Farm Board Members Confirmed By Senate
The eight Hoover appointees to the federal farm board received Senate confirmation after a day of debate. Legge McKelvie Williams faced opposition, but all were approved with roll calls apart from the others. Teague Schilling Denman Wilson Stone were approved without a recorded vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Senate
Alexander H. Legge
Samuel R. McKelvie
Carl Williams
Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Legge
McKelvie
Williams
Norris
Nebraska
Black
Heflin
Alabama
Connolly
Sheppard
Texas
George and Harris
Georgia
Smith and Please
South Carolina
Simmons
North Carolina
McKellar
Tennessee
Charles C. Teague
California
William Schilling
Minnesota
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Charles §. Wilson
New York
James C. Stone
Kentucky
State Fair Is Now At Its Climax In Raleigh
Raleigh crowds surged to the North Carolina state fair as homecoming events dominated the week. The day featured the Wake Forest versus North Carolina State football game and boxing, dog shows, and the opening of a State College fair within the fair. The fair emphasizes agriculture, education exhibits, and Sunday holiday observances for students.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Durham
Wake Forest
Duke-Durham
Duke—Durham
Virginia
Cliff Wellens
Fayetteville
George Rohanna
Norfolk
Agricultural Students Fair
State College
American Automobile Association
Farmer-Laborite Wins Minnesota Special Election
Paul J. Kvale of Benson, a farmer-laborite, won the seventh Minnesota district special election, defeating Republican James C. Morrison by more than two to one. Kvale will serve until March 1931 and succeeds his father, Rev. O. J. Kvale, who died in a summer cottage fire last month. The 33-year-old ex-editor also served in France with the AEF and has been his father's campaign secretary since 1922.
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Willmar
Minn
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor Party
Paul J. Kvale
Benson
Farmer-Laborite
O. J. Kvale
Kvale
James C. Morrison
Morris
Mr. Kvale
Swift County News
Young Kvale
France
Andrew J. Volstead
Wake Forest NC State Play To Scoreless Start
Football action in Raleigh shows the first period ending with Wake Forest and North Carolina State tied at 0–0 as fans await the offense to spark scoring.
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Raleigh
Wake Forest
N. C. State
Aderholt Murder Trial Heads Toward Jury Verdict
In Charlotte on October 17 the murder trial of seven National Textile Workers Union members and leaders over the Gastonia police chief O F Aderholt case moved into the jury stage with six hours allotted for arguments per side. Prosecutor Clyde Hoey and defense attorney J D McCall each used over three hours before lunch as the case nears a verdict late tomorrow or Saturday.
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Concord
Gastonia
National Textile Workers Union
Cabarrus Superior Court
A. M. Stack
Charlotte
Cousel
John G. Carpenter
Loray Tent Colony
Stack
Carpenter
Thomas J. Shaw
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
O. G. Morehead
Carl Holloway
Dewey Carver
Horace Lane
Ben Wells
C. D. Sawlors
C. M. Sell
Cabarrus County
Wells
O. F. Aderholt
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
J. D. McCall
South Carolina Moves to Launch $20 Million Highway Plan
The South Carolina highway commission adopted a state unit financing plan and moved to issue bonds of $20,000,000 to start a statewide road program. The decision came at a three hour meeting with flood damage receiving attention as well.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina Highway Commission
Ben M. Sawyer
John P. Grace
Charleston
Elinor Fair Seeks Divorce From Boyd
Actress Elinor Fair seeks a divorce from husband William Boyd film player citing his all night absences and evasive replies. She says he refused to take her to entertainments and left home without explanation. They wed January 1926 and separated some time ago. a property settlement has been made.
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Los Angeles
Elinor Fair
William Boyd
Boyd
Giant flying boat Buenos Aires leaves for South American voyage
The New York Rio and Buenos Aires line airship Buenos Aires took off from the naval air station at Washington shortly before 6 o clock for the first leg of a flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the final destination announced as the South American city.
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Washington
Buenos Aires
New York, Rio
Naval Air Station
Soviet Plane Delayed by Broken Control Wires
Seattle report says a Soviet plane bound for Oakland was delayed after broken control wires were found just as the Russian crew prepared to take off from Sand Point field. Chief pilot S. A. Shestakov announced the postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Sand Point Field
Oakland
S. A. Shestakov
Six Jailed For Attempted Holdup Of Naval Reserve Armory
Six men are under arrest for the attempted hold up of the Detroit naval reserve armory and theft of a machine gun. Bert Bowles 20 confessed after extradition from Almherstberg Ontario. Albert Lash 18 aided the escape by driving the getaway car and dyeing his hair for disguise. Police recovered the gun ammunition and other stores from a residence porch and Bowles Lash and others face federal prosecution.
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Naval Reserve Armory
Detroit
Bert Bowles
Almherstberg
Ont
Bowles
Coast Guard
Albert Lash
Capadian
Ficers
Naval Armory
Sash
Testimony of Denby Read in Fall Doheny Bribery Case
Washington October 17. Testimony from former Secretary of the Navy Denby admitting he took responsibility for awarding the Elk Hills Pearl Harbor contract to Pan American Petroleum and Transport to Albert B Fall's bribery trial. Denby said he asked Harding to transfer jurisdiction and that he made the leases.
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Washington
Edwin Denby
Shorter Hours For Miners In Britain
London officials briefed miners unions that early next year work hours will drop from eight to seven and a half hours per day without wage cuts. The move is described as the first installment toward meeting miners demands.
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London
Flood Waters Recede Around Miami and Nearby Areas
Flood waters in Dade County receded today with declines in water marks outside Hialeah. While Hialeah itself shows little recession, other areas and lands toward the Everglades report gradual drops in flood level.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah
Everglades
State Prison Faces Deficit in North Carolina
North Carolina's state prison faces a deficit of 150 000 to 175 000 for the current year due to poor crops boll weevil damage and rising prisoner population. George Ross Pou superintendent told the prison board at their regular meeting in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
George Ross Pou
Prison Board of Directors
First Snow Hits Williamsport As Snow Flurry Melts
Williamsport saw its first snow of the season as a heavy flurry covered streets for about fifteen minutes. The temperature hovered just above 30 degrees before the snow quickly melted.
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Williamsport
Tariff Bill To Hoover Will Be Passed Says Borah
Senator Borah of Idaho said after a White House call that he believed Congress would pass a tariff bill in a form acceptable to President Hoover. He is part of a group of Republican independents opposing the bill in its present form and did not indicate timing for a special session.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
White House
Congress
Hoover
Second Big Bonus Is Paid by Bibb Textile Mills
Bibb Manufacturing in Macon Georgia distributed a second bonus of 136000 to 2409 textile workers, bringing total weekly bonuses to 274000. Eligibility was for workers with over two years' service, with larger shares for longer service, announced by president W D Anderson.
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Macon
Bibb Manufacturing
W. D. Anderson
Seven Die In Fire At Portland Hotel
Seven people died and 12 were burned or injured when a fire swept the Portland Hotel in Seattle. Firemen recovered the bodies and said the victims likely suffocated as they slept. The blaze's cause was undetermined and victims could not be identified immediately. The hotel, an old brick building, was operated by U Okada. his wife was critically injured leaping from a window.
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Seattle
Wash
Portland
U. Okada
Americans debate court injunctions at labor federation meet
Toronto delegates at the American Federation of Labor session consider a new bill to curb court intervention in labor disputes. Aims include immigration limits and a stricter quota plan for the eastern hemisphere and all countries south of the Rio Grande. William Green may be renamed president with Morrison as secretary, as Boston hosts next convention discussions.
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Toronto
Ont
American Federation of Labor
Matthew Woll
Congress
United States
Detroit
Rio Grande
William Green
Frank Morrison
Boston
Hoover to speak on Armistice Day in Washington
President Hoover will deliver an Armistice Day address in Continental Memorial Hall Washington at a meeting under the auspices of the American Legion.
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Hoover
Washington
Continental Memorial Hall
American Legion
Youngest Salvation Army founder’s daughter takes small post
Commissioner Lucy Booth Herbert, 61, daughter of the Salvation Army founder, sails to South America to serve a small, isolated post. She leaves behind England Sweden a home her husband’s grave in Stockholm and her child. She prays over the issue at her husband’s grave and accepts the new assignment with tears.
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Salvation Army
London
Lucy Booth Herbert
South America
England
Sweden
Stockholm
Bramwell Booth
Europe
Higgins
Herbert
Army and Navy Seek Early Conference on Football Relations
West Point proposes renewal talks in Washington to end the break over eligibility rules. Major General William R. Smith says any eligible student from either academy may play, signaling a middle ground with Navy open to discussion of a three year limit. Rear Admiral Robison at Annapolis responds with willingness to discuss resumption of athletic relations at any time.
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West Point
N. Y
Army
Navy
William R. Smith
United States Military Academy
S.S. S. Robison
United States Naval Academy
Washington
Smith
Polo Grounds
Annapolis
Military Academy
Robison
Army Institution
Negro Convicted of First Degree Burglary
John Brumley an 18 year old negro was found guilty of first degree burglary in Union County North Carolina the capital offense for allegedly entering the Wingate minister’s home last August seizing the minister's daughter and attempting to assault her after the family woke to her screams Judge Clement deferred sentence until today
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Monroe
John Brumley
North Carolina
Wingate
Brumley
Clement
Union Superior Court
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Farm Board
Evanson
Rum Syndicate
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Bingham
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Charles L. Evanson
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
Senate Finance Committee
Timony
Walsh
Bryanson
Association
Chapel Hill
Federal Trade Commission
Trenton
N. J
William N. Runyon
Malcolm McMasters
Harold Lindaveron
Andrew Richards
Thomas Ross
Thomas Ross, Jr
Patrick Connors
Louis Caruso
Michael Crock
James Brown
Richie Bergonza
Michael Calandriello
William and
Joseph Feeney
Ernest Winters
U. S
Charles H. Tuttle
Robert Watts
Canada
Jersey
Maine
Virginia Capes
Tuttle
James Murphy
Malcolm McMaster
al Lilien
William Lilien
Ralph Bitter
Harold Lindauer
Watts
Murphy
McMasters
Farmer - Laborite
Aderholt
Price S.C
Mrs. Lindsay
Asheville
W. B. Lindsay
North Carolina Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lindsay
C. G. Blankenship
Blakenship
Central Methodist Church
H. H. Huntsman
Hilliard W. C. T. U
Department of Christian Citizenship
D. H. Dixon
C. G. Doak
Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Britain
State Prison
Textile Manufacturing Co
A. FL
Hean Mayes
Wires
Robison Ooposing
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