses and to aid the unemployed and their families. If Stribling fights, Sharkey also agrees to meet Schmeling for the milk fund if he wins.
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Jack Sharkey
Johnny Buckley
Young Stribling
New York
Buckley
Damon Runyon
American Christmas Fund
New York City
Sharkey
Schmeling
Stribling
Carolinas Kiwanis Convention Opens in Raleigh
Kiwanis clubs from across the Carolinas begin arriving in Raleigh for the 10th Carolina Kiwanis district convention. The event starts with a golf tournament and a social, with business sessions to follow. Raymond M. Crossman of Omaha Nebraska, Kiwanis International president, will attend as the honor guest.
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Carolinas
Mine Blast Takes Fathers From 300 Millfield Children
Mine disaster at Sunday Creek Coal Company number 6 mine in Millfield Ohio leaves about 800 children fatherless. Governor Cooper orders immediate payment of workers compensation funds, directing industrial relations to bypass red tape.
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Ohio
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Myers Y. Cooper
Industrial Relations Department
Tremors Strike Bulgaria Yugoslav Border Panic Amid Crumbling Walls
Strong earth shocks were felt along the Bulgaria Yugoslavian border causing panic in Godec and Berkovitza. Several houses collapsed but there were no casualties reported.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria- Jugoslavian
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Berkovitza
Heflin Charges Election Fraud After Loss
Senator J Thomas Heflin, defeated in his bid for re-election, said in Birmingham that he and allies planned further investigation into Tuesday's election. He claimed a fair vote would have yielded about 100000 more votes if coercion and money were not involved.
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J. Thomas Heflin
Massachusetts Prohibition Leader to Move Out of State
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody chairing the national law enforcement committee said she will move from Massachusetts after the state rejected prohibition enforcement. She closed her Beverley estate, announced it for sale, and plans to relocate to Orlando Florida. She stated that some states are open and she does not wish to live in an outlaw state lacking protections for citizens.
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Henry W. Peabody
National Woman's Committee For National Law Enforcement
Beverley
Orlando
Florida
Peabody
House Line-Up From District Returns Shows Slug of Races
Associated Press tally updates from congressional districts indicate Republicans with 215 seats, Democrats 213, Farmers and Laborers 1, Socialists 0, Still doubtful 6, and 218 needed for a majority. Some districts restored to doubtful status including Illinois at large and Indiana eighth.
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Chile Asks Explanation Over Detention of U S Airman
Ambassador Culbertson formally sought clarification from Chilean authorities regarding the detention of Captain Albert W. Stevens, a National Geographic Society aerial photographer, by Colonel Merino. Stevens was held for about three hours, released after intercession, and his future travel status remained unclear. He had arrived Oct. 21, conducted Antilles surveys from Chilean military planes, and reportedly refused to submit photographs to Merino.
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William Ss. Culbertson
Albert W. Stevens
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Antilles
Ovalle
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Lie Detector Loses Argument With Girls
In Chicago on November 6 AP report says two women Miss Flossie Black and Mrs. Lola Gregory of Itasca NL clashed with a lie detector while police questioned them about Earl Brandon suspected in Joseph Carney’s slaying last September. The machine indicated deception but the women denied it and claimed the device may not be working. They were detained for questioning.
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Lola Gregory
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Market Place Want Ads In The Enterprise
The Enterprise publish daily check and double check messages where buyers and sellers meet for varied articles and services. Reading the ads regularly pays and may earn a complimentary Broadhurst ticket if your name appears today or tomorrow.
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