Governors Form Four State Committee on Acreage Reduction
Four southern states Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia plan a joint committee to survey a decade of crop data and set 1932 acreage quotas for cotton tobacco peanuts and potatoes. Each state will appoint three members to the four state committee and coordinate with banking authorities for credit support.
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Charlotte
South
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
O. Max Gardner
John G. Pollard
Ibra C. Blackwood
Richard B. Russell
Congress
Mrs. Caraway Appointed to Succeed Husband in Senate
Mrs. Hattie Caraway, a Democrat, was named United States senator by Governor Harvey Parnell to serve until a successor is chosen on January 12. The appointment follows the death of her husband and marks her as the first woman to hold a U.S. Senate seat.
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Caraway
Little Rock
Ark
Hattie Caraway
United States
Harvey Parnell
Pamlico Forest Fires Do Damage Over $200000
Washington N C November 13 County officials estimate Pamlico county fires near Aurora caused 200000 dollars in damage or more Five thousand acres of timber grazing land burned and peatlike soil burned beyond reclamation Fires continue in the Pungo section with a heavy smoke cloud over the area
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Washington, N. C
Pamlico County
Aurora
Pungo
Mrs. Pickett Held in Deaths of Two Children
Lexington authorities keep Lola Pickett in the county jail after a coroner s jury recommends a preliminary hearing over the alleged poisoning deaths of her two daughters Virginia 10 and Elizabeth 6. Exhumations revealed poison in Virginia s stomach. Date of the hearing has not been set.
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Lexington
Lola Pickett
Virginia
Elizabeth
Aged Woman Pleads for Son's Reprieve Earns Governor Grant
In Mullins North Carolina on November 13 an elderly Black woman begged State Senator M C Harrelson to save her son Benny Griffin sentenced to be electrocuted in Raleigh. Harrelson telegraphed Governor Gardner and Griffin received a reprieve late yesterday.
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Gardner
North Carolina
Harvard bans Husing over putrid remark at Dartmouth game
Harvard athletics director William J. Bingham announced that Ted Husing of CBS Radio is banned from future Harvard games for calling the play by Barry Wood and Jack Crickard putrid. He cited alumni and public complaints as the basis and said Paley was notified.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Today
Ted Husing
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Fom
Harvard
William J. Bingham
Harvard Athletics
Husing
Barry Wood
Jack Crickard
Dartmouth
Bingham
Gingham
William Paley
Columbia
Round Table India conference adjourns on minority impasse
London dispatch reports the round table conference nearing its end as the minorities committee adjourns without agreement. Prime organizer Ramsay MacDonald says a plenary session will occur next week with the government to state its position and future plans. Gandhi, hesitant yet hopeful, protests that the minorities issue should not block constitutional work while Gandhi plans talks with Lord Irwin before returning to India.
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London
India
Jennier J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Lord Irwin
Highway Patrol Leader Charged With Four Counts
Lieut. R. H. Beck of Marion head of the North Carolina patrol for 22 western counties faces four warrants after alleged public cursing near a fire hydrant and an assault on a policeman. Beck and two other troopers then argued with C. Lee Biggerstaff fire chief and city treasurer, leading to another charge. Rutherfordton town officials urged state inquiry as Beck’s cases were filed in recorder's court.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
R. H. Beck
Marion
Beck
North Carolina
C. Lee Biggerstaff
Gardner
Recorder’s Court
Tennessee Governor Calls Legislature In Special Session
Governor Henry Horton summoned the Tennessee legislature to meet in an extraordinary session Monday to relieve financial stress. The measures respond to school closings delayed obligations and a payless pay day for hundreds of state employees.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Henry Horton
Garner View on House Measures Signals Democratic Independence
Texas Representative Garner says Democrats will judge the wisdom of House measures and will not bind themselves to automatic approval or opposition of White House proposals. He outlines no truce with Hoover and vows to hold the party to industrial health needs and accountability for current administration policies.
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Washington
House
White House
Garner
Texas
Democratic National Committee
Hoover
Intoxicant Grabs Wheel and Dies In Auto Crash
Frank Wise a 30 year old Soulston township farmer was killed near Goldsboro when, according to driver Jesse Williams, Wise was intoxicated and suddenly grabbed the steering wheel causing the car to overturn after leaving the road.
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Goldsboro
Frank Wise
Soulston Township
Here
Jesse Williams
Wise
Lima man celebrates Armistice Day with luck themed luck
Jemer E. Reeder of Lima said Armistice Day is his lucky day after a life marked by 13s. He sailed for France in a 13-ship convoy, spent 18 days crossing, served 13 months overseas, and returned on a 13- day voyage before marking his 43rd Armistice Day as a prominent local citizen.
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Lima
Jemer E. Reeder
France
Reeder
Hoover submits plan to cut Navy budget for 1933
President Hoover will submit a Navy budget for fiscal 1933 totaling 343 million dollars, down 59 million from the department request and 15 million less than the last Congress supply bill. He insists the cuts do not abandon naval personnel, as controversy with navy advocates continues.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Department
Morrison Accused of Financing Reynolds Campaign
At the North Carolina State Baptist convention Rev. Oscar Hayawood alleged rumors that Senator Cameron Morrison finances the Senate bid of Robert R. Reynolds. Morrison declined comment, noting it as a fool thing. The slate to replace late Senator Overman includes Reynolds Bowie and Grist.
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Winston-Salem
Nwn. C
State Baptist Convention
Oscar Hayawood
First Baptist Church
New Bern
Assembly
Cameron Morrison
Senate
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Charlotte
Morrison
Robert. R. Reynolds
J. C. Powell
Africa
J. A. Barton
Ciry
Wilmington
Powell
Gardner
Lee S. Overman
Reynolds
Tom C. Bowie
West Jefferson
Frank D. Grist
Labor and Printing
Rumor Says Former Boy Emperor Puyi May Lead Manchuria
Reports indicate the former child ruler Henry Puyi is being moved toward Mukden to head a pro Japanese government. Japanese guards escorted him from Tientsin to Tangku and then to Dairen as plans for an imperial restoration in Mukden advance.
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Sopyright
Aptientsin
China
Henry Puyi
Manchuria
Mukden
Legation
Forbidden City
Tangku
Dairen
Bank Robbery Near Haw River Eyed by Police
Two masked men robbed J A Long cashier of the Bank of Haw River of 1000 dollars near Burlington. They halted his car after firing at a tire and fled toward Haw River. Long and his wife returned to Burlington to report the crime and he believed he could identify the assailants.
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Haw River
Burlington
J. A. Long
Here
Long
Nanking Officials See No Compromise Plan on Manchuria
Nanking officials said they had seen no Washington dispatches about a compromise plan for Manchuria to be pitched to the League of Nations. The only proposal they have noticed is for a neutral investigating commission, which the government would welcome, and they notified the League accordingly.
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Nanking
China
Washington
League of Nations Council
Manchuria
League
Greensboro officials protest state education funding limit
Greensboro public schools officials led by E. D. Broadhurst denounce the state board of equalization flat cap on supplementary funds for special charter districts. They warn the new limit will cripple Greensboro schools and limit local school enhancements.
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Greensboro School Board
Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Greensboro
E. D. Broadhurst
City
Constance Bennett Plans Marriage to Hank de La Coudray
Constance Bennett, a top paid screen star, filed intention to wed Henry James La Nailly De La Falaise De La Coudray known as Hank, in Hollywood. They likely marry November 22 as Gloria Swanson has finalized her divorce from the marquis and wed Michael Farmer.
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Hollywood
Calif
Constance Bennett
Henry James la Nailly de la Falaise de la Coudray
Hank
Hollywood Boulevard
Miss Bennett
Marquis
Gloria Swanson
Miss Swanson
Michael Farmer
General Mah Continues Occupation of Tsitsihar
Reports indicate Chinese forces under General Mah Chan-Shan maintain control of Tsitsihar area as clashes erupt along the Nanni river front. Japanese and Chinese units clash amid maneuvers near Anganchi with multiple casualties reported.
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Mah
Tsitsihar
Guoans
Wien Ula
Nannin River
Mah Chan-Shan
Anganch
Chang Hai-Peng
Japan
Nanni River
Heilungkiang
Nanni
Tsupingkai
Anganchi
Asahi
Nippon Dempo
Baruch Backs Tax Hikes in Speech Amid Bust Fears
SPE AL TO THE ENTERPRISE Beverly Hills reports Barney Baruch, sole survivor of the old big men era, with Calvin Coolidge, urged in a speech that day a higher income tax in top brackets, a sales tax on non essentials, and no debt cancellation. The note praises Democrats for proposing restrained budgets and new taxes.
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SPE AL
Beverly Hills
Calif
Barney Baruch
Calvin Coolidge
Capone Gang Struck Again as Convictions Hit Leaders
Federal Judge John P Barnes sentenced John Matteis and Martin Accardo to four and a half years each for liquor conspiracy under the Jones five and ten law. Police call the pair important figures in the Capone liquor trade as Chicago bears more blows to the gang amid deportation and income prosecutions.
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Chicago
Capone
John P. Barnes
John Matteis
Martin Accardo
Rebel Leader Captured in Ecuador Revolt
Clotario Paz, leader of a revolt in El Oro Province, was reported captured by Government forces in Guayaquil amid ongoing unrest. This marks a significant setback for rebels and strengthens official control in the region.
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Guayaquie
Ecuador
Clotario Paz
el Oro
Six Year Old Thomasville Boy Fatally Struck by Car
Six year old Merritt Allen son of Mr and Mrs R D Allen died at City Memorial hospital after being struck by a Ford touring car driven by Gurney Byerly of Thomasville at 12 40 pm as he crossed the railway tracks on his way to Main Street school. A coroner s jury was summoned to investigate the accident. The boy leaves parents and four sisters Wilma Margaret Mary and Norma Allen.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Merritt Allen
R. D. Allen
City Memorial Hospital
Gurney Byerly
Main Street
Merritt
Wilma
Margaret
Mary
Norma Allen
R. W. Yokeley
Bryant
E.G. Barlow
M.L. Long
Herbert Foster
M. A. Yarborough
B. W. Cates
W. S. May
Byerly
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Francis A. Gudger
Sebring
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Ariz
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Neil Miller
Miss Rambeau
Gudger
Son
Minorities Committee of Round Table
Harry Florry
Highway Patrol
Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
Kentucky
D.C. Jones
Grand Jury
Pineville
Jones
Buck
Texan
Slash
NAVY
Budge
W. V. Pennela
A. Long
Nab Capone
Dago Lawrence
Mangano
Chicago Police
Alexander G. Jamie
Secret Six
Chicago Association of Commerce Committee On Crime
Middle West
Board OF Equalization
Gloria
the Marquise
Nonni River Bridge
Will
Capone Gang
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