Memorial Hall Honors UNC Founders Courage
Governor C Max Gardner told UNC faculty students and friends that NC and the university must have more people able to take punishment in service to an ideal as the new Memorial Hall was presented during the 138th birthday celebration. He stressed facing adversity squarely and not whimpering.
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J. C. Baskervill
Chapel Hill
State of
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
C. Max Gardner
Prohibition Enforcement Praised by Bishop Cannon
Baltimore October 12. Bishop James Cannon says the west and south now fully back enforcement of prohibition. He cites the Hoover message to Congress and the Wickersham report as shifting public opinion. He hopes a dry candidate could shift the 1932 campaign from prohibition to other issues.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore Evening Sun Today
James Cannon
Prumarcratiy Methodist
Wets
South
Hoover
Congress
Wickersham
White House
Mr. Hoover
Mencken
Tabernacles
War threat from Chiang Kai Shek eyes League action
State Department officials study Manchurian crisis amid Chiang Kai Shek speech threatening war if the League of Nations cannot secure a just settlement with Japan. Geneva to convene, Kellogg Briand pact cited, U.S. urges League to assert pressure.
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State Department
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Council of the
League of Nations
Japan
Geneva
Stimson
Castle
Stanley Hornbeck
Far Eastern
United States
Capone Henchman Receives Stern Bail Warning
Philip D Andrea Capone bodyguard carried a pistol into federal court for the Capone income tax trial and was ordered held without bail with a defense deadline set for tomorrow. Judge James H Wilkerson warned the armed presence at the defendant table underscoring serious trouble.
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Federal
Chicago
Philip D'Andrea
Capone
Scarface al” Capone
James H. Wilkerson
D'Andrea
State fair opens with best farm display yet seen
Raleigh October 12 North Carolina's annual state fair opened under the state department of agriculture with larger agricultural exhibits and emphasis on living at home. W A Graham state commissioner spoke at 11 am in a radio broadcast by WPTF urging diversification, reduced cotton and tobacco acreage, and inviting all North Carolinians to visit.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
W. A. Graham
General Assembly
WPTF
Graham
Hoover urges police as public heroes to curb crime
President Hoover in a radio address to the International Association of Chiefs of Police urged public opinion to back police efforts and prosecuting authorities. He condemned the glorification of gangsters and warned that clever lawyers exploiting loopholes undermine criminal laws, calling for universal police backing and stronger safeguards for the innocent.
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International Association of Chiefs of Police
St. Petersburg
Fla
White House
International Association of Police Chiefs
United States
Parole Review Ordered in Goldhurst Case
Washington reports the department of justice will review the prosecution conviction and parole of Harry L. Goldhurst a former New York broker who aided Bishop James Cannon Jr in stock transactions. Senator Glass had urged Mitchell to examine claims of a “blameworthy agreement” for an early parole in exchange for a guilty plea.
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Washington
Harry L.goldhurst
New York
James Cannon, Jr
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Senator Glass
Virginia
Goldhurst
Glass
Lou Fonseca Named New Manager of Chicago White Sox
Lou Fonseca today was named manager of the Chicago White Sox on a two year contract. He succeeds Donie Bush who resigned Friday after joining the White Sox in a trade from Cleveland involving Willie Kamm and Lonnie Ballard.
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Chicago
Lou Fonseca
White Sox
Fonseca
Lonnie Ballard
Cleveland
Willie Kamm
Donie Bush
Senators Glass and Robinson Clash Over Credit Plan
Arkansas Senator Robinson replies to Senator Glass saying he aims to aid credit and business revival but will not approve any plan that unloads frozen securities on Federal Reserve Banks. He notes no definite measure has been published and cautions safeguards to avoid speculative transactions, page seven continued.
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Robinson
Litte Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Carter Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Hoover
Wall Street Banks Observe Columbus Day Holiday
New York observed Columbus Day quietly as Wall Street and banks closed for the holiday. Emanuel Grazzi the Italian consul general headed a ceremony group and wreath laying at the base of the statue.
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New York
Wall Street
Emanuel Grazzi
Death Rides With State's Motorists
Charlotte report notes eight deaths on North Carolina highways over the weekend with many injured. Among the fatalities are Wade Kelley struck on a Charlotte street by a Taylors South Carolina driver W R Bridgeman. Hennie Nelms 20 of Rocky Mount killed in a collision near Spring Hope with M L Fogel of New York. LeGrand High 20 of Durham County a passenger in an overturned auto near Durham.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Wade Kelley
W. R. Bridgeman
Taylors
Durham County
Durham
Boy 15 Pleads Guilty to Murder Life Imposed
Crown Point Ind Oct 12 Perry Swank 15 year old student pleaded guilty before Judge Smith to the murder of Eugene Duckworth. He changed his plea from not guilty at the start of the trial and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Crown Point
Ind
Perry Swank
Smith
Eugene Duckworth
Edison Slipping Toward Death in Final Dying Days
Edison, living in West Orange New Jersey, is rapidly failing toward death with day to day declines. Dr. Hubert Howe reports Edison in a coma phase, no fluids or nourishment for a week and only six teaspoons of stewed pears in the last 72 hours. He no longer recognizes anyone and lies mostly motionless, though his strong heart endures.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Edison
Howe
Supreme Court rebuffs plea on oath to bear arms for citizenship
The Supreme Court denied rehearing requests by Yale professor Douglas MacIntosh and former war nurse Marie Bland, upholding the rule that citizenship applicants must take an oath to fight if required. Justice Sutherland joined the majority, while Chief Justice Hughes dissented. The decision hinges on Rosika Schwimmer precedent, limiting religious liberty and broadening wartime oath obligations.
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Supreme Court
Uay
Douglas
MacIntosh
Yale
Marie Averil Bland
Hughes
Justice Holmes
Rosika Schwimmer
Sutherland
Miss Schwimmer
Miss Bland
New York
Brest
John W. Davis
British Colonies Drop Gold Standard Suspended
Livingstone North Rhodesia October 12. Northern and Southern Rhodesia British colonies in South Africa have suspended the gold standard in conformity with instructions from the secretary of state the official gazette said today.
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Livingstone
North Rhodesia
Northern
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa
Eastern NC Chamber to urge extra session on farm acreage
The Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce plans a second plea to Governor O Max Gardner to call a special session of the General Assembly to curb cotton and tobacco acreage. N G Bartlett will lead the committee. Eight county boards Pitt Beaufort Nash Cumberland Halifax Northampton Craven and Duplin already support the move.
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Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Gardner
Raleigh
N. C
Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
O. Max Gardner
General Assembly
N. G. Bartlett
Bartlett
Boards of Commissioners
Pitt, Beaufort
Nash
Cumberland
Halifax
Northampton
Craven
Duplin
100000 Britons Protest Pay Cut By Civil Servants
About 100000 civil servants protested reductions in their salaries along the Thames to Hyde Park. The peaceful march featured 20 bands and banners with slogans such as Postmen See Red Stop Cutting Our Wages. Police reported the event orderly but noted chaos from a related communist protest.
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London
Great Britain
Thames
Hyde Park
Lsten
Harlem Hails Gandhi As Second Moses To Free Enslaved Races
London report says Harlem hails Mahatma Gandhi as a second Moses who could lead all colored races from bondage to freedom. He may visit New York organizations to speak on racial problems and non-violence, with planned stops in Philadelphia Washington and Boston. He plans European visits after the round-table conference and praises Prime Minister MacDonald for Britain’s crisis handling.
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Gandhi
Moses
London
Mahatma Gandhi
New York
United States
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Washington
Boston
John Haynes Holmes
Mahatma
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