POU Seeks Quick Change to Prohibition Policy
Irman Pou of the House Rules Committee signaled hope for modification of the Volstead Act during the short session. He noted the difficulty of passing major measures but pledged to cooperate with Democratic platform pledges. Senator Harrison urged consideration of beer legalization if Treasury revenue is strained, though votes and presidential veto fate remain uncertain.
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Washington
Irman Pou
House Rules Committee
House
North Carolina
Congress
Poll
Wilson
Harrison
D. Miss
Treasury
Hoover
Cops Rout Striking Miners After Fight
Several hundred Progressive Miners of America pickets at the Cora mine in Springfield were driven off early today by deputies and state police using clubs and tear gas. Some pickets were badly beaten, including Dan McGill, a senior organizer.
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Springfield
Ill
Progressive Miners of America
Dan McGill
Dozen Buried Alive in Rome Factory Collapse
In Rome a factory building collapsed burying twelve people. Eight bodies were recovered and four others were pulled from the debris with serious injuries.
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Rome
Mystery slaying of Mrs. Crumbliss shocks Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee an unidentified man shot 60 year old Mrs James G Crumbliss as she walked to her daughter's apartment. She died four hours later at a hospital. Safety Director Walter Anderson called the murder planned. No description of the assailant was available and no purse was taken.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James G. Crumbliss
Walter Anderson
Crumbliss
Joe Duncan, Jr
Al Capone Praised as Model Prisoner at Atlanta Penitentiary
United States Attorney Dwight Green, returning from Atlanta, says Capone is in fine shape and a model prisoner. Capone allegedly politeness and hard work in the shoe factory boost his good behavior claims, with potential for earned good time.
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Chicago
al Capone
Atlanta
United Stas
Dwight Green
Capone
Green
Cannon Elected President of North Carolina Cotton Association
A. Cannon of Kannapo won the presidency of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association to succeed Kemp W. Lewis of Durham. A. M. Fairley, Laurinburg, is first vice president with R. Grady Rankin, Gastonia, as second vice president. Hunter Marshall Jr. of Charlotte was reappointed secretary and treasurer. Directors for three-year terms include E. C. Dwelle Charlotte and J. Spencer Love Burlington. The group adopted several resolutions including opposition to the Harriman bill and heard remarks from the retiring president.
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Pinehurst
N. C
A. Cannon
Kannapois
North Carolina
E. C. Dwelle
Charlotte
A. L. London
Pittsburgh
J. Spencer Love
Burlington
H. K. Hallett
S. T. Peace
Roanoke Rapids
E. D. Pitcher
Spray
Harriman
Libby Holman Plans Stage Return After Birth
New York reports Libby Holman will return to the stage in mid January after giving birth. Ward Morehouse notes she will be a mother and resume performing, despite her indictment with Albert Walker for the murder of her husband.
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New York
Libby Holman
Ward Morehouse
New York Sun Today
Albert Walker
Smith Reynolds
Nhile
Winston-Salem
N. C
Morehouse
John Jenney
Monchanin
Wilmington
Del
Alfred Holman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jenney
Montchanin
Maryland
Reynolds Tobacco
Brothers Guilty of Assault Charge and Face Death Penalty
Lonnie and George Ballard of Huntersville were jailed in Mecklenburg County recorders court on a capital charge for allegedly assaulting a 13 year old girl in a mill village. The girl testified she was called to the Ballard home Saturday night and attacked while others were away. The defendants pled guilty but reserved testimony for the superior court.
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Charlotte
Lonnie
George Ballard
Huntersville
Recorder’s Court
Ballard
Brooklyn Manufacturer Ends Life After Arranging Cremation
Harry W. Holly of Brooklyn had the United States Crematory in Queens prepare his cremation and pay the $35 fee before retiring to a men’s room and shooting himself. The body was found yesterday with no motive reported.
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New York
Harry W. Holly
Brooklyn
United States
Queens
Winter Weather Grips South as Frost Looms
A new advance of winter spread across Dixie with near freezing temps expected by nightfall. Snow fell in North Mississippi and Memphis as cold rains hit most southern states. frost possible statewide in Louisiana and Mississippi as weekend forecasts call for colder weather in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Kentucky.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Mississippi
Memphis
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Poisoner Grace Hossler Admits Four Murders Motive
Grace Hossler 34 confessed to toxic poisoning of her brother Oscar Hossler sister and brother in law Ezra Hatch and a hired man on a farm near Caro Michigan saying they ridiculed her. The four victims fell ill after eating her prepared food and are hospitalized while a sanity hearing is arranged.
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Caro
Mich
Grace Hossler
Here
Oscar Hossler
Ezra Hatch
Hunger marchers press Roosevelt in Albany demand aid
A three member hunger marchers delegation met with Governor Roosevelt in the Albany mansion calling on Hoover to rescind a discouragement order and urging a special session to appropriate 100 million dollars for feeding the unemployed. They asked for armories along the Washington march route to house marchers and for state trucks gasoline food and blankets.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hoover
Washington
Overnor
Ad Space Increase Expected To Boost Trade In December
Samuel P. Weston forecasts a December upturn in trade based on a rise in classified ad volume in 652 cities. He notes October gains over September 1932 nearly doubled the 1928 rise, with 41 to 89 percent year comparisons.
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New York
Samuel P. Weston
Weston
Ber
War Debts And Budget Hold Center Of Stage
A White House conference next Tuesday may decide how the United States will handle repaying war debts from Europe. President Hoover and President elect Roosevelt plan informal talks with aides on a balanced budget and foreign debt, with budget officials and congressional leaders present.
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Associated Press
Europe
Albany
Franklin D. Roose
Velt
Raymond Moley
Columbia University
White House
Hoover
Mills
Senate
House
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Washington
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Hurley
Brown
J. Clawson Roop
Treasury
Hitler Comes to Berlin to Meet Hindenburg on Nazi Program
Adolf Hitler arrived in Berlin to confer privately with President Von Hindenburg about the Nazi program to break the Reichstag stalemate. The Voelkischer Beobachter claims the chancellorship could be entrusted to Hitler, following Chancellor Papen's resignation. Hindenburg had already held talks with Nationalists, Centrists, and the German People’s Party leaders, though details were not released.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
National Socialist Party
Reichstag
Voelkischer Beobachter
Munich
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Herr Hitler
German People's Party
Wilmington Men Must Go 10 Jail
In Wilmington, a motion to arrest judgment for ex officials P Q Moore and J J Furlong Jr was overruled. The pair, convicted of extorting 25000 from Mrs Jessie Kenan Wise, were sentenced to three and two years respectively and were given until January 2 to appeal.
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Wilmington
Mra
Jessie Kenan Wise
W. A. Devine
Woodus Kellum
P. Q. Moore
J. J. Furlong, Jr
Moore
Furlong
Wilmington Society
L. C. Grant
Wise
Devin
Oben and Furlong
English aviatrix sets faster England to Africa record
Johnson flying solo in a small monoplane Desert Cloud landed in Cape Town at 1 30 p m Greenwich time cutting 10 hours 24 minutes from J A Mollison's record for the England to Africa flight. She covered 6 250 miles with four stops Oran Benguela Massamedes and two more. The arrival drew enthusiastic cheers from about 2 000 people as the crowd clashed with police securing the plane.
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Cape Town
Union of South Africa
Johnson
England
Greenwich
J. A. Mollison
Mollison
Miss Johnson
Oran
Algeria
Sahara Desert
Portuguese West Africa
Benguela
Massamedes
Molrison
Pay or default frame-up across nations in wartime talks
In Santa Monica an editorial urges decisive terms to force payment from European nations. The speaker argues a single word message would compel repayment and warns against framing France as unable to pay, claiming the rhetoric proves a staged protest coordinated with English interests.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Europe
France
England
Homecoming Bonfire Sparks DC Police and Fire Satire
In Brookland at Catholic University during homecoming celebrations students ignited a bonfire two stories high and helped firefighters with the hose. Police officer John Foster intervened after confrontations, as students continued rowdy antics before a Duquesne game.
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Washington
Catholic University
Brookland
Good Old Eleven
Duquesne
Cardinals
John Foster
Foster
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Erret L. Cord
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