Hoover MacDonald Retreat Aims At World Peace Talks
President Hoover and British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald travel to a Virginia Blue Ridge retreat to privately discuss Anglo American relations and the looming naval conference. Attending officials include Sir Robert Vansittart and Dr. Joel Boone while Stimson heads to Rapidan with Mrs. Stimson.
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Frank
Rapidan River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Washington
Sir Robert van Sittart
MacDonald
Joel T. Boone
Anne Shankey
White House
Stimson
Rapidan
Pantages Couple Faces Serious Legal Setbacks
In Los Angeles on October 5, Alexander Pantages and his wife faced legal pressure. Mrs Pantages, ill and in a wheelchair, had a new trial request denied while a grand jury indicted on interference with a state witness. The theatre magnate heard of a separate death sentence proceeding tied to last June.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Carlos S. Hardy
Pantages
Benjamin Blank
Rioting at Marion mill cited sheriff deputies as shooters
Witnesses tell the judge that all gunfire in the Marion Manufacturing riot came from Sheriff O F Adkins and his deputies. Five people were killed. The NC superior court investigation led by Judge W F Harding adjourned at noon and will resume Monday.
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Marion
Marion Manufacturing Company
O. F. Adkins
W. F. Harding
North Carolina Superior Court
Gardner
Harding
Leila Hyatt
al Stuart
Sheriff Adkins
John Jonas
Senate hovers over farm board nominees amid opposition
In Washington the steel and cotton factions threaten to block Carl Williams of Oklahoma and Sam McKelvie of Nebraska from the federal farm board as senators split over prices and cooperative marketing efforts. Western critics and Senator Wheeler lead the revolt against McKelvie while Senator Smith weighs loyalty to cotton producers against Hoover’s aims.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Farm Board
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sam R. McKelvie
Nebraska
Williams
McKelvie
Smith
South Carolina
Early Rewarded for Bravery at Arm Show
Sergeant Bernard Early of New Haven Conn received the Distinguished Service Cross at the Army War College arena during the annual arms show. He earned the decoration for conspicuous gallantry and leadership that inspired Alvin C York and his 17 man detachment to fight 200 Germans, killing 26 and capturing 132, in the Argonne. York congratulated Early and praised the recognition of their leadership.
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Washington
No Man’s Land
Bernard Early
New Haven
Conn
Alvin C. York
Army War College
Sergeat Early
York
Argonne
Germany Mourns as Stresemann Funeral Plans Finalized
Berlin prepares tomorrow for the funeral of Gustav Stresemann German foreign minister and renowned statesman. Final arrangements set for 11 a m in the Reichstag hall draped in black with President von Hindenburg and the Stresemann family attending. Chancellor Muller will deliver the sole funeral oration after the ceremonies and music.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Bismarck
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Stresemann
Mueller
Ansonia Grounded After Fierce Cherbourg Gale
The British passenger liner Ansonia ran aground in Cherbourg Roads as a violent wind lashed the coast. Preparations to disembark passengers were under way while the ship, en route from Southampton to Quebec, rode out the gale with its anchor snagged in the Impregnable’s chain.
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Cherbourg
France
Ansonia
Southampton
Eng
Quebec
Inmates Marooned as Flood Hits Negro Hospital
One hundred fifty inmates of the state hospital for the negro insane are marooned on the second and third floors of two dormitories in Goldsboro as Little River floodwaters rise to two feet. Meals reach them by rowboat while officials note no immediate danger to the building. Cattle evacuated from the dairy barn. river rising but not expected to worsen. In Wilmington, two Cape Fear river dykes break, flooding 2900 acres and marooning 100+ families with Red Cross aid sought. No deaths reported.
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Hoover
George
Consumers Council
Tariff Commission
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Broussard
Louisiana
Philippines
King
Utah
Goldsboro
State Hospital For the Negro Insane
Little River
Neuse
Institution
Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Lower
Bladen County
Home owners may erect seats on top for game
Philadelphia judges ruled homeowners with roof views of Shibe park games may build bleacher stands on their roofs to seat several hundred fans in the world series. They did not issue an injunction preventing police from restricting roof crowds, but said the structures must comply with building laws.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas
En Blanc
Shibe Park
Governor Silent After Marion Labor Talk in Raleigh
Governor Max Gardner received a Marion labor delegation seeking an impartial committee, including a United Textile Workers member, to probe conditions at Marion. After a two hour meeting he offered no statements, as leaders pressed for inquiry into deputies involved in the Marion massacre, wages hours, employer violations, and mill finances.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Marion
United Textile Workers Union of America
Francis J. German
United Textile Workers Union
Marino
French Murder Mystery Ends as Publicity Stunt Fiasco
Paris report says Henri Boulogne confessed aiding in burying Clement Passal alias Marquis de Champaubert to dupe public for a memoir launch. They dug a coffin near Paris, lowered it in a shallow grave, and left Passal to breathe through a tube until Boulogne returned. Police arrested Boulogne that night.
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Paris
Henri Boulogne
Unkerque
Clement Passal
Marquis de Champaubert
Knights of Themis
Passal
Boulogne
Bernalwood
Fifty Airplanes On National Tour Visit Winston
Fifty or more aircraft, the largest fleet to visit North Carolina, will land at Miller Municipal airport in Winston-Salem on Thursday before noon and depart at 2 pm for Greenville. The Ford national air tour of 1929 features midget bi planes to 20 passenger tri motors, with three Auto gyros debuting. Local authorities plan crowd control and traffic management while pilots lunch at the airport before the 2 pm takeoff.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Miller Municipal Airport
Winston-Salem J
National Guard
Richmond
Greenville
S. C
Virginia
Airport Commission
Demand for Pecans Could Rise in Coming Years
Washington reports wholesalers and retailers across 22 cities say pecan sales have risen steadily and many consumers prefer pecans if prices stay comparable. They expect demand to grow with an advertising push educating shoppers and retailers about pecans.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States Department of Agriculture
Testimony Links Hendricks to Aderholt Murder Case
Charlotte October 5. Testimony connected K Y Hendricks one of seven labor leaders on trial for murder of Gastonia Police Chief O F Aderholt. Mrs Connie Neal said Hendricks admitted killing Aderholt Tom Gilbert and possibly Roach after a shotgun volley. Evidence also tied Fred Erwin Beal National Textile Workers Union organizer to conspiracy to murder.
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Tom Gilbert
A. J. Roach
Gastonia
Hendricks
Neal
Loray Mill
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
Tom Jenkins
Bear
Walter Grigg
Neigh Corony
George
Wall Street Surges on Rally After Declines
Wall Street closed higher today with many issues gaining up to $10 a share while tobacco shares jumped as cigarette prices rose by top manufacturers. The session lifted prices from earlier declines and cut losses from the prior two days, though overall levels remained below last week’s close.
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Wall Street
Stacles
Nets
Associated Press-Standard Statistics Company
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