Cuban Congress Suspends Decrees to Activate Law
Mrs. Essie May Shuler, 38, of 58 Sprucestr Greensboro, was killed when struck by an automobile on highway 10 near West Lexington Avenue. The tragedy occurred at about 1:00 PM in broad daylight, with medical aid arriving too late.
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Essie May Shuler
Greensboro
New York
Highway Ten
City
Lexington Avenue
Oakland
Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Congress
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Wyoming
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Westerville
Shawwler
Cuba suspends constitutional guarantees for public order
Cuba's Congress authorised President Morales to suspend constitutional guarantees for up to 20 days with possible islandwide extension. The measure passed 16 to 5 in the Senate and 88 to 10 in the House after a late session. The president's message urged action to preserve peace and public confidence amid suspected seditious propaganda.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado Y Morales
Congress
Npor
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Republic
Quartet Held In Fake Bank Holdup
Four men including a former Charlotte police officer and a former Union County deputy sheriff were jailed after allegedly confessing to staging a bank truck heist at the American Trust company. authorities recovered $26,380 from the incident.
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Charlotte
Union County
Carl Bailey
Victor S. Hunter
Walter Thomas
Richard McManus
Weddington
Union
Monroe
Polies
Hunter
Messenger
Leroy Stanton
Bailey
Stanton
McManus
Thomas
New Light on Lingle Case Emerges in Confession
Frank H. Bell, an ex-convict now jailed, testified to coroner’s jurors naming Joe Traum Richard Sullivan and Ted Geisking as present at Jake Lingle’s murder. He said $19 000 was the promised payment with $1 000 to Bell and $3 000 each to Traum Sullivan and the other man. Bell’s movements on June 9 and a botched payoff at Nick Patras’s restaurant are detailed, while related bank robbery confessions implicate Victor Hunter and others.
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Chicago
Jake Lingle
Frank H. Bell
Joe Traum
Indiana
Richard Sullivan
Ted Geisking
Lingle
Basel
Bell
Michigan Boulevards
Randolph Street
Illinois Central
Herman N. Bundesen
Traum
Sullivan
Nick Patras
North Clark Street
Patras
Hunter
Fowler
Union County
Stanton
McManus
Bailey
Thomas
Hallahan To Face Shores Or Walberg On Hill
The St Louis Cardinals name Wild Bill Hallahan to start the World Series game at Sportsman's Park against Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics with Grove or Walberg as possible opposition. Lineup changes include Jimmy Wilson replacing Gus Mancuso behind the plate.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Gabby Street
Sportsman's Park
Shibe Park
Philadelphia Athletics
Jess Haines
Cardinals
New York
Charles Street
Hallahan
Connie Mack
Athletics
Grove
Bill Shores
George Walberg
Connie
Jimmy Wilson
Gus Mancuso
St. Louis Philadelphia
Charlotte Druggist Heads Pharmacists
GOLDSBORO Oct. 4. T A Walker of Charlotte is new president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association. Other new officers include G A Isley Raleigh first vice president A E Weatherly Greensboro second vice president Paul Webb Shelby third vice president J G Beard Chapel Hill secretary and treasurer Warren W Horne Fayetteville C L Eubanks Chapel Hill and G K Grantham Sr Dunn as executive committee members.
Weed Offerings At Rocky Mount Light On Dry Weather
Rocky Mount reports light tobacco offerings in the past week due to dry weather. Yesterdays sales totaled 362 744 pounds at 13 42 per hundred, with season to date sales at 7 840 500 pounds averaging 12 19 per hundred.
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Rocky Mount
Roosevelt Attacks Tuttle Hypocrisy On Liquor Issue
New York October 4 governor Franklin D Roosevelt blasts his Republican rival Charles H Tuttle for hypocrisy on prohibition during his re election campaign. He ridicules Tuttle as wet to the wets and dry to the drys and accuses him of dodging the state enforcement act and citing the eighteenth amendment as a noble experiment.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles H. Tuttle
National Democratic Club
Tuttle
Roosevelt
Jenks
Philadelphia
Dozen Skeletons Found From Indian Massacre Near Mesquite
Twelve skeletons, believed to be massacre victims from more than a century ago, were uncovered by workmen in a gravel pit ten miles northeast of Mesquite Texas. The remains include adults and infants and lie nine feet underground.
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Dallas
Tex
Mesquite
Three Killed In Pitt Street Mob Related Shootout
A Philadelphia area crime scene unfolded in Bradackenhir where Joseph Libianco proprietor 27 year old wife and Louis Tomano 78 were killed by two gunmen in a white fruit store. Michael Libianco 28 brother was critically wounded.
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Pittsburgh
BraddAack Aenhiur
Joseph Libianco
Louis Tomano
Libianco
Michael
Tomano
Tobacco Co op Sign-Ups Begin Wednesday in North Carolina
North Carolina tobacco cooperative sign-up starts next Wednesday with mass meetings across counties. County meetings will explain the new marketing contract and set up sign-up machinery, while the executive committee reviews progress by October 14. Governor Gardner, acting chair, issued instructions for county meetings and election of local secretaries.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Tobacco Cooperative
Eenee Reene
LoUuay
Tobacco Organization Committee
General Committee
General Organization Committee
Max Gardner
Bear Defeated In Hand To Hand Fight
Calcutta Oct 4 AP L Rutherford Stuyvesant United States vice consul faced a giant bear in the Jalaswar Jungle near Puri. After wounding the animal at close range the bear pinned him and gnawed his arms. He seized his gun with his remaining arm and struck the bear’s nose until it fled.
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Calcutta
Bengal
L. Rutherford Stuyvesant
United States
Jalaswar
Puri
Stuyvesant
Blair Leads Carolinas Open After 54 Holes With 75
Greensboro star Tully Blair posted a 75 in the third round at Sedgefield to push his 223 total after 54 holes. Charles Rice and Johnny Bachman closely followed with 227 and 229 while Bill Palmer stood second at 225. Other scores included Harold Long 229 and Ellis Maples 229 as contenders in the field.
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Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro
Tully Blair
Blair
Charles Rice
Asheville
St. Harold Long
Raleigh (X
Johnny Bachman
Bill Goebel
Charlotte
Ellis Maples
Pinehurst
Reymon Atkins
Bill Palmer
W. F. Deuschle
Avinston-Salem
Herman Atkins
Sedgefield
Mayor Walker Irked With Job But Won’t Quit For Movies
New York reports say Mayor James J. Walker was irked by duties and planned to resign January 1 to head the motion picture industry. The mayor told the Evening Post he would stay in office despite the temptation to quit.
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New York
The
Evening Post
James J. Walker
Will H. Hays
Sayng
Virginia labor chief accuses judges in Danville textile strike
J. Fred Cherry, president of the Virginia Federation of Labor, charged that Danville judges issuing injunctions against striking workers owned stock in Riverside and Dan River mills. Judge Leigh denied stock ownership and Judge Clem ent acknowledged minor stock but said it held no value and indicated he would not participate in future actions.
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Danville
Virginia Federation of Labor
Riverside
Dan River
Pollard
J. Fred Cherry
State Federation of Labor
Henry C. Leigh
Danville Corporation Court
Turner Clement
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County Circuit Court
Smith College allows smoking in dorm houses after meals
Northhampton Mass October 4 The Smith College student residents may smoke in campus houses during the half hour after lunch and dinner. The rule was approved by house groups with a second vote planned. Guests may use a room set aside by the house head outside regular hours. Two dormitories plan smoking rooms.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Ford Officials See Increase In Full Business
Ford officials in Detroit report signs of higher business in the final quarter of 1930. September car and truck sales exceed 90 000 units while Canadian weekly production hits 22 000 units, about half of last year’s pace. River Rouge plant employs 80 000 but many departments run on a three day week.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
River Range
Osl
Stranger’s quick hand costs Mr. Smith ten dollars
In Winston-Salem a visitor asks to exchange ten dollar bills for a ten dollar note, then flees after leaving a blank envelope. Mr. Smith reports the incident to police. The stranger claimed to have left one dollar at home and never returned.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
G. B. Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
Caswell Oil Boom Began by High Test Flow
Caswell county faces an oil boom as Lonnie Burwell’s ordinary well near Burwell begins flowing since February after nearby blasting by state highway crews. Four hundred gallons have been produced to date, at four gallons daily, with a Washington lab report giving the oil a 61 percent test. Harrelson of Corbett and Ivey of Graham have leased over 100 acres and plan deep drilling.
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Reidsville
Caswell County
Lonnie Burwell
Washington
United States
P. E. Harrelson
Corbett
J. M. Ivey
Graham
Burwell
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