Sufferings From Unemployment Dominate Cabinet Plan
In Washington on October 20 the cabinet committee discussed a broader relief program to ease homelessness and hunger. The group, likely chaired by Secretary Lamont, aims to expand public works and utility projects and push for legislation to fund the federal relief effort. Hyde seeks to double federal highway aid for 1982 and Postmaster General Brown proposes a five year plan to replace aging post offices.
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Hoover
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce
Hoover Group
Hyde
Brown
Congress
Snowbound Upstate and Deep Freeze Bites Chicago
Heavy frost and snowdrifts maroon hundreds of autos in upstate New York and threaten travel across the East. Chicago records a 31 degree October day, while four-foot drifts drive shortages and shipping delays along the lake and Ohio valleys. Two aviators report sighting a missing boat on Lake St Clair as rescue efforts continue.
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Chicago
Eric
North Carolina
Lake St. Clair
Waiving Poll Tax Custom In Tennessee
In Macon County Tennessee an old practice allowed waiving poll tax payments in primaries and elections. James M. Chamberlain, Macon County Democratic chairman, denied any fraud or illegal intent while admitting he instructed waivers in the August primary. He noted smaller counties may not require registration, a fact surprising to some at the Senate investigation into the Tennessee senatorial primary.
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Tenn
Macon County
Tennessee
Senate
James M. Chamberlain
Democratic Executive Committee
Nashville
Macon
Shelby County
Nye
Wagner
Chamberlain
Physicians Named to Examine Defendant in Guilford Case
In Greensboro on October 20 judge Hoyle Sink ordered two court appointed physicians to assess Mason W. Gant’s present health and determine if he can stand trial. Gant faces 13 indictments for pension check irregularities and argues continued illness would endanger his life. If doctors find no immediate improvement, trial may be postponed beyond the term.
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Hoyle Sink
Superior Court
Mason W. Gant
Gant
Edmund Harrison
Hoyle
Sink
Diamond Recovering but Still No Clue on Assailants
New York October 20. Jack Diamond gangster shot five times at the Monticello hotel a week ago shows signs of recovery yet police still lack a lead after questioning more than 35 persons. District Attorney Crain seeks Diamond’s testimony when his condition allows.
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New York
Jack Diamond
Monticello
Diamond
Crain
Edward M. Bernecker
Metropolitan Hospital
Welfare Island
Yorktown Celebrates Cornwallis' Defeat
A patriotic display in Yorktown Virginia marked the 149th anniversary of Cornwallis surrender. US naval ships in the York River bore flags and bunting for distinguished visitors including Governors Pollard of Virginia and Tobey of New Hampshire along with state representatives. The crowd filled streets to honor the Victory monument before memorial services.
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Lord Cornwallis
United States
York River
Pollard
Virginia
Tobey
New Hampshire
Unmasked Men Stage Rocky Mount Holdup
In Rocky Mount two masked men robbed Leroy James a 30 year old local worker of 40 dollars and jewelry valued at 1500 then tied him in his car on a deserted road ten miles away. He was struck and knocked unconscious, reawakening to find himself alone and later reported to police. No suspects or trace found.
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Rocky Mount
James
Atlantic Coast Line
Two Miners Die In Sonman Shaft Coal Mine Accident
In Portage Pennsylvania on October 20 an accident at Sonman Shaft Coal Company killed two miners named Mike Hoschuck and George Suchals and injured over twenty others as cars carrying about 100 miners rolled down a grade. A coupling failure caused the wreck as workers boarded at the shaft bottom. Three men remained in critical condition at a Johnstown hospital.
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Sonman
Johnstown
Mike Hoschuck
George Suchals
Gate City holdup solved by arrest at Thomasville
Greensboro dispatch saying J. R. Tate of Rutherfordton, 42, was brought to Greensboro from Thomasville after being identified as one of two bandits who held up a local grocery store Friday night and escaped with 44 dollars. Tate was arrested on a complaint from a former wife living near Thomasville.
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N. C
J. R. Tate
Rutherfordton
Thomasville
Tate
Van Liew Resigns as North Carolina State Football Coach
North Carolina college announces head football coach John M. Van Liew has resigned effective immediately after friction within the coaching staff. Dr R R Sermon becomes acting head coach for the season with plans to hire a backfield coach, possibly Bill Fetzer, as negotiations proceed.
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N. C
John M. van Liew
North Carolina College
E. C. Brooks
State College
van Liew
R. R. Sermon
Arthur Wilson
Brooks
Sermon
Bill Fetzer
University of North Carolina
Wolf Pack
Dr. Sermon
Former Greensboro Woman Ends Life in China Grove Home
Mrs W C Boyden wife of a prominent physician here was found hanged in the bathroom of her China Grove home early today. The coroner ruled death a death by own action.
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Greensboro
China Grove
W. C. Boyden
Favorable Weather Aids Sun Eclipse Study Tuesday
On Niuafoou Island researchers from New Zealand and the United States Naval Observatory report gear ready for the total solar eclipse slated for tomorrow. Weather looks favorable for 93 seconds of totality as cameras and spectrographs are aligned. The U S Tanger brought observers including seven women, the most aboard a single expedition. Locals show keen interest and offer prayers for the mission.
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Niuafou Island
New Zealand
United States Naval Observatory
U. S
Tanger
New Clue Emerges in Dry Agent Death
Federal Prohibition agent Ray Sutton who vanished August 28 near Baton NM is believed slain. Authorities discovered his car hidden in an arroyo with a bloodstained rear seat. They plan to continue dragging a lake near Taylor NM for his body and possible evidence.
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Baton
N. M
Ray Sutton
New Mexico
Taylor
Pershing Writes Own Story of War Memoirs
General John J. Pershing has written his memoirs detailing America’s role in World War I. The 260000 word work will be issued after serialization and adds a personal, soldierly account with humor and close-ups of world figures he met during the conflict.
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New York
John J. Pershing
America
Pershing
Lewis Stone in Surprise Wedding at Yuma
Lewis E. Stone and Hazel Elizabeth Woof wed in Yuma amid no prior announcement. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Herbert Brook at the local Methodist church as the actor’s divorce from Florence Oakley Stone became final last Friday.
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Yuma
Ariz
Lewis E. Stone
Hazel Elizabeth Woof
Playa del Rey
Calif
Herbert Brook
Yuma Methodist Church
Stone
Florence Oakley Stone
Bad Lights Entangle Cotton Hijacker With Law At Greensboro
Greensboro police halted Bob Jenkins at 2 30 a m when his truck lights failed. He could not explain the two bales of cotton in the vehicle. The cotton was later traced to A H Brooks a cotton broker from Bonlee.
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Greensboro
N. C
Bob” Jenkins
Jenkins
A. H. Brooks
Bonlee
Kaiser Denies Support of Fascists
Doorn Holland October 20 The former Kaiser told the Associated Press he and his sons did not contribute funds to any fascist campaign chest. He denied reports printed last week including a claim in Acht Uhr Abendblatt of Herlin as pure invention and without foundation in fact.
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Kaiser
Associated Press Today
Acht Uhr Abendbalt
Herlin
Bailey Predicts Great Democratic Victory in North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey the Democratic Senate nominee campaigned in Clinton North Carolina arguing for a "great Democratic victory" this fall. He said the party is more united than 25 years, urged Republicans to be swept from power, and linked victory to 1932 with a Democrat president. He criticized Harding Coolidge Hoover and accused Republicans of economic mismanagement and selling wheat short by Russia.
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N. C
Josiah W. Bailey
U. S. Senate
North Carolina
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Coolidge
Hoover
Chicago
Russia
Holocaust Fire Kills 650 in Wuchow Tea House District
A blaze aboard floating restaurants on the West River near Wuchow killed 650 people, after fire spread rapidly among craft and to shore buildings. Many leaped into the river. some reached shore, but numerous drownings were reported. Wuchow serves as a river trade hub linking Canton with Yunnan, Kwangsi, and Kweichow. piracy lurks on the West River and Standard Oil maintains an office there.
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China
Wuchow
Fiea
Ada Ta Hawa
West River
Sikiang
Yunnan
Kwangsi
Kweichow
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Brazilian Rebels Seize Florianopolis Power Plants
Rebel forces under Generals Lima and Brazil occupy Estrello opposite Florianopolis and cut power to the city, which remains dark after the confrontation. Osvaldo Aranha says Santa Catharina channel mining may trap federal ships as the island city braces amid the siege. In separate incident in New York, a gasoline explosion on a barge in Troy killed two men and injured others, with two towboats and an oil barge destroyed.
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Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Florianopolis
Valdrezzo Lima
Ptolomeo Assis
Estrello
Osvaldo Aranha
Santa Catharina
Troy, MY
Hudson River
Barge Canal Terminal
The
Oil Transfer Company of
New York City
Dynamic
Craig
River Street
Watervliet
John Auckerman
Troy Hospital
Stink Bombs Drive Japanese Prince From German Opera
Prince Takamatsu and his wife left Frankfurt opera after fascists hurled stink bombs during a Brecht Weill work. Protesters shouted hail Hitler as police cleared the hall and dispersed a threatening crowd outside. The opera portrays a utopian city with sedition, bankruptcy, and ecstasy scenes.
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Germany
Takamatsu
Hitler
General Weyler 92 Dies in Spain at Madrid
General Valeriano Weyler died at age 92 in Madrid after a fall from his horse on his 92nd birthday. The former captain general who led Spain in colonial wars and earned a reputation in Cuba for harsh repression, triggering U.S. concern and contributing to the Spanish American War.
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Valeriano Weyler
Weyler
Spain
General Weyler
Cuba
Marshal Campos
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
Supreme Court to Review Han Rees Tax Case
Washington October 20 The supreme court announced it would review Han Rees Sons Inc of New York case challenging North Carolina income taxes from 1923 to 1926 inclusive The court will keep jurisdiction question open until oral argument on the case.
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Supreme Court Today
Han. Rees’ Sons, Inc
New York
North Carolina
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