Ehringhaus Speculation On Early State Appointments
Raleigh December 9 The incoming governor Ehringhaus faces hundreds of appointments including judges private secretary and heads of state departments Rumors name Edwin Gill Laurinburg as possible retained aide Thad Eure Hertford as personnel head and George Pos again to head the state prison Aller Maxwell favored to stay as revenue commissioner Jeffress to stay as highway chairman with terms expiring in 1935 creating openings for Ehringhaus selections.
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Raleigh
John C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Pohringhaus
Edwin Gill
Laurinburg
O. Max Gardner
Ehringhaus
Thad Eure
Hertford
George ii Pos
Aller J. Maxwell
E. B. Jeffress
Highway Commission
Ehringhens
Coun
Long Outlines Senate Committee Qualifications
Huey P. Long of Louisiana described his potential Senate committee qualifications to reporters in the president's room. He cited ten years on the Louisiana railroad and public service commissions and claimed credit for rewriting the tax law, funding bonds retirement, bank stability, schools and roads, and building a new capitol. He aims for judiciary while seeking three major committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Robinson
Arkansas
Louisiana Railroad and Public Service Commissions
Judiciary
Naval Affairs and Commerce
Officials Of Two Nations Yet to Speak
Paris reports the foreign affairs committee votes 21 to 3 to pay the 20 million dollar war debt interest due December 15 to the United States with conditions. London and Paris consider methods. MacDonald to discuss early next week. Paris to seek approval as last payment pending debt review. A separate note mentions a private gold shipment aboard for New York.
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Paris
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
United States
London
MacDonald
Geneva
Finance Committee
Cherbou
New York
Hoover Presents Plan To Congress For Federal Reshaping
President Hoover submitted a bulky message to Congress proposing partial reorganization of the federal government. The plan would reshape 58 executive branches and cut the number of independent agencies by 15, signaling a new pattern in national administration.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Interrior
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Chary
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Labor Department
Immigration Service
Treasury Department
Customs Service
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Bureau of Mines
Former Bankers Take New Prison Jobs in Raleigh
Two former Western North Carolina bankers begin new posts in the state prison here. Wallace B. Davis, ex president of Central Bank and Trust, is assigned as a prison school teacher, and J Mack Rhodes, ex Hendersonville banker, works in the identification bureau. Both started sentences about a month ago and wear uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Davis
J. Mack Rhodes
Hendersonville
C. J. Hawkins
Asheville
Rhodes
Fale of Cotton Is Returned To Owner
MAXTON, Dec. 9. A bale of cotton was stolen from Colon Henderson but returned when he learned it was missing. Sheriff P. B. Kornegay saw a car with a trailer behind a sheet and two men leaped out as he tried to stop them. After a crash the sheriff located the cotton, traced it to a ginning company, and notified the owner who had to confirm it.
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Maxton
Colon Henderson
Kornegay
Lumberton
Liner Bremen Sails with 620000 in Gold for Belgian Bank
The Bremen liner departed Cherbourg for New York carrying 620000 dollars in gold entrusted to a private Belgian foreign bank for its New York branch.
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Cherbourg
France
Bremen
Belgian Foreign Bank
New York
Blessing of the Waters Rite in Greece Marks Orthodox Christmas
In Greece the Blessing of the Waters closes the Christmas season on January 6. A priest walks to the edge of the water with clergy and troops, then casts a wooden cross. Youths from boats dive to retrieve it and earn the priest's blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Secretary Mills To Appear Before Beer Hearings
Secretary Mills will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the Democratic beer bill. Chairman Collier said Mills would appear personally, not representing the administration. The opening witness proposed a minimum 2.75 percent alcohol beer and a $5 per barrel tax.
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Mills
House
Ways and Means
Collier
Mississippi Democrat
The
Treasury
George P. McCabe
Washington, D. C
Associated Producers of Cereal Beverages
Cold wave in retreat across the South
New Orleans December 9 The winter cold wave began to retreat with only spotty subfreezing readings in the major reporting sections tonight Rain or snow was expected in north Mississippi South and West Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Kentucky while temperatures rose eastward Asheville Memphis and Nashville were among the coldest spots with readings in the mid twenties to mid thirties.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Alabama
Asheville
N. C
Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Meridian
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Montgomery
New York Legislature Convenes In Lame Duck Session
An extraordinary session of the New York state legislature opens with President-elect Roosevelt guiding the process. Governors seeks quick action on issues affecting thousands of jobs and municipal funds, including New York City's request for salary savings and economies up to 40 million dollars. Police, firemen and teachers oppose salary cuts.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York City
New York
Grady Seeks Senate Pro Tem Post Against Clark
Smithfield December 9 Paul D Grady state senator elect from Johnston county is pushed by friends for president pro tem of the 1933 state senate Senator William G Clark who has served three terms in the upper house has announced his candidacy for the post as well
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Smithfield
Paul D. Grady
Johnston County
Friends
Senate
William G. Clark
Youth Aims to Be Surgeon Watches Own Operation
Greensboro report: George Undrewood, 17, wants to be a surgeon and believes learning begins early. He had appendicitis and, insisting on a local anesthetic, watched the entire operation as doctors said his condition was very good afterward.
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Greensboro
George Undrewood
Underwood
French Finance Minister Urges joint foreign affairs and finance session
Paris December 9 Finance Minister Louis Germain Martin advised a joint session of the foreign affairs and finance committees of the chamber of deputies to consider economic policy and international issues.
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Paris
Louis Germain-Martin
Foreign Affairs and Finance Committees
Chamber of Deputies
Beatrice Snipes Sentenced to Death Awaiting Birth in Jail
In Columbia, Beatrice Ferguson Snipes waits in the state penitentiary's women’s building for the birth of her second child and for her execution date. Judge Thomas Lense set the electric chair for April 7 after her murder conviction of Rural Policeman Elliott Harris. Her husband’s prison term follows a guilty plea on minor charges connected to the slaying.
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Columbia
D. C
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
The
State Penitentiary
Thomas §. Lense
Rock Hill
J"liott Harris
Harris
Snipes
Congratulatory Telegrams Overwhelm 105th Birthday Woman
Miss Lydia Jane Wilson of Charlotte Michigan fainted after receiving telegrams from President Hoover Michigan Governor and governor elect on her 105th birthday causing her to cancel a planned poetry recital at a birthday reception.
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Charlotte, Mich
Hoover
Michigan
Lydia Jane Wilson
Increased Employment And Bigger Payrolls Reported
The Commerce Department reports October saw a continued rise in employment and payroll disbursements, with overall business activity holding at September levels. Industrial output was flat, mineral production rose, manufacturing dipped slightly, and textiles and foodstuffs declined more than seasonal. Iron steel lumber cement and electric power posted gains while automobiles hit a new low. freight and commodity prices showed mixed trends.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Gov grants two week reprieve for Jake F. Jones
Raleigh December 9 Gov O Max Gardner ordered a two week reprieve for Jake F Sunshine Jones a 19 year old Negro sentenced to death for the murder of J H Pool a Raleigh filling station operator The stay extends to at least January 13 unless commuted The governor acted on Judge W A Devin’s report amid doubts about Jones mental capacity and his lawyers seek life imprisonment citing alleged diminished responsibility
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Raleigh
Jake F
Sunshine) Jones
J. H. Pool
O. Max Gardner
Tyre Taylor
W. A. Devin
North Carolina
Jones
Pool
Roosevelt named Tenderfoot by Russellville scout group
President-Elect Roosevelt is a Tenderfoot Boy Scout after accepting an honorary Tenderfoot badge from the Russellville troop. The gesture marks his connection to the organization and the scouting movement.
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Roosevelt
Russellville
Ark
Russeville
Brammitt Opposes Supreme Court Review In Leas Case
North Carolina Attorney General Brammitt files in the United States Supreme Court opposing a review of the Leas case. He argues no federal question exists and that under North Carolina law the motion for a new trial was not timely. The state asserts the Leas failed to present evidence and that the jury acted in good faith with no improper influence.
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Brammitt
Leas
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Dec. C
Dennis G. Brammitt
North Carolina Today
Supreme Court
Lake Lea
Tennessee
Lake Lea, Jr
North Carolina Supreme Court
Superior Court
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
VN. C
Brummitt
North Carolina Receives Emergency Relief Fund Loan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation voted emergency relief funds totaling 571000 to North Carolina. The loan covers December needs and extends to January 1, with NC reporting 592507 on hand including 244969 previously provided, and an estimated 1163579 needed. The state had already received 815000.
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Washington
Teconstruction Corporation
North Carolina
Mystery Murder of Captain Van derwell Behind Yacht Carma
Long Beach reports a murder mystery surrounding Captain Walter Van derwell aboard the yacht Carma. Grand jury action looms as crew members are forbidden to discuss events prior to the slaying. A British nobleman’s relative is arrested while William James Guy maintains he was 30 miles away when the shooting occurred.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Vanderwell
Vanderwell
William James Guy
Globe-Trotter
Owen Murphy
Lenoir County Cuts Costs with Sharp Knife
Lenoir county commissioners cut expenses by abolishing the treasurer’s office and moving duties to the auditor with no salary rise. They trim clerical help for county and municipal court, eliminate attorneys’ fees in favor of a full-time lawyer, reduce jail food costs to 25 cents per inmate, and lower multiple salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Lenoir
Furniture Retailer James G. Sterchi Dies at 65 in Knoxville
James G. Sterchi, 65, head of Sterchi Brothers Stores and former chairman of the board, died at his Knoxville home after a ten day illness. A Knoxville native who started as a clerk for $3 a week, he built a 63-store retail chain and served as a state staff colonel. Survived by widow, son Gilbert Sterchi, and brothers Lee, L. A., and J. Carroll Sterchi.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James G. Sterchi
Southern Retail Furniture Stores
Sterchi Brothers Stores, Inc
Austin Peay
Gilbert Sterchi
Lee Sterchi
L. A. Sterchi
Bristol
J. Carroll Sterchi
San Antonio
Texas
Beverly Hills talk on a lame duck Congress and Ruth Owen
The speaker explains the concept of a lame duck Congress using Ruth Bryan Owen as an example. He notes her long fighting stance on prohibition and her defeat in the primary, praising her nerve compared with many men.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Dee
Congress
Ruth Bryan Owen
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