Farm Relief Bill Advance As House Committee Approves Plan
The House agricultural committee approved a combined temporary and permanent substitute farm plan to replace the invalidated AAA. The measure limits the temporary program to soil conservation and economic land use while the permanent program prepares, with state cooperation and a two year transition. President Roosevelt also proposed repeal of the Bankhead cotton act Kerr Smith tobacco act and potato act of 1935 as the agricultural adjustment program ends.
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House Agricultural Mittee
Senate
House
Jones
Texas
Coopera
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
AAA
Supreme Court
Eugene T. Madge
Georgia
Eight Die in Parker Dam Dormitory Fire
Eight men burned to death and many injured in a dormitory fire at Parker Dam on the Colorado River. Wind fanned the blaze through the building and into the mess hall. searches for bodies began as construction crews acted on the isolated site. The Parker Dam project and Arizona California water rights dispute loom with Supreme Court involvement expected.
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Los Angeles
Parker Dam
Colorado River
Metropolitan Water District
Boulder Dam
Metropolitan Water District of
Arizona
California
B. B. Moeur
Arizona National Guard
Army
Supreme Court
Weather outlook teases more snow across regions
Chicago reports temperatures rising briefly but forecasters predict more snow in many sections. Cold wave likely to return with lower temperatures after a temporary respite. A new storm hit eastern Utah overnight while Lak e City crews keep downtown open. Heavy fog in Oklahoma raises sleet hazard. Western states show below normal temps for 48 hours.
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Chicago
Hern Utah
Lake City
Oklahoma
Oally
Plane Rushes Food to Nantucket Island
A large sport plane bearing more than 1,500 pounds of food flown from Boston to Nantucket to avert famine as icebound island lacked fresh bread and other supplies. First National stores organized the relief flight and planned another plane today to aid isolation conditions.
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Nantucket
Bce
Nanet Island
Cape
Marston
Russia and Manchukuo clash on Soviet border
The Soviet Far Eastern army accused Japanese and Manchukuoan troops of border incursions. In a Khabarovsk communique three Soviets were killed and seven wounded in January 30 fighting. Japanese scouts retreated on February 1 after clashes. The document calls for an impartial inquiry and asserts provocations aim to force a rebel return.
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Manchukuo
Far Eastern
Manchoukuo
Army High Command
Khabarovsk
Amur
Grodekovo
Amusement Firm Chartered Here
Stacey W. Wade secretary of state issued a charter to Dixie Model Show Inc of High Point to own and operate carnivals vaudeville and general theatrical businesses with $300 stock subscribed by Mrs J P Bolt William Hubert Royal and Hazel Bolt Royal all of High Point and under $100000 authorized capital.
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Raleigh
Stacey W. Wade
Dixie Model Show, Inc
High Point
J. P. Bolt
William Hubert Royal
Hazel Bolt Royal
Arch Briles Seriously Ill in Local Hospital
Special to the Entertube reports Arch Briles of Central Falls area is seriously ill after contracting pneumonia and has been hospitalized for several days.
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Asheboro
Arch Briles
Central Falls
NRA Praised As Greatest Law Ever Written On Books
Governor George H. Earle told the United Mine Workers convention that the NRA was the greatest law on the statute books and that it must be followed. He argued mechanization should not starve workers and warned big business had resumed old practices after NRA repeal.
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NRA
Washington
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Convention
America
Earle
American Republic
William Green
The
American Federation
A. F. of L
Patrick Fagan
Pittsburgh
Resolutions Committee
Green
Congress Expands AAA Plan While Supreme Court Rules
U S congress speeds work on an AAA substitute with House approval expanding foreign and domestic markets. Senate delayed by Senator Bankhead illness. Court rules states may tax national bank preferred stock under RF C. California must follow federal safety act for five mile belt railroad. Senate approves $60 million seed and loan appropriation for 1936.
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Supreme Court
TVA
Congress
AAA
House Committee
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maryland
California
San Francisco
John Bassett Moore
World Court
Pittman
D-Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Marriner
Eccles
Marine Band
Women’s Patriotic Conference For National Defense
Swanson
Henry L. Roosevelt
Bainbridge Colby
High Court Delays TVA Decision Pending Ruling
Washington February 8 The Supreme Court finished opinions today without ruling on the constitutionality of TVA making next Monday the earliest date for a decision. The court also agreed to test the Securities Act of 1933 which extends federal control over securities sales.
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High Court
TVA
Washington
Supreme Court
New State Employment Service Appointments Made
Major James P. Dodge former location division head in the state highway department is named supervisor of employment offices for the state employment service. He succeeds W. F. George who left to join the resettlement administration. Wayne Albright of Raleigh is named a field supervisor.
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Raleigh
James P. Dodge
State Highway Department
State Employment Service
W. F. George
Resettlement Administration
Wayne Albright
Raids in New York Break Heart of Massive Vice Ring
Spectacular weekend raids in New York target a $12 million a year vice and racketeering ring. Police say 77 women and seven men held as material witnesses with $10 000 bail. 41 houses in Manhattan and Brooklyn raided revealing 100 women and ten men described as managers. others released.
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New York
Fec
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Asheboro Business Leader Dies After Illness
P Ganer a 40 year old Asheboro businessman and civic leader and president of the State Fox Hunters association died after a three day illness in Asheboro February 38.
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Asheboro
P. Ganer
Civb
State Fox Hunters Association
Patrolman Higgins Resigns From Raleigh Patrol
Captain Charles D. Farmer of the highway patrol announced the resignation of Patrolman W. E. Higgins of Mayion who will take a post with a petroleum company in Florida. The vacancy will be filled shortly.
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Raleigh
Charles D. Farmer
The
Highway Patrol Today
W. E. Higgins
Mayion
Florida
Mysterious SOS From Submarine Picked Up Twice
The coast guard reported that Coco Solo Canal Zone intercepted an SOS signed S-55. Officers suspect the signal came from either an aircraft or submarine rather than a surface ship. No additional word was received as receivers along the Southern Atlantic coast monitored the 69 meter band.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Naval
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Atlantic Seaboard
Naval Headquarters
Two Escapees Return To Prison Camp For Warmth and Food
In Kinston on February 3 two escaped prisoners Willie Crocker and Claude Patterson from Edgecombe county prison camp at Tarboro returned voluntarily. After snow and starvation they sought warmth and food, telling Patrolman Delanson Wilcox they were escaped prisoners and asking to be sent back.
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Kinston
Willie Crocker
Claude Patterson
Edgecombe County
Tarboro
Delanson Wilcox
Negroes Seek Food in Cold Winter Town
In Roanoke Rapids on February 3, Negro tenant farmers faced extreme cold and snow. After over a week of ice they came to town for provisions, some hitching a donkey to wagons and using a stove and pipes to keep warm during travel.
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Roanoke Rapids
Dobin
French Move To Check German Expansion In Eastern Europe
Paris reports French authorities seek Ties with Balkan rulers to block German influence. Foreign Minister Flandin coordinates with Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Von Starhemberg, Tevfik Aras, and leaders in Bulgaria and Romania to oppose Hapsburg restoration and curb Austro-German moves.
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Hapsburgs
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Balkan
Prince Paul
Kolo
Man von Kanya
Ernst von Starhemberg
Tevfik Rustu Aras
Boris
Bulgaria
Carol
Romania
Prince von Starhemberg
London
Zita
Austria
Archduke Otto of Hapsburg
Britain
Russia
New York Strike Fails to Halt Elevators or Mills
New York faced a tense day as 600 extra police kept watch in the garment center while a building service strike failed to materialize. Mayor LaGuardia voiced confidence there would be no strike as millinery workers and 20 000 others were called out amid union demands for payroll inspections and an end to chisel ing practices.
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New York
Feb
Garment
Building Service
LaGuardia
Conf Dent
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Bop
Weather Outlook North Carolina Cloudy with Rain Likely
Cloudy conditions across North Carolina with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures rise slowly before a sharp drop Tuesday night. Strong cold air may reach the extreme west portion by Tuesday.
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North Carolina
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