Butler Court Martial Set for February 16
General Smedley D. Butler and his court martial were scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday February 16 in Philadelphia, with Naval Secretary Adams and Judge Advocate General Sellers discussing charges and publicity. Charges and specifics were being prepared for transmission to Marine Commandant Ben H. Fuller for Butler’s response.
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Navy
Adams
Washington
Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia
White House
Sellers
Naval
Navy Department
Butler
Ben H. Fuller
Fuller
Alabama Youth Found Dead Near Birmingham
Robert Rockett, 23, former Alabama Polytechnic Institute student, was found shot to death on a lonely road near Birmingham early today. Police investigate murder. a pistol four shots fired lay near his car, with a flashlight nearby. Relatives said he left home last night intending church services.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Rockett
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Here
Rockett
Banker Testifies for Committee
Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of the National City Bank of New York, testified before the Senate banking committee that loans to others and easing credit aided business but did not reverse inflation quickly. He noted a 1 percent rise in the rediscount rate could have significantly influenced the situation since he joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1929.
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Washington
Charles EB. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Senate Banking Investigating Committee
Mitchell
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hold Floyd Wyrick On Murder Charge
Greensboro report states Floyd Wyrick of near Eton College was arrested and charged with murder after an automobile crash with a trolley car killed Carl Furlough of Burlington. Furlough died from a fractured skull while Wyrick suffered serious burns and was hospitalized.
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Greensboro
Floyd Wyrick
Eton College
Carl Furlough
Burlington
Furlough
Wyrick
Burglars Enter Einstein Wine Cellar at Caputh
Burglars broke into Prof. Albert Einstein's wine cellar at his Caputh summer home in Germany last night and carried away portions of the stock that remained after drinking what was there.
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Rob Einstein
Caputh
Germany
Prof
Albert Einstein
Groundhog Hies Back To Sleep In Shadow Moment
CHARLOTTE February 2 The Carolinas have had nearly all the spring weather they will see in six weeks. The groundhog woke this morning and, seeing a shadow or perhaps oversleeping, hied back to sleep until March 15. The public reads the omen as a longer winter, with the groundhog insisting the cold snap remains.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Woodchuck
Conferees on Shoals prepare new compromise
Washington February 2 Members of the house Shoals conferees have drafted a new fertilizer production compromise. Rep Wurzbach Texas Republican proposes a power division for nitrate plants allowing at least 85 percent for fertilizer and up to 15 percent for chemical by products. Signed by Wurzbach and Democrat Fisher Tennessee. aim to secure more signatures and lobby McNary for a meeting. If rejected, a formal disagreement will be reported.
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Washington
House
Muncle Shoals
Senate
Wurzbach
Texas
Fisher
Tennessee
McNary
Reece
Raleigh man attacked near city outskirts
William B. Lumsden, 26, of Raleigh North Carolina, a salesman for a Richmond electrical firm, was found in serious condition near the city outskirts after taking two strangers for a ride. He was stabbed and robbed of his automobile, requiring 47 stitches and suffering several fractured ribs. Doctors at Sibley hospital held a good recovery hope.
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Washington
William B. Lumsden
Raleigh
N. C
Lumsden
Richmond
Sibley Hospital
Rocky Mount Man In Serious Shape After Train Collision
Rocky Mount February 2 Henry P Redmond prominent local man is in serious condition after being struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train at a crossing. Redmond conscious unable to recall how the accident occurred doctors report a fractured skull.
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Rocky Mount
Henry P. Redmond
Atlantic Coast Line
Redmond
Tradewind Wreckage Sighted Near Azores
A message from the steamship Youngstown reports seeing gray wreckage like an airplane wing about 75 miles northwest of Horta Azores. The Tradewind carrying Mrs Beryl Hart and Lieutenant William MacLarin departed Bermuda January 10 bound for the Azores and disappeared.
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Washington
Atlantic
Azores
Navy Department
Youngstown
Horta
Fayal
Beryl Hart
MacLarin
Bermuda
Mitchell Warns of Bank Failures After Bond Cashing
Charles E. Mitchell, head of National City Bank, warned in Washington that hundreds of small banks could fail if a $3.5 billion federal bond issue to cover cashing of bonus certificates proceeds. He argued such bonds would pull down prices of government, municipal and industrial securities and urged repeal of the capital gains tax to curb stock market inflation.
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Washington
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Toady
Senate Banking Inquiry
Mitchell
Bulkley
Ohio
Senate Banking Investigating Committee
Idaho
Senate
English Racer Attains Speed Of 240 Miles Hour
In Daytona Beach February reports Britain’s Capt Malcolm Campbell set an unofficial speed near 240 mph on the ocean course during a practice run for his world land speed record bid. Officials note two trials are required and timing must be official before a record can be declared. Campbell praised the car and preparation despite fair conditions and plans another test at first opportunity.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Car Plunge Injures Two Men Near Canton North Carolina
Claude McElrath aged 37 and Fred Ray aged 30 were seriously injured when their car left the highway and plunged down a 60 foot embankment near Canton North Carolina.
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Canton
N. C
Claude McElrath
Fred Ray
Here
Favorable Report On Public Building Program Expansion
The senate public buildings committee ordered a favorable report on a measure expanding the program by 100 million dollars. Notable allotments include Nashville postoffice rising to 1,585,000 and 4,565,000 total, Durham and Elizabethton postoffices, Jackson postoffice and courthouse 350,000, Mount Airy 150,000, Mount Olive 75,000, plus smaller sums for Nashville postoffice increase and various North Carolina and Tennessee offices.
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Washington
Senate Public Buildings Committee
Postoffice
Nashville, Tenn
Durham
N. C
Elizabethton
Jackson
Tenn
Mount Airy
Mount Olive
Nashville
Norfolk
Saace Va
Borkingham
Rogersville
Rutherfordton
Wadesboro
Noted Bishop Rondthaler Buried in Moravian Rite
Winston Salem mourns Bishop Edward Rondthaler a Moravian church leader who died Saturday at age 80. His body lay in state as thousands paid tribute at Home Moravian Church and in the local Moravian graveyard. The bishop had led Easter litany for 50 years and was honored with a silver cup for distinguished community service. Governor Gardner and civic leaders sent condolences.
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Winston-Salem
Edward Rondthaler
Moravian Church
J. K. Pfohl
James FE. Hall
F. W. Grabbs
Home Church
Chamber of Commerce
Rondthaler
O. Max Gardner
Trouble Lost Among Strikers in Danville Mill Row
Crowds of former strikers swarmed Dan River and Riverside mills seeking work but officials said vacancies were scarce and only a few of over 3,000 jobless workers were rehired. Union and mill leaders clashed over last week’s strike settlement terms, with H. W. Morgan and Dr. Carroll Flippen cited as negotiators and mill president Fitzgerald denying any agreement.
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Danville
Dan River
Riverside
H. W. Morgan
Washington
Virginia Coal Company
Carroll Flippen
Charlot
H. R. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
New York
Golf Ball Finds Nest Under Hen House Eggs
Spartanburg South Carolina February 2 Fritz Sheram sports editor of the Spartanburg Journal teed off and sliced his drive into rough by a hen house. For minutes the ball eluded searchers until a hen flew off her nest to reveal the ball nestled between two eggs unharmed.
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Fritz Sheram
The
Spartanburg Journal
Signature Upon Check Vanishes After Sale
A Philadelphia report states Mrs. J. W. Neilson of Upper Darby sold her fur coat to a man and a woman who paid $65 by check. Fifteen minutes later the signature faded from the check, with police attributing it to the ink used.
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Philadelphia
J. W. Neilson
Upper Darby
Fleeing Convicts Shot To Death After Long Chase
New York police killed two convicts Charles Sirico and James 25 during a 50 mile chase through three counties as they hid in a taxicab on 242nd street and Broadway. Peter Reynolds surrendered after his escape car crashed in Yonkers following a Beacon jewelry store robbery. The fugitives had escaped from Eastview penitentiary the previous evening.
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New York
Charles Sirico
James
Bronx
242Nd Street
Broadway
Peter Reynolds
Yonkers
N. Y
Creecon
Beacon
N. C
Eastview Penitentiary
English Princes Slip Out of Havana
The Prince of Wales and Prince George slipped quietly from Havana harbor aboard the Oropesa without landing. They did not appear on deck during the morning as the ship rested, and as it departed they waved to about 2000 onlookers including many British colonists from Moro Castle ramparts.
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Havana
Prince of Wales
George
Havana Harbor
Moro Castle
Early West Sheriff Dies in Arizona Legend of Tombstone Hero
Tucson Feb 2 Colonel William A Breckenridge 84 veteran sheriff of the early west died after a life filled with gunfights and frontier bravery He authored Helldorado recounting his Tombstone era experiences in the mining days Desperado confrontations marked his career and legends.
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Tucson
Ariz
William A. Breckenridge
Tombstone
Bandits Hold Up Autos Near Guadalajare Road
Mexico on February 2 reports bandits halted several tourist autos traveling toward Tequila and robbed the victims of clothing and belongings.
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UTOS
Guadalajare
Mexico
Tequila
Methodist Board Attacks Wickersham Prohibition Revisions
The Methodist Board of Temperance released a lengthy statement praising much of the Wickersham commission report but calling its mixed revision suggestion for the 18th amendment vague. It opposed repeal or government entry into liquor traffic and rejected the idea of a legal fiction that beer and light wines are not intoxicating. It urged enforcing the amendment before any repeal or revision and warned against physicians abusing medical privileges.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
Wickersham Commission
Congress
United States
King Gustave Rejects Consent to Lennart Marriage
In Stockholm on February 2 King Gustave, backed by constitutional provision, refused to consent to the engagement of his grandson Prince Lennart to Fraulein Karin Nissvandt. A grand marshal’s communique states the king cannot approve a marriage without his knowledge and consent. Lennart planned to wed without consent, and the king concludes he cannot grant approval, with the union likely postponed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustave
Lennart
Fraulein Karin Nissvandt
Giant Seaplane Delays Takeoff in Canary Islands
LAS PALMAS Canary Islands Feb 2 The DC-X twelve motor seaplane delayed its takeoff for the Cape Verde Islands until tomorrow due to continued bad weather and rough seas. The flight will proceed across the Atlantic to Natal Rio de Janeiro and New York.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Independent Republican Leader Demands Heated Relief Fight
Washington a heated exchange over federal relief funds as Senator Caraway denounces Republican leaders Tilson Snell and Wood for opposing a $25 million Red Cross aid package. Hoover accused of betrayal, Borah and other Democrats defend emergency relief while stalemate persists.
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Ashurst
Arizona
Borah
Robinson
Barkley
Kentucky
Mel Kellar
Tennessee
House
Hoover
Senator Careaway
Arkansas
Caraway
Tilson
Snell
House Rules Committee
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Herbert Hoover
Red Cross
Arkansan
Senate
Farmers Put Dairy Barns Up To Date
MARION NC February 2 Farmers W H Porter of Old Fort in Mc Dowell county is remodeling this dairy barn per recommendations by the dairy specialist at N C State college and will install up to date equipment County Agent W L Smarr reports Five other farmers plan to remodel barns this year These barns have concrete floors modern stanchions rooms and carving rooms Gilliam and Luther Walker of Old Fort have begun building others will start later in the leaves Mr Smarr
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Marion
N. C
W. H. Porter
Old Fort
McDowell County
N. C. State College
W. L. Smarr
Gilliam
Luther Walker
Mr. Smarr
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