Government moves to relieve unemployment and aid winter
Washington action aims at boosting federal employment and regional cooperation with governors and industries. Hoover forms cabinet committee to map a new relief program, stressing state efforts and continued public works and industry output support. Snow and cold threaten western states as winter approaches.
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Washington
Hoover
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Illinois
New York
Ohio
Detroit
Rate Boost on Logs Petitions Increase for Joint Line Hauls
Trunk line railroads in North Carolina petitioned for a general lift in log freight rates with hearings set for November 7. The proposal would mainly affect veneer, furniture, and lumber mills, with joint line hauls rising more than single line moves. The rate hikes would alter 50, 100, and 200 mile hauls, impacting major regional industries.
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Raleigh
N. C
Trunk Line
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
W. G. Womble
Bryan W. Sipe
State Department of Conservation and Development
Corporation Commission
Norfolk and Western
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Clinchfield
Winston-Salem
Sao Paulo Halt After Heavy Rebel Losses
Federal troops repelled an insurgent advance into Sao Paulo from Itaare and Itaare frontier sectors, taking more than 360 prisoners. Rebels suffered heavy casualties as federals used aircraft and artillery, with trenches seized and rebels fleeing in disorder amid ammo shortages and poor supplies.
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Atco DE
Itaare
Sao Paulo-Parana
Sao Paulo
Jaguarahyra
Starare
Factional strife delays Reichstag reform push
In Berlin on October 18 the Reichstag faced heated factional strife as Socialists attacked right wing Nationalists and Fascists over postwar Germany policy. Wilhelm Hoegner led a bitter tirade against the right, the debate turning into a two man exchange amid twelve no confidence motions. Government forces hoped for a 30 to 49 vote margin to push cabinet reforms.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilhelm Hoegner
Reichstag
Couple Hurt In Missouri Pacific Train Derailment
A man and a woman, not yet identified, were slightly injured when two sleeping cars derailed from Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 23 between St. Louis and Memphis near Harrisburg Arkansas early today.
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Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Harrisburg
Diamond Is Unwanted By Hospital
Broadway racketeer Jack Diamond lies recovering in Polyclinic hospital after a shooting at the Monticello hotel last Sunday. Hospital directors asked police to remove him fearing disruption, while police doubled guards but said no law permits removal of a private patient who won’t name his assailants.
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New York
Jack Diamond
Polyclinic
Monticello
Diamond
Crank
Mulrooney
One Killed Three Hurt In Lincolnton Auto Mishap
Lincolnton reports a vehicle ran out of control, striking a group of pedestrians returning from the county fair. One killed, three injured including Mrs. Nettie Hunnicutt and two children. Sam Bess jailed on tentative manslaughter charges. hearing date pending.
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Lincolnton
Margaret
Nettie Hunnicutt
Auto Thief Brought Down By Coach's Flying Tackle
CHICAGO October 18 The University of Chicago assistant football coach John K. Anderson had his car stolen. Later he chased the thief from a streetcar and tackled him to stop the getaway. The suspect identified himself as John ONeill.
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Chicago
John K. Anderson
University of Chicago
Anderson
John O'Neill
New West East Air Record Attempt From Columbus
Miss Laura Ingalls left Columbus at 7.04 a m to set a new west east air record after her east west record was erased days earlier by Mrs Keith Miller in a transcontinental attempt.
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Columbus
Laura Ingalls
Keith Miller
Payoff Man Reveals Tactics In Capone Beer Ring
Chicago police say Frank Lawler the northwest side payoff man for Al Capone spoke to expose methods of the beer business. Lawler described daily routes in a large truck carrying tarpaulin covered cargo and how he warned drivers if police were near. He kept $1,000 in cash and $6,000 in bills in a safety deposit box.
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Chicago
al Capone
Frank Lawler
BS. m
Lawler
W C T U Re-elects Officers at North Carolina Convention
The North Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union adjourned after its 48th annual convention in Charlotte with all officers reelected and pledges to advance prohibition. Dr Henry Louis Smith denounced the "wet press" in an address. Mrs W B Lindsay of Charlotte serves as president.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee University
W. B. Lindsay
Florida Sheriff Charged In Liquor Dealing Case
Miami Fla Oct 18 Sheriff William Pegy Bill Collins of Okeechobee County faced federal charges for conspiring with 11 men to ship liquor hidden as lumber from Florida to northern states. He posted bond and cited Mayor C H Reeder of Miami and others as bondsmen. Indictments allege two carloads seized near Jacksonville in October 1928.
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Miami
Fla
William
Pegy Bill) Collins
Okeechobee County
Florida
C. H. Reeder
Jacksonville
Kingsford Smith Turns Plane Back in Timor Sea Flight
A message from Koepang Timor reports Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith reversed course on his Timor sea voyage to Port Darwin and landed at Atamboco harbor. This return likely prevented reaching Port Darwin today.
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Sydney
S. W
Koepang
Island of Timor
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Timor Sea
Port Darwin
Australia
Atamboco
Enterprise Gives Football Results
Results by quarters on the leading football games throughout the country will be received by The Enterprise this afternoon. They may be had by calling 4565.
Prohibition Poll Results To Remain Secret
Washington officials said the 3,000 newspapers poll on the 18th Amendment and national prohibition will not be released publicly. The research division report had said results would form a monograph for public circulation.
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Washington
Justice Department
Prohibition
Woodcock
Prohibition Bureau
Sermon Takes Over N. C. State Football Backfield
Raleigh reports Dr. R. R. Sermon athletic director and trainer has assumed coaching duties for NC State football backs after poor showings in the season's first three games. Head coach John Van Liew had previously instructed the backs as the squad seeks an additional backfield coach next week.
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Raleigh
R. R. Sermon
N. C. State College
Sermon
Wolfpack
John van Liew
State
Dr. Sermon
van Liew
Butch Slaughter
Rail Revenue Case Heads Supreme Court Docket
The Supreme Court will hear a case affecting railroad revenue next week. Twenty six southwestern carriers challenge the Interstate Commerce Commission order of June 1929 to readjust joint rates between southwest carriers and western trunk lines in favor of the western lines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Western Trunk Line
Western Lines
Watch Recovered From River After 30 Years
Thirty years after a thief snatched a watch, a man chased him and failed to recover it. The watch, owned by J. E. Ewell of Vanceboro, reappeared when boys swimming in a creek found a smooth object and raised the timepiece.
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Washington, N. C
Get. L&8
J. E. Ewell
Vanceboro
DO-X To Start Atlantic Flight In November From Germany
The giant Dornier plane DO X will begin its trans Atlantic flight to New York in early November weather permitting. The trip will include hops from Lake Constance to Amsterdam Lisbon the Azores Bermuda and then New York with Maurice Dornier participating and Calelius Dornier remaining in Germany. A Zurich preflight was canceled due to fog.
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Freidrichshafen
Germany
Dornier
Atlantic
New York
Lake Constance
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Bermuda
Maurice Dornier
Calelius Dornier
Zurich
Indignant Youth Receives Ten Days for Contempt
B L Womble of Apex was arrested at the state fair for passing tickets to friends. Before Justice M L Waring he protested loudly claiming innocence. He shouted Damn the court and was sentenced to ten days in Wake County jail for contempt.
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Raleigh
B. L. Womble
Apex
Womble
M. L. Waring
Justice of the Peace
Wake County
Rocky Mount Tobacco Market Posts Heaviest Sale of Season
Rocky Mount reports the heaviest offerings of the season with 917,850 pounds sold for an average of 16.27 per hundred. The season total reaches 13,992,214 pounds at an average of 13.64.
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Rocky Mount
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for October 14
Treasury receipts for October 14 totaled 56.23 million dollars with expenditures of 48.63 million and a balance of 261.11 million dollars. The report from Washington shows the October 14 figures: receipts 56,225,894.81. expenditures 48,628,270.31. balance 261,113,697.18.
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Treasury
Washington
Kidnaping Charges Filed Against 32-Year-Old Man
Esther Fureron seventeen year old student from Anderson College, South Carolina, escaped Wilson in Athens after he drove off with her. She was returned to Grover, North Carolina, where her parents plan to take her home. Wilson faces kidnaping and auto theft charges plus theft of three bales of cotton in Shelby, North Carolina.
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Fred P. Ingram, Jr
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Henry Chapman
Hagerstown
Duke University
James Johnson
Trenton
N. J
Duke
Fredericksburg
Ingram
Chapman
Johnson
James Jarrett
Thomasville
Thomas Miller
Baltimore
Charles Murray
Jarrett
Miller
Durham
Richmond- Washington
Duke Navy
Annapolis
Athens
The
Law Today
Willie Wilson
Esther Fureron
Anderson College
Anderson
S. C
Fureron
Grover
N. C
Wilson
Esther
Marion
Shelby
Swartz Sentenced for Manslaughter in Prohibition Officer Death
Hendersonville reports Fred Swartz convicted by a Henderson County jury of manslaughter in the death of deputy federal prohibition officer Clarence Howard. Judge W. F. Harding sentences Swartz to 16 years in state prison.
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Hendersonville
Get
Fred Swartz
Henderson County
Clarence Howard
Prohibition
W. F. Harding
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