Tornadoes Kill Eight in Georgia and Surrounding States
Tornadic winds and heavy rain struck Georgia Alabama and South Carolina killing at least eight people and causing millions in damage. Cordele was hardest hit with bodies recovered and rescue efforts ongoing as guardsmen aided. Flood warnings spread across rivers in the region as ambulances ferried the injured. Mayhem and destruction left many missing and villages damaged.
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Cordele
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Crisp County
Bia
Bacets Ganien
John Brown
Eurene Tal
Talmadge
Willie McColl
Hannnah
Gordo
Hawkins
Sasser
Tercounty
Inory
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Tennes River
Cordele Dispatch
Concord in Winds Sweep Unroofing Homes and Damage
Cyclonic winds unroofed houses and uprooted trees in Concord around 6 p m. More than 10 homes badly damaged and about 1000 with lesser damage. The Piret Presbyterian church steeple fell. traffic halted by fallen trees. electric service disrupted. Cannon Mills No 2 and No 6 lost roof sections.
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Concord
Piret Presbyterain
Atteadeult
Ile
Cannon
A Hero's Welcome for Col. Luke Lea in Nashville
Nashville friends plan a parade Friday afternoon and a banquet Saturday night to honor Col. Luke Lea. An estimated 150 cars will greet Lea at Lebanon and escort him to Asheville for the banquet where 300 plus guests are expected. The American Legion band will perform and gifts from friends are being arranged.
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Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
Richard M. Atkinson
Lea
Lebanon
Asheville
Atkinson
American Legion
Sidney Grooms
France
John Little
G. F. Sorgats
8. N. Allen
W. W. Heckman
Hauptmann execution doubts deepen amid Hoffmann probe
Mercer County grand jury intensifies inquiry into the Lindbergh case as Harold Hoffmann faces scrutiny over alleged阻 attempts to thwart the investigation. Wendel and others linked to the Sourland bill are questioned while Hauptmann awaits the electric chair, with reports of possible further delays and security measures at the Hopewell estate.
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Associated Trenton
N. J
Mercer Grand Jury
Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Paul H. Wendel
Jeathan Hauptmann
David Wilents
Hauptmann Euter
John Condon
Lindberghen
Gov. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Ellis Parker
Burton County
Wendel
Parker
Mercer County
Anthony M. Hauck
Hunterdon County
Wents
Hauptmann Tien
Flemington
Hoffman
Tery
Josephons
Bergh
Hauck
France
Lyons
Weather Forecast for Worth Carolina and Georgia
Cloudy and much colder tonight with showers along the coast. A cold wave brings freezing temperatures. Friday becomes partly cloudy and colder with frost in places. Georgia forecast calls for generally fair weather but very cold with freezing conditions and diminishing winds. Over Jacksonville and the coastal areas expect wind shifts and occasional rain tonight clearing Friday.
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Worth Carolina
Goast
Georgia
South End
Te Jacksonville
Matteras
Investigations Hold Spot Before Congressmen Today
In Washington on April 2 investigators prepared to question public officials about the Townsend plan funding and a pension proposal. Samuel B. Hill pressed National Association of Manufacturers official Noe Sargent on tax bill opposition over 16 years. Sargent disputed the characterization.
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Washington
Euothet
Noe Srgent
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel B. Hill
Dwash
Sargent
Townsend National
Southern Train H hits Landslide Near Paint Rock
A Southern railway locomotive struck a landslide about half a mile from Paint Rock and plunged into the French Broad river. Engineer Charlie C. Duncan, 61, Knoxville, was scratched. fireman Harvey Conley, 64, Knoxville, severely scalded and swam to safety. Cars derailed. others remained on track. no further injuries reported.
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Hot Springs
Southern Railway
Paint Rock
French Broad River
Harvey Conley
Knoxville
Tenn
Charlie C. Duncan
Duncan
Red Cross Speeds Tornado Aid To Cordelo Georgia
National Red Cross rushed relief to Cordelo Georgia after a tornado killed at least six. The Atlanta chapter was ordered to send doctors and nurses immediately. Representatives Frank Cashel and Dorothy White, with disaster relief experts William Hunt and Ernest Krick, depart for Cordelo by motor or train to coordinate aid.
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Washington
National Red Cross
Cordelo
Atlanta
Frank Cashel
Fort Benning
Dorothy White
Columbus
Cordele
William C. Hunt
Ernest Krick
Judge Denies Dismissal in Vera Strets Murder Trial
NEW YORK April 2 Judge Cornelius F Collins refused to dismiss the first degree murder charge against Vera Strets a 22 year old university graduate The ruling opens the possibility of a death sentence by electric chair a prison term or acquittal The decision was announced at court opening after arguments from both sides were heard yesterday
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New York
Cornelius F. Collins
Vera Strets
France braces response to Locarno plan with delay tactic
Paris reports France mobilizes diplomacy to counter Germany's Rhineland remilitarization before April 26 and May 3 elections. Foreign Minister Flandin calls ambassadors to Paris for a twofold plan: press a firm stance and seek a peace framework limiting German fortifications while maintaining leverage for allies.
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Flandin
London
Berlin
Brussels
Rome
Paris
Associated Press
France
Germany
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Trwne Bowen Ad
Furst
Thrivurineg BuUulves Bau
Rhineland
Albert Sarraut
Hitler
Ethiopian Emperor Launches Major Front Action in War
Haile Selassie orders 20000 bodyguards into battle on the Ethiopian front near Lake Ashangi. Heavy rains slow terrain, while Italian forces claim a hard clash east of Amba Alaji with about 17000 Ethiopian casualties and multiple Italian and Eritrean losses reported.
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Rome
Italy
Raene
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Lake Ashangi
Amba Alaji
Pietro Badogne
Soerthern
Alt Agen
Badoglio Reports Early Peace Talks With Haile Selassie Envoys
According to reliable sources Marshal Pietro Badoglio told Alessandro Lessona that emissaries of Emperor Haile Selassie had opened talks on a peace settlement outside the League of Nations. The communications were reported from Rome as the first contacts in East Africa negotiations.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Badoglio
Alessandro Lessona
East Africa
Swan Receives 30 Day Reprieve for Retrial Motion
W J Swan former Pamlico county banker convicted of banking law violations and sentenced to four years was granted a 30 day reprieve by Governor Ehringhaus to file a motion for a new trial. He led Eastern Bank and Trust of New Bern when it failed amid new evidence claims.
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Raleigh
W. J. Swan
Pamlico County
Ehringhaus
Swan
Eastern Bank and Trust Company of
New Bern
April Fool Joke Turns Supernatural in Chèraw
In Cheraw April 2 an April Fool prank targeted Magistrate J W Ratliff. A jury box used by a former magistrate was drawn for a panel with ten names, all deceased or mentally committed, ending with a new jury box ordered.
American Business Attacks New Tax Measure in Congress
The National Association of Manufacturers condemns the $799 million tax proposal before the House Ways and Means Committee as unsound. Noel Sargent warns it would depress working capital and reserves, hinder employment, and force dividend distribution, urging Congress to postpone action.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Ways and Means Committee
Noel Sargent
Congress
Sargent
Manchukuo protests Mongolian frontier clash
Manchukuo foreign minister Chang Yen Ching warns Outer Mongolia to halt provocations at Manchukuo frontiers. He cites Tuesday’s clash as Mongol aggression and sends the protest to Premier Amor in Ulan Bator where Outer Mongolia now aligns with Soviet Russia.
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Manchoukuo
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Associated Press
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Chang Yen-Ching
Amor
Ulanbateer
Urga
Woman Killed by Lightning Striking Clothes Line
Maggie Grice was killed near Latta in the Kirby section when lightning hit the wire clothes line she was using to gather washing as a storm approached. The strike felled a pine tree supporting the line and caused her death instantly.
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Latta, &. C
Maggie Grice
Kirby
Here
Revenue increases in North Carolina nine month totals
Internal revenue collections in North Carolina for the first nine months of the current fiscal year were 209,625,957.50 dollars, up from 208,507,452.60 dollars for the same period last year.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Luke Lea Paroled From North Carolina Prison
Former Tennessee senator and financier Colonel Luke Lea was paroled after nearly two years of a six year sentence for banking law violations. He left Raleigh’s state prison with his son and wife, expressed regrets about leaving fellow inmates, and planned to meet Governor Ehringhaus after a hospital report.
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Tennessee
Lea
Raleigh
Luke Lea
North Carolina
Lawws
H. H. Honeycutt
Nashville
Sue Lea, Jr
Lea, Jr
Honeycutt
J. B. Ehringhaus
Col. Lea
Capitol
Ehringhaus
Edwin Gill
Colonel Lea
Idol Petition Reveals $2.5 Million In Liabilities
Virgil A. J. Idol of High Point files voluntary bankruptcy in federal court. Schedules show liabilities of 2 499 858 79 with assets totaling 7 946 89 and exemptions claimed at 1 500. Details list taxes street assessments secured and unsecured claims plus notes bills and accommodated paper.
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Ric Si
Greensboro
Virgil A. J. Idol
High Point
United States
Clerk of Federal Court
Idol
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Allendale
Trenton
State Penitentiary
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Friends of
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Orleans
Serees
House Committee
Townsend
Vera Stretz
Locarno
Em Selassie
Macan River
Imperial Bodyguard
First Army
Mongolia
Asioc.e Fyro
Tura
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