Mrs. Emma Pulliam Charged With Murder In Harvell Case
Emma H. Pulliam 58, a boardinghouse operator, was arrested at her home on a murder charge in the Lee H. Harvell case. The body was found after a December 22 fire near Greensboro highway. A preliminary hearing is set for February 14, with possible further arrests anticipated.
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Emma H. Pulliam
South Main Street
Lee H. Harvell
Greensboro
Superior Court
M. T. Dowdy
Downing seeks extra funds in 19235 money bill passage
Washington February 6 The house moved to add 2 110 000 for the new employment service and sent the 19235 money bill to the senate for state justice commerce and labor departments totaling 884 170 577. Danzig turns Nazi as Nazi dominated senate appoints a city commissioner to run the city council in a move likened to Berlin's seizure of power.
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Washington
Downing
New Employment Service
House
Senate
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Danzig
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Revenue bill advances in House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means committee nears completion of a new revenue bill estimated to raise about 8300,000,000 annually. Final action is not expected until later in the week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Re-Election Buzz for Solicitor Koontz Grows
Greensboro rumors place H L Koontz seeking a second term as solicitor. Possible rivals include George A Younce, once charged with Sheriff James Leonard’s murder and later acquitted, and other local attorneys who may wait on Koontz’s decision.
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H. L. Koontz
Greensboro
Koontz
Eorge A. Younce
17Th District
James Leonard
Lexington
Thomas Turner, Jr
House of Representatives
Gaston A. Johnson
Solicitorial Bee
P. ¥. Crichter
Turner
Relief Load In City Lower Report Shows January Closures
The January welfare relief report indicates 230 family cases and 36 non family cases closed due to higher income from employment. Total relief cases were 1,533 with 1,267 carried forward into February. 985 carried forward from December.
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Board of Welfare Relief
Eurelia Smart
Execu
Tive
CWA
Ford raises wages for Detroit area workers
Ford Motor Co. announced a ten percent wage increase for 20 000 production workers in the Detroit area, with plans to extend to branch production staff. The January payroll reached 7.5 million dollars, and daily shop wages now range from 4 to 8 1/2 dollars.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Widow Testifies in Harvell Killing Case Near Christmas Plans
Mrs. Pulliam denied accusing Harvell of plans to marry another woman while acknowledging a broken engagement. She recalled his last visit when he spoke of staying with her over Christmas and expressed sadness at the idea of being alone. Mrs. Clapp said Harvell and his children planned to marry in Danville, then return to High Point, with arrangements involving a move not to bring household goods.
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Harvell
Danville
High Point
Myrs
Navy subcommittee summons Adams and aides over airplane contracts
A House naval affairs subcommittee decided to call former secretary of the navy Charles Francis Adams and two former aeronautics aides David Ingalls and Edward Warner to probe profits claimed on airplane contracts. The panel aims to uncover why large profits persisted after audits even as present navy officials lacked direct knowledge of pre March contracts. Rear Admiral King cannot provide details since he assumed his role after the Akron disaster and after Moffett's death in 1932.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Ernest J. King
Aeronautic Bureau
William A. Moffett
Akron
Atlantic
Delaney
Clapp’s Statement Deepens Harvell Ear Find Mystery
A terseClapp remark about High Point contrasts with the puzzling items located in Harvell’s ear. The brief note hints at further inquiry or explanation surrounding the discovery and its significance.
North Carolina push for a grand scenic highway route
A North Carolina delegation led by Governor Ehringhaus urged federal officials to approve a 600 mile scenic highway from Otter Peak in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains. B. Jeffress described a Blue Ridge crest route via Roaring Gap and Mount Mitchell, arguing it links established mountain resorts and offers the greatest scenic route in America.
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Baltimore
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Public Works
America
Shenandoah
Great Smoky Mountain National Parks
Otter
Bedford County
Great Smoky Mountain Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
B. Jeffress
North Carolina State High
Blue Ridge
Roaring Gap
Glendale Springs
Deep Gap
Blowing Rock
Grandfather Mountain
Lindville
Lindville Gorge
Alta Pass
Little Switzerland
Buck Creek Gap
Pinnacle
Mount Mitchell
Rockies
Craigies
Elk Mountain
French Broad
Asheville
Pisgah National Forest
Mount Pagah
Jackson
Bald Mountain Gap
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Park
Jeffress
Virginia
Raleigh Hospital Seeks 250000 Public Works Loan
Rex hospital officials move to borrow 250000 in a Wake County public works loan to fund remodeling or a new building. Trustees authorized after a Wake superior court decision by Judge W Co Harriss. Final negotiations require approval from the state supreme court.
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Raleigh
Rex Hospital
Wake Superior Court
W. Co. Harriss
State Supreme Court
North Carolina eyeing tax on interstate shipments
The North Carolina department of revenue plans to push state sales taxes on interstate merchandise shipments at a February meeting in Indianapolis. Director Harry McMullan said an act will be proposed to tax interstate sales in the consuming state and to prevent discrimination against goods from other states.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
New York
California
Illinois
Michigan
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Utah
Vermont
South Carolina
McMullan
University of North Carolina Law School
Congressmen in Investigating Mood For Today
Congress pressed probes into air mail contractors profits and naval contracts in the Hoover era. Senators McKellar and Long clashed over subsidies and election relevance as Boeing figures and Aircraft profits drew sharp scrutiny. NRA positions and stock exchange regulation also surfaced in the inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Navy
United Aircraft
W. E. Boeing
United
Boeing Aircraft and Transport
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Libel Suit Answer Filed By High Point Man
E A Eller of High Point defendant in a libel suit by M O James filed an answer stating the disputed remarks were made in the presence of a magistrate and in good faith. He admits saying that James stole his daughter and took her abroad but asserts the remark occurred while information came from his daughter and in front of C C Muse. Eller contends the charge was heard for abandonment and support and notes James was acquitted, while he believes James should be in Superior court. he also alleges the complaint was filed after more than six months and raises damages timing as a defense.
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Greensboro
E. A. Elier
M. O. James
James
Eller
C. C. Muse
Elier
Final Rites Today for Mrs Rebecca Ward Toom
Funeral services are held in Lumberton today for Mrs Rebecca Ward Toom widow of General T F Toom former state superintendent of public instruction who died in 1902. She passed away yesterday at her home.
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Lumberton
Rebecca Ward Toom
T. F. Toom
Full Fashioned Hosiery Lines Shift Limits Set
Washington February action by Hugh S. Johnson approves a modification to the code of fair competition for hosiery. The change allows full fashioned footing equipment to run on one shift up to 40 hours per week or two shifts with each shift limited to 36 hours.
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Washington, Feb. A
Hugh 8. Johnson
Woman Investigates CWA Activities In South Carolina Area
Miss Lorena Hickok a confidential investigator for Harry L Hopkins begins a statewide survey in South Carolina visiting Greenwood Abbeville Clemson College and Greenville with stops in Charleston and Raleigh after surveying Georgia Florida and the Midwest. She says her reports read like news stories but are never made public.
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Columbia
D. C
Lorena Hickok
Harry L. Hopkins
CWA
South Carolina
Sam Richardson Sentenced Again in Winston Lottery Case
Sam P. Richardson, convicted in city court of operating a lottery, was moved from Forsyth county jail to Sandy Ridge camp after withdrawing his appeal. He had tied to a prior six month term for lottery and was arrested with Matthew Mitchel and Perry Hunter when police raided a cave under the Commercial Inn.
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Winston-Salem
Sam P. Richardson
Forsyth County
Sandy Ridge
W. T. Wilson
Richardson
Matthew Mitchel
Perry Hunter
Commercial Inn
Fannie J. Richardson- Thompson
Thompson
Tax talk in Congress on sales tax repeal in 1945 letter
A Beverly Hills reader writes that manufacturers push a sales tax bill in Congress this week. The writer believes it will pass but will not replace the income tax, noting the need for federal and state taxes and other levies in a great country.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
Congress
Riot erupts in Place de la Concorde amid protests in Paris
Troops reinforced police as about 3,000 demonstrators clashed across from the chamber of deputies. An auto bus was burned and a servant woman killed while police and troops charged the mob. The United States embassy closed gates as rioters fled into the square.
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Paris
Place de la Concorda
Place de la Concorde
Chamber of Deputies
Seine
Chamber
United States
Daladier faces mobbed confidence vote amid Paris chamber riot
In Paris the chamber broke into chaos as Premier Daladier won a 300 to 217 confidence vote amid calls of Fascism and interruptions from Andre Tardieu. Outside, rioting and clashes with police followed as troops stood by after the Stavisky scandal shakes.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Andre Tardieu
Daladier
Dae Ladier
Tardieu
Auto Bacce
Radical
Socialist Party
Chamber
Stavisky
Biggs Files Suit in Superior Court Over Loan
John D. Biggs as receiver for Commercial National Bank at High Point sues Kathleen Welch and Ed J. Welch in Superior Court seeking 208.47 plus interest on a promissory note. Court action filed in Greensboro on February date.
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Greensboro
John D. Biggs
Commerceial National Bank
High Point
Kathleen Welch
Ed J. Welch
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Phipps
Kogn
Younce
Barbara Rand
Florida
Clapp
N. C. Group
Ehringhaus
Raleigh Hospital
N. C
Aere Patromngi
Naval Committee
Charles Francia Adams
Long
D-La
Louisiana
NRA
Senator Nye
RND
King
Dutah
High Point Man
Woman
Sam Richardson
Winston
Will
Biggs
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