Relief Problems Continue To Hold Sway In Congress
Washington on February 8 reports relief issues dominating Capitol Hill as the 4 billion dollar work bill moves through the Senate Appropriations Committee. Hopkins administers cash to February 20 with 880 million for direct relief tied to the bill. Senator McKellar returns from the Philippines to aid opposition-fighting amendments. Patman pushes for cash in new money, seeking Belgrano’s withdrawal of opposition, while Veterans groups react.
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Senator McKellar
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Relief Administration
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Philippines
Appropriations Committee
Patman
Texas
Frank N. Belgrano
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James BE. van Zandt
State stores proposed to regulate whiskey sales in NC
Raleigh reports the Hill bill introducing state operated stores to sell whiskey in packages as a solution to regulate alcohol sales statewide. The Senate saw a busy session with local business on the docket for tomorrow and a return to work Monday. The House swiftly rejected the Houser and Williams bills limiting justices of the peace and mandating jail for drunken driving. A state wide school textbook.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Houser
Williams
Testimony For Defense Brings Contradiction
In Flemington New Jersey on February 8 1935 the Hauptmann trial sees defense testimony contradicted by state rebuttal The defense claims alibi and wartime evidence fail to prove Hauptmann innocent as witnesses challenge a key nail hole theory and place Isador Fisch in proximity to the ransom case.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Harold
Betts
Uni States Forestry Service
Pert
Department of Interior
Secretary of Interior
Thomsas W. Trenchard
Alfred Budreau
Yonkers
Bertha Hoff
Isador Fisch
Bayside
L. L
Fisch
Budreau
Arthur Larson
Oscar Christiansen
Benjamin Heler
Heler
Larson
Elver Carlstrom
Dunellen
Carlstrom
Stetson Wins 28th Hole Title At Florida Golf Meet
Mrs Helen B Stetson of Philadelphia and former national golf champion wins the annual February Women’s tournament in Belleair Florida by defeating Wis at the 28th hole.
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Belleair
Fila
Helen B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Wis
Administration rally to overturn farm mortgage rate cut
Washington February 8 AP administration leaders urged action after a Senate vote to cut interest rates on farm mortgages. They warned the move would cost the treasury as much as 100 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate
Rommel to Map 1985 Colts Season in Piedmont League
Eddie Rommel famed knuckleball pitcher and A's coach arrives in Richmond to begin planning the 1985 Richmond Colts season in the Piedmont League. He was recently named manager of the local team as it prepares for the upcoming campaign.
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Boss
Richmond
Eddie Rommel
Philadelphia Athletics
Richmond Colts
Rommel
Youth Dies Saving Mother From Fort Bragg Fire
James Marvin Warren twenty, a Fort Bragg civilian employee, died trying to reach his mother, Mrs. E. F. War, after a fire swept their burning dwelling. His mother was awakened by smoke and found the door locked. soldiers failed to reach him through the flames. the residence on the Fort Bragg reservation was destroyed.
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Fort Bragg
James Marvin Warren
Fort
E. F. Warbeen
Smpire
Bergen
Young Warren
Weather Forecast by States North Carolina and Vicinities
North Carolina: Cloudy with occasional rain in west and north portions tonight and Saturday. temperature rising tonight and in central and east portions Saturday. Hatteras to Jacksonville: winds shift from fresh northwesterly to west late tonight in north, northeast to east in south. partly overcast tonight and Saturday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras: fresh tonight and southwest Saturday. overcast with probable rain tonight and Saturday. Charlotte: official records of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours to 8 A M in key cotton areas.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Nine Injured in Boats Collision Near Philadelphia
Nine people were injured and more than 100 rescued when the London Corporation tug collided with the Reading ferryboat Cape May in the Delaware River. The impact buried the Cape May’s prow into the ferry’s side as both vessels operated on the Philadelphia to Camden route. Tugs and the City of Wilmington assisted in rescuing passengers and towing the ferry to shallow water. the Cape May carried about 20 vehicles.
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Philadelphia
London Corporation
Furness-Withy
Reading Railroad
Cape May
Delaware River
Cafe May
Camden
Wilson
City of Wilmington
400 Arrested in New York Crime Drive
In a major police roundup, about 400 people were detained in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn for congregating in public places as the law makes it a crime for men with criminal records to assemble. Police swamped headquarters as prisoners were taken to precinct stations.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Pan-American Plans Pacific Air Lines With Long Range Finders
New York Feb 8 Pan American Airways announced development of direction finders with 1800 mile range and filed to build seven radio stations along the Pacific coast Hawaii Wake Island Midway Island Philippines to support a trans Pacific airway. Lindberghs aided tests as the system aims a 3600 mile route spanning coast to coast.
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Pan-American Airways
Pacific Air Lines
Pacific Ocean
New York
Federal Radio Commission
ORR
Lue
Ingiceline
United States
China
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Wake Island
Midway Island
Philippines
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Long Island
Cape Verde Islands
Aviation Company
London
San Francisco
Mrs Vallee Ill Resting Case in Rudy Vallee Divorce
Mrs Fay Webb Vallee’s illness forced her attorney to abruptly rest her case against estranged husband Rudy Vallee. Testimony included claims of Vallee’s income at 120000 to 133000 yearly for 1932 to 1934 and intimate telephone exchanges with dancer Gary Leon.
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New York
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Bushel
Leon
Hamilton Seizes Car From Traveller Then Hides in South
In Memphis Raymond Hamilton a Texas desperado took a car from Edward Hewett Davis a 20 year old traveler. Davis said he was bound for Austin from Washington when hijacked near Gulfport Mississippi. Davis spent the night in the Shelby county sheriff's office while Hamilton fled south after the car-jacking.
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Memphis
Tenn
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
South
Shelby County
Mississippi
Edward Hewett Davis
Davis
Washington
Austin
Tex
Baptist Men Convene in Greensboro April Meeting
The Baptist men from Greensboro announce a convention at First Baptist Church on April 2 and 3. A committee outlined the program and speakers for the two day event.
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Greensboro
The
Baptist Men's Convention
First Baptist Church
Nine Killed Truck Train Crash In Canada
Fort William Ont February 3 nine highway construction crew members died and 13 injured when their motor truck collided with a Canadian National train at a grade crossing near Kakabeka Falls 106 miles west of Fort William The dead include W Holford Walter Holowenko John Adams Thomas McCreery Steve Petit Ruben Killings John Hermanson Toivo Nieme and Ernie Pierre The truck driver Raymond Palo 28 was uninjured and held for investigation Roger Rose among the injured was not expected to recover.
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian National Railways
Kakabeka Falls
Here
W. Holford
Walter Holowenko
John Adams
Thomas Mce Creery
Steve Petit
Slate River
Ruben Killings
Noala
McCain Suggests Western Tuberculosis Hospital Plan
Dr. P. P. McCain urged building a new tubercular hospital in the western part of the state. A finance sub committee proposed a chain store and filling station tax schedule with escalating rates by branch count and floor space, to be reviewed at a Tuesday meeting and public hearing Wednesday.
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Raleigh
P. P. McCain
Joint General Assembly Committee On Appropriations
McCain
Appropriations Committee
Aiken Named First Assistant Attorney General of North Carolina
John W. Aiken former state senator from Catawba county was appointed first assistant attorney general by A. A. F. Sewell. Aiken native of Hickory born December 3 1895 is a prominent Western North Carolina lawyer and former Hickory city attorney and county attorney. He will begin February 18 with a salary of 3800 yearly rising to 4300 after a legislative increase.
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Raleigh
John W. Aiken
Catawba County
North Carolina
A. A. F. Seawell
Aiken
Hickory
Lenoir-Rhyne College
University of North Carolina
Catawba Democratic Executive Committee
National Guard
France
American Legion
Assembly Suspends Rules To Validate Duplin Marriage
In Raleigh a bill, passed to validate acts of Duplin county justice F. L. Patton, grants marriage legitimacy to an unnamed man who was unknowingly wed while Patton had not yet qualified. Senator Johnson sought to ensure the man was legally tied by Sunday.
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Raleigh, Feb
Duplin County
F. L. Patton
Johnson
Duplin
Three Death Row Inmates Given One Month Reprieve
Three men scheduled for the electric chair this month in North Carolina received one month reprieves. George Whitfield of Guilford County was set to die today but his execution is moved to March 29. Dwight Beard of Burke County and Jack Hooker of Forsyth County have death dates moved to April 5. The delays come as Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill was unavailable for full case reviews due to illness.
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Raleigh
George Whitfield
Guilford County
Dwight Beard
Burke County
Jack Hooker
Forsyth
Ehringhaus
Edwin M. Gill
Furniture Worker Jailed For Murder in Hat Dispute
Hickory reports Harlan Lockman a furniture worker held on murder charges after a quarrel over a hat ended with Chester E. Bowers being struck with a wooden standard. Bowers, 44, died from a fractured skull at a local hospital hours later.
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Hickory
Harlan Lockman
Chester E. Bowers
Bowers
Bower
Daniels Accused Of Aiding Mexican Tyrants
Representative Connery charges Ambassador Josephus Daniels with cooperating with Mexico's tyrants to enslave the Mexican people. He calls for withdrawing U S recognition of the Mexican government and repatriating diplomats. Connery cites religious freedom and press restrictions as proof of oppression and urges action to force truth from U S officials.
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Josephus Daniels
Connery
Mexico
Washington
D. Mass
House
Labor Committee
United States
Daniels
Speaker
Wilson
Congress
State Department
Rogers on Debt Talks With Russia and Recognition
Beverly Hills columnist WW ILL ROGERS comments on U S debt negotiations with Russia ending, noting Russia’s mistake in discussing repayment and suggesting recognition debates. He argues that nonpayment talk would have kept Russia’s standing and touches on views from the Far East about preventing a Russia Japan war.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Russia
Far East
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