Kidnapping of Tulsa Sportsman Stuns City
George H. Hurford a Tulsa sportsman and bookmaker was abducted from his country estate by armed gangsters. The Tulsa World reported the crime occurred Sunday night with Mrs Hurford threatened and wires cut to stop help. Detectives questioned Mrs Hurford while a caretaker confirmed the abduction.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa World
George H. Hurford
Southwest
Lttena
Hurford
Earl Franks
Budget Commission Opens Hearings on 1931 33 Requests in Raleigh
In Raleigh on November 18 the advisory budget commission began public hearings on biennium requests from state departments and institutions. Figures will not be released yet as three questionnaires covering maintenance, permanent improvements and foundation productivity are reviewed.
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Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
Governor’s Office
Secretary of State
Corporation Commission
Department of Conservation and Development
Charlotte Moves to Install City Radio Network
City manager R. W. Rigsby ordered immediate installation of a short wave transmitter at the municipal building and radios on all police cars to monitor crime in Charlotte. Police Chief Horace Moore expanded night patrols and directed interrogations of late night street pedestrians as two rural officers moved to night duty. The United Bank and Trust of Greensboro was named receiver for Mason W. Gant, former Guilford Superior Clerk, accused of misappropriating Confederate pension funds, with audits suggesting he received over 134000 in excess funds and possibly as much as 423000 in disbursements for private purchases. The case is supported by Col. Frank P. Hobgood for the county commissioners and A Wayland Cooke, current clerk.
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Charlotte
R. W. Rigsby
Ciyt
Rigsby
T. C. Wood, Jr
United Bank and Trust Company
Greensboro
Mason W. Gant
Guilford Superior Court
Frank P. Hobgood
A. Wayland Cooke
Superior Court
B. Lee Fentress
Colonel Hobgood
Board of County Commissioners
Cooke
Hobgood
Barcelona Restores Order After Labor Riots
In Barcelona on November 18 police and civil guards patrolled business districts to force reopenings after riots left at least two dead and up to 200 wounded. Guards manned trolley lines as the city moved toward normalcy with assurances of protection for reopen stores and a promise to curb violence between rival labor groups Syndicato Libre and Syndicato Unico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Syndicato Libre
Syndicato Unico
Ford Motor Co Expands World Wide Building Program
Ford Motor Company announced a broad expansion of its world wide building program with about 60 million dollars in planned expenditures. The effort includes new and enlarged plants in the United States Europe and other regions, creating thousands of construction jobs and increasing activity despite a weak business mood.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United States
Europe
Senate considers farm relief debenture plan revival
Washington reports the Senate agricultural committee will decide before Congress reopens whether to sponsor new farm relief legislation. Secretary Hyde and Legge of the farm board meet with the committee next Monday to discuss a possible test or enactment. President Hoover drafts a message to Congress for December 1, including public works for unemployment relief. Senator Walsh backs a spring session but opposes forced action, while Senator Reed calls the idea a baby act.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Congress
Hyde
Legge
Farm Board
National Farm Organizations
Senate
Hoover
Senator Walsh
Montana
J Pierpont Morgan Receives Oxford Honorary Degree
J Pierpont Morgan was voted the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws at Oxford University convocation. It was announced he will visit to receive the award personally on November 25, already holding the same degree from Cambridge.
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J. P. Morgan
Ford
Eng
Pierpont Morgan
Oxford University
Morgan
Cambridge
Youth Injured In Spectacular Wreck At Durham Today
In Durham on November 18 Thomas Johns 21 son of local realtor E T Johns suffered a broken arm head and body injuries when his car went over an 18 foot embankment sheared a tree jammed between two others and was demolished. He was thrown clear of the vehicle.
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Durham
Thomas Johns
E. T. Johns
Johns
Principles In Society Wedding Reveals Year-Old Secret
Pittsburgh society buzzed as W. L. Mellon Jr and Grace Rowley disclosed they wed in Wellburg, West Virginia on November 16, 1929, eloping a year ago. The couple planned another ceremony and reception, but families remained silent on whether events tomorrow would be canceled.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Society
W. L. Mellon, Jr
Grace Rowley
E. H. Rowley
A. W. Mellon
the Treasury
Wellaburg
W. Va
Mellon
West Virginia
Asheville Welcomes U D C Delegates In State Convention
Asheville buzzed with 700 delegates for the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention opening tomorrow. Mayor Gallatin Roberts will extend the welcome as flags fly and merchants display signs. The event runs to Saturday with headquarters at George Vanderbilt hotel and additional uptown hotels hosting attendees.
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Asheville
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Gallatin Roberts
George Vanderbilt Hotel
Gardner
North Carolina
Sviva
Katie Daffan
Texas
Robert
McKee
L. M. Bashinsky
W. A. Roberts
Virginia
Lizzie George Henderson
Mississippi
As Sumpter Rhame
Grove Park Inn
Laughter closes at Broadhurst with Nancy Carroll drama
Nancy Carroll abandons light comedy for dynamic drama in Laughter and the show closes its Broadhurst engagement on Wednesday night. Readers note the clever, diverting nature of the period ads and their profitable appeal to readers.
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Nancy Carroll
Broadhurst
North Carolina Conference Opens in Henderson
The ninety fourth annual North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South gathers in Henderson with hundreds of ministers and lay delegates. Josephus Daniels will speak on Methodism history in the state as the conference begins with the Lord's Supper and first business session. Bishop Morton and nine presiding elders meet to set ministerial assignments for the coming year.
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Henderson
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Epworth League
Dallas
The
Historical Society
C. B. Thompson
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Edwin D. Monton
Dentists to Install New President in First District
Dr. N. P. Maddux of Asheville will be installed as president of the First District Dental Society at its meeting in Rutherfordton on November 19 and 20.
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Rutherfordton
N. P. Maddux
Asheville
First District Dental Society
Britisher Foresees Hard Times for U S Four Months
London November 18 The United States will go through hell in the next four months as never before British official J H Thomas secretary of the dominions told the American chamber of commerce America faces a low mood yet should keep faith in its institutions and remember the nation has contributed to world progress He urged resilience saying adversity will purify as clay goes through the fire.
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London
United States
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
American Chamber of Commerce
America
Mr. Thomas
First Clash At Indian Parley Stirs Round Table
London Nov 18 The Indian round table conference heard a clash as Lord Peel clashed with an Indian delegate over self government while an Indian participant cried bogus remarks. Peel pressed on with a critique of the delegates’ addresses and visions of a united India.
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London
Willam Peel
India
Peel
United States of India
Lord Peel
Round Table
Wolf Makes Domestic Strife In Home After 50 Years of Peace
In Hertford North Carolina on November 18 a Perquimans county couple John and Mrs Gibson faced a night of violence after a telephone report from neighbors. Sheriff W. G. Wright found Mrs Gibson near death in the woods from swallowing poison while John Gibson was found dazed with a head wound from a blow. The couple had lived in peace for fifty years prior. Mrs Gibson's recovery was hopeful.
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Wolf
Hertford
N. C
John Gibson
Perquimans County
W. G. Wright
Gibsom
Fach
Custodians Named for Gant Properties Receivership
Claude Kiser and R. D. Douglas will manage Mason Gant properties under receivership placed in the United Bank and Trust Company by Judge Thomas J. Shaw. They will list holdings in real estate, business interests and personal property, with rapid action expected to determine the exact scope over the coming days.
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Greensboro
Claude Kiser
R. D. Douglas
Mason Gant Properties
United Bank and Trust Comepany
Thomas J. Shaw
North Carolina Governor declines December special legislature
Gov Gardner formally refuses to call a December 20 day special session to address tax relief. He cites disruption to January regular session planning and public welfare concerns. At a tax relief commission meeting, Robert Lassiter of Charlotte succeeds J K Norfleet of Winston-Salem.
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Gardner
Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina Tax Relief Commission
Tax Relief Commission
Tax Commission
Robert Lassiter
Charlotte
J. K. Norfleet
Winston-Salem
Lee Melver Ends Life At Sanford
Sanford dispatch reports Lee Melver aged 54 secretary treasurer of Lee Furniture shot himself in his office during a board meeting. Directors found him dying with a pistol wound over the heart. A note to John Monter president expressed appreciation for favors but gave no motive.
Thomas Barrett 89 Black Bear Trainer Dies in Fayetteville
Fayetteville residents learned Thomas Barrett 89 known for educated pony Black Bear that delighted thousands of North Carolina children died November 15 at Grassland New York from old age and pneumonia. Barrett left three trained ponies to W W Fuller, a North Carolina multi millionaire and former general counsel for American Tobacco Company.
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Fayetteville
Thomas Barrett
North Carolina
Grassland
N. Y
Barrett
W. W. Fuller
American Tobacco Company
Fuller
DO X magneto issues prompt engine inspection plan
In Bordeaux Claude Dornier claimed the DO X will keep twelve engines but will have them removed at Lisbon for careful revision and inspection before crossing the Atlantic to New York. He denied replacing engines though reports suggested eight 900 horsepower British engines. Experts cite magneto problems rather than engines, with a magneto maker sending an engineer to Lisbon.
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Bordeaux
France
Claude Dornier
Lisbon
Atlantic
New York
England
Former Waitress To Marry Congressman
Washington nov 18 engagement announced between Representative Timberlake of Colorado and Mrs Roberta Wood Elliott widow of Salisbury North Carolina. The couple’s romance began at the hotel where he lived and she formerly worked as head waitress.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Timberlake
Coloado
Roberta Wood Elliott
Salisbury
N. Cy
Snowstorms Reach Utah Tragedies and Shootings
A Utah storm blankets the state with snow causing accidents and trapping a woodcutter while a plane wreck injures its pilot. In Montana, rancher Donald Kerr fires at a steer, fatally wounding ranch hand Russell Olson amid heavy snowfall.
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Great Falls
Mont
Donald Kerr
Dutton
Russell Olson
Undertakers To Meet GOLDSBORO
In Goldsboro on November 18 eastern district members of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association will hold a meeting. Details are sparse but the event concerns district undertakers and association activity.
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Goldsboro
North Carolina File Neral Directors Association
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Boole
Houston
Tex
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ella A. Boole
Brooklyn
Maude M. Aldrich
Union
Motion Picture
Aldrich
Friends of Prohibition
Advisory Budget Group
Henry Burke
Geology Department
Division of Commerce and Industry
Seeeks
Forestry Department
Department of Public Instruction
Child Welfare Commission
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
State Board of Health and Orthopedic Clinics
Historical Commission and
Insurance Department
William T. Manning
Episcopal Church
Manning
GARS
City
Nmderatinn
Élona
Ford Motor GO
Agricultural Committee
U.D.C
N.C
Eastern
Carolina
U. S
Kiser
Douglas
Gant
Lee Melver
Sanford
Black Bear
West
Salt Lake City
Utah
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