Hoover Defends Opposition to Federal Relief Funds
President Hoover pressed his stance against federal relief aid in a press conference, warning that such appropriations would strike at the roots of self government. Senate leaders and Democrats urged shared burden while Red Cross reported $5,520,463 raised toward a $10 million relief goal amid worsening unemployment.
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Washington
Hoover
Capitol
Robinson
Congress
Senate
Arkansas
Swanson
Virginia
House
Red Cross
Disorders Fatal To 37 Colombians
At least 37 people were killed and 75 wounded in Colombia during postelection disturbances after Sunday elections. Liberals led by Enríque Olaya Herrera claimed 26 senate seats, while conservatives held 30, with reports of an incendiary attack destroying a business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Liberals
Enrique Olaya Herrera
Congress
Opposition to Salary Cut for Charlotte Teachers
Mecklenburg county commissioners and board of education voiced opposition to a proposed salary reduction for teachers in the county. The resolution was sent to members of the county legislative delegation for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Commissioners and Board of Education
Drop Surprise in Maxon Trial
The prosecution dropped a sensational development in the James Matthew Maxon Jr murder trial as witness Samuel Ecclesine testified he saw Maxon strike and beat David Paynter in a rooming house brawl last April. Ecclesine described Maxon topless, confronting Paynter, then pushing a table aside and striking him near the stove. The testimony followed cross examination challenging earlier statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Paynter
New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee
Samuel Ecclesine
Maxon
Ecclesine
Paynter
James McGarry
Hecclesine
Littleton
Machado Denies Cuba Dictatorship Amid Tumult Claims
Havana Feb 3. President Machado issued a proclamation addressing foreigners and Cubans denying his regime is a dictatorship. He reiterated accusations that communists and outside influences are responsible for the island's troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Machado
Cannon trial behind closed doors at church hearing
Bishop W N Ainsworth in charge of ecclesiastical proceedings as four pastors file charges against Cannon. Reporters kept at bay by uniformed guard while doors are locked and proceedings begin with a prayer. Hearing expected to last two or three days.
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W. N. Ainsworth
Cannon
Me Prettyman
Ainsworth
Fires Sweep Acres of Forest in Rutherford County
In Rutherford and McDowell counties North Carolina thousands of forest acres burn due to dry weather. A 1,000 acre blaze along the river headwaters is reported in McDowell. Fire damage to timber lands in Rutherford is estimated at $25,000 to $35,000, with several outlying farms burned. State forester warns of a forest menace as lookouts and rangers are mobilized and fire-fighting patrols organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
N. C
Rutherford
McDowell
J, BE. Trammell
Charlies H. Flory
W. K. Beichier
Asheville
Trapeze Artist Falls To Death In Shrine Circus
Detroit, Feb 3. Catherine Solt, 34, trapeze artist, fell to her death during a matinee in front of about 10 000 children. Paired for 12 years with husband Carl Solt in a flying act, she leaped toward his hands but timing failed, fracturing her skull as she struck the net 30 feet below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Catherine Solt
Solt
Conference planned for reopening defunct bank in Charlotte
A committee representing the defunct First National Bank will confer in Washington with J. W. Pole the comptroller of the currency tonight regarding plans to reopen the bank.
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Charlotte
First National Bank
Washington
J. W. Pole
German Seaplane Suspends Flight After Atlantic Crossing
LAS PALMAS Canary Islands Feb 3 After crossing the Atlantic officers of the DC-X giant German seaplane suspended their flight. The craft taxied to the harbor but fuel shortages limited progress. The next leg planned from here goes to the Cape Verde Islands then Fernando de Noronha Natal Rio de Janeiro and New York.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Ee Ge Ag
Aeee
Pelee
Cape Verde Islands
Fernando de Noronha
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
New York
General Strike Called in Havana
Havana observes a 24 hour or longer strike starting at 6 p m in protest of renewed congressional authorization to suspend constitutional guarantees. Havana labor groups cite suspensions, newspaper suspensions, student arrests, and wage cuts as grievances amid Machado regime actions. Street railway workers join, criticizing a five cent per hour wage cut while the constitutional suspension may be renewed at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuban Congress
Machado
House of Representatives
Senate
Beaufort Farmer Beaten By Thieves
Edenton police headquarters received a report from John nie Ball a Beaufort County farmer who said two men Mack Rogers and Bell Swanner of Washington beat him and stole his automobile after he picked them up on the highway.
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Edenton
Johnnie Ball
Beaufort County
Aighway
Ball
Mack Rogers
Bell Swanner
Washington
Earthquake Toll Rises in New Zealand Hawke Bay
A devastating earthquake left Napier Hastings and Waipukurau in ruins with more than 100 dead and over 1,000 injured. Water supply failed, fires spread, and oil tanks exploded as rescue teams led by the naval sloop Veronica searched toppled buildings for survivors.
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Wellington
N. Z
Wednnesday
New Zealand
North Island
Napier
Hastings
Walroa
Hawke Bay
Veronica
Hold Services For Young Shelby Man
Funeral services were held for Junius Auten, 26, who died in a Baltimore automobile accident. Auten was a Shelby football star and captain of the 1924 western championship team, son of Mr and Mrs BE Auten of Winston-Salem.
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Shelby
Junius Auten
Baltimore
Young Auten
BE. M. Auten
Winston-Salem
Graduated License Tax Measure Is Introduced
Raleigh February 3. legislative activity continued in committees as the administration proposed a state banking department under a governor appointed commissioner. The senate advanced a revenue measure to levy a graduated license tax on all state businesses by gross sales. House favored a divorce bill lowering desertion period to three years if no children. Judiciary committees discussed local financial reforms and extradition, with hearings set Thursday on justices of the peace and Hinsdale related to local school tax.
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House
State Banking Department
Raleigh
Senate
Representative Seawell
Lee
J. C. Baskervill
Baggett
Hartnett
Dillard
House Judiciary No
Brooks
Durham
William Hoyt
Senate Judiciary No
Judiciary No
Frank Nash
McRae
Justices of the Peace
Hinsdale
Death of American heiress Helen Gould Baroness Decies
London notices the death of Helen Vivien Gould Baroness Decies at age 39 from a heart attack after jaundice illness. She was granddaughter of Jay Gould, widow of John Graham Hope de la Poer Baronsford, with three children. She served in Red Cross during the war and traveled widely with her husband.
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London
Helen Vivien Gould
Baron Devies
Jay Gould
Decies
Engae
Astess
New York
Brunswick
Red Cross
West Africa
John Graham Hope de la Poer Baresford
South Irish Horse
Ireland
Man Kills Wife and Wounds Self in Miami Suburb
Joseph Kaplan 30 shot and killed his estranged wife Ruth Kaplan 19 Korea? Unclear from OCR. He wounded sister in law Marie Sandman 19, then shot himself near his car in a Miami suburb while seeking reconciliation. Kaplan and wife ran New Smyrna and Miami restaurants and had been separated about two months. He was found unconscious at a hospital with a bullet near his heart and the sister-in-law nearby. a passing motorist notified police and an ambulance.
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Miami
Fla
Joseph Kaplan
Ruth Kaplan
Marie Sandman
Kaplan
New Smyrna
Engineer predicts mail by radio and giant future devices
Charles M. Ripley of Schenectady New York told the Charlotte Engineers club that mail will be sent by radio and television so we can see Mount Vesuvius erupt, elevators may run 3000 feet a minute, and buildings reach 100 stories. He warned that if mechanical power vanished three billion slaves would be needed to do a day’s work in America.
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Charlotte
Mount Vesuvius
Charles M. Ripley
Schenectady
N. Y
Charlotte Engineers Club
Ripley
America
Thugs Get $100 At Stapleton Buck Company
Safe crackers in Winston-Salem on Feb 3 failed to breach one side of the Stapleton Buck company safe after grabbing $100 in cash while a far larger sum remained secure inside.
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Winston-Salem
Stapleton Buck Company
Doctors 10 Get No More Liquor
Washington February 3 The senate remains cold to the Wickersham commission plan allowing physicians freer liquor prescriptions. A vote of 45 to 25 defeated lifting restrictions for the District of Columbia with a motion to reconsider at 39 to. Sponsored by Senator Dill Nebraska the amendment was debated as a national issue with anti prohibitionists noting the largest minority favoring liberalization since the 18th amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wickersham Commission
District of Columbia
Hangars Destroyed By Fire At Roosevelt Field
VALLEY STREAM N Y Feb 3 A fire driven by a north wind destroyed several wooden hangars at Roosevelt Field No 2 and damaged about six airplanes. Ten Long Island towns sent equipment as authorities probe possible arson. The loss was placed at about 160000 with the Uncle Sam, a Columbia built for Charles E Levine, among the major casualties.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Roosevelt Field No. 2
Long Island
Uncle Sam
Charles E. Levine
United States Accepts League Invitation To Liberia Meet
The United States will join an international commission extended by the League of Nations to Liberia. An American commissioner will be appointed this week to help Liberia implement recommendations from a previous slavery conditions study. Other participating nations include Poland Italy France Britain Germany Spain Venezuela and Liberia.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Liberia
Negro Republic
Poland
Italy
France
British Empire
Germany
Spain
Venezuela
Senate move to reject three WPA commission nominees
The Senate considers a formal rejection of three Interstate Commerce Commission nominees, Chairman Smith and Commissioners Gersaud and Draper, to test the right to retain office. A district attorney may be asked to institute proceedings, and the independent offices appropriation bill may strike salaries for the three commissioners, signaling further political maneuvering.
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Senate
Rover
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
Pcan
Power Commission
Hoover
Smith
Gersaud and Draper
Independent Offices
Sub Explosion Injures 12 on British Sub X-1
Twelve men were injured when an explosion of undetermined origin wrecked the internal combustion engine of the Submarine X-1, one of Britain's largest undersea boats. The vessel had left Sheerness for a trial and traveled twenty miles before the blast near the Thames Estuary. Injured were treated aboard. the submarine returned to Chatham on one engine. The damage extent was not yet known.
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Chatham, Eng
Sheerness
Thames
Chatham
Durham Men Sentenced for Shooting of College Student
In Raleigh on February 3 three young Durham men Raymond Duke Bowling Byrd and Luther Workman were sentenced to six to life years in state prison for holding up and shooting T M Fields of Boardman North Carolina Stats college student The men pleaded nolo contendere and were found guilty of abducting Fields and shooting him on a deserted country road
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Raleigh
Durham
Wake Superior Court
T. M Fields
Boardman
N. C
Stats College
Raymond Duke
Bowling Byrd
Luther Workman
Fields
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Seattle
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Naomi Hooger
Petoskey
Northern Michigan
U. S
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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