Veterans Study Finds Most Bonus Funds Used By Vets
The Veterans Administration reports only seven percent of loaned bonus funds yielded no tangible benefit. About 65 percent went to personal or family needs, with eight percent for automobiles and one fifth for investment. Of 2,000,000 borrowers, 32 percent were unemployed. Patman estimates about 640,000 unemployed veterans benefited.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Patman
Texas
Frank T. Hines
Administrator of
Veterans Affaire
Hines
U. S. Hospitals Put Under Fire
Fort Worth Texas October 14 The American Medical Association attacks the federal program for hospital and medical benefits to World War I veterans with service disabilities Dr E H Cary of Dallas president elect says Congress should end the policy and proposes disability insurance with cash payments during total disability and liberal hospitalization benefits doctors warn of higher taxes and a split in medical staffing
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Fort Worth
Texas
American Medical Association
E. H. Cary
Dallas
Congress
Northeast District Medical Society
Cary
Local Units For National Credit Pool Are Formed
New York reports the national credit corporation forming local units nationwide with operations expected to begin next week. Initial funds exceed 170 million dollars, potentially rising to a billion, as Delaware papers filed. The plan aims to ease banking tensions per Hoover, with commercial banks and others invited to participate within legal limits.
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National Credit Pool
New York
New National Credit Corporation
Central Organizing Committee
New As. Ss
Lord
Delaware
Corporation Trust Co
Hoover
Organization Committee
Seven Suggestions To Aid Unemployment Conditions By Stevens
At the North Carolina State Fair Henry L Stevens Jr national commander of the American Legion outlined seven steps to ease unemployment. Proposals include tighter immigration limits during the crisis promoting a five day week a six hour day and staggered employment where feasible by employers. The plan urges posts to organize local unemployment agencies to register and place workers to curb migration and to emphasize creating work rather than only providing relief to boost morale. Public sentiment should support building projects to employ people and stabilize communities.
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State Fair Grounds
Raleigh
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
American Legion
N. C
National Legion
One-Vote Margin Now In Prospect For Chancellor
Berlin Oct 14 Chancellor Bruening faced a potential one vote margin to keep his internationally minded government from defeat. Observers expected he could command 289 deputies just over a majority while Social Democrats Centrists and Bavarians backed him for 243 votes and could gain 46 more from other parties. The opposition totaled 107 Nazis 40 nationalists and 78 communists. A vote Friday on a nationalist motion to declare non conference could force his resignation if repudiated.
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Berlin
Bruening
Reichstag
Eastern Farmers Press Plea for Extra Assembly Term
A second delegation from eastern North Carolina farmers and business men will meet Governor Gardner on October 21 to seek a special session focusing on cotton, tobacco and peanut legislation. About 50 to 100 eastern farmers are expected to accompany N. G. Bartlett, who is pushing the move. Opposition exists among several lawmakers, while some leaders push to limit the session to the named crops. The governor continues to consider the request.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Gardner
N. G. Bartlett
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Bartlett
Robeson County
General Assembly
W. E. Lynch
A. E. White
Ernest Graham
Willis Smith
House
Connor
Wilson
Harris
Person
Sutton
Lenoir
Parker
Wayne
Oven
MacLean
Beaufort
Beaufort County
Blount
Pitt
Clark
Edgecombe
Harvey Given 4 Year Sentence For Embezzlement
William B. Harvey former cashier of the First National Bank of Kinston will serve four years and a day in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for embezzling 54000 from the bank. He pleaded guilty to three indictments containing 44 counts in federal court here and the judge noted his full confession and age 44 while passing sentence.
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New Bern
William B. Harvey
First National Bank of
Officer Promoted at Fort Bragg in North Carolina
Fayetteville October 14 Major Harvey D Higley of the 17th field artillery has been named executive officer at Fort Bragg. He succeeds Major Kenneth S Perkins who is ordered to the Philippine Islands as department inspector of that area.
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Fayetteville, N. C
Harvey D. Higley
17Th Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
Kenneth S. Perkins
Philippine Islands
Democrats' $1.5 Million Victory Fund Aims High
Democratic leaders announce a $1.5 million Victory Fund to finance the quadrennial presidential bid. Jouett Shouse chairs the effort with John W. Davis as campaign head and John H. Fahey executive chairman. James W. Gerard serves as treasurer with a 500-member mobilized committee.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
John W. Davis
John H. Fahey
Worcester
Mass
James W. Gerard
Germany
Democratic National Committee
Anti Hoover Man Elected to Congress in Wisconsin
In Racine Wisconsin Thomas R Amlie an anti Hoover progressive Republican was chosen by voters in the first district to fill the late Representative Henry Cooper term Amlie an Elkhorn attorney was backed by progressive Republicans Governor La Follette and Senator Blaine and criticized the Eighteenth Amendment tariff and the administration on unemployment issues.
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Racine
Wis
Thomas R. Amlie
Elkhorn
First Wisconsin
Henry Allen Cooper
House
Amlie
Philip A. la Follette
John J. Blaine
Capone Bad Judge of Ponies Says Bookmaker Testimony
In Chicago on October 14, Al Capone faced tax evasion charges with testimony that he misread race outcomes. Bookmaker Milton Held testified Capone bet on Hawthorne races in 1924 and 1925, losing between 8,000 and 12,000 dollars, while bookie Oscar Gutter claimed summer 1927 losses reached about 60,000 dollars. Actors Edward G. Robinson observed the trial briefly as gang figures Torrio Penovich and LaCava awaited subpoenas.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Husky
United States Circuit Court
Milton Held
Capone
Hawthorne
Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Oscar Gutter
Commission
Gutter
Johnny Torrio
Pete Penovich
Louis LaCava
Whipping Post Advocated For Wife Beaters in North Carolina
Judge George Harris of Recorder's court calls for a whipping post for men who mistreat wives in New Hanover County. He notes a dream of a whipping post and an inland waterway through Wrightsville Sound as part of his remarks during the Washington city session on October 14.
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Washington, N. C
Udge George Harris
Recorder’s Court
New Hanover County
Wrightsville Sound
Sailor sails Atlantic in small rubber boat
Fritz Engler, a Hamburg American Line second officer, left Lisbon for New York today in a rubber boat. He aims to complete the voyage in about seventy days via the Canary Islands and the Bahamas.
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Lisbon
Fritz Engler
Hamburg American Line
New York
Canary Islands
Bahamas
Johnny Branch and Roy McDade Suspended From UNC Squad
AP reports UNC head coach Chuck Collins suspended quarterback Johnny Branch of Salisbury and guard Roy McDade of Lenoir for the remainder of the season for breaking training in Florida. Branch had been a key offensive player, McDade a strong lineman, with UNC facing Georgia next.
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Johnny Branch
Roy McDade
Carolina Grid
Salisbury
Lenoir
University of North Carolina
Chuck Collins
Collins
Florida
Tar Heels
Long Clinging To Governorship By Use Of Soldiers
Huey P. Long maintains his Louisiana governorship amid a police guard as Lt. Gov. Paul N. Cyr seeks to claim the office, arguing Long cannot be both governor and U.S. senator. Cyr vows to pursue legal action while awaiting court outcomes, with King to be sworn in as lieutenant governor.
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Louisiana
Andrey
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Paul N. Cyr
Long
United States
Cyr
Jeanerette
Shreveport
Frank J. Looney
G. T. Worthem
King
Alvin O. King
Senate
New Iberia
Edwin Broussard
Football Charities Urge Colleges to Play Benefit Games
Owen D Young of the Presidents committee on unemployment relief asks every college and school to stage at least one charity football game. Army and Navy have planned a fundraiser meeting Dec 12 at Yankee Stadium with $5 and $10 tickets. Gross receipts after expenses to go to locally appointed relief committees in coordination with national and state bodies.
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New York
Owen D. Young
Young
Army
Navy
Yankee Stadium
North Carolina UDC Holds First Session in Charlotte
About 300 members of the North Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy attended the first business session of the 35th annual convention in Charlotte. The opening followed an executive board meeting that approved a Fort Fisher memorial plan for presentation today. Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky, president general, spoke at a dinner last night, with Mrs. Glenn Long of Newton presiding.
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Charlotte
North Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy
L. M. Bashinsky
Division
Fort Fisher
Glenn Long
Newton
Sea‘glons
Private citizens plan Burlington soup kitchen for winter
A group of private citizens in Burlington North Carolina outline tentative plans for a winter soup kitchen. They expect to serve one meal daily for three months to assist those facing possible unemployment.
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Burlington
N. C
Negotiations Ended After Japan China Talks Fail
Tokyo October 14 AP direct talks between Japan and China over Manchuria collapsed. Baron Shidehara and Chiang Tso Pin failed to agree on troop withdrawal and direct negotiations. China pressed for League of Nations involvement after talks broke down.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Manchuria
Baron Shidehara
Chiang Tso-Pin
Nanking
U S Cotton Consumption Rises in September Trade
Census data show September cotton use reaching 463704 bales of lint and 63866 linters, up from August figures of 425819 and 60729. End of month stocks stood at 775523 lint and 202523 linters, with September imports 5426 and exports 558192 lint and 4331 linters. Spindle activity totaled 25236916 in September, down slightly from August and last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Istao
Divorce and Alimony Among Chief Causes of Crime
Dr. Carleton Simon, criminologist, told police chiefs in St. Petersburg that divorce and alimony are major crime causes. He argued parental guidance erosion and parental separation fuel juvenile delinquency and crime, criticizing alimony as enabling insecure marriages and calling breach of promise suits unjustified.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Carleton Simon
New York
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Simon
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