Hoover Returns To Capital To Begin On War Debt Issue
President Hoover returns to Washington to tackle war debt questions with Secretary Mills and Secretary Stimson. Belgium England and France urge extensions while Hoover aims for a firm U S position on debtor payments ahead of Roosevelt’s inauguration. Rainey warns against debt revision as Greece defaults loom.
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White House
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Hun
Roosevelt Leads Hoover by 6 451 302 in U S Vote
Roosevelt holds a 6 451 302 vote lead over Hoover with 37 199 946 total votes reported by the Associated Press. Fourteen states counted with Roosevelt at 21 506 742 and Hoover at 15 055 440. Norman Thomas has 566 301 for the Socialist ticket.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
Amy Johnson Fares Through Sahara on Cape Town Flight
In Dakar Senegal Amy Johnson Britain’s flying woman crosses the Sahara landing at Douala on the Gulf of Guinea after an 18 hour 1,400 mile flight from Oran. She aims to beat husband J Mollison’s record of four days 17 hours 19 minutes for the 6,200 mile Cape Town leg.
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French West Africa
Amy Johnson
Britain
London
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J. A. Mollison
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Four Die and Eleven Hurt in Cardowan Colliery Explosion
A Cardowan colliery pit blast at Stepps in Glasgow today killed four workers and left eleven others seriously burned. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as authorities investigated the cause and secured the mine.
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Snow sets November record in Toledo
A nine inch snowfall covered Toledo this morning as the temperature plunged to 29 degrees, marking a November record for the city.
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Toledo
Libby Holman Reynolds Freed. Seeks Legal Counsel
Libby Holman Reynolds, cleared of murder charges in the death of her husband Smith Reynolds, will confer with lawyers at an undisclosed location. Attorneys say she is pleased with the decision, plans remain private, and no further action is expected in the case.
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Winston-Salem
Libby Holman Reynolds
Reynolda
Benet Polikoff
Carlisle Higgins
Demand on RFC Drops But Over Billion in Demands?
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reports October loan demands from agriculture, commerce and industry fell to new lows, bringing total advances to 1.397 billion. Outstanding business loans stood at 1.144 billion after repayments of 253.5 million, with 601 applicants in October.
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Three Men Killed Near Franklin County Victim’s Body
Three white men Ernest Shelton Henry Holly and Dump Adkins were killed in Franklin County near Johnson's Mill while watching the body of the first victim. Adkins fell in the late afternoon Holly and Shelton were shot about 3 am. An arrest is held in jail with no charge learned as investigators pursue details.
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Patrick County
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Henry Holly
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Roosevelt Gets Down To Work As New York Governor
President-elect Roosevelt, nearly recovered from influenza, started his duties as New York governor from the executive mansion bedroom. He dictated letters and began shaping a state budget with budget director Mark Graves, planning a quiet day with no meetings.
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N. Y
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New York
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Charges Lodged Against Vet Head
United States district attorney James K. Cullen prepared to bring Wayland R. Kearns back to Baltimore to face extortion and sending a threatening letter. The letter demanded $10 to cover his fare, warned of harm, and used the return address W. Kearns Richmond Va. The case stemmed from a letter to Maude Edgell of Catonsville Md offering shelter to veterans.
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James K. Cullen
United States
Wayland R. Kearns
Bonus Expeditionary Force
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Maude Edgell
Catonsville
Woodbury
European Powers Unite For Economic Recovery
Paris reports a tripartite economic consortium among France Germany and Great Britain to rehabilitate Europe. The first project offers a 17 billion franc loan for railway electrification in Poland Romania Iraq and Portugal, about 680 million dollars.
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Great Britain
Germany
Tripartite Economic Consortium
Paris
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Raymond Patenotre
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Romania
Irak
Portugal
Graham Calls Cooperation Key to Economic Salvation
Dr. Frank P. Graham urged a "quiet revolution" through cooperation of bankers manufacturers merchants and farmers to spur economic and social salvation. He spoke in Charlotte before the North Carolina Section of the Southeastern Council highlighting planning and shared action for better seeds stock methods and markets.
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Frank P. Graham
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Southeastern Council
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University of North Carolina
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
Mine strife continues at Peabody Cora mine in Illinois
In Springfield on November 16, a mine engineer was shot in the shoulders during a clash between miners reporting for work at the Peabody Coal Cora mine and pickets from progressive miners. Several other workers were beaten in the confrontation.
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Ill
Peabody Coal Company
Paraguay Attacks Rebuffed at Fort Saavedra
In La Paz on November 16 the army general staff said three Paraguayan assaults on Fort Saavedra in the Munoz sector of the Chaco were repulsed with heavy Paraguayan casualties reported.
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Capone Habeas Corpus Fight Delayed By Judge Underwood
Federal Judge E Mar vin Underwood took under advisement the government motion to dismiss Al Capone s habeas corpus writ and orders briefs within a week. The case centers on Capone s imprisonment legality and statute of limitations as kept in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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E. Marvin Underwood
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Burglars Bind Philadelphia Couple in Chestnut Hill Theft
Mr and Mrs G Harrison Fra zier Jr and a housemaid were bound and gagged by two burglars in their Chestnut Hill home. The robbers escaped with 9090 in jewelry and cash after torturing them for over two hours. Mrs Fra zier freed the group by burning her bonds.
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G. Harrison Frazier, Jr
George L. Harrison
Soviet Decree Fires Workers for Absences and Loitering
Moscow reports the Soviet government issued an order discharging all workers who loaf one day in a four month period without a valid excuse. Loafers lose food cards and lodgings. prior allowances allowed three absences monthly before job actions. The decree aims to curb abuses amid acute labor conditions hampering industry.
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Moscow
Extradition of Insull Advances Toward Climax
Governor Emmerson of Illinois telegraphed the state department that he mailed last night papers for the extradition of Samuel Insull Sr. Athens Greece. Insull, once a leading U S business figure, is under indictment here and under arrest in Greece pending his return to the United States where he has retained counsel to resist removal.
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North Carolina Christian Missionary Society Opens 88th Session
The North Carolina Christian Missionary Society opened its 88th meeting in Twin City with 445 delegates registered. President H. Hilley of Atlantic Christian College Wilso n urged re-adjustment in religious education and noted his college cut intercollegiate football two years ago yet remains active despite predictions.
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North Carolina Christian Missionary Society
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Greta Garbo in Paris Incognito with Countess Companion
Paris reports Greta Garbo has been in Paris since Thursday in disguise with horn-rimmed glasses. She shopped at local stores with the Countess of Wachmeister and planned to depart for Stockholm the following day.
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Countess of Wachmeister
Stockholm
Pennsylvania Delaware Under House Committee Investigation
The house campaign committee led by Representative Ragan moves to investigate last week's elections in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Hearings begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Philadelphia federal building with four subpoenas served to major political figures. Delaware timing not fixed.
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House Campaign Committee
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James W. Hazlett
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John J. McKinley, Jr
Philadelphia
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House of Representatives
Double Header Plan Urged for Farmers Relief
Louis J. Taber of the National Grange outlined a four point program for farm relief to be sent to Congress. He urged amendments to the federal marketing act to handle surpluses and raise prices, monetary stabilization with an honest dollar, prevention of foreclosures, and credit machinery to cut interest costs and aid farmers in holding acreage and livelihoods.
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Congress
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Sudden Winter Plunge Grips U S Across Nation
A sharp winter outbreak blankets the Missouri River valley and much of the country. Eight deaths are blamed on freezing weather and accidents from Missouri and Illinois, with snow covering Missouri and Illinois and transport disrupted nationwide.
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