Defendants Issue Own Statements in Soviet Trial
Before the court retired to consider its verdict in the Metropolitan-Vickers sabotage case, William L. Mac Donald admitted guilt while British prisoners claimed innocence and Russian defendants sought mercy. Each defendant spoke to the judges, with Mac Donald stating he confessed as British jurists challenged the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Metropolitan - Vickers
William L. MacDonald
MacDonald
Vassili Ulrich
John Cushny
James Nordwall
OGUP
Secret Police
Soviet Union
Nordwal
L. C. Thornton
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
Persons Gives Program Upon Rehabilitation
Dr. Warren M. Persons submits a Senate finance committee plan for U S economic recovery. Proposals include a controlled dollar, gold embargo continuance, exchange restrictions, price level targeting, a tabular standard, stabilization board, and job reemployment measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
Associated Press
New York
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Warren M. Persons
Persons
United States
Fred I. Kent
Capone Men Arrested in Kidnap Case
Coro April 18 The hunt widened for 19 year old Jerome Factor held for $50 000 ransom. Six men identified as Capone henchmen were raided in a loop hotel as police linked to a northern Illinois Iowa kidnap extortion ring. Varsalona Patterson and Brown face charges. Patterson says no link to Factor case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coro
Jerome
Capone
Ted Patterson
Archie Brown
Chicago
Joseph Varsalona
Des Moines
Varsalona
Peoria
Ill
Aldehemer Huughe
East Moline
Fred de Fillippi
Spring Valley
Patterson
Brown
San
Nape
Dan Gilbert
Sam Hunt
Lois Kramer
Tony Accardo
Edward Gerda
Louis Romano
Michael Spranza
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Underworld
Senate Holds Short Session in Morning Over Revenue Bill
In Raleigh on April 18 the Senate eyed sine die adjournment by month end while the House worked on a re drafted revenue bill. A UNC funding request for 50000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to improve the State college athletic field passed the Senate and moved to the House. The House and Senate debated sales tax options with three readings required for passage and possible conference before May adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Senate
General Assembly
House
Kirkpatrick
Mecklenburg
University of North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State College
MacLean
Beaufort
Dunagan
Hinsdale
Wake
Assembly
Nebraska House OKs 3.2 Beer Legalization Bill
Lincoln April 18 AP The Nebraska house approved a 3.2 percent beer legalization bill 58 to 34. Spartanburg SC April 18 AP Reverend G C Abernathy was badly wounded by a shotgun blast at his home and his son Woodrow Abernathy 19 was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
Spartanburg
8. C
G. C. Abernathy
Inman
Woodrow Abernathy
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in U. S. District Court today by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. District Court
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Plane crash near Valmeyer kills two people
ST. LOUIS April 18 AP two persons killed when an airplane crashed near Valmeyer Alabama about 25 miles south of St. Louis at 10 30 am today victims not identified and ownership of the plane not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Valmeyer
Has Man Arrested, Then Marries Him
In Winchester Virginia on April 18 Mrs Ethel Reinert wed Frank A Elms, the man she had recently arrested on a charge of threatening her death unless she married him. The ceremony was conducted by Rev E T Clark of the First Baptist church. Elms worked as an itinerant carpenter on Reinert’s farm west of the city with plans to live there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ethel Reinert
Frank A. Elms
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Elms
Jimmy Walker and Betty Compton Wed in Cannes
Former Mayor James Walker and American actress Betty Compton wed in Cannes at 11:15 am in a mayoral ceremony. The couple fled a crowd via the back door after the service with witnesses including Walker’s lawyer Alfred Sharon and hotelier M Martinez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
James J. Walker
Betty Compton
Garagnaire
Walker
Alfred Sharon
M. Martinez
Joseph Fisher
Miss Compen
Associated Press
Arizona Board Grants Winnie Ruth Judd Reprieve
Phoenix April 18 The Arizona board of pardons and paroles granted Winnie Ruth Judd a reprieve until April 28. The decision pauses the scheduled execution and delays her death warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles Today
Winnie Ruth Judd
Judd sanity hearing delays possible execution for Florida case
Florence Arizona April 18 with a jury yet to decide Winnie Ruth Judd's sanity a reprieve request was filed to extend the May execution date. Her defense seeks time for a U S Supreme Court appeal while the case lingers and protests arise from inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Phoenix
Los Angeles
State Penitentiary
H. J. McKinnell
United States Supreme Court
Appointments Of U. S. Bureaus To Be Discontinued
Senator Reynolds says U S Employment bureaus in North Carolina will be dispensed with and no further appointments will be made in the state. The reply concerns the post of state director of federal employment service held by Nathan A. Gregg. Two offices exist in Greensboro and Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Robert R. Reynolds
N. J
Greensboro
Service
Two Killed When Fast Train Wrecks Near Cartersville
A northbound Flamingo passenger train piled up in a mountain cut three miles south of Cartersville in the Altoona mountains last night killing engineer G. W. Evans of Atlanta and fireman D. A. Giles of Etowah Tennessee and injuring three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson, Ga
Altoona Mountains
Cartersville
G. W. Evans
Atlanta
D. A. Giles
Etowah, Tenn
Senate Probes Delay in Prosecting Bank Officials
The Senate directed its judiciary and audit committees to probe the Justice Department delay in prosecuting Harriman National Bank officials over alleged banking law violations. Senator Costigan pressed for inquiry after New York DA Medalie said prosecutions were slowed to allow bank affairs to be straightened out. The probe carries a $500 appropriation and aims to report findings promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Today
Department of Justice
Harriman National Bank
Costigan
Cole
Joseph W. Harriman
George Z. Medalie
New York
Harriman
Justice Department
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
Judiciary and Audit Committees
Senate
Akron Wreckage Believed Found
The navy reported Captain Herbert F. Leary said Akron believed located after grappling at the Akron disaster site. A naval court of inquiry continued its investigation as sources noted a large sunken object found near the crash area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Today
Herbert F. Leary
Portland
Akron
Sagamore
Naval Court of Inquiry
Atlanta Man Crushed Between Train Cars Dies
A. H. Perry, 28, of Atlanta, was killed when he was crushed between a tender and a mail car while riding as a passenger. The accident occurred as the train moved, leaving Perry fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Perry
Atlanta
Snow and Flood Alerts Across Regions Amid April Weather
Rivers and rainfall trigger widespread flooding from New England to the Mississippi delta. California snow and Dixie cold illustrate the bizarre April pattern. Officials in Kennett Missouri dispatched guards to the St Frances river levee as crest approaches.
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California
Dixie
New England
Indiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
St. Johnsbury Center
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hamp
Ohio
Seymour
Louisville
Mississippi Delta
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
National
Kennett
St. Francia River
Missouri
Will RS on press freedom and reader interest in wartime
Beverly Hills Calif April 17 The speaker laments limited freedom in other nations and notes the U S allows free writing though readers may be scarce. He contrasts censorship abroad with American openness and questions whether readers will engage with the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hilia
Calif
Russia
Germany
Short Russell On Trial For Murder
Wilc ey Shorty Johnston stands trial in Asheville for the murder of Lonnie G. Russell at a filling station on September 27. Johnston faces charges of murder, conspiracy to kill, and robbery of 400 dollars, with his co defendant already convicted and sentenced to death.
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Asheville
Wilcey (Shorty) Johnston
Lonnie G. Russell
Johnston
Felix E. Alley
J. Scroop Styles
Zeb V. Nettles
Buncombe County
Styles
Gus Langley
Wilmington
N. C
Buncombe
Russell
Wilmington Primary Votes in April Election
Nine candidates including all incumbents were on the Wilmington city primary ballot as 8,563 registered voters participated. Nominees advance to the regular election May 1 with J. N. Bryant, owner of the Piedmont baseball club, among the mayoral hopefuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
J.N. Bryant
Piedmont League Baseball Club
Inflation Fight Collapse Marks Farm Bill Debate
Washington reports that the effort to add a currency inflation rider to the farm bill collapsed with the withdrawal of Senator Long's silver purchase amendment and Senator Thomas's monetary expansion proposal. Democratic Leader Robinson withdrew Long's measure on behalf of Louisiana, while Long was reportedly in New York. Senator Bailey attacked the tobacco section and praised the cotton option while aiming to aid land banks. The session emphasized inflation concerns and price fixing debates within the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Long
Alabama
Thomas
Robinson
Long
Oklahoma
New York
Bailey
N. C
Smith
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