Mrs Hoover Visits Son At Asheville Bedside
Mrs Herbert Hoover wife of the U S president arrived in Asheville for a one day visit at the bedside of her son Herbert Hoover Jr recuperating from illness She was met by Fred L Seely and a secret service man and planned to tour the recuperation establishment Before leaving she faced the task of telling Herbert Jr about Tom Watsons San Francisco street car accident in which Watson lost a leg.
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Asheville
Herbert Hoover
United States
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Secret Service
Hoover
Biltmore Station
Fred L. Seely
Blue Briar Cottage
Tom Watson
San Francisco
Watson
Army Navy Charity Game Set For December 13
West Point reports Army will meet Navy in a New York charity football game on December 13 to aid the unemployed. General William R. Smith announced the decision after a meeting with the athletic council, recalling the last service game in 1927 when Army won 14 to 9 at the Polo Grounds.
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West Point
N. Y
Army
Navy
New York
William R. Smith
Military Academy
Athletic Council
Polo Grounds
Navy-Pennsylvania
Army-Notre Dame
Smith
Philip Fleming
Washington
Annapolis
S. S. Robison
Naval Academy
New York City
Army Athletic Association
Yankee Stadium
Indian Summer Ends as Cold Wave Approaches East
News from New York and western regions describes a pending cold wave expected to end Indian summer by Sunday night or Monday morning. Forecasters warn of sharply dropping temperatures, with Calgary at eight below zero and Montana at ten above, as snow falls in some northwest states.
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New York
James M. Scarr
Weather Bureau
Canadian Northwest
Calgary
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Three Killed In Madrid Rioting
In Madrid on November 14 AP reports three men killed and about sixty injured as labor riots erupted after a funeral for four workers crushed to death in a building collapse. Cavalry charged with sabers. arrests were made amid property damage. Demonstrators shouted Viva revolucion and Viva republic.
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Madrid
Viva Revolucion
Viva Republic
Tax relief delegation asks governor for December special session
A 15 to 20 member North Carolina Tax Relief Association delegation urged Gov. O Max Gardner to call a December special session to delay December foreclosures and review proposed relief measures. Larry Moore led the group, citing petitions from thousands across 53 counties and urging action ahead of January to digest commissions’ reports and implement relief.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
North Carolina Tax Relief Association
State General Assembly
Larry [. Moore
New Bern
J. Frazier Glenn
Asheville
Hallett S. Ward
Washington
Moore
State Tax Relief Association
Glenn
Gardner
General Assembly
Landslides in Lyons trigger evacuation and grim death toll
In Lyons France fear of more slides led to evacuations near the Antiquaille hospital and St. Jean cathedral after houses collapsed burying over 100 people. Rescue workers recovered five bodies and identified three. 15 survivors are grievously injured. Death estimates range widely from 50 to 1600 as digs proceed.
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Lyons
France
Antiquaille Hospital
St. Jean
American Terminus May Be At Charleston
Plans for an Anglo American air mail line across the Atlantic may start within a year with Pan American and Imperial Airways operating. Charleston South Carolina could be the American terminus due to favorable location. Flying boats likely used, Bermuda and the Azores bases, with Imperial Airways handling the rest of the route.
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Washington
Atlantic
W. Irving Glover
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Imperial Airways, Ltd
England
Glover
Post Office Department
Charleston
S. C
Bermuda
Azores
United States
South America
Imperial Airways
Police doubt murder link in Washington crime confession
Schenectady New York police doubt Mary Allard 24 is the Washington D C slayer of Mary Baker. They say his confession was likely an effort to avoid longer jail time for gun possession in this state. He refused to sign and had previously confessed to a 1928 Georgia killing. A Utica pair faced charges for passing the revolver used.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Mrry Allard
Mary Baker
Washington, D. C
Harry Nagan
Georgia
Miss Baker
Naganl
Arlington
Utica
Sam Saladino
Mary Campbell
Allard
Bishop Cannon Jr. hospital bound with arthritis pain
Washington dispatch reports Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Church, South remains unable to move without pain while in hospital for inflammatory arthritis. Doctors say the arthritis has not spread and suspect a latent infection from a 1927 Belgian Congo fever attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Belgian Congo
Lucas May Be Head Of New G.O. P.
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders urge Hoover to reorganize the party for 1932 with speculation that Sen Fess of Ohio will resign as national chairman after the campaign. Robert Lucas of Kentucky is named as a likely successor and future role in party publicity is discussed.
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Washington
Hoover
Senator Fess
Ohio
Fess
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Republican Organization
Charles Michaelson
Michaelson
Charred bodies found in Oklahoma home disaster
In Creekola near Muskogee, the Hammonds family tragedy left Bill Hammonds 45, his wife, and their two children dead in a smoldering farm house. Sheriff Hamilton says the positions suggest murder suicide. a brother contests stating all skulls were crushed.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bill Hammonds
Hammonds
Creekola
Fray Hamilton
Jerry Hammonds
Man With Broken Neck To Recover
Floyd Cotton, a young Asheville man, is expected to recover from a broken neck after an automobile mishap near Mebane. He has been in a local hospital since the injury.
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Burlington
Floyd Cotton
Asheville
Cotton
Mebane
Japan Premier Hamaguchi Shot On Tokyo Platform
Yuko Hamaguchi the Japanese premier was shot and seriously wounded at Tokyo Central Station by Tomeo Sagoya a 23 year old member of the Love of Country Association He collapsed on the platform after the pistol shot and was given a blood transfusion with his son Iwane providing blood Sagoya was taken in for questioning as authorities released few details on the case.
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Tokyo
Yuko Hamaguchi
Japan
Empire
Hamguchi
Tokyo Central
Akayama
Tomeo Sagoya
Sagoya
Aikousha
Love of Country Association
Hamaguchi
Iwane
Prominent Southern Brokerage House Placed Under Receiver
Caldwell and company, longtime engine of southern finance, fell under federal receivership after a creditors bill filed by Fred Dean of Birmingham seeking more than $7,000. Nashville lawyer Lee Douglas was appointed receiver and posted a $50,000 bond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Caldwell and Company
South
Lee Douglas
United States
John J. Gore
Fred Dean
Birmingham
Ala
Douglas
Havana Quiet After Student Disorders
Havana remains calm after student unrest led to suspension of the city constitution and martial law. Troops patrol streets and forbid gatherings following a fatal wounding of a 14 year old boy. no further disorders reported as of today.
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Havana
Atlantic Christian College Drops Intercollegiate Football
Atlantic Christian College in Wilson North Carolina will discontinue intercollegiate football for two years due to high costs. The decision by the trustees executive committee keeps basketball tennis and track in the North State Athletic Association. Intramural sports for men and women will be encouraged and baseball was eliminated as a major sport last year. Coach T L Mark Anthony will not return next year.
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Hilley
T. L
Mark” Anthony
Georgia
Tardieu Receives Confidence Vote in Paris Parliament
In Paris the chamber of deputies backed Premier Tardieu and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand by 323 to 270 just before dawn, granting them a vote of confidence amid government crisis.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Two Airmen Die In Madrid Crash
Madrid dispatch reports two aviators killed and another gravely injured when two planes collided over Quatro Vientos airfield. Civilian instructor David Saez and soldier student Eulogio Martin died in the crash at about 1,000 feet as Lt. Austin Gober and Lt. Buenaventura Porro escaped by parachute. Cause of collision not immediately known.
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Madrid
Quatro Vientos
David Saez
Eulogio Martin
Austin Gober
Buenaventura Porro
Plot on Lives of Soviet Delegates in Geneva
Exchange Telegraph reports Swiss police secretive over a plot found yesterday to assassinate members of the Soviet delegation to the preparatory disarmament commission. A Russian letter linked to the delegation and League of Nations secretary-general outlines plans to target the train leaving for the frontier and shoot officials including Maxim Litvinov.
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Geneva
Exchange Telegraph
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Do-K 1S On Second Leg Of U S Flight Do-K 1s On Second Leg Of U S Flight
The German seaplane DO-X landed at St Nazaire and set course for Bordeaux on the second leg toward New York. Pilot C H Schildhauer of Wisconsin and Philadelphia led 24 aboard including Mr and Mrs Louis Huck and Harvey Brewton. Final Atlantic flight plans hinge on Lisbon weather for northern or southern routes.
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Bordeaux
Associated Press
St. Nazaire
Calshot
England
C. H. Schildhauer
New Holstein
Wis
Philadelphia
France
New York
Channel
Lisbon
Azores
Bermuda
Louis Huck
Harvey Brewton
Panama City
Florida
Curtiss Wright Company
Robert Hartmann
Grace Drummond Hay
Two Injured When Struck By Shifter
CONCORD Navy 14 W H Hall of Evansville Indiana and H E Foil of Mt Pleasant were injured when a shifting engine struck their automobile on Southern Railway tracks. Hall suffered a broken leg while Foil sustained negligible injuries.
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Concord
Navy
W H. Hall
Evansville
Ind
H. E. Foil
Mt. Pleasant
Southern Railway
Hall
Foil
Woodcock Testimony Delays Commission Report On Prohibition
Washington November 1 The law enforcement commission adjourned until November 24 after a two hour session with Prohibition Director Amos W Woodcock Some members saw chance for a near unanimous report while others warned a minority view might be added Officials gave no reason for the recess and Hoover and Mitchell awaited Woodcocks possible meetings before year end
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Washington
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
President
Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Woodcock
Hoover
Mitchell
San Francisco
Honolulu
Aaron Youngquist
Plan to License Autos By Weight Studied By Revenue Department
North Carolina may shift motor vehicle licensing from horsepower to weight basis. Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell said the plan is being studied and could be proposed to the 1931 general assembly. The change would use weight ratings similar to trucks and could raise state revenue.
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Revenue Department
Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
Motor Division
Department
General Assembly
Maxwell
North Carolina
Virginia
Carpenter Freed In Sale Of Auto
J W Carpenter of High Point was found not guilty of false pretense in superior court in Greensboro. The case claimed he promised J R Carpenter a 200 acre Randolph county farm and 75000 dollars in property as security for a car. The defense argued the witness would not have believed such wealth from a modest worker.
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Greensboro
J. W. Carpenter
High Point
Carpenter
J. R. Carpenter
Randolph County
Randolph
Winston-Salem Hosts North Carolina Baptist Convention 1931
Dr. J Clyde Turner of Greensboro was reelected president of the North Carolina Baptist state convention at its 100th annual session in Wake Forest. Dennis Brummitt Charles Brewer and Rev M O Alexander were chosen as vice presidents. The 1931 nomination meeting will be held in Winston-Salem.
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Wake Forest
J. Clyde Turner
Greensboro
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Turner
Association
Dennis G. Brummitt
Charles E. Brewer
Raleigh
M. O. Alexander
Thomasville
Winston-Salem
Civil suit seeks $15000 in Danville textile strike
Mrs Sallie Hudgins files a $15000 damages suit against 50 members of the local United Textile Workers of America branch over a textile mill strike in Danville Virginia. The case marks a civil liability phase tied to labor dispute tensions in the area.
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Danville
Navy
Sallie Hudgins
Focal
United Textile Workers of America
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