Nine Inmates Escape From North Carolina State Prison
Nine long-term inmates escaped from the North Carolina State Prison in Raleigh through a fifty-foot tunnel under the east wall during a weekend prison ball game. A sawed tunnel door lock and outside complicity were suspected. the escapees included two noted criminals Dude Travis and Bowling Byrd, plus seven others, with several previously in solitary confinement.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Uison
Dude Travis
Bowling Byrd
Travis
Alexander County
Polk
Here
B. H. Brantley
Brantley
Byrd
Charlie Helton
Catawba County
Eugene Ross
Vance County
Roy Cobb
Nash County
LeRoy Hudson
Wake
John Gillespie
John Overcoat
Gaston County
Marion Mack
Wake County
James Horton
Horton
Mack
H. H. Honeycutt
George Ross Poll
H. B. Smith
Honeycutt
Roosevelt and MacDonald Discuss Worldwide Currency Stabilization
Roosevelt and Ramsay MacDonald explored international action to inflate currencies and lower commodity prices. The aim is to curb price declines and ease hunger by reducing gold cover behind money, with the U S administration signaling decisive monetary steps and hoping allied measures will aid price improvements.
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F. G. Vosburgh
Washington
Roosevelt
Ramsay MacDonald
State Department
Roosevelt and MacDonald Discuss Global Currency Ties
President Roosevelt conferred with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on world currency stabilization as Congress debates inflationary legislation. The talks focused on reducing gold content and resuming the gold standard to raise commodity prices and promote international trade, while partisan lines in Congress promise a clash over granting such authority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ramsey MacDonald
Great Britain
Congress
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. MacDonald
Capitol
House
Guilford Leaders Elected at NC Women’s Conference
At Raleigh on April 22 Mrs. Clyde A. Miller of Guilford College was elected president of the North Carolina division of the American Association of University Women and Mrs. EB Davidson of Charlotte was named secretary. The elections closed the sixth annual division conference, held Friday and Saturday.
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Raleigh
Clyde A. Miller
Guilford College
North Carolina
American Associations University Women
EB. P. Davidson
Charlotte
Jury deadlock in first degree murder case
In Asheville on April 22 the jury for Wilcey Johnson remained out after 29 hours of deliberation in a first degree murder trial, with no verdict reached and appear ing hopelessly deadlocked late tonight.
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Asheville
Wilcey Johnson
Ruth Peterman Acquitted In Husband's Death Trial
A Charlotte superior court jury acquitted Ruth Peterman of murdering her husband Roy L. Peterman, a Southern Public Utilities vice president, after a liquor party. The verdict followed three days of testimony and a brief deliberation, with friends congratulating the widow as she remained impassive.
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Charlotte
Superior Court
Ruth Peterman
Public Utilities
Roy L. Peterman
Peterman
Southern Public Utilities Company
Mrs. Peterman
Revenue Bill 9 Holds Solons In Raleigh
The 1933 North Carolina general assembly nears adjournment as Senate and House dispute the biennial revenue bill. The Senate backs a 3 percent general sales tax, while the House proposed 2 percent. If chamber agree to Senate amendments, adjournment may come in May, else a conference committee will extend the session by at least six days. The battle now centers on the tax rate.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Senate
House
North Carolina
Senate Increases Sales Tax Bill Heading To Committee
Raleigh April 22 The Senate finance committee raised the general sales tax to three percent and eliminated proposed power tax and stock value basis. The bill then moves to committee of the whole for noon Monday with theater admissions and varied franchise rates taxed. Revenue Commissioner Maxwell estimates the bill would nearly balance the $25 million fund.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Atlanta Mills Plant Destroyed by Fire
A fire devastated the Atlanta Mills plant in Atlanta Georgia at night. About 400 prisoners in Fulton county Tower watched sparks and heat from the blaze and prison guards directed a fire truck water tower to spray the prison walls.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Mills Company
Fulton County
Desperate Bandits Captured After Four Hour City Chase
Two bandits identified as George Sussi and John Rontana, both 21, led police from Baltimore city county and state on a four hour pursuit across city, county and state roads. Their car struck a tree and overturned. they had disarmed officers and used them as shields during the stand off near a rural hideout. They were wanted for a branch bank holdup in Dundalk and were injured in the chase. No officers were seriously harmed.
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Baltimore
George Sussi
John
Rontana
Provident Savings Bank
Dundalk
Edgewood Arsenal
Middle Iver
Congress Democrats Readying Roosevelt’s New Economic Plan
Democrats launch a campaign to pass Roosevelt’s inflation program ahead of next Wednesday. Senator Thomas says about 60 votes exist including Republican progressives and others, while Reed predicts no vote before midweek and warns of a possible filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
D-Okla
Reed
R-Pa
New Rules Drawn Up For Reopening Banks
The North Carolina Commissioner of Banks announced an order detailing revised rules for state banks operating under restrictions. The measure allows pro rata distributions to depositors and creditors, borrowing to fund distributions, and limits on stock transfers. Banks must report monthly on finances and asset liquidations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Gurney P. Hood
Herriot to Push Return to Gold Standard Linking Debts
Paris reports former Premier Edouard Herriot is instructed to press for a general gold standard return and convocation of a world economic conference. The Bank of France remains on gold, with 12 million in gold to bolster European currencies as neighboring nations defend theirs.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Roosevelt
France
M. Herriot
Washington
Bank of France
Europe
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Jury verdict saves Winnie Ruth Judd by ruling insanity
Florence Arizona April 22 a superior court jury found Winnie Ruth Judd insane and automatically suspended her death sentence for the murder of Agnes Leroi She will be committed to the state asylum under the verdict and her execution was postponed from April 28 The jury reached its decision in under two hours and nine members signed the verdict while Judd remained unaware in court
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Agnes LeRoi
Florence
Ariz
Agnes Anne Leroi
Will C. Truman
Charles Reed
E. L. Green
Judd
Hanging of Boy Is Puzzle To Police
SALLISAW Okla April 22 Investigators tonight advanced theories of death by own action accident and possible murder to explain the weird hanging of an 11 year old boy and the equally strange disappearance of another lad of the same age in the Brushy mountains of eastern Oklahoma Buck Brannam 11 was found last night dangling from a rope tied to a tree in dense woodland County pera Fred Green announced his tigation indicated the child had hanged himself.
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Sallisaw
Okla
Oklahoma
Buck Brannam
Pera
Fred Green
Ten Rescued After Three Day Snowstorm Near Denver
Ten of thirteen missing after a three day blizzard were found, as rescue teams fought deep drifts in Coal Creek canyon near Denver. Six youths trapped in a cabin were reached after the storm began near Denver Wednesday. Names include Gladys Krammel Florence and Elsie Voth.
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Denver
Rockies
Coal Creek Canyon
Gladys Krammel
Plorence
Elsie Voth
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Pen
MacDonald
Ramsay McDonald
Ruth Judd
Guilford
Navy Air Chief
Ernest J. King
William A. Moffett
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
King
Financial Marts
Claude A. Jagger
AP Financial
New York
U. S
Bennett
H. E.keef, JR
Congressional Democrats
Rainey
Guilder
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