Hoover Urges Governors to Back Public Works Push
President Hoover asked all 48 state governors and local officials to cooperate with a large federal drive to expand public works. He urged canvassing programs for six to twelve months and asked Secretary Lamont to coordinate measures to speed road, street and building projects to absorb unemployment and stabilize wages. Arizona Governor Phillips pledged support citing ongoing state expansion projects. Philadelphia Mayor Mackey said city improvements would be pushed with about 65 million dollars planned in the next eighteen months.
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Lamont
Commerce Department
Department of Commerce
Arizona
Phillips
Capitol Building
State Prison
Pioneers Home
Mackey
Philadelphia
Labor conflict trial unfolds in Marion stand
Alfred Hoffman and three other striking defendants face rioting charges over August events at the Clinchfield mill village. Sheriff Oscar Adkins testified about roadblocks, a blocked and battered wagon, and National Guardsmen escorting a furniture delivery through a hostile crowd.
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G. W. Cowper
Hoffman
United Textile Workers of America
del Lewis
Wes Fowler
Lawrence Hogan
Clinchfield
Oscar F. Adkins
Fowler
Adkins
Lewis
Hogan
East Marion
National
Broad Robbins
Clemenceau Dies After Life of Defiant Work and War
Paris reports the death of Georges Clemenceau at 2:15 a.m. at age 88, ending a career marked by fighting spirit as wartime premier, author and statesman. His grandson announced the death as family and doctors cited uremia, heart strain, and overwork on his final book as factors.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Tiger
France
Jacquemaire
Rue Franklin
Madame Jacquemarre
Clemenceau
Michel
Dr. Laubry
Laubry
Marshal Foch
Raymond Recouly
Marshal
Condemn Group of 16 Crusaders To Death
In Voronezh Russia sixteen members of a secret religious sect called crusaders were sentenced to death after a ten day trial on counterrevolutionary charges. Three others received ten year terms and twenty others shorter sentences. The group allegedly received 62000 rubles from the United States to fund anti-Soviet agitation. Leader Dmitri Pakomenko defended the acts calling for the return of Emperor Nicholas.
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Nicholas
Russia
Burns in Critical Condition at Sarasota Home
William J. Burns former head of the United States secret service is critically ill at his Sarasota home with a heart attack attributed to acute indigestion last Tuesday night doctors report.
Dixie Business Outlook Shows Healthy Program
A Saturday survey finds nearly 250 million dollars in contemplated expenditures for public improvements and business buildings across eleven southern states over the coming year. Louisiana leads with over 60 million in contracts, while Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and others push highway programs and urban projects in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Gulf States Steel expansion amid robust business activity.
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South
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
New Orleans
Canal Street
Tulane University
U. S. Army Field
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Gulf States Steel Company
Gadsden
Ala
Nationalists Gain Upper Hand in Honan Province Fighting
Nationalist government troops appear to hold the advantage in Honan as Kuominchun forces retreat westward along the Lunghai railroad toward Shensi. Uncertainty surrounds Hupeh as nationalists try to stop rebels from reaching Hankow on the Yangtse river.
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Shanghai
Honan
Lunghai
Shensi
China
Hupeh
Yangtse
Hankow
Loyang
Henan
Tunkgwan
Hearings Set For Newsprint Tariffs In North Carolina
The North Carolina corporation commission set two December hearings on newsprint rates for Wilmington port shipments and diversion charges. December 4 will hear Wilmington Traffic Association’s request to lower intra state carload rates, aiming to boost port business by water and rail delivery. December 6 covers diversion and reconsignment rules for late consignee notification and related carrier expenses.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Wilmington
Corporation Commission
Wilmington Traffic Association
Wilmington Shipping
New England Textile Plants urged to establish branch in South
Pinehurst November 23 The Cotton Manufacturers Association of North Carolina urged New England textile plants to open southern branch operations to cut a million dollar yearly freight differential on machinery with southeastern spindles expanding faster. President E C Brooks of State College outlined the textile committee program and recommended broadening the textile school curriculum plus a college high school liaison to tie textile education to industry and growers.
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New England
Pinehurst
South
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of North Carolina
Textile Committee of
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Association
Southeast
New Eng
United States
E. C. Brooks
State College
Cotton Growers Association
Brooks
George Saul Gains His Release Today
In Charlotte on November 23 George Saul a communist labor leader arrested in Mount Holly last Sunday on inciting to riot resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon will be released from jail tomorrow Solicitor John G Carpenter said tonight The judge was to sign a writ after bonds were refused by Gaston authorities Saul spoke to mill workers near the Mount Holly mayor’s home and warned communists would press their plans despite the law.
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Carpenter
Saul
Mount Holly
Pope names five new cardinals in surprise Vatican move
Osservatore Romano lists five appointees expanding the college to 62 members. Included are non Italians Archbishop Verdier of Paris and Archbishop Minoiretti of Genoa, with Archbishops Cerretti MacRory and Lavitrano also elevated. Cardinal Verdier will receive the red hat at a Dec. 19 consistory.
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Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Sacred College
Joseph MacRorary
Armagh
Monsignor
Cerrejeira
Lisbon
Verdier
Paris
Lavitrano
Palermo
Minoretti
Genog
Cerejeire
MacRory
Lavitranan
Genoa
Pius
Ireland
Rome
Doumergue
Cardinal Cerretti
Hunclo
Republic
Henry IV
Cardinal Dubois
Dubois
Monsignor Verdier
Bad Weather Slows Burin Peninsula Disaster Relief
Reports from Burin Peninsula say a tidal wave earlier killed at least 22 people. Bad weather with high winds and rough seas hampers relief and repair efforts. Temporary housing is being built for the injured at Burin as the relief ship Meigle sails west to assess conditions and evacuate wounded. Telegraph lines remain down. contact is via motor boats from Epworth, two miles away.
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Epworth
Confessed Murderess Given 25 Year Term in Joliet Penitentiary
Laura Weaver, a 21 year old confessed torch murderess, pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in Joliet. She admitted strangling her common law husband Wilmer T Kitselmann on June 30 at Wyoming, Illinois, then carried the body to a lonely road and burned it beyond recognition. Kitselmann was 62.
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Kewanee
Iills
Laura Weaver
Torch
Joliet
Miss Weaver
Wilmer T. Kitselmann
Wyoming
Ills
Kitselmann
Chilled South To Get Relief From Cold Wave
The south will see slightly warmer temperatures tomorrow after a cold wave that brought snow ice and sleet to several states in Dixie. Forecasts expect generally higher temperatures Sunday though some Atlantic Seaboard states may grow colder tonight and before daybreak Sunday.
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Atlanta
South
Dixie
Atlantic Seaboard
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Richmond
Salisbury
Greensboro
N. C
Virginia
Martinsville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Nashville
Trolley and Train Crash Injures Ten in Tampa
Ten persons were seriously hurt when a trolley crossing a railroad track was struck by a switch engine near Tampa. Roberto Lara, 33, suffered internal injuries and lost a leg. six others were hospitalized and three treated at a drug store. The trolley carried about 20 workers from a cigar factory. Police investigate fault with crossing gates reportedly lifted as the trains passed.
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Tampa
Fla
Roberto Lara
Palmetto Beach
Lara
Rose Cordova
Emmett Garcia
Lorenzo Lopez
Gardner To Speak Over Radio Today
Gov O Max Gardner will address listeners on WPTF at 2 PM tomorrow in a Thanksgiving appeal to support North Carolina orphans. The North Carolina Orphan Association sponsors the radio period urging every resident to donate one day's income for the state's orphanages and homes.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
WPTF
North Carolina Orphan Association
Spanish Ex Premier Lets For Madrid on Train
Former Spanish premier Jose Sanchez Guerra left Algemesi for Madrid by train with his son Rafael to avoid crowds. He will stay secluded in Madrid until a retrial opens before the war ministry supreme court. He had been confined aboard the gunboat Dato since January and must report every 48 hours to court officials.
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Valencia
Spain
Jose Sanchez Guerra
Madrid
Algemesi
Here
Rafael
Supreme Court of the War Ministry
Dato
Hoover Vetoes Reading Of Annual Message To Congress
President Hoover rejects the idea he will read his annual message in person at the opening of the next regular session. The printed document will be delivered to both houses and read by clerks. The message covers tariff, tax reduction, veterans agencies, prohibition unit, and foreign relations ahead of London naval conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
Senate
Justice Department
Treasury
Ruling Urged On Seized Autos In Prohibition Case
The government pressed the Supreme Court to decide how seized automobiles not fully paid for should be handled. The issue pits prohibition law forfeiture against internal revenue law, with lien holders at stake. The Western North Carolina case involved a Ford coupe sold on deferred payments seized for transporting liquor. Lower courts backed forfeiture under internal revenue laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Richoour Motor Company
Ford
Government of Revenue
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Marion
Clinchfield Mill
Alfred Hoffman
Vickers
Amercia
White House
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Owen PD. Young
General Electric Company
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
R. A. Young
Federal Reserve Board
Walter Gifford
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Commerce
Thomas Lamont
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Henry Ford
FE. J. Kulas
Otis Steel Company
Secretary
The
Fach
Dixie Business
Honan Province
George Saul
POPE
Ies
Henry Gutierrez
Ralph Rutherford
Gardner
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