Wirt's Charges Called Unfair at Virginia Dinner
Washington reports a guest at Dr. William A. Wirt's Virginia dinner called his charges of socialist plotting fantastic and unfair. Robert W. Bruere, head of the National Industrial Relations Board for cotton, criticized Wirt for monopolizing the talk and questioned references to Secretary Wallace and Rexford Tugwell. The special House committee hearing opens tomorrow to decide whether the inquiry ends or continues.
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Washington
Virginia
William A. Wirt
Wirt
Robert W. Bruere
National Industrial Relations Board
Gold
Bruere
Roosevelt
Kerensky
House Committee
Alice Barrows
Interior Department
Dr. Wirt
Gary, Ind
Ist
Arnold
Illinois
Explorer Stefanson Visits Duke for Lecture
Arctic explorer Jalmur Stefanson visited Duke University on April 16 and is scheduled to deliver a public lecture that evening. The arrival highlights ongoing interest in polar exploration at the university.
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Durham
Withjalmur Stefanson
Duke University
Pedestrian Killed in Asheville Traffic Crash
Oliver West aged 14 was struck by an automobile driven by O W Pressley and a truck driven by Cecil L Pope in Asheville on April 16. West died at the scene. Pressley and Pope are held for grand jury action.
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Asheville
Oliver West
O. W. Pressley
Cecil L. Pope
Barrow Pushes Floyd Out Of Big Headlines
Kansas City April 16 1934 public fascination shifts from Charles Pretty Boy Floyd to Clyde Barrow as the Texas outlaw dominates headlines. Barrow linked to 12 murders since 1932 with a Bloated reward and a sprawling trail across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Iowa Kansas Arkansas New Mexico Louisiana. Bonnie Parker remains his partner while Floyd's pattern of bank robberies and evasive escapes contrasts with Barrow's roaming, shoots, and sudden disappearances.
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Kansas City
Southwest Plains
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Barrow
Floyd
Nadine Barricklow
Paola, Kas
Charles Floyd
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisaiana
Sherman
Tex
Howard Hall
Pretty Boy
Bonnie Parker
Bealemere youth killed in bicycle collision in Greensboro
In Greensboro on April 16 a bicycle crash left Charles B Clark Jr aged 14 dead after being struck by a car driven by C A Jenkins Jr of Winston Salem. May Belle Garland, 6, on the same bicycle, escaped serious injury. Jenkins was charged with manslaughter.
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Greensboro
C. A. Jenkins, Jr
Winston-Salem
Charles B. Clark, Jr
Beasemer
May Belle Garland
Jenkins
Virginia Teams Lead Conference Play On This Week's Calendar
Southern Conference baseball action features Virginia teams in key matches this week. Virginia Military Institute meets Virginia at Charlottesville and Washington and Lee hosts VPI in Blacksburg on Wednesday. Maryland invades the Old Dominion for two games against Washington and Lee and VMI, while Duke eyes top spot as North Carolina and N C State contest Saturday.
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Soo College
Virginia
Charlottesville
Washington and Lee
Blacksburg
Marland
Old Dominion
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke
N. C. State
Raleigh
Largest gold coin world is Japanese oban five inches wide
The entry notes the oban as the largest gold coin weighing four ounces and spanning five inches in diameter, originating from Japan. This description highlights its size and origin as a notable numismatic artifact.
Slaying of 15 year old Mae Griffin shocks Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana police hunt a man about 50 named Jackson after Mae Griffin a 15 year old girl was found stabbed and throat cut near Cross Lake. Mae had planned to marry Lee Looney of Board Camp Arkansas and had left with a man promising to care for his wife while he worked at the car barn. The mother Mrs Maggie Peters says the home address given for Jackson was false and the suspect is charged with kidnapping and now hunted for murder.
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Shreveport
Mae Griffin
Maggie Peters
Cross Lake
Willis Butler
Peters
Miss Griffin
Lee Looney
Board Camp
Ark
Mae
Negro Jailed for Pouring Gas On Man and Setting Clothes Afire
Pink Hodge a 55 year old Negro was held without bail in Louisburg after allegedly pouring kerosene on Allen Denton a 63 year old tenant farmer and father of 11 then setting his clothing afire Denton died several hours later in Duke Hospital Durham from burns witnesses said both men were intoxicated during a quarrel over whisky and money at Hodge home in Youngville Franklin County
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Louisburg
Pink Hodge
Allen Denton
Youngville
Franklin County
Denton
Duke Hospital
Durham
J. W. Freeman
Hodge
Savannah woman dies at 123 after pipe smoking record
Belle Rhynes of Savannah died aged 123 at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home after a long life that included pipe smoking for 112 years. Born in Ireland around 1801 she outlived four wars and celebrated birthdays with breakfast in bed. A great grandson in Louisville is her sole surviving relative.
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Savannah
Belle Rhynes
Ireland
James Madison
United States
Little Sisters of the Poor Home
Joe McBee
Louisville
John Shell
Shell
Thomas Heights
Julia Russell Heights
Simple home method offers happiness for hopeful parents
Mrs Mildred Owens of Kansas City Missouri advertises a home method that helped her after years of infertility. She claims many others found relief and invites readers to contact for more details seeking the blessing of a baby.
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Jen Aite
Selainne
Mildred Owens
Coates
Eam
Kansas City
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