North Carolina Senate OKs Divorce Reform and Utilities Bill
The North Carolina Senate passed a bill allowing divorce after two years of separation and an five year separation for deserted spouses, with one year state residence required. It also approved abolishing the state corporation commission in favor of a single public utilities commissioner by 28 to 20, despite anticipated House opposition.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
House
Joint Committee On Constitutional
Corporation Commission
Public Utilities
Harisell
Cabarrus
Hartsell
House Judiciary Committee
Unseasonably Deep Freeze Hits Southern States
A historic cold snap grips the South with ice on ponds and streets from New Orleans to Virginia. Miss Mindexter Long of Appalachian State College fainted in seven below wind chill but recovered. Atlanta and Charlotte report record lows, while fire crews battle a major blaze in Richmond amid freezing conditions.
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Florida
Mindexter
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
N. C
New Orleans
Atlanta
Norton
Virginia
Richmond
Wytheville
Roanoke
Piedmont
Commonwealth Club
Asheville
North Carolina
Charlotte
Raleigh
Wilmington
Cape Hatteras
Senate Banking Subcommittee Backs Farm Mortgage Moratorium Bill
Political brief notes a Senate banking subcommittee reporting favorably the Hull bill to use 8500,000,000 in federal credit for a two year moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures. Also mentions Mrs. Paul Shouse being badly burned by a fireplace incident in Winston-Salem and a claim that Britain will not return to the gold standard given current world conditions.
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Winston-Salem
Paul Shouse
Great Britain
Washington
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Mutineers Face Battle Near Sumatra Coast
Mutineer crew still holds eight Dutch officers aboard De Zeven Provincien as Dutch defenses close in off the Sumatran coast. Government orders open fire if the mutineers resist seizure. Java, two submarines and three flying boats stand by in pursuit. The confrontation looms today or tomorrow with a pledge to surrender if unconditionally.
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Hague
Holland
de Zeven Provincien
East Indies
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Java
Sumatran
Charlotte Salesman Beaten and Robbed
Russell P. Parrish a 32 year old Charlotte automobile mechanic was attacked and robbed near Crooked Creek by a group including four women. He lost $25 a wrist watch and tools then was set in flames and left in a ditch. He remained in serious condition with doctors predicting recovery.
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Bennettsville
8. C
Russell P. Parrish
Charlotte
Parrish
Crooked Creek
United Bank Fails To Open Its Doors
Greensboro bank collapses again as heavy withdrawals force closure. Bank president E W Staples cites withdrawals. prior closure on December 31, 1931 and reopening July 1 last year. North Carolina Bank and Trust Company president N S Calhoun says impact minimal.
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United Bank
Greensboro
United Bank of
Reidsville
Burlington
Sanford
E. W. Staples
Arena
N. S&s
Lea and Lea Junior Face Habeas Hearings in Tennessee
Colonel Lake Lea and Luke Lea Jr jailed in Jamestown Tennessee confer with counsel on habeas corpus petitions as a court writ delays their extradition to North Carolina where they were convicted in 1931 of conspiring to defraud the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville. The Monday hearing date remains uncertain before Judge J. H. Morison.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Colonel Lake Lea
Luke Lea, Jr
North Carolina
Colonel Lea
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Second Person Dies From Auto Wreck
ROCKY MOUNT February 9. J W King of Mount Tabor New Jersey died last night after a car crash into a bridge abutment. He never regained consciousness. Mrs King and Miss Caroline Barrow of Long Island New York are improving. King’s death marks a second fatality from the accident. Minnie Backus of Mount Tabor who drove the machine lived only a few hours after being taken to a hospital.
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Rocky Mount
J. W. King
Mount Tabor
N. J
King
Caroline Barrow
Long Island
N. Y
Minnie Backus
Six Firemen Die as Millard Hotel Burns in Omaha
A spectacular blaze at the four story Millard hotel in downtown Omaha Nebraska during a 15 below zero night killed six firemen with one missing and 11 injured. Captain Ed Smith was recovered, others trapped included Senior Captain George Cogan and Fire Inspector Clarence Urban. The loss was estimated at 250000 dollars with 45 guests unaccounted for.
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Omaha
Neb
Millard
Ed Smith
George Cogan
Patrick Cogan
Clarence Urban
Walter Hoye
W. 8. Rathbun
Chicago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Urban
Cogan
Thomas Shandy
John G. Brandt
Franklin Kane
Smith
Harry Weiner
Economic showings hint at 1933 improvements in business
New York reports mixed signals as analysts see potential gains in late 1933. Railroads show December income up 19 percent from a year earlier, the first annual improvement since July 1929, while General Motors records January sales above last year. Overall business remains below 1932 levels with Bradstreet's index at 48.9.
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New York
Bureau of Railway Economics
General Motors
Bradstreet
Plot to Extort Lindbergh Sparks Arrests
A plot to extort aviator Charles Lindbergh led to two arrests as the story notes efforts to recover prosperity via a world economic conference. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is expected to lead the July assembly at St James Palace with delegates from over fifty nations.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Associated Press
Conference Preparatory Commission
League of Nations
MacDonald
Old St. James’ Palace
Washington
Adow Hitler
Bismarck
Berlin
Joseph V. Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Mr. MacDonald
Beverly Hills Commentary on Senate Trial Verdict
In Beverly Hills on February 8 the speaker reflects on a trial where the accused, Garis? or a named figure, proclaims innocence. The speaker notes the jury-like senate members believed her verdict and muses on journalism and future sergeants at arms and blindness affecting reporting.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Gilad
U. S. Senate
Shoruff
Barry
Finishing Department Hosiery Mill Closes
The finishing department of Standard Hosiery Mills near Burlington closed today affecting about 150 workers after 100 strikers quit Tuesday in protest against a wage cut and did not return. Mill officials said finishing would be done elsewhere. other departments remain unaffected.
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Burlington
Standard Hosiery
Here
Cuban Government Guards For Imminent Exile Revolt
Confidential Cuban sources say a large uprising by Cuban exiles in the United States and Central America may be planned. They expect a 150 man vanguard to land from Mexico or Honduras in Oriente to signal a second revolution against President Gerardo Machado.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Mexico
Honduras
Gerardo Machado
Machado
Mario G. Menoval
Miami
Oriente
Spain
Roanoke Youths Held in Lindbergh Threat Case
Police arrested Joe Bryant and Norman Harvey both Roanoke residents on a charge tied to a fake threat against a kidnapped son, denying any link to threatening letters. Bryant attempted to cash a $17,000 check planted in a stump, with tellers alerted for weeks.
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Roanoke
Joe Bryant
Norman Harvey
Geneve
United States
Lindbergh
Bryant
Harvey
Weaver Heights
W. M. Skelton
Skelton
Leigh Stevens
Stevens
Po-Lce
Infant Snipes to Spend Six Months in Prison With Mother
Frances Joan Snipes, infant daughter of Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, must stay in the state penitentiary with her mother for about six months before transfer to a child welfare home. Judge Heyward Brockington ordered removal from the parents, both inmates of the state prison, to give the child a fair chance at life. Clyde Snipes Jr., the six-year-old brother, will join in the plan for a proper home and education under state supervision.
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Columbia
8. C
Frances Joan Snipes
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Heyward Brockington
York County
State Penitentiary
State Children’s Bureau
Clyde Snipes
State Professor Names Causes of Hay Fever Attacks
Raleigh February 9 A NC State College biochemistry professor G H Satterfield outlined causes of hay fever including face powder rouge lipstick dandruff and even trace foods He cited cases where powder and dandruff triggered sneezing and noted five hundred millionth of a gram of certain foods could provoke allergic reactions He listed 77 foods as potential triggers.
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Raleigh
G. H. Satterfield
N. C. State College
Satterfield
Snell Opposes Power Grant Voted Roosevelt By Senate
The Senate approved extraordinary powers for reorganizing the government for President Roosevelt. Republican leader Snell of New York warned the grant would make Roosevelt an absolute dictator and urged opposition in the House. Democrats push ahead to present a complete government revision at a April special session.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Hoover
House
Snell
New York
Roosevelt
Treasury-Post Office
Mussolini
America
Byrnes
Congress
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