House Members Halt Attempts to Cut Veteran Dole
Washington December 21 funds for disability allowances to veterans with non service connected injuries are debated. Bullitt for the National Economy league urges elimination saving about 104 million annually while Robinson rejects the charge calling aids not charity and questions funding sources. Alfonso LaPorte a research artist linked to the Economy league testifies on behalf of the group.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Veterans Committee
William M. Bullitt
Senator Robinson
Ind
Bullitt
National Economy League
Economy League
League
Robinson
Alfonso A. LaPorte
LaPorte
New York
High Point approves contract saving city $40 000 a year
City officials formal approval of a wholesale power contract with Southern Public Utilities projects an annual saving of about $40,000 in electric bills. The new rate lowers cost to 1.2 cents per kwh after 350 000 kwh monthly per meter, averaging about 1.288 cents overall. The deal retroactive to November 1 runs through March 1, 1935.
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R. T. Amos
Public Utilities Committee
Amos
Grayson
High Point
Southern Public Utilities Company
E. M. Knox
Charlotte
Finance and Public Utilities Committee
E. C. Marshall
Hydroelectric Power Company
The
Duke Power Company
Influenza Cases Rise in North Carolina State
In Raleigh on December 21 health officials reported a rising trend in influenza cases though not an epidemic. Dr John H Hamilton of the state board of health noted the increase with twice as many cases in the week ending December 17 as the previous year, most were mild.
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Raleigh
John H. Hamilton
Division of Epidemiology
State Board of Health
Eskimo Christmas Trees Use Sticks and Trinkets
In the frozen north the Eskimos imitate the white man by building trees from sticks and decorating them with found trinkets, rather than using real evergreens.
Georgia seeks extradition of Burns for Trenton governor
John S. Kelley assistant attorney general of Georgia led a formal demand to Governor A Harry Moore to extradite Robert Elliott Burns the chain gang fugitive. Kelley with Warden Harold Hardy presented requisition papers signed by Governor Russell of Georgia Burns arrived in Trenton handcuffed for a hearing and was escorted by Essex County officers.
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Robert Ellicott Burns
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Georgia
Katherine Burns
Rev
Vincent Burns
Trenton
N. J
John S. Kelley
Robert Elliott Burns
Kelley
Harold Hardy
Troup County
Russell
Burns
Newark
Essex County
Walker
Catherine Burns
Palisades
Fort Lee
Seventeen Japanese Killed in Manchuria Battle
In Mukden Manchuria thirty miles east of Tashihkiago a Japanese platoon of 40 was surrounded for two days by Chinese guerrillas. Seventeen Japanese died two missing and four seriously wounded as survivors broke through to safety amid sweeping Japanese operations in a triangle near the Mukden Dairen and Mukden Antung railways.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Tashihkiago
Mukden-Dairen
Here
Mukden- Dairen
Mukden-Antung
Brewers See Challenging Bill Under Constitutional Review
Brewers expect to fight any beer legalization bill in court up to the Supreme Court. Lawyers for prohibitionists may test the measure's constitutionality, while Brewers’ counsel argue Congress can act within its prerogatives, citing Muskrat. Analysts doubt a suit could fit Day’s ruling on judicial review.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the
United States
Edward B. Dunford
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Levi Cooke
United States Brewers’ Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Cooke
Justice Day
Cotton Spinning Industry Reports Active November
The census bureau reports the cotton spinning industry operated at 96.9 percent capacity on a single shift in November, down from 97.0 percent in October and up from 85.8 percent last November. Spindles in place were 31,464,872 with 24,349,506 active at some time, average 30,492,073. active spindle hours totaled 6,966,828,759, averaging 221 hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Governor Rejects Clemency for Durham Murderer
Raleigh December 1 AP reports Governor D Max Gardner declines clemency for W Herbert Lawrence former Durham contractor serving 30 years for second degree murder. Lawrence sentenced May 1928 in Chatham County for killing dressmaker Annie W Terry and disposing of her body in a river at Avants Ferry.
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Raleigh
D. Max Gardner
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Lawrence
Chatham County
Annie W. Terry
Avants Ferry
Dredging Contract Awarded for Intercoastal Waterway
The War Department let a dredging contract for the north end of the intercoastal waterway from Cape Fear River to Winyah Bay to the Arundel Corporation of Baltimore for 212 375 dollars.
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Washington
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Winyah Bay
South Carolina
Arundel Corporation
Baltimore
War Department
Guilford County Receives Relief Funds Allocation
Raleigh officials announced an emergency relief fund distribution of 228 400 to North Carolina’s 100 counties. Checks have been mailed with Guilford County receiving 12 009, Davidson 3 600, Randolph 1 600 as part of the December federal loan.
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Raleigh
Fred Morrison
Guilford County
Davidson
Randolph
Would You Do It For Thirty Cents
Chicago report describes Temes a 30 year old man who resisted two armed robbers on a street. He fought back landing punches and was shot in the left arm. The robbers fled after firing and Temes returned home with 30 cents in his pocket.
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Chicago
Temes
Hoover 10 Visit South on Christmas Cruise from Savannah
President Hoover plans a holiday voyage with Mrs Hoover aboard the Sequoia and Kilkenny from Savannah departing Christmas Eve. The trip may be shortened or canceled if Capitol Hill developments or war debt plans demand. Stops possible at Sapelo Island and Florida land trips may be arranged.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Capitol Hill
Repayments Turned Into Farm Loans
Senate agriculture committee approved Senator Smith's bill to convert loan repayments into new crop production loans from unexpended balances. The measure would limit truck crop loans to 126 per acre and cap 1933 acreage at 65 percent of this year. Other loans continue under existing rules with secretary adjustments.
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Washington
Senator Smith
8. C
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Cutting
N. M
Bratton
Secretary of Agriculture
State Supreme Court Sends Lake Leabnd Fraud Judgment
Raleigh December 21 The state Supreme Court this afternoon mailed to Buncombe Superior Court the judgment in the Lake Lea band fraud case. Buncombe may imprison Tennessee publisher and former U S senator Luke Lea Jr and collect a $25 000 fine when papers arrive in Asheville. The judgment affirms the Leas conviction in the 17 million crash case and follows the US Supreme Court termination of their futile appeal.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Buncombe
France weighs Austria loan amid US debt payment clash
Paris December 21 France faces a new phase in its financial crisis with a proposed loan to Austria under debate in the chamber of deputies. French leaders seek an early settlement of the American debt while Premier Paul Boncour's cabinet asks for a vote of confidence to determine if it stays in power.
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Paris
France
Austria
United States
League of Nations
Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Billy Corbett Is Again In Papers
Three year old Billy Corbett who drew headlines last year by falling into a 20 foot well is in the papers again after swallowing a safety pin. Firemen rescued him from the well last time and doctors report the pin in his stomach is two inches long but closed and unlikely to cause injury.
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Billy Corbett
Greensboro
Billy
Missing Bank Receiver Still In Mental Stupor
Wilmington report details Earl W. Jones, former Commercial National Bank receiver in Statesville, found in a hotel room in a mental stupor after disappearing December 5. Doctors say mental condition, not physical illness, explains his condition. authorities and bank officials seek to resolve the mystery behind his absence and audit his affairs.
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Wilmington
Earl W. Jones
Statesville
W. H. Spradlin
Washington
Jones
C. B. Koonce
G. M. Lake
Statesville Bank
House Passes 8 Percent Beer Tax Bill to Senate
The measure setting an eight percent beer tax cleared the House and moves to the Senate. the final tally was not released.
House debates 3.2 percent beer bill amid tense, drawn votes
The House fights over a 3.2 percent beer measure carrying a five dollar per barrel tax. Amendments to cut alcohol content and tax fail as Democratic leadership blocks changes while lawmakers argue constitutionality.
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House of Representatives
Michener
Mich
House
O’conner
Wood
Ind
Agriculture Committee Deliberates On Domestic Allotment Plan
The House Agriculture Committee did not decide today on the domestic allotment relief plan. Senators hinted the plan could be limited strictly to wheat and cotton as an emergency measure. Tobacco hogs butterfat remain contested and no formal action was taken. The panel resumes discussion tomorrow amid packing and producer opposition.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Technocracy claim divides readers in Los Angeles
A December dispatch questions the technocracy movement posing as a reform with promises of four hour workdays and independence from politicians. The writer argues only a strong government can support both individual and collective needs, suggesting technocracy cannot replace governance.
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Enterprise
Los Angeles
Calif
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