Commissioner Wilson Explains Letter At Committee Hearing
The Senate grievances committee approved a joint resolution demanding details about a letter Wilson wrote. T A Jon and Senator Waynick question why the letter was drafted and to whom it was addressed. Waynick supported Wilson praising his attitude and the Workmen's Compensation act. The letter urged employee signatures to oppose repealing the act, with petitions to Waynick in a labeled envelope.
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Weigh
T. A. Jon
Capus Ynick
Guilford
Senate
Bly
Wilson
Wison
Waynick
House
Senator Waynick
The
Statution of Labor
NC Officials Seek Return of Lea for Banking Case
North Carolina officials arrived in Nashville with legal papers demanding the return of Colonel Luke Lea and Lea Jr. to face sentences for banking law violations. A conference was held in Nashville with Asheville Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles and A A F Seavell meeting Tennessee legal aides to discuss the requisition.
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Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Luke Lea
Lea
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
A. A. F. Seavell
K. T. McConnico
Hill Alister
Eastman urges continued R F G railroad loans
Eastman told a senate committee that some rail carriers can safely receive further R F C loans if private funds are scarce and security is adequate. He warned suspending all loans would be unwise, noting varying railroad conditions and possible brief stringency before recovery.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Senate
Eastman
MacHaffie
Justificaes
Congress
British Rumors of Moratorium on War Debt Payments
London reports a possible U S moratorium on Great Britain war debt payments until a new settlement is reached. The June 15 due date looms as Anglo American talks in Washington unfold. Neville Chamberlain stressed caution on gold standard and debt talks.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Lord Rothermere
Daily Mail
Washington
Roosevelt
the Times
Neville Chamberlain
Foster
Ireland
House of Commons
England
Ronald Lindsay
Warm Springs
Chamberlain
State Backing Sought for Eight Month School Term
Raleigh Feb 1 Two proposals seek an eight month term for public schools with one plan including a six day week. The measures were introduced in the general assembly as education officials push for longer terms.
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MacLean and
Bailey
Davis
Raleigh
Hyde
Joint Education Committee
Assembly
MacLean-Bailey
MacLean
Senate Votes To Cut Wages Of Solicitors
The North Carolina Senate approved a bill reducing superior court solicitors pay by a flat 1000 dollars annually, with expense allowances included, saving about 20000 dollars yearly. A House amendment to abolish the state executive counsel was sent back to the Senate.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Hartsell
Cabarrus
Moore
Craven
MacLean
Steaufort
West
State Tax Commission
Revenue Commissioner
Burgin
Park Commission
Board of Conservation and Development
Park Commissioners
Burgin of
Davidson
LaFollette seeks long session for relief bills
Senator LaFollette urged a prolonged Senate session starting Tuesday to push unemployment relief prohibition repeal and beer laws alongside appropriation bills. He proposed daily 11 AM to 6 PM for appropriations and 6 PM to 10 PM for other measures with a 20 minute debate after one day on each appropriation bill. He warned of a grave national crisis with people hungry and starving.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate
Reynolds Aims to Set Record With No Bills in Six Years
Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina, a new entrant to the Senate, says his goal for a six-year term is to introduce no bills. He argues there are already too many laws and bills and that serving six years without introducing a bill would mark a notable personal record.
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Washington
Robert Reynolds
N. C
Reynolds
Ford sees a bright future ahead says Henry Ford
Henry Ford argues in a New York Times interview that the nation is on the threshold of an incredibly bright future. He rejects technocracy and predicts life will break out of rigid patterns, noting strikes and industry shifts while denying a permanent crisis.
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Henry Ford
New York
New York Times
Detroit
Ford
Detse
Ord
Youthful Farmer Dies by Own Action Near Asheboro
Inquest verdict by Acting Coroner Tiffay Barnes finds Floyd McCoy 19, of Moffitt Mill, died from a self inflicted gunshot near his home twelve miles southeast of Asheboro. Despondent over farming conditions, he left a note saying he had been unhappy and wished the family not to settle, with burial instructions included.
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SPFOR
Asheboro
Tiffay Barnes
Floyd McCoy
McCoy
Mary A. Brady
Hoover to observe events in silence after March 4
President Hoover plans a long public silence after leaving Washington on March 4. He will withhold decisions on several offered positions and spend months away from public duty while observing national events under guidance of his secretary Lawrence Richey.
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Washington
Hoover
Lawrence Richey
Inflationists Push Remonetization Plan Before House Panel
Inflation advocates urged the House Coinage Committee to back remonetizing silver. Rep. Cross of Texas described a treasury purchase program funded by silver certificates, claiming a silver backed dollar is sturdier than a gold one and that global silver supply could sustain minting. He argued remonetization would prompt other nations to hold their silver.
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Washington
House Coinage Committee
Representative Cross
Tex
Treasury
Cross
United States
Preview of Roosevelt Cabinet Mix in Washington
Washington reports a fluid Roosevelt cabinet picture with several posts already offered and some accepted. Hull or Young may become secretary of state, Glass possibly treasury, Dern likely secretary of war, Walsh attorney general, Farley postmaster general, Cutting interior, Elliott a contender, Wallace agriculture, Woodin commerce, Perkins labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Owen D. Young
New York
Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Farley
Navy
Claude Swanson
Glass
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
John B. Elliott
California
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
William H. Woodin
Frances Perkins
Congress
Dern
Interior
Cutting
William G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
Wilson
Varley
Miss
Terkins
Walsh
Funeral Rites Set for John Galsworthy in England
London reports funeral services will be held Thursday at Woking for John Galsworthy who died after a long illness. The body will be cremated. The king and Prime Minister MacDonald sent condolences noting the loss to literature and the regret felt worldwide.
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John Galsworthy
London
Woking
Galsworthy
Galaworthy
MacDonald
Reorganization to set election date amid late news flashes
A new election date was set for March 5 after the Re was officially announced. The Reconstruction Corporation approved a relief loan of 183000 for South Carolina. W A Doss of Monticello, after telegraphing Gov Horner about anarchy, began seizing mortgaged farm equipment following bids of 490 at a 2500 mortgage sale.
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Berian
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation Today
South Carolina
Monticello
Henry Horner
W. A. Doss
Adviser says Hindenburg to sign Reichstag dissolution decree
One of Chancellor Adolf Hit ler's closest advisers stated that President Von Hindenburg agreed to sign a decree dissolving the Reichstag after one more effort to obtain cooperation from the Centrist party.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Cotton consumption up worldwide and domestically in 1992-38 season
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast higher world use of American cotton this year than 1928-83. Domestic consumption in the first five months of the 1992-38 season rose seven percent over the same period last season, the bureau reported.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Today
Bureau
Japan Withdraws Part Of Its Objection To Program
Tokyo reports Japan has narrowed objections to the League of Nations conciliation program with China. If the league rejects the revised terms Japan may withdraw from the League, leaving a greatly changed organization. Foreign Minister Uchida secured imperial approval for the offer and informed the Geneva delegation.
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Japan
Tokyo
League of Nations
China
League
Society of Nations
Foreign Office
Manchukuo
Cuilation Commission
Uchida
Geneva
League Council
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Wwwaey
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Beaufort
Bob Reynolds
Carlo Fontana
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Evelyn
Melvin Howard
Secre
Committee For
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