Ickes selects North Carolina route for Shenandoah Smoky park highway
Secretary Ickes overruled a three member board and chose a North Carolina path for the Shenandoah Great Smoky Mountains scenic highway. The route runs from Blowing Rock NC along the Blue Ridge toward Asheville and connects with Gatlinburg Tennessee gateway.
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Smoky National Park
Blowing Rock
Linville
Blue Ridge and Craggy Ranges
Asheville
Range
Newfound Gap
Washington
Ickes
North Carolina
Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains National Park Scenic
Tennessee
N. C
Linville City
Blue Ridge
Mt. Mitchell and Cragey Ranges
Mt. Pisgah
Waynesville
Cherokee
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Hill McAlister
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky Park
North
Sheandoah Park
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
Great West
Allegheny Mountains
Noted Musician Henri Verbrugghen Dies at 61
Northfield Minnesota November 12 Henri Verbrugghen famed conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra died today at age 61. He achieved wide acclaim as a pianist violinist and conductor during a long musical career.
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Northfield
Minn
Henri Verbrugghen
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Montoya and Jardine Set South American Altitude Record
Neut Col Baltasar Montoya of the Peruvian army air corps and J F Jardine American pilot set a South American altitude record by flying the Pan American Grace airliner San Fernando to 26 500 feet over Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Neut
Baltasar Montoya
Peruvian Army Air Corps
J. F. Jardine
United States
San Fernando
Cruise boat with 12 aboard reported missing on Lake Erie
Toledo dispatch reports a 22 foot cabin cruiser with 12 people aboard missing on Lake Erie. A coast guard patrol boat was sent to search. In France, a hydro aircraft crash killed three of five crew during a test flight near Cherbourg.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Cherbourg
France
Bailey Lines Up Commerce Committee Chair Role
Washington November 12 Senator Josiah W Bailey of North Carolina emerged as the likely new chairman of the senate committee on commerce after a process of elimination. Bailey would take the post after the defeat of Senator Hubert D Stephens of Mississippi by Theodore Bilbo. Stephens held the prior commerce chair, while Bailey ranks fourth on the committee with top three ahead holding other chairmanships.
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Washington
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Senate Committee On Commerce
Congress
Claims
Bailey
Prn
Hubert D. Steph
Mississippi
Theodore Bilbo
Stephens
Commerce
Armistice Observed in Varied Ways Worldwide
Sixteen years after the war, Armistice Day was observed differently. In the United States it was a legal holiday observed on Monday, while Europe marked the day on Sunday. In Paris protests and street clashes erupted amid nationalist and socialist tensions.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Paris
Doumergue
London
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Melbourne
Duke of Gloucester
Lille
Narbonne
Edouard Herriot
Lyon
Supreme Court orders review in Mooney case
The Supreme Court ordered California to show within 40 days why a review should not be granted for Thomas J. Mooney, the 61-year-old San Quentin inmate seeking relief from the 1933 conviction in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. He argues perjured testimony and suppressed evidence violated due process.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
California
Thomas J. Mooney
Sanrancisco
San Quentin Penitentiary
Mooney
Woodrow Wilson
Supreme Court
Poisoned Marshmallow Barrrels Kill One Child in Denver
A Denver incident left 17 month old Nellie Lucero dead and 11 year old Adeline Lucero gravely ill after children consumed arsenic toxic marshmallow syrup stored in barrels at a junkyard. Nine youngsters showed symptoms and seven began to recover with treatment. Finkelstein purchased the marshmallow, allegedly laced with arsenic to kill rats and mice.
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Denver
Nellie Lucero
H. Finkelstein
Adeline ‘Lucero
Nell
Adeline
Finkelstein
Adelino Lucero
Nellie
Louis
Bloy
Alby
Steve
Esther
Esther Cisaros
Marvin Zisman
Denver General Hospital
Finklestein
Adelino
Huey Long Launches Campaign for Presidency
Baton Rouge November 12 Huey P Long aims for the White House by riding high in Louisiana politics He has summoned the state legislature to session to back a national agenda including a debt moratorium He argues debt weighs on the average American and Louisiana could be a laboratory for national experiments He claims residential caliber and vows to mobilize support across states.
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Ralph Wheatley
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Arkansas
Mississippi
Huey Long
Mystery Surrounds Death of Morrow
BRYSON CITY Nov 12 Mystery surrounds the death of Robert Morrow 40 of Swain county whose mutilated body was found by Frank Cline railway engineer after his train passed over it An investigation by officers led to the belief he had been killed and placed on the tracks James Crisp and Thuron Weed seen with Morrow that afternoon were named for investigation officers said
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Bryson City
Robert Morrow
Swain County
Frank Cline
Southern Railway
James Crisp
Thuron Weed
Morras
Repeal Nearing End First Year Is Successful
A year after prohibition ended the United States reports about 50 million gallons of spirits and over a billion gallons of beer moved through tax channels. Many states have repealed prohibitions, with only Kansas Oklahoma and Texas remaining fully dry. The Alcohol Control Administration calls repeal a success while opponents urge continued regulation and constitutional amendments to reimpose controls.
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Max Boyd
Washington
Roosevelt
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Congress
Alcohol Control Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act
F. Scott McBride
Carolinas End Three Day Armistice Celebration
Armistice Day observances close across the Carolinas after three days of parades barbecues and speeches. Governor Blackwood called for a two minute state wide silence at 11 am and campus and city ceremonies featured speakers including Hubert E Olive and Adjutant General James G Dozier. Some events emphasized internationalism and peace education alongside military themes as Dr Elbert Russell warned against greed and urged arbitration to avert wars.
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Carolinas
South Carolina
Blackwood
Raleigh
Hubert E. Olive
American Legion
Columbia
James G. Dozier
Camp Jackson
Itedium and
Bugle Corps
Elbert Russell
Duke University School of Religion
Institute of International Relations
Woman's Club
National Whirligig Bosses Arrive as Congress Near
National political scene gears up as Congress opens with a new class of lawmakers linked to state and city bosses. Joseph F. Guffey and A. Harry Moore rise with boss-backed clout while Harry S. Truman and Michael L. Igoe loom large in Roosevelt era moves. Arthur Mullen and Ward boss Jim Farley round out a power web shaping policy.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol Plaza
Congress
Boles Penrose
Harry Moore
New Jersey
Moore
Frank Hague
Hague
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Tom Prendergast
Prendergast
Tom
Michael L. Igoe
Chicago
Illinoi
Roosevelt
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Washington
Edward R. Burke
Big Jim Farley
Japan Offers Competition in Textiles
New York dispatch reports Japan emerging as a dominant textile exporter, surpassing Britain by about 30 percent in the first eight months of the year and widening shipments to India China and the Philippines. The Standard Statistics Co notes Japan’s share jump as U.S. output declines, aided by yen devaluation since the 1910s and a shift away from gold standard policies.
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New York
Japan
Great Britain
India
China
South
Central America
United States
Standard Statistics Co
Far Eastern
America
Three Negroes Face Clemency or Death Friday
In Raleigh on November 12 three men named Tom Johnson alias Johnny Johnson Preston Howard and Johnny Hart all convicted of murdering Jernigan a Sampson county filling station operator face the electric chair Friday. Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill is reviewing their cases and a clemency decision is expected within two days. The supreme court recently denied their appeals.
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Raleigh
Tom Johnson
Johnny Johnson
Preston Howard
Johnny Hart
Howard Jernigan
Sampson County
Edwin Gill
The
Supreme Court
Navy Homecoming Inspires Santa Monica Pride
Santa Monica notes a naval homecoming after a global goodwill tour. The writer praises the service, mentions 680,000 sailors, and admires Admiral Reeves with a light humor about a cocky walk and a single whisker as a playful tribute.
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Santa Monica
Cal
New York
Philadelphia
Admiral Reeves
Robert EB
State seeks its Reynolds tax in big inheritance case
North Carolina Attorney General filed an intervention in Forsyth County seeking inheritance and succession taxes from the $25 million estate of Z. Smith Reynolds. The state estimates about $2 million tax on a three way division among Anne Cannon Reynolds III, Christopher Smith Reynolds, and Libby Holman Reynolds. The court set hearings for Friday and Saturday as parties argue rights and tax amounts due.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Z. Smith Reynolds
Dennis G. Brummitt
Forsyth Superior Court
A. J. Maxwell
P. A. McElroy
Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company
Anne Cannon III
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
Reynolds
Earthquakes Hit Travnik Bosnia Cause Panic
Severe shocks rocked Travnik in Bosnia last night causing great property damage and panic. No deaths reported as residents fled homes and camped in fields until dawn.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Travnik
Bosnia
Hauptmann Seeks Leniency In State Evidence On Kidnapping
Bruno Hauptmann’s defense pushes a theory of accomplices and leniency for helping implicate others. The state maintains Hauptmann as sole author and killer of the Lindbergh baby, while Betty Gow’s testimony is deemed unimportant to the case. FBI and Justice officials consider how much more than one man participated. Betty Gow is in Scotland and expected to return. defense attorneys decline comment on the investigator’s mission.
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Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Hauptmann
Department of Justice
Hauptmann
Harry Whitney
Wallington
Betty Gow
Lindbergh
Miss Gow
John Smith
Scotland
David T. Wilentz
Whitney
J. Reilly
Lloyd Fisher
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