Noted Social Worker Found After Two Months
In Asheville on November 19 Colonel Raymond Robins is described as undoubtedly a sick man by Dr. Mark A. Griffin. Robins believes he is another person and cannot recall prior events. His wife reports he does not recognize her and physicians warn a diagnosis will take days amid his unpredictable condition.
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Asheville
N. C
Raymond Robins
Mark A. Griffin
Griffin
Colonel Robins
Whittier
Harlan
Robins
Orville Wright Reveals First Flight Message Source
Orville Wright announced the first message from the Kitty Hawk flight was sent to his father Bishop Milton Wright by J. J. Dozier, the government telegraph operator. The prior belief credited A W Drinkwater and a message to Katharine Wright.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Orville Wright
Bishop Milton Wright
J. J. Dozier
A. W. Drinkwater
Manteo
Wright
Katharine
Robins Soul Find In Wilderness After Turbulent Career
Asheville reports Colonel Ray mond Robins, living under the name Rogers near Whittier, discovered a crude wooden altar with a cross in the mountains, prompting investigators to see his mountain worship as spiritual peace after a life spanning coal mines silver rushes and Klondike gold fields.
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Raymond Robins
Whittier
Rogers
Colonel Robins
Nevada
Yukon
Alaska
Alaskan
Wilds
Robins
Dixie Cold Wave Grips Dixie With Hard Freeze Fears
New Orleans reports a strong cold wave reaching Dixie after a week of sporadic winter storms. Forecasts warn of freezing and subfreezing temperatures across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and nearby states with lows down to the teens in some interior areas.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Florida
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Kentucky
Davis Seat in Doubt as Governor Weighs Challenge
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania said he is weighing whether to challenge Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania for a seat in Congress. He noted Davis's unofficial plurality suggests election, but a certificate might be followed by a senate inquiry into Davis's eligibility. Pinchot had urged replacement after Davis was indicted in New York on lottery law violations as head of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Davis
Senate
New York
Pennsylvania Republican Committee
Loyal Order of Moose
State Committee
Model Youth Sought In Grandmother Slaying In Chicago
Chicago police sought 16 year old Bert Arnold in the murder of his grandmother Mrs Ellen Saxe 60. Evidence included a blood stained shoe print a missing car and fingerprints on candelabra. Arnold was last seen after leaving a church dance driving the victim's car. parents absent at the time.
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Chicago
Bert Arnold
Ellen Saxe
Wowoman
Young Arnold
Alleged Hold Up Slayers Go On Trial In Greensboro
Trial of Paul Spencer and Fred Winkler of Catawba county for first degree murder in the Walter grocery store shooting on Fulton street October 1 resumes in Superior court. Walters identifies the defendants as highwaymen. both deny taking part in the murder but confess to related robberies and conveyances.
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Greensboro
Paul Spencer
Fred Winkler
Catawba County
Herman Smith
J. S. Walters
Fulton Street
Superior Court
W. F. Harding
Walter
Smith
Winkler
Bank of Maiden
Spencer
Davidson County
Miami
Fila
High Point
J. S. Walter
Six Die in Florida Floods and Storm Toll Rises
Six people were killed or drowned and more than twenty were injured when floods followed a severe rain and hailstorm in Florida. Over 50 BoGota houses destroyed left hundreds homeless. three children among the dead. Authorities feared more deaths as ruins are excavated and traffic remained paralyzed.
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Bogota
Columbia
Hopes Rise as Republicans Weigh Dems Control of Senate
Washington today saw Republican independent senators discuss moving to place Democrats in charge of the Senate for the short session. The plan, backed by some Roosevelt supporters and opposed by others, would push immediate repeal measures and Volstead act changes. Dry and wet factions awaited outcomes from incoming members and anticipated votes on beer legalization or repeal resolutions.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dems
Capitol Hill
Borah
Idaho
Prohibition
Roosevelt Takes A Week End Rest At Hyde Park
Governor Roosevelt arrived at Hyde Park for a weekend rest with his mother before next week’s war debt talks with President Hoover and meetings with Democratic congressional leaders. He will confer with Senator Claude Swanson and Senator Carter Glass in Washington and plans to listen rather than decide during the weekend.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hoover
Washington
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Carter Glass
Senate
Albany
White House
Ane
Asheville Man Dies As Boat Overturns
Edgar Edmunds, 40, a Asheville iron worker, drowned when his flat-bottom boat struck a submerged cable on the French Broad river near Carrier airport. A search by Chief Messer and 20 volunteers failed to locate the body, with plans to resume tomorrow. Bob and Claude Lamb survived.
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Asheville
Edgar Edmunds
French Broad River
W. R. Messer
Edmunds
Bob
Claude Lamb
Lamb Brothers
Monument Dedication Honors Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk
Dignitaries gathered amid a southwest gale to unveil a large monument to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on November 19. Orville Wright attended as heavy rains reduced attendance to about a thousand. Patrick Hurley praised the Wrights as among Americas immortal sons in a main address.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Carolina Beach
Bill Devil
Bill Devil Hill Memorial Association
Orville Wright
Carolina Banks
Wright
Patrick J. Hurley
Wrights
America
President Hoover charts path for war debt talks
President Hoover slashed the federal budget by about 550 million dollars to clear the way for foreign debt discussions next week. He aims for a balanced budget while offsetting fixed charges by debt-related costs and tax refunds, with debt talks to include Roosevelt and possible negotiations with Britain France and Belgium.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Land Banks
Treasury
Congress
Capitol Hill
War Debts Commission
United States
Roosevelt
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Julius Curtius
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Watson
Indianapolis
Debt Commission
German Sailors Monument To Be Dedicated Here
A granite memorial for 18 German sailors who died as World War I prisoners in 1918 will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon at Riverside Cemetery. The ceremony begins at 3 pm with a brief address by German ambassador F W von Prittwitz. The event will be broadcast in the United States and Germany via NBC and short wave.
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Asheville
Germany
F. W. von Prittwitz
United States
Kenilworth
Riverside Cemetery
National Broadcasting System
Epileptic Murderer-Rapist Nabbed At Burlesque Show
CHICAGO November 19 Igna tius Varecha a 17 year old with a police record was captured while watching a burlesque show. He is suspected of killing Frank Jordan 38 and later holding up Miss Lillian Henry and her escort John Guisinger. Police identified him by Bertillon records. Varecha denied the charges calling it a bum rap. He was taken to Miss Henrys home for identification before further questioning.
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Chicago
Ignatius Varecha
Varecha
Dixon
Bertillon
Frank Jordan
Lillian Henry
John Alcock
John Guisinger
Gulsinger
Miss Henry
Alcock
City Hall
Guisinger
Varechba
Jordan
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
Weather outlook issued by the U S Weather Bureau notes generally fair conditions with a chance of rain Tuesday and late week. Cold nights, gradual warming Monday and Tuesday, colder midweek, and warmer by Friday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
South Atlantic
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