Presbyterians Appeal To Keep Dry Law At Synod Meet
The North Carolina Synod of the Southern Presbyterian church chose Greensboro as its 1933 meeting place and adopted a nonpartisan stance on prohibition while urging individual abstinence. The synod elected C. M. Gibbs as stated clerk and set Greensboro College as the 1933 site.
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Greensboro
C. M. Gibbs
Erwin
Alice
Greenville
N. C
Synod of
E. B. Gillespie
E. L. Siler
Maxton
Gillespie
Gibbs
Greensboro College
E. D. Brown
Statesville
R. A. Dunn
Charlotte
J. S. Foster
Winston-Salem
Synod of Virginia
Synod
Presbyterian Church
Roosevelt Seeks Public Control of Utilities amid Crisis
Dispatch outlines President Roosevelt pushing government control to shield utilities for the people. A separate note reports English pair facing death in China captors. Messages describe ransom demands, pleas for release, and grim details of captivity.
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Roosevelt
China
Postpone Study of League Probe on Manchuria
Geneva September 22 The league council plans to delay consideration of the inquiry into Japanese military actions in Manchuria until December The session will be led by Ramon de Valera and will run ahead of the league assembly opening The main issues are whether the council or assembly will enforce the league covenant and whether Japan will quit the league if a firm stance is taken.
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Geneva
League Commission of Inquiry
Manchuria
Council of the League
League Assembly
Ramon de Valera
Lytton
Japan
Assembly
League
19 Drowned in Amazon Steamer Wreck Near Manaos
Reports from Manaos confirm the loss of 19 lives when a small steamer foundered in the Amazon River near Manaos. The disaster is under investigation and authorities are assessing the wreck and salvage options.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mahanhao
Amazon
No meddling in foreign affairs advice on arms
Beverly Hills column criticizes advisory meddling in Germany arming. The writer argues nations resent being told what to do and warns against hypocritical lectures on disarmament.
Curtis Touring Tennessee For Party Campaign
Vice President Curtis on a three state tour en route to Chattanooga for a final Tennessee speech for the national Republican ticket. He spoke in Knoxville before a large crowd about economic issues and tariff legislation while defending federal loans and aid to banks and protecting labor and farmers.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Curtis
Chattanooga
Tennessee
John E. McCall
Memphis
J. Will Taylor
Athens
Federal Reconstruction Corporation
Tax Revenues Rise As Federal Deficit Edges Higher
Washington reports the 1932 tax revenue law approaching maximum yields with August receipts totaling 79.94 million from gasoline energy checks stock transfers and other taxes. Authorities expect further rises as accumulated inventories wane and retroactive excise payments clear. For July and August the two month total reached 141.63 million versus 142.56 million in 1931.
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Washington
Treasury
Silk Mill Resumes Night Operations In Clinton
The Stutz Hadfield Gilk corporation, one of two silk mills in the state, has resumed night operations in Clinton with a weekly output of about 20,000 yards. H. Finlay, general manager, said the silk outlook is much better and the extended schedule follows favorable industry prospects.
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Clinton
8. C
Stutz-Hadfield Gilk Corporation
Finlay
Thomas Campaign Begins Alone For President
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate, starts a solo nationwide trek in 17 states. He plans day and night speeches, traveling in sleeping cars with little campaign funds under $60,000. He notes his effort aims to sway voters and spur a broader Socialist movement despite doubts of winning.
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New York
West
United States
Northwest
California
Texas
Norman Thomas
Senate
Hoover Orovernor Roosevelt
Thomas
Brutality Ruling Over Southland Federal Camps Detailed
Miss Helen Boardman testified on abuses at 22 Mississippi flood control contractor camps. She described beatings for late meals, long hours, high heat, rifles, and a coercive commissary system charging for water tents and cook fees. The NAACP pressed for a Senate investigation led by Senator Wagner.
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Washington
Helen Boardman
Red Cross
G. B. Pillsbury
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Miss Boardman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
War Department
Wagner
New York
Pair of Republicans Destined to Assume Control of Wisconsin
Wisconsin voters advanced two conservative Republicans to lead state and national offices. John B. Chapple won the senate race over Senator John J. Blaine by about 18 thousand votes, while Walter J. Kohler led over Governor Philip La Follette by roughly 93 thousand votes for the governorship.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
John B. Chapple
Ashland
United States Senate
Walter J. Kohler
John J. Blaine
Philip la Follette
Kohler
LaFollette
Chapple
Blaine
Senator
Thomasville Chair Company Workers To Meet
A meeting of Thomasville Chair Company employees will be held Friday night September 3 at 7:30 in the Central High school auditorium. The call for the mass meeting was issued by a worker speaking for the group.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Central High School
Bedraggled Spanish Aristocrats Deported to Africa
Madrid reports a group of marquises dukes and high officers bound for exile in fever ridden Africa. The aristocrats were rounded up by the republican government after the Sanjurjo uprising and set sail aboard the Espana V amid tearful farewells.
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Africa
Madrid
Spain
Jose Sanjurjo
Funeral Rites Held For Charles W. Gold in Greensboro
Charles W. Gold, 59, Greensboro business leader and president of Pilot Life Insurance, was killed when his gun accidentally discharged during a hunt in Randolph County. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. in Greensboro. his widow and four children survive.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Charles W. Gold
Capone Awaits Habeas Hearing On Tax Case
Al Capone appeared in United States district court under guard as his lawyers filed a petition for habeas corpus seeking release from a 10 year sentence for income tax violations. Judge Marvin Underwood set October 19 for the hearing amid arguments over statute of limitations and possible Supreme Court rulings.
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Capone
Atlanta
UPI
al Capone
Chicago
United States District Court
United States Supreme Court
R F C Officials See Omen In Decrease In Loan Applications
Washington auditors report a drop in loan applications to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for banks railroads and insurance firms in the last month Directors Wilson McCarthy and Gardner Cowles Sr said the pressure on the corporation has greatly eased and the bad period from February 1 to July 15 appears to have passed
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Wilson McCarthy
Gardner Cowles
McCarthy
Dozen witnesses testify in senator Davis lottery case
A dozen witnesses testified in the trial of United States Senator James J. Davis charged with participating in lotteries run by the Loyal Order of Moose. Prosecution said tickets were printed and delivered by authorized Moose agents, with two women testifying to buying tickets and collecting cash prizes at Moose lodges. The government alleges Davis knew of all activities as lifelong director general, while defense notes he is a merely honorary official.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
The
Moose
Davis
Mussolini
Order
Hindu Merchants Strike in Panama City for Gandhi Sympathy
About 100 Hindu merchants in Panama City began a 24 hour hunger strike in solidarity with Mahatma Gandhi's strike. The action was filed today.
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Gandhi
Panama City
Mahatma Gandhi
Wright elected commander in chief of G A R
Captain William P Wright 83 of Chicago won a unanimous election to lead the Grand Army of the Republic in Springfield succeeding Samuel P Town of Philadelphia. The ceremony on September 22 marked his ascent as the new commander in chief.
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Springfield
William P. Wright
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Samuel P. Town
Philadelphia
Louisiana to Weed Out Inmates Of Pen Who Shouldn't Be There
Louisiana plans early release for several hundred short term prisoners at the state penitentiary to cut costs. Gov. O K Allen's office says many prisoners are not dangerous and releases will be advised by the prison general manager. The move targets minor offenses and aims to reduce overcrowding while noting the high cost of imprisonment.
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Louisiana
Pen
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Prac
Roosevelt Attacks Utilities in West Swing Tour
Roosevelt denounces utility promoters and Hoover in a Portland speech as he continues a 21 day western tour. He supports public power and federal regulation, saying hydroelectric resources belong to the people and accuses utility leaders of promoting watered stock and deceit. McAdoo backs him as California Democrats line up for Senate.
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San Francisco
Portland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
California
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Chicago
William Gibbs McAdoo
Redding
McAdoo
United States Senate
United States
Strike Condition Still Unsettled Reports From Rockingham
Raleigh dispatch notes no definite progress in textile strikes at Rockingham after more than a month. Dr. Julian B. Miller, sent by Gov. C. Max Gardner, arranged late day conferences and will report after completing a survey of relief needs tonight or return to Rockingham. The governor called the situation encouraging.
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Raleigh
Rockingham
Julian &. Miller
Richmond County
C. Max Gardner
Gardner
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