Blazing Freighter Ontario in Boston Harbor Fire
The coastwise freighter Ontario burned while firefighting crews battled flames, listing and pouring water into the hold near Sandwich and Boston harbor. Captain John Kauserud and his crew fought the blaze amid smoke as land engines and fireboats aided the effort.
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Ontario
Sandwich
Massachusetts Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Baltimore
Norfolk
Northern Avenue
Mum
Ings
John Kauserud
Uiver Ship Burned After Desert Storm crash
In Iraq near Rutba Wells the American built airliner Uiver of Royal Dutch Airlines was found wrecked and burned with seven dead after a desert thunderstorm. British Royal Air Force scouts and Dutch pilots aided in the search amid rough desert terrain and dangerous air currents.
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Baghivad
Iraq
Uiver
Royal Dutch Airlines
Rutba Wells
Taq
Royal Air Force
England
Beltorne
Batavia University
M. Beretti
Aneta
Dutch East Indies
M. Kort
M. Beekman
van Steenbergen
H. A. Walewyn
C. van Zadelhoys
Amsterdam
G. J. Geysendorfer
van Lear Black
Palestine
Baghdad
Vegemen Pull Four Jobs In Winston-Salem Heist
Police reported that four men pulled four jobs in Winston-Salem last night but escaped with $280 in cash and about $85 in merchandise.
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Yveggemen
North Carolina Water Projects Slated for Congressional Review
Army engineers list more than 92 million dollars in potential North Carolina water projects for Congress. Four river basins Neuse Tar Yadkin and Cape Fear and two Roanoke projects shown for coordination of power and flood control. Neuse costs include lands at 2.24 million and an eight foot canal from New Bern to Hatteras. Power plans in Neuse total about 9.25 million with lands and damages extra.
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Washington, Dee
North Carolina
Army Engineers
Congress
Dern
Neuse
Tar
Yadkin
Cape Fear
Ee State
Roanoke River
New Bern
Hatteras
Bank Gives 20 Percent Year End Bonus To Staff
Fayet teville December 2 The Branch Banking and Trust company paid staff a 20 percent bonus on their 1984 salaries. The bank operates branches in Wilson Raleigh Warsaw Plymouth Goldsboro Selma Fayetteville Williamston New Bern Kinston and Finn City. Headquarters in Wilson with H D Bateman serving as president.
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Fayetteville
Banking and Trust Company
Wilson
Raleigh
Warsaw
Plymouth
Goldsboro
Selma
Williamston
New Bern
Kinston
Finn City
H. D. Bateman
Fourth Fatality toll in Shelbyville riot
Floyd Pat Lawes a 28 year old Shelbyville fireman died in a local hospital from wounds suffered when national guardsmen fired on a crowd around the courthouse during an effort to storm the building for a negro prisoner. He was the fourth fatality reported in the incident.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Floyd
Pat) Lawes
National
Lawes
Fish to Stand Trial in New York Case
Albert H. Fish was turned over to Westchester County authorities today for trial. The transfer follows ongoing investigations into the case and marks a critical step toward legal proceedings in the state.
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New York
Albert H. Fish
Westchester
Bea
Gunman forces payroll heist at Woburn bank
A lone gunman abducted workers at the Massachusetts Gear and Tool Co and forced them to drive to the Woburn National Bank, taking a payroll of $1,900 before abandoning the car five miles away at Burlington and escaping.
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Woburn
Mass
Massachusetts Gear and Tool Co
Woburn National Bank
Burlington
U S May Increase Pacific Fortifications If Congress Agrees
Associated Press reports a push in Congress to strengthen Pacific defenses while Emperor Hirohito signs the treaty abrogation. Alaska's Anthony Dimond urges inland air base expansion and expects broad congressional support. Tokyo and London coverage blame and praise complicate naval treaty changes.
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U. S
Pacific
Congress
Associated Press
America
Ashington
Emperor Ito
Tokyo
Washington
Anthony J. Dimond
Britain
Dow
Japan
Leather forecast by states and winds for cotton regions
East winds shift to rain likely late tonight or Saturday from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Gentle to fresh southwest winds Saturday with overcast skies and possible light rain in northern areas. Rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending at A M noted in principal cotton growing regions and elsewhere.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Americans Blamed By Japs For Conference Failure
Tokyo dispatch notes Japanese papers blaming American obstinacy for the collapse of naval talks. Hirohito signed documents ending the Washington treaty as of year end 1936. Tokyo cites Britain as more reasonable while awaiting formal denunciation and a government statement to ease East peace tensions.
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Paris
Francois Pietri
Chamber of Deputies
France
Pietri
Washington
Japan
Great Britain
United
Tokyo
Peror Hirohito
London
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Cordell Ull
Foreign Office
Hirohito
Privy Council
Converaations
Sentences Of 5 To 7 Years Given To Smith And Sams
Paul Sams and Robert Smith were sentenced to five to seven years in state prison for being accessories before the fact in the murder of William E. Davis and the robbery of his father, E. D. Davis, in Sumner township on October 13. Notice of appeal was filed for Smith, while Sams did not appeal and began serving today.
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W. E. Davis
Greensboro
Paul Sams
Robert Smith
William E. Davis
E. D. Davis
Sumner Township
Felix E. Alley
Smith
Davis
Same
Alley
Ralph Dill
Luther E
Reuben Warner
Sams
EB. D. Davis
William Davis
Dill
Warner
Osborne
Felix B. Alley
Negro 18 Held in Rock Hill Murder Case
Marshall Little, a Black man, was jailed in Rock Hill on charges of murdering another Black man at a Greensboro baseball game last June. Police said he would return willingly to Greensboro after his arrest yesterday.
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Rock Hill
D. C
Marshall Little
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Little
Page Rites For 59-Year-Old Banker Frank Page
The body of Frank Page a 59-year-old banker and former state highway commission chairman who oversaw more than 100 million dollars in road spending was brought to Aberdeen for burial. He died at 6 25 P M in a Raleigh hospital after heart disease worsened. funeral set for 2 P M at Page Memorial church with Rev L M Hall officiating. Page had been executive vice president of the Raleigh Wa?chovia Bank and Trust company.
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Frank Page
State Highway Commission
Page
Raleigh
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Page Memorial Church
L. M. Hall
Pas
Shank Refuses Food to Delay Electric Chair
Mark H. Shank enters a fourth day of refusing solid food in a hunger strike aimed at delaying his December 28 execution for four poison murders. Prison officials and doctors describe his condition as weak and anaemic but not immediately dangerous as attorneys pursue a sanity hearing. The crimes include the murder of Alvin Colley and the deaths of Mrs. Colley and two children in 1933 via poisoned grape juice.
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Todhunter
Jury Deliberates On Embezzlement Counts Against Martin Insull
In Chicago on December 21 a criminal court jury deliberated the estate embezzlement charges against Martin Insull. Judge Harrington had an extraordinary session to speed a verdict before Christmas shopping. Prosecution said Insull drew 344 720 from a Midwest utilities company treasury to boost a stock market account. Jurors began deliberations at 12 30 and after three hours were locked in for the night.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Martin Insull
Cornelius J. Harrington
Middie West Utilities Company
Treasury
S. C. Man Buys Mill and Reedy River Shoals
Greenville South Carolina December 21 news reports L T Batson, Greenville merchant, has purchased the Vardry mill and village for about 15000 dollars. He discovered the deed includes the Reedy River shoals extending to Camperdown smokestack and Coveland Street bridge, claiming the river bed and shoals are within the property.
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Greenville
8. C
Reedy River
L. T. Batson
Vardry
Batson
Camperdown Smokestack
Coveland Eet Bridge
Testimony in Kidnapping Case Links NY Abduction Schemes
Mrs Marguerite Cherry testifies in Smithfield court about nine defendants accused of taking girls to New York for immoral acts. She recalls invitations to join cream party at Four Oaks and to accompany Mrs Krane, and a later claim by Josephine Smith of forced entry into life of immorality including nude photos. An upstairs shooting and a roof intrusion were noted as events surrounding the case.
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All i
Johnston County
Insu
New York
Smithfield
Marguerite Cherry
Alex Beasely
Josephine Smith
Invita
Roosevelt in good shape for Congress on January 8
Report from Beverly Hills camp notes President Roosevelt appears physically fit and ready for the January 8 congressional session, while the Congress itself is described as in good health but mentally befuddled. The message celebrates a major upcoming event with broadcast flair.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Dee
Roosevelt
Congress
Will
Southern Tobacco Growers Endorse Kerr-Smith Law
County agents in tobacco growing states tabulated votes to decide on continued compulsory control of their crop. Early returns show strong sentiment for Kerr-Smith act continuation with North Carolina and Florida among supportive states and Virginia reports indicating a large majority in favor.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina Tobacco Vote Shows Support for Kerr Smith Act
Early returns indicate NC tobacco growers favor continuing the Kerr Smith control act in 1935 by a strong majority. Balloting ended yesterday after ten days of voting, with complete tabulation expected to take several days as ballots are counted more slowly than Bankhead act ballots.
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E. Y. Floyd
N. C. State College Extension Service
Ainst
Raleigh, Dee
North Carolina
BurgaW vote tallies Kerr Smith tobacco act referendum
BurgaW reported by county agent W H Robbins shows 2 066 acres in favor and one against in the Kerr Smith tobacco act referendum.
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Burgaw
Pender County
W. H. Robbins
Ballots Delay Virginia Tobacco Growers Canvass
Ballots mailed late yesterday that are eligible for the count caused the final canvass of Virginia tobacco growers on the Kerr-Smith bill to be postponed to this afternoon. Informal reports from county agents indicate growers in this state show a large majority in favor.
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Blacksburg
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