Thanksgiving Observed Nationwide Amid Food for Needy
The nation marked Thanksgiving with rain and snow across regions while millions dined at home and relief funds provided meals for those in need. President Roosevelt celebrated in Warm Springs Georgia with a turkey dinner for young infantile paralysis patients.
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Associated Press
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Relief Administration
Presient
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Warm Springs Foundation
Plymouth
Mass
Duke vs Wolfpack Postponed To Saturday At Duke Stadium
Duke officials postponed the annual Duke University game against N. C. State due to rain and continuing downpours. The contest will be played Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Duke Stadium with the same tickets honored.
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DUKE
Durham
Blue Devils
State
Wolfpack
Duke Stadium
Duke University
Woman Admits Hitting Husband Before Death
Chief of Police W. H. Rawlinson said Mrs. R. Thomason of Columbia admitted striking her seven year old husband over the head with a weapon before he died from a head wound last night.
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Columbia, & C
W. H. Rawlinson
R. &. Thomason
Columbia
Trial Began Delayed in Watts Murder Case
Arguments started today in Laurinburg for William McKenzie aged 4 and Colin Mezie aged 21 charged with second degree murder in the Watts killing on November 17. The trial was expected to reach the jury late today. Watts ran a mattress factory.
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Laurinburg
William McKenzie
Colin Mezie
John Pressley Watts
Freighter Safe After SOS In Pacific Typhoon
Mussel Rock wireless station reports intercept of a Philippines American freighter calling for help off southern Luzon. The captain said the ship drifted unable in a typhoon but fought free of shoals in Bernardino straits and required no assistance.
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San Francisco
Mussel Rock
Lobe Wireless, Inc
Philippines
New York
Luzon
Philpines
Bernardino Straits
Lobe Wireless
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina
Weather outlook shows rain and cooler temperatures Friday across North and South Carolina. Winds shift from south to fresh along the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras with overcast skies and rainy periods tonight and Friday. Charlotte reports 24 hour temperature readings from the principal cotton region.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Murder angle in Jarnegin death under grand jury review
Los Angeles prosecutors report a letter suggesting murder in the death of actor and songwriter Jarnegin. A coroner's jury ruled suicide, but grand jury inquiry cites new evidence from a letter, without naming the writer, amid ties to a previous LA celebrity case.
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Los Angeles
Jerry Jarnegin
Grand Jury
Criminal Complaints Committee
Jarnegin
Burton Fitts
Paul Bern
Jean Harlow
Aurora
Fitts
Jarne
Two Negroes Confess Killing Of Farmer
Sherriff deputies in Reidsville say they have a complete confession from Downey Vernon and Robert Watkins regarding the killing of Curran B. Fulp a farmer and saw mill operator found murdered near his woodlot. They confessed to stoning and throat slashing of Fulp with robbery given as motive and are jailed at Wentworth.
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Reidsville
Curran B. Fulp
Fulp
Downey Vernon
Robert Watkins
Wentworth
Leon Worsham
Salary Cuts Restored At Jefferson Standard Life
Salary reductions applied to all home office staff at Jefferson Standard Life Insurance in Greensboro have been fully restored. The move ends a wage cut that affected workers during 1932 and returns pay to prior levels.
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Greensboro
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Federal agents hunt for Hamilton after Nelson killing
Chicago reports the body of gangster George Nelson is recovered near Niles Center after a gun battle that also costs two federal agents their lives. Investigators push a nationwide manhunt for John Hamilton, once linked to the Dillinger gang, with Alvin Karpis also under pursuit as speculation grows on Nelsons companion.
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Chicago
Ameri
George
Barton
Archy
Nelson
Burban Niles Center
Hamilton
Alvin Karpis
Ward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Arthur W. Dunlap
West &J. Paul
Minn
Karpis
Tommy Touhy
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman E. Hollis
Dillinger
Bandits Sought Across Carolinas After Bank Hold Up
Four bandits robbed the First National Bank of Mooresville North Carolina taking about five thousand dollars and fled into South Carolina. They wrecked their car set it afire and hijacked a motorist’s vehicle before continuing their flight. Three men were questioned in a cafe about the crime and farmer Tom Wallace could not identify the suspects.
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Tom Wallace
Final Services Held For C. Collier Cobb
Chapel Hill, Nov. 29. Funeral services will be held here this afternoon for Dr. Collier Cobb age 73 longtime head of UNC geology department who died yesterday after a long illness. Cobb native of Wayne county traveled widely wrote several geology books and was renowned as a raconteur.
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Chapel Hill
Collier Cobb
University of North Carolina
Bonus Pay Rolls Stir Tax Debate Across Washington
Washington leaders warn that cashing a $2 billion veteran bonus would require new taxes while advocates press for immediate payment. The dispute centers on relief funds and potential lump sum loans for needy families, with a Warm Springs conference shaping the plan and broader fiscal decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt Administrati
Roosevelt
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Frank H. Belgrano, Jr
American Legion
Indianapolis
Senatana
Reldaho
Warm Springs
Georgia
Harry L. Hopkins
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Rexford G. Tugwell
Hopkins
Philadelphia residents identify bodies linked to five tragedy victims
Three Philadelphians identify the man and woman shot near Duncansville as companions of the three little girls found dead in the Blue Ridge mountains. Police tie the deaths to a broken family seeking survival, with a bakery truck driver providing a missing link in the investigation.
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Carlisle
Duncansville
Philadelphia
Here
Harrisburg
Anna Lazaure
Louis Ellis
Anna Gasparon
Ellis
la Salle
Miss Gasparon
LaZalre
Blue Ridge Mountains
Altoona
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
Huntingdon
McVeytown
Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act Under Challenge
A suit filed in Louisville seeks an injunction against the Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act’s 25 percent tax on growers who did not sign the government crop reduction agreement. The act is attacked as unconstitutional.
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Louisville
Kerr-Smith
United States
Tugwell Faces Fight Over Pure Foods Act in Congress
Washington news column outlines Prof Rex Tugwell and FDA staff pursuing a tougher pure foods act, aiming to regulate foods drugs and cosmetics. The piece notes Tugwell’s strategy to reintroduce the measure without his name and the political obstacles from Copeland and industry lobbyists.
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Washington
George Durne Hurdle
Rex Tugwell
Food & Drug Administration
Congress
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Royal 8
Copeland
New York
Thanksgiving spirit shifts from pumpkins to luxuries in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills on Thanksgiving Day 1930s era readers reflect that founders thanked for little, while later generations demand more from government and nature. The piece notes early settlers would be grateful for pumpkins potatoes and corn, but modern times seek a new car radio tuxedo and relief as the world feels agin us.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Will
Suit Challenges Federal Tobacco Act Power
A court suit filed on behalf of W. E. Frank and Oscar Penn of Fayette County Kentucky tobacco producers, doing business as Penn brothers, names Seldon R. Glenn internal revenue collector and Mac Swinford district attorney as defendants. The complaint argues the act targets regulation of acreage and quantity, exceeds congressional power, and violates the fifth and tenth amendments and uniform duties clause due to Maryland and Virginia exemptions.
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W. E. Frank
Oscar Penn
Fayette County
Penn Brothers
Seldon R. Glenn
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Mac Swinford
Eastern Kentucky
Congress
States
Maryland
Virginia
United States
Carolinas Observe Thanksgiving With Outdoor Features
The 1984 gridiron season ended in the Carolinas on Thanksgiving Day while hunting season began. Businesses closed and many observances paused as celebrants chose football games or hunting trips, with special Thanksgiving services held in many communities.
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Peres
Carolinas
Early Decision in Race for House Speakership
Washington observers expect Burns of Tennessee and Rayburn of Texas to lead the race with Bankhead of Alabama gaining. A Democratic caucus January 2 will choose the winner as campaigns intensify for Byrnes and Rayburn. Bankhead plans a Monday arrival to mount a bid amid a potential Rayburn Byrnes deadlock. Garner’s December 6 return to Washington could influence the nomination fight.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
New House
Burns
Tennessee
Rayburn
Texas
Bankhead
Alabama
Byrne
Byrnes
Garner
Roosevelt
Royal Wedding Unites Duke of Kent and Marina at Westminster Abbey
George Duke of Kent and Marina, former Greek royal, wed at Westminster Abbey before 1500 guests. The ceremony included an Orthodox blessing at Buckingham Palace and featured King George, Queen Mary, Nordic royals, and Ambassador Bingham among dignitaries. Crowds cheered along the route and the event was broadcast globally.
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George
England
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Duke of Kent
Palace
Old London
Buckingham Palace
Canterbury
Abbey
Church of England
George Edward Alexander Edmund
Mary
Haakon
Queen Maud
Norway
Christian
Alexandra
Denmark
Greece
Diplomatic Corps
United States
Robert W. Bingham
Roosevelt Observes Thanksgiving Day in Warm Springs
President Roosevelt spends the holiday in Warm Springs Ga observing Thanksgiving with elaborate preparations and a presidential turkey dinner planned in Georgia Hall. James A Moffett arrives as trustee of the Warm Springs foundation while discussing new federal housing credit plans separate from the existing loan program.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
James A. Moffett
Moffett
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia Hall
Charles Bernstein
New York City
Dorris Miller
Macon
Peter Woodbury
Bedford
N. H
Franela Neuworth
Akron
Ohio
Bill Treacy
Chicago
Billy Prenosil
Mary Elizabeth Runkels
San Diego
Tex
Estill Holt
Bloomfield
Michael Nelson
Longview
Wash
Mise Bernard Oswald
Allendale, & C
Mias Helen Reiss
Allentown, Pa
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