Short Term Pushes Emergency Legislation in Three Month Session
The Hoover administration aims to push emergency measures in the three month session starting December 1. Key aims include passing nine annual appropriation bills by March 4 to avoid a special session, plus naval construction, Muscle Shoals, unemployment relief, farm board changes, motor bus regulation, and Wickersham proposals.
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Muscle Shoals
Farm Board
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Wickersham
No Clues Yet In $55,700 Train Robbery At Nobel
Oakland dispatch reports a bold morning hold up of a Southern Pacific local near Nobel California. Five to seven masked bandits in brown coveralls and yellow caps loot the mail car and pass cash to a waiting car before fleeing. Principal haul valued at about $55,000 destined for the American Trust company in Pittsburgh. Descriptions scarce due to uniforms and rapid action. search focuses on hills east of San Francisco Bay and known underworld rendezvous in Bay cities.
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Oakland
Cal
Southern Pacific
Nobel
San Francisco Bay
Underworld
Bay Cities
Tracy
Berkeley
R. E. Lemery
Federal Reserve Bank
American Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Ministers Told to Dress the Part at Greensboro Conference
Bishop Edwin D. Mouton urged Western North Carolina Methodist Episcopal ministers to devote full time to preaching and to dress properly when entering the pulpit. He warned against wearing street attire or appearing at secular venues, saying sanctity of ministry must be shown. The Greensboro meeting also approved a proposal to create a judiciary council and passed a constitutional question for church law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Ministers
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
Mouton
Church of God
General Conference
Dallas
Tex
Attorney Franklin Ferguson Held After Lincoln Bank Bond Theft
Franklin P. Ferguson aged 41 an attorney was arrested at the Harvard club on charges of receiving stolen property in the Lincoln National Bank daytime robbery case. He allegedly planned to sell bonds through Jepson Tremaine and Co and met Raymond Sims in Boston to arrange a $15 000 sale. Police traced him to the Harvard club after the bonds vanished with Sims.
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New York
Franklin P. Ferguson
Lincoln National Bank of Lincoln
Nebr
Thatiuows His
Ferguson
Harvard
Jepson, Tremaine and Company
Grand Central Terminal
Raymond Sims
Boston
Sims
Harvard Club
Hurley Uses Army Aid to Assist Unemployed in Illinois
Secretary Hurley announced the army would provide cots blankets and other equipment to ease winter distress for unemployment in Illinois. He said he would assume authority to dispatch gear while preserving military needs, directing use through state authorities and bonds for safekeeping. Chairman Woods urged job seekers to pursue work locally and considered an unemployment census review for industry trends.
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Washington
Hurley
Emmerson
Tallinois
Chicago
Bond
National Guards
Sixth Corps
Woods
Illinois Veterans Charged With Poppy Fund Fraud
Indictments accuse Daniel Sullivan and Harry Nuremberg of soliciting for the disabled American veterans during forget-me-not day on September 27 but not turning over funds. Eleven others including Illinois commander N. O. Isaacson face racketeering-related charges in the case.
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Chicago
Daniel Sullivan
Illinois
Harry Nuremberg
New York State
N. O. Isaacson
Election Day Means Nothing To Voters In Currituck District
In Gibbs Wood Currituck County voters did not participate on election day as a registrar’s wife was ill and the 15 qualified residents were occupied with farming fishing and hunting allowing Josiah W. Bailey to be elected senator without Currituck involvement.
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Currituck District
Elizabeth City
N. C
Gibbs Wood
Vox Populi
Currituck
Josiah W. Bailey
Prohibition Seen As Best Control
North Carolina Christian Missionary convention urged members to pledge to observe and aid enforcement of the prohibition law. The body backed three proposed laws restricting North Carolina's working children. Judge Guy Elliott of Kinston became president, New Bern chosen for 1931 meeting, and Hendersonville area set for the 1931 youth conference, June 8 to 14.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Christian Missionary Convention
North Carolina
Guy Elliott
Kinston
F. E. Harlong
Charlotte
New Bern
Ben Clarken
Hendersonville
Tobacco sales rise on local market in Winston
The week’s leaf tobacco sales reached 3,045,714 pounds, lifting the season total to 14,469,466 pounds. The weekly average price was 10.89 dollars per hundred, with the season average at 11.90 dollars per hundred.
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Winston Tobacco
Winston-Salem
Sinclair Lewis Seeks to Shed Bad Boy Image
Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis says he wants to discard his reputation as a controversial figure. He explains critics labeled him romantic realist and reformer for attacking small town life and professionals. He notes his private Middle West views and highlights journalist wife Dorothy Thompson Lewis and his early career in New Haven and Waterloo.
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New York
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Middle West
Star
Dorothy Thompson Lewis
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Waterloo
Iowa
Coldier
Cotton forecast reduced by 48000 bales in new USDA report
The USDA November report lowers expected U S cotton production to 14 438 000 bales based on November 1 indications. Yield averages 154 2 pounds per acre, down 0 9 pounds from the 10 year average. Texas Arkansas Mississippi North Carolina and Tennessee show weaker prospects, while Georgia South Carolina Alabama Louisiana and Oklahoma see some gains.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
The
Crop Reporting Board
United States
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Do-X Seaplane Delayed by Wind on Trans Atlantic Attempt
Amsterdam reports a stiff westerly wind prevented the Do-X German twelve motored seaplane from taking off today toward Calshot England en route to New York. Takeoff expected tomorrow as preparations continue.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Calshot
England
New York
Riot Calls as Carnegie and Pitt Mill and Maul
In Pittsburgh on November 8 police arrested 39 Carnegie Tech and 37 University of Pittsburgh students after rowdy parades ahead of the Pitt Carnegie football game. Rioters damaged dormitories, burned two cars, and threw bottles and bricks. two officers were injured. Hearings set for today.
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Carnegie
Pitt
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt-Carnegie
Pitt Stadium
Panther
Woodlawn Avenue
Prosperity Cooleemee Mills Resume Full Time Work
Erwin Cotton Mills in Prosperity Cooleemee Davie County resumes full time operation after a period of shutdown. The plant is the county’s largest industry and employs about 700 workers.
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Cooleemee
N. C
Erwin Cotton Mills
Davie County
Hymn for Air Men sung in Episcopal churches
Episcopal churches across the nation will use the hymn Hymn for Air men for the first time tomorrow. Written by Roxane Seabury Wright formerly of Chicago now a Californian, it honors Lieut. Charles Patrick Anderson son of the late Bishop Charles Palmerston Anderson who died in the world war. The verse thanks God for care and asks safety for airmen.
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Chicago
Roxane Seabury Wright
Charles Palmerston Anderson
Charles Patrick Anderson
License Plates Go On Sale December 15
North Carolina 1931 automobile license plates to be sold in Asheville December 15 by the Carolina Motor Club. Officials say the tags will be a radical departure, featuring black plates with yellow numerals and letters.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Carolina Motor Club
Motor Club
Dare county fire kills mother and three children
A housing blaze in Dare county, Elizabeth City left Mrs. Ella Barnett 21 and her two daughters Armeta 4 and Lottie 2 months, and son Howard 4 dead. The family were alone in the father in law's home when the fire swept through early today. Selton Barnett and Robert Barnett were away at sea.
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Elizabeth City
WN. C
Dare County
Ella Barnett
Armeta
Lottie
Howard
Democrats pledge non obstruction to speed recovery
Seven Democratic leaders signed a statement pledging a non obstructive, cooperative approach in the 72nd Congress while pursuing economic recovery. The pledge, signed by Cox, Davis, Smith, Robinson, Garner, Raskob, and Shouse, promises to avoid blocking necessary appropriations and to support qualified appointments from the opposite party. President Hoover urged cooperation for economic recovery in his brief reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
United States
Hoover
James M. Cox
John W. Davis
Alfred E. Smith
Joe T. Robinson
John N. Garner
Congress
John J. Raskob
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Grigsby Extends Lead in Alaska Congressional Race
In Juneau Alaska Democrat George Grigsby widened his margin over Republican James Wickersham by 16 votes to 96 as seven more precincts were counted. The tally shows Grigsby expanding his lead in the delegate race with continued tabulation.
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Alaska
Juneau
George Grigsby
James Wickersham
Congress
Railways of China Near Bankruptcy After Civil Wars
Sun Fo minister of railways told the nationalist government that China’s railways face bankruptcy due to heavy revenue losses and property damage from recent civil conflicts.
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Nanking
Sun Fo
China
Japan Launches Cruiser Maya at Kawasaki Dockyard
Japan launched the cruiser Maya, a 10,000 ton unit near the end of its planned build under the London treaty limits. Admiral Prince Hidayasu Fushimi attended the ceremony as the Emperor's representative.
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Kobe
Japan
Kawasaki Dockyard
Prince Hidoyasu Fushimi
League Rejects German Plan for Conscription Limits
In Geneva the preparatory commission defeated by 12 votes a German bid to cap annual conscript calls in a disarmament treaty. Britain and the United States abstained while Germany China Russia Norway Sweden and Holland backed the move. France Italy Japan and others opposed. Lord Cecil supported limiting service periods, and M Sato warned Japan faces difficulties with varied conscription lengths.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission On
Lord Cecil
Great Britain
Count von Bernstorff
M. Sato
Japan
M P Women Aid Missions In Record Drive
In Albemarle North Carolina on November 8 the Methodist Protestant women reported their highest mission fund in seven years. Dr James H Straugh promotional secretary and treasurer of the denomination spoke to the state conference detailing how funds were collected and disbursed.
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Albemarle
N. C.C
Methodist Protestant Church
James H. Straugh
Baltimore
Child Rescued After Fall Into Utah Well
In Salinax Utah on November 8 a three year old girl Katheryn Andrews was pulled from sixty feet deep water after tumbling into a well. Lamonte Anderson aged 22 descended the shaft using an iron pipe to rescue the child and bring her to safety.
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Salinax
Utah
Katheryn Andrewason
Lamonte Anderson
Racket Preying On Automobilists Believed Broken Up
In Goldsboro on November 8 AP reports police broke up a scheme where a man calling himself a Bible salesman impersonated a traffic officer to extract money from motorists with defective lights. W B Phillips alias J L Long alias F R Long was arrested at Mt Olive and returned to Duplin county charged with the impersonation. J F Kissner identified him as paying $5 for the privilege of driving with bad lights. Other motorists said he demanded payments and cursed them when they refused.
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Goldsboro
W. B. Phillips
J. L. Long
F. R. Long
Mt. Olive
Duplin County
J. F. Kissner
Phillips
Judge Hayes Critiques Eighteenth Amendment in Speech
Judge Johnson J. Hayes argues the eighteenth amendment is being slaughtered by its supporters in a Winston-Salem speech to the Billy Sunday club on Law Enforcement. He calls it the greatest piece of legislation yet notes it has been abused and not given a fair trial.
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Winston-Salem
Johnson J. Hayes
Billy Sunday Club
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Neb
Prohibition
Christian Missionary Convention
Richard Mallock
Do-X
Marvin L. Shirley
Carolinas
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Gardner
Shirley
Episcopalians
Dare
League
Disarmament Commission
M. P
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