New York Economist Backs Silver Bill Before Coinage Panel
John H. Janney of New York told the house coinage committee that silver could serve as a non‑capital commodity money to balance gold value. He urged replacing sole monetary value with silver to avoid cornering and preserve gold standard integrity, tying Asia’s economic stability to a silver reserve.
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Washington
John H. Janney
New York
House Coinage Committee
American Society of Practical Economists
Janney
Somers
Britain proposes lump sum payment to United States war debt
In London on February 8 Geoffrey Mander questions the chancellor of the exchequer about a proposal to settle Britain’s war debt with a single payment of 100 million pounds to the United States. The amount would cover 95.5 million dollars paid on December 15 and aim for full and final settlement.
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London
United States
Great Britain
House of Commons
Geoffrey Mander
Mr. Mander
No Hope For Trapped Quarry Workers In Nevada Slide
Seven men were buried under rock and dirt when a lime kiln quarry cave in near Fletcher Nevada. Manager Gibson said there is no chance of survival and it could take days to dig them out as 10 000 tons of rock remained overhead. Names listed include Jim Moore Frank Prador Styles Webb B Collington H Shipman Walter Collins and W Wooten. The cave in occurred in a 200 foot deep pit after the sides suddenly caved in around 2:30 pm.
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Fletcher
Gibson
Jim Moore
Frank Prador
Styles Webb
B. Collington
Negro
H. Shipman
Walter Collins
W. Wooten
Solons Hear Luke Lea And Son Held On Bond Request
In Raleigh and Jamestown reports, legislators debated divorce moratoriums and highway prison labor while Luke Lea and his son faced habeas corpus actions awaiting a North Carolina extradition ruling. The Leas are jailed in Fentress County, Asheville banking violators, with Judge Morrison to hear Monday.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Asheville
N. C
Henry B. Brown
Oneida
J. H
Morrison
Brown
High Point street assessment suit upheld by NC Supreme Court
North Carolina Supreme Court rules city may collect over 3 million dollars in street assessments despite earlier payment delays. The unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy, ties the lien to a 10 year statute rather than a three year limit, reviving the city's claim. Plaintiffs include J. W. Clinard S. D. Clapp and wife W. A. Davis.
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High Point
North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh
Walter P. Stacy
Drainage District
Hostetler
J. W. Clinard
D. Clapp
W. A. Davis
Letter on Interest and Credit From Beverly Hills Reader
Beverly Hills, Feb. 7 One broad minded paper wires me I did not use your article today because you attacked credit and loans. I will attack interest for it defeats us. Every loan either pays another loan or funds expansion. Foreclosure would have been wiser than expansion. Old man interest gnaws away at us. Signed Will.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Cotton Measure Report Awaits Senate Action
Washington February 8 Senate agriculture committee expected to report favorably on the Smith bill to curb cotton production by 3 5 million bales. McNary and other officials urged prompt action on the large government cotton pool. The panel postponed rewriting the domestic allotment bill to raise prices for seven farm commodities, including cotton, by taxing processors and paying producers. McNary hopes to decide the scope Saturday and report early next week.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
George
Connally
Tex
Smith
8. C
House
Special Group Reports On Taking U S Out Of Trade
A House committee reports that government competition with private business is excessive and outlines 27 recommendations to reduce it. Proposals include ending farm board stabilization, higher parcel post rates, privatizing naval and army services, and shifting work to private industry while tightening supervision of cooperatives and limiting purchases to members.
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U.S
Washington
House
Committee
Farm Board
Cox
Georgia
Inland Waterways
Army
Navy
Fire kills five at Imperial Hotel in Tisdale
Five persons died and several were injured when a blaze swept the Imperial hotel in Tisdale Saskatchewan early today. In Wisconsin a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific train derailed near Sobieski killing a brakeman Otto Beck of Milwaukee and injuring three passengers.
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Tisdale
Saskatchewan
Imperial
Green Bay
Wis
Senate approves farm mortgage moratorium request
The North Carolina Senate adopted a house resolution urging joint stock land banks and other mortgage holders to declare a moratorium on principal payments until November 1934 if taxes and interest are paid. The House had approved the measure earlier and ratification will make it effective.
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House
Flanagan
State Highway Commission
Hamilton
Appropriations
Finance
Finance Committee
McDuffree
Pope
Halifax
Massenburg
Polk
Kirkpatrick
Mecklenburg
Turner
Guilford
Spruill
Bertie
The
Highway Commission
Boswell
Wilson
North Carolina
Congress
Moore
Craven
Summersill
Onslow
Assembly
Raleigh
Joint Stock
Habeas petition alleges Lake Leas indicted without evidence in North Carolina
The Lake Leas habeas corpus petition made public in Nashville charges indictment in North Carolina was based on no legal evidence, claims lack of due notice and time to prepare a defense, and asserts trial occurred at an illegal special term of court.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lake Leas
North Carolina
Barry Loses Senate Post in Libel Scandal
David Barry, 73, stripped of Senate sergeant at arms post after admitting a magazine article paid $250 alleging bribe taking by lawmakers. Senate voted 53 to 17 to remove him. lawmakers consider libel action against The New Outlook and its editor Alfred E. Smith.
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Washington
David
Barry
Senate
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
The
New Outlook
Alfred E. Smith
Walsh
Montana
Judiciary Committee
New York
Francis Walton
Walton
Dutch Cruiser De Zeven Provincien Mutinied By Sumatrans
Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provincien remains under mutinous control as forces from army navy and air units converge in the East Indies to recapture the ship. The mutineers hold eight Dutch officers and head toward Sourabaya Java after maneuvers near Siberut island.
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Batavia
Java
de Zeven Provincien
Indian Ocean
Hague
Holland
East Indies
Sourabaya
Siberut
Sumatra
Pasage
Roosevelt Invites Governors to March White House Conference
President elect Roosevelt extends an invitation to 48 state governors for a March 6 meeting at the White House. Topics include taxes, federal aid for unemployment relief, mortgage foreclosures on farmland, reforestation, land use, flood control and local government reorganization to cut tax costs. He signals possible broader discussion and aims to draft a joint tax plan across federal and state levels.
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New York
Roosevelt
White House
Invita
Tion
Winter storm braces nation with record cold and delays
The Associated Press reports a powerful winter system gripping from Canada to Texas with sub zero readings and blizzards. Chicago faced shelter shortages and deaths while brutal cold dominated the nation including 55 below in Moran and 41 below in Bemidji as Windows closed and travel halted. Weather forecasts warned of continued freezing and cloud cover spreading southeastward.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Texas
Chicago
Middle America
Canadian
Teulon
Manitoba
Eanother
Leask
Saskatchewan
Moran
Wye
Bemidji
Minn
North Platt
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Nashville
Teno
NC Braces for Coldest Night With Frosts Likely
Charlotte and Raleigh reports from February 8 predict a deep cold snap across North Carolina. Stanley Schworm of the Weather Bureau warned temperatures may fall to 15 degrees with sub freezing levels statewide and possible mountain snow flurries.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Stanley Schworm
U. S. Weather Bureau
Schworm
Raleigh
Weather Bureau
North Carolina Governor Seeks Washington Conference Attendance
Raleigh Feb 8 Gov J C B Ehringhaus has not received an invitation to a March 6 conference in Washington with President Elect Roosevelt and state governors. He plans to go to Washington for the Roosevelt inauguration if feasible on March 4 and is understood to attend the governors conference.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Washington
Roosevelt
De Valera Re elected Free State President
Eamon De Valera head of Fianna Fail re elected president of the Irish Free State by 82 to 54 as the Dail Elann met. Frank Fahy re elected speaker on De Valera’s proposal with De Valera speaking in Gaelic. Sean Moylan nominated him, hoping a future victory would be as president of a thirty two county Irish republic.
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Dublin
Roosevelt to bar lame ducks from posts in new administration
Washington reports from Miami say President‑elect Roosevelt plans to bar lame duck members of Congress from appointments. Democrats push for James W. Collier to the tariff commission after Mississippi reapportionment loss and urge other slots for several isolated colleagues.
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Miami
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Harrison
Mississippi
James W. Collier
Ways and Means
Tariff Commission
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