Eight Million Paid Out By Closed Banks In 1934
Cotton and tobacco farmers received about 200 million dollars in cash payments this year under the farm administration production adjustment program. Cotton producers are due 159,055,843 dollars and tobacco growers 36,915,000 dollars in benefits, with further sums from price increases loans and optional payments. The program also outlines acreage reductions for next year aimed at cutting cotton to 25 million acres and paying 165 million more in benefits. National, state, and crop breakdowns show precise cash and option advance figures for each state.
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Washington
Dee
Farm Administration
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Rosenwald Threat Highlights Diversified News From Dec 23
Philadelphia reports a second extortion threat to Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears chairman, with a $30,000 demand. Investigations unfold as a suspect is detained. Raleigh releases year end dividend totals for closed North Carolina banks totaling over $8 million to 19,489 depositors and 78,930 common claimants.
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Philadelphia
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Sears, Roebick and Company
City Hall
Rosenwald
Onley Avenue
American Street
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
State Bank
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
Blizzard Hits Istanbul Mosque Collapses Kill Injuries
A severe blizzard in Istanbul caused a Turkish mosque a vanity school and several old houses to collapse. At least one person was killed and four injured as Black Sea shipping ground to a halt across the region. In a separate report from Gastonia, J D P Lowery, 22, of Mount Olly, was critically injured when his car collided with a Queen City bus on the Catawba River dig near Mount Holly.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Gastonia
J. D P. Lowery
Mount Olly
Queen City
Catawba River
Mount Holly
Cuban officers appeal on case in Havana
In Havana officials and lawyers await the court’s decision on bail for 403 Cuban army officers implicated in a Hotel Nacional clash. Jose R. Barcelo, former Oriente governor, freed on a writ. Abebalo, labor leader, also released. Jefferson Caffery and Col. Batista dined with Ramon Grau San Martin. Madrid urged Spain to act to protect Spaniards in Cuba and consider inviting U.S. intervention under the Platt amendment.
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Havana
Hotel Na
Jose R. Barcelo
Oriente Vince
Forer
Gerardo Machado
Abebalo
Trado
Tody
Jefferson Caffery
Welt
Tha
Prest Ramon Grau San Martin
Fulgencio Batista
Army
Vedado
Madrid
el Sol
Cuba
Spain
United States
Public Library Closure Notice During Christmas Holidays
The High Point Public Library remains closed after two p m for Christmas holidays and will reopen Tuesday at two p m The library asks patrons to return books and renew items on Tuesday without additional charges once open again
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High Point
Pope urges prayer as solution to world tensions
Pope Pius XII in his Christmas address calls for prayer to address the international crisis and rejects reliance on human plans. He condemns German sterilization, cites 1931 papal decree and Casici Connubii, warns negotiations risk renewed distrust.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Germany
Castii Connubii
Japan Hails Birth of Crown Prince Heiress Heir to Mikado
Tokyo reports a son born to Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. At seven pounds eight ounces the infant is the destined 125th Mikado, heralded by dawn sirens and citywide celebrations as Japan greets its future monarch.
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Tokyo
Dee
Japan
Hirohito
Nagako
Women Fliers Near Third Day of Flight Record
Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey neared the three day mark in their bid to surpass the women’s endurance record of eight days four hours. A note dropped at the Miami airport announced a Christmas turkey dinner for the crew. War Birds International offered honorary life memberships if the record is set.
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Miami
Fla
Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Municipal Field
War Birds International
John Jouett
Eight Orphans Left By Double Tragedy
Eight children aged nine months to 16 years are left orphans after a farmer James Nance 38 killed his wife then shot himself. The motive tied to illness and refusal of medical care. The youngest infant’s cries drew older siblings to the parents’ bedroom in Elkin on December 23.
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Elkin
James Nance
Nance
Bells Ring And Ring As Sleeping Beauty Shows Signs Of Life
Patricia Maguire, 28, ill with sleeping sickness for nearly two years, shows possible improvement. In Oak Park Illinois, family and friends handle constant ring of bells and phones as visitors deliver Christmas cards, flowers, and gifts while doctors continue serum injections and other treatments.
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Ruth Cowan
Associated Press
Oak Park
Iil
Patricia Maguire
Peter Miley
Pat
Charles W. Hansen
Rita
Switz Tells Story Of Visits To France
Paris dispatch reports Robert Gordon Switz 29, an American, testifying in a French court probe into an alleged international spy ring. Switz recounts five visits to France since 1926 while his wife Marjorie Tilley, 22, arrives in custody for separate examination as suspects face the judge. Other suspects’ counsel attend as magistrate opens the case with Switz.
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Paris
Benon
Robert Gordon Switz
Switz
Marjorie Tilley
New York
France
Marjorie Tilley Switz
Whiteside Missing as Police Hunt Near House
Police aided by Boy Scouts searched woods and creek bottoms near a house where Bruce D. Whiteside a 28 year old missing insurance salesman was last seen last night in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Bruce D. Whiteside
Roosevelt Pushes Hybrid Bimetallic Dollar Idea
President Roosevelt advances a hybrid bimetallic commodity dollar concept aiming to stabilize purchasing power through gold and silver value control. The plan follows the silver stabilization program and contemplates indirect base on commodities to lift prices while seeking international agreement. The Fed board declined to disclose talks after a meeting amid bank deposit insurance discussions and potential eligibility costs.
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Washington
Wash
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Jones
RFC
Van Der Lubbe Executed for Reichstag Fire Verdict
The German supreme court ruled Marinus Van Der Lubbe, a 24-year-old Dutch bricklayer, must die for setting the Reichstag fire. The court also freed the leading Communists Ernst Torgler Georgi Dimitroff Blagoi Popov and Wassil Taneff. Lubbe maintained he acted alone, while the others faced different fates.
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W. BE. Brockmann
Leipzig
Supreme Court
Marinus van der Lubbe
Holland
Reichstag
Berlin
van der Lubbe
Ernst Torlger
Georgi Dimitroff
Blagoi Popoff
Wassil Taneff
Leyden
van der Lubber
Germany
Torgler
Cryptic note on gold vs silver returns from 37 years ago
Beverly Hills dispatch recalls a long-ago day coach rider who mocked crucifixion of a gold standard while silver served as a de facto global medium. The writer implies Arlington’s soil bears a quiet satisfaction at being financially ahead of the government by decades.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Arlington
Greens Identified as Hold-Up Men of Hot Springs Bank
Charlotte detective chief Frank N. Littlejohn says B. G. Green and his son, both outlawed in North Carolina, have been positively identified as members of the band that robbed the Hot Springs bank last week. The younger Green was wounded and fled after seeing a deputy. Their group earlier gained outlaw status after the Taylorsville bank slaying.
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Charlotte
B. G. Green
North Carolina
Bandit
Hot Springs
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Green
Hot Springs Bank
T. C. Barnes
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Taylorsville
New Judge Appointed in Winston-Salem Municipal Court
Winston-Salem reports W. T. Wilson, attorney, named to succeed the late Thomas W. Watson as municipal court judge. The appointment was announced in the city today, with Wilson set to assume duties promptly.
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Winston-Salem
W. T. Wilson
Thomas W. Watson
Third Party Campaign Shifts in New Orleans Mayors Race
Voters register closes as Huey P. Long builds a coalition to challenge Mayor T Semmes Walmsley in the January 23 election. Long seeks support against Walmsley and Francis Williams with Dr George F Roeling joining the fusion ticket. Roeling leaves Walmsley to run for city commission.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
District Attorney's Office
Francis Williams
Jackson Democratic Club
George F. Roeling
Roeling
City Commission
Byrd Sees Ross Sea Open Water For Wider Antarctic Push
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd reports from the Antarctic Ross Sea that open water extends toward Little America, suggesting his ship may advance further than planned. A four hour reconnaissance flight found no heavy ice, only young pancake ice, enabling continued exploration by ship and later plane. Accompanying Byrd were Harold I. June, William Howlin, J. A. Pelter, and Carl O. Peterson.
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Byrd
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Ross Sea
Richard KE. Byrd
Little America
150Th Meridian
Admiral Byrd
Harold I. June
William Howlin
J. A. Pelter
Carl O. Peterson
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Whiteside
van Lubbe
Supreme Court of Germany
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