New York Man Beats Tilson to Secure Speaker Bid
In a seven ballot GOP nomination contest in Washington, Bertrand H. Snell of New York defeats John Q. Tilson of Connecticut 96 to 64 for speaker. Mapes of Michigan Hoch Laguardia and four voting present also noted among ballots.
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John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
Mapes
Michigan
Hoch
Kansas
Laguardia
New York
Tyler Page Sees Glory Fading In Defeat Of G O P
Washington, Nov. 30. Fifty years less twelve days of serving the House will see William Tyler Page, clerk, briefly rise to the speaker's chair. He may not attend the fiftieth anniversary of his page career on December 19 if Democrats elect a new speaker on December 7. Page sees uncertainty for his future and contemplates a possible position here, but values his life’s work and contacts in the House.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Willaim Tyler Page
Page
Farmer Powell Dies by Own Action in North Carolina
Clinton, Nov 30. Ralph A. Powell a 45 year old Sampson County farmer committed death by own action Sunday by drinking carbolic acid. No motive was assigned.
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Clinton, N.C
Ralph A. Powell
Sampson County
Aged Commissioner Jones Dies in Raleigh
Hamilton T. Jones, 78, a United States commissioner and former Wake County sheriff (1897-98), died at his Raleigh home last night. He was a Republican.
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Raleigh
Amilton T. Jones
Wake County
Gandhi Predicts Hell After Parley At Round Table
Mahatma Gandhi said the India round table talks will fail and he faces more jail. He planned to sail home on Saturday from London to Bombay and resume his nonviolent campaign against England, predicting a harsh turn in the struggle for independence.
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India
London
Mahatma Gandhi
Round Table
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England
Pasadena Students Survive Shipwreck By Forgetting Can Opener
Pete Decote and Edward Harrison, Pasadena college students, set sail for Catalina Island with canned food but lost their mast in a squall. Drifting for two days, they survived Thanksgiving by finding help after their can opener mishap left them unable to eat any cans aboard.
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Pasadena College
Pete Decote
Edward Harrison
Catalina Island
Curtis declines Kansas Senate run for 1932
Vice President Curtis announces he will not seek the United States Senate from Kansas in 1932 and will accept renomination as vice president if tendered by the next Republican convention. He cites cautious consideration and notes no explicit reference to President Hoover in the statement.
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Vessels in Dense Fog Collision Off North Carolina Coast
The American steamer Herman Frasch and the schooner Ida Dow collided in heavy fog off the North Carolina coast. Both vessels proceeded to Hampton Roads. no lives were lost. The Ida Dow towed stern first by the cutter Carrabassett sustained bow damage and a cart away jib boom. the Herman Frasch had a hole in hold number one and starboard bow damage.
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Ida 8. Dow
North Carolina
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Carrabassett
Herman
Currituck
W. F. Plummer
Newport News
Hamilton
Bermuda
Herman Flash
Galveston
New York
Norfolk Division
The
Washington Secret Service Awaits Hunger Marchers
Washington Secret Service officials monitor hunger marchers heading to the capital from eastern northern and western points. Chief W H Moran says arrivals will be handled satisfactorily. Detectives gather leaders and possible communist links while officials anticipate no official recognition for food and lodging demands. A group of White House pickets arrested last week remains jailed and will be tried tomorrow.
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Washington
Secret Service
W. H. Moran
White House
Prisoner’s letters link wife and mistress at Mineola home
Mrs. William Connor explained she took her husband’s mistress May Gledhill and the infant into their Mineola home while Connor served a Vermont penitentiary term for forgery. Connor wrote love letters to both women from prison, reading each other’s notes, and the trio’s complex situation drew in police and a hospital, with Gledhill later reported in serious condition after a critical interview. Immigration officials said no deportation proceedings had been started against Gledhill.
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William Connor
Vermont State Penitentiary
May Gledhill
Canada
Connor
Violent Randall
Salvation Army
Sir Robert Peel
Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Village
Floral Park
Miss May Gledhill
William Cornor
Miss Gledhill
Cornor
Washington
Lindbergh Flies Over State In Florida New York Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Richmond Virginia at 3 15 p m en route from Jacksonville to New York after refueling in Richmond He earlier left Flagler Beach fogbound then flew the Atlantic Seaboard via Savannah Charleston Raleigh Washington and New York
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Fog Lifts Slightly as Lindbergh Breaks Free in South
In Atlanta area, light winds ease weekend fog hampering southeast transport. Lindbergh, flying Miami to New York, departed Flagler Beach after fog delayed him since Saturday. Forecasters expect colder air and possible showers from a South Texas disturbance, with another storm over Central Canada far away.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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New York
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Texas
Canada
Family quarrel ends with shooting leaves daughter wounded
Durham report says E H Stallings held without bond after a family quarrel. His daughter Nila Stalling Vaughan, 18, was seriously wounded in a hospital visit. Graham Vaughan, Vaughan's father in law, said she was hit when Stallings shot toward him as they struggled for a pistol. Stallings claimed the weapon discharged accidentally.
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E. H. Stallings
Nila Stalling Vaughan
Graham Vaughan
Connecticut To Florida On Skates
Two North South roller skaters Samuel Lebowita and Percy Robinson left Raleigh after getting Mayor George Iseley’s signature to prove they visited the capital. The Norwich Conn youths began in Armistice Day and skated in sweat shirts advertising their trip. They already logged 67 miles since leaving Richmond and report skate wheels lasting six times longer on asphalt than concrete.
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Florida
George Iseley
North Carolina
Samuel Lebowita
Percy Robinson
Norwich
Conn
Richmond
Venire of 60 Men Summoned in Kane Murder Case
A venire of 60 men was summoned for the next term of Elizabeth City circuit court where Professor Elisha Kent Kane of the University of Tennessee faces murder charges in his wife Jenny Graham Kane’s drowning at Grand View Beach. Trial is set for December 8. Kane, free on $15,000 bond, may arrive this week to confer with attorneys. Coroner Vanderslice published letters from Mrs. Dahl of New Jersey, cited by the Kane family as causing distress. Mrs. Dahl is expected to be summoned as a witness.
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Elizabeth City
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Kane
Liberty
Jenny Graham Kane
Grand View Beach
Chesapeake Bay
George K. Vanderslice
Professor Kane
B. H. Dahl
New Jersey
W. C. Graham
Dahl
Manchurian Peace Hoped As Talks Begin
Reports from New York and Tokyo indicate renewed optimism for Manchuria peace as negotiations edge forward. Diplomatic moves include Namura Shigemitsu meeting Dr. Wellington Koo to discuss a neutral zone and possible direct talks to resolve the Manchurian crisis.
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Priping
China
Chang Hsueh Liang
Manchuria
Yano
Peiping-Mukden
Tokyo
Namura Shigemitsu
Welleington Koo
Tientsin
Foreign Office
Stimson
Washington
Another Gangster Is Taken For Ride
The body of John Alessi a 28 year old barber was tossed from a sedan at a northwest side intersection. Police believe he was killed in an internal feud of the west side gang and bound at the ankles before being slain in the car.
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Chicago
John Alessi
West Side 42
Reopen Probe Into Alleged Court Corruption In Buncombe County
Asheville November 30 Judge A M Stack said he would begin a court of inquiry into Buncombe county court corruption charges and summoned Wickes Wamboldt to testify. He appointed three attorneys to assist. bench warrants may be issued for witnesses.
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Asheville
A. M. Stack
Wickes Wamboldt
Wamboldt
Stack
Thomas J. Harkins
A. S. Bernardo
A. C. Avery
Tennessee Legislature Weighs Budget Amid Tax Clash
Governor Henry Horton vows to veto any bill restoring the state land tax as Tennessee lawmakers convene for a special session. He urges an income tax plan and auto license fee to cover state needs, while a revenue bill to restore property tax for two years sparks a contentious debate. The proposal could bring in about 6.5 million for the biennium, a figure supporters cite amid past repeal in 1931.
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