Hoodlum Terrorism Allegations At Morton High School
Verbal charges claim Hoodlum Terrorism prevails at J Sterling Morton high school Cicero as 8000 pupils and over 100 faculty deny, while 40 guards paid 140 dollars monthly patrol corridors amid student unrest and a circulated Morton Projects Association note.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Navy
J. Sterling Morton High School
Cicero
Frank A. Svoboda
Cicero Board of Education
Board of Education
Svoboda
AFL Labor Group Pushes 20th Amendment for 9 Day Week
At Cincinnati convention, a resolution urges a constitutional amendment creating a five day week and six hour day as emergency labor legislation. President Green notes threat of 30 hour week or mass unemployment while committees review many proposals. Florence Hanson backs protections for teachers and school funds.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
William Green
Florence Hanson
The
Federation of Teachers
Hoover Proposes War Debt Commission at Hoover Conference
President Hoover urged Congress to send the war debt issue to a commission but bar revision of European obligations. Republicans and Democrats opposed any clear path while the four and a half hour cabinet room session yielded no agreement. Speaker Garner and the Roosevelt camp communicated but offered no joint statement. Secretary Mills reported a positive but undisclosed reply from Roosevelt after meeting with the president-elect.
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Washington
Hoover
Garner
Roosevelt
Mills
White House
McNair admits part in Greensboro slaying
Police report three men confessed to staging the fatal holdup at the McCown filling station on November 11. McNair, wounded in the abdomen, does not know the other names or who fired the shot after Mrs. McCown tried to defend her property with a pistol. The two other suspects are James alias Slim and Sam. Mrs. McCown was a North Carolina resident. McNair was arrested in Durham.
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Greensboro
Joseph W. McCown
McNair
James Alias Slim
Sam
Durham
McCown
Florence County
Launch Drive On Deers In Alabama
HALEYVILLE Ala Nov 23 A three day drive to thin out deer on Alabama’s 150 000 acre national forest preserve has been launched by 250 huntsmen For four years now the drives have been held under close federal and state supervision and officials said they had never been marred by accidents Each hunter is allowed one deer.
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Haleyville
Ala
Alabama
National Forest Preserve
Theorists Flood Debt Suggestions At Roosevelt Visit
Theorists, not bomb-throwers, top threats to Roosevelt as debt cure ideas flood the scene. A guard was placed around him at the Mayflower Hotel due to the enormous influx of debt solution proposals from visitors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mayflower
Gardner Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in North Carolina
Governor O Max Gardner proclaims Thursday November 24 1932 as Thanksgiving Day urging rededication to the spirit of gratitude and charity. He calls for cooperation to lift all people to better opportunity and for no one to go hungry or poorly clad.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
North Carolina
I. O. Max Gardner
Suicide at Concord home leaves family burden fears
Concord, Nov 23. Brown Lee, 18, died after drinking poison at the home of Ritchie Widenhouse where he had lived for a year. He left three letters dated July 26 to family members saying he feared he was a burden to them.
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Concord
Brown Lee
Ritchie Widenhouse
Brewers Begin Bothering U.S. On Beer Troubles
Brewers warn government about gangster influence if beer is legalized and press for strict permit enforcement. Representatives including Ruppert and Anheuser-Busch discuss revenue concerns with Rep. O'Connor and Governor Roosevelt.
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U.S
C. P. Williamson
Associated Press
Washington
James M. Doran
Industrial
Alccohol
Ruppert’s
New York
Anheuser-Busch
Woman Turns Thanksgiving into National Holiday Belief
The article recounts how Pilgrims began Thanksgiving in America but credits Sarah Josepha Hale with making it a national day. Lincoln proclaimed it in 1864, followed by later presidents, tracing the holiday from Plymouth to Washington and beyond.
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America
Sarah Josepha Hale
Ladies Magazine
Lincoln
Mary
Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Washington
Court rules on divorce and county liability cases
North Carolina Supreme Court issued 13 opinions led by Justice Adams. The Pridgen divorce case held a Georgia based decree invalid due to publication service only. The ruling also upheld Brunswick County findings that ex-treasurer Robert Inman and former county attorney E H Smit owe about 49 thousand dollars to the county and schools.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
W. J. Adams
J. J. Pridgen
Mary Pridgen
Durham County
North Carolina
Pridgen
John A. Dowd
Richmond County
Georgia
Mary Dowd
Durham
Adams
Brunswick Superior Court
Robert F. Inman
Bruswick
E. H. Smit
American Girl to Join Gandhi in His Next Fast
Nila Cram Cook, now Nila Nagini, vows to join Mahatma Gandhi in his next fast after embracing Hinduism. She urges whites and upper castes to awaken to equality for the untouchables and to help lift the downtrodden, linking it to universal songs of humanity.
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Mahatma
Delhi
India
Nila Cram Cook
Mahatma Gandhi
Miss Cook
Nila Nagini
Mr. Gandhi
America
Whitman
Robbed Twice Losing Three Cents at Wilmington Station
The Wooten brothers Albert and Kenneth, filling station operators in Wilmington, were robbed on consecutive nights. A black robber took 55 cents of Kenneth’s money after a gun was shown. the next night two white youths took 58 cents and a rubber check from Albert, who had the day’s proceeds in his pocket.
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Wilmington
Wooten
Albert
Kenneth
Pender Farmers Repay Crop Loans
Burgaw NC November 23 More than eighty percent of crop production loans in Pender county have been repaid with remaining borrowers ready to pay County Agent W H Robbins said today
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Burgaw
Pender County
W. H. Robbins
Cabinet Crisis Still Unsolved
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler urged President Hindenburg to form a cabinet directly responsible to the presidential authority and ready to govern without parliament. Hitler offered to head such a cabinet and place his movement at the chief executive’s disposal amid indications of shifting opposition.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Hindenburg
Slayers Plan Insanity Plea In Murder Cases
Chicago reports indicate two teenage killers may plead insanity. Bertrand Arnold Jr. 16 and James Varecha 17 face murder charges for slayings linked to family violence and a robbery. Arnold’s lawyers hired an analyst while Varecha boasted he is crazy and a private attorney replaces a public defender.
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Chicago
Bertrand Arnold, Jr
Ellen Saxe
James
Iggy) Varecha
Frank Jordan
Varecha
Store Robbed in Asheboro Sunday
Asheboro authorities report Covington and Prevost Food store and service station robbed between midnight Sunday and 3 AM Monday by unknown parties. Loot valued at about 100 dollars includes cigars cigarettes groceries a sack of salt pencils inner tubes and other items.
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Asheboro
Covington and Prevost
Reno Gambling Halls Near Full Decline in 1932
Reno Nevada November reports show gambling palaces largely deserted with many closed or idle. Dealers earn far less, profits shrink, and visitors have faded as Washoe County license revenues trail last year by about $30,000. Last quarter collections dropped to $10,035, the lowest since legalization in 1931.
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Reno
Nevada
Palaces of Chance
Pacific Coast
County Recorder's Office
Washoe County
White House Thanksgiving Guest List For Hoover Era
Five turkeys arrive at the White House as President and Mrs. Hoover prepare a simple Thanksgiving. It will be their last in the Executive Mansion before Roosevelt takes office March 4. Many cabinet members and officials plan family dinners or steady routines across nearby homes and hotels.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Executive
Elect
Roosevelt
Curtis
C. P. George
Mitchell
Adams
Doak
Notre Nidre
Virginia
Wilbur
Roosevelt Busy With Conferences as President-Elect Meets Officials
A flurry of calls from Washington figures kept President-elect Roosevelt in meetings from breakfast onward. Justice Brandeis and Governor Roosevelt discussed immediate farm legislation and other proposals, with Olsen hinting at beer legislation and a second undisclosed item. Senator Swanson, future foreign relations chair, also visited the room.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Justice Brandeis
Supreme Court
Floyd B. Olsen
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Four Killed In Gun Fight After Hold-Up
In Boley Oklahoma on November 23 a bank president and three robbers were killed in a running gun battle after a robbery attempt in a Negro district. Assistant cashier H C McCormick, city marshal J L McCormick, vigilantes, and officers opened fire as robbers fled with cash. Turner president died en route to Okemah clinic.
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Boley
Okla
H. C. McCormick
J. L. McCormick
Cr. J. Turner
Okemah
W. W. Riley
Turner
McCormick
Riley
Floods Kill 100 in Huila Region of Colombia
Reports from Huila department in the Magdalena river valley describe disastrous floods with about 100 people swept to their deaths and many left homeless. Dispatches are brief, noting only deaths and ruin in the remote region.
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Bogota
Colombia
Huila Department
Magdalena River
Pigeon to Stay in Army Signals Service
Major General Irving J. Carr states the pigeon remains a key auxiliary in wartime and peacetime communications. He notes pigeons are bred and trained at signal corps lofts and efforts aim to inform other arms of their powers and limits during maneuvers.
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Washington
America
Irving J. Carr
Signal Corps
Fayetville man surrenders in slaying of Will Riddle
Linwood King 35 of Fayetteville surrendered to police in the death of Will A Riddle 45 who was struck with a mule stick two weeks earlier. King had been released on bond after initial injury concerns but Riddle died hours later. King claimed fear and remorse amid debt dispute.
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Fayetteville
Navy
Linwood King
Will A. Riddle
Riddle
King
Mebane Warehouse Destroyed By Fire
Firemen from Mebane Durham Burlington and Graham fought a blaze that raged for nearly two hours and caused about 40000 in damage to the Planters Tobacco warehouse and an adjoining grocery. The fire threatened the town’s business district before being brought under control.
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Mebane
Durham
Burlington
Graham
Planters
Searchlight beam links voices across Adirondack foothills
Lake Desolation New York reports a first test in long distance narrow casting. A 0 inch mirror on a mountain sent light to Schenectady 24 miles away where a receiving set captured voices. John Bellamy Taylor discussed the experiment with Heywood Broun as trapper James Link relayed a cold update from the hillside.
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Lake Desolation
N. Y
Adirondack
Schenectady
John Bellamy Taylor
Heywood Broun
Thor
Broun
General Electric
Mars
Taylor
James Link
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Colombian
Pigeon
Shirrenders
Will Riddle
Heyward Broun
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