Hoover shifts world court decision to Senate action
President Hoover will place world court adherence before the Senate this session, insisting leaders decide if the proposal proceeds. Senate opposition and fears of obstruction linger as Borah, Swanson, and Watson weigh timing and impact on emergency relief.
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Hoover
Congress
Senate
Washington
Senator Watson
Indiana
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Walsh
Montana
Watson
World Court
Jeague of Nations
United States
Elihu Root
League of Nations
Winter Weather Toll Hits Midwestern States
The onslaught of an early winter storm causes more than fifty deaths across the Midwest and New England. Zero temperatures plunge as Duluth reports 12 below, with sub-zero readings across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois and snow and ice causing accidents.
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Maple Bay
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Simcoe
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Wearbridge
Cape May
N. J
Upshur
Cape Hatteras
Midwest
Duluth
Minn
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Coast Guard
Fearful missing flight prompts six planes to search Gulf waters
Authorities report all hope lost for the woman who departed at 9 11 a m yesterday for a Miami arrival before noon. Six airplanes from here and Miami scoured the Gulf and Keys for hours without locating either the aircraft or its occupant. The woman had warned of danger and described her plane as an unairworthy reconditioned craft she hoped to fly commercially.
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Homer E. Knoblaugh
Associated Press
Havana
J. M. Keith-Miller
Miami
Here
Gulf and
Florida Keys
Keith Miller
Pittsburgh
Florida
Prohibition Leaders Weigh Referendum Plan Amid Dissent
Washington leaders debate backing a national referendum on liquor repeal or reform of the 18th Amendment. The plan would support a constitutional amendment, contingent on state conventions and final acceptance by dry opponents. Key figures like F Scott McBride and Clarence True Wilson clash over the strategy as talks resume in New York and Washington.
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Congress
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
New York
DO-X Seaplane Fire Damages Wing in Lisbon Harbor
Fire broke out aboard the German seaplane DO-X while moored in Lisbon harbor, burning one of its massive wings before firefighters stopped the spread. The wing housed crew quarters and key mechanical sections, with passageways to the motors.
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Lisbon
Express Train Robbery Near Birmingham Leaves $7,000 to $8,000 Missing
Two armed men boarded a Southern Railway passenger train bound for Selma as it left Birmingham. They held the express messenger G. C. Findlay at gunpoint while they rifled the express car, escaping with between $7,000 and $8,000 in currency. Police and railroad officials launched a search. passengers heard nothing of the heist.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Selma
Here
G. C. Findlay
Railroad and Express Company
Raleigh Man Survives Train Collision at Grade Crossing
Raleigh Nov 29 Jim Hendron a Raleigh man had a miraculous escape when a Sea board Airline train from New York to Florida hit his light car at a grade crossing. He swerved as the train bore down and the car fell eight or ten feet landing upright on a coal pile with a broken fender. The train had a broken coupling and was delayed for repairs.
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Raleigh
Jim Hendron
Seaboard
New York
Florida
Hendron
Hendren
Four Trainmen Die in Western Pacific Wreck Near Sunol
San Jose dispatch reports four Western Pacific railroad workers killed when a freight train rear-ended another near Sunol in Alameda county about 25 miles northeast of San Jose late last night. Victims named are flagman R. C. Jones engineer R. M. Middleton brakeman Goslin and fireman Rickenbacher.
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San Jose
Calif
Western Pacific
Sunol
Alameda County
Here
R. C. Jones
R. M. Middleton
Goslin
Rickenbacher
Denatured Alcohol Claims Six Guilford Negroes
Greensboro reports six deaths in Guilford county from denatured alcohol consumed as poisons. Victims include Claude Baldin found dead in his room, Willie Bird and John Burnett who died in a Greensboro hospital, and three other Guilford black residents who died earlier in the week. Several others fell ill but recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
Claude Baldin
Willie Bird
John Burnett
Increased Premium Tax On Compensation Insurance Is Asked
The Raleigh times reports a state tax commission recommendation to raise the gross compensation insurance premium tax in North Carolina from 2.5 to 3.5 percent. The industrial commission also urged an increase, noting funds from the tax support its operations.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Times
State Tax Commission
Gardner
North Carolina
the Times
Industrial Commission
General Assembly
Smell Loss Suit Seeks 25000 Against Driver
In Lincoln on November 29, Bertha Dutton filed a $25,000 lawsuit against car driver Thomas Pond claiming she was knocked down and has been unable to smell since the accident.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bertha Dutton
Thomas Pond
Rockefeller Seeks Thanksgiving Spirit En Route to Florida
John W. Rockefeller arriving in Jacksonville en route to Ormond Beach reads a Thanksgiving verse and explains it reflects daily prayer at his table. He cites a poet and says the verse and a morning prayer guide his outlook, urging sharing and the Golden Rule in daily life.
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Benton E. Jacobs
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
John W. Rockefeller
John
Florida
Ormond Beach
Rockefeller Board
Bowman Gray donates 10000 to Associated Charities
Mrs. Bowman Gray will not host public Christmas tree parties for Winston-Salem children this year. She presented a $10,000 check to the Associated Charities and said the gift may be more beneficially used for charity.
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Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray
Associated Charities
Dr Lambeth Speaks at Duke Vespers in Durham
Dr W A Lambeth new Trinity Methodist pastor in Durham will speak at Duke University vespers at 4 pm Sunday. The sermon titled The Call of the Cross follows his first Dur ham appearance at the morning service. Elsie Maynard of Durham will be soloist in York chapel.
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Durham
W. A. Lambeth
Trinity Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Duke University
Lambeth
Elsie Maynard
York Chapel
Huge Cotton Fire in Columbia Under Control
Fire department gained control of a major blaze that ruined between 3 000 and 5 000 bales of cotton stored at the Columbia Press Company warehouse on Divine Street. Unofficial damage estimated at least 150 000 dollars. Cause unavailable. Most cotton owned by the South Carolina Cotton Growers Marketing Association.
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Columbia
S. C
Columbia Compress Company
Divine Street
South Carolina Cotton Growers Marketing Association
Auditors Check Public Deposits In Asheville and County
Asheville city officials examined collateral backing deposits of 4 653 112 in the Central Bank and Trust company after its closure on November 20. The listed securities total 5 296 909 77 with liquid value undetermined for months. County officials listed 4 072 000 in securities protecting 3 007 000 in county deposits as a three day task, with state cooperation sought.
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Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company
Gallatin Roberts
Wright Dixon
State Sinking Fund Commission
Home Mortgage Co Receivership to Be Heard Monday
In Raleigh Judge I M Meekins refused a defense motion to suspend special hearings in the Home Mortgage Company of Hickory receivership case. The special master may still call officers from the Home Mortgage Co and the First National Bank of Durham. C B Calvert of Baltimore will continue hearings in Durham Monday.
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Home Mortgage Co
Raleigh
I. M. Meekins
United States District Court
Home Mortgage Company
Hickory
First National Bank
Durham
C. B. Calvert
Baltimore
Langworth Opposes Extra Congressional Session
Speaker Langworth declared unalterable opposition to an extra session and pledged to avoid one. He said recovery of business and end to unemployment are priorities and that legislative uncertainty would hinder growth. He favored resolving the Muscle Shoals dispute at the short session.
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Washington
Langworth
Congress
Longworth
Muscle Shoals
Exhibitor Steamer Grounded Near Mytilene
The American steamer Exhibitor en route from New York to Jaffa ran aground at Mytilene. Salvage steamer Kinking departed Piraeus to assist. The Exhibitor departed New York on October 265.
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London
New York
Jaffa
Mytilene
Lloyd
Kinking
Piraeus
Gardner and four North Carolinians named Omicron Delta Kappa honorees
Governor O. Max Gardner, UNC President Frank P. Graham, Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy, and W. N. Reynolds were elected honor members of Omicron Delta Kappa at Duke University. Seven Duke undergraduates and faculty also joined as initiates. Joe Carruthers presided at the luncheon following rites.
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Durham
O. Max Gardner
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Walter P. Stacy
W. N. Reynolds
Winston Salem
Omicron Delta Kappa
National Leadership Society
Circle of the Society
Duke University
R. L. Flowers
Justin Miller
University
Preston Moses
Chatham
Gaither Pratt
Winston-Salem
Paul Erwin
Charlotte
Lee Davis
Waynesville
William Simons
Wilmington
Joe Mann
Greensboro
George Hoppy
Lemoyne
Governor Gardner
Joe Carruthers
Duke Circle
Frank C. Brown
Duke
National Organization
J. D. Hodges
Holly Springs
Grain Carrier Maple Bay Passes Locks Safely
The Maple Bay of Montreal, feared lost in Lake Superior, was seen moving downbound through Sault Ste Marie locks. Officers said the vessel was undamaged and had sheltered near Keweenaw Point to ride out heavy seas in Lake Superior.
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Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Maple Bay
Montreal
Lake Superior
Keweenaw Point
Fourth Degree Trap Reported by Chicago Police
Chicago police described a new tactic called the fourth degree as they questioned grocery manager George Toonmen about a $700 robbery. Sergeants Hart and McAuliff investigated, were confronted by Captain Fleming who ordered apologies, then Toonmen and a companion were arrested after confessing.
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William Hart
Hart
William McAuliff
George Toonmen
James Fleming
Fleming
Toonmen
Episcopal Bishop Griswold Dies in Illinois Hospital
Rt. Rev. Sheldon Griswold, 69, bishop of the Chicago diocese, died in an Evanston hospital after a long illness. His widow, Bishop George Craig Stewart, and Dr. Dwight P. Clark were present. Burial plans to be announced. Griswold wished to be buried in Chicago.
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Chicago
Sheldon Griswold
Episcopal Church
Evanston
Chishop
George Craig Stewart
Dwight P. Clark
Robert Lansing
New York
Griswold
Bishop Stewart
Bishop Griswold
92 000 Scottish Miners Begin Nationwide Strike
London November 29 AP Full stoppage of work in all Scottish coal fields begins tomorrow afternoon affecting 92 000 workers after a breakdown in negotiations between mine owners and workers. Government intervention was expected as a last minute meeting was planned to avert the stoppage.
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London
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Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Gant’s Surety
Danville
Opie
Richmond
Schoolfield
H. L. Opie
11Th Infantry
W. W. Sale
United Textile Workers of America
Dan River
John A. Cutchens
Virginia National Guard
Five Mile
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Wilson
Wets
Guilford
John D
Dr. Lambeth
Max Gardner
O. D. K. Society
Episcopal
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