Tennessee Given Clean Bill By Nye After Probe
A Tennessee probe into senate campaign funds ends with chairman Nye saying disclosures do not disqualify any candidates though irregularities were noted. Affidavits to be taken from precinct officers amid lingering doubts. No compliments to the primary process. focus shifts to Nebraska Republican primary hearings.
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Tennessee
Nye
Memphis
Tenn
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Charles Bernard
Shelby County
Cordell Hull
W. E. Brock
Nebraska
Wagner
New York
Former N Y Cold Sweeps Gant's Apparent Shortage
Washington dispatch reports Arthur Woods named by President Hoover to head a winter relief organization as unemployment estimates rise to 3.5 million. The piece links a $55,000 apparent shortage in Confederate pension checks handled by Mason W. Gant with broader federal job programs and a midwestern cold snap spreading to Tennessee.
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Arthur Woods
Hoover
Washington
New York City
Harding
United States
Congress
Woods
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Woods
Greensboro
Pension fund case linked to Confederate veterans
Solicitor J F Spruill of Lexington said most pension payees listed are deceased Confederate veterans or widows. Gant faces 13 indictments for forgery embezzlement misappropriation and malfeasance in office. His lawyers seek trial postponement citing inability to appear as two court appointed physicians assess his condition for Judge Hoyle Sink.
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J. F. Spruill
Lexington
Gant
Hoyle Sink
Germany may curb reparations without aid, Schacht says
Dr Hjalmar Schacht warned at New York that Germany will be forced to declare a moratorium on reparations unless other nations boost foreign trade. He noted creditors may prefer Germany's commercial strength over strict collection, while officials in Washington denied any formal plan to suspend allied debts.
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Washington
Hijalmar Schacht
New York
Germany
Reichsbank
Foreign Policy Association
Hoover
Mellon
Stimson
White House
Treasury
United States
Hjalmar Schacht
John Foster Dulles
Reparations Commission
Supreme Economic Council
Explosion at Anna coal mine traps hundreds in Germany
An explosion at the Anna coal mine in Alsdorf, Germany, kills at least 100 workers and traps about 200 on lower levels. Gas and dynamite blasts spread collapse debris across levels 1200 to 1500 feet underground, with 290 still unaccounted and rescue hampered by blocked entrances.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Anna
Echweiler Mining Company
Associated Press
M’ Ars
Prussian Trade Ministry
Maria
Princess Giovanna Wedding Draws European Royalty in Assisi
In Assisi on Saturday morning Princess Giovanna will wed Boris III as a royal gathering forms. Attending will Boris III Victor Emmanuel Elena and Viovanna with more than 35 royal bloodlines present including Savoy members. Excluded are the Prince of Un dine and the Duke of Spoleto due to duties and convalescence respectively.
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Assisi
Italy
Boris III
Victor Emanuel
Elena
Viovanna
Sophie
Greece
St. Francis
Giovanna
Boris
House of Savoy
Prince
Undine
Spoleto
Venice
Humbert
Marie Jose
Panel Exhausted In Campbell Murder Trial Recess
The trial of Herbert M. Campbell for the murder of Mary E. Baker recessed with no jury after a panel of talesmen was exhausted. Eleven jurors were in the box when paused, and two hundred more talesmen were to be summoned tomorrow morning.
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Campbell
Washington
Herbert M. Campbell
Mary E. Baker
Chinese Outlaws Slay Two Priests
Dispatch from Shanghai reports seven Catholic priests and ten nuns abducted in Kiangsi province by outlaws. Bishop Mignani and one priest were released to arrange ransom while others remain hostage. Two priests were shot, all abductees are Italian French or Chinese.
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Kian
Shanghai
Kiangsi
Reds
Nanchang
Injunction Suit Against P and N Underway in Spartanburg
Judge J Lyles Glenn heard an IC C examiner testimony in a case to block Piedmont and Northern Railway electric line extensions. Intervening railways and the ICC sue to halt the project argue it would create a new national trunk railroad linking Spartanburg Gastonia Charlotte Winston Salem and connections with the Georgia and Florida and Norfolk and Western lines.
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Spartanburg
S. C
J. Lyles Glenn
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Haskell C. Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Com
W. S. O’b. Robinson
Charlotte
Piedmont and Northern
Piedmont
Carolinas
Duke Power Company
F. S. Alderman
The
Southern Railway
Georgia and Florida Steam Railroad
Greenwood
Norfolk and Western
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
N. C
Alderman
Glenn
Sharkey Open to Fight Stribling in New York
Jack Sharkey told the New York state athletic commission he is willing to meet Young Stribling in New York to help clear the muddled heavyweight situation. He offered to comply with any commission decision and suggested a bout with Stribling as part of elimination bouts the commission might order.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Jack Sharkey
Young Stribling
Boston
Stribling
Engineers Elect Officers for State Examiners
Engineers at Richmond Virginia elected T Keith Legare of Columbia L C as president of the National Council of State Engineering Examiners. Dr D B Steinman of New York was named vice president and Dean P H Daggett of Rutgers University formerly of the University of North Carolina became secretary treasurer. Detroit chosen to host the 1931 meeting.
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Richmond
T. Keith Legare
Columbia L. C
National Council of State
D. B. Steinman
New York
P. H. Daggett
Rutgers University
University of N. C
Detroit
High Point Election Case Sent to Grand Jury This Week
Guilford county grand jury postpones High Point city election irregularities case to Thursday morning. More than a dozen witnesses were questioned in Greensboro but released as the jury decided it could not conclude the matter today. Several High Point leaders registrars and election judges are said to be involved in the probe.
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Guilford County
High Point City
Greensboro
High Point
Kerrs Trial Postponed On Violation Of Election Laws
Grover Kerr, seventh High Point precinct registrar, arrested on a warrant alleging fraud in voter registration, had his trial postponed to tomorrow at 2 pm and moved to High Point municipal court. Prosecution includes Harry R. Stanley A C Davis Z I Walser. defense Norman Boren H L Koonce Rupert Pickens Chas W McAnally Gaston B Johnson. Fern Allen named in the warrant as the entered voter.
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Grover Kerr
High Point
W. G. Brown
D. A. Dowdy
High Point Municipal Court
Lewis E. Teague
Harry R. Stanley
A. C. Davis
Greensboro
Z. I. Walser
Norman Boren
H. L. Koonce
Rupert Pickens
Chas. W. McAnally
Gaston B. Johnson
Kerr
Miss Fern Allen
C. L. Allen
Jail Accommodations Insufficient To Interest Renters at Evanston
A Chicago area caller asked about jail housing with a wry tone. Police operator Ted Peterson replied that North Shore accommodations are basic with bars on three sides and simple furnishings. The humorous exchange ends with the caller hanging up.
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Evanston
Evanston, Il
North Shore
Ted Peterson
Peterson
Bang
Federal airmen active in Brazil amid revolts
Rio de Janeiro October 21 federal air forces fought in all sectors of the revolt. Planes conducted reconnaissance and bombarded insurgent positions to disperse rebel bands and hinder the insurgent column. Some fronts reported quiet with no new rebel activity and banks remained regulated by decree until November 30.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Aviations
Minas Geraes
Santa Catharine
Washington Luis
New Submarine V-5 Sets Depth Record Off Atlantic Coast
PORTSMOUTH N H Oct 21 AP The navy fleet submarine V-5 is believed to have broken U S depth records by diving to the ocean floor in 332 feet of water during a trial run to South America It was her first official deep sea dive though she had prior dives on the voyage
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Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Easton
New England
New Haven
Conn
Brimfield
Springfield
Mass
New York
New York City
Municipal Lodging House
Virginia
Lynchbore
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
South America
Kenilworth Inn At Asheville To Be Made a Sanitarium
Asheville news reports the Kenilworth Inn will be sold for over a million dollars to Asheville businessmen and turned into Appalachian Hall a sanitarium for mental and nervous illnesses. Drs William Ray and Mark A Griffin who run a similar facility will operate the new site.
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Kenilworth Inn
Asheville
Appalachian Hall
Atlanta
S. A. Lynch
Holding Corporation
Kenilworth Ian
William Ray
Mark A. Griffin
Irregular Trend Upward In Cotton Mills Continues
The New York cotton exchange reports a continued irregular but definite upward trend in the U S cotton mill sector during the past week. Total yardage of cloth sold likely exceeded current output, though not all classes showed the same gains.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Moravian Elders Meet in Winston-Salem
The annual meeting of Moravian church elders from the northern and southern provinces was held in Winston-Salem. Northern board members traveled from Bethlehem Pennsylvania to participate in the gathering.
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Winston-Salem
Moravian Church
Bethlehem
Lynching Verdict Forces $2000 Payment to Widow
In Walhalla South Carolina Oconee County must pay $2000 to the widow of Allen Green a black man lynched near here last spring. A jury found the lynching unjust proving Green did not commit the alleged crime. Judge M M Mann directed the verdict in favor of the widow as required by state law. The case drew strong evidence of innocence and included plans to try local officials and the mayor on related charges, postponed due to heat.
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Green
South Carolina
Valhalla
Parole Sought for Marion Riot Defendants
Former judge N A Townsend urges parole for Lawrence Hogan Wesley Fowler and De Lewis after their six month road sentences for Marion riot disorders. Alfred Hoffman already served 301 days and paid a $1000 fine. Townsend says parole would prevent further trouble and aid community and state.
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Raleigh
N. A. Townsend
Charlotte
O. Max Gardner
Marion
A. H. Graham
Townsend
Lawrence Hogan
Wesley Fowler
de Lewis
Alfred Hoffman
Tobacco Averages $18.02 on Rocky Mount Mart Floor
Tobacco prices reached a new high average for the season as 814,708 pounds were sold at an average of 18.02 dollars per hundred. The Rocky Mount market reported the sale on October 21.
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Rocky Mount Mart
Rocky Mount
Secrets of Sun Studied In Eclipse By Array of Instruments
On Ninuafoou Island observers from the United States and New Zealand set up a battery of giant cameras and numerous instruments to study the sun during an eclipse lasting 93 seconds. The expedition, led by Commander C. C. H. J. Keppler, hoped for clear skies to test theories and observe the sun’s corona and chromosphere.
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Niuafou Island
United States
New Zealand
CC. H. J. Keppler
United States Naval Observatory
Pinchot Claims Hoover Support For Pennsyl vania Ticket
In Washington Pennsylvania on October 21 Gifford Pinchot Republican gubernatorial candidate said President Hoover backs the entire Republican ticket in the November 4 election. He cited a message through Secretary James J. Davis as confirming Hoover’s stand. Davis denied any endorsement by the President and noted Hoover did not endorse him or any candidate.
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Washington
Hoover
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
James J. Davis
Pinchot
WMBO
Uniontown
Davies
United States
Davis
Wilson
Davis and Pinchot
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