Ocracoke Damaged by November Storm of 1886 Noted
Winds up to fifty miles an hour tore through Ocracoke Island causing widespread flooding and damage. The storm killed birds and livestock, wrecked communications, stranded boats, and hindered nets and mail service. Captain Ike O Neal described the crossing to Washington as the roughest ever.
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Ocracoke
Atlantic
Portsmouth
Ike O'Neal
Washington
Pamlico Sound
Pamlico
North Carolina
Cancer Specialist Held Without Bail
Doctor Dan Harris, a self-styled cancer specialist, was bound over to Superior court without bail on charges of criminal attack involving 13-year-old Sallie King of Johnston County after a preliminary hearing. His wife Mrs Harris was held as an accomplice with bond set at 1000 dollars. Harris had remained in jail since Friday. Witnesses included the girl, her mother, and Raleigh physician Delia Dixon Carroll.
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Raleigh
Dan Harris
Superior Court
Sallie King
Johnston County
Harris
Delia Dixon Carroll
Roosevelt Wins Virginia by Record 114,343 Vote Margin
Franklin D. Roosevelt captured 203,980 votes to 89,637 for Hoover in Virginia. The state canvassers confirmed the largest Virginia majority in a presidential contest, with Roosevelt carrying every county except one.
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Richmond
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia
State Board of Canvassers
Roosevelt
Hoover
North Carolina Man Executed in Nevada Gas Chamber
Everett T. Mull alias John Hall of Morganton NC was executed in Nevada's gas chamber for the June 15 1931 murder of John C. O'Brien in Las Vegas. Witnesses watched as he was pronounced dead after 6:36 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. The event marked Nevada's fifth lethal gas execution and drew attention from California wardens and officials.
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Carson City
Everett T. Mull
John Hall
Morganton
N. C
Nevada
Las Vegas
John C. O'Brien
Mull
John C. O’brien
State Supreme Court
Matt Penrose
O’brien
Fire Chief Killed In Collision In Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem fire chief Harry E B Nissen 59 died when his sedan collided with a passenger bus at 2 25 am near the city market. George Jenkins driver of the chief was injured and the bus driver Bern ie Phillips was jailed for manslaughter.
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Winston-Salem
Harry EB. Nissen
Winston-Sajem
George A. Jenkins
Bernie Phillips
Nissen
Chatham Mills
Patterson
Sixth Streets
Sixth Street
Cherry Street
City Market
New York Central Reports October Earnings Surge
The New York Central Railroad shows October net operating income of 3,575,385, up from 1,868,242 a year earlier, the largest gain among major systems for October 1932 despite more than 5 million in gross decline. Other lines also posted October results.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Company Today
Ou Maes Ao
October Loans by R. F. C. Total Near 200 Million
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation told Congress it authorized loans totaling about 190 million for October. Allocations included 24 million to regional agricultural credit bodies and 81.5 million for self liquidation projects, with notable sums to banks, trust firms, building loans, and insurance concerns across several North Carolina locales.
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R. F.C
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation Today
Congress
UUU Imveroner
North Carolina
Methodist Meet Ends in Rocky Mount Conference
The 96th annual session of the North Carolina conference Methodist Episcopal Church South adjourned in Rocky Mount after Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon read the year’s appointments. Transfers include Rev. T G Vickers to Oxford and Rev. G W Perry to Rocky Mount. New presiding elder assignments and Anti-Saloon League appointees were announced along with new conference members.
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Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Methodist’ Episcopal Church
South
Edwin D. Mouzon
Charlotte
T. G. Vickers
Oxford
G. W. Perry
Elizabeth City
Vickers
Atlantic Coast Line recalls 705 workers to Rocky Mount shops
The Atlantic Coast Line railway announced 705 men will be recalled to work in its Rocky Mount shops between December 1 and December 22. Officials indicated the move signals greater activity in the near future.
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Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Prison Cell Block Destroyed By Fire
SPEIGNER Ala November 28 Fire destroyed the frame cell block building at the state penitentiary with 815 convicts moved to safety. Origin of the blaze undetermined. Montgomery fire units arrived too late but helped prevent spread. inmates remained orderly and none escaped. The prison had recently faced an attempted breakout in which one prisoner was killed and 22 wounded.
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Speigner
Ala
Pere
Montgomery
Repeal Action Moving Along in House Vote Plan
Democratic leadership presses for a repeal vote next Monday with Speaker Garner and Chairman Sumners shaping a Judiciary Committee meeting Friday. The proposed resolution would repeal the 18th Amendment with ratification by conventions in three fourths of states within seven years. Sumners says he will not offer the measure until the committee acts.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Garner
Sumners
Judiciary Committee
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Wilson Not Believed In Greensboro Killing
Greensboro police doubt Frank Wilson the Orangeburg arrestee had any involvement in the murder of Mrs. J. W. McCown during an attempted filling station holdup. Fingerprints and photos examined after Dave McNair confessed his participation pointed to Wilson as not the man.
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Greensboro
Frank Wilson
Orangeboro
S. C
J. W. McCown
Wilson
Dave McNair
Roosevelt to face ten forgotten states for cabinet picks
New York report outlines ten states never represented in a U S cabinet with Rhode Island among the original thirteen. Florida Nevada Arizona Idaho Montana North and South Dakota Utah Wyoming.
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New York
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Florida
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
North
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Augustus H. Garland
Cleveland
Alabama
Hillary H. Herbert
Navy
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Taft
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
Iinterior
Harding
William M. Jardine
Agriculture
Coolidge
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
Legion Fights Reduction Of Vet Benefits
The American Legion plans a counter campaign in Washington to restore and expand veteran benefits for World War I and other eras. It advocates immediate cash, pensions for widows and orphans, hospital care reforms, and a dedicated Senate committee, while delaying the bonus.
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Washington
American Legion
Congress
Legion
Veterans Administration
Senate
No Developments In Extortion Threats On Hickory Banker
Hickory Nov 28 UPI Police report no new progress in extortion threats against K C Menzies First National Bank cashier. A man, Boyd Stine, arrested earlier for the case, was released and charged only with vagrancy. Menzies said the note demanded 6000 dollars and warned of death though he did not take previous threats seriously.
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Hickory
K. C. Menzies
First National Bank
Menzies
Boyd Stine
Stine
Southern Railway
Byrd rejects stalking horse label as compliment
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd says being called a stalking horse by Louis A. Johnson is a compliment and argues the nation must share the cost of government. He estimates total annual government outlay at over 14 billion dollars and urges collective effort to reduce taxes and spending.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Richmond
Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
Byrd
Johnson
Admiral Byrd
Veterans of America
National Economy League
Hoover and Officials Discuss War Debts in Conference
President Hoover met with Secretaries Stimson and Mills to review postwar debt policy. No decisions were reached and no suspension of December 15 payments was warranted. Discussions also touched on budget cuts targeting a net savings of 550 million dollars.
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Washington
Hoover
Stimson
Mills
White House
Treasury
Senator Robinson Seeks Committees at Roosevelt Visit
At Warm Springs Georgia Senator Robinson outlined plans to form unofficial committees to study farm relief beer budget issues and government department reorganization before the new session. He said beer legalization chances looked good avoiding a filibuster and noted other visitors including James A. Farley and Mrs Farley and Frank Walker.
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Warm Springs
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
New York
M. L. Wilson
Montana State Agricultural College
Senate
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Farley
Frank A. Walker
Governor Examines Report on North Carolina Constitution
Governor Gardner reviews the constitutional commission report, due to the legislature in January, proposing stronger veto power, election of supreme and superior court judges for eight-year terms, and county and municipal government reforms. He calls the commission’s work substantial and influential.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Constitutional Commission
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Superior Court
May
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Fron
U. S
Ocracoke Island
Wilmington
Alsace
Everett Mull
Ross Mystery
Bowery
Ross
Charley Ross
Emma Kleinhertz
Catskill
N. Y
William Bronson
Missing Persons Bureau
Bronson
Building and Loan
Federal Relief Agency
Durham
Merchants Bank
Gastonia
First National Bank of Gastonia
Gaston Loan and Trust Company
Mount Gilead
Bank of Mount Gilead
Madison
Madison Building and Loan Association
Progressive Guild~ and Loan Association
Methodist
Mouzon
House
James W. Collier
Ways and Means
Collier
Alabama Penitentiary
John Garner
England
America
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