Hoover Jr to be sent to Asheville for tuberculosis treatment
President’s son Herbert Hoover Jr now 27, hospitalized in Virginia with TB will be moved to Asheville North Carolina in November for climate therapy. Dr Joel T Boone said the Berger home on Sunset Mountain will house him close to Washington and family as he continues treatment.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hoover Lodge
Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Joel T. Boone
White House
Sunset Mountain
Boone
Herbert Hoover Jr
United States
Hoover
Berger
Fred Loring Seely
Atlanta Georgian
Overlook Castle
Grove Park Inn
Pisgah Mountain
City
Mr. Hoover
William F. Randolph
E. W. Grove
Grove
C. P. Ryman
Henri Berger
Paris
France
Unemployed Promised Jobs as Leaders Pledge Payroll
In New York on October 16 a coalition of financial and business leaders pledged to provide 10,000 unemployed men with winter jobs by raising a weekly payroll of 150000 dollars.
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New York
Hoover
Emergency job drive formed by banking group in New York
At Stew ard Prosser's offices a meeting created an emergency employment committee to raise funds for the Charity Organization Society and the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Ann Kempshall said 3900 to 5000 park workers would be hired in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn at 3 dollars a day for a five day week. Prosser noted extraordinary demand due to unemployment and said the fundraising would supplement regular appeals.
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Steward Prosser
Bankers Trust Company
Charity Organization Society
The
Association For Improving the Condition of the
Ann Kempshall
Department of Parks
Manhattan
Bronx
Brook
Witness in Tennessee probe ends with stabbing before testimony
James N. Cox, a Nashville telephone executive, was stabbed on the eve of appearing before the Senate committee probing campaign funds. The Banner says the assault followed an argument over the Vanderbilt Tennessee football game. Cox says he bears no malice and does not want charges filed.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Lanner Today
James N. Cox
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Cox
Gerald P. Nye
Tennessee
Tes
Explosion damages Danville mill overseer home during strike
An explosion at the home of Jerry Wentz an overseer at the Schoolfield mill in Danville Virginia occurred early today during a labor strike. Windows were shattered and the dwelling shook though investigators found little damage. a car left the scene soon after. Strikers on nearby picket duty heard the blast but reported no further knowledge.
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Danville
Jerry Wentz
Schoolfield
Wentz
Prohibition Report Delayed By Law Commission After Election
Washington Oct 16 The president's law enforcement commission will not issue a prohibition report until after the election. Chairman Wickersham adjourned the panel this week and set a meeting for November 5 to continue digesting the investigators’ bulky reports.
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Washington
President
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Gotham Policemen Battle Communists on City Street
A small group of policemen and a marine recruiting sergeant clashed with several hundred communists for about thirty minutes at Fortieth Street and Sixth Avenue. One officer was bitten on the hand and six people were arrested for disorderly conduct as thousands of office workers looked on from Bryant Park near the library.
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New York
Fortieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Bryant Park
Not Otto Arrest Report in Wilmington Police
Police in Wilmington on October 16 arrested a man matching Otto Wood’s description in many details but the suspect was confirmed not to be Otto Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Wilmington
N. C
Otto Wood
Firestone Resting in Asheville for Several Days
Prarvey S. Firestone is spending several days in Asheville for rest and recuperation. The visit is described as a period of quiet for the noted figure.
Former Sheriff Short 176 624 in Durham Accounts
A total shortage of 176 624 in the late Sheriff John F Harward accounts is reported to the Durham county board by auditor L F Delmar. The audit traces back to 1923 and cites 140 892 unaccounted tax funds in 1929 due to single levy receipts fake tax receipts and using funds to cover prior-year shortfalls. Deputies Thaxton and O Briant are charged with misbehavior in office.
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Durham
John F. Harward
Durham County Board of Commissioners
L. F. Delmar
J. J. Thaxton
Harvard
J. M. O’briant
Gloria Swanson Plans Divorce From Marquis de la Falaise
Gloria Swanson, film star, is preparing to file for divorce from the Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye on grounds of desertion. The Examiner notes she told friends then left Hollywood for a brief vacation amid months of circulating rumors. The Marquis had previously taken a hotel room rather than returning to the Swanson Beverly Hills home last August.
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Los Angeles
The
Examiner
Gloria Swanson
Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye
Hollywood
Europe
Swanson
Beverly Hills
Axe Believed Used In Farmer's Murder Found Near Home
SPARTANBURG S C Oct 16 An axe believed to be used in the fatal attack on 54 year old farmer Gilbert Fleming was found today under a woodpile at the rear of his home authorities said Fleming was killed while he slept early yesterday and the weapon was located near the residence
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Spartanburg
S. C
Gilbert Fleming
Double Fatal Clash At Tenant Farm In South Carolina
In Colleton county near Lodge South Carolina a farm eviction turned deadly as W. W. Cone killed Mrs. Nettles and wounded her husband before being killed by Rutledge Nettles. The Nettles son wrested the gun and killed Cone. Bernard Cone and the 18 year old Nettles daughter are injured or detained. The scene was near Lodge in northwest Colleton near Bamberg line.
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Walterboro
W. W. Cone
Jacob Nettles
Nettles
Rutledge
Bernard Cone
Young Nettles
Bamberg
Lucas C. Padgett
Colleton
Lodge
Colleton County
Robber Run From Stimson Home By Faithful Terrier
Washington October 16 The Scotch terrier Cricket belonging to Mrs Henry Stim son played hero for the secretary of state when a burglar attempted to enter the Stimson home last night near a second story window Cricket barked at the window alerting the secretary who frightened away the prowler The dog has long been a family institution and is praised as the day hero by the secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Woodley
Alice Brady Denies Divorce Case Part
ATLANTA Oct 16 Alice Brady stage and screen actress guest star of a stock company denies any basis for naming her in a Detroit divorce suit brought by Mrs Bernice McClelland wife of Brady's leading man Donald Cameron McClelland issues a statement saying the only connection has been business and travel was for business purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Alice Brady
Detroit
Bernice McClelland
Miss Brady
Donald Cameron McClelland
British Aviatrix Sets U S Crossing Record
Mrs. Keith Miller, a noted British aviator, landed at Los Angeles Municipal Airport at 10:58 a.m. to claim the women’s transcontinental air record. Her elapsed time from Valley Stream, New York, was 25 hours 44 minutes, beating Miss Laura Ingalls’s previous mark by 4 hours 43 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Keith Miller
Los Angeles Municipal
Valley Stream
N. Y
Laura Ingalls
St. Louis
Budget Adopted by North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Wilmington October 16 The North Carolina synod of the Presbyterian church adopted a benevolent budget of 885000 for the year. Of this 531000 goes to general assembly causes and 354000 to local synod causes. The synod raised 76000 for schools and colleges as reported declines, Revs A T Lassiter and Claude T Carr were re elected to key posts, and J R McGregor was appointed to visit the woman’s synodical meeting at Belmont October 21 to 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
North Carolina Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
A. T. Lassiter
Clayton
Claude T. Carr
Mooresville
J. R. McGregor
Belmont
Wake Forest and North Carolina State football stalemate
Wake Forest and North Carolina State play to a 0 to 0 tie in a defensive first half bocful football clash with neither side breaking through the opposing defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest
N. C. State
Bishop Cannon Sues for 5 Million Libel
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South sues William Randolph Hearst papers for 5 million dollars in DC court. Accuses reports on his wife and personal life of harming reputation. notes July marriage to Mrs Helen Hawley McCallum and forthcoming church committee investigation.
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Bishop
Hearst
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
District of Columbia Supreme Court
William Ran- Aalawk
Uuvvipit Frearst
New York Evening Journal
Cannon
Journal
Bishop Cannon
Helen Hawley McCallum
MecCallum
England
South America
United States
Methodist Church
W. N. Ainsworth
Kings Mountain Baptists see liquor situation improve
Shelby patrons report better liquor conditions at the Kings Mountain celebration with only six arrests for drunkenness. Delegates at Patterson Springs church noted a centennial log corral once used to confine drunks and said the pen was nearly filled fifty years ago.
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Shelby
Kings Mountain Baptist Association
Patterson Springs
Kings Mountain
Brazil Buys French Planes for War Ministry
Paris reports unofficially that the Brazilian government has purchased a number of airplanes in France. The aircraft are being shipped to the aviation branch of the war ministry in Rio de Janeiro.
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Paris
France
Aviation
War Ministry
Rio de Janeiro
Milkman Restricted by Wife in Divorce Filing
Chicago woman Charlotte Pfeiffer seeks a divorce after obtaining an injunction that bans her husband John Pfeiffer from certain actions. He may not rattle milk bottles on the rear porch early mornings or use the family car for deliveries. He can sleep on the porch but not inside the house.
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Chicago
John Pfeiffer
Charlotte
Wreckage Found of Escort Plane in Japan Pact Flight
Lieut William Caldwell missing after a blizzard crash while escorting an air mail flight carrying Japan's ratification of the London naval treaty. Caldwell's aircraft was sighted near Lookout Wyoming. search teams dispatched. The companion plane, carrying the treaty, reached New York despite the storm with Lieut Irving Woodring piloting.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
William W. Caldwell
Japan
Lookout
Caldwell
R. A. Meskimen
Laramie
Lieut
New York
Irving A. Woodring
M.S. T
Omaha
Neb
Woodring
Rock Springs
State W C T U Lays Plans For Extension Temperance Training
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of North Carolina met in Charlotte to extend temperance education, including teaching at Jackson Training School in Concord and aiding black union growth. President Mrs. W. B. Lindsay urged voting to uphold principles, as Asheville’s Mrs. D. M. Litaker was chosen to represent the union at Toronto's world convention next June.
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Charlote
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
North Carolina
Jackson
Concord
W. B. Lindsay
D. M. Litaker
Asheville
Toronto
Canada
Motor Clubs Call Traffic Conference
Charlotte hosts a traffic conference on November 24 and 25 at which the Carolinas motor clubs will push for uniform municipal traffic ordinances improved highway traffic control and highway safety promotion.
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Charlotte
Motor Clubs
Carolinas
Brazilian Troops Defect to Revolutio nists in Brazil
A revolutionary communique from Porto Alegre reports heavy defections of government troops to insurgents. The 11th infantry at Mineiras surrendered unconditionally, and Col Luis Gomez's rebels blocked the Parana destroyer Parana’s sailors disembarkation. Sixty federal companies at Catarina joined the revolt, handing over two machine guns and other material.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Parana
Mineiras
Buenos Aires
Luis Gomez
Sao Paulo
South America
Catarina
Mario Carvalho
Eliziario Pain Filho
Snowstorm Rages Across Northern Rocky Mountains
Snow depth ranged from a trace to seven inches across the northern Rocky and Cascade ranges. Weather systems from Montana into northern Colorado left a white blanket and a drop in temperatures. A trace fell in Denver near midnight.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky
Cascade Mountain
Montana
Colorado
Wrigley Reports Higher Quarterly Profit Amid Low Mood
The William Wrigley Jr. Co of Chicago posted a net profit of 3,396,164 for the quarter ended September 30, vs 3,332,023 in the prior year. The chewing gum industry shows resilience despite economic downturn.
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Chicago
William Wrigley, Jr., Company
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United States Senate
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Holt Ross
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