Stedman Resigns NC Treasurer Post for AC Rural Credit Role
Raleigh NC November 17 John P Stedman state treasurer of North Carolina resigns to become vice president and manager of the regional Agricultural Credit Corporation here Robert P Holding banker of Smithfield NC named president Board of Directors includes A S Copeland George Marsh Kerr Scott Ves Noland W L Rhodes J L Blading H Persons Heath and others Charles M Johnson named treasurer to succeed Stedman W E Easterling advanced to fill director post Gardner praises Stedman for public service and appoints Johnson as treasurer prior to next election
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Raleigh
N. C
John P. Stedman
North Carolina
Thegional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Robert P. Holding
Smithfield
Stedman
A.S. Copeland
Kinston
George Marsh
Ma Ge Kerr Scott
State Grange
Haw River
Reeves Noland
Crabtree
W. L. Rhodes
Luberman
Estill
South Carolina
J. L. Blading
Fort Myers
Florida
H. Persons Heath
Macon
Georgia
The
Credit Corporation
W. G. Clark
Tarboro
R. N. Page
Nathan O’berry
Johnson
Gardner Lauds
Roosevelt to See Hoover on Debts Tuesday
President-elect Roosevelt informed President Hoover by telephone that he would arrive at 3 30 Tuesday afternoon and go directly to the White House to discuss war debt problems. Hoover spoke with Roosevelt from the executive offices as ambassadors in Paris and Brussels awaited word on moratorium extensions and debt revision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hoover
White House
Alf
Albany
State Department
Contenders Begin Lively Battle in Speakership Race
The race for House speakership opens with Rainey of Illinois and Rankin of Mississippi as initial contenders. Additional hopefuls expected include Byrns of Tennessee as rumors circulate about McDuffie of Alabama joining the fray. The intra party contest heats up as the new Democratic Congress convenes in Washington.
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Washington
National Legislature
New Democratic Congress
Rainey
Illinois
Democratie
Rankin
Mississippi
Veterans Committee
Representatives Byrns
Tennessee
Terrorists Nabbed After Breakup of Reds Meet
Long Beach officers arrested sixteen men after they rushed an alleged communist meeting. Witnesses said the group carried handbills reading The Ku Klux Klan Rides Again and planted a fiery cross on the yard of Dave Miller before assaulting occupants. Police used riot squads to surround the house and make the arrests.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ku Klux Klan
Dave Miller
Wounded Victim in Graham Murderess Recovers
Dora Dollar, daughter of Riley Dollar, survived gunshot wounds to the head after her mother Mrs. Riley Dollar killed two of her children in Graham mill village. Dora regained consciousness as charges against Mrs. Dollar were pending. The 12-year-old Warren and 7-year-old Dappine died at once and were to be buried.
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Graham
N. C
Dora Dollar
Riley Dollar
Mill Village
Warren
Dappine
Board approves bids for new geography textbooks in state
Raleigh November 17 The state board of education called for bids to open December 1 on new elementary geography books. Dr A T Allen said action requires full costs and wide review. Publishers Ginn and Company Silver Burdett and Company and Rand McNally were asked to submit bids. The panel urged up to date texts replacing 1916 editions and criticized outdated references. The board also authorized sale of about 86 acres swamp land along the inland waterway and approved library fund loans to Granville and Lee counties for school improvements.
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Raleigh
Board of Education
A. T. Allen
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Elementary Textbook Commission
Education Board
Ginn and Company
Silver, Burdett and Company
Rand McNally Company
Canada
Peary
Amundsen
Scott
North Carolina
State Library Fund
Granville County
Lee County
Deep River
Britain backs equal arms for Germany at disarmament talks
In Geneva, Nov 17, British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon proposed that Germany be allowed arms equality with other nations. He urged all European states to affirm they will settle disputes without force and that Germany’s armament limits be included in the same disarmament framework.
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Geneva
John Simon
Reich
John
Germany
Harrison Urges Federal Slashes For Budget Balance
Senator Pat Harrison spoke at an annal convention urging a balanced budget through cutting nonessential federal activities and curbing expenditures rather than raising taxes. He backed early Roosevelt cabinet picks and said tariff revision should be piecemeal with focus on farm, railroad and flood relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Democratic
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
American Bottlers’ Association
Roosevelt
Harrison
Treasury
Accused Murderess of Stepson Freed on Bond
Elizabeth City scene reports Mrs. Betty Hines Lane released on $2500 bond after being charged with murdering her stepson Woodrow by axe strike on July 28. State alleges insurance motive. Lane and her husband were arrested and jailed.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Betty Hines Lane
Woodrow
Lane
State approves nearly 900000 cut in power bills for Duke and Southern
North Carolina customers will save about 900000 annually after the State Corporation Commission approves new rates for Duke Power and Southern Public Utilities. Domestic customers pay 1.00 monthly plus 0.08 per kWh for the first 150 kWh and 0.03 thereafter. The rates take effect November 1 with a nine month review option on 90 days notice.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Duke Power
Southern Public Utilities
State Corporation Commission
Southern
Charlotte
Wirkston-Salem
Hickory
Gastonia
Salisbury
Mount Airy
Rural Hall
North Wilkesboro
Hendersonville
Tryon
Saluda
Burlington
Greensboro
South Carolina
Duke Company
Durham Public Service Company
Carolina Power and Light
Tidewater Power
Mine disorder blocks Peabody coal mine near Springfield
About a thousand pickets blocked the Cora mine opening by Peabody Coal in Springfield Illinois. Police faced tear gas bombs as they tried to move protesters and two miners were seriously beaten while attempting to pass.
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Springfield
Peabody Coal Company
Here
Warm weather on tap for Dixie
A Dixie weather report from New Orleans on November 17 notes low cloud banks delaying winter cold. Most southern states saw subfreezing readings rise as humidity increased and rains were forecast. Arkansas reported snow and sleet with two deaths in a highway crash. Louisiana and nearby states expected rain and milder temperatures.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Sugar Can
North Carolina mails relief checks to counties total
The Reconstruction Finance corporation relief program sends 187 250 to North Carolina counties as the third installment of an 800 000 grant. Total disbursed reaches 562 000 with final distribution due November 30. Federal board allotment expected later winter.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Relief Organization
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Board
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Are
Cherokee
van Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Mrs Roosevelt rushes to New York to meet grandchild
On short notice and with $10 borrowed from a Secret Service guard, Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt left Albany for New York to greet her fourth grandchild, son of Eliott Roosevelt. The baby weighed eight pounds and mother and child are reported well.
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Voll
Aaitete-Meesetere
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elizabeth Browning Donner
New York
Stork
Bryn Mawr
Secret Service
United States
Albany
Eliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Franklin
Trestle Blown Up In Strike War Strife
A Tennessee Central railway trestle between Wilder and Crawford, coal mining villages, was blown up last night as part of a series of strike disorders. A coal train had moved yesterday and residents heard the explosion around 8 30 p m with news reaching Wilder today.
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Wilder
Tenn
Tennessee Central Railway
Crawford
McKee Declares Crusade Against City Misrules in New York
Acting Mayor Joseph W. McKee breaks with Tammany Hall to denounce waste and abuses in city government. In a dinner address he calls citizens tired of conditions and hints at a possible fight next year to take city control from Tammany and its allies.
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New York
Joseph W. McKee
Tammany Hall
Bronx Democrat
McKee
Tammany
Dr. Zeno Wall Named President of North Carolina Baptist Convention
Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby was elected president on the fourth ballot at the North Carolina Baptist convention in Charlotte. The body adjourned after naming officers including Arch Cree as first vice president, E L Johnson as second vice president, P A Hicks as third vice president, M A Huggins as general secretary and treasurer, and C B Deane as recording secretary.
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Charlotte
Zeno Wall
Shelby
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Wall
Sunday School Board
Relef and Annuity Board
The
Baptist Foundation
Historical Commission
M. L. Kesler
Mills
John R. Jester
Winston-Salem
Butler Little
Joel 8. Snyder
Fayetteville
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest
Jester
Arch Cree
Salisbury
E. L. Johnson
Asheville
P. A. Hicks
Boone
M. A. Huggins
Raleigh
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Von Papen Resigns as German Cabinet Over Opposition
Berlin reports say the entire German cabinet resigned today and President Von Hindenburg accepted. Opposition from Adolf Hitler and his National Socialists, plus Centrists and Bavarians, left only 10 percent support in the Reichstag. Dr Heinrich Schnee, a former colonial service member, was among the frequently named potential successors.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
van Papen
Heinrich Schnee
Colonial Service
Far East
Lytton Commission
League of Nations
Schnee
People’s Party
Unclear Letter Cites War Debts and Mockery
A Corona reader writes from 16 November recalling efforts to seize gold and claiming France cannot pay. The letter mocks the idea of default and compares talk of debt to World War I victory celebrations while referencing European events and financial pressure.
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Corona
Calif
Europe
France
Will
Bandit Kidnaps Girl After Murder on Chicago Streets
In Chicago a young kidnapper killed Frank E. Jordan and abducted Miss Lillian Henry, 20, forcing her to drive around the South Side for hours while he attacked Miss Emma Danke’s companion James Guisinger, who escaped and alerted police. The gunman released the girl near dawn and fled.
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Chicago
Lillian Henry
John Alcock
Frank E. Jordan
Jordan
Emma Danke
Heary
James
Guisinger
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Gardner Lands
McDuffie
Dr. Stork
Elliott
Britain
Sir John Simon
Disarmament Conference
Guilford
Elliott Roosevelt
Baptists Convention
Winston
von Papen
Man
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