Meekins rules against more fees in Tri State case
Judge I M Meekins files a 3000 word opinion denying further attorney allowances in the Tri State Tobacco Growers receivership. Three lawyers sought 25000 each. receivership settlement poised for about 500000 distribution to 35000 members before Christmas. In Lexington, Thomas Marion rests his murder trial with a surprise witness to be used if found.
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Raleigh
I. M. Meekins
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
E. P. Buford
Lawrenceville
P. W. Glidewell
Reidsville
Willie M. Person
Louisburg
Meekins
J. Crawford Biggs
W. B. Jones
Jones and Horton
Mcéeekins
M.L. Corey
Richmond
Carolinas
Virginia
Denatured Alcohol Deaths Rise in Guilford County
Greensboro district reports three dead after a denatured alcohol party. McKinley Summers died early today, Taft Heroin and Grady Cobb died yesterday. Eight others were ill. Police say the group bought the liquor from a filling station for a gathering near Gibsonville.
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Greensboro
McKinley Summers
Taft
Grady Cobb
C. C. Sheppard
Gibsonville
Enforcement Not New Laws To Curb Gangs
President Hoover rejected reports he would urge Congress to pass new anti gangster laws. He said enforcement of existing statutes is sufficient and that states already hold adequate laws to curb gangster activities, dispelling ideas that federal tax penalties are the sole path to conviction.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Pepper Proud Café Owner Repels Night Attack
In Goldsboro on November 25 AP reports cafe proprietor J J Lloyd a Black man defended himself against two attacking bandits. One hurled pepper in his face and Lloyd fired his pistol wounding no one while the assailants fled after being peppered back with bullets.
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Goldsboro
J. J. Lloyd
Lloyd
Interesting Facts Under Probe in Two States
Senate campaign funds committee continues scrutiny of North Carolina Senator-Elect Bailey and Alabama contests. Investigators examine Bailey’s primary campaign spending against Simmons and Heflin’s defeat by Bankhead, with Nye noting ongoing findings.
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North Carolina
Senate
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Alabama
Bailey
Simmons
Heflin
John Bankhead
Willie Wilson Charged With Mann Act Violation
Willie Wilson a 24 year old married man of Grover North Carolina faces an indictment charging him with violation of the Mann act for allegedly kidnapping Esther Fureron a 17 year old Anderson College student. He is jailed in Anderson South Carolina and also charged with violation of the Dyer Motor Vehicle theft act.
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Anderson
S. C
Willie Wilson
Grover
N. C
Esther Fureron
Anderson College
Wilson
Just Imagine Comedy at Broadhurst Featured as Unusual
The item describes a new comedy Just Imagine starring Eli Bren del at the Broadhurst Theatre praised as the most unusual picture since sound. It also promotes a daily classified service message affordable at a few cents and aimed at High Point readers for quick, simple selling or renting through the Enterprise want ads.
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Eli Brendel
the Broadhurst
High Point
Gant Seeks Dismissal On Illegal Summons
Greensboro case over $100,000 against Mason W. Gant former Guilford clerk and Aetna Bond co for alleged embezzlement in Confederate veteran pension checks. Judge Schenck recessed case until tomorrow to decide if improper personal summons invalidates action. A. L. Brooks for the state and Charles A. Hines for Gant presented legal authorities for their positions.
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Greensboro
Michael Schenck
North Carolina
Nathan
O’berry
Baxter Durham
Mason W. Gant
Guilford Superior Court
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Wnana
Aalari
Schenck
Gant
Chas. A. Hines
A. L. Brooks
Charles A. Hines
Statewide Drivers License Approved In Charlotte Meeting
The Carolinas street and highway conference approved a statewide North Carolina driver's license and a South Carolina anti theft act via resolutions. The conference, sponsored by the Carolina Motor Club, adjourned after adopting these and other measures. Copies will be sent to both state general assemblies.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carolinas Street and Highway Conference
Carolina Motor Club
North Carolina Motor Vehicle Administration
General Assemblies
Fayetteville All Stars Set for Charity Game Tomorrow
Fayetteville All-Stars coached by Fred Morris will face Fayetteville high school football in a charity matchup tomorrow. The team features ex UNC star Red Johnston from the 1922 era.
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Fayetteville All- Stars
Fayetteville
All - Stars
Fred Morris
Red Johnston
University of North Carolina
Blazing Mountain Home Alarm Triggers Asheville Alert
A fire on Elk Mountain near Asheville drew alarming attention as a blaze lit the countryside. The home, owned by H. A. Boykin and occupied by his brother in law Wilmot Chandler, was unattended when the fire began. A burning fireplace left unattended is believed responsible.
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Asheville
Elk Mountain
H. A. Boykin
Wilmot Chandler
Chandler
Oxford Honors J. P. Morgan in Civil Law Degree
J. P. Morgan, wearing a scarlet gown and beef eater hat, received Oxford Universitys highest honor the doctor of civil laws. He marched through narrow cobbled streets to the consultation hall accompanied by dignitaries as Englands oldest university conferred the degree.
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Oxford
England
J. P. Morgan
Narow
Wall Street
Morgan
Wake Forest Professor Dr Nowell Dies in Raleigh
Dr J W Nowell head of the chemistry department at Wake Forest college died after several weeks illness in Raleigh He was 48 and survived by his widow and three sons Funeral services will be at First Baptist church Wake Forest tomorrow conducted by Dr J W Lynch and other college pastors Nowell was a Wake Forest graduate and Johns Hopkins alum who taught at N C State before joining Wake Forest faculty
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Raleigh
J. W. Nowell
Wake Forest College
W. R. Cullom
J. A. Easley
Dr. Nowell
Wake Forest
Johns Hopkins
N. C. State College
Five Day Week Added to Six Hour Day Plan
The five day week for railway shop crafts was adopted with no pay cut, joining the six hour day aim to relieve rail unemployment. Shopcrafts will seek direct railroad executive action, with arbitration if needed, as unions represent most railroad workers.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
American Federation of Labor
Five Brotherhoods
B. M. Jewel
Jewel
Two G. O. P. District Heads File Reports
Raleigh November 25 Two Republican congressional district chairmen filed campaign receipts and expenditures with Secretary of State James A Hartness. O L Fitzgerald head of the tenth district committee reported 2935 dollars receipts including 1000 from the national committee and 1000 from John Q Tilson with 283 dollars expenses to Brownlow Jackson. Joseph Allen Greensboro reported 450 dollars receipts and 450 dollars expenditures in the fifth district.
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Raleigh
James A. Hartness
O. L. Fitzgerald
Republican Executive Committee
National Republican Committee
John Q Tilson
Connecticut
Brownlow Jackson
Joseph Allen
Greensboro
Court Delays Spur Inmates to Miss Thanksgiving Dinner
In Falkmont West Virginia AP report. inmates Les Knight and Harley Barker, jailed for chicken theft, face extended stays to testify in another case. Officials ordered several tons of turkeys for the Thanksgiving meal, lamenting the delay as unjust while awaiting court actions.
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Falkmont
W. Va
Tsk
Les Knight
Harley Barker
Kirwright
Barkers
Storm And Floods Hit Two Continents
A world wide winter storm drives across the United States toward the seaboard while floods and gales devastate western Europe. Belgium faces widespread flooding with 10000 refugees at Antwerp as dikes hold. Paris reports Seine rising slowly with thousands displaced in Viry Chatillon. several deaths yet to be tallied.
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Europe
Associated Press
Seaboard
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
England
Austria
Brussels
Scheldt
Antwerp
Red Cross
Seine
Paris
Viry-Chatillon
Western Europe
Great Britain
Unemployed Vets Proposed as Lincoln Civilian Patrol
Lincoln legion proposed using unemployed ex servicemen as civilian patrols to assist the police. If adopted the force would be split between business and residential districts and each officer would be paid 90 monthly, a program similar to an eight year old relief effort cited by officials.
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Lincoln
Neb
Legionnaires of
Legion
Extra Session of Congress Urged by Senator Robinson
Senator Robinson of Arkansas returned to Washington urging no extra session of Congress. He reiterated support for national prohibition and predicted Republicans would not endorse repeal of the eighteenth amendment in 1932. He urged handling Muscle Shoals, emergency and appropriation bills in the regular session.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Congress
White House
Muscle Shoals
Teddy Shapou Breaks Both Arms In Pony Accident
Teddy Shapou, of New Bern, broke his right arm previously in a fall and then fractured his left arm after tumbling from a pony. He sustained injuries during the mishap reported November 25.
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New Bern
Teddy Shapou
Two-Gun El Maestro of Mexican Banditry Killed In Escape
Baldo Navarro known as El Maestro of Mexican banditry was killed while attempting to escape after federal authorities turned him over to Morales state troops. He led a band around Cuernavaca and once menaced Ambassador Morrow. three of his men were executed by federal troops last week.
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Mexico City
Department of Justice
Baldomero Navarro
Navarro
Cuernavaca
Ambassador Morrow
Morelos
Mesa
Arroyo
Abraham Hosenthal
Morales
Tres Marias
Poison Whisky Takes 16 Lives in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County law enforcement moved to trace the source of poison liquor after sixteen deaths in 23 days. Coroner Frank Nance autopsy surgeon H F Wagner and Deputy District Attorney William McKay said detectives would pursue leads as the latest death, J W Robinson, followed reports of denatured alcohol in a beverage.
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Los Angeles
Frank Nance
H. F. Wagner
William McKay
McKay
J. W. Robinson
Strange Monster Found In Glacier
Reports from Valdez say a 42 foot long be furred lizard like creature carcass was found on Glacier Island near Cordova Alaska. The tail measured 16 feet and the head six feet long with a twenty foot body, preserved in ice from prehistoric times as ice moved toward the sea.
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Cordova
Alaska
Valdez
Glacier Island
Columbia Glacier
Bank Robbed in Mullins South Carolina Last Night
Robbers cut into the safe with an acetylene torch and took an undetermined amount from the Bank of Nichols in Mullins. Cashier B. B. Elvington found the bank violated this morning and alerted the state banking and insurance department. an examiner was due this afternoon. Elvington estimated about $7,000 was in the bank, noting a prior loss of $3,500 in 1913.
Frankie Dunn Estate Value Reveals Modest Final Sum
In Jersey City a surrogates court inventory shows Frankie Dunn once powerful head of North Jersey beer runners left an estate of 413 558 with only 3391 cash. Stocks and bonds totaled 228 907 while loans reached 151 259 and a Verdi Cooperage loan listed at 30 000.
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Jersey City, &. J
Frankie Dunn
North Jersey
Verdi Cooperage Company
Gardner names 15 to North Carolina unemployment relief council
Gov. O Max Gardner announces a 15 member unemployment and relief council to map a relief program and cooperate with President Hoover's relief body. Eugene Newsome chairs. Mrs. W T Best vice chair. first meeting December 2 in Raleigh with Frank Bane attending.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
North Carolina
Frank Bane
Washington
Eugene Newsome
Durham
Rotary International
W. T. Best
Gardiner
Hoover
Mr. Newsome
Best
Frank D. Grist
R. R. Lawrence
Winston-Salem
Joseph Lepark
Gastonia
Robert Lathan
Asheville
Missing Woman Returns Home None the Worse
SYLVA N C Nov 25 Mrs P C Henson 47 of Cullo whee disappeared into Whiteside Cove yesterday and returned this morning to her brother Bud Lombards home near here she was found after fifty men and bloodhounds hunted all night She refused to speak of her disappearance and had been nervous for months She had been visiting her mother in Cashiers Valley yesterday she asked to walk back to her mothers house and her son followed after losing sight of her around a road curve search begun.
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Sylva
N. C
P. C. Henson
Cullowhee
Whiteside Cove
Bud Lombard
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