South Sate New Deal Projects Spread Across Region
The AP reports a vast Soviet style program under way in the south with statehouses, prisons, post offices, and unions stations financed by billions. Louisiana employs about 22 000 on road and bridge work while North Carolina starts a $200 000 prison and Raleigh builds a $300 000 auditorium and renovates a $756 000 union station. Georgia Alabama South Carolina Virginia Arkansas and others receive large grants for highways courthouses drainage systems post offices and hospitals.
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Atlanta
South
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
North Carolina
Raleigh
Union Station
South Carolina
Veterans Hospital
Columbia
Alabama
Birmingham
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Virginia
Georgia
Atla University
Arkansas
Little Rock
Texarkana
Grain Values On Chicago Market Take Bad Tumble
Grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell sharply with wheat and corn opening 1 to 2% cents lower amid weak outside markets. A brief rally followed, but prices remained about 1% below yesterday's close as Liverpool offers and Australian crop news weighed on sentiment.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
United States
Blackboard
Argentina
Australia
Wade Loser in Suit for Damages
Eleanor Livingston of Prattville Alabama was awarded 3750 damages by a federal judge against Wallace Wade Duke University coach, for injuries from a May automobile crash near Montgomery. The incident involved Herschell Caldwell and A D Rich. Rich received no damages. Wade and Caldwell were en route to a golf tournament when the wreck occurred. Wade formerly coached at Alabama.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
United States District Court
Eleanor Livingston
Prattville
Wallace Wade
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Montgomery
Rich
Wade
University of Alabama
Caldwell
Will Rogers Daily Commentaries Start in The Enterprise
Will Rogers, famed comedian and commentator, will send brief daily wire comments to The Enterprise starting Monday, November 9. His commentary will appear in a front-page box, delivering candid impressions on world affairs and events from his European travels and US tours.
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Will Rogers
Wire
The
Enterprise
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Will
Rogers
Oklahoma
Europe
Rogers Daily
Comminists appeal for aid to China against Japan
An international communist party directive marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Russian revolution, urging support for the Chinese proletariat against Japanese occupation in Manchuria and warning that war with China could spark conflict with Soviet Russia. The call targets workers worldwide and oppressed peoples amid rising imperialist tensions.
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Moscow
Manchuria
China
Soviet Russia
International Communist Party
Russia
Texans death shifts balance in US House
Rep Harry M Wurzbach of Seguin Texas has died removing the sole Texas Republican in the House. Democrats lead 217 to 214 with 3 vacancies and 1 labor seat. Wurzbach, 57, served since 1921 and backed party loyalty over Garner for speaker. Special election required within 30 days to fill his seat. Survived by widow. Funeral planned for Sunday.
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Wurzbach
Congress
Texas
R. B. Creager
Republican National
Representative Garner
San Antonio
Film Colony In Turmoil Stirs Malibu Fire Leadership Shakeup
In Malibu the $100000 blaze at the film colony triggers political backlash. Allan Dwan, the film director and acting mayor, urges Warner Baxter to resign as fire chief. Baxter blames water shortage for the losses and Dwan mocks his response, noting missing helmet and bucket.
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Los Angeles
Malibu
Allan Dwan
Warner Baxter
Five Die As Airliner Plunges At Camden Airport
Five men died in a Newark to Washington passenger airliner crash at Camden airport. Pilot Floyd Cox and co pilot Vernon Lucas were among the victims along with Elmer Smith George B Taylor and Francis R Ehle. The plane crashed into turf on final approach and burst into flames as rescuers arrived.
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Camden
N. J
Newark-to-Washington
Tims
Pensauken
Floyd Cox
Vernon Lucas
Washington
New York
Elmer Smith
Washington Herald
George B. Taylor
Chestnut Farms Dairy
Francis R. Ehle
Riverton
International Resistance Company
Defense rests in Rector case in Farmers Bank robbery trial
Greenville reports the defense rested today in the trial of former sheriff Carlos A. Rector on an accessory charge in the Farmers Bank of Travelers Rest robbery, with Rector not testifying. Ben Posey, 23, was sentenced to 20 years for slaying Judd Pilkington, claiming self defense, and appeals were signaled. Wilmington notes judge Meekins moved five Home Mortgage Company defendants to Raleigh for trial with no date set.
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Greenville
N. C
Carlos A. Rector
Farmers Bank
Travelers
Rector
Bryson City
Ben Posey
Judd Pilkington
W. F. Harding
Posey
Pilkington
Here
Seattle
Wash
State Supreme Court
Wilmington
I. M. Meekins
Raleigh
Home Mortgage Company of
Hickory
Statue of Liberty Rally Sparks Shipboard Liquor Scandal
NEW YORK The statue site became a scene of tension as the British freighter Gibraltar was boarded at anchor and seized with 400 demijohns of liquor found aboard by customs officers. The incident highlights wartime restrictions and trade controls.
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New York
Gibraltar
Cusems
Minister Was First Wounded By Bandits Then Decapitated
Rev. J W Vinson American missionary was killed by Chinese bandits in Haichow region the United States legation said He was wounded through the heart and then decapitated about 600 brigands active in the area The Nanking government ordered authorities to arrest those responsible for the death and the body will be taken to Haichow for burial tomorrow
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Peiping
China
United States
Legation
J. W. Vinson
Haichow
Nanking
Defendant Vindicated in Toledo Libel Suit Over Book
Co A Klunk was defendant in a $50 000 libel suit filed by Nan Britton after the sale of The Answer to the President s Daughter in Klunk s hotel. Britton says the book harmed her reputation while defending her claim in The President s Daughter that Warren G Harding was her child s father.
Nan Britton Loses Libel Suit in Ohio
Nan Britton author of The President's Daughter loses a 50 000 libel case in Toledo against Marion Ohio hotel operator A Klank who helped distribute the book The Answer to the President's Daughter A federal court jury found no cause for action and an appeal was planned by Miss Britton
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Toledo
Ohio
Nan Britton
Escapes Chair Four Times Governor Intervenes
Columbia Nov 6 Hobeart Slim Gregory of Greenville had four death sentences but today woke not in the death house. He remains in a prison cell where he is condemned to life imprisonment after the governor's intervention.
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Columbia
8. C
Kentucky Probes Dreiser Visit in Pineville Coal Fields
In Pineville Kentucky citizens associated with the Society for the Protection of Defenseless Children plan an inquiry into New York gangster violence while Theodore Dreiser and the national committee for the defense of political prisoners arrive to investigate alleged miners’ abuses. They seek federal and state protection as they meet Governors Roosevelt Murray and the humorist Will Rogers is invited to participate.
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Pineville
New York
Kentucky
Theodore Dreiser
Harlan County
National Committee For the Defense of
The
Society For the
Herndon J. Evans
Here
Dreiser Committee
Flem D. Sampson
Evans’ Society
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. H
Bill’’ Murray
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Fires Threaten Acres Around Marion Mountain Blaze Burns 1000 Acres
Fires on Linville mountain near Marion spread across McDowell county, burning over 1,000 acres as crews struggle with limited funds. The region remains sparsely inhabited with only a few families back firing to protect homes.
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Marion
Linville Mountain
McDowell
Farm Board Under Fire From Kentucky Bank Chief
A. H. Eckles of Hopkinsville, Kentucky condemned the farm board and the federal land bank as socialistic and paternalistic nostrums at the Southern Bank Management conference in Nashville Tennessee. He called the farm board a noble experiment and said excessive credit is a major farmers’ affliction.
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Nashville, Tenn
Farm Board
Federal Land Bank
A. H. Eckles
Hopkinsville, Ky
Southern Bank Management Conference
Eckles
Jap Banks Continue To Ship Gold Here
SAN FRANCISCO November 6 Japanese bankers report heavy gold shipments to the United States, with $23.5 million arriving yesterday to raise Japan total imports to $75 million in 30 days. They say the constant flow is to fortify Japan’s position in event of war over the Manchurian crisis.
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San Francisco
Japan
United States
Ralph Capone Set to Begin Leavenworth Term
Ralph Capone will leave Chicago at 6 p m today for Leavenworth to begin a three year sentence for income tax offenses. He surrendered to federal authorities yesterday and will be joined by other prisoners on a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train. Capone, a lieutenant in the gang led by his brother Al Capone, spent the night in Cook county jail where Al is held.
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Chicago
Ralph Capone
Leavenworth Penientiary
United States Marshal’s Office
Capone
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ralph
Scarface al’ Capone
United States District Court
Cook County
David Moneypenny
Leavenworth
Two Gun Accidents On Battleships Take Five Lives and Injure Nine
SAN PEDRO CALI Nov 6 Death toll rose to seven from a series of navy accidents along the Pacific coast. Five on the battleship Colorado and one on the carrier Saratoga set the stage for two pilots and sailors fatally injured. The Colorado losses include Lieut Ralph F Bradford Jr seaman Lewis A Clark J J Schuur and Maurice G Hawkins with others grievously hurt. A third mishap at San Diego killed the carrier Saratoga pilot Lieut Com O W Erickson.
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San Pedro
Cali
United States Navy
Pacific Coast
Clarence E. Swift
Relief
Colorado
San Diego
0. W. Erickson
Saratoga
U. S. S. Colorado
Ralph F. Bradford, Jr
Pontiac
Lewis A. Clark
Los Gatos
Calif
Maurice G. Hawkins
Seaman
Hastings
Mich
J. J. Schuur
St. Louis
Winston I. Quattlebaum
Kentucky
Texas
John B. Huntley
Annapolis
Ohio
R. O. Duff
G. E. Swift
H. J. Minton
Kowalski
C. V Stover
H. BE. Lu
W. J. Duval
J. J. Plummer
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Nonni Bridge
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