Judge closes inquiry in Mrs Wiggins death case
In Gastonia North Carolina Judge P A McElroy ends inquiry as prosecution rests and defense offers no evidence. Among 16 defendants 2 are released and 14 are bound over for the January grand jury with bonds set at 2500 each except Horace Wheeler 5000. The group accused of mob violence against National Textile Workers Union members after a truck collision.
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McElroy
Wiggins
Gastonia
P. A. McElroy
Ella May Wiggins
Jay Carver
Howard West
Superior Court
Horace Wheeler
Hoorace Wheeler
Jack Carver
W. M. Borders
Troy Jones
Fred T. Morrow
E. F. Haynie
L. M. Sossoman
Lowry Davis
O. H. Junsford
Theodore Simms
George Fowler
W. H. Holbrook
L. H. Thompson
Yates Gamble
Roy Carver
West
National Textile Workers Union
Loomis to Testify on Prohibition Dinner Before Grand Jury
Loomis of the Lehigh Valley railroad will appear before a grand jury Monday to discuss the Fahy dinner of December 1926 where Senator Brookhart claimed liquor was served. Brookhart had also named Otto H. Kahn as a possible witness, with Loomis seated beside him and drinking from a flask.
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Grand Jury
Brookhart
Washington
Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
National Capital
Edward E. Loomis
Lehigh Valley Railroad
United States
Leo A. Rover
Loomis
Waltr J. Fahy
New York
Hrockhart
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn Loeb and Company
Kahn
Rover
Walter J. Fahy
Appellation Sparks Senate Clash Over Tariff Bill
The phrase sons of wild jackasses used by Senator George Moses of New Hampshire inflames the independent republican group in the senate. Wheeler of Montana led the outcry with Norris Borah Nye joining the debate as independents and some Democrats push changes to the tariff plan. Moses, presiding as president pro tem, dodged the question, inviting a more fitting label for the bloc.
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Washington
George Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
New Hampshirean
Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
Nye
North Dakota
Moses
New
Labor Federation Appeals to Senators for Wheeler Inquiry
The North Carolina State Federation of Labor asks Senators Simmons and Overman to back Senator Wheeler’s national investigation of the cotton textile industry. It argues the probe is needed to reveal wages hours and conditions, distinguish fair from unfair mills, and assess the industry’s social impact on workers and future generations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Federation of Labor
United States
Furnifold M. Simmons
Lee S. Overman
Wheeler
American Federation of Labor
T. A. Wilson
State Federation
State Industrial Commission
Marcus F. Sauls
Greensboro
W. B. Plemmons
John A. Peel
D. J. Butler
Edard J. Wicker
C. V. Weaver
C. J. Kendall
Simmons and
Overman
Senate
United States Senate
Straughn Praises M P Conference at Greensboro Meeting
Dr. James H. Straughn of Baltimore forecast the North Carolina Methodist Protestant conference becoming the largest in ten years. He noted the NC conference has about 30,000 members, second only to Maryland, at the 102nd annual church meeting in Greensboro. Dr. Forelines urged seminary support as plans unveiled for a new endowment fund and a named chair in systematic theology.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Methodist Protestant Conference
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Church of America
Straughn
North Carolina
Maryland
T. M. Johnson
Charles I. Forelines
Denominational Theological Seminary
Westminster
Frank W. Stephens
Stephens
Charles E. Forelines
Gardner to Open Raleigh Public Golf Course
Gov O. Max Gardner will drive the first ball from the number one tee to inaugurate Raleigh's new public golf course. The course, controlled by a stockholders corporation, will be open to the general public for a nominal green fee.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Corporation O
High Point College to Receive $20,000 Annually
The North Carolina Methodist Protestant conference approved a 20,000 yearly grant for five years to High Point College in Greensboro. Trustees and church leaders discussed the institution’s finances, noting past deficits but optimistic about meeting current obligations with gifts already received.
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High Point College
North Carolina Methodist Protestant Conference
Greensboro
Calvary M. P. Church of Greensboro
Board of Education
George T. Penny
J. M. Millikan
J. Norman Wills
Verdict drops to 25 thousand in Thaw case
In New York the $75,000 verdict against Harry K. Thaw was reduced to $25,000 by Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy. Marcia Estradas, a nightclub hostess at the time, had sued for $100,000 alleging mistreatment during a New Year party in Thaw's apartment in 1927.
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New York
Marcia Estradas
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Thaw
Five Men Die In Mine Blast At Worcester Project
Five workmen were killed in a premature blast of eighty pounds of dynamite in a shaft of the Metropolitan water development at Cold Brook Worcester Massachusetts. The blast blew the men to pieces as they moved toward the tunnel entrance carrying dynamite in a small car. Names listed include Joseph Edgicomo 35 J Piotti 40 P Ponder 41 Joseph Lukes 88 and Joseph Lorenzo 38. Two other workers were injured and one rescued survivor guided aid to the surface. The West Construction company held the contract for this $14 million tunnel project linking the Swift river to the Boston metropolitan basin with sections up to 500 feet underground.
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Worcester
Mass
Metropolitan Water Development
Cold Brook
Joseph Edgicomo
J. Piotti
P. Ponder
Joseph Lukes
Joseph Lorenzo
Nicholas Lucrelli
Piotti
West Construction Company
Swift River
Boyleston
Boston
Federal farm board approves multiple regional loans
The Federal Farm Board approved a $6 million loan to the Staple Cotton Cooperative Association to support 16 cent per pound advances to members. It also endorsed up to $2.5 million for the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association, $5 million for the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association, with $493,000 already advanced, and raised a North Dakota Montana Wheat Growers loan to $2.5 million to back loans from the Intermediate Credit Bank.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Raleigh
N. C
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Columbia
S. C
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association of
Oklahoma City
North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers Association
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Intermediate Credit Bank
St. Paul
Mothers Seek 3 A.M. Curfew for This Season Debutantes
A group of about 60 mothers of debutantes in New York plans a 3 a.m. curfew to curb late dancing. They will seat guests at three, regardless of lateness, to send a signal to late crowds. The effort, led by Mrs. Seth Milliken and supported by Mrs. John Henry Hammond, aims to set early hours as fashionable nationwide. Debutante Miss Mary Delafield backs the change, noting initial resistance gives way to utility.
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New York
Seth M. Milliken
Madison Avenue
John Henry Hammond
Parents’ League
Mary Delafield
Trading In Stocks Back To Normal On Wall Street
New York trading returned to normal proportions with mixed price moves. Early gains of 1 to 10 dollars a share and 10 to 31 in some specialties faded as profit taking and liquidation led to late selling. Major names such as U S Steel and American Telephone showed declines from earlier highs amid fluctuating performances.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel Common
American Telephone
American & Foreign Power
Radio
Sears Roebuck and
Johns-Manville
Auburn Auto
Unidentified Man Jumps From Brooklyn Bridge
An unidentified young man leaped from the center span of the Brooklyn bridge into the East River. A hat and overcoat were found on the bridge with a nickel and four pennies in a pocket. Taxicab driver Eugene Vennitte and passenger Walter C. Smith witnessed the fall from atop the bridge.
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New York
Brooklyn
East River
Eugene Vennitte
Walter C. Smith
Nationalists claim sweeping victory over People's Army in Honan
The Kuomin News Agency reports nationalist forces crushed the Kuominchun along the Kinham and Lunghai railways in Honan province, capturing about fifty thousand rebels and forcing a retreat westward. Yen Hsi-Shan mobilizes to oppose Kuominchun. Feng Yu-Hsiang asserts he acted with Yen's approval, a claim Yen denies.
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Shensi
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Mrs Pantages Seeks Probation After Manslaughter Conviction
Mrs Lois Pantages, wife of Alexander Pantages, appears before Judge Carlos Hardy to seek probation for a manslaughter conviction. The motion follows the theater magnate’s upcoming new trial bid over an attack conviction involving Eunice Pringle.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Lois Pantages
Carlos Hardy
Juro Rokumotoo
Episcopal Synod Calls for Textile Industry Study
The Episcopal church synod in Columbia Carolina urged Congress to authorize a thorough scientific study of the textile industry in the north and south, with government publication of results. Spencer Miller Jr. urged industrialism’s rise in the south and church responsibility to foster humane industrial relations over competition.
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Congress
Columbia
S. C
Hoover
Fourth Province
Episcopal Church
Lue Agclion LlLoltiowea
Auatess
Spencer Miller, Jr
National Council of the Episcopal Church
South
United States
New England
Church
Cyclone hoax upends Glen Ellyn school day
A caller posing as a state board of education member warned of an incoming cyclone causing immediate elementary dismissals and near departure for high school students. No cyclone appeared, and the so called alert was a false alarm during school hours on a sunny day.
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Glen Ellyn
Saunders
State Board of Education
Snow blankets five western states with heavy drifts
Snow from five western states left three inches to two feet on the ground, halting travel and isolating livestock in Goodland Kansas where two feet fell. Armistice Day events were cancelled as roads drifted shut. Colorado New Mexico Wyoming and Montana also covered as temperatures stayed below normal.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
King Winter
Kansas-Colorado Line
Goodland
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Ontario proposes temperance linked liquor regulations
Ontario government plans stricter liquor control under Premier Ferguson. New rules require distribution of temperance literature with every liquor permit, warn against excess alcohol and drunk driving, and curb permit issuance. Attorney General Price seeks canceling winery permits for minor sales and harsher penalties for driving while intoxicated.
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Toronto
Ontario
G. Howard Ferguson
W. H. Price
Cancella
Price
Sir Henry Drayton
Liquor Control Board
Poison Liquor Deaths Christmas Unlikely
Washington dispatch says poison liquor deaths around Christmas are unlikely this year. Prohibition Commissioner Deran notes few diversions of denatured alcohol and that bootleggers may produce their own supply rather than modify denatured products. He cites 60 industrial plants with inspectors tracing alcohol from removal to final disposition.
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Washington
Deran
Doran
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