FBI joins Florida to shut Miami area gambling dens
In Miami area actions, the FBI and Florida prosecutors move to close three alleged gambling establishments in Broward and Hollywood. The joint effort follows Hoover's testimony labeling Miami a gambling mecca and signals broader injunctions against similar venues as conferences with officials continue.
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Miami
Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Florida
Lower East Coast
George Cooper Gibbs
Wwere
FBI
G-men
Gibbs
J. Edgar Hoover
Congressional Committee
Broward County
Hallandale
Hollywood
Circuit Court
Hoover
Miami Area
Bride to be Eloise Malone Found Dead in Gas-Filled Kitchen
Washington report says Eloise Malone, 25, was found dead yesterday in the gas-filled kitchen of her apartment by her mother Mrs. Arthur G. Malone and aunt Mrs. Louise Ware of Goldsboro North Carolina. Miss Malone had been grieving her father's death and was to marry in June to William, a Raleigh lawyer and student in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oroner A. Magruder MacDonald
Atudent
University of Maryand Medical School
Baltimore
Whiteville Man Tried For Life
In Whiteville on February 7 the state pressed 21 witnesses in the case against Gaston Norris, 25, a Columbus farmer, seeking the gas chamber for the December 5 killings of Carl Burroughs and Frank McPherson. Details include Norris allegedly saying he was mad as hell and planning to kill McPherson, plus Hinson placing Norris at Burroughs station during the shooting. A rural lines extension report notes the Davie Electric Mutual Corporation expanding into Iredell, Yadkin and Alexander Counties.
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Whiteville
Gaston Norris
Columbus Farmer
Carl Burroughs
Frank McPherson
E. J. Hinson
Superior Court
Norris
Burroughs
McPherson
Burris Sellers
Burrough
Sellers
Burroughs’ Station
Hinson
Mocksville
The
Davie Electric Mutual Corporation
Iredell
Yadkin
Alexander Counties
Willis Smith Decides Against 1940 Governor Run
Raleigh lawyer Willis Smith announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor this year. He cited business and professional commitments and personal associations. The field includes J. M. Broughton Thomas E. Cooper Paul D. Grady Lb L Gravely Lt Gov W P Horton and A J Manwell.
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Raleigh
Willis Smith
J. M. Broughton
Thomas E. Cooper
Paul D. Grady
Lb. L. Gravely
W. P. Horton
A. J. Manwell
Edelstein Wins New York Special Election Victory
M. Michael Edelstein, a Tam many Democrat, defeats Republican Louis Lefkowitz and Communist Earl Browder in a special Congress election. Edelstein totals 12,962 to 6,665 and 3,011 respectively, in the lower Manhattan district. Browder is disqualified by his passport fraud conviction and does not vote.
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New York
M. Michael Edelstein
Congress
Roosevelt
Lower Manhattan
William J. Sirovich
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Earl Browder
Browder
Washington
John C. Knox
Atlanta
Yonkers
New Orleans Settles Back Into Sanity After Mardi Gras
New Orleans ends Mardi Gras as February 7 marks Ash Wednesday and the return to normal life. The city moves past costumes and revelry to penitence with church services and ashes, restoring work, schooling, and rents.
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New Orleans
One Minute Story of Motion and Destiny Unfolding
Short, poetic frame presents a minute by minute glimpse of events in motion. The text emphasizes dynamic change and a global sense of unfolding destiny in real time.
Zelljute and synthetic products in Nazi wartime drive
The article notes tightening blockades and a shrinking home economy forcing Nazis to turn to synthetic goods. Zell jute is produced at fifty pounds per minute by factories oper ating at ten percent of demand. It claims U S immigration costs exceed twenty dollars per minute and outlines related wartime supply shifts from rayon waste to fertilizer and castor oil.
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Japan
Federation of Women's Clubs Leader Addresses Charlotte
Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wallace, state president of the Federation of Women's Clubs spoke today at the Charlotte Woman's Club noting club affairs and community outreach.
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Charlotte
John DD. Robinson
Wallace
The
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Charlotte Woman's Club
Farmer cycles 54 miles to qualify for tiny tobacco plot
Walter Snell of the Soil Conservation Service said a farmer rode 27 miles to Washington and back to qualify for planting less than an acre of tobacco under a federal program. The round trip totaled about 54 miles, though a nearby township committee man could have advised him.
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Washington, N. C
Walter Snell
The
Soil Conservation Service
Pantego
Snell
Washington
Old Political Names Triumph in Ohio Special Primaries
In Columbus Ohio the Ashbrook and Bolton names return in special primaries. Byron B Ashbrook won the 17th district nomination to finish his uncle William Ashbrooks term. J J Harry McGregor won the 22nd district Republican bid. Mrs Frances P Bolton widow of Chester Bolton is nominated without opposition. Anthony Fleger defeats one Democrat opponent in the 22nd district race.
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Columbus
Ashbrook
Bolton
Ohio
Byron B. Ashbrook
Johnstown
William Ashbrook
Search For Three Escaped Negroes
DURHAM February 7 A posse searched for Dock Clark and McKinley Roach two of three Negroes who escaped while officers were taking them to Central Prison in Raleigh Sheriff Ernie Shore and a deputy were attacked near Nelson yesterday by Clark Roach Elijah Patterson and George Cathey Cathey could not escape the two door coach Patterson was recaptured Shore reported neither he nor the deputy were hurt and he believed he had wounded Roach
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Durham
Dock Clark
McKinley Roach
Central Prison
Raleigh
Ernie Shore
Clark
Roach
Elijah Patterson
George Cathey
Nelson
Cathey
Patterson
Shore
Ministers Gather for Advance Movement Conference
Ministers and laymen of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church arrived in Winston-Salem for a conference on the Advance Movement to solidify the denomination and promote progressiveness.
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Winston-Salem
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
Tax Exemptions and Pro Rata Credits for Changing Marital Status
Guidance on how the Internal Revenue Code prorates personal exemptions and dependent credits when marital status changes within a tax year. Includes examples for joint and separate returns, head of family rules, and rules for dependents turning 18 mid year.
Cuba postpones presidential election to May 18
The government and opposition parties agree to delay the Cuban presidential election for a second time to May 18 and mandate a new constitution to be drafted by May 10.
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Havana
Cuba
Guilford Count Realty Transfers Across Guilford Townships
Realty transfers across Guilford County towns include First Morse Realty to Willie Gaston Brown and wife on West Green Street in High Point Township, H M Btingler and wife acquire West Battiegrou Road lots in Morehead Township, Carl B Ce and wife obtain West Market Street plat in Greensboro, Homer E Trogdon and wife deed War Avenue plat, C E Cox and wife receive Woodlawn Park subdivision lots, and A B Carroll and wife sell to R A Smith in Woodlawn Park subdivision.
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High Point Township
First Morse Realty Corporation
Willie Gaston Brown
West Green Street
Morehead
Guilford
Tingler
Battiegrou Road
City of
Greensboro
Carl B. Ce
West Market
Homer E. Trogdon
C. Aulbert
War Avenue
Gilmer Township
C. E. Cox
Woodlawn Park
A. B. Carroll
R. A. Smith
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Sciatica
State
Capudine
High Point High School
Sam C. Smith
Carmelle Lambeth
Bill Currie
Joe Given
George Humphreys
Arthur Kaplan
Rachel Conrad
Dodame Ad
Y Howard Merrill
Earth
Ee Lili
Studebaker
C.I.T
Studebakers
America
Champion
Commander
President
North Main ST
United States
Immigration Department
British
India
Camera Club
High Point Camera Club
Voorhees and Everhart
North Main Street
John F. Bivins
Rocky Mount
Fishing Creek
J. E
Nick) Mason
Halifax County
Tom E. Cooper
Masogm
Caromel
Carter
Liccerr & Myers Tosacco Co
Cochand Family
Besterfield
Emile
Cristian
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