Well Known Georgia Politician Hoke Smith Dies at 76
Hoke Smith of Georgia, a former governor, U.S. senator, and secretary of the interior under Grover Cleveland, died at his home in Newton North Carolina at 11 40 a m after months of illness. He rose from Fulton County political boss to national figure and helped shape state and national policy.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
United States
Interior
Grover Cleveland
Smith
Fulton County
Democratic Executive Committee
Atlanta Evening Journal
Cleveland
Journal
James R. Gray
South
Joseph M. Brown
State Railroad Commission
Brown
War Office Cuts Short New Drive After Council Call
War Office halts fresh offensive plans following council urging curtailment. British authorities reduce operations against Jap air activity as negotiate for strategic pause. Chinchow bombardment prep suspended to reassess next moves.
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War Office
Council
Chinchow
League Uest
Snow Stranded Indians Safe After Blizzard Breaks
Gallup New Mexico November 27 Indians from the Navaho and Zuni tribes, about 600, are rescued as the sun melts lower snow. Nine perish, four of them children, while others trek to settlements and three white‑led parties push toward high Mesas to aid survivors before nut supplies run out.
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Gallup
N. M
Malapais
Pueblos
Losses of Farm Board estimated at 110000000
Senate hearing reveals paper losses in wheat and cotton stabilization reach 185 million dollars. George S. Milner, general manager, testifies the Farm Board held 12,184,000 bushels of wheat as of October 31 and notes the organization bought 329,000,000 bushels through subsidiaries to prop up prices.
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Washington
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
George S. Milner
Stabilization Corporation
Stone
Milner
Georges. Milner
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Highway Patrolman Sechrest Injured in Asheboro Crash
J. H. Sechrest a 26 year old former High Point fireman and current state highway patrolman was badly hurt when his motorcycle was struck by Clyde Patterson 25 near Asheboro at the intersection of Highways 70 and 90. Patterson was arrested on bond set at 500 dollars as doctors assess Sechrest’s injuries and back pain after a hospital exam. Witnesses say Patterson did not stop.
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J. H
Jake’ Sechrest
High Point
Clyde Patterson
Asheboro
Sechrest
Barnes Clinic
Patterson
Duke University President Denies Resignation Rumors
President Dr William Preston Few of Duke University, in office since 1910, flatly denied reports he planned to retire or be moved to president emeritus at the Duke Foundation. Trustees met last in June and will reconvene in late January. Few has served 35 years and is 63.
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Durham
William Preston Few
Duke University
Duke Foundation
Few
Kentucky Trial Town Struggles With Witness Intimidation
Mt Sterling Kentucky witnesses in the W B Jones Evarts mine union murder trial report threats and harassment. Officials intervene after fist fights at a hotel gathering and a jailer receives a pistol threat directed at a witness. He claims Evarts officials offered cash to kill Daniel.
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MT. Sterling
Narlan County
Kentucky
W. B. Jones
Evarts
James Daniels
Henry R. Prewitt
James Price
Pineville
Carl Williams
Tom Hicks
J. C. Turner
Commonwealth
Hicks
Jones
Green
Hinkler Sets West to East South Atlantic Flight Record
Bert Hinkler, flying from Natal Brazil, landed at Saint Louis Du Senegal French West Africa at 2 pm local time 10 am EST marking the first west to east crossing of the South Atlantic. The British aviator left Saint Louis for Port Etienne en route toward Dakar near Cape Verde. Distance from Natal exceeds 1500 miles.
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South Atlantic
Brazil
West
Africa
Paris
General Aeropostale Company
Bert Hinkler
Natal
Saint Louis du Senegal
French West Africa
Ernoon
Hinkler
Australia
Aeropostale
Sain Louis
Port Etienne
Dakar
Cape Vee
Swaim Family Wreck Near Liberty After Thanksgiving Trip
Dr J W Swaim his wife and Miss Louise Swaim of Asheboro were hospitalized near Liberty after their car collided with another as they returned from the Roddey Swarm home. Miss Swaim suffered a broken arm and shoulder with possible internal injuries. Mrs Swaim had head and shoulder cuts. Dr Swaim slight cuts and bruises.
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Asheboro
J. W. Swaim
Louise Swaim
Liberty
Miss Swaim
Mail Plane Pilot Killed Near Pasco in Fog Crash
A night mail plane from Portland piloted by E. C. Bigelow crashed in fog a mile and a half west of Pasco Washington late last night. Bigelow was killed. the wreckage did not burn.
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Pasco
Wash
Portland
E. C. Bigelow
Bigelow
Thirteen Arrested in White House Demonstration
Thirteen people were arrested today in a demonstration near the White House. The incident occurred in Washington as police moved to disperse the crowd.
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Washington
White House
Greensboro police report confession in double murder case
Greensboro police announced that Leroy Lee confessed to involvement in the murder of RR B Andrew, a Sedalia postmaster-merchant, and another unnamed black man, after officers found them with a car matching one seen near Andrew's store at the crime time.
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Greensboro
Police Today
Leroy Lee
RR. B. Andrew
Sedalia
Andrew's
Andrew
Chadwick Hearing Set in December Court
The case of David N. Chadwick a Wilmington bond broker charged with possessing stolen bonds will be heard in a police court December 22 Judge Haddon continued the case and renewed Chadwick bail at 20000
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Chadwick
Richmond
David N. Chadwick
Wilmington
N. C
Haddon
Exploding Grease Gun Sets Raleigh Garage Ablaze
A grease gun exploded in the hands of a Brewer and Nash Motor Co worker, igniting the first floor of a Raleigh garage near the state capitol. Seven automobiles were nearly destroyed though firemen kept flames from spreading beyond the ground floor. The Negro operator escaped injury and damage estimates were unavailable, with partial insurance on the cars.
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Raleigh
Brewer and Nash Motor Company
State Capitol
R. B. Nash
Negy
Grandi Ends 11 Day U S Visit Returns Home
Italian foreign minister Dino Grandi and his delegation wrap up an 11 day trip to the United States aimed at fostering postwar peace and prosperity. They prepare to sail home on the steamship Augustus at 8 p.m. local time.
Tilson and Snell vie for GOP speaker in tight race
In Washington on November 27 amid a divided Republican House, Tilson of Connecticut and Snell of New York led for the party speakership as the Pennsylvania delegation, the largest GOP bloc, prepared to decide its support. Each claimed an edge while Democrats hold a de facto majority. The outcome could sway other delegations not yet aligned.
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Congress
Pennsylvania
Tilson
Connecticut
Snell
New York
Illinois
Meeting
Arrow
Nations council stalls Manchuria plan awaiting China consent
Paris dispatch reports the League of Nations Council did not adopt the Manchurian resolution until obtaining Chinese endorsement. Negotiations with Chinese member D Alfred Sze resumed as the council urged both sides to halt hostilities and set up a neutral zone from the Great Wall to Chinchow.
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P. Llipsey, Jr
Paris
League of Nations Council
China
D. Alfred Sze
Aristide Briand
Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
Peiping Mukden Railway
War Office
Chinchow
Council of the
League of Nations
Great Wall of China
Mukden
Sheguri Honjo
Gen. Honjo
Great Wall
Pantages Cleared in Retrial After Prolonged Court Fight
In Los Angeles on November 27 the jury returned a verdict of acquittal for Alexander Pantages after a 65 hour deliberation in the retrial. The multi millionaire had faced charges linked to a 1929 arrest and claimed a plot to blackmail him.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Stoneham High Junior Dies After Football Injury
Francis W. Dolliver, 16, a Stoneham high school junior, died at Massachusetts General Hospital following a football scrimmage injury two weeks earlier. He was admitted semi conscious with facial scratches later diagnosed as erysipelas, after a week in care.
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Boston
Francis W. Dolliver
Stoneham High School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thanksgiving Death Toll Tops 100 Nationwide
United Press tally shows motoring accidents cause over half the fatalities on Thanksgiving Day with more than 100 lives lost. Includes drownings in Texas, kitchen fires in California, burns in Illinois, and multiple state tallies across the nation.
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Chicago
United Press
Tyler
Tex
Sam Hughes
Claude
Robby
Ed Hughes
Wilmington Clerk Surrenders on Embezzlement Charge
Marion J. Shuffler former deputy clerk of the New Hanover superior court who vanished in August 1930 surrendered to Sheriff Morris in Wilmington to face an embezzlement charge involving 8935 of county funds He gave no statement and was then jailed He had left town after leaving a note promising never to return and had earlier been accused of passing a 600 worthless tax payment check.
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Wilmington
N. C
Marion J. Shuffler
New Hanover
F. J. Kashagen
Shuffler
Grand
Recorder’s Court
Maj. R. J. Lamb
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