Five Black people dead in highway crash near Burlington N C
Five Black people died when their car struck a transportation truck on ice covered Greensboro highway near Burlington North Carolina. Three others were seriously injured. the truck driver suffered minor injuries as flames from an exploding gas tank destroyed both vehicles. The group was en route to a funeral in Chacowinity. Weather and additional minor accidents disrupted traffic.
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Burlington
Here
Greensboro
Pontiac
John Maddox
Blackstone
W. H. Kelly
Winston-Salem
Bill McKinney
Winston Salem
Reed
Jane Hoag
Nancy Craig
John Roberts
Shelby
Mary Sherard
Kim Mickens
Charlotte
Richmond
Virginia
Deck Cummings
Crutz
Patrick County
Florida
Martinsville
Reed Lamplin
McComas
W. Va
Blacksburg
Highway Department
Both House And Senate Working For Votes On Bills Before Them
Davis and Shaffer go on trial in a sensational case in High Point Guilford County. Evidence includes a memoranda book with liquor names and a list of witnesses. In Washington, northern Democrats push wage hour substitutes to limit interstate firms. Senate acts on marketing quotas for corn and wheat under Ever-normal policies.
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House
Senate
Davis
Shaffer
Greensboro
C. Marshall Davis
Manchester
High Point
R. T. Shaffer
Guilford County
V. Lay
Otis Apple
Apple
Hiatt Tire Company
Levi Willard
Maryland
Kentucky
Virginia Abc Board
East Coast Distributing Company
Washington
Mason-Dixon Line
Labor Department
NLRB Hearing Probes Revolution Cotton Mills Case
Representatives of the National Labor Relations Board heard more witnesses today in Greensboro as they seek to complete testimony in a case against Revolution Cotton Mills.
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Greensboro
National Relations Board
Revolution Cotton Mills Company
Panay Survivors Reach Yangtze After Bombardment
Fifty-two survivors of the bombed Panay moved from Hanshan toward the Yangtze river as rescuers including the Oahu and Bee waited at Hohsien. Two were confirmed dead Charles Ensmi nger and Sandro Sandri. About 11 foreigners and 81 Chinese were missing with 66 saved overall as fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops hindered relief efforts.
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Panay
Bhanghai
United States
Hohsien
Yangtze
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Hanshan
Oahu
Bee
Charles L. Ensminger
Ocean Beach
Calif
Sandro Sandri
Sandri
Turin
la Stampa
China
Spain
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Milan
Meian
Meinsia
Republicans rush 100 member policy panel selections
In St. Louis on December 14 the GOP executive committee met after midnight and quickly moved past the halfway point in sorting about 1,000 nominees for a policy committee of 100. National chairman John D. M. Hamilton criticized his critics as conferees completed a preliminary canvass of 600 names.
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ST. Louis
Republican Executive Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Nine Die As Bitter Weather Strikes British Isles
Bitter winter weather disrupted transport and communications across the British Isles with at least nine deaths. Snow drifts reaching 12 feet covered Scotland and northern England while fog ice and floodwater hindered services. two exposed deaths, two track workers killed, four in an RAF plane crash, and a sailor swept from a boat in the Irish Sea.
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London
British Isles
Scotland
England
Royal Air Force
Irish Sea
California Floods Threaten Middle Sacramento Towns
The Sacramento river’s highest flood in 30 years moved southward lapping at levees and threatening towns in the middle Sacramento valley. Five people are dead and damages run into millions as other areas reported flood relief and fair weather.
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San Francisco
Sacramento River
Sacramento Valley
California
Man Hunt Shifts To Turner In East North Carolina
Federal state and local officers widened the search as reports said Wash Turner alias Jack Borden may be the escaped convict instead of Bill Payne. The pursuit spread to Sanford Fayetteville Lumberton Conway and Myrtle Beach with bloodhounds used near a Brunswick County tourist camp.
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Wilmington
N. C
Bill Payne
Wash Turner
Jack Borden
R. Grady Johnson
North Carolina
Sscore
Turner
J. Bowling Byrd
Payne
Hugh Sloan
Ghway
Caledonia
Eeen Imeem Bank — Oldups
Napfees
George Penn
Asheville
Sanford
Fayetteville
Lumberton
Conway
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Brunswick County
Byrd
Sheriff Smoot Hurt in Davie County Car Wreck
Sheriff C G Smoot of Davie county is hospitalized with head and chest injuries after a collision on the Mackeville road while transporting two prisoners to Newton. Prisoner Jim Coker suffered head and internal injuries and was unconscious upon arrival. One prisoner, Albert Hager of Mooresville, escaped.
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Statesville
C. G. Smoot
Davie County
Mackeville
Jim Coker
Coker
Smoot
Newton
Albert Haire
Albert Hager
Mooresville
Bailey Clashes With Senator Minton Over Tuckertown Project
Senator Minton denounces the power commission for intruding on North Carolina by insisting on a federal license for a $6,000,000 hydroelectric project at Tuckertown. Bailey replies on the senate floor renewing opposition and quips about navigating the river.
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Bailey
Senator Minton
Tuckertown
Washington
Minton
D-Ind
Senate
Power Commission
North Carolina
N. C
Japan Seizes Nanking as Chinese Capital Falls
Reports from Shanghai describe fires raging in Nanking after Japanese forces occupied the city. Unverified accounts claim mass slaughter of Chinese troops while regaining communications hinder updates. A new Chinese provisional government under Japanese influence formed at Peiping.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nippon
Peiping
Domei
Japan
Manchukuo
Hoover Refugees Near Manila Aboard President McKinley
The steamer President McKinley neared Manila tonight with 453 passengers from the grounded Dollar Liner President Hoover. Manila prepared aid for shipwrecked refugees though a spokesman did not expect many Hoover passengers would need assistance.
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Manila
President McKinley
President Hoover
China
High Point Escapee Surrenders Over Cold Weather
Fayetteville report says two escapees from Sand Ridge prison near High Point surrendered to Police Chief Barnes McBride. The men Grad Carroll of High Point and Jack B. Moore of Lumberland told him cold weather forced their surrender. They were moved to Raleigh.
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Fayetteville
Barnes McBride
Grad Carroll
High Point
Jack B. Moore
Lumberton
Sand Ridge
Raleigh
US Admiral Yarnell vows protection for nationals in China waters
Admiral Harry Yarnell of the US Asiatic Fleet says vessels in Chinese waters will stay to protect Americans as long as needed. A Japanese spokesman claimed such a withdrawal had been discussed, but Yarnell countered no such proposal was made to him. He noted the gunboat Oahu will bring Panay bomb survivors to Shanghai and then return to the Yangtze station.
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Panay
Ladybird
Yarnell
United States
Oahu
Shanghai
Yangtze
Weidmann Used Loot for Dance Lessons in Murder Plot
Paris reports Janine Keller’s body found in the Brigands Cervera near Fontainebleau, linked to Eugene Weidmann who confessed as the strangler in a murder ring. Weidmann said he spent stolen travelers checks on tango and waltz lessons as he learned the rhumba while part of his loot financed the dance training.
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Paris
Janine Keller
Sa Syndicate
Cervera
Fontainebleau Forest
Eugene Weidmann
Jean de Kov
Roosevelt Strow With Demands And Japan Expresses Regret
In Shanghai on December 15 AP reports the Panay bombing death toll rose to four as a badly burned unidentified sailor was found. Three victims were American and one was an Italian journalist aboard the Panay seeking refuge, with tensions rising over Japan's response.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Shanghai
United States
Panay
Japan Delivers Note on Panay Incident in Tokyo
The Japanese Foreign Minister Koh Hirota handed U S Ambassador Joseph Grew a formal note in Tokyo. It expressed regret for sinking the Panay, promised indemnity, and stated measures to prevent a recurrence in the Far East war zone.
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Associated Press
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Panay
Far Eastern
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Koh Hirota
U S Sends Formal Note to Japan Over Panay Bombing
The United States sent a formal note to Japan protesting the bombing and sinking of the Panay and other American ships. It demanded a formal apology, full indemnification, and guarantees against future attacks. President Roosevelt’s message to Emperor Hirohito outlined these demands.
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U. SS
Washington
State Department
Japan
Panay
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Hull
Wic House
Peror
Joseph Grew
Suage
Ameri Commercial
Ice Shuts Roads Delays City Traffic And Injuries
Ice covered highways slowed transportation into the city with busses halted by officials around eight this morning. Due to slick streets several accidents caused damage and injuries among local residents and workers, with several people treated at Burrus Memorial hospital and others at Guilford General hospital.
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Thomasville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Tracon
Kennedy Hill
Thomasville Road
Jamestown
Burrus Memorial Hospital
J. D. Lee
den Street
T. Scott
Mary Miller
Fairview Street
Harold Kearn
Illower
Kathleen McLeod
Guilford General Hospital
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Hoover
U.S
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