Russia Ready To Resume Relations Within Half Hour
Berlin October 28 Maxim Litvinoff Soviet foreign commissar said Russo American relations could be settled in a half hour if needed. He declined to reveal travel plans or a ship for the United States, noting journalists should not be kept from expenses for nothing. He spoke of the broad impact of recognition on global economic ties and avoided predicting future outcomes.
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Russia
Berlin
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Washington
Roosevelt
Warsaw
Shades
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Bandits Rob Produce Merchant In Norfolk Hold Up
In Haut Norfolk three masked bandits robbed H C Lambert a local produce merchant at gunpoint beat him with a sock filled with soap and took from him between 400 and 8500 dollars in cash a 1200 dollar check and a pistol. Separately the navy awarded a 1826 contract to EK L Davis and company of Beaufort North Carolina for repairs at the Cape Lookout naval radio direction finder station.
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Norfolk
H. C. Lambert
Washington
Navy
EK. L. Davis and Company
Beaufort
N. C
Naval Radio Direction Finder
Cape Lookout
Funds Allotted by PWA for 52 Projects in 25 States
The Public Works Administration allocated 86,107,225 for 52 non federal projects across 25 states. It projects about 40,000 man months of direct and 80,000 man months of indirect employment. Denver received the largest grant, 3.5 million dollars for water works improvements.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Denver
Colo
Graf Zeppelin Returns from Goodyear Dock Flight
The Graf Zeppelin lifted from the Goodyear zeppelin dock in Akron at 8 55 a m on its return flight to Germany marking another long trans Atlantic crossing for the veteran airship and its crew.
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Akron, O
Graf Zeppelin
Goodyear Zeppelin Dock
Germany
Madison man pleads not guilty in farm strike killing
Frank McCorrison charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of farmer Gunar Felland during a picket by farm strikers near Madison Wisconsin. He appeared in superior court and was held without bail for a preliminary hearing next Wednesday.
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Madison, Wis
Frank McCorrison
Gunar Felland
Here
Superior
Nevada law on bond votes sparks tax payer contrast
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Nevada requires both property owners and non owners to approve bonds or debt, besting a split vote rule. It argues the system protects taxpayers while denying representation to non taxpayers, even as it criticizes broad claims about property rights.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Nevada
National Guards Patrol Troubled Horse Creek Textile Area
National Guard units patrolled the Horse Creek Valley textile district near Bath South Carolina after strikers crossed the Savannah River from Augusta Georgia. A mass labor meeting was set for 4 PM, as picketing ceased until Monday. Police dispersed a 700-strong crowd earlier, with arrests and bonds reported.
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Bath
S. C
National Guard
Horse Creek Valley
Washington
J. W. Wessinger
John Town
Here
Company H
118Th Infantry
Executive Order
Augusta
Savannah River
South Carolina
Aiken Mills
Oratorical Guns Set For Repeal Fight Next Week
North Carolina faces a heavy speaking barrage from both dry and wet forces ahead of the November 7 repeal vote. Dry director Cale K. Burgess and Dr. R. L. Moore head a schedule of sermons and public talks across towns including Raleigh Cary Greensboro Hayesville and Laurinburg as wet leaders line up speakers like Walter Murphy John H Small and others with a statewide rally planned for November 3 featuring Postmaster General James A Farley.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Robert R. Reynolds
Cale K. Burgess
All Cary
R. L. Moore
Mars Hill College
Bakersville
Raymond Binford
Siler City
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
Greensboro
E. Yates Webb
Hayesville
J. Powell Tucker
Aulander
Hilsboro
Jake F
Webb
Murphy
Mr. Burgess
Laurinburg
W. L. Poteat
Henderson
Cameron Morrison
Lumberton
Johnston J. Hayes
Newton
R. O. Everett
Clinton
Dr. Tucker
Washington
Walter Murphy
Wilkesboro
John
Small
Lincolnton
Rockingham
Lamberton
Hertford
First Baptist Church
Bethany Baptist Church
Selma
Rocky Mount
James A. Farley
Greenville Negress Home Will Be Saved
Greenville District records show Alice D Oyley a resident of Greenville contacted President Roosevelt by long distance to seek mortgage relief. A White House secretary connected with W P Goodman executive secretary to the home loan board who then conferred with T P Carson manager of the Greenville district bank. An application blank was given in hopes of restoring her home claim.
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Greenville
D. C
Alice D’oyley
Ehringhaus
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Frank Patton
Brownlow Jackson
North Carolina
Farm Administration
Washington
Luther MacLamb
Johnston County
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Price Policy Keeps U S Gold Price Above World Quotations
The Roosevelt administration raises the U S price for newly mined gold to 31.82 an ounce despite a drop in world prices. The daily figure is set by the committee chaired by Jesse Jones with Morgenthau and Achesen present, aiming to lift commodity prices. The gap over world prices widens as London gold values fall and dollar-pound rates slip.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Washington
Roosvelt
London
Sat
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corp
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Dean Achesen
Treasury
Illinois County To Bar Nudist Colony
Will county sheriff vows to ban nudists in the county after rumors of nudist activity. He states residents will be allowed only to bathe at home on Saturdays, signaling strong local crackdown on public nudity.
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Illinois County
Gardner Forecasts Inflation Pinch for Salaried Americans
In Raleigh O Max Gardner warns the nation faces inflation, saying salaries must rise or costs will strain workers. He likens Roosevelt to a versatile quarterback mixing plays to reach recovery, and notes potential benefits of recognizing Soviet Russia for southern markets.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Robert
Bland
Raleigh Federal
Durham
Georgia Tech
Gardner
Carolina
N. C. State
44 Gold Hoarders Must Face Charges Made By Government
The U S government prosecutes 44 known gold hoarders linked to Roosevelts order to turn in gold. District attorneys across the country pursue actions while mints reject non fresh consignments, aiming to keep the higher gold price effective. Officials monitor markets as the Treasury sets daily prices and theory ties gold to commodity trends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Treasury
London
American County association forms at Chicago meeting
An effort to create the American County association to study mutual problems such as taxation and crime met with success in Chicago. Officers named include Peter M. Kelly as national chairman H B Reagan treasurer and George Stansbury vice chairman with headquarters planned in Chicago. Attending officials from North Carolina included J F Hoffman Jr F R Shaw and J W Burke.
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Chicago
American County Association
Peter M. Kelly
H. B. Rea-gan
Asheville
N. C
George Stansbury
Kelly
J. F. Hoffman, Jr
High Point
F. R. Shaw
Greensboro
J. W. Burke
Gibsonville
Dry and Wet Campaigns Roil North Carolina Politics
Raleigh is a theater of prohibition battles as Senator Bailey shifts to repeal while drys add Republican leaders to their slate. Ehringhaus moves on auto tag sale dates to ease state finances. a spate of crimes, bank liquidations, and policy notes fill the day.
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Raleigh
J. W. Bailey
Cameron Morrison
Clyde Hoey
E. Yates Webb
Bailey
Jake Newell
Reynolda
Clifford Frazier
Eihringhaus
Charlies A. Jonas
North Carolina
Drys
Johnson's NRA hard line hints at court fights over codes
James Cope reports a shift in NRA policy as Hugh S. Johnson signals prosecutions for code violations and bars Ford from government contracts. Roosevelt endorses the stance, while observers note a new readiness to test the industrial code in court and curb small manufacturers.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8
Johnson
Henry Ford
Ford
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Three Men Sentenced to Die for Aged Spartanburg Farmer Murder
In Spartanburg, on October 28, Vick Rook Roy Lawson and J H McIntyre were sentenced to die in the electric chair on November 24 for the murder of Clarence Crow an elderly Spartanburg county farmer. Mrs Roy Lawson received a life term. The decedent Emanuel Crow testified with his wife as state's key witnesses.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Clarence Crow
Roy Lawson
Vick Rook
J. H. McIntyre
Emanuel
Crow
Government to Reject Rail Loans Over Steel Pricing
The administration told steel companies it will deny rail loan funds without full examination of books and costs unless rail price drops to 35 dollars per ton. Eastman said current letters show collusion and lack of competition, urging safeguards for consumers and public interest.
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Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Heavy registration expected in Davidson for repeal vote
LEXINGTON October 28 It is expected a heavy registration will be made here in preparation for the November 7 election on repealing the 18th amendment. Registrations are being made by voters coming of age and others who did not vote in the last general election. Registration books were being held open in all voting precincts in Davidson county today. Instruction, registration books and tickets were distributed to the registrars of the 33 voting precincts at a meeting held here recently.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Wiggin Profits From Subsidiaries Spark Senate Protest
Senate investigators outline Albert H. Wiggin’s large gains from stock trades via personal and family corporations during 1927 through 1932, including over 10 million dollars from Chase National Bank stock. W. W. Aldrich, bank president, denounces such trading while pledging to keep Chase stock markets unmanipulated.
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Washington
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
Senate
Wiggin
W. W. Aldrich
Ferdinand Pecora
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