Temporary Peace Proposal Agreed Upon By Nations
Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi met in New York after discussions in Washington with President Hoover. The visit drew thousands as Grandi received a public and official welcome on the Battery approach, with cheers and a Fascist salute from the crowd.
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New York
Italy
America
Dino Grandi
Washington
Hoover
Grandi
Jersey
Broadway
Fthce
Tefty Hall
Ranch
Viva Dino
James J. Walker
Delio
Congress opposes Muscle Shoals plan and reconsiders veterans bill
Senate leaders move to revise and pass the government veterans bill vetoed by Hoover, with Norris planning to reintroduce his ownership form. House and Senate committees study Muscle Shoals while Norris allies argue the report hides a power trust under farmer relief, and debates foresee leasing in upper Alabama.
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Washington
Hoover
Muscle Shoals Commission
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
James
House
Percy Quinn
Mississippi
Black
Alabama
Congress
Commission
Tennessee River
Upper
Hoover Commission
Lindbergh lands seaplane in Cuba on Nov 20
Col Charles A Lindbergh piloting the American Clipper from Miami landed in Cienfuegos Cuba at 1 46 p m EST marking a notable mid day event. In New York heavy selling dominated the stock market though a rally lingered at the session’s close.
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Cienfurgos
Cuba
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
New York
Lexington Widow Is Held Without Bail In Deaths
Mrs. Lola Pendleton Pickett a 44 year old widow was held without bail for Superior Court after a preliminary hearing found probable cause she poisoned her six year old daughter Elizabeth. An older daughter Virginia died last May and a coroner s jury ruled poisoning but did not accuse Mrs. Pickett. The two deaths prompted exhumation and re examination of Virginia s body following Elizabeth s death in September. Sheriff J A Leonard filed the murder charge after a warrant was sworn.
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Lexington
Lola Pendleton Pickett
Elizabeth
Superior Court
A. J. Newton
Recorder’s Court
Cotton profits rise as pound falls
The 25 percent drop in the British pound boosts British export advantage and lowers costs for British spinners, potentially increasing demand for U.S. raw cotton while signaling greater competition for American textile makers and machinery firms.
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Fred L Kent
Associated Press
New York
United States
Great Britain
Uni
France
England
Mor gantown high school prince cleared as jury discharged
Mor gantown West Virginia November 20 AP The jury in the trial of John T West accused of misconduct disagreed today and was discharged by Judge Charles G Baker Esther Williams a teacher testified dis agreed and was discharged
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John Thomas West
Morgantown
W. Va
Esther Williams
Blanche Garfield
West
Morgtontown
John T. West
Prince
Charles G. Baker
Tennessee Fails to Sell Bonds to Bankers
New York investment bankers rejected the Tennessee funding board’s plan to issue long term bonds. Commissioner Charles McCabe testified before a joint legislative committee that executives at Metropolitan Life Insurance also declined the long term loan option and would consider a short term loan instead.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Funding Board
Tennessee
New York
Charles McCabe
McCabe
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Reynolds divorce suit filed by Ann Cannon Reynolds
Ann Cannon Reynolds sues Smith Reynolds in Reno claiming extreme cruelty. The couple, from prominent North Carolina families, wed November 16, 1929 in York South Carolina. Reynolds reportedly gave $1,000,000 to his wife and daughter last August.
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Reno
Ann Cannon
Smith Reynolds
North Carolina
Ann Cannon Reynolds
Senator Bingham pushes nationwide referendum on prohibition
Republican Senator Bingham of Connecticut proposes a constitutional amendment to seek a national referendum on prohibition. The plan would have Congress submit the question to state conventions via sine die amendments, allowing the people to vote through delegates. He argues broad congressional support may exist and that drys should not block giving the public a vote.
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Washington
Congress
Bingham
Republican
Connecticut
Wall Street Under Heavy Guard After Bomb Threat Letters
New York’s financial district, including J P Morgan and Company, was placed under heavy police protection after a series of threatening letters signed Communist. Officials of the firm, Harvey D. Gibson, NYSE, and Bankers Trust received the notices, with a 20-member bomb squad and expanded patrols around the Wall Street area. The guard followed a Justice Department request, amid fears rooted in economic unrest and a memory of the 1920 Morgan bombing.
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New York
New York Financial District
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morgan and Company
Harvey D. Gibson
Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee
New York Stock Exchange
Bankers Trust Company
Stock Exchange
City Hall
Edward P. Mulrooney
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Washington
Justice Department
Mulrooney
Morgan
Assay
Great Decrease in Cost of Living Seen Now in Dixie
Atlanta reports a notable drop in living costs across the South with prices for housing, food, and clothing down from 1929 levels. Real estate boards and merchants show declines from five to seven percent, with New Orleans shoppers able to outfit a woman for about 12 dollars in total.
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Dixie
Edwin Holman
Atlanta
Milady
New Orleans
Capital Cops Arrest Gaston B Means In Maryland
Gaston B. Means former justice department agent spent the night in Bethesda jail charged with assaulting an officer and disorderly conduct after police responded to threats reported by his wife at their Chevy Chase home. Means was noted in investigations of justice department activities during the Harding era.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Bethesda
Hersperger
Means
Chevy Chase
Justice Department
Harding
Disbarred Raleigh Attorney Sentenced for Theft
Wilmington, Nov 20 AP Judge Barnhill ordered C C Broughton disbarred and sentenced him to nine months hard labor on the state roads after a Wednesday conviction for stealing a pocketbook valued at 87.50 from a visitor’s home. He was formerly mayor of Troy and served as reading clerk in the last general assembly.
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Wilmington
N. C
CC. Broughton
Raleigh
M. W. Barnhill
Jon
Troy
Wamboldt Extends Charges Against Courts In Asheville
Asheville leader Wickes Wamboldt speaker at a mass meeting claims former jurors would testify they were bought by lawyers if immunized. He links the charge to a wider probe that led to indictments of corporate commission members and a bank examiner. He says witnesses planned to come before grand juries but fear testifying.
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Count de Romanones
Spain
Alfonso
Escorial Palace
Julian Besteiro
Cortes
Alfonso de Bourbon
Alvaro Figuero Y Torres
Alvaro Figueroa Y Torres
Constituent Assembly
Asheville
Wickes Wamboldt
Buncombe County Bar Association
Wamboldt
State Corporation Commission
John Mitchell
State Bank Examiner
Bar Association
Superior Court
J. H. Harwood
Will Rogers Sets Sights On Far East War Coverage
Medford dispatch reports Will Rogers plans to serve as a war correspondent in the far east. He promises to return in time for the Presidential campaign and says he would not miss those elections for any war.
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Will
Medford
Drc
Will Rogers
Far East
Armistice Talks Tied to Manchurian Commission
Japan and China moved toward an armistice based on an international commission to investigate the Manchurian situation. China accepted in principle while big powers hesitated on strong withdrawal measures and possible economic boycotts. An open council meeting was expected to formalize terms for the inquiry and ceasefire.
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I. Lipsey, JR
Japan
China
League of Nations
Manchuria
France
Great Britain
Pres
Medford Letter Praises Northern California Scenic Route
A traveler described flying over snow capped mountains from Beverley to Seattle and the Redwood Highway as the most beautiful in America. The writer, signing WILL, notes weather concerns and comfort with the airline pilot as the route continues toward Medford.
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Medford
Ore
California
Beverley
Seattle
America
Redwood
Texas
Kleberg
San Antonio
Will
Automatic pilot hailed as future for southern aviation
Elmer A. Sperry Jr announces the automatic pilot on an 18 passenger plane flight over an eastern route. The device, developed by the Sperry Gyroscope Co, will relieve pilots and boost safety, linking communities and aiding fog navigation.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Associated Press
New York
South
Elmer A. Sperry, Jr
Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Company
EB. A. T
North American Avia Inc
Sperry Gineer
Gyroscope Company
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Wife
N. Y
Gotham
Jimmie Walker
Constituent Assembly of Republican Spain
Madrid
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso, XIII
Terms Committee
Lola Pickett
Southland
Fred I. Kent
Kent
Bankers’ Trust Co
Federal Reserve Board
International Chamber of Commerce
Horton
Maryland
International Commission
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