Trial date set for Mason Gant embezzlement case
A special Guilford superior court term was ordered for December 10 to try Mason W. Gant on Confederate pension embezzlement charges after a delay due to his ill health. Judge Devin was assigned, and defense delays were barred as physicians warned the case should proceed.
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Greensboro
Guilford Superior Court
Mason W. Gant
O. Max Gardner
Hoyle Sink
W. A. Devin
Oxford
Gant
R. M. Caudle
High Point
O. L. Sapp
S. WB. Adams
Charlee
Link
Sink
John Berry
J. T. Taylor
Bright
Bishop Says Campbell On Trial In 8000 Indian Slaying
AP dispatches from Shanghai report Kiangsi province fall to communists with 8000 killed since October 6. Refugees describe massacre and looting in Kiangsi city with ransom demands totaling tens of millions of Mexican.
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Bishop
Campbell
Shanghai
Nanking
Kian
Kiangsi
Migniani
Lazarist Mission
Nun
Hankow
Kiukiang
Pengtseh
Father Venaix
Reds
U. S
China
v/P
Yangtse
Ifang
Tankow
Ichang
Ifung
Insurgent Rail Attacks Hit Brazil and U S Unions Push Six-Hour Day
Insurgent light horse cut rail links between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with attacks on Cruzeiro and Lorena as Vargas moves toward the front. In Cleveland, seven railroad unions launch a campaign for a six hour day with wage parity, aiming to employ 40 000 more workers and plan a national push at a Chicago meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Light Horse
Minas Geraes
Sao ‘Aulo
Cruzeiro
Newton Cavalcanti
Lorena
Carreiro
Republic
Vargas
Getulio Vargas
Julio Prestes
Brazilian Union
Sao Paulo-Parana
Cleveland
United States
Canada
Railroad Union
Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Tragic Anne II Mine Disaster Deepens Death Toll
In ALSCOREF Rhenish Prussia a mine explosion traps 61 more miners as overall deaths rise to 231 with 170 bodies recovered. Rescue teams report all survivors from the pit fouled by gas. hundreds of relatives flock to the town as a government inquiry investigates the blast cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alscoref
Rhenish
Prussia
Anne II
Father Tries To Attack Prisoner Twice In Week
Robert Jones of Hazelton Pa shows man protected by prison guards as enraged father and brother attempt to assault him in the Raleigh police headquarters corridor. Jones faced $10000 bond for improper relations with Ina Blanchard under 16 and had just been bound over for superior court. Earlier Monday he drew 60 days on the roads for immorality with Opal Hester, a Blanchard associate.
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Raleigh
Robert Jones
Hazelton
Jones
Superior
Ina Blanchard
Opal Hester
Blanchard
Rocky” Hester
John Van Ryn to Wed Marjorie Gladman at St Augustine
John Van Ryn and Marjorie Gladman, two leading American tennis players, will marry tonight at St Augustine by the Sea Episcopal church in Santa Monica California. The couple first met on the tennis courts during tournaments here and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
John van Ryn
Marjorie Gladman
St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for October
Treasury receipts for October 20 totaled 8 271 378 95 dollars with expenditures of 22 014 218 86 and a balance of 261 832 292 97 dollars. The report from Washington notes October activity and the year to date figures.
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Treasury
Washington
Frost Again Due In State Tonight
Sub freezing conditions and frost covered most mountain areas as the alert spread through the Carolinas. Asheville dropped to 26 degrees with a killing frost in the highlands, Raleigh bottomed at 35, Columbia at 28, Salisbury 27.5, Henderson records set at 26 with heavy frost nationwide.
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Associated Press
Jack Frost
Winter
Carolinas
Piedmont
Asheville
Salisbury
Raleigh
Columbia
Charlotte
Henderson
Testimony Opens in P and N Hearing
Spartanburg S C October 22 Introduction of direct testimony in the injunction suit brought by the Interstate Commerce Commission and seven railroads against Piedmont and Northern Railway was expected to begin as today’s session continued. The case seeks to block an extension of electric lines in the Carolinas with witnesses planned for direct examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Sesson
Federal District Court
J. Lyles Glenn
Piedmont and
Northern
Carolinas
Commission
W. 8. Lee
Edgar Thomason
J. S. Cureton
Nelson Thomas
Haskell C. Davis
Charlotte
Glenn
W. S. O’b. Robinson
Piedmont
Five Months Sentences For Pa Liquor Raid Suspects
Gurney Neese of High Point North Carolina Robert Williams of Richmond Virginia and Daniel Schwab of Logan County Pennsylvania were sentenced in federal court to five months each in Lycoming County Jail Williamsport after a raid on a large still near Williamsport Pennsylvania.
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Cranton
Gurney Neese
High Point
N. C
Robert Williams
Richmond
Daniel Schwab
Logantown
Williamsport
Lycoming County
Banker Jailed For $75,000 Shortage
Jackson Mississippi report says John A. Smallwood president of the closed Guaranty Bank and Trust company was arrested in connection with a shortage in excess of 75000 dollars and released on bond after a visit by state superintendent of banks J S Love.
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Jackson
Miss
J. S. Love
Oxford
John A. Smallwood
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Cotton spinning activity climbs to 76.4 percent capacity in September
Census Bureau reports September use at 76.4 percent capacity on a single shift, up from 65.2 percent in August. Spindles in place reached 33,959,172, with 26,087,004 active and an average of 25,941,497 operated. Active spindle hours totaled 5,662,899,108, averaging 167 hours per spindle, versus August and September 1940 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Truthful holdup man freed as aid funds raised
In Chicago a holdup man who spoke honestly was released and inspired support for his destitute family. The victim jeweler A C Mayerle recounted the incident, the robber pleaded for mercy and returned $25 while seeking $10 for essentials. Mayerle then started a food and fuel fund and arranged medical care for the robber’s sick wife.
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Chicago
A. C. Mayerle
Mayerle
Girl Swoons as Trial Focuses on Dickenson Case
In Richmond Virginia on October 22 Mary Frances McClenny swooned on the witness stand delaying the Harry Dickenson trial. Prosecutors allege Dickenson took her without parental consent and faces six indictments with possible penalties up to five years in prison and a $1000 fine. McClenny testified she planned to meet Dickenson near her home before they disappeared.
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Mary Frances McClenny
Richmond
Harry Dickenson
Miss MecClenny
Joseph C. Nunnally
Dickenson
Julian Gunn
Johnny Ledbetter
Miss McClenny
Waynesboro
Harry
Norfolk
Metcalf Kerr trial lines with wets go into Thursday
Providence Rhode Island October 22 United States Senator Jesse Metcalf republican candidate for re election declared for repeal of the 18th amendment and state liquor control. He said temperance may be best promoted by repeal and higher respect for law. Rhode Island voters face a referendum in November with Democrat Peter Gerry opposing. the clash came as Grover Kerr Democratic registrar faced trial on state election law violations with testimony focusing on a registration irregularity involving Fern Allen.
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Providence
R. I
United States
Jesse M. Metcalf
Metcalf
Hoover
Rhode Island
Metecalf
Peter G. Gerry
Gerry
Grover Kerr
Seventh High Point
Lewis Teague
H. L. Koontz
Don C. MacRae
County Board of Elections
C. L. Allen
Allen
Randolph County
Fern Allen
Miss Allen
President Hoover Praises NY Emergency Work
President Hoover lauded the New York City emergency employment committee for taking a real step toward the common objective of reviving business. The telegram framed the committee’s efforts as a key part of restoring economic soundness.
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New York
Hoover
Emergency Employment Committee
New York City
Borah Seeks Recognition of Soviet Russia
Twin Falls Idaho October 22 Senator William E Borah of Idaho urged recognition of the Russian Soviet government in a campaign speech asserting he would trade with every nation and that Russia may move toward a sane democracy despite current communistic doctrine.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
William E. Borah
United States
Russia
Journalists Meet Berlin Opens International Convention
The International Federation of Journalists opened a four day convention in Berlin on October 22 with newsmen from 25 nations in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
International Federation of Journalists
Congressman Otis T. Wingo Dies in Baltimore
Congressman Otis T. Wingo of Arkansas's fourth district died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He had served since 1913, becoming the twenty second House member to die in the seventy first Congress. Funeral arrangements were expected to be announced.
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Baltimore
Otis T. Wingo
Arkansas
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Charles A. Stedman
William C. Hammer
North Carolina
Pennsylvania crude oil price cut announced
Pittsburgh agencies announced a 15 cent reduction in the price of all Pennsylvania grade crude oils today, effective immediately. The move affects major producers and buyers in the oil market with potential ripple effects on regional refining and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Caswell Negro Sees Oil Dreams After Skeptic Geologists
Reidsville North Carolina October 22 Lonnie Burwell a Caswell County Black man remains hopeful after geologists tested his well finding no refined oil source. Experts believe gasoline seeped from a nearby tank and not from the earth beneath the Burwell well. He maintains visions of wealth despite the unfavorable reports.
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Reidsville
N. C
Lonnie Burwell
Burwell
Caswell County
Buorwell
Herman J. Bryson
Bryson
F. W. McMann
Oklahoma
Oime
Gloria Swanson seeks divorce from Marquis de la Coude
Gloria Swanson files suit for divorce from Marquis Henri De La Falaise de la Coude daye charging wilful desertion. He will not contest. Married in Paris January 23, 1925 they separated a year ago. no children, no alimony, no community property.
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Los Angeles
Gloria Swanson
Henri de la Falaise de la Coude Daye
Screen Star
Paris
Miss Swanson
Huseband
Marquis
Hollywood
Europe
Renee Adoree Ill in Prescott Arizona Hospital
Renee Adoree, the French film actress known for The Big Parade, was reported ill with a pulmonary ailment in a Prescott Arizona hospital. Hospital officials confirmed a patient admitted as Mrs. Gild but refused to publicly identify the patient.
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Prescott
Artz
Renée Adoree
Gild
Renee Adoree
Tollywood
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Dee
Percet
Devin
Gardner
Judge Link
Genuinely III
Herbert M. Campbell
Virginia
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Jose C. Adkins
Justice Adkins
William H. Collins
United States District Attorney
Miss Baker
Herbert Campbell
Calvin Goddard
By Pedro Daycard
Curituba
Parana
Brazil
Anita Caribaldi
Liberator
Frost
Ledbetter
D. C. MecClenny
Diickenson
Gunn
Metcalf Kerr
Rhodes Island
N. Y
Borah
Soviet Russia
Wingo
Gloria
Long
Arizona Hospital
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