St. Lawrence Pact Fails Vote as Cabinet Quits
Washington dispatch reports renewed Senate debate on the St. Lawrence pact as foes fail to advance a time vote. President Roosevelt maintains 1.166 billion for five months and two billion for the next fiscal year for relief and civil works amid mounting strike and budget concerns.
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White House
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Doumergue To Take Up Task Amid Paris Riots
Paris reports say 70-year-old ex president Gaston Doumergue agreed to form a new government to quell the riots. Daladier resigns after police clash with mobs at Place de la Concorde and surrounding areas as Barthou considers a unity cabinet.
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Edouard Daladier
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Leburn
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
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Pierre Laval
Laval
National Union
Poincare
Measles Surge Reported in Winston-Salem in 1984
Winston-Salem health officials said 1,288 measles cases were confirmed in January and the first five days of February 1984, more than the total for all of 1988. The report covers the first 35 days of 1984 and highlights the ongoing outbreak in the city.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Classic of the Reformed Church Meets in Davidson
The 1935 annual meeting of the North Carolina Classic of the Reformed church will convene February 5 at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Davidson county about five miles southeast of Thomasville. The decision was made at the 104th annual Classis session held at First Reformed Church.
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Winston-Salem
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Davidson County
Thomasville
First Reformed Church
State agency calls for bids on 18 highway projects
Raleigh February 7 The state highway and public works commission called for bids to be opened February 15 on 18 highway projects estimated to cost about 350000 dollars.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Officials Admit Free 1931 Europe Trip by Hamburg American
Eugene R White and W Irving Glover testified to the senate committee that they received a free trip to Europe in 1931 aboard the Hamburg American Line. The trip was provided through the airline and postal service channels during the Hoover era.
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Eugene R . White
International Mail Division
Post Office Department
Senate Air and Ocean Mail Ing
W. Irving Glover
Europe
Kerr Reintroduces Bill to Pay Widow Five Thousand Dollars
Representative Kerr reintroduced a bill to compensate the widow of Asa Caswell Hawkins of Lenoir County North Carolina five thousand dollars for her husband's death while aiding prohibition agents in a 4 still raid in Jones County. The measure passed the House last year but stalled in the Senate until yesterday.
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Washington
Kerr
PD. N.C
Asa Caswell Hawkins
Lenoir County
North Carolina
Jones County
N. C
House
Senate
Four Americans Pardoned after Mallorca Assault Sentence
Four Americans sentenced to prison in Palma for assaulting a civil guard were pardoned and released. The party includes Mr and Mrs Clinton B Lockwood of West Springfield Massachusetts Roger F Mead of New York and Edmund A Boldgett of Stamford Connecticut.
Billion Dollar Farm Aid Planned for 1934 Programs
The Farm Administration aims to hand American farmers about a billion dollars in 1934 as benefit payments for production control and loans. Estimated outlays include 367 million for corn and hogs, 81 million for wheat, 173 million for cotton, 35 million for tobacco, and 109 million for corn loans, with regional allocations showing the Midwest receiving the largest share.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Washington
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Senate
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
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Virginia
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Rayon Industry Charged With Price Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission filed a formal complaint against ten rayon yarn companies alleging they conspired to fix prices and create a monopoly. Firms named include Vis cose, DuPont Rayon, Tubize Chatillon, Industrial Rayon, American Glanzstoff, American Enka, Skенandoa Rayon, all based in New York and Utica and other locations. The defendants must answer within 30 days to contest the charges.
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Federal Trade Commission
Viscose Company
Dupont Rayon Company, Inc
Tubize Chatillon
Franc strengthens amid Paris riots and drift in world markets
Strong support observed for the franc in world money markets despite Paris unrest. New York dealers cite short covering as a factor, while London and Paris rates show dollar weakness and franc gains, with French bonds firm after Daladier cabinet resignation. Market view remains that French crisis barely affects America.
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France May Be Forced To Quit Gold Standard
U S gold stock rose to a new high of 7 03 billion as devaluation profits climbed to 2 8059 billion. Treasury officials note Paris turmoil could push France off gold and disrupt world money. Government spending nears 2 0 billion for the fiscal year with a projected nine billion borrowings to June.
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William L. Beale
Washington
United States
Treasury
Paris
Reconstruction Corporation
Entertainer's Market for Chinaman Sparks Gov Work
A local column satirically notes Morgenthau appointing a "committee of one" to locate a keen minded Chinaman to help manage money and gamble with exchange scrips, likening the search to a cross between Confucius Hamilton and Bernard Baruch amid references to laundries and chop suey joints.
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Cal
Morgenthau
Confucius
Alexander Hamilton
Berney Baruch
Two Men Die From Exposure in Norfolk
Norfolk county coroner Dr. L. M. Frebee reports two men found dead from exposure after a cold spell. The bodies were discovered late yesterday, and their identities include 62 year old W. K. Hugh Lee among those confirmed.
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L. M. Frebee
Norfolk County
W. K. Hugh Lee
Three Men Indicted in Graft Probe Against Army Motorization
Federal grand jury to hear indictment of at least three men tied to graft over Army motorizing funds. The Evening Star cites involvement of a former American Legion executive and a National Guard officer. General George Leach was questioned as the probe centers on inside influence and retainer fees.
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War and Justice Departments
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New York
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Militia Bureau
Midwest
Boat washes ashore with man found dead in West Norfolk
A body was found in a boat that washed up at West Norfolk late yesterday afternoon. Around the same time, the body of James Pink Wood, 40, of South Norfolk, was discovered in a ditch at West Munden.
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James Pink Wood
South Norfolk
West Munden
NRA Destroys Blue Eagle Over Child Labor Case
The NRA withdraws a Blue Eagle from Moss Lugena of Hannibal Missouri after finding his son under 16 worked over three hours daily. Administrator Hugh S Johnson plans to press for a 30 hour week, acknowledging code hours upper limit and urging broader adoption at a code authorities conference. A blue eagle was also restored to Southern Milling of Albemarle North Carolina after back wages and former employees were repaid.
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Connery
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William Green
American Federators of Labor
Perkins
Albert Dean
General Motors Holding Company
Southern Milling Company
Albemarle
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