United States Presses 35 000-Ton Battleships Plan
Former vice president Curtis U insistent on 35 000 ton battleships and 10 000 ton cruisers in talks at the naval conference. The US delegation faced British French and Italian proposals for smaller ships while aiming to push qualitative limits and keep Germany out of any new treaty. Admiral Standley led the US stance emphasizing larger vessels though open to gun reductions if others agree.
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United States
International Navalnference
Ashington
London Naval Stations
Germany
William H. Standley
States
Senate Farm Bill Faces Stiff Senate Debate
Washington February 8 The Senate prepares for a tough vote next week as Democrats defend a new farm bill while Senator Borah questions its constitutionality. Borah, up at 3 a.m. to study the measure, cites serious constitutional questions and vows to follow the conclusions reached. Majority Leader Robinson predicts passage by a 2 to 1 margin, with Pope arguing it aligns with the AAA ruling. The bill creates a dual system for federal aid to farmers via direct subsidies or through state distribution. Turn to page two for details.
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D-Ida
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House
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Curtis Dies at 76 From Heart Attack
Charles Curtis the only person of Indian ancestry to serve as vice president died at 10 25 a m reportedly from a heart attack. He was 76 and had been confined by a cold. Curtis hoped to reenter politics and aid Alf Landon’s presidential bid. Democratic and Republican leaders mourned him as Roosevelt and Garner offered condolences.
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Charles Curtis
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Dolly Gann
Roosevelt
United States
Garner
Curtis
Congress
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
Herbert Hoover
Ehringhaus Defends State School Aid At Bern Address
Ehringhaus told the Bern Chamber of Commerce that state government does not meet its share of school funding. He said the state covers 90 percent of rating costs while local units pay 10 percent, noting the state contribution is far higher than other states. The remarks emphasized contrast with New York and other states.
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Ehringhaus
Bern Chamber of Commerce
New York
Kentucky
New Jer
Georgia
Minneapolis Vice Investigator Findings Rampant Underworld
The Minneapolis Law and Order League accepted a city request to submit proof of organized vice after publisher Walter W. Liggett's slaying. Investigator J. M. Simmons reported to the grand jury that criminals divided the city into districts for illicit operations, as Kid Cann Blumenfeld seeks alibi evidence in his murder trial.
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Minneapolis Law and Order League Today
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Walter W. Liggett
Charlies Drew
J. M Simmons
Nsatore
Kid Cann
Trainmen Die In Derailment At Allendale
In Allendale Michigan on February 8 the engineer Charles McNeill and fireman S. A. Orr, both of Columbia, were fatally injured when Southern Railway train No. 24 derailed at 2 40 a m. The locomotive and four cars plunged to the ground in the town center and a steam explosion followed. Orr was taken to Columbia hospital by ambulance.
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8. C
Southern Railway
Charles McNeill
Columbia
A. Orr
Columbia Hospital
Ethridge Held For Death of Johnson
Jesse Ethridge was held in the county jail to await grand jury action on a charge of killing Willis Johnson six days earlier at Warsaw near Kingston. A coroner's jury ordered Ethridge held. witnesses testified a feud existed but no motive was disclosed.
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8. C
Jesse Ethridge
Willis Johnson
Warsaw
Here
Ethridge
Desperate food relief mission ends in tragedy on ice
A bold attempt to supply marooned antlers on Chesapeake Bay in a blizzard cost state police leader B B Garey and six others. William V Hunter died after exhaustion on the ice while others were rescued by Coast Guard Cutter Travis. The party pressed toward the Travis amid gale winds, with several rescuees taken aboard and cared for, as chaos and exposure lingered.
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Chesapeake Bay
Esterday
Crisfield
Tander
Smith
William V. Hunter
Fee Froe
Coast Guard
Travis
B. B. Garey
Land State Police
Garey
Richard McCready
C. Disney
le Travis
Belore
Edward L .Thompson
Salisbury
Ernest L. Tillett
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Tillet
McCready
Disney
Cotton Mill Still Closed and Its 400 Workers Idle
Newberry South Carolina February 8 Mollohon cotton textile mill remains closed with about 400 employees idle. The U T W local denies a strike saying workers refused to take on the stretch out and mill officials shut the plant. Management offered higher workload or reduced wages to meet competition.
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Newberry
8. C
Mollohon
R. L. Beaty
J. FE. McConnell
Olson Accused Of Aiding Crime In Minnesota
Col. Robert McCormick accused Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson of aiding gangland in its campaign to murder editors. He cited the Walter Liggett case as an example of subversives attacking press freedom and the government in Minneapolis and Minnesota.
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Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Robert McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Ohio Newspaper Association
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Liggett
McCormick
American Injured In Winter Games At Garmisch Partenkirchen
American bob sledders suffered injuries while Canada won another hockey game as the fourth Winter Olympics moved past the third day in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany. Donna Fox, Bronx undertaker turned bobsled pilot, along with the three crew members, was hospitalized after their four man sled crashed badly.
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Garmische Partenkirchen
Germany
America
Canada
Donna Fox
Bronx
Youthful Robber Is Given Parole
Columbia South Carolina February pardon grants release to Louis Allen Huff a Charleston youth convicted of a 1931 theater stick-up. Huff, who received seven years, is freed on clemency after recommendations from the pardon board the theater owner the prosecutor and ten jurors.
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Johnston
Louis Allen Huff
Charleston
Huff
Mountaineer 56 Sentenced for 1900 Manslaughter
Ance Phillips, 56, waited in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 1900 killing of neighbor Jim Sutton during a Christmas Eve fight. The state accepted manslaughter, maxing his sentence at 15 years. sentencing was delayed to Monday for witness testimony. Phillips fled after the crime and was arrested recently upon visiting relatives.
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Ance Phillips
John M. Queen
Phillips
Jim Sutton
Felix A. Alley
Randolph Vets Apply For Bonus
In Raleigh on February 8, 116 men and women are employed on North Carolina's section of the WPA American Guidebook project. The target is 145 workers by February 15. Edwin Bjorkman of Asheville and Katharine Kelloch oversee the effort as they prepare a card index of points of interest in the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin Bjorkman
Asheville
Katharine Kelloch
German Officials In U S To Confer On Atlantic Air Route
German officials arrive in Washington to discuss a joint Atlantic air mail and passenger service with the interdepartmental civil aviation committee. The group includes Willy Frisch Heinrich Thomas and Martin Wronsky proposing a southern route via the Azores with U S and German airlines.
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Azores
Willy Frisch
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Heinrich Thomas
Post Office Service
Martin Wronsky
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Canada
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Ireland
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Newfoundland
Idle Congressmen Express Regret Over Curtis Death
Congress mourns former vice president Charles Curtis as sessions pause at the Capitol. Roosevelt Morgenthau and Bell plan a tax bill to fund a new farm program while Senate awaits income tax return signals to shape the administration’s tax proposal.
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Washington
Charles Curtis
Senate
House
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Capitol Hill
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Morgenthau
Daniel Bell
Robinson
Treasury
Trio Suspended in Alabama Fire Probe Near Scottsboro
Two prison guards and a road official were suspended as Governor Bibb Graves awaited reports on possible criminal negligence after 20 Negro convicts burned to death in a truck near Scottsboro. Road Superintendent L. E. Gibbons and Guards F. H. Middlebrooks and Phil Wasson faced suspension while the governor prepared family compensation steps.
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Ala
Bibb Graves
Scottsboro
L. E. Gibbons
F. H. Middlebrooks
Phil Wasson
New Kernersville Postmaster Will Be Selected Soon
The Civil Service Commission set February 18 as the deadline to apply for four North Carolina postmasterships, including Kernersville with a $2,400 yearly salary, as part of steps to fill vacancies in Dunn Morehead City and Mount Airy.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
North Carolina
Dunn
Kernersville
Morehead City
Mount Airy
Osteopath Charged In Woman's Death At Jamesville
Dr. Clay, an osteopath, is held on a 2500 bond in superior court over the death of Kathleen Wallace Lilly 44 of Jamesville. Probably cause was found at a recorder hearing. The case includes a count of practicing medicine without a license. Lilly died January 13 in Dr. Clay's sanitarium with pneumonia listed as the cause. The husband filed the warrant claiming visible bruises and scars on his wife.
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Kathleen Wallace Lilly
Jamesville
Clay
Lilly
Reynolds Urged by Constituents to Moderate Weather
North Carolina constituents urge Senator Robert Reynolds to propose weather moderating legislation after rumors that Congress made February 2 an official Ground Hog Day. They claim the ground hog froze to death and request immediate action to temper the weather, signing the telegram from Asheville.
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Washington
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Shortage of Skilled Labor HitsIndustries Across Nation
Chicago report from a three day meeting of 700 executives warns of a serious shortage of skilled workers amid the business upturn. Auto and machine trades are hardest hit, with both trained and semi skilled labor in short supply as industry races to train replacements. A. Dodd of the American Management Association cites unemployment relief, old age pensions, and unemployment insurance as needed social safeguards to prevent future shortfalls.
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Alvin Dodd
New York
American Management Association
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