Congress Faces Dry Issue in New Clothing
United Press reports Congress will again debate prohibition modification next winter with beer advocates arguing it would create jobs, boost revenue, and absorb grain. Dry forces oppose changes. President Hoover reportedly remains against modification. The grape concentrate wine angle is under study, with Sen Morris Sheppard planning to reintroduce a home nonintoxicating fruit juice measure. Prohibition chief Amos Woodcock pursues tougher enforcement and reforms.
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Congress
United Press Associations
Raymond Clapper
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
California
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Heer
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Woodcock
Rites Held for E. S. Jones at Hickory Grove
Funeral services for E S Jones a well known farmer who died Sunday at his Jamestown route 1 home were conducted Monday at Hickory Grove M P church at 3 pm. Rev E O Peeler and visiting pastors led the service with hymns from Greensboro Westminster church choir. Grandsons Clayton Marshall Hubert Jones VerNon Hassell and Julius Tedder served as pallbearers. Flower bearers included several Mrs J T Tedder and many Hassell and Jones relatives. Interment followed in Hickory Grove cemetery.
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Clayton Jones
Marshall Jones
Hubert Jones
Macy Hassell
Vernon Hassell
Julius Tedder
J. T. Tedder
Bernice Jones
Irene Chadwick
Bertha Rule
Louise Jones
Tia Hassell
Edna Hassell
Katherine Hassell
Hendersonville Man Will Be Tried For Murder of His Wife
Plato Edney, 33, charged with firing a fatal shotgun at his wife through her window last August 3, awaits drawing of a special venire for a Henderson County Superior Court jury. Edney's counsel sought a venue change, accepting a compromise to choose jurors from a county area distant from Edney and his father‑in‑law. The shot wounded two of Edney's children and missed the infant being dressed by the mother.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Plato Edney
Henderson County Superior Court
Edney
Noxzera Skin Cream Promises Quick Clear Skin
A historical ad claims nurses endorse a medicated cream that smooths rough skin and tightens pores. It asserts one application softens and clears the complexion, with regular use yielding a radiant youthful finish. Consumers are urged to visit their drugstore for a trial jar of Noxzera.
Many Girls Helped by Local YWCA in High Point
A 15 year old orphan arrived with 65 cents, found help at the High Point YWCA. Over three years the organization built a strong record of assisting girls with housing, meals, and support. The Y offers clean rooms, a house mother, a kitchenette, and a registry of safe rooms, plus an emergency room and social spaces for guests and visitors.
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High Point
Young Women's Christian Association
Walker
Y. W
Republicans to Organize Senate and House Uncertain
The piece details power dynamics as Republicans and Democrats approach control in the Senate with 47 each and a farmer labor member. It notes potential bloc formations and key vacancies including the First Wisconsin district and the death of Nicholas Longworth in Ohio, with elections on November 3 shaping party balance.
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New Hampshire
New England
Northwest
Senate
Farmer-Labor
Morrow
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Wisconsin
Capitol
Thomas R. Amlie
Henry Allen Cook
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Arrests in Bla Day Drive Prompt Federal Court Term
In four counties since August 114 people were arrested during Bla Day Drive. Surry county accounted for 40 arrests, Stokes 30, Forsyth and Winston Salem 34. Bonds averaged $500 for appearance at federal court opening November 9. Charges included manufacturing, selling whiskey, transporting and conspiracy to violate prohibition. Osteen credited strong local officer cooperation across all four counties.
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Osteen
Surry County
Stokes
Forsyth County
Winston- Salem
German Chancellor Urges Shared World Effort and Debt Relief
Bruening calls for cabinet program that uses aid from foreign nations but warns of rising domestic distress in Germany over the past decade. He argues for translating global economic cooperation into practical deeds to avert upheavals in German life. He cites potential 360 million mark debt reduction to salvage private industry.
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Germany
Capone Gambling House Profits Highlighted in Trial
Testimony describes a Cicero gambling operation run under names like Smoke Shop and Subway with profits of about 150,000. Ralph Capone and Jack Guzik figure in management changes and cash handling, including cashier checks to Guzik and even to Al Capone.
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Cicero
Ries
Ralph Capone
Pete’ Penovich
Jack Guzik
Guzlik
al Capone
Average Freshman at State Weighs 137 Pounds
The average freshman at North Carolina State College is reported to weigh 137.3 pounds and stand about 5 feet 7 inches tall based on campus data.
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North Carolina State College
Continental Furniture Company Displays At Home Furnishings Show
The Continental Furniture Company, located in this city, showcases its period bedroom and dining room lines in Chicago and at its permanent High Point exhibit. The next wholesale expo at the American Furniture Mart runs January 4–16, 1932, with a larger display planned in its 7000 square feet on the Southern Furniture Exposition Building third floor.
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American Furniture Mart
Chicago
Continental Furniture Company
Furniture Mart
High Point
League Studies Manchurian Row Across Nations
The Sino-Japanese dispute deepens as China rebuts Japan's demand to suppress anti Japanese demonstrations amid Manchuria occupation. Washington and London weigh crisis as Ningking learns Tokyo plans to press for peaceful solution while regional tensions rise with reports of battles and withdrawals near Manchuria.
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Japan
Nanking
Manchuria
Tokyo
Mukden
Chang Heueh-Liang
Great Wall
Peiping
Chichow
Washington
League of Nations Council
Uyemura
Chiegemitsu
Shanghai
London
Nelson T. Johnson
Charles Lampson
League
Japs Ready for Parley
Tokyo reports Japan ready to discuss a Manchurian settlement with responsible Chinese authorities. The policy centers on talks with Nanking for core issues and Mukden authorities for details, with a call to end anti Japanese agitation and a clarification that no extra rights will be sought beyond existing ones. Edwin Neville, the American chargé d affaires, was informed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Nanking
Mukden
Manchuria
China
Edwin Neville
Chinese withdrawal from Manchuria after Japanese warning
Military reports from Mukden say Chang Hsueh-liang's Chinese troops have pulled back south of the Great Wall in Manchuria after a Japan warning against further clashes. Chang, ousted from Mukden, began reinforcing at Chinchow as Tokyo asserts his concentration threatened the south Manchurian railway.
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China
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
Shantung
Peking
Formosa
Pescadores
Liao-Tung Peninsula
Russia
Shansu
Sun Yat-Sen
Mongolia
Nanking
Tokyo
Mukden
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Great Wall
Chinchow
Chang
Peiping Legation
Great Wall of China
South Manchurian
Hoover reports brighter Manchuria situation to cabinet
President Hoover received brighter reports on the Manchurian situation as he chaired a cabinet meeting. Indications in high official circles suggested that the League of Nations and other agencies are exerting efforts to ease tensions and pursue diplomatic solutions.
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The
League
Hoover
Manchuria
Geneva
Machuria
Washington
League of Nations
Fountain Speaks On Radio Tonight From Raleigh
Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount will address WPTF Raleigh tonight at 9. The event follows recent radio talks by A. J. Maxwell and J. C. B. Ehringhaus as candidates for governor. Fountain is expected to outline his stand on self government ad valorem taxes and school funding while balancing local and state roles. The legislature has delayed the short ballot issue, sending it to the constitutional revision committee.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
WPTF
A. J. Maxwell
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Fountain
Constitutional Revision Committee
Business In Spain Paralyzed By Strike
GRANADA Spain Oct 13 Automobiles were stoned a mail track wrecked and business paralyzed today in a general strike growing from demand by the chauffeurs union for higher wages Forty persons were arrested.
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Granada
Spain
When You CANT QUIT Bayer Aspirin Relief
An old style advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as a ready quick relief for many pains. It advises carrying it during travel and at home to prevent headaches and discomfort. The copy markets aspirin as a versatile, dependable health aid for neuralgia neuritis and general ache.
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Bayer
Aes
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