Beet Sugar Association Testimony Before Senate Lobby Panel
H A Austin secretary and treasurer for the United States Beet Sugar Association testified before a Senate lobby committee on tariff bill influence. He said the group spends about 70000 annually, with roughly 56000 in the first nine months this year on publications and press releases.
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Washington
United States Beet Sugar Association
Senate Lobby Committee
H. A. Austin
Congress
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Austin
Frederick L. Koch
Tariff Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nations Accept Naval Conference Invitations
Washington reports prompt acceptances from Japan France and Italy for the naval conference. France and Italy may add reservations regarding submarines, while Japan secures the emperor's formal approval. Officials plan to designate delegations after clarifying principles and smoothing negotiations.
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Washington
Naval Conference
North Carolina Praised for Roads and Schools Progress
Assistant Interior Secretary Joseph M. Dixon told a Raleigh audience that North Carolina has seen the greatest improvements in roads and public schools in the nation over the past 30 years. He cited the state fair dedication, homecoming events, and upcoming Wake Forest Duke and Chapel Hill observances.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Interior
Montana
Durham
Dixon
Defense rests as state prepares rebuttal in Gastonia murder trial
In Charlotte on October 16 the defense rested at 10 40 a m in the murder trial of seven labor union leaders and strikers charged in the O F Aderholt case. Judge Barnhill refused a noon recess, allowing 15 minutes for prosecution witness conference. The defense closed without calling Clarence Miller Joseph Harrison Louis McLaughlin and W M McGinnis. Beal and Carter testified. The seven face charges of murder and assault on Gastonia policemen A J Roach Thomas Gilbert and C M Ferguson. The state began rebuttal with Tom Hanna and sought to compel Sheriff Cliff Fowler to testify about Beal s alleged rioting near Loray mill. The judge scheduled Hanna s further testimony outside the jury before ruling. The court recessed for lunch.
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E. C. Cansler
M. W. Barnhill
Clarence Miller
New York
Joseph Harrison
Passaic
N. J
Louis McLaughlin
W. M. McGinnis
Gastonia
Fred Erwin Beal
Lawrence
Mass
National Textile Workers Union
George Carter
Mizpah
A. J. Roach
Thomas Gilbert
C. M. Ferguson
Tom Hanna
Gaston County
lLoray Mill
Beal
Drikers
Cliff Fowler
Union County
Cansler
Barnhill
Union
Charlotte
Hanna
Detective Sues LL D for Fees in Gastonia Case
H G Gulley Raleigh private detective sues the UN International Labor Defense Juliet Stuart Poyntz and four individuals for 2500 dollars alleging services in gathering evidence for the defense of seven National Textile Workers union leaders charged with murder in the Loray mill case. The suit in Gastonia Superior Court names J Leon Josephson Tom P Jimison and W H Abernathy as defendants.
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Gastonia
H. G. Guiley
Raleigh
UN International Labor Defense
Loray Tent Colony
Gulley
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
New York
International Labor Defense
J. Leon Josephson
Newark
N. J
Tom P. Jimison
W. H. Abernathy
Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
O. F. Aderholt
Four Die In Charlotte Auto and Train Collisions
In Charlotte, four deaths occurred from two accidents. Mrs Ruth Pruitt and her mother Mrs Margaret Wright were fatally injured when their car was struck by a northbound Southern Railway train at a grade crossing. Pauline Harwell, 12, was run over and killed by an automobile. Catherine Mae Rosich, nine, died when a truck overturned while avoiding the girl.
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Charlotte
Ruth Pruitt
Margaret Wright
Southern Railway
Catherine Mae
Mack Rosich
Hoover to Speak at Curie Presentation in Washington
President Hoover will give a brief address during Madame Curie’s presentation of a gram of varium at the Academy of Sciences in Washington on October 16 1930.
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Hoover
Curie
Washington
Madame Curie
Academy of Sciences
West Point Annapolis football relations may resume this year
Chairman Britten said after a White House call that the president favors resuming service academy football. He proposed a December 6 Chicago meeting at Soldiers Field with War and Navy secretaries and a neutral third party to set rules for the games.
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Washington
Britten
House Naval Committee
White House
West Point
Annapolis
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Secretaries of War and Navy
Fall of Afghanistan Capital Confirmed
Simla reports a wireless message confirming the fall of Khabul, the Afghan capital, to Nadir Khan’s forces. The message also notes Habibullah’s flight after Amanullah’s deposition.
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Afghanistan
Simla
India
Khabul
Nadir Khan
Habibullah
Amanullah
May Ask Ruling On Liquor Law
The Department of Justice is considering asking the Supreme Court to decide if a buyer of illegal liquor can be prosecuted as equally liable as the seller.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Mrs May Otis Blackburn Held On Twelve Grand Theft Counts
Mrs May Otis Blackburn a high priestess of a cult remained jailed in default of 70000 bail facing twelve counts of grand theft filed by oil operator Clifford Dabney. Her daughter Ruth Weiland Rizzio was freed for insufficient evidence, while two cult members were released with no proof of culpability in the death of Willa Rhoads.
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Los Angeles
May Otis Blackburn
the Divine Order of the Royal Arm of the
Clifford Dabney
Ruth Weiland Rizzio
Blackburn
William Pp. Rhoads
Willa Rhoads
Ray Cato
Cato
Dabney
France Accepts Invitation for Naval Conference
Paris reports that the French government has accepted Britain's invitation to attend a naval conference in London in January. The text of the acceptance will be released for publication tonight.
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Paris
London
Anti Santa Claus Propaganda Urged In Psychologist Book
Dr William S Sadler of Chicago argues five year olds should be told the truth about Santa Claus to avoid future shocks. He notes public opinion may oppose disclosure but urges parents to explain the truth early, fearing subconscious damage from disbelief. He discusses his new book outlining anti neurotic therapy.
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Psychologist
New York
William SS. Sadler
Chicago
America
Santa Claus
Sonny
Leader Of Rebellion In China Held
In Nanking on October 16 Gen Chaing Kai-Shek's government seized Feng Yu-hsiang leader of the Shansi rebellion. Feng, once called the Christian general, was detained by Yen Hsi-Shan’s guards as fighting raged near Kaifeng and Hankow amid clashes with the Kuomintang forces. General Chiang planned to travel to Hankow to direct operations against Feng’s Kuomintang army.
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Nanking
China
Yen Hsi-Shan
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Chaing Kai-Shek
Chao Tai-Wen
Yen
Feng
Hankow
Kuominchun
Kuominchun, Or ‘“People’s Army
Kaifeng
Henan
Chiang Kai-shek
Harkow
Kuomuinchow
Negro Denies Attacking Girl in North Carolina Court
Ernest Brumfield testified in Union County Superior Court denying the August 18 assault on Velma Preslar 18 daughter of a minister. He stated his age as 18 and identified his home as in North Carolina with a name change to Vasti Brumfield after moving to Wingate.
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Monroe
N. C
Ernest
Vasti
Brumfield
Union County Superior Court
Velma Preslar
Union County
Miss Preslar
Don Phillips
North
S. C
Vasti Brumfield
Wingate
Cannon's Brokers Pleading Guilty
In New York on October 16, Harry Goldhurst and Charles W. Kable pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy and fraudulent sales of stocks through the mails connected to the failure of Kable and Company. Public interest grew after it was revealed the firm had invested for Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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New York
Harry Goldhurst
Charles W. Kable
Kable and Company
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Stocks Slump After Sharp Market Decline On Exchange
New York stock prices fell heavily as the market extended losses from a prior break. Leading utilities and industrials dropped, with United States Steel down to 214 and several big names like General Electric and American Telephone losing 5 to 15 dollars. Traders fret over further declines and mixed official reassurances.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
Lamont
Columbian Carbon
Auburn Auto
American Water Works
Western Union
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
American and Foreign Power
Johns Manville
Consolidated Gas
National Biscuit
American Telephone
New York Central
Atchison
American
Labor Federation Opposes Universal Draft At Convention
At the Toronto AFL convention the delegates without debate adopted a resolution opposing conscription in wartime. They warned that labor could dissolve unions under such schemes and urged workers to back pro labor candidates in the 1930 elections. The meeting also backed public employment agencies, census unemployment data, and study of discrimination against older workers. A plan to own a high power radio station and support for WCFI Chicago were approved.
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Toronto
Ont
American Federation of Labor
Congress
United States
Federation
WCFIL
Chicago
Highway Commission Meets in Raleigh Session
The North Carolina state highway commission meets in Raleigh for its regular monthly session to handle routine business before adjourning for lunch.
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Highway Commission
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Fall Held In On Oil Lease Matters At Interior Testimony
H Foster Bain, head of the bureau of mines, testified that Albert B Fall kept subordinates informed that no final oil leases could be approved without his consent and that Elk Hills and Pearl Harbor deals were sent to Fall at his New Mexico ranch. Bain said Pan American Petroleum would be the sole bidder on the full contract. Ambrose of Empire Oil corroborated Bain on Pearl Harbor negotiations.
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Washington
H. Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Harding
Albert B. Fall
Interior Department
Elk Hills
Pearl Harbor
Fall
New Mexico
E. C. Finney
Interior
Pan American Petroleum and Transportation Company
Bain
Teapot Comecil
Mammoth Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Bhik Hills
A. W. Ambrose
Empire Oil Company
Bartelsville
Okla
Petroleum Division
Air Tour Planes Leave St. Louis for 6037 Mile Tour
Twenty six airplanes began the national air tour from Lambert Field at 4:00 a m with each aircraft taking off at one minute intervals. The route includes 32 cities with a planned stop in Springfield Missouri and an overnight control point in Wichita Kansas.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Springfield
Wichita
Kansas
Prominent Legal Experts To Probe Lawlessness Among Gov't Officials
Under President Hoover's law enforcement commission two notable legal experts will survey lawlessness among federal officials enforcing prohibition and other statutes. Professor Zechariah Chafee of Harvard and Walter M. Pollak of New York City were appointed to lead this phase, with work aimed mainly at Volstead Act enforcement. Pollak departed New York to meet with Chafee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, signaling a prompt start.
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Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Zechariah Chafee
Harvard Law School
Walter M. Pollak
New York City
Nicky Arnstein
Chafee and Pollak
Coast Guard
Border Patrols
Pollak
Chafee
New York
Cambridge, Mass
MacDonald visits AF Labor meeting in Toronto
Ramsay MacDonald premier of Great Britain and leader of England's labor party arrives at the American Federation of Labor convention hall in Toronto. He is greeted by federation president William Green and applauding delegates as he mounts the platform with daughter Ishbel. Green calls the visit a unique occasion and pledges labor sympathy for mobilizing peace.
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Toronto
Ramsay MacDonald
American Federation of Labor
Ishbel
Great Britain
England
Labor Party
William Green
Federation
Green
Labor
MacDonald
Graf Zeppelin Tour Over Sofia Heads to Bucharest
Graf Zeppelin passed over Sofia at 11 20 a m en route to Bucharest during a 60 hour Balkans tour after leaving Friedrichshafen yesterday.
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Graf
Sofia
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Friedrichshafen
Balkans
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English Channel
State Fair—Grounds
Townsend
Gardner
Herbert Hoover
N. A. Townsend
Greensboro College
Mary Agnes Williams
Mullins
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