Penn-Dixie Cement resumes operations in Kingsport
The Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation of Kingsport will resume operations tomorrow for an indefinite period, with former employees returning and working part time under the federal system. The plant will employ about 90 men, while nearby limestone quarries at Marcem Virginia will also reopen, employing about 40 workers.
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Kingsport
Cemet
Johnson City-Bluff City
Penn-Dixie
Marcem
Gate City
Insull's Son to Return from France Visit
James Simpson says Samuel Insull Jr Kept abroad trip simple and unrelated to receivership. Officials confirm he went to France to visit his parents and will return to Chicago in November.
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Samuel Insull, Jr
James Simpson
Insull
Comepanies
Chicago
Simpson
Insull Enterprises
Young Insull
France
Treasury receipts and expenditures for September 28
Treasury receipts for September 28 totaled 104.65 million dollars while expenditures reached 106.08 million. The daily balance stood at 869.10 million with customs duties for the 28 days of September amounting to 23.40 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Hurley Speaks at Vets Reunion in Knoxville
Secretary of War Hurley spoke to World War I veterans of the Thirtieth Division in Knoxville after a two day East Tennessee tour. He denied imperial designs and pledged not to send sons to war unprepared, criticizing profiteering and urging measures to prevent profit from conflict. The Thirtieth Division association elected George K. Freeman president and set Asheville, North Carolina, as next meeting site.
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Tenn
Hurley
Tennessee
Washington
C. W. Cousland
Johnson City
United States
Thirtieth Division Association
George K. Freeman
Goldsboro
N. C
Asheville
Burlington Banker Doherty Bailed On Embezzlement Charges
Henry C. Doherty of Burlington returned after two weeks missing. He is held on embezzlement charges with a $2,500 bond as his physician cites illness. Authorities say he left Sept 16 for Dumas Texas to collect on bank notes. The bank closed Sept 29 for lack of cash amid fears and a found abandoned car.
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Burlington
Okla
Henry C. Doherty
Doherty
Dumas
Tex
Davis Not 10 Go On Stand Today
Federal court in New York details a trial where James J. Davis is expected not to take the stand today in a federal lottery case. Judge Coleman approves a 2 pm adjournment for Jewish New Year observance. Witness Joseph A. Jenkins testifies on prior life term contract and a 1931 silver jubilee campaign.
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Federal Court
New York
N. Y
James J. Davis
Frank J. Coleman
Joseph A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Fred W. Jones
Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
Return of Insull brothers sought by investors in firm
Chicago Sept 30 AP attorneys for investors in the bankrupt Insull Investments Inc announced plans to subpoena Samuel Insull from Paris and his brother Martin from Ontario. They may seek to stop Samuel Insulls 18000 annual pension from Chicago utilities. Swanson questioned officials and noted stock moves by Martin J Insull. A 250 name syndicate roster linked to 1930 stock issue showed a $6 million loss when disbanded.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Paris
Martin J. Insull
Ontario
Insull Investments, Inc
Lewis Jacobson
Insull
Jacobson
Walter C. Lindley
Insull Investments
States
John Swanson
Insull Brothers
Samuel, Jr
Swanson
Middle West Utilities Company
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
North Mexico reports most serious floods in 20 years
Floods across northern Mexico cause seven known deaths and paralyzed rail traffic. Tampico Monterrey and Chihuahua areas report ongoing danger as rivers rise. Temen village reportedly wiped out, Heujutla district damaged, and San Martin dam near Monterrey releases floodwaters to protect irrigation works. Government allocates 80 000 pesos for relief with expectations of more needed.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Tampico
Monterrey
Chihuahua
Jeujutla
Hidalgo
Federal Congress
Temen
Heujutla
Panuco
San Juan
Rio Grande
San Martin
Weather synopsis for Tennessee and Virginia tonight and Saturday
Fair and warmer tonight with Tennessee mostly cloudy as Saturday brings slight warmth. Virginia sees fair conditions and higher temperatures in western areas. Yesterday’s high was 0.72 inches? One year ago 0.76. Low was 0.42 yesterday, 0.69 last year. Readings taken at 6 PM daily for the previous 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Hoover: Home and Child Above Economic Crisis
President Hoover told 1800 women's groups in New York that the home and child are the nation’s priority. He endorsed the children’s charter from the White House conference and urged actions to relieve strain on children while improving work distribution among adults.
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Washington
Hoover
New York
New York Herald Tribune Institute
Lincoln
White House
Europe
Arms cut plans debated at Geneva conference
President Hoover's plan for arms reduction was presented by Hugh Gibson to the arms conference sub committee on effectives and studied immediately. France's Boncour urged defining effectives by military value before proceeding. Hymans called a League committee meeting to address Yen's protest over delaying Manchuria report. The assembly prepared to publish the report October 2 and urged rapid ratification of the World Court statute revision protocol.
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Hoover
Hugh Gibson
United States
Joseph Paul Boncour
France
Paul Hymans
League of Nations Assembly
League Committee of 19
W. W. Yen
League Council
Lytton Committee
Manchuria
Council
Assembly
Nevada freighter wreck claims 34 lives off Aleutians
The freighter Nevada ran ashore on a rocky Aleutian island, with 34 crew members drowned in the surf. Only three survivors, James Thorsen Fritz Dewall and Lucena N Decanny, were rescued by the President Madison after two days without shelter or food. Captain T W Johansen and first officer E T Wendt perished, while rescue efforts and a blown-off boat from the Oregon Maru left several injured. Portius Berry of Seattle was among passengers aboard the Oregon Maru.
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Nevada
Aleutian
Amugnak Island
Madison
James Thorsen
Portland
Ore
Fritz Dewall
Lucena N. Decanny
Manile
P. I
Victoria
B. C
North Pacific
T. W. Johansen
E. T. Wendt
R. J. Healy
Portius D. Berry
Roosevelt Hits Government Spending On Roose velt Special
Roosevelt attacks the administration as the Democratic campaign train crosses Iowa on the way to Milwaukee. In Sioux City he tells about taxes tariffs and mortgages tied to farmer relief to a crowd of about 40,000. He accuses the Hoover administration of being the greatest spender in peacetime history.
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Iowa
Farmer
Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Hoover
Sioux City
Chicago
New York State Capitol
Mr. Roosevelt
Stockyards
Washington
Walker Seen as Tiger Nominee
New York September 30 Former Mayor James J Walker is mentioned as a possible candidate for reelection after a court order extends Mayor Joseph McKee’s term. The Herald Tribune says Tammany Hall plans to revive support for Walker as a county committeemen convention is set for October 8 while Walker travels from Gibraltar.
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New York
James J. Walker
The
Herald Tribune
Tammany Hall
Walker
Gibraltar
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
John E. McGeehan
Joseph McKee
Pope Pius XI renews protest over Mexican church rule
In Rome on September 30, Pope Pius XI denounced what he called new legal persecution of Catholics in Mexico. He backed a policy of formal cooperation without abandoning principles, criticizing harsh priest limits and the Mexican government for violating the 1929 modus vivendi while bishops and faithful remain in exile.
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Pope Pius
Mexico
Rome
Pius XI
G O P BATTLE Fe Mid West To GPL
The Republican drive to win the farm vote in the corn and wheat belts begins with Hoover's Des Moines address. Leaders expect a farm relief plan including credit loosening and mortgage relief. A broad western push follows, with Hoover and a host of top Republicans directing the campaign.
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Midwest
Hoover
Des Moines
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Topeka
Kan
Hoovens
Roosevelt
Middlewestern
Curtis
Hurley
The
Treasury Mills
Dolly Gann
Jahncke
Republican National
Washington
Mississippi
Pomeroy Dies After 56 Years In Prison
Jesse Pomeroy Massachusetts infamous life prisoner died at age 70 in Bridgewater after 56 years behind bars. He served 40 years in solitary confinement at Charlestown and was convicted in 1873 for a child’s murder linked to mutilation and beating. death due to heart disease reported by state farm superintendent Robert C. Sherman.
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Mass
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts
State Farm
Pomeroy
Charlestown
Robert C. Sherman
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