Senate Lobby Probe Targets Davis Bribe Allegation
The Senate lobby committee heard witness John Holland outline Celotex company records and affiliations as it weighs charges that Senator Davis accepted 100000 dollars to push tariff legislation. Davis denies the accusation, saying his only dealings with Celotex were as a stockholder.
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Coletax Company
Washington
Senate Lobby Ittee Today
John Holland
Pennsylvania
Holland
Celotex Company
Senator Caraway
Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 90 day divorce law
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the 90 day residence divorce law by a five to two vote. The decision blocks a referendum effort and allows the law to take effect. Pending cases in Hot Springs await decrees as lawyers prepare hundreds of petitions statewide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Ed F. McDonald
Home Protective Association
Hot Springs
Pat Mehaffey
Bandits Stage a Fatal Holdup In Maryland Roadhouse
Bandits robbed the old colonial tea house on the Bladensburg road near Washington and shot five patrons. One man died and four others were seriously wounded at Casualty hospital. one wounded man was partially identified as a gang member. The robbers escaped with $200 in cash.
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Washington
Bladensburg Road
Maryland
Family of Five Dead in Gas Fatalities in Dorchester
Boston authorities report the Goodale family, William F. Goodale a Boston Latin School teacher, his wife a former Worcester teacher, and their three children, found dead in their Dorchester home likely from gas or oxygen depletion. Neighbors had not seen them since Friday and a bathroom gas heater is noted.
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William F. Goodale
Dorchester
Goodales
Goodale
Boston Latin School
Worcester School
Mary
Anna
William
Winthrop Harrington
Old Ironsides Visits Wilmington Draws Thousands
The U S Frigate Constitution also called Old Ironsides is on a brief visit to Wilmington drawing more than 11 000 visitors who toured the ship yesterday.
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Wilmington
Democrats Now Confident House Majority Is Theirs
Democratic leaders expect special elections to lift their House majority by two seats before Congress opens. Republicans deny gains, noting contests in Texas fourteenth district and New Jersey fifth district, both once Republican held. Texas race labeled boss race by Wood yet Democrats lead in several contests. Ackerman’s New Jersey seat to be filled December 1 amid tight races.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Garner
Texas
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Wood
Indiana
Republican Congressional Committee
Charles W. Anderson
Harry M. Wurzbach
Ernest R. Ackerman
Percy H. Stewart
Donald
Septic Sore Throat Tragedy Strikes Greensboro Family
In Greensboro three family members died within 48 hours from septic sore throat. Mrs. J. W. Wright and grandchildren W. E. C. Wright, 18 months, and Frances Wright, 7, passed away shortly after illness. Virginia Wright remained hospitalized. parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wright.
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Greensboro
J. W. Wright
W. E. C. Wright
Frances Wright
Virginia
W. H. Wright
Jaipur Maharaja Celebrates Born Heir In Durbar
New Delhi Nov 23 reports a hundred years of male succession ends as Maharaja Sawaf Kan Singhi Bahadur’s wife gives birth to a son. The durbar honors the new heir amid royal splendor.
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New Delhi
India
Jaipur
Sawaf Kan Singhi Bahadur
Million Dollar Oil Tanker Seized By Dry Agents In $300000 Haul
New York Nov 23 The oil tanker Raritan Sun valued at $1 000 000 was seized by 50 federal officers with 6 000 cases of liquor aboard The vessel 533 tons 189 feet long carried liquor to Red Hook and Brooklyn docks Seamen 52 were arrested and five trucks plus an automatic conveyor were seized The operation involved well known gang members and a Brooklyn agent of Al Capone led to a high profile interdiction
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Raritan Sun
Lloyds Registry
Sun Oil Company
Philadelphia
Little Augie Pisano
Pisano
Brooklyn
al Capone
Atlantic
Red Hook
Atlantic Seaboard
Southwest
Ten Harlan miners, union officials indicted for murder
A Montgomery county grand jury indicted ten Harlan county miners union officials and former Evarts officers for murder and conspiracy in the May battle near Evarts that left deputies James Daniels Otto Lee and clerk Howard Jones dead. Four faced added aiding and abetting charges. The case follows earlier indictments quashed by a Harlan grand jury. More than 300 national guard troops were sent to the coal fields to restore order.
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Edmund A. Chester
Mount Sterling
Harlan County
Evarte
Montgomery County
W. M. Hightower
Miners’ Union
Evarts
W. B. Jones
Asa Cuisick
Ford Benson
Jim Reynolds
Floyd Murphy
F. M. Bratcher
Bill Turpin
Bill Hudson
Otto Mills
Hightower
Jones
Cuisick
Benson
Raskob Poll Triggers Attack From Dry Leaders
The Democratic fundraiser John J. Raskob sent a survey to 88 580 donors seeking yes or no on resubmitting prohibition. The drys national board of strategy denounced the effort as wet millionaire pressure aiming to shift taxation and restore liquor sales. The board warned the Smith-Raskob alliance could not control the party or the presidency.
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Washington
John J. Raskob
Drys
National Board of Strategy
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Raskob
Democratic Campaign
Democratic 3
Smith-Raskob
Democratic Party
United States
Georgia minister plans renewed crusade against Cannonism
Rev. Rembert G. Smith a suspended Sparta Methodist minister says he will renew his fight against Cannonism. Speaking before a Bible class in Atlanta he warned of an exodus if 1932 policies are followed, noting a yearlong suspension for high unministerial conduct and ongoing criticism of Bishop James Cannon Jr.
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Atlanta
Rembert G. Smith
Sparta
James L. Key
Grace Methodist Church
Stiff Sentence For Crime in Asheville
Clyde Ward received a ten year prison term in Asheville after pleading guilty to stealing four dollars, a watch and chain from a victim.
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Asheville
Clyde Ward
Leave Prohibition Out in Senate Program Plan
Senator Robinson of Arkansas outlined a Democratic session program and set aside the prohibition issue. The Democratic National Committee schedules a January 9 meeting at the Mayflower hotel to decide the June convention location. The Republican committee will meet December 15 to choose a spring meeting site and time.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
John J. Raskob
Mayflower Hotel
Raskob
Republican National Committee
Man Drowns In Niagara River Near Goat Island
M J Calinas waded into the Niagara River near Loon Island and was swept over the falls. Three men on Goat Island witnessed the death by their own actions.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
M. J. Calinas
Niagara River
Loon Island
Goat Island
Hiccough Ended For Ira A. King After Gallbladder Removal
Ira A. King of Mansfield Ohio has stopped hiccoughing temporarily after his gallbladder was removed yesterday at General Hospital. Doctors call his condition good and note the two week bout may be over though a permanent cure remains uncertain. The report lists a variety of cure suggestions from water and ear massage to capers from Hollywood offering left hooks to end the hiccoughs.
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Ira A. King
Hollywood
Cali
West and East Split Weather With Subzero West, 70s East
The nation faced snow rain fog and sun as winter set in from Montana to the Mexican border. Havre Montana logged 18 below zero while Minnesota Colorado and New Mexico swirled with freezing air and two deaths were linked to the storm.
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Kansas City
United States
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Rockies
Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Placid
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Chinese Forces Mass Near Chinchow In Manchuria Threat
Rengo correspondence from Mukden reports trains moving troops toward Chinchow area as Chang Hsenh-Liang’s detachment reaches Kowtangtse northeast of Chinchow. Chiang Kai-Shek’s government may order an action against Japanese forces as both sides prepare for possible engagement. The Japanese meanwhile take precautions against a joint Chinese offensive and seek U.S. reassurance on allied actions.
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Manchuria
Rengo
Peiping
Chang Hsenh-Liang
Kowtangtse
Chinchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Chang Hsenh- Liang
Dixie Governors Debate Cotton Price Relief Plan
Southern governors meeting in Jackson discuss how to reduce cotton supplies with input from Bernard Baruch. They consider Texas acreage cuts vs Louisiana holiday and seek a unified belt-wide approach while Baruch hints at federal purchases removing millions of bales if accord is reached.
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Miss
Ibra Blackwood
South Carolina
Southern Cotton Conference Today
Bernard Baruch
New York
Baruch
Blackwood
Texas
Louisiana
Goveror Russell
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Harvey Parnel
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Mississippi
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Russell
United States
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Huey P. Long
Harry D. Wilson
Carolina
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