Farm leaders meet on wheat policy and farm board actions
An executive Washington conference of government agricultural leaders and major farm organizations discussed possible further wheat purchases by the farm board, the export debenture plan, and potential stabilization measures to lift prices. Republicans including McNary Norris Capper weigh continued trials. Borah and Brookhart may revive the debenture debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Hyde
Legge
Farm Bureau Federation
Taber
National Grange
Farmers Union
Hoover
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Capper
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Brookhart
Iowa
Congress
Boy Overpowers Bandit To Reach Movies On Time
In Baltimore on November 24 AP reports 18 year old Wilbur Black faced a robber who threatened him with a gun. He refused, knocked the gun away, and kept his plan to see the movies, even taking the weapon along for safety as he arrived on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Bandit
Baltimore
Wilbur Black
Wilbur
Spanish aviator Franco escapes Madrid prison
Major Ramon Franco, Spain's premier aviator, escapes from an old convent prison near Madrid after being sentenced to eight months for seditious utterances. Eduardo Reyes also escapes. Authorities fear he may flee the country by plane, enforcing watch on aviation fields and alerting police to shelter locations. King Alfonso was informed midday by Premier Berenguer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Spain
Eduardo Reyes
Franco
Berenguer
Alfonso
Reyes
Major Franco
Great Dane Aids Master in Fight May Help Identify Slayers
A Great Dane defended his master during a roadhouse robbery in Summit Illinois, injuring a gunman and possibly aiding police to identify the attackers in a crime that killed three women. The bandits escaped after the lights failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Carolina Methodists appoint ministers and aid Louisburg College
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South concludes its session with 72 ministers reassigned to new charges. The body voted 168 to 10 to provide 12,000 to Louisburg College through the current semester, while contingencies for suspension were outlined. Dated Henderson November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
North Carolina
Edwin Mouton
Louisburg College
Franklin County
European hurricane leaves nine dead and many injured
A cyclone and torrential rains sweep across France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and beyond. At least nine killed, hundreds injured as rivers overflow and cities brace for floods. Belgium suffers severe flooding while Vienna reports hurricane force winds. Dam Scheldt bursts flood southern Holland and Belgium.
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Vienna
Brussels
Scheldt
Holland
Belgium
Labor Moves for Dry Law Change Amid Prohibition Debates
Organized labor splits into two paths to seek modifications to the Volstead act. A Washington committee pools backing from trade groups for 2.75 percent beer to aid temperance, relieve unemployment, and boost treasury revenue. W C Roberts of AFL gears up to petition Congress and William Green confirms AFL support following a Boston convention call for modification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
W. C. Roberts
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress
William Green
American Federation — of Labor
Boston
Death Penalty Upheld for Mrs Schroder and Dagus
The Pennsylvania state supreme court upheld the death sentences for Irene Schroder and W Glenn Dagus in the murder of Corporal Brady Paul near New Castle. Schroder, 21, and Dagus, a former auto salesman, were convicted of first degree murder after being tried separately last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Irene Schroder
W. Glenn Dagus
New Castle
Schroder
Dague
Brady Paul
Supreme Court
Thief Catches Thief To Make Peaches Safe
A Connecticut agricultural experiment station report claims a few thousand dollars worth of parasitic flies saved nearly 100000 dollars worth of peaches this year. The flies target the Oriental peach moth, a major crop pest east of the Mississippi, seen as a new crop protection method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Navy
Connecticut
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
Stolen Automobile Recovered Before Owner Missed It
Miss Georgia Smith reported her car stolen but it was recovered 13 miles away and returned to Fayetteville before she learned of the loss. Elbert Harrelson flagged Sheriff McMillan and brought in a black man accused of stealing the vehicle, while the white boy helped identify the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N. C
Miss Smith
Aimee Semple McPherson Returns Home From Panama Trip
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson completed a trip that included visits to Panama and New York. She returned home by train to Pasadena and was driven from the station to her house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee
Los
Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Panama
New York
Pasadena
Judge John Lyle Scorns Technicalities Wins Chicago Admiration
Chicago judge John Lyle, known for scoffing at legal technicalities, has become a prominent figure in the city’s crime battles. He tables habeas corpus, venue changes, and strict bonds, provoking strong reactions from police, lawyers, and officials as he juggles firm rulings with pauses for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Lyle
Ralph Capone
Bugs” Moran
Fur’ Sammons
Dago" Mangano
Chicago Bar Association
Banks in Western North Carolina Regain Confidence
Floods of deposits poured into western North Carolina banks as hysteria subsided. From Marion to Murphy officials reported normal business, customers reopened accounts, and deposits recovered with fifteen closed banks under state supervision awaiting settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Marion
Murphy
The
Times
Farmers and Traders Bank
Weaverville
D. J. Weaver
Fletcher
State Corporation Commission
Comptroller
Swannanoa
Burnsville
Bryson City
Sylva
Andrews
Canton
Franklin and
Marshall
Sleep Walker Slays Family With Razor
Michael Filosa, sleeping, slashed Salva De Hall 16 to death and critically wounded mother Anna De Hall 49 and sister Catherine 14 in a Brooklyn flat. Police found Filosa 28 with a razor. he claimed he dreamt and did not know his actions. He is held on an open charge as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael Filosa
Brooklyn
Salvatore de Hal
Anna de Hall
Catherine
Filosa
Kindness In Jail Wins Man's Release
Spartanburg South Carolina November 24 Charley Hawkins jailed for unlawful train riding is freed after a stranger R S Adams whom he aided pays his $15 fine Adams befriended Hawkins and provided water and comfort leading to his release with the payment of the fine by Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Charley Hawkins
Charley
R. S. Adams
Adams
Wealthy Widow to Wed Count in London Ceremony
New York reports Mrs Laura Kayser Bayer widow of silk manufacturer Edwin S Bayer will wed Count Antoine Sala former French diplomat in January The ceremony is planned for London with Mrs Bayer sailing January 15 and the count the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laura Kayser Bayer
Edwin S. Bayer
Antoine Sala
Count Sala
London
Bayer
North Carolina Park Plans Studied For Smokies Development
Asheville report outlines J Ross Eakin to study the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountain park next week. Verne Rhoades and NC park commission to meet in Indian Gap on the line for conference before Eakin returns to Washington in December. Commission reports 105000 acres purchased or optioned with a few small tracts remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
J. Ross Eakin
Tennessee
Verne Rhoades
North Carolina Park Commission
Eakin
Indian Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina
Washington
United States National Park Service
Great Smokies
Asheville Pastor Heeds New Call in Kinston
The Rev. Leland Cook of First Christian Church Asheville has accepted the pastorate of Gordon Street Christian Church in Kinston. He will start January 1, delivering a farewell sermon in Asheville December 28 and a first sermon in Kinston January 4, succeeding the late Dr. Minor L. Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Leland Cook
First Christian Church of
Gordon Street
Kinston
North Carolina
Minor L. Bates
Snell Supports Muscle Shoals as Federal Power Experiment
House Rules Chairman Snell said the nation may experiment with government operation of power projects at Muscle Shoals. He noted a growing belief in federal operation and said Congress should act if the majority supports it. He called Muscle Shoals an economic waste as it currently stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snell
House Rules Committee
Muscle Shoals
New Yorker
House
Alabama
Congress
One Arrested In Attempted Bombing of Paper Plant
In San Francisco police detained Henry A. Ilse, night watchman at the Anglo and London Paris National Bank, for questioning over an attempted bombing of the Chronicle building in Spokane, Washington. He was booked en route to Spokane, and had previously been acquitted two years earlier in a similar Spokane case involving the Spokesman-Review building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry A. Ilse
Anglo
London
Paris National Bank
Chronicle
Spokane
Wash
DO X Pictured as Big War Machine
Geneva Nov 24 The DO X, a huge 12 motor German seaplane armored as a bombing plane, was drawn as a war menace for disarmament talks by Rene Massigli. He cited a crew interview claiming the giant plane could drop bombs on London Paris Rome.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Rene Massigli
Maxim Litvinoff
Milan
Italy
Rome
Moscow
Disarmament Commission
M. Massigli
London
Paris
Two youths attempt Atlantic hop in two cylinder monoplane
Caldwell New Jersey November 24 two youths Edward Wingerter of Newark and Joseph L Jones of Riverside Conn set out at 910 am on a flight to South America. They plan to follow the Atlantic seaboard hop to Havana then Cuba to a field in British Guiana. Their eight gallon tank and 65 mph cruise promise many stops. Wingerter age 25 and Jones 19 are married. Jones mother sponsors flight. They expect to spend the night in Baltimore. The baby monoplane blue and orange has 25 foot wingspan. It was built for one passenger but Wingerter added 390 pounds of brick to prove it could carry two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Aca
Marion
Eli Byerly
Thomasville
Lexington Avenue
Kennedy
Davidson County
E. Jattley
High Point
Caldwell
N. J
Edward Wingerter
Newark
Joseph L. Jones
Riverside
Conn
South America
Atlantic Seaboard
Havana
Cuba
British Guiana
Wingerter
Jeunes
Jones
Baltimore
Department of Commerce
Floods from Europe Rainstorms Claim Several Lives
A weekend gale raged from London to Vienna as floods surged across France Germany and Belgium. Seven people died and at least 200 were injured with France reporting five deaths and many injuries. a girl drowned in the Rhineland and in Vienna one person was killed amid rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rhineland
Vienna
Bryson brothers moved to Raleigh prison after murder verdicts
Walter and Casey Bryson, convicted of second degree murder in the Mack Carrigner case, were rushed from Franklin to Asheville then Raleigh to avert mob violence. Walter received 30 years and Casey 15 years. Jeff McPherson died days later from injuries. Police sought suspects in a Tennessee robbery when Carringer was killed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Walter
Casey Bryson
Franklin
State
H. H. Honeycutt
Asheville
New York
Cameron F. McRae
Mack Carrigner
Murphy
Casey
Juge McRae
Brysons
Jeff McPherson
Carringer
Tennessee
McPherson
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Capitol
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Thomas Marion
Davidson Superior Court
L. B. Williams
Hoyle Sink
J. Frank Spruill
DOG Hero
Summit
Henry Goetz
Mary Brnning
Champaign
Ill
Alice Ward
Milwaukee
Mary Ganey
John Gates
Jack O’bierne
Micus
Dillon
N.C
W. A. Lambeth
Trinity
Durham
J. C. Wooten
S. R. Hunt
Bahama
C. W. Barbee
Burlington
Front Street
L. D. Hayman
Webb Avenue
E. G. Overton
West Burlington
A. C. Thompson
L. V. Harris
Brooksdale
S. F. Nicks
Carrboro
B. L. Pool
Cedar Grove
A. Lupton
Chapel Hill
C. E. Rozzell
Ralph Shumaker
Durham-Branson
C. T. Thrift
Calvary
O. S. Hinson
Carr
J. A. Russell
Duke Memorial
W. A. Stanbury
Lakewood
W. C. Hickable
West Durham
R. E. Brown
W. A
Menadé
Associated Press
Germany
Austria
Marne Canal
Rhine and Moselle
Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Corunna
Lisbon
English
Mrs. Schroder
Chicago Crime Commission
Lyle
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Chicazo
First National Bank
Waynesville
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Sleep Walker
Cakin
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