Van Sweringens Lose and Regain Rail System Control
Senate investigators heard the Van Sweringen brothers lost and quickly regained a vast rail and industrial holding network on September 30, 1935. Testimony showed a banking syndicate sold controlling stock for 8 250, yielding control of about 2 3,000 miles of railway and 249 companies. Ball described using the stock to hold a large holding system and resell control to the Van Sweringens on favorable terms.
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Washington
Senate
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Com
J. P. Mor
Ge A. Ball
Net
van Sweringens
Noth
Wheeler
Cong
Ball
Syshe
van Swer
Madrid Front Battles as Army Pounds Insurgents
Government artillery raked insurgent lines around Madrid with heavy fire amid cold delays to fascist assaults. The Defense Council cited 21 killed in a Guadalajara air raid, while clashes continued in University City and near Guadalajara as 3,000 fascists faced Milicianos on the Manzanares bridge front.
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Madrid
Moncloa
Guatra Caminos
Emergency Defense Council
Guadalajara
el Escorial
Yesteray
Escorial
Barracades
University
Milicianos
Manzanares River
Payroll tax on employers to fund unemployment insurance
Governor Ehringhaus will send a bill to the special session imposing a payroll tax of one nineteenth of one percent on employers under the Federal Social Security Act. Exemptions include farm laborers, domestic workers, and state or federal employees. Attorney General Seawell travels to Washington to finalize the bill for review.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
J. ©. Baskervill
Raleigh
General Assembly
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Ehringhaus
A. A. F. Seawell
Washington
Social Security Board
Seawell
Governor Leaves For Indiana By Plane For Testimonial
High, Dec. 8. Governor McNutt of Indiana and Mrs. McNutt depart by airplane at 10 this morning for Indianapol is to attend a testimonial tonight for Governor Paul V. McNutt. A temperature near zero accompanied the departure as the governor and his wife left Ravernor for North Carolina legislators plan a special session Thursday on unemployment insurance taxes.
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J. C. B. Ehius
Gover Paul VY. McNutt
Indiana
Vernor McNutt
Northlina
Break Promised in Long Strike on Pacific Coast
News of potential progress in the Pacific coast maritime walkout centers the day’s front page. Coastwise operators and union reps in San Francisco plan public talks to debate issues tonight amid a 40 day port blockade and shifting labor strategy from the Atlantic coast.
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Associated
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Edward F. McGrady
Atlantic
Eastern and Gulf Sailors Association
C. M. Davison
Philip F. la
Shirley Spivey Dies After Gasoline Explosion
Shirley Jean Spivey 19 months old died at City Memorial hospital following severe burns from a gasoline explosion at her West Green street home. The child, left with a colored nurse, suffered burns to face neck and legs. Ernest Sprinkle rescued her as flames spread. Survived by her parents and grandparents S. L. Clinard. Funeral at Calvary Re formed church at 3 this afternoon.
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Thomasville
Shirley Jean Spivey
E. T
Bill) Spivey
City Memorial Hospital
West Green Street
Mills Home
Ernest Sprinkle
S. L. Clinard
Calvary Reformed Church
Woman Bound Over in Slaying Case in Thomasville
Catherine Lewis, a colored woman, was bound over to higher court for the slaying of her husband after she shot him. The recorder's court, before Judge C W Gilliam, sent her to jail without bond when evidence was halted, with the judge ruling the merits should be decided by a jury.
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Thomasville
Catherine Lewis
Recorder’s Court
C. W. Gilliam
Freighter Krasin Held by Japan Near Tsugaru Straits
Japanese authorities seized the 2500 ton Soviet freighter Tovarisch Krasin today charging it with invading the fortified waters near the western entrance of the Tsugaru strait.
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Tokyo
Tovarisch Krasin
Tsugaru Straits
Argentina Plans Four Peace Treaties To Back Global Pact
Argentina will sign four long unratified peace treaties as Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas asserts support from other republics. He, a Nobel laureate, says eight American republics have not ratified all agreements, including the 1928 treaty to prevent conflicts and the Kellogg Briand pact, with a Mexican peace code proposal noted.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Saavedra Lamas
Associated Press
Dividend Declared At Southern Furniture Exposition Co
Exposition Building Co stockholders and directors met to elect officers and declare a ten percent dividend. Re-elected officers were A E Tate president T Austin Finch vice presidents and R B Terry secretary treasurer. Directors named include A E Tate C A Barbee T V Rochell Paul W Casey J E Marsh Sr F H Murray A S Parker R R Ragan J P Rawley Col Wescott Roberson and others from High Point Thomasville Mebane Winston Salem and nearby towns.
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Southern Furniture Exposition Building Company
A E. Tate
T. Austin Finch
Thomasville
R. B. Terry
Paul W. Casey
A. E Tate
C. A. Barbee
T. V. Rochell
J. E. Marsh, Sr
F. H. Murray
A. 8. Parker
R. R. Ragan
J. P. Rawley
Col. Wescott Roberson
Fred N. Tate
C. F. Tomlinson
S. H. Tomlinson
M. J. Wrenn
High Point
J. L. White
Mebane
C. E. Lambeth
Fred A. Fogle
J. 8. Lynch
Winston-Salem
Winter Weather Toll Falls Across Midwest Region
A brutal cold snap ends its sub zero advance with at least nine deaths linked to the chill. Temperatures rise to near zero in some areas while lows plummet to 11 below in Dickinson North Dakota and 13 below in Freeport Illinois. Coast guard crews search for the fishing tug Dorothy Irene on Lake Erie amid a 40 mile gale. Snow and ice impede travel across Montana to Oneida Lake in New York and northern Oregon highways see snow covered mountain passes.
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Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Dickinson
N. D
Illinois
Freeport
Chicago
Nebraska
Sidney
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Cleveland
Oneida Lake
Sylvan Beach
N. Y
Havre
Montana
Klamath County
Ore
Soviet Officials Attend All American Air Maneuvers Flight
Nine Soviet Russian officials chartered an airliner to New York to witness the All American air maneuvers set for December 10 to 12. The delegation arrived for the event, aiming to observe the demonstrations and assess U.S. aviation tactics.
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New York
Ciami
Gastonia Teens Looted New York Haberdashers for Christmas
Two Gastonia North Carolina youths Eric Grice and Robert Bracket were charged with assault and robbery after robbing three New York haberdashery shops. They said they planned to give the loot as Christmas presents. The haul included 250 dollars in cash and a selection of ties shirts and gloves later recovered. Grice carried an automatic pistol. The pair escaped into Broadway and were captured by traffic patrol officers as they fled in a taxi.
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New York
Gastonia
N. C
Eric Grice
Grice
Robert Bracket
E. Fifth Street
Bracket
West Airline Avenue
Pennsylvania Station
Broadway
Albemarle Bridge Project Costs Revealed
Raleigh December figures show the Albemarle sound bridge will require 12000 cubic yards of concrete 4450 tons of steel 266200 feet of piling and 34 tons of machinery for a 322 foot swing span. Total cost expected exceeds 1 3 million with bids set for December 15 and 28 or 29.
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Raleigh
Albemarle Sound
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Work Commission
Waynick
Albemarle
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Albemarle Bridge
President Roosevelt Nears Equator on Return Voyage
President Roosevelt sails toward the equator aboard the Indianapolis returning from a South American mission. The cruiser moves at 24 knots along the Brazilian coast in calm seas as searchlights sweep the night to spot imagined submarines.
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President Roosevelt
Equator
Indianapolis
Brazil
Roosevelt
Chester
Paper Pulp Mill Planned Near Plymouth North Carolina
Plymouth announced plans for a 1 million dollar paper pulp mill by Reickhofer Container Corp of Delair New Jersey. Zeb Vance Norman stated the site near Plymouth is definite and construction will start immediately with operations set for July 1 1937 employing 200 to 250 workers at the outset.
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Plymouth
Reickhofer Container Corporation
Delair
N. J
Zeb Vance Norman
New Jersey Corporation
Norman
Edward VIII May Abdicate For Wallis Marriage
Edward VIII faces a possible abdication as he weighs renouncing the throne to wed Wallis Warfield Simpson. Prime Minister Baldwin was summoned to Forte Belvedere to hear the king’s final decision while Mrs Simpson’s friends insist he will fight to marry her, accepting a throneless future.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
London
Stanley Baldwin
Fort Belvedere
Lou Vier
Solons Head For Raleigh To Meet
The vanguard of legislators arrived in Raleigh for party caucuses ahead of a special session starting Thursday to enact social security legislation. Governor Ehringhaus indicated the administration bill would align with the federal act and discussed potential standoffs over the $1,300,000 Albemarle bridge. Bids on the project are planned for December 28 or 29 with site considerations between Sandy Point Chowan County and Leonard Point Washington County.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Ehringhaus
Albemarle
The
Highway Commission
Sandy Point
Chowan County
Leonard Point
Washington County
Pope Pius XI Temporarily Remains Bedbound in Vatican
Vatican officials say Pope Pius XI will not leave bed today despite improvement. The 79 year old, recovering from paralysis, is advised against exposure amid a chill spell on the Immaculate Conception day. Dr Milani reports satisfaction with his condition.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Vatican
Milani
Aminta Milana
Pope Pius
Papal State
Former Lee County Sheriff George E. White Dies After Illness
George Ernest White aged 44, former Lee county sheriff, died yesterday after several weeks of illness at Sanford. He had served as sheriff prior to his retirement and was widely known in the area.
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Sanford
George Ernest White
Lee County
Thousands swept to death by floods in the Philippines
Manila reports the Ca gayan river flood swamped the Cagayan valley killing thousands and leaving many missing. Officials warn the disaster could be the greatest in Philippine history as 54 villages are inundated and vast rural areas remain unheard from.
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Philippines
Manila
Cagayan
Philippine Army
Commonwealth
Luzon
Luzon Island
Mystery air mission to Cannes halts over Le Bourget
An airliner carrying officials and a physician bound for Cannes with Mrs Wallis Simpson was forced to stop at Le Bourget due to bad weather. Croydon officials offered no details on the mission or its passengers. The King faces a marked divide between his royal duties and private life as he grapples with a decisive problem.
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London
Fran
Edwardst
Fort Belvedere
Broters
Edward
Croydon
Cannes
Wallis Simpson
le Bourlet
France
Duchy of Cornwall
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina coastal regions
Mostly cloudy with possible rain along the coast and slightly warmer conditions inland. North Carolina expects unsettled and warmer weather by Wednesday, while South Carolina foresees light rain along the coast and warmer conditions inland. Northeasterly winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville and Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
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