Navy Friends Back Hoover Plan To Let Public Decide On Cuts
Washington October 3 The Navy’s allies in Congress support President Hoover’s call to let the public decide on cutting fleet expenditures. Senator Hale and Representative Britten say a navy reduction weakens national defense and will introduce legislation to rebuild the fleet to London treaty limits. They oppose any naval holiday, arguing the fleet is aging and needs modernization.
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KK Fk
Kk HK Navy
Hoover
Washington
Congress
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Britten
Tlinois
House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Freddy Lund Killed in Lexington Air Race Crash
Freddy Lund renowned stunt flier dies after his plane loses tail assembly when Scotty Burmood crowds him during a twenty mile Lexington air race. Lund parachute fails to deploy due to low altitude. Burmood unhurt. Lund, 39, lived in Charlotte and was to participate in Charlotte and Cleveland shows.
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Lexington
Freddie Lund
Scotty Burmood
Moline
Ill
Lund
Burmood
Charlotte
N. C
Betty Lund
World Flyers Non-Stop Tokyo to Seattle Flight
Pangborn and Herndon, American world flyers, begin a non stop hop from Tokyo to Seattle after delays. The two pilots are shown in the monoplane cabin in the map illustration.
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Pacific
Pangborn
Herndon
Tokio
Seattle
Left
Mission Study At Global Methodist Conference
At Atlanta on October 16 delegates from around the world begin a study of the church s mission to mankind during the sixth Ecumenical Conference It recalls John and Charles Wesley in Savannah 200 years ago High officials including President Hoover Vice President Curtis and Secretary Arthur Hyde will attend Gypsy Smith Bishop Akazawa Dr Rydersmith and Miss Helen Kim are among speakers The conference has no legislative authority and focuses on general faith topics.
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Atlanta
America
Savannah
John
Charles Wesley
Esident Hoover
Curtis
Arthur Hyde
Gypsy Smith
Motozo Akazawa
Japan
S. Rydersmith
Methodist Conference of
England
Helen Kim
Seoul
Korea
Mrs Lindbergh Life Belt Fails In Plane Crash
The state department received a Hankow report stating Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh’s rubber life belt failed. She followed her husband’s advice and dove into the water as the plane tipped, both Lindberghs swimming until picked up downstream by a boat from the Hermes.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hankow
State Department
Lindbergh
Ben
Hermes
Brummitt Plans Gov Candidacy and Resignation
Raleigh October 3 The state attorney general Dennis G Brummitt intends to seek the democratic nomination for governor. He will likely wait until January 1 1932 to announce his candidacy and resign as attorney general to devote full time to the campaign. He will issue a platform statement with the announcements and has shown no rush to join the early campaign.
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Daniels
J. C. Baskervill Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Dennis G. Brummitt
Brummitt
Mr. Brummitt
R. T. Fountain
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
J. C. B. Ehringhall
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Navy
Tammany Chiefs Defy Committee Contention Continues
Three Democratic leaders in New York resisted private questioning by Hofstadter’s legislative committee accusing them of allowing professional gamblers in political clubs. Subpoenaed, Sheriff Thomas Farley Alderman Peter McGuinness and Harry Peters refuse private testimony claiming no power to compel disclosure behind closed doors.
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New York
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Inquiry Board
Samuel Seabury
Thomas M. Farley
Peter J. McGuinness
Harry O. Peters
Edison Slipping Toward Poor Health in New Jersey
Edison, aged inventor Thomas A., showed a steady decline in condition. Family and physician Hubert Howe noted waning strength. a brief apparent gain was followed by renewed weakness as Charles Edison reported Mr Edison had “gone back.”
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert
Howe
Charles Edison
Patison
National Grange opposes federal sales tax plan
The National Grange executive committee proposed a new foundation for the weakened U S agricultural structure. It calls for a broader tax base and opposes a general sales tax, supports acreage reduction and sound land use, and favors export debentures and changes to the Federal Farm Loan system. It also opposes a 15 percent rise in freight rates for farm products and seeks state income gift and inheritance taxes with greater local returns.
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Washington
National Grange
The
Grange
American Engineer Honored By Soviets
Moscow reports the supreme economic council of the Soviet Union publicly appreciating and awarding about 7500 dollars to American mining engineer Howard MacDonald for services in introducing an improved mining system that cut costs and increased efficiency.
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Moscow
Supreme Economic Council of the Union of Soviet Republics
Howard MacDonald
Near Arrest After Gunfight Ends in Double Suicide
In Enid Oklahoma a downtown gunfight left two fugitives dead after the older man shot himself and his younger companion. One man identified as Tom Goggin of Junction City Kansas was suspected by officers. A deputy sheriff and other officers pursued fleeing suspects through Enid and along a road to Lowlands before locating the bodies.
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Enid
Okla
Tom Goggin
Junction City
Kans
Elmer Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Mayor Slain by Brother in Irondale Store Duel
In Birmingham area news, John A. Griffin mayor of Irondale was shot dead and his brother James Griffin of Bessemer was seriously wounded in a pistol duel at the mayor's store. Friends said the brothers argued over land from their father's will. A coroner reported a small caliber pistol and a Derringer found on the floor, both weapons fired.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Griffin
Irondale
James Griffin
Bessemer
G. M. Evans
John Griffin
Pangborn and Herndon Begin Record Flight From Japan
Two American aviators Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr started a non stop flight from Japan to the United States from Samushiro Beach at 7 01 a m local time. They climbed to about 3000 feet as they set out toward Salt Lake City weather ahead unclear and the long journey continues.
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Nemuro
Japan
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
United States
Nemura
Samushiro Beach
Pangborn
Herndon
Samushiro
Hugh Herndon
Lipton to be buried in Glasgow on Tuesday
Sir Thomas Lipton, renowned yachtsman, died yesterday. He will be laid to rest beside family in Glasgow with the body traveling by train Tuesday. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday afternoon, with concurrent services at Saint Columbus Church in London.
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Thomas Lipton
Glasgow
London
Saint Columbus Church
Capone Jeered by 40000 at Northwestern Stadium
Forty thousand fans at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium in Evanston booed and jeered gangster Al Capone and his bodyguards during the Nebraska football game. Capone left with his party after the third period amid a thunderous chorus of boos. Northwestern President Dr Walter Bill Scott sought action from Police Chief Freeman, who said the men had bought tickets and violated no laws.
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Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
Bronx
Northwestern University
Dyche Stadium
Evanston
Jack” McGure
Northwestern University of Nebraska
Capone
Walter Bill Scott
William O. Freeman
Farm Board Wheat May Aid In Relief
Washington dispatch says the Farm Board offered bulging wheat and cotton stores to national relief agencies to ease unemployment distress as winter approaches. The action aims to bolster relief efforts and stabilize markets while aiding needy families during the looming season.
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Farm Board
Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce Urges Limits on Short Selling
Washington reports the United States Chamber of Commerce calls for immediate measures to curb bear raids by restricting short sales to those with actual possession or with 40 percent cash deposit. The plan accompanies broader relief measures, including potential compensation for stock gifts and channeling surplus grain to relief programs.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Julius Barnes
Hoover
New York Stock Exchange
German Chancellor Bruening to Visit White House
Washington reports a White House visit by German Chancellor Henrich Bruening is expected soon. Republican National Committee executive director Robert H. Lucas said Bruening would be a White House guest after French Premier Laval's late month visit.
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Washington
White House
Henrich Bruening
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Bruening
Premier Laval
France
Unbridled Armaments Quote Sparks Papal Appeal
Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical Nova Impendet urging a mercy crusade to aid the unemployed amid economic distress caused by the unbridled arms race. He urged bishops to organize relief and called for widespread contributions, warning hunger and idleness threaten innocent children and international stability.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Occupation of Newchian by Japanese Forces Reported
Shanghai reports on October 3 say Japanese troops occupy Newchiang and bomb a Chinese barracks near Paishan-Che, about 100 miles from Mukden. Chinese sources claim it targets Chinese soldiers, while Japanese sources deny and call them bandits. Reuters cites 6,000 Chinese troops with around 200 casualties.
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Shanghai
Mukden
Newchiang
Cire Cles
Japan
Manchuria
Reuters
Paishan-Che
Ee Mukden
Cial
Manchurian
Cannon Stoges Dealing Records Ready for Jury
Washington Oct 3 Bishop Cannon s stock market dealings to be reviewed by a grand jury next week. It will study funds for the Anti-Smith Democratic committee as records from a New York brokerage firm are examined. Senator Frelinghuysen testified he gave 20000 to the Anti Smith committee. The probe also targets Ada L Burroughs treasurer and Cannon s financial operations a separate Senate inquiry continues into alleged misaccounting of funds.
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Washington
Bishop Cannon
Antix
Democratic Committee
John J. Wilson
New York
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Europe
Anti- Smith Committee
Senate
Ada L. Burroughs
Anti-Smith Democratic Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Representat Tinkham
Strike clash at pier wounds longshoremen and strikebreakers
In Boston on October 3 a violent confrontation erupted at Commonwealth Pier between striking Longshoremen and strikebreakers. Firearms knives bale hooks and clubs were used as one man was critically wounded in the bitter clash marking the first serious outbreak since 50 Luckenbach steamship line workers walked out earlier in the week.
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Boston
Commonwealth Pier
Luckenbach Steamship Line
Twenty Two From N C Raleigh Wolfpack Squad
Twenty two members of the 1931 Wolfpack live in North Carolina. There are 40 on the squad. Other states represented include Kentucky Pennsylvania New York Ohio Iowa Minnesota and Arkansas.
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N.C
Raleigh
Wolfpack
North Carolina
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Iowa
Minnesota
Arken
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U.S. Chamber OF Commerce
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