Dahlberg testimony links sugar financier to 1928 campaign funds
Senate lobby committee heard sugar financier B H Dahlberg gave 5000 to the Republican and 1000 to the Democratic presidential campaigns in 1928. He also permitted Senators Davis and Watson to buy stock in his sugar firms on unsecured notes. Witness John Holland outlined funds from Celotex, Southern Sugar, and Southern Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
B. H. Dahlberg
Senate Lobby Committee
Dahlberg
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
James Watson
Indiana
John Holland
Celotex Company
Southern Sugar Company
South Coast Company
Holland
Walsh
Watson
Japanese clash with Chinese detachment near Mukden in Manchuria
A Japanese infantry and engineers unit on a practice march clashed with a Chinese detachment at Kantaishan, four miles from their camp near Chuliuho. Reinforcements were sent from Mukden as reports say about 400 Chinese troops moved toward the area, signaling possible broader hostilities around the great wall region.
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Chuliuho
Kantaishan
Hsinmintan
High Command
Mukden
Great Wall of China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Great Wall
POLICE GUARD WHITE HOUSE AFTER THREAT
Reports of a Communist demonstration prompted extra guards around the White House in Washington on November 24. Metropolitan officers joined patrols as police doubled at gates and nearby streets and then relaxed once no march appeared. Captain Patrick Carroll said groups planned to picket until Congress convenes.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Patrick Carroll
Metropolitan Park Police
They Can't Even Give Georgia Liquor Away
La Grange Daily News reports a bleak mood in Illicit liquor trade with quotes about cheap corn liquor not being a bargain even when given away. The piece notes falling commodity prices and a perception that alcohol futures are unprofitable despite free offers.
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Georgia
LA Grange
la Grange Daily News
Cannon Estate Leaves Large North Carolina Bequests
Richmond officials report the will of Mrs. Lottie S. Cannon allocates 180000 to Richmond charities, 100000 to sister Jennie Southerland Jones, 50000 to niece Charlotte Jones Rose, and smaller sums to multiple relatives in North Carolina. Several beneficiaries have died since the will was written, with shares passing to heirs.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Lottie S. Cannon
Cannon
Milford
Warren County
N. C
Richmond Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
Jennie Southerland Jones
Charlotte Jones Rose
Anne
Francie H. Young
Raleigh
John H. Andrews
John Cooper Young
William R. Southerland
Henderson
Lizzie Southerland
Jennie Underwood
Durham
Annie
Oliver
Lexington
Solon M. Southerland
Robert H. Henderson
Henry Thorpe
Rocky Mount
Charlotte Williamson
Maria A. Parker
Warrenton
R. J. Southerland
Solon Southerland
Jennie Dunne
Willie Dunne
Junie Dunne
Lillie
Dunne
Walker seeks Mooney pardon in California visit
New York Mayor James J. Walker arrived in California to press for a pardon for Tom Mooney. He met with Governor James Rolph and state officials on his mission, stressing that Rolph is the decision maker. The visit follows 15 years of agitation over Mooney’s 1916 Preparedness Day bombing imprisonment.
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San Francesco
James J. Walker
New York
Tom Mooney
Oakland Ferry
P. Co. T
James
Sunny Jim) Rolph
Mooney
California
Half Acreage in Cotton Now Seen for Dixie Farms
Jackson Mississippi November 24 delegates from ten of eleven southern states backed a plan to cut cotton acreage by fifty percent in 1932 and 1933 as a path to raise prices. Governors urged immediate legislative action with committees to push southern states toward uniform anti cotton planting laws.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Ibra C. Blackwood
Bernard Baruch
New York
Finance Corporation
Baruch
Washington
Hoover
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Georgia
Alabama
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
North Carolina
Dr. Tait Butter
Memphis
E. F. Creekmore
New Orleans
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Henry D. Wilson
W. H. Hodges
Elm Grove
J. E. McDonald
Atlanta
Four Men Jailed in North Carolina Bank Robbery Case
Hickory officials held four Lincolnton men after a July Bank of Dallas robbery that netted 2000 dollars. Cashier A. J. Mauney identified Will Singerfelt. John Stamey is suspected driver. John Brown and John Murray face pending investigations ahead of a preliminary hearing.
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Hickory
Bank of Dallas
John Stamey
A. J. Mauney
Mauney
Will Singerfelt
John Brown
Farm Board Seeks Leadership Amid House Debate
The Farm Board outlined a two year government venture in aid of American farmers in its annual report to Congress. It details wheat and cotton market operations, large loan programs to cooperatives, and notes potential losses while stressing benefits to farmers and the economy. The report accompanies ongoing discussions on House leadership as Byrns and Rainey position for key posts.
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Washington
Farm Board
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Stone
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Ben&Sfit
Football Claims Another Fatality
Creston Iowa November 24 Donald Stickels star end on Creston high school football team died in a hospital today. A blood transfusion with his father as donor failed to save him. Physicians said he died from a general infection possibly aggravated by bruises from a game.
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Creston
Iowa
Donald Stickels
Donald
Curtis undecided as to plans for 1932
Vice President Curtis said he had not decided whether to seek a renomination or enter the Kansas senatorial race. He denied any statement that he had definitely decided to run and would announce soon. He said he had authorized no such declaration.
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Washington, Navy
Curtis
Kansas
Russia Reinstates Six Day Work Week With Universal Day Off
Moscow reports that starting December 1 a national rest day returns under the council of people's commissars. The system ends the staggered schedule, designates every sixth day as a holiday, reduces daily hours to six, and keeps Sunday as a non-fixed observance.
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Moscow
Russia
Council of the People’s Commissars
Tennessee to Open Second Extraordinary Session
Nashville, Tenn. amid a $12 million deficit in running expenses, Governor Horton calls a second extraordinary session to balance the budget. The move powers slashing appropriations and new revenue measures, with emergency bills and park development acts on the agenda.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Henry H. ‘Horten
Ession
Horton
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Indictment Bill Drawn Against Lexington Widow
Solicitor George A. Younce presented a bill charging Mrs. Lola Pendleton Pickett, 44, with the murder of her daughter Elizabeth, 6, who died from poisoning September 16. The grand jury began deliberations. a continuance was granted to January term due to defense prep time and scheduling constraints. The estate indicated readiness to proceed this term.
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Lexington
N. C
George A. Younce
Lola Pendleton Pickett
Elizabeth
Warlick
Rocky Mount
Another one For Dixie Weather Bringing Out Cotton
RALEIGH NC November 24. See See faced a weather tale as North Carolina's late warmth spurs a second cotton bloom. Wake County farmer Q Gattis notes a cotton stalk produced one crop then shed old bolls and now bears three new blossoms after an autumn warmth and frost.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Gattis
Wake County
Hattis
Bizarre Weather Rages Across U S as Thanksgiving Nears
Across the nation a clash of seasons unfolds with record high temperatures in the east, heavy rain in the Midwest, and snow and freezing temps in the west. A 13 year old Mary Snow died in a blizzard in Montana while a warm sun shone at Rochester New York. Several rivers reach flood stage in Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and Iowa as winter grips the nation.
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Kansas City
Middlewest
Cleveland
Citrus
California
Mary Snow
Carter County
Mont
Rochester
N. Y
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
State Lions Clubs Offering Prizes
STATESVILLE NC November 24 The North Carolina Association of Lion clubs of Lions International offers four cash prizes totaling 150 for the best essays on the subject Disrespect for constituted authority is one of the greatest evils of the present day and is more evident now than it has ever been before Two prizes of 50 each will be for the best essays and two prizes of 25 each for the two second best essays on the subject mentioned
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Statesville
N. C
North Carolina Association of Lion Clubs
Lions International
Second proposal for Manchurian peace submitted
Nanking China November 24 The Chinese foreign office directs Dr Alfred Sze at the League council in Paris to present a new Manchurian proposal. It calls for immediate League measures to stop Japanese aggression and a complete withdrawal of Japanese troops within the railway zone within two weeks of adoption, with withdrawals supervised by neutral representatives. If earlier resolutions are ignored and a neutral inquiry commission is formed, Japan may continue aggression and China will defend itself.
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Nanking
China
Chinese Foreign Office
Alfred Sze
League of Nations Council
Paris
League
Sze
Commission of Inquiry
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Sing Sing Eleven
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Cannon Legacy
Jimmie Walker
Mission of Mooney
Dixie Farms
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Appropriations Committee
McDuffie
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
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Rankin
Crio
Committee On Appropriations
Burns
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Representative Garner
Tammany Group
John O’connor
Senate
Joseph Stalin
Wees
Harry Jernan
Philadelphia
Buck Hill Falls
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Younce
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