Nation Mourns Passing Secretary Good
Rail chiefs determined to press ahead with construction and progress despite stock market fluctuations. Hoover White House statement says railways plan expansion and greater construction over the next six months compared with last year. Executive meeting in Chicago to coordinate nationwide railway efforts and determine feasible projects.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Stock Exchange
Mellon and
Lamont
Lewis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
United States
War Chief Loses Week-Long Battle For His Life
President Hoover and officials prepare to honor James W. Good secretary of war who died after a battle with blood poisoning. Delegations from the house and senate, the diplomatic corps, and family will attend a ceremony in the White House East Room before the body is moved to Cedar Rapids Iowa for burial. Public access will be limited, flags will fly at half mast, and Stimson issued a city wide closure until 1 pm tomorrow. Charles Francis Adams named to represent the president at Cedar Rapids services. Vice President Curtis appointed seven senators to attend on behalf of the Senate.
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White House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Washington
Hoover
James W. Good
Curtis
Diplomatic Corps
House
Senate
War Department
Union Station
Stimson
State Department
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Deneen
Illinois
Harrison
Mississippi
Dale
Vermont
McKellar
Tennessee
Gillett
Massachusetts
Glass
Virginia
Brookhart
Williams Pledges Aid For Cotton In North Carolina
Carl Williams, cotton member of the federal farm board, told about a thousand farmers, business leaders, and students at Hugh Morson high school that a cooperative system under federal oversight could raise prices and cut production costs. He defined collective selling as the board’s key strategy to aid agriculture.
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Raleigh
Carl William
Federal Farm Board
Hugh Morson
North Carolina
Williams
A. B. Blalock
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Hutchins Praises Chicago University Spirit of Research
Robert Maynard Hutchins, inducted as the University of Chicago’s fifth president, lauded the faculty’s research and experimentation as the university’s enduring spirit. He traced the institution’s origins to President William R. Harper and highlighted high faculty compensation as a milestone in American education.
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Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Dr. Hutchins
George E. Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
David Kinley
Illinois
Harry Woodburn Chase
North Carolina
James R. Angell
Yale
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern
Ray L. Wilbur
the Interior
Hutchins
Chicago University
Chicago
University
William R. Harper
Prsident Harper
Middle West
United States
Mercy murder sinks into stock market gloom
Stocks moved downward in quiet trading as losses spread through Allied Chemical and other major names. In Minnesota, Beatrice Barton, 17, and her father John A. Barton, president of the First National Bank of Two Harbors, killed themselves after years of concern over the daughter's illness.
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New York
Krenuger & Toll
Allied Chemical
General American Tank
Atlans Powder
Auburn Auto
Two Harbors
Minn
Beatrice Barton
John A. Barton
Barton
Thomas Brown
First National Bank
Bank
Menjou Enters Hospital For Operation In Paris
American cinema star Adolphe Menjou has entered the American hospital in Paris for an operation on an internal ailment. He was reported in stable condition and undergoing preoperative tests.
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Menjou
Paris
Adolphe Menjou
Senate Adjournment Forecast For Friday Night
Rumors circulate in the Senate that the special session will adjourn Friday night for a one week recess before the regular congressional session begins. The reports come from multiple senators and unofficial sources in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Hoffman Told Workers To Pull Them Out In North Carolina Case
Frank McGalliard testified that Alfred Hoffman urged crowds to organize and target Marion Manufacturing to “get them out” as Hoffman faces insurrection charges alongside four others. Trials relate to textile labor strife after United Textile Workers strikes. A separate note reports Governor Gardner calling a December term to try eight deputies for second degree murder in a Marion gunfight that injured six strikers.
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Marion
N. C
Frank McGalliard
Alfred Hoffman
Marion Manufacturing Company
Hoffman
United Textile Workers of America
del Lewis
Wes Fowler
Lawrence Hogan
J. Hugh Hall
Hub Smith
Clinchfield
G. W. Cowper
Thomas A. Jones
Asheville
Cowper
Clinchfield and Marion Manufacturing Company
American Federation of Labor
Solicitor Press
O. Max Gardner
Yancey County
Frat House Liquor Raid Ends With Legal Closure
In Urbana Illinois the Gamma Eta Gamma house raid ends legally but students face university discipline. W J Sherman a senior law student from Crown Point Indiana pleaded guilty to possession tied to 12 gallons of liquor and a quart sold to a fellow student. Charges against Alfred J Withers and Ernest Longbons were dismissed.
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Urbana
Gamma Eta Gamma Law
University of Illinois
W. J. Sherman
Crown Point
Ind
University Law School
Sherman
B. W. Hoare
College of Engineering
Alfred J. Withers
Cahibbing
Minn
Ernest Longbons
Marion, Il
Baby's Bank Victim in Stock Market Crash Tale
Chicago November 19 One of the banks that failed in the market panic was Louis Shick s baby's is Mrs Shick seeking separate maintenance She lists her husband s jobs as stock speculating golf and motoring She says he was called on for more margin by his brokers and broke into baby's bank taking the baby s 1709 dollars.
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Chicago
Louis Shick
Baby’s
Audit Starts Talk About Tax Account
Greensboro officials report auditors examining Parker records in High Point after Parker, a longtime deputy sheriff and tax collector, resigned yesterday. Sheriff Stafford appointed Troy Short to head the High Point office and county managers expect discrepancies to clear as checks are collected.
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Greensboro
High Point
R. B. Parker
High Point Township
Parker
D. B. Stafford
Stafford
Troy Short
R. H. Wharton
Sheriff’s Office
Short
D. L. Donnell
Lindy Shoulder Dislocation Confirmed Recovered
Englewood hospital officials report X rays show Lindbergh’s shoulder dislocation from last winter’s Mexico air crash has snapped back into place. Dr. Walter Phillips reset the shoulder and Lindbergh, staying with Dwight W. Morrow in Singlewood, suffers no ill effects.
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Singlewood
N. J
Englewood Hospital
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
Walter Phillips
Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Radium Needle Creates New Plant Species in Datura Bloom
Princeton report details Dr. Albert Blakeslee's experiment using a radium needle on a datura blossom during fertilization. Offspring showed distinct seed pod shape and flatter branches, bred true. The work marks early advances in radium aided plant breeding and heredity.
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Princeton
N. J
National Academy of Sciences
Albert F. Blakestey
Carnegie Institution
Luther Burbank
Blakeslee
Santa Claus Bandit in Sensational Jailbreak
EASTLAND Texas reports public fury over Marshall Ratliff who robbed a Cisco bank in Santa Claus garb and attempted escape from the county jail. Deputy Tom Jones was critically wounded in a stairway confrontation. jailer E P Gilbert and his daughter Mary intervened. Ratliff had been sentenced to death for the Christmas time robbery that killed two officers and one robber, with others involved facing execution, life terms, or escape.
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Eastland
Tex
Marshall Ratliff
Santa Claus
Tom Jones
Ratliff
Cisco
Texas
State Penitentiary
Jones
E. P. Gilbert
Gilbert
Mary
Henry Helms
Plans Expedition 10 Aids Arctic Aviator
At Teller Alaska Frank Dorbradt plans an aerial expedition to aid Carl Ben Eielson whose wrecked plane was sighted on the ice coast of Siberia. The Nanuk fur ship reported the sighting sixty miles from the ice bound vessel as Eielson and Dorbradt move cargo to Alaska by air. A mechanic named Borland accompanied Eielson during the last radio contact.
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Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Hielson
Arctic
Siberia
Teller
Frank Dorbradt
Hielson
Ejielson
Dorbrandt
Nanuk
Eielson
Borland
Stocks Climb On Brisk Rally In New York
A brisk rally lifted many leaders by 2 to 5% and some specialties higher on the New York Stock Exchange after an initial selling wave. Final prices held near day’s highs as trading volume declined.
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New York
Tennessee River Drowning Second of Alabama Flood
The drowning of Fred Drakeman, 49, in the Tennessee river today raised Alabama’s flood fatalities to two. His body was found on a barn roof at Athens. attorney R. L. Nathan remains missing. Government reports said danger had passed as major streams fell except the Alabama river still rose.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fred Drakeman
Tennessee
Alabama
Drakeman
Athens
R. L. Nathan
Muscle Shoals
Vasconcelos Not To Attempt Coup d Etat
Jose Vasconcelos defeated Mexican presidential candidate will come to Mexico City but an armed movement is not planned for now. He claims the election was stolen in favor of Pascual Ortiz Rubio and awaits Congress action for possible next steps.
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Mexico City
Jose Vasconcelos
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexican Congress
Senator Warren Improves After Severe Bronchitis
Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming was reported considerably better by his physician and friends believe he has passed the danger point after a severe bronchitis attack. The 85 year old war veteran remains under medical care in Washington.
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Washington
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Freshman Cap Abolition Discussed at NC State
NC State freshmen consider abolition of the traditional cap at a class meeting after a vote by a three member committee. Backing from Dre Brooks, Dr Sermon and Dean Cloyd. Blue Key and student councilmen urge ending the cap practice following a clash with the freshman football team over cap wearing.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
House of
Dre. BB
Court of Customs
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