Kidnap slaying of Dr. J. C. B. Davis uncovered in Missouri
A 20 year old youth confessed to kidnapping and killing Dr J C B Davis of Willow Springs Missouri. Robert Kenyon Grimmett is identified as the killer and an abductee ransom note demanded five thousand dollars. Kenyon was arrested after a tip and taken to an undisclosed prison location. The body was found near a roadside fourteen miles southeast of Willow Springs after authorities followed the confession. The investigation is ongoing and further details will be released by federal officers.
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Willow Springs
J. C. B. Davis
Ozark
Department of Justice
J. Connelly
Deral Bureau of Investigam
Robert Kenyon
Grimmett
Jr. Davis
a ._ James
Cony
Owever
Lenyon
Connelly
Kenyon
Ken
Frito
Lily
Willows
Muddy Ohio Rises Again Threatening Cairo Seawall
The Ohio River surged to a record 59.6 feet near Cairo as engineers warned the final push would test an 8-foot bulwark. Army crews piled dirt sacks along a 7-mile levee while communities along the lower Mississippi valley hoped the worst was over after days of fear and floods.
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Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Governor Convenes Peace Talks Over Flint Sitdown Strike
Detroit February 3 Governor Frank Murphy brings opposing union and GM leaders together for a peace conference to avert a Monday deadline for evacuation of sit down strikers at Flint Michigan plant amid ongoing General Motors strike efforts.
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Murphy
Detroit
Frank Murphy
General Motors Automotive
Gether
Flint
Mich
Roosevelt sends $5 billion public works program to Congress
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a six year public works program totaling 5 001 000 000 dollars as a long range plan to prevent future depressions. The plan, from the national resources committee, includes hundreds of projects nationwide and an 85 million dollar Ohio River basin control program. The message says public works were rushed in the emergency and now a comprehensive strategy is needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
Ohio River
Revenue Bill Set for Thursday Intro in Senate Committee
Raleigh Feb 8 Special Senator T J Gold of Hi Point says Judicia Committee No 1 will meet at noon to finalize a bill extending the time to issue revenue bonds for a proposed hydro electric plant on the Yadkin River. The bill mirrors the prior measure, with High Point Yadkin County and Duke Power officials at yesterday's hearing.
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Raleigh
T. J. Gold
Hi Point
Judicia Committee No
Yadkin
Gold
State Senate
General Assembly
Senate
High Po Yadkin County
Duke Power Colony
Indiana Supreme Court to Rule on Power Plant Injunction
Indiana Supreme Court keeps alive injunction fighting a municipal electric plant in Hunt-War area. Judge David E. B. Smith granted the injunction upon petition by Indiana Power Co, arguing the Public Service Commission holds sole rights to the electric current. In a separate note, Charlotte Women’s Club plans a program to address city slums.
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Janapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Wthern
Indiana Power Comn
Igton
Clare W. H
David EB. Smith
Wayne
Mm Indiana Power Com
Public Service Commis
Dts
Hunt
Alotte
Jarlette
Hagan
Water needs pointed out in conservation report
The national resources committee told Congress that water supply and sewerage disposal upgrades are the chief immediate steps for water conservation in North and South Carolina. The study notes many small and medium communities lack public water systems and sewers.
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National Resources Committee
Congress
North and
South Carolina
Washington
North
TVA Awaits Decision On 30 Day Power Option
In Knoxville Tennessee Valley Authority officials awaited Commonwealth and Southern Corporation's decision on a 30 day option on the current power contract. Wendell Willkie president of Commonwealth and Southern said he would issue a Washington statement today as the contract nears expiration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Commonwealth and Southern Cooporation
Wendell Willkie
Washington
Aid to sales tax proposed in interstate commerce bill
Representative William M. Colmer of Pascagoula Mississippi said a bill he introduced would substantially increase states gross revenue by requiring merchants shipping into states with sales tax laws to pay the same tax as local merchants within those states.
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Washington
William M. Colmer
Pascagoula
Miss
Colmer
Neuse River Flood Threat Looms Across Eastern North Carolina
Flooding worsened as the Neuse River neared 25 feet at Goldsboro with authorities and hospital officials reinforcing dikes around the Negro insane asylum. In Happersville residents rushed to pack, securing livestock and preparing to evacuate if waters rise further.
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Righ
North Caroi
Mtryside
Happersville
Goldsboro
Denson
Rebels Renew Malaga Drive Amid Air Raids
Spanish insurgents renewed their drive against Southern Malaga as Italian spies were arrested in Barcelona. An air raid near Malaga left parts of the town in ruins and officials reported casualties including a woman and child. An enemy plane shot down near Cabacelle was identified as a German ship.
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Madrid
Malaga
Barcelona
Febus
Cabcacelle
Boiler Test Appeal Urges Immediate Shutdown on Leaks
Raleigh February 3 Major A L Fletcher state labor commissioner appealed to all boiler owners whose boilers are exempt from state inspection to suspend operations immediately upon any leak and have tests done He and W E Shuping chief boiler inspector said such explosions seen in the last two weeks could be prevented. They noted the state has only one boiler inspector with hundreds of boilers to test periodically.
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Raleigh
A. L. Fletcher
Poison Flour Fatal to Woman in Lumberton
In Lumberton a coroner's jury will probe the death of 24 year old Mrs. Andrew Cox who died after eating biscuits made with poison flour. Her husband and two children were sickened by the same bread. Leroy Williams, a Black man, confessed to putting agricultural poison in flour but gave no clear motive.
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Lumberton
Andrew Cox
D. W. Biggs
Spindale Voters OK $35,000 Sewer Bond Issue
Spindale residents authorized the issuance of a 35000 sewer improvement bond in a local election. The vote approved financing for municipal sewer upgrades and related infrastructure.
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Spindale
City awards second contract for tracks lowering project
The High Point city council let a second contract to Leon Ellis Co of Greensboro for 7 752 25 to complete 1 170 feet of sewer improvements along the Southern Railway tracks from Perry street to Main street as part of grade crossing elimination. A heating installation contract for the National Guard Armory went to D Roy Wright Co of High Point for 2 742 with a 30 day completion guarantee. Other bids on both jobs came from Blythe Brothers John M Porter Co W B Higgins Co Robb Plumbing Frank M Autry and Welborn Pr TM hing and Heating, all of High Point. The city expects more contracts on the project funded by the State Highway Commission and PWA.
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High Point
Leon Ellis Company
Greensboro
National Guard
Southern
Perry Street
Perry
Main Street
Blythe Brothers
Charlotte
John M. Porter Company
W. B. Higgins Co
Southern Railway
North Carolina State Highway Commission
Public Works Administration
D. Roy Wright Company
Guilford County
Robb Plumbing Company
Frank M. Autry Plumbing and Heating Company
Welborn Pr ™ Hing and Heating Company
Legislature Proposes County Operated Liquor Stores Referendum
North Carolina lawmakers move a substitute liquor bill allowing counties to hold referendums on county operated liquor stores while keeping existing stores under a state board. The tobacco compact measure becomes law in Senate action. Four gasoline terminal study commission recommendations pass House. Hutchins bill for statewide prohibition referendum is reported unfavorably. Senators defer debate on tobacco amendments.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Hutchins
Three Bombs Fall Near British Warship Royal Oak
Three Spanish government planes dropped three bombs near the British battleship Royal Oak off Europa Point Gibraltar. The ship suffered no damage as officials said the planes likely mistook a Spanish insurgent vessel for a target.George Ogilvie-Forbes, the British charge d affaires in Spain, was instructed to raise the incident with the Valencia Socialist administration.
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London
Royal Oak
Europa Point
Gibraltar
Damag
George Ogilvie-Forbes
Spain
Valencia
Police Chief Wounded in Knife Attack in Tabor City
In Tabor City on February 3 a man wounded Police Chief Frank Hayslip with a knife as Hayslip drove Ralph Prince to jail after Prince was arrested on a minor charge. Hayslip was seriously wounded but doctors expect recovery as officers search a wide area for the attacker.
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Tabor City
Frank Hayslip
Hayslip
Ralph Prince
Rioting subsided in Sianfu capital of Shensi province
Military authorities reported that rioting had subsided in Sianfu the capital of Shensi province and the city was quiet.
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Nanking
Sianfu
Shensi
Real Winter Hits Gotham
Winter returns to New York after two months with record low temperatures. The day saw a high wind up to 60 miles per hour driving the chill through overcoats as thermometers marked 12 above, matching the season’s previous low set last December 1.
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New York
Cold snap reaches Fayetteville as temp dips
Mercury falls below freezing in Fayetteville for first time since Christmas. Fort Bragg Weather station reports a low of 24 degrees this morning.
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Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Lindy and Mussolini arrange Rome meeting for birthday air tour
Col Charles Lindbergh and his wife in Rome for privacy before resuming an air tour possibly to Cairo. Lindbergh meets undersecretary Giuseppe Valle and visits the U S embassy. The couple will live at Janiculum Hill in a Garibaldi headquarters house.
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Rome
Charles A. Lindbergh
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Cairo
Giuseppe Valle
United States
Lindberghs
Grand Hotel
Chester H. Aldrich
American Academy
Janiculum Hill
Garibaldi
Italy
Senate moves to pass five billion relief works bill
The Roosevelt administration sent a five billion dollar works program to Congress to combat floods and depressions. President Roosevelt urged a long-range construction plan and policy to use resources wisely and prepare for future emergencies. Immediate flood aid included136 thousand dollars for emergency rescue work and levee maintenance on the White St Francis and upper Yazoo river systems. Senate leaders pressed to pass the deficiency relief bill today.
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Washington
Congress
National Resources Board
Roosevelt
White, St. Francis
Upper Yazoo
Senate
Hosiery Workers Convention Near Adjournment
The American Federation of Hosiery Workers moved toward adjournment with an election and other business on the schedule. A secretary treasurer 13 members of the national executive board and three trustees were to be elected. Delegates voted to retain current constitutional provisions for electing the executive board.
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Washington
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Thief Steals Guns From Patrol Car in Greensboro
Police sought a thief who snatched a shotgun a rifle and a pistol from a state highway patrol car parked briefly in front of the Guilford County courthouse in Greensboro on February 3.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Alleged Band of Forgers Arrested in Several States
Charlotte detectives led by Frank N. Littlejohn announce the capture of an alleged band of forgers. The group is charged with operating in southern cities including Spartanburg South Carolina Griffin Georgia and Houston Texas and obtaining thousands of dollars. Fifth and final arrest made in Charlotte late last night.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Spartanburg
S&s. C
Griffin
Houston
Tex
Littlejohn
Ice Cream Truck Hits Girl in Clover Fatality
Eleven year old Betty Wray died after an ice cream truck struck her while crossing the street in Clover North Carolina. Driver J Bell of Gastonia posted bond to appear at a coroner's inquest scheduled for tomorrow. she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Simms Wray.
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Clover
N. C
Betty Wray
Slight Quake Felt In Virginia
Virginians in a central tier of counties asked seismologists to day to check their instruments for a record of what was believed to have been a slight earthquake last night. The University of Virginia seismograph was not operating when the tremor was felt, but authorities at Georgetown University, Washington, promised a report today.
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Richmond
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
Washington
Salem College to Seek Bids for Library Building
Winston-Salem February 3 The library building committee of Salem College will ask for bids on a new $100000 library structure within two weeks The design features old Moravian architecture and the building could be ready for occupancy by the next school year according to the committee statement.
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Salem College
Winston-Salem
Colle
Steel Production Showing Increase
New York Feb 3 The resumption of steel making by units hit by Ohio river floods raises ingot production to 79 percent of capacity from 75 percent the prior week as reported by Iron Age in its weekly review.
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New York
Reveiw
G men probe Seattle ads in Mattson kidnap slay case
Federal agents studied a Seattle Times advertisement directed to Mable linked to the Dr. W. W. Mattson kidnapping slay case. The notices, labeled Mable and Mable-Ann, urged the kidnapper to surrender and share offered rewards.
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Seattle
Charles Mattson
Seattle Times
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William 8. Kasen
General Motors
John Lewis
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United Autobile Workers of America
Fisher
Thursda
Senator Gold
Bill
Buffalo
Fronezak
Warship
Gotham
Lindy
Sneedville
Charlie Johns
Eunice
Lewis Winstead
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Mable
W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
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