Actress testifies in defense in husband’s murder trial
In Greensboro on February 1, Peggy Calligan known as Peggy Harper testified for the defense recounting her husband’s account of the shooting. Mrs Emmett W Holton aunt of the deceased was the state’s star witness earlier. The trial resumed after a brief postponement with Farrell Jr and other attorneys presenting arguments as the packed courtroom awaited the jury’s next move.
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Emmett W. Holton
Greensboro
Terry H. Harper
Peggy
High Point
Rail Labor Texas Cotton American Plant Accepts Ten Percent Cut
Rail labor from section hand to engineer accepts a ten percent wage cut for one year to spur hiring and revive business. The pact, signed by rail leaders, aims to send savings to relieve about 700,000 unemployed and 600,000 partially employed. David Robertson and Daniel Willard voiced cautious optimism about improved relations and broader economic recovery.
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Texas Cotton American
Chicago
David Prima Robertson
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ex Beaufort Official Given Term of From Three To Five Years
George A. Paul former Beaufort county superior court clerk pleaded no contest to embezzling 62000 over his twenty year tenure. Judge Frank Daniels sentenced him to 3 to 5 years in state prison and ordered immediate custody by the sheriff despite defense pleas for liberty to arrange affairs.
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Beaufort
Washington
N. C
Noto
Beaufort County
George A. Paul
Frank Daniels
Paul
Will Rogers Notes on War and Penmanship
Paris January 31 Will Rogers remarks that bad flying weather kept them from Berlin and jokes that notes to Japan invite China. He says warnings provoke new ideas and wars start from too much penmanship, reflecting on how past conflicts began from notes.
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Paris
Berlin
Japan
China
Three Lives Lost as Cold Grips Nation
A week of bitter winter weather claims at least three lives including a 14 year old Boy Scout found frozen near Mount Hood Oregon and two men in Minnesota. Cold persists in the Pacific Northwest and northern plains while rescue teams search for a missing Century Pacific airliner in California. Ranchers report heavy snow drift and potential cattle losses.
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Oregon
Minnesota
West
Associated Press
Mount Hood
Ore
Sagview
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
United States
Century Pacific
California
Senate faces costly fight over relief bill and defense cuts
The senate opens a battle over relief funding with Costigan LaFollette proposing 375 million for the destitute. Hoover administration and leaders oppose direct federal aid while Robinson targets burying the bill. A major House clash over a tightened war department appropriation also looms.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
Watson
Hoover
Robinson
Costigan-LaFollette
Democratic Party
Manufacturing Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Costigan
Colorado
House
War Department
Senate OKs 125 Million Increase For U. S. Land Banks
The Senate approved a 125 million dollar appropriation to raise the capitalization of the federal land banks. With House passage, the funds await President Hoover's signature. This brings this week’s emergency relief disbursements to 635 million dollars for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and land bank support.
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Senate
U. S
Washington
House
Hoover
Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Texas Judge Rules Cotton Planting Law Unconstitutional
In Franklin Texas on February 1 Judge W C Davis held the Texas law restricting cotton planting as unconstitutional null and void. He denied an injunction to restrain farmer Fred L Smith from planting beyond an 80 percent cap, calling enforcement tyranny and a violation of the bill of rights. The decision may go to the Texas 10th Court of Civil Appeals and possibly the state Supreme Court.
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Pranklin
Tex
Texas
W. C. Davis
T. L. Tyson Robertson
Fred L. Smith
Calvert Farmer
Davis
Tyson
10Th Court of Civil Appeals
Waco
State Supreme Court
Jas. V. Allred
Smith
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
South
Morgan Made Over 10 Million On Sale of Foreign Securities
Senate finance committee figures show J. P. Morgan and Company earned gross profits of 10.883 million dollars from selling foreign bonds in the United States between 1919 and 1932. Documents also estimate 15 billion dollars in foreign securities sold to Americans from 1914 to 1931 with over 2 billion lost to defaults and depreciation, while bankers earned about 1 billion in commissions.
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Morgan
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
J. P. Morgan and Company
United States
Johnson
Republican
California
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Commerce Department
Fire Breaks Out Like Disease In Bladenboro House
Mystified authorities investigate a strange series of fires at the C. H. Williamson home in Bladenboro New York. Fires began Saturday with a burning shade and curtain then spread to other rooms. Electric wiring was checked but fires continued, health officials suggesting possible gas causes as the family moves out to protect belongings.
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Bladenboro
N. Y
C. H. Williamson
Williamson
Williamson's
Atlantic and Yadkin R R seeks to drop passenger trains
The Atlantic and Yadkin railroad petitioned the North Carolina Corporation Commission to remove all passenger trains from its Mount Airy to Sanford main line. A hearing is set for February 9 at 10 a.m. in Raleigh. The company previously faced opposition but claimed ongoing heavy losses despite a temporary continuation of service.
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Ralzigh
Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad
Mount Airy
Sanford
State Corporation Commission
Atlantic and Yadkin
Commission
Riot Sparks Bronx Eviction as Police Move On
In New York City on February 1 rioting erupted in the eastern Bronx when City Marshal Louis Novick, backed by about 100 officers, tried to evict three families from an apartment building. Moving vans were repelled as tenants attempt to enter the building near a previous clash location.
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New York
Bronx
Louis Novick
Americans Ready To Evacuate China
The United States plans to evacuate citizens in China amid the Shanghai conflict. With naval moves around Nanking Amoy Swatow and Chefoo up to 5000 Americans are thought to be in danger. Destroyer Simpson moved from Nan king while Stewart heads to Swatow as Montgomery Taylor sends destroyers from Manila to aid Shanghai relief efforts.
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Washington
United States
China
Shanghai
Oriental Republic
Nanking
Swatow
Chefoo
Amoy
Simpson
Yangtse
Stewart
Montgomery M. Taylor
Manila
Houston
Eee
Frustrated wife described on stand in Judd murder trial
Dr W C Judd testified Winnie Ruth Judd appeared to believe she had a child during 1925 stay in a Mexican mining camp. The trial for the trunk slayer of Agnes Anne LeRoi continued at the courthouse in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
W. Cc. Judd
Trunk Slayer
Agnes Anne LeRoi
J. D. Mauldin
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Judd
Fighting erupts in Shanghai as peace efforts fail
In the Far East fighting intensifies with clashes in Shanghai's international settlement. Japanese forces seize a post office used by snipers as tensions rise across central China and Manchuria.
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Shanghai
Bloody clash near Nanking as Japanese ships bomb forts
Thousands of terrified Chinese fled as Japanese warships fired on Lion Hill forts five miles from Nanking, cutting power and plunging the city into darkness. The Tsushima, Tenru, and Haru opened fire about 11:30 pm and continued until 1:30 am, with direct hits on the forts while they offered no reply.
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Nanking
Lion Hill
Tsushima
Tenru
Haru
China's Foreign Minister Denies War Declaration Plans
Lo Wen-Kan cables the League of Nations from Geneva that China has no basis for reports it will declare war on Japan. The message to the League dated February 1 rejects foreign claims of imminent hostilities and affirms restraint.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lo Wen-Kan
China
League of Nations
Japan
Texaco Plant in Shanghai Hit by Japanese Fire
Bullets struck the Shanghai Texaco Oil plant as a Japanese destroyer raked the shore with machine gun fire along the Whangpo river. No injuries were reported. American officials protested to the consul who in turn took up the incident with Japanese authorities. Shortly after, the American destroyer Parrott tied up at the Texaco wharf.
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Shanghai
American
Texaco Oil Company
Whangpo
Parrott
Texaco
United States Declines Seat in League of Nations Probe
On February 1 Washington announced it would not join the League of Nations neutral investigation into the Shang situation. The decision preserves U S policy of limited international involvement while supporting allied investigations.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Shanghai
Japanese and Chinese Trade Fire In Chapei As Shanghai Occupation Tightens
In Shanghai on February 1 Japanese and Chinese forces exchanged heavy fire in Chapei as Japan presses to seal control of the Hongkew area. Mortars machine guns and rifles echoed over a Chinese quarter battered by air raids at the occupation. Reinforcements for the foreign colony are en route easing local tension.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Hongkew
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