Delays Clemency Decision In Greens Hearing
B G Green facing death in the electric chair for the Bank of Taylorsville killings refused on counsel’s advice to implicate Wilkes county or High Point officers at his clemency hearing in Raleigh. He said Stefanoff urged him to testify and implicate officers, but Green did not testify to those accusations.
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Gill
Greens
Green
High Point
B. G. Green
T. GC. Barnes
Taylorsville
Raleigh
Wilkes County
Mike Stefanoff
Gaston A. Johnson
Enterprise
Lester
R. E. Black
Edwin M. Gill
Ing
Stefanoff
Johnson
Leland Stanford
Trouble Feared In Armed Ranks Result Rivalry
Berlin reports a state of emergency as the Reichswehr and police halt Christmas furloughs and intensify Nazi storm troop training. Fears of a feud between the Reichswehr and the Schutzstaffel under Hitler drive the move, though a propaganda spokesman denied the claim.
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Walter H. Brookmann
Associated Press
Berlin
Reichswehr
Army
Schutz Staffel
Nasi
Hitler
Propaganda Ministry
Wiley Post Winnie Mae Flight Delay Forces One Day Postponement
Hazy weather in Bartlesville Oklahoma delayed aviator Wiley Post and his Winnie Mae from attempting a stratosphere record. Post announced no takeoff today after reviewing overcast skies.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Wiley Post
Post
Major quake hits Georgetown University in late November
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded early today at Georgetown University. It began at 1 83 26 a m and peaked at 1 37 a m ending at 4 a m. The epicenter was placed 9 500 miles away in an uncertain direction and the quake was described as very deep in the earth.
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Washington
Georgetown University
LSU Journal ism groups call mass meeting to oppose gagging Reveille
Louisiana State University journalism organizations scheduled a mass meeting for this afternoon to protest Senator Huey P. Long and his action to suppress the Reveille, the student campus publication, over criticisms of him.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University School of Journalism
Reveille
Huey P. Long
Case Postponed in Ambush Slaying of Husband
GOLDSBORO Nov 27 AUP Solicitor Clawson Williams deferred the case of Mia Ruby Sasser Grice and her brother Donald Sasser until next week. They are accused in the ambush slaying of her husband.
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Goldsboro
Clawson Williams
Mia
Ruby Sasser Grice
Donald Sasser
Briton Rejects Pacific Mutual Assistance Pact
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the house of commons that Britain would not seek negotiations with the United States for a mutual assistance pact in the Pacific similar to Locarno. He stated there are no plans to propose such an agreement.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Locarno
Robber Identified in Sumter Hotel Holdup Case
A. B. R. Ward of highway law enforcement said the Sumter hotel holdup suspect has been identified by fingerprints in Washington as John Wider, a former inmate of the Southern Illinois penitentiary.
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Columbia
D. C
A. BR. Ward
Highway Law Enforce
Sumter
Washington
John Wider
Southern Illinois Tentiary
Bond Set for Woman in $114,000 Bank Robbery Case
Judge A L Gaston fixes bond at $25,000 for the release of Mrs Neva English, accused in a $114,000 bank robbery case. Bond set at $25,000 as habeas corpus action proceeds in Columbia South Carolina.
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Columbia
8S. C
A. L. Gaston Fixbond
Neva English
Ickes Stands Pat On Duke Power Rate Fight
Secretary Ickes reaffirmed willingness to back his claim that Duke Power Co charged unfair rates. The company has sued over a Public Works allotment to Wood, 8 C., for a public owned power project.
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Ickes
Pat Washington
Duke Power Company
Vienna Students Clash With Police Over Czech Riots
Austrian students attacked the Czechoslovak legation and Czech newspapers in Vienna reacting to protests in Praha. Police repulsed the mob with swords and clubs as the demonstrators wrecked presses, shouted anti Czech slogans, and drew in mounted units amid minor casualties.
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Vienna
A. Associated Press
Padie
University of Praha
Czechoslovakia
Legation
Praha
Czech
Stefansplatz
Ade Peimel
Stret
Ballhausplats
Engelbert Dollfuss
Carolina
Three Men Seek Clemency in Taylorsville Bank Robbery Case
Dozens of petitions for clemency were presented to Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill at the State Prison as B. G. Green, Lester Green, and R. E. Black seek life terms instead of the death penalty for the Taylorsville Bank murder and holdup. The trio claimed youth and lack of weapons. They blamed Mike Stefanoff, already electrocuted, for planning and motivating the crime.
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Peo A
Enterprice Raleigh
Edwin M. Gill
State’s Prison
B. G
Lester Green
R. E. Black
High Point
T. Barnes
Taylorsville Bank
B. G. Green
Lester
State Supreme Court
W. P. Stacy
Green
Black
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Taylorsville
Gill
Greens
Mike Stefanoff
Stefanoff
BE. Little
Little
No New Taxes Expected With Next Congress
President Roosevelt resumes discussion of a relief program and a diminishing budget as Congress nears. Senator Robinson of Arkansas argues current revenue should cover the normal budget and temporary taxes may continue another year. No legislative details expected until January, with a potential early month White House report.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
Roper
Rudolf Hecht
Ton
Commerce
Congress
White House
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Wedding Preps for Princess Marina of Kent in London
London reports a real wedding week as Princess Marina and the future Duke of Kent prepare for Thursday's ceremony. Windsor crowds practice a royal procession with a tay coach and outriders, while a private rehearsal at Westminster Abbey precedes a public display of gifts at royal residences.
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Kent
London
OSCA
Leiding Press
Marina
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Windsor
King Land
Minster Abbey
Ngham Palace
Mperamentel
iMarina
Abbey
Westter
Foxley Norris
George
Queen Mary
Buckingham
Windor
Sandringham
Balmoral
St. James's Palace
Princess Marina
Kate Fox
Weather forecast hints at light rain and rising temps
In North Carolina occasional rain tonight and Wednesday with a slowly rising temperature. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville average moderate to fresh northeast and east, with overcast skies. Sandy Hook to Hatteras shows fresh easterly winds and overcast weather with possible light rain tonight and Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Puryear Convicted For Slaying Of Wife
Stanley A. Puryear was found guilty of second degree murder in Memphis for the axe slayings of his wife Aurelia and their eight year old daughter, plus the fatal shooting of a Negro, in the May 2, 1932 incident. It was his third murder trial, with a 61 hour jury deliberation and a possible 15 year penitentiary sentence.
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Memphis
Tenn
Stanley A. Puryear
State
Aureliaenia
Will Jamison
Puryear
Transients jailed as police seek clues in Asheville case
At Asheville the police and sheriff held 54 transients in custody for fingerprinting and possible federal checks as part of a widening probe into a series of robberies and assaults near the transient center. Carlisle authorities pursue a cross country link tying a Philadelphia man to the Carlisle area killings.
Estate Will Fund Education In North Carolina
The will of Taylor Grandy filed in Washington directs most of his estate to education in North Carolina. Miss Little Grandy of Elizabeth City is to receive life use, with after her death UNC to receive a chair in philosophy of living, Camden County to fund its schools, and a third to aid Elizabeth City shut-ins.
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Washington
North Carolina
Taylor Grandy
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Grandy
Little Grandy
Elizabeth City
N. C
University of North Carolina
Labor groups plot to curb tobacco firms and lower prices
Organized labor tests a plan to force a cigarette code and topple NRA director 8. Clay Williams. The scheme unites Tobaco Workers and Cigar Makers unions with independents to boost wages and hours for workers while widening low cost cigarette access.
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Washington
George Durno
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Nolds Tobacco Company
NRA
Deputy Sheriff Improves After Tax Money Robbery
Deputy Sheriff William Payne, shot in the chest and robbed of 3000 dollars by three highwaymen on a road near Washington North Carolina, is rallying after three blood transfusions. Police say two white men and a Negro carried out the robbery as Payne attempted to serve a capias on Harry Blake, who has been moved from Washington jail to Durham on a charge of passing a spurious check. Hospital attendants report a good chance for recovery.
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Washington
N. C
William Payne
Here
Harry Blake
Payne
Durham
Beverly Hill Calls and a Old Congressman Visit
In Beverly Hill Call, Nov. 26, Pat Hurley former secretary of war visits the area expressing pleasure at remembered courtesy. He notes Republicans err in past campaigns by overestimating their appeal and now accepts accountability.
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Beverly Hill
Pat Hurley
Pat
Barnum
Three Counties to Form Single ERA Unit in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports Guilford Rockingham and Randolph counties will merge into one ERA district with headquarters in Greensboro. The consolidation reduces 104 units to 33 to cut costs and boost efficiency, with district leaders and branch offices in each county and allocations by caseload. Local ERA officials await further word on details.
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Raleigh
Guilford
Rockingham
Randolph
ERA
Greensboro
Fiest
W. B. Price
Thomas O'Berry
Justice Freeman Pleads Guilty After Main Street Parking Ban
In Nickerson Kansas the first violator after a new parking ordinance on Main Street was Justice of the Peace J P Freeman. City Marshall Stafford escorted him to his own court where he pleaded guilty, fined himself and paid.
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Nickerson
Kas
Main Street
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Freeman
Marshall Stafford
Justice Freeman
Slain Bride and Priest Discovered After Honeymoon Incident
New York police report Joseph Lieb Steinmetz, 22, accused of killing his 17 year old wife Ruth Armstrong Steinmetz and Rev Joseph J Leonard after a double tragedy at a Knights of Columbus hotel. Steinmetz collapsed at police headquarters and was held without bail for a Monday hearing.
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New York
Joseph Lieb Steinmetz
Ruth Armstrong Steinmetz
Joseph J. Leonard
Steinmetz
Homicide Court
Guy van Amringe
Robert Rehman
Steinmets
45Th Street
Brooklyn
Police
Harry” Steinmetz
Max Weider
Knights of Columbus
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