Administration Pushes NRA Aims Amid Labor Feud
Washington reports a White House lead in addressing AFL demands as President Roosevelt endorses NRA chair Williams while urging labor unity. Rayburn proposes a public utility holding company bill and other capital moves advance, with Senate arms work-relief funding under scrutiny amid policy shifts and investigations in Willacy County.
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NRAA
American Federation of Labor
White House
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
William Green
Clay Williams
NRA
Rayburn
D-Tex
Germany
Supreme Court
Congress
Treasury
Senate Appropriations Committee
Texas Pwa
District of Columbia
United States
Leslie (. Garnett
Willacy County
Brownsville
Reorganized Farm Administration
Senate Munitions Committee
Charles Denby
Harding
New York Shipbuilding Company
Orient
McSwain
House Military Committee
Administration
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hastings
R-Del
Senate
Bronx Plumber Denies Missing Attic Board in Lindbergh Case
In Flemington New Jersey February a Bronx plumber testified he saw no missing attic floor board when inspecting a leak in 1094. The state claims a missing board was used to form the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder and linked to the upright along with grain matching evidence. Defense sought to use notes and gold bills to counter the ransom money narrative while stressing lack of Hauptmann fingerprints.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bronx
Atu Gustave Miller
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Isador Fisch
Lindbergh
Fisch
Oscar John Bruchmann
Edward J. Reilly
David T. Wilentz
Bruchmann
Wilentz
Reilly
Barratry Case Dismissed In Lepanto Arkansas
Barratry accusations against Ward H. Rodgers former federal emergency relief administration instructor and Lucien Koch director of Commonwealth College Mena were dismissed today in Lepanto Arkansas.
Fire destroys Fin lay building in Greenville
Fire swept the Fin lay building on North Main street Greenville causing damage estimated between 125 000 and 150 000. The same report notes the U S state department will abolish the Moscow general consulate and withdraw American consular staff from Soviet Russia.
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Greenville
8. C
Finlay
North Main Street
Washington
State Department
United States
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Senate panel vows prompt export revival legislation
Washington February 6 prompt drafting of legislation to revive foreign markets for American goods was promised today by Senator Smith Democrat of South Carolina chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, which is studying the export outlook.
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Washington
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
McSwain bill would curb war profits and draft workers
The House military committee approved the McSwain bill by unanimous vote. It would freeze prices at the start of hostilities and authorize a universal draft to recruit the needed men and mobilize industries and public services for the conduct of war.
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Washington
McSwain
House Military Committee
Riot Clashes as Protests Hit Sheffield Dole Meeting
England riot erupts as several thousand protesters clash with police in Sheffield during a meeting against the reorganized dole system. nine officers reported injured and 20 to 80 people arrested.
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England
Sheffield
Eng
North Carolina Forecast: fair and cooler tonight and Thursday
The forecast for North Carolina calls for fair weather with a slight drop in temperatures tonight and Thursday. Winds from the northwest and north will be fresh along Hatteras to Jacksonville in the north portion, with moderate west winds in the south portion and partial overcast conditions tonight and Thursday.
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North Carolina
North Portion
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Senate panel ties on work relief bill amid Democratic divisions
The Senate appropriations committee deadlocked 10 to 10 on a Democratic effort to block the four and eight hundred eighty million dollar work relief bill. A substitute backed by Senator Adams and Chairman Glass sparked opposition within the party and with Republicans. President's authority to fund loans, acquire and dispose of real property faced removal in the edits.
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Washington
Dole
Senate Appropriations Committee
Adams
D-Cole
Glass
D-Va
Norbeck
R-Sd
Byrnes
D-Sc
White Mouse
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Ends South Polar Stay
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his Second Antarctic expedition leave Little America for home after more than a year of observations and aerial photography. The venture aimed to map ice recession, assess potential natural resources, measure ice depths, and study cosmic rays.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
South Polar
French Youths Clash With Police In Demonstration
In Paris on Feb 6 thousands of uniformed youths chanted France for the French and clashed with police near Notre Dame during an observance of Bloody Tuesday. Police used clubs to disperse the marchers after earlier jeering at Premier Flandin and the police prefect. A man rushed the premier but was arrested. royalist chants followed as the crowd moved toward the Place de la Concorde.
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Notre Dame Cathedral
Associated Press
Paris
Notre Dame
Flandin
House of Worship
Place de la Concorde
Will Rogers Sends Message From Arizona Rail Center
Will Rogers reports in Seligman Arizona that after flying from New York and Washington he finds locals uninterested in Europe and editorials. They focus on home markets, government spending, taxation, and high interest rates, urging Congress to align spending with revenue.
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Ariz
New York
Washington
Real Cowtown
Arizona
Europe
Congress
Will
State Civil Service Board For Teachers Proposed In Senate
RALEIGH February 6 A plan to create a state civil service board to control teachers and professors in state institutions was introduced in the Senate as the assembly held short sessions. A Senate debate on amending the drivers license bill to raise the driving age to 18 for school bus operators was inconclusive. F A Silcox urged federal cooperation on forest lands. House proposed jail terms for DUI and drug offenses. Senator Gibbs offered a civil service measure to create an 11 member board with balanced party representation. House supported highway historic spot designations. Finance panels continued revenue and spending bills. highway salary requests were heard and tomorrow judiciary hearings on tax foreclosures and justice of the peace bills are set. A resolution to urge Congress to tax war profits completed legislative passage.
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Civil Service Board
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Rar Assembly
F. A. Silcox
United States Forest Service
House
Williams
Hyde
Gibbs
Yancey
General Assembly
Craven and
Lindsay
Rocking
Finance
Appropriations
Highway Department
Judiciary
Congress
Teachers plead for higher pay in North Carolina hearings
Raleigh reports a large turnout in joint appropriations hearings as educators urged a living wage. Teachers described yearly earnings around 674 dollars, rising living costs, and gaps after expenses, with many working extra shifts and lacking benefits. The committee plans to draft the supply measure by mid month.
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North Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Unite of the Greater University of North Carolina
Graduated Franchise Tax Proposed as Revenue Plan
The anti sales tax group backs a graduated franchise tax on domestic and foreign corporations and utilities based on gross receipts, potentially 10 percent top rate, as an alternative to the sales tax. A production or gross receipts tax may also be offered to raise 12 to 15 million dollars, with plans to tax stock values and raise soft drink and moving picture theater revenues.
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J. C. Baskervill
Enterprise Puscan
General Assembly
Clement
Rowan
Kureywa
Lumpkins
Franklin
Ito
Moving Picture Theatres
Roosevelt Comments On Gold Clause Decision And Stock Exchanges
President Roosevelt said at his press conference he had not discussed closing stock exchanges on the day the Supreme Court releases its gold clause ruling and would not address the case until the decision is public. Officials noted the Securities and Exchange Commission may close markets for 90 days only with the President's approval. Officials indicated neither the Commission nor the President doubted they have authority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
The
Securities Commission
Commission
Naval Officer to Face Inquiry Over Advisor Letter
Secretary Swanson orders Commander Ralph D. Weyerbacher to a board of inquiry to explain a letter suggesting he offered services as a technical advisor to an aviation firm. Swanson said the officer deserves a public hearing and the board will determine facts as presented by the House committee. Weyerbacher is part of a central aircraft procurement board but no evidence shows he sought to influence navy contracts.
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Washington
Swanson
Ralph D. Weyerbacher
Naval Aircraft Procurement
McSwain
D-Sc
House Military Committee
House
Weyerbacher
Navy
Department
C. J. Peoples
Treasury
William H. Standley
Hancock Predicting Patman Bonus Bill Will Pass Congress
Rem Hancock of North Carolina, on a steering committee for the measure, predicted Congress will enact the Patman bonus bill. He said Roosevelt would favor the Patman bill over Vinson’s, but likely veto either.
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Hancock
Congress
Washington
Rem Hancock
North Carolina
House
Roosevelt
Rep. Vinson
Kentucky
J. M. Caldwell
Patman
Legion
Vinson
Hauptmann Defense Aims to Clear Partner in Lindbergh Case
In Flemington New Jersey the defense vowed to place the Lindbergh ransom funds into the hands of Isador Fisch to absolve Bruno Hauptmann. They aim to prove Hauptmann had a safe alibi for possessing $14 000 found in his garage after arrest. Fisch alleged the money was left in a shoe box at Hauptmann's home on December 2 1933 before his 1934 death. Justice Trenchard paused proceedings to inquire about Mrs Verna Snyder's cold.
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Fisch
New York
John F
Jassie
Condon
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Bruchmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Flemington
N. J
Lindbergh
Isador Fisch
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Germany
Justice Trenchard
Verna Snyder
Raymond Hamilton Offers Surrender to Save Death Penalty
Ray Hamilton, fugitive bank robber, offered through his brother Floyd to surrender to federal authorities and accept a long Alcatraz term if saved from the electric chair for murder. District Attorney Clyde Eastus rejected the offer. the brothers faced a deadly Dallas apartment shootout with police firing nearly 200 rounds. Hamilton is under death sentence for the Major Croson guard killing during an Eastman State prison escape. Floyd Hamilton was returned from Shreveport for questioning.
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Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Alcatraz Island
Floyd
Shreveport
Clyde Eastus
Hamilton Brothers
Raymond
Texas
Major Crowson
Eastman State Prison
Clyde Barrow
Hamilton
Floyd Hamilton
Eastus
Prominent Salisbury Man Dies At Home
Salisbury at 11:15 this morning Leo C. Wallace 63 leading real estate owner and civic figure died of double pneumonia and complications followed two weeks illness a heart attack listed as immediate cause survived by widow Miss Billa Cohen of Richmond and three children Mrs Arthur Israel of New York Leo C. Wallace Jr and Charles Wallace burial expected in Statesville plot funeral arrangements pending
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Leo C. Wallace
Bila Cohen
Richmond
Arthur Israel
New York City
Leo C. Wallace, Jr
Charles Wallace
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