Battle Over Court Reform Looms in Peace Parley
Nearly two hours into talks to settle the General Motors strike, representatives of both sides and the United Auto Workers remained in group meetings. An informed source cited by telephone said John L. Lewis threatened an immediate walkout. the CIO suspended activities and Governor Murphy was notified, with Green seeking a response as conferences continued in Detroit.
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Cause G Sought Intonued on Page Two
A crash near a farm community yesterday left several dead. Coroner W A Bobbitt reported the vehicle tore apart, with bodies scattered over ten acres and gas spreading but not igniting. Fatalities named include Chet H Betz of Akron and Daniel L Breen of a Miami firm, while Miss Danley of Miami, Fla was identified among the dead.
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W. A. Bob
Bane
Onn
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Daniel L. Breen
Mo Concern
Chet H. Betz
Akron
Miss Danley
Miami
Bobbitt
Kage
Exposes Ord Racket In Regional Board Scrutiny
A regional unity board director denounces an alleged wage racket tied to official systems. He cites state and county officials claiming some employers impose questionable charges while others are approved by the board. He calls for review amid claims of misrepresentation by officials.
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Ket
Olina
80 Rity Board
Duke of Windsor Tours Hapsburg Art with Sister
In Vienna the Duke of Windsor and his sister Mary browsed the Hapsburg art at Schoenbrunn palace. He appeared carefree and affectionate not eager to rush his marriage to Wallis Simpson, with reports he favors a civil ceremony in Hungary after talks with Princess Mary. Authorities deny London rumors.
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Wallis Simpson
Vienna
Mary
Hapsburg
Schoenbrunn Palace
Hungary
London
Steel leader on stock mart gains on Feb 8
New York stock market shows steel shares surge through par to a post low mood peak gaining over 2 points led by steel. Despite profits taking later in the session several other headlines followed suit as industrial progress offsets deadlock in General Motors peace talks.
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New York
General Motora
Record flood crests tamed by river levees in Mississippi Valley
WEMPHIS Tenn Feb UP Record flood crests apparently tamed by sturdy levees pushed slowly downstream as Greenville Rotary Club denounced officials for unwarranted disaster predictions and pledged to fix responsibility. The group urged delta citizens to return to normal business while Army engineers faced sand boils and seepage with no comment on the charges.
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Mississippi
Greenville, Miss
Rotary Club
Washington County
Delta
Washington
Army High Command
Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
Army
Parole chief to discuss Friday executions in Raleigh
Parole commissioner Ed win Gill said he would confer with Governor Hoey as soon as possible about three men scheduled for gas one day this Friday. Raymond Early alias Dummy Moore a Yadkin County Negro and William Jackson of Forsyth County were convicted of criminal assault and George Exum of Wayne County was sentenced for murder in December.
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill
Hoey
Raymond Early
Dummy Moore
William Jackson
Forsyth
George Exum
Wayne
Brevard College aims to raise funds for endowment and buildings
President E. J. Coltrane of Brevard College announced a drive to lift the junior college endowment to 500000 dollars, with an additional 255000 dollars sought to build a new sports symnasium infirmary library science building and a combined auditorium and music building plus a modern women's dormitory.
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Brevard
E. J. Coltrane
Brevard College
Lindy Battles Storm On Trip To Palermo
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Palermo at 3 10 p m after a 65 mile an hour gale on their Rome flight. The trip from Rome took under five hours at an average 60 mph due to strong winds near Sicily. Officials ordered emergency landing fields on alert as the orange black monoplane neared Bocca di Falco airport before the crew’s believed final destination Cairo Egypt.
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Sicily
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cairo
Egypt
Funeral for Darris Bright Woodall Held in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Darris Bright Woodall 92 a War Between the States survivor from Cumberland County were held late today in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Darris Bright Woodall
Cumberland County
Elihu Root Sr dies. statesman and lawyer
Elihu Root, prominent lawyer and statesman who served in cabinets with William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and advised during World War I, died after a several day illness of bronchial pneumonia. Funeral on the Hamilton College campus in Clinton, New York, where he was born, with his children Elihu Root Jr and Mrs U S Grant among the mourners.
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Mater
Hamilton College
N. Y
Clinton
William Me
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root, Jr
Ward Root
U. 8. Grant
One Dead Two Hurt In Wreck In Southern Pines
In Southern Pines on February 7 a car crash killed Charles S Milam and seriously injured Thurman Fowler and William Milam Jr. Brain concussions were reported for Milam and Fowler while driver Jimmy Horner was unhurt.
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Southern Pines
William Milam, Jr
Charles
Thurman Fowler
Milam
Fowler
Jimmy Horner
Court Defers Two Major Rulings Amid Courtroom Skies
The U S Supreme Court delayed ruling on two key cases for at least a week. They involve Washington state minimum wage law for women and whether the 1933 gold obligation ban covers bullion as well as coin. Spectators filled the chamber and the audience outside. Chief Justice Hughes announced orders would be issued after admissions to practice.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Hughes
Farm Leaders Back Ever Normal Granary Plan
Secretary Wallace urged farm leaders at a Washington conference to back an ever normal granary plan. The four point program includes continue soil conservation payments, a government loan for stored products, extra payments to curb acreage if needed, and a rigid crop control scheme if other steps fail to cut surpluses.
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Washington
Wallace
Toxicologist Report Awaited In Poison Death Case
Solicitor John J. Burney awaited a toxicologist report to decide whether to charge Edgar LeRoy Smoak with a second poison death. Burney expected chemical analysis results by Wednesday on the viscera of the 39 year old carpenter's wife exhumed last week. Smoak, interviewed after his December arrest, said he was amazed at the charge.
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Wilmington
John J. Burney
Edgar LeRoy Smoak
Burney
Carpenter
Smoak
Driver Cleared of Wreck Blame
Monroe coroner’s jury exonerates C. C. Follett of Mooresville in Worth Clontz’s death after a car crash with a truck Follett drove. Clontz’s companions Faye Rorie and Willard Medlin were seriously injured and remain hospitalized.
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Monroe
Cc. C. Follett
Mooresville
Worth Clontz
Follett
Faye Rorie
Willard Medlin
Clontz
Minority party representation to be added in new civil bill
Representative Rupert T. Pickens announced a revised civil service bill for High Point. It requires minority party representation on the civil service commission and gives the city council authority to appoint the original board, which would then appoint vacancies itself. The bill caps the secretary salary at 250 dollars and omits a salary for the chairman.
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High Point
Rupert T. Pickens
Pickens
Civil Service Commission
E. LeRoy Briggs
House Passes Three Bills Amid Senate Budget Review
Raleigh, Feb. 8. The house met for a perfunctory midday session as the senate prepared to open discussion on the old age assistance and child aid bill. The appropriations committee pressed to balance the spending bill with the revenue plan while six new bills were introduced and three were passed.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Woman Robbed by Highwayman Near Coeburn
Wise county officers investigated a highway robbery involving Mrs. Arlie Johnson a 62 year old Yukon West Virginia widow who reported being held up and robbed of 768 dollars and 50 cents near Coeburn Virginia on Saturday night. The incident occurred as a machine driven by Eulas Atkins crowded the roadside and both were bound and gagged during the theft.
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Wise
Arlie Johnson
Yukon
W. Va
Greensboro Man Ends Life at His Home
Greensboro Feb 8 S Tillie Thurman 60 of 20 Maple Street Proximity killed himself this morning by slashing an artery in his left arm with a razor. Death occurred within minutes due to illness coroner J M Simpson ruled an inquest unnecessary deeming it self-inflicted.
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Greensboro
S. Tillie Thurman
Maple Street
Proximity
J. M. Simpson
Salisbury Man Makes Second Hole in One
M. M. Murphy, a Salisbury businessman, scored his second ace on the 190-yard number six hole at Salisbury Country Club Sunday afternoon, repeating a feat he first achieved on that same hole years earlier.
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Salisbury
M. M. Murphy
Salisbury Country Club
Fascists Seize Malaga as Franco Forces Gain Gibraltar Port
Fascist troops march into Malaga ending what reports call a rule of the gun by anarchists and Communists. Franco's army and fleet claim complete control of the Mediterranean port, last stronghold in the Gibraltar straits area. Fleeing Socialist officials of Malaga were captured by boat in the harbor. Insurgents on the Madrid front push toward Valencia but with less success as Madrid remains besieged. Valencia serves as the Socialist government's temporary seat.
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Associated Press
Malaga
Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
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Madrid
Valencia
Seek Youth in Fatal Shooting
Baltimore police sought Albert Quent, 19, for questioning in the fatal shooting of his foster father John Philip Quent, 51, at a Baltimore home. A warrant for arrest led investigators to McLean and Norfolk Virginia where the youth worked and where relatives were said to live.
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Virginia
Albert Quent
John Philip Quent
MclLean
Norfolk
Accused Man McCord Fights Severe Pneumonia in Jail
Salisbury report says William T. McCord awaiting trial for the slaying of Curtis Hubbard on December 28 is critically ill with pneumonia in a local hospital. Doctors describe his illness as virulent and doubt his recovery. he contracted pneumonia after cold and influenza while jailed.
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Salisbury
William T. McCord
Superior Court
Curtis Hubbard
Johnson opposes Roosevelt court reorganization plan
Senator Hiram Johnson of California returned to Washington and joined the fight against President Roosevelt's court reorganization program. He argued the plan would subjugate the Supreme Court to the presidency and joined Borah and others in urging the nation to oppose the proposal.
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Fitch
Court Reform Heads Confer On Proposal
Washington Feb 8 Senate and House leaders met at the White House to map the path for the president's court reorganization bill. Senators Ashurst and Sommners attended as judiciary chairmen. The Supreme Court, staying aloof, met but offered no decisions. The Senate civil liberties committee pressed its labor espionage inquiry, facing Pinkerton's refusal to name agents.
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White House
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Railroads oppose Georgia crop control compact
J. E. Winslow and E. F. Arnold of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation report railroad opposition in Georgia to a crop control compact bill. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad leads the opposition, fearing reduced freight revenues if tobacco production is curtailed.
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J. E. Winslow
E. F. Arnold
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Winslow
Arnold
Convict Freed By 2 Gunmen Near Canton Georgia
Two men with a machine gun forced guards to release 8. J. Scarborough a figure in a 1925 hitchhike murder case. The gunmen drove nine miles east of Canton where convicts worked on a highway under two guards and leveled the weapon at Sonny Haney the warden’s son. Scarborough leaped into their car and sped away. Officers spread an alarm across North Georgia.
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Slim) Scarborough
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North
Georgia
Body of Police Chief Exhumed in Lumberton
In Lumberton on February 8 the body of W. R. McGill, the town police chief found shot to death on November 18, was disinterred. Officials gave no explanation for the action. McGill’s death had been ruled an accident due to a pistol discharge while cleaning.
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Lumberton
W. R. McGill
McGill
Storms Claim Five in West Amid Varied Weather
Storms sweep the Western United States over the weekend bringing dust storms, cloud bursts, blizzards and floods. Temperatures swing from 82 above to 18 below zero as the Colorado River tests a cofferdam for Parker Dam in northern Arizona. Four deaths are reported.
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Colorado
Parker
Arizona
Court Fines Townsendites in Contempt Guilty Plea
Two former Townsend old age pension directors Dr. Clinton Wunder of New York and John B. Kiefer of Chicago pleaded guilty in federal court to contempt of the house. They received suspended one year prison terms and $100 fines with one year probation after ignoring summons to appear before a House investigation last spring.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Federal District Court
Clinton Wunder
New York
John B. Kiefer
Chicago
Peyton Gordon
Machone
Special House
Death claims former slave Minerva England
Funeral services were held today for Minerva England a former slave born March 19 1830 in Hyde county. She died at Maiden late yesterday and was said to be Tawba county s oldest resident. England said she was sold into slavery as a child and later lived in the area.
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Minerva England
Hyde County
Maiden
Tawba County
More ships in distress off Virginia coast
Coast guard cutters Sebago and Pontchartrain race to aid disabled vessels. Sebago sails for Cape Henry with the trawler Clinton in tow after Clinton requested help and the 8. 8, Excelsior reported engine loss. Pontchartrain heads to Delaware Bay to assist the Norwegian freighter Cu bane ashore near Cape Henlopen. El Occidente had a broken rudder.
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