Burden Of Farm Plight Put On U S In Manchuria War Talks
Tokyo dispatch reports 15 carloads of Russian arms reaching Anganchi and a new Chinese assault toward Mukden. A 2,000 strong “international communist army” is said to have arrived near Anganchi, while a plan for an international patrol in Manchuria is discussed but not seen as decisive.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Anganchi
Mah
War Office Intelligence Department
Tsitsthar
Amur
Blagoveschensk
War Office
Manchuria
Japan
League
Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tsitsihar
Chinchow
Mah Chan-Shan
Eleven Baden Baden castaways rescued by Swan in Caribbean
Eleven men from the Baden Baden, cast adrift in lifeboats after a wreck, were rescued alive by the navy minesweeper Swan off the Caribbean. One captain, a stretcher case for spine injuries, remained. Rescue efforts continued with possible further survivors to be checked by Swan crews and Coco Solo officials.
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Caribbean
Washington
U. S&s
Swain
Swan
Navy Radio Dispatch
Stetcher
Ormsbee
Pan American Airways
Aunt Defends Slain Rose Allen Against Seduction Charge
The slain youth Francis Donaldson is defended by his aunt Mrs. Wharton Donaldson who calls Horace Allen's charge of seduction libel on her niece. Allen claims Donaldson and Rose Allen confessed seduction in Scranton last August and led to the fatal confrontation.
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Edward H. B. Allen
Philadelphia
Ardmore
Francis A. Donaldson
Donaldson
Allen
Rose Allen
Francis Donaldson
Wharton Donaldson
Horace Allen
Rose
Edward
Scranton
Francis
Midwest Cities Probable Sites for Conventions
Washington reports the 1929 national party conventions may pick Cleveland for the Republicans and Chicago or San Francisco for the Democrats. December and January committee meetings will select sites. Hoover’s preferences may influence. Other bids come from Philadelphia Atlantic City St Louis Detroit Boston and more.
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Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Calvin Coolidge
San Francisco
Joseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Fess
Brown
Ohio
Hoover
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Arkansas Governor Names Successor To Senator Caraway
Governor Harvey Parnell said he will appoint a temporary successor to Senator T. H. Caraway pending a special election if the attorney general confirms holding the power. He will seek an official ruling from Attorney General Hal L. Norwood on the authority.
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Little Rock
Ark
Harvey Parnell
T. H. Caraway
Hal L. Norwood
Chief of Police Acquitted in Murder Verdict
Robeson county superior court jury acquitted Harvey C. Bethea police chief of St. Pauls of murdering Judd Dead in the April 11 incident. The panel deliberated 20 minutes and Bethea claimed self defense.
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Lumberton
Robeson County
Hollywood journalists descend on Beverly Hills for gossip
In Beverly Hills on November 12, a swarm of reporters from across the country converged on Hollywood. They were expected to hold business talks, but socializing with leading scream stars dominated the scene.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hollywood
Africa
Will
Gardner urges Hoover to convene national and world agriculture talks
North Carolina Governor O Max Gardner proposes a national and international conference on agriculture and cotton to address a southern farm crisis. He warns cotton, tobacco, peanuts and potatoes in the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia face drastic 1932 cuts unless foreign crop policy changes, urging voluntary reductions amid low prices. Governors Blackwood Russell Pollard attend a four state meeting with agricultural experts.
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Charlotte
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Hoover
South
Gardner
Ibra C. Blackwood
South Carolina
Richard B. Russell
John G. Pollard
Winter Roars In Rockies And Mid West Snow Flies
A Colorado report notes the Rocky Mountain region and the Midwest endure winter conditions with cold winds snow and rain. The storm progressed from northern Arizona toward the northeast slowing air travel at Salt Lake City as more of the area faced plummeting temperatures and expected precipitation.
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Rockies
Mid West
Denver
Col
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Great Lakes
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Negro convict in S C confesses to assault
James L. Sturdevant, a 27 year old Horry county convict in Columbia State Penitentiary, confessed to attempting to assault a Horry county farm woman last week. He claimed the attack failed, contradicting the woman's statement. Sheriff J O Chestnut said the man could leave the chain gang camp at will and had been drunk there on several occasions. He was serving six years for manslaughter and two years for burglary.
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Columbia
S. C
James L. Sturdevant
Horry County
Sturdevant
J. O. Chestnut
U S Plans To Put Forth Com Plan for Sino Japs
Washington on November 12 outlined a proposed commission plan to address Sino Japanese tensions at the Paris conference. The plan centers on a United States position guiding Manchurian affairs and hopes to shape the settlement during the upcoming talks.
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U. S
Briand Urges China and Japan to Halt War Measures
Geneva dispatch reports Aristide Briand, head of the League of Nations Council, urging China and Japan to stop hostilities in Manchuria and grant observers access to verify the situation. He stresses the need for all commanders to avoid new actions near the Nonni bridge and Anganchi amid Sept 30 council resolutions.
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Geneva
Aristide Briand
League of Nations Council
China
Japan
Manchuria
Nonni Bridge
Anganchi
Paris
League
League of Nations
Mah Chan-Shan
Tsitsihar
Mah
Fuchawan
Northeast Mining Corporation
Darien
Alfred Sze
League Council
Gardner Predicts 100000 Tenants Face Homelessness
Governor Max Gardner told a four state conference on agriculture that about 100000 tenants in North Carolina will be homeless next spring. He cited a state agriculture survey showing landlords will tell tenants there is no work to support them.
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Charlotte
Max Gardner
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Dreiser Denies Indictment Aimed to Blind Public
The author Theodore Dreiser, indicted by a Kentucky grand jury for alleged improper relations, denounced the charge in a signed Baltimore statement. He accused Judge D C Jones of Pineville of trying to blind Americans to coal field cruelties and asserted his own private morality.
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Baltimore
Kentucky
Theodore Dreiser
Dreiser
D. C. Jones
Pineville
America
Dreiser Should Feel Complimented Editorial
The New York Daily News editorialized that Theodore Dreiser should not be indignant over charges of misconduct in Kentucky. It said a man of his age and stature should take the allegations as a compliment rather than an insult.
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New York
Navy
New York Daily News
Kentucky
Theodore Dreiser
Legion Chief Fights U S Defense Curtailment Amid Unemployment Alarm
American Legion national commander Henry L. Stevens Jr and General John J. Pershing urged against cutting military forces. They warned Navy reductions would hit unemployment since 80 percent of naval spending funds labor and tied the plan to the Detroit defense recommendations. They called for universal service in wartime and emphasized equal service for all veterans.
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Washington
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
N. C
American Legion
John J. Pershing
United States Navy
National Defense Committee
Detroit
Congress
Republic
National Broadcasting Company
General Pershing
United States
Antitrust Suits Filed Against Texas Oil Firms
Texas Attorney General James V. Allred filed ouster suits in Travis county district court against 15 oil companies and two petroleum trade associations. He alleges a nation wide conspiracy to control and dominate gasoline marketing and to destroy independent filling station operators. Defendants include Standard Oil of New Jersey and Standard Oil of New York among others.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
James V. Allred
Texas
Allred
Standard Oil Company
Iew Jersey
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Fireman Injured As Palatial Penn Home Burns
Fire destroyed the palatial home of Mrs. Charles Penn in Reidsville, causing a $100,000 loss. Howard Perkins, a fireman, was injured by falling plaster but not seriously hurt. The blaze burned five hours and remained active at 10 this evening as Greensboro equipment aided local crews.
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Reidsville
Charles Penn
Toay
Howard Perkins
Greensboro
Car Plunges Off Nevada Cliff. One Dead Five Hurt
A blinding snowstorm through the Sierra Nevada caused a car crash near Reno in which Mrs. Helen M. Hoffman, formerly of Rochester and St. Paul, Minn., died after the vehicle plunged 75 feet into a canyon. Five companions were seriously injured.
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Reno
High Sierras
Helen M. Hoffman
Rochester and
St. Paul
Minn
Bandits Hold Up Madison Banks Seizing 35000 In Gold
Eight bandits robbed the National Branch bank and the Madison Safe Deposit and Trust in Madison Indiana and escaped with about 35000 in gold currency 10000 in gravel road bonds and some silverware. The raids disrupted local commerce as authorities pursued clues and evaluated asset losses.
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Madison
Ind
National Branch
Madison Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Western North Carolina Conference backs judicial amendment vote
The Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted 298 to 4 to support a constitutional change creating a judicial council to handle appeals, freeing bishops from controversial questions. Bishop Mouzon spoke on the issue as conferences continue to endorse Amendment 10.
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Asheville
Western State Methodists
North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
College of Bishops
Mouzon
Committee of Appeals
Upper South Carolina
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