Manchurian Governor Seeks Peace In Northern China
Chang Hsueh Liang, Manchuria governor, calls for immediate halt to hostilities in northern China at Mukden meeting. Chinese papers publish his peace manifesto and an interview urging cooperation among Yen and Feng allied leaders to avoid civil war and suffering. 40,000 Manchurian troops reportedly move toward Peiping and Tientsin to secure the rail line and capital.
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Tientsin
China
Chang Hsuer Liang
Manchuria
Peiping
Nanking
Mukden
Iwan River
Chihai
Great Wall
Chang
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Yen Hsi- Shan
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chang Kai-Shek
Cuba Hinders J. S. World Court Entry
The report from Geneva notes Cuban opposition to a protocol revising the World Court statute affecting judge terms. Britain’s Noel Barker warned US entry could be blocked by Cuba while Secretary Stimson and the Root formula are cited. Cuban delegates ponder ratification timing as other states weigh the changes.
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Geneva
Noel Barker
League of Nations Assembly Committee
Hoover Administration
United States
Cuba
Baker
State Stimson
Hoover
World Court
Will
Senor Ferrara
Rene Cassin
France
Princess Victorious In Lawsuit Brought By Relatives to Prevent Marriage
The 73-year-old Princess Marie Charlotte de Broglie wed Prince Louis Ferdinand d Orleans in London after relatives failed to block the match over age disparity. The dispute ended with the couple planning to leave for Switzerland and then San Remo after a brief civil ceremony.
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Prince Louis
London
Marie Charlotte Constance de Broglie
Louis Ferdinand D’orleans
Bourbon Infante
Spain
Alfonso
Amedeo de Broglie
Infanta Eulalia
Duke de Harissac
England
Switzerland
San Remo
Bank bandits squeeze middlewest banks as planes join raids
Nationwide wave of bank robberies hits farm belt with sixteen banks looted since September 3 totaling over 126000 dollars. In Iowa five holdups in two weeks, with rewards and revived vigilante zeal as bands use cars and airplanes from Missouri to North Dakota.
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Chicago
James Boys
Missouri
Wesley and Hardy
Iowa
Gifford
Hay Springs
Neb
Nebraska
First National Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Minnesota
Illinois
North Dakota
Winterset
Des Moines Register and Tribune Today
Issue Lines Tightened By Drive
Washington reports show the wet anti prohibition campaign spent 425 370 this year while dry forces spent 9 622. The Anti-Saloon League led wet fundraising and the dry side says it will keep 70 percent of the House and gain Senate strength. Primary activity centered in New Jersey Missouri and Pennsylvania with major disbursements noted including 100 000 for the Phillips Bohlen ticket in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
iPj
F. Scott McBride
McBride
Senate
House of Representatives
Association Against the Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Phillips
Francis S. Bohlen
New Jersey
Missouri
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition National Committee
Fidac delays officer naming for 1931 in Indiana meeting
Washington reports Fidac postpones choosing officers and a meeting place until a session at Culver Indiana on September 23. Assistant Secretary Jahncke pledges navy support for peace through maritime forces. General Pershing and the White House联 garden party visitors reinforce peace aims.
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Washington
Culva
Indiana
Fidac
Jahncke
Navy
Federated Veterans of
Women’s Auxiliary
State Castle
Pershing
Farlier
Walker solicits small gifts for Lipton loving cup
New York on September 19 reports Mayor James J. Walker is collecting public donations of up to one dollar each to purchase a loving cup for Sir Thomas Lipton in tribute to his sportsmanship after the Shamrock failed to win the America's Cup. Will Rogers proposed the idea, circulated in the New York Times, and other New York figures joined.
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New York
Will Rogers
James J. Walker
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Rogers
New York Times Today
Page To Announce Decision On Co-Op Tobacco Job Monday
Frank Page elected to head a state cooperative tobacco marketing association will announce Monday whether he accepts the post. Gov. Gardner said Page is seriously considering the job and will respond to the organization committee when they meet with the governor. Gardner, farm board and NC State experts discussed the proposed contract and steps to set the organization in motion.
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Raleigh
Frank Page
State Cooperative Tobacco Marketing Association
Page
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
State Highway Commission
Max Gardner
Gardner
Farm Board and
N. C. State College
Greensboro Lawyers Tapped For Pension Fraud Probes
Greensboro firm Brooks Parker Smith And Wharton will assist Solicitor J F Spruill in an inquiry into irregularities in Confederate pension handling by Guilford clerk Mason W Gant. The state pension board engaged the firm, announced by Governor Gardner who stressed a full investigation without presuming grand jury action.
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Greensboro
Brooks, Parker, Smith and Wharton
Dennis G. Brummitt
J. F. Spruill
Lexington
Mason W. Gant
Juilford
State Pension Board
W. Max Gardner
Raleigh
Gardner
Commonwealth
Two bootleggers sentenced to four years each
High Point's Milliard Hendrix and Jim Allen received four year federal prison terms in Greensboro before Judge Johnson J. Hayes. Hendrix drew four years plus a $300 fine and a five year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two of three cases. Allen received four years with two years in Chillicothe and two in Atlanta, also a $300 fine and five year suspended sentence. Other defendants and witnesses from High Point described raids by federal agents and local officers.
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High Point
Milliard Hendrix
Jim Allen
Federal
Johnson J. Hayes
Greensboro
Neese Williard
Hendrix
Allen
Chilli Cothe
Ohio
Atlanta
Whitlow
Smith
Nance
Hatley
Gardners Plan Weekend at Shelby During Tobacco Relief Meet
Governor O Max Gardner and Mrs Gardner will spend the weekend at their Shelby home due to illness in the family. The governor will return to Raleigh Monday for a meeting of the newly named tobacco relief organization committee.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Gardner
Two Men Held for Beating of Youth in Waynesville
Will Haney, injured in a Thursday night attack at his brother’s Clyde area home, identified Jeter Hawkins and Sam Snyder as assailants by their voices. They were jailed without bail on burglary and assault with intent to kill charges, while they seek habeas corpus relief before Judge M. L. Barnhill.
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Waynesville
Will Haney
Clyde
Jeter Hawkins
Clyde Rural Mail
Sam Snyder
M. L. Barnhill
Haney
Roe Haney
Clivde
Bailey Charges Hoover Failure at Smithfield Rally
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josiah William Bailey denounces Herbert Hoover’s record on law enforcement and prohibition enforcement in Smithfield urging voters that the Republican administration has failed to uphold laws. He cites Chicago gangs and bootlegging, questions Hoover’s commitment, and predicts more talks in Erwin tomorrow.
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Smithfield
Herbert Hoover
Josiah William Bailey
United States Senate
Johnston County
Hoover
Bailey
Chicago
Prohibition
Andy
Amos
People of America
Erwin
Harnett County
Gandhi Spends Sixty Second Birthday in Poona
In Poona India on September 14 Mahatma Gandhi marked his sixty second birthday by writing in the morning and spinning on his hand wheel in the afternoon continuing his daily nonviolent self discipline as a national figure.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by President Hoover
President Hoover proclaims October 5 to 11 as National Fire Prevention Week. He notes 1929 fire losses of 470 million dollars and urges active public cooperation to curb fire waste and protect lives and property. He cites home fatalities and injuries and calls for individual responsibility to reduce losses.
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Hoover
Washington
North American
Herbert Hoover
United States of America
California Democrats Endorse Clear Prohibition Platform
In Sacramento on September 19 the California Democratic Party adopted a firm prohibition plank. After two hours of heated debate at the state convention speakers rejected pussyfooting and backed strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and all related laws. Milton K. Young, the gubernatorial nominee, was a proponent of the decisive platform.
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Sacramento
California
Democratic Party
Milton K. Youn
Lamb Seeks $60,000 Damages From Southern Railroad
Lexington report: D. J. Lamb former Davidson deputy sheriff sues Southern Railway for $60,000 alleging a high bank and sharp curve hid an oncoming passenger train his prisoner was in custody when struck. He claims loss of his right foot an eyeball displaced a broken nose cracked ribs and additional injuries.
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Lexington
Southern Railway
D. J. Lamb
Davidson
Lamb
Strike Ends for 30000 Barcelona Construction Workers
In Barcelona on September 19 the 30000 construction workers ended a week long strike by accepting an accord with the construction company. The company recognizes the Sindicato unico as a legal union and will re employ the dismissed member whose firing helped trigger the strike. Police kept order as workers gathered for a mass meeting to approve the settlement.
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Barcelona
Spain
Lnder
Sindicato Unico
Sis Mou
Primo de Rivera
Nye visit stirs North Carolina politics in campaign finance probe
Senator Gerald P Nye of North Dakota eyed moving the Big campaign expenditures investigation into North Carolina next month. State leaders note NC caps campaign spending at ten thousand dollars per year and require expense filings. J L Ward of Mississippi, an investigator for the committee, toured Charlotte Hickory Greensboro and other cities but said he found nothing of importance.
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Raleigh
Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
North Carolina
J. L. Ward
Mississippi
Ward
Charlotte
Hickory
Greensboro
American in Germany studies exploitation field
In Berlin on September 19 an American named Harry Sinclair is reported to be in Germany conducting investigations into oil field exploitation and related industrial possibilities. The article notes prior German interest in an American funded North European oil concern amassing assets in Hanover, Brunswick, and Oldenburg.
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Harry Sinclair
Germany
Berlin
W. Sinela
Hanover
Brunawick
Oldenburg
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