Roosevelt sets sail on 10 day southern fishing cruise
President elect Roosevelt departs from Jacksonville aboard the Nourmahal on a ten day fishing trip with Vincent Astor as host. He plans to consult a congressional committee during ongoing British debt negotiations while stressing the talks are an executive function.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Janville
Fla
Roosevelt
Astor
Nourmahal
Jacksonville
Vincent Astor
Shultz
Alsop
James A. Farley
White House
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Mayor Alsop
Mr. Roosevelt
Mobile
Ala
Gus Gennerick
Secret Service
Irwin McDuffie
Miami
Senate
House
Farm Relief Bill Backed As Sound By Ex Assistant Secretary
Former Democratic assistant secretary Carl Vrooman testified before a senate committee that the house passed domestic allotment farm bill is sound and has political backing to become law. He urged a 20 percent compulsory reduction with local supervision and planting diverted acreage to legumes, noting broader coverage including all grains, cotton, wheat, and rice.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carl Vrooman
Bloomington
Ilinois
Agriculture Department
Wilson
Thomas Y. Wickham
Grain Committee On National Affairs
Wickham
Vrooman
Bosee
Buffalo
Chicago
Duluth
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York
Omaha
St. Louis
Amnesia man returns to New Jersey family after 22 years
Edgar G. Allen from Ridgewood, New Jersey, vanished with amnesia 22 years ago. He lived as Ted Morris in Knoxville, Tennessee, married and had a daughter Doris now 18. Memory returns and he reunites with his wife Mrs Allen and two sons at his Ridgewood home.
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Edgar G. Allen
Ridgewood, N. J
Knoxville, Tenn
Ted Morris
Ridgewood
Butter Heist Ends With Empty Load In Cicero
SPECIAL TO THE ENTER CHICAGO Feb 4 A five gunmen hijacked a butter truck near here and claimed they expected alcohol. The truck was found later in Cicero with the entire eight tons of butter gone. RALEIGH Feb 4 Nine of ten General Assembly members favor some form of sales tax to balance the budget. The eight months school term plan and various tax forms are weighed as revenue options with general sales tax favored by many.
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Chicago
Homer Shaffer
Cicero
Raleigh
General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Finance Committee
MacLean
MacLean-Baily
Senator MacLean
Hinsdale
Consi
Clement
E. Com
Little Action Today In General Assembly
Raleigh February 4 The North Carolina general assembly kept to the weekday meeting rule but Saturday sessions saw little work with only a handful of legislators present. The Senate received three new Kilpatrick of Mecklenburg bills and passed one to cap Charlotte school costs at 600000 annually. In the House a toast recognition resolution passed and Everett of Durham introduced a bill to trim foreign stock tax exemptions. Both chambers set to resume Monday night.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Senate
Kilpatrick
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Everett
Durham
North Carolina Democrats abstain from cabinet endorsement
Washington reports that the North Carolina House delegation, led by Representative Pou, stated it has not endorsed any candidate for a cabinet post, citing custom and good taste. The remark was issued today by the delegation's dean.
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Washington
North Carolina
House
Pou
Father and son found dead in burning home
Isaac Wellborn aged 65 and his 11 year old son Tommie were found dead amid the ruins of their home 20 miles from Statesville. Authorities faced a puzzle whether they perished in the fire or were killed and left in the blaze as bodies showed severe burning and a possible bullet wound in the father's side.
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Statesville
Isaac Wellborn
Tommie
North Carolina seeks Lea brothers extradition from Tennessee
A. A. F. Seawell said Governor Hill McAlister will likely honor North Carolina's requisition for Colonel Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. to serve sentences for bank law violations. Seawell and Zeb V. Nettles represented NC at extradition hearings in Nashville this week.
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Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
North Carolina
Hill McAlister
Tennessee
Luke Lea
Seawell
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
Leas
McAlister
Nashville
Tenn
Tariff Bills Rejected by Ways and Means Subcommittee
Washington February 4 AP reports that tariffs to counter depreciated currencies were rejected today by the House Ways and Means sub-committee examining the Republican plan.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Lott Seeks Double Tennis Victory in Pan American Finals
George M. Lott of Chicago reached the Pan American finals route at Miami Beach by sweeping the quarter finals in both singles and doubles. He beat Jarvis Adams 6 1 6 4 while Bryan Grant Jr. overcame Gustavo Vollmer 6 4 7 5. Sutter advanced to face Jay Cohn after defeating Richard Covington.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George M. Lott
Chicago
Bryan Grant, Jr
Atlanta
Lott
Jarvis Adams
New York
Grant
Gustavo Vollmer
Cuba
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Sutter
Richard Covington
Asheville
N. C
Jay Cohn
Carroll Turner
Miami
Asheboro Chamber Banquet Set for February 17
Asheboro will host its annual chamber of commerce banquet on Friday February 17 at the First Methodist church dining room. William J Armfield III will preside over the dinner meeting open to all who pay the banquet fee, which replaces former dues, with tickets urged for early purchase to aid planning and a varied program and speakers planned for the evening.
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Asheboro
Crump Calls for Impeachment Over NC Extradition Delay
Tennessee Representative Edward Crump blasts the justice department after Attorney General Mitchell says the federal indictment against Luke Lea remains alive. Crump accuses judges of obstructing justice as North Carolina seeks Lea and his son for extradition from Tennessee amid a long political-financial case.
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Washington
Edward H. Crump
Tennessee
Justice Department
Mitchell
Luke Lea
Nashville
Crump
Ation
Lea
North Carolina
United States
Luke Lea, Jr
Lake Lea
Freedom Of German Press Restricted By Hindenburg
Washington report notes the US house rejected a salary cut for representatives and senators remaining at 9000 a year. In Berlin President Hindenburg signed a decree reimposing press and assembly restrictions amid political turmoil and a failed Prussian diet bid to dissolve.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
von Hindenburg
von Papen
von Schleicher
Hitler
Wilhelm Frick
der Aneriff
Nezi
Germany
Prussia
State Council
Department of Justice
National Socialist
Genetit
Karl Severing
Severing
Ering
Five Victim Crew Rescued After Nantucket Sloop Explodes
The fishing sloop Victor of Nantucket Massachusetts blew up and sank off the Virginia Capes last night. Five crewmen were landed at Norfolk by the schooner Grace F after escaping in a dory and drifting for three hours. They were picked up at six by the government schooner Atlantis en route to Bermuda for research work.
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Norfolk
Victor
Nantucket
Mase
Virginia Capes
Grace
George Sylvia
Phoebus
Chesapeake Lightship
Atlantis
Bermuda
Randolph Farmer Dies From Stroke
James A. Grey 70, Randolph county farmer and carpenter, died of a stroke at his Ramseur area home yesterday morning after rising and reporting a headache. Survived by sister Miss Mary Grey and brothers M. D. Grey and B. F. Grey. Funeral Saturday at 11 at Grey's Chapel Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Ramseur
James A. Grey
Randolph County
Grey
Mary Grey
M. D. Grey
B. F. Grey
Franklinville
Grey’s Chapel Methodist Protestant Church
Boggs Rites Held Today at Mt Gilead Church
Funeral services for Miss J. F. Boggs of Asheboro were held this afternoon at Mt. Gilead church at 2 oclock conducted by Rev. Stubbins. She died Thursday night at Randolph hospital and is survived by her step mother Eliza Walls four sons K W Boggs RG Boggs Jasper Boggs and William Boggs and a half brother Frank Walls.
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Asheboro
Missi J. F. Boggs
Randolph Hospital
Mt. Gilead Church
Stubbins
Fireman Accused Of Turning On False Alarms In Quiet Times
Minneapolis police report a fireman facing questions after false alarms are traced to his actions during otherwise idle days. Investigators review motive and possible disciplinary steps.
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Minneapolis
TRY IRONWOOD SEATTLE Captain seeks 112 foot timber
Captain Lindley Davie searches for a long timber at least 112 feet in length and eight feet through. He claims his partner at a tow boat firm, George R. Cary, is too involved in carving or whittling to help.
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Seattle
Lindley Davie
George R. Cary
Democrats seek postmaster jobs in Walworth County
In Elkhorn and nearby towns three Walworth communities face a job race for postmasters. Delavan has seven Democrats seeking the post, Hast Troy has two voters and three applicants, Williams Bay has one applicant after no Democratic vote in 1930.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Walworth County
Delavan
Hast Troy
Williams Bay
Wrecked roadster scene with six likely dead
Spectators along the French Camp Turnpike near Stockton, California, saw a blood drenched car wreck with at least six presumed fatalities. Louis Nesbit was the sole injury, possibly a skull fracture, after the vehicle overturned while he carried blood from a slaughterhouse for sausage making.
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Stockton
Cali
Louis Nesabitt
Nesbitt
Hitler Government May Start Drive For Return Of Ex German Colonies
Washington reports that Hitler’s regime is poised to push a Geneva campaign for the return of former German colonies. The issue could affect the League mandates and raise questions about the Equatorial islands under Japanese control. Observers note Tokyo’s stance and the potential impact on Guam Philippines and Hawaii.
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James P. Howe
Associated Press
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Geneva
League of Nations
Equatorial
Pacific
Japan
League
Lytton Commission
Manchuria
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
Carolines
Marshalls
Tokyo
Muneo Osumi
Osumi
Saipan
Department of Communications
Wne
Gen
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