MacCracken Arrest Prompt Senate Action In Contempt Case
The Senate ordered the arrest of William P. MacCracken after he defied a contempt trial. three air industry executives were cited as co-defendants and the trial of all involved was paused until MacCracken could be brought before the chamber. Intense cold and storms dominated across Europe and North America with multiple fatalities and record low temperatures reported.
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Senate
William P. MacCracken
Hoover
Air
MacCracken
Senator Black
Alabama
L. H. Vice
Northwest Airways
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert Girvin
Garner
Black
Borah
Indiana
Roosevelt asks Congress to regulate stock and commodity exchanges
President Roosevelt today urged federal regulation of exchanges dealing in securities and commodities to protect investors and curb speculative and destructive practices. The White House said he did not back any specific bill, while Congress quickly introduced identical measures from Senate Chairman Fletcher and House Chairman Rayburn to regulate exchanges and curb insider abuse.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce
Senate
Fatal injury during tire cutting ends life in Bee tree
Asheville Feb 9 AP Girtus BEE Patterson a Bee tree area resident cut a tire casing for burning then accidentally punctured a main artery in his leg. He died within two minutes from loss of blood.
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Asheville
Patterson
Bee Tree
Here
Locomotive Engineers Leader Guilty of Bank Funds Misuse
Alvansley Johnston grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Stirling Smith president of the Standard Trust bank were found guilty by a Cleveland jury of misapplying 4500000 of the bank's funds.
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Cleveland, O
Alvansley Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stirling Smith
Standard Trust Bank
Abandoned schooner crew rescued by Nauset coast guard
The crew of an abandoned schooner was brought ashore through heavy surf by the Nauset coast guard station in Eastham Massachusetts on February 9.
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Eastham
Mass
Nauset
Hosiery mill workers strike over layoffs at Hatch mill
In Belmont on February 9 AP reports Hatch Hosiery employees walked out after four workers were dismissed for joining the United Hosiery Workers. Estimates vary with about 50 in str ik e predicted by strikers and the mill president saying fewer than ten participated.
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Belmont
Hatch Hosiery Mill
United Hosiery Workers
J. M. Hatch
Paris riots and a nickel spark global talk
Special to the Enterprise from Santa Monica notes rioting in Paris and taxicab protests in New York center on a nickel dispute. The writer observes France’s many parties and the street clashes, praising that France is upset with others as well.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Paris
New York
France
House of Deputies
Suit On College Note For Five Thousand Dollar Claim
The suit against the Board of Education of the Methodist Protestant church and several endorsers was for 5000 dollars, not 500000 as Greensboro correspondence stated. The Enterprise notes the correction.
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Board of Education
Methodist Protestant Church
Greensboro
Navy appropriation bill passes Senate for House review
The first of the annual appropriation bills, the $284,000,000 naval bill, was approved by the Senate and sent back to the House for consideration of changes. No major changes were made by the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sankey Beats Rap By Hanging Himself in Prison
Verne Sankey, once dubbed America's Public Enemy Number One, hanged himself in the South Dakota penitentiary using a noose of two neckties and a gag to prevent cries. The Chicago arrest last week thwarted his plan to poison pills in his overcoat, as he awaited arraignment for conspiracy to kidnap Charles Boettcher II. His death ends the chance to verify any link to the Lindbergh case and impacts ongoing prosecutions of associates like Gordon Alcorn.
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Sioux Falls
Verne Sankey
South Dakota Penitentiary
Chicago
Charles Boettcher
Denver
America
Sankey
Boett
Boettcher
Haskell Bohn
St. Paul
Desperado
Gordon Alcorn
Alcorn
Department of Justice
Five Negroes Die In Kilby Penalty Executions
In Montgomery Alabama five black prisoners were executed by electric chair at Kilby prison after killing four men and a woman. Bennie Foster first to die at 12 05 am, followed by John Thompson Ernest Waller Solomon Roper and Hardie White. Three men protested innocence as the sentences were carried out amid quiet observance by officials and reporters. Nine were initially set for death. one died in prison, two had sentences commuted, and one received a 30 day reprieve.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bennie Foster
Selma
Kilby
Foster
Hardie White
Clarence McCain
Joe Partin
McCain
John Thompson
Mobile
Henry Bloom
White
Luther Williams
Ernest Waller
Shere
Solomon Roper
Page Brazier
Weather Records Shattered Across Virginia Towns
Weather historians at Richmond note a record cold snap with minus one degree the lowest this year and Wytheville reports a rare 18 degree low, contrasting warm sentiments as families mourn a local death leaving a widow and four children.
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Richmond
Senate Contempt Trial Sparks House Recess and Tax Bill Move
The Senate pressed ahead with air mail contract contempt proceedings as only three of four defendants appear. William P. MacCracken refuses to testify citing constitutional rights, triggering his arrest. In the House, a spat halts routine business while the Ways and Means Committee advances a tax bill amid other local measures and a presidential message on stock market regulation looms. The gold hoarding law faces Supreme Court review as private contractors’ profits in Army aviation are questioned, and testimony notes an average 19.8 percent profit since 1926.
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Washington
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Hoover
Air
House
Supreme Court
New York
House Military Committee
Harry H. Woodring
Congress
Farriss Elected President of Stetson University DeLand
Dr Charles Sherwood Farriss longtime city resident and Stetson University leader is elected to the presidency at Stetson University DeLand Fla succeeding the late Dr Lincoln Hulley who led since 1904 The 78 year old educator has served the university for 41 years and has held the post of vice president.
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Charles Sherwood Farriss
Stetson University
DeLand, Fla
Vaare
Wwe
Lincoln Hulley
Farriss
Wake Forest College
the Biblical Recorder
Baptist Witness
First Baptist Church
J. J. Farriss
Alma Richardson
A. E. Tate
University of Virginia
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
University of Chicago
Record Cold Grips Northeast and Midwest Across States
A brutal cold wave drives New York to 14.3 degrees below zero, with record lows from Maine to Pennsylvania. Ice crews halt ships and rail delays mount as Hudson and East Rivers freeze, Boston hits 18 below, and Canada records 52 below. Two deaths reported amid widespread outages and closures.
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Hudson
East
Weedsport
Sardina
Erie County
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Pocono Mountains
Boston
New England
North Carolina
Canada
White River
Ontario
Germany rocked by high winds across Europe
A severe gale sweeping Germany and extending into Scandinavia killed several and wounded many. The Condor fishing vessel sank with all hands near Weser Estuary, while Hamburg Breslau and Stettin reported major damage. Berlin saw debris injuries and suburban homes unroofed as winds reached 63 mph.
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Scandinavia
Europe
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Weser
Baltic
North Sea
Hamburg
Breslau
Stettin
Copenhagen
Malmoe
Sweden
Gets Office But Is Only Third In Votes
Durham voters in a schoolmasters club election saw a tie for vice president. Professor William P. Twaddel, Durham schools music supervisor, proposed declaring the third highest candidate elected. The motion passed and Twaddel became the club's vice president.
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Durham
William P. Twaddel
Twaddel
Doumergue Names Veteran Cabinet in French Crisis
Paris February 9. Gaston Doumergue 71 designates a cabinet of experienced veterans to guide France during the crisis. Former premiers Andre Tardieu and Edouard Herriot join as ministers of state. the lineup excludes only the Communist and socialist Faction led by Leon Blum. Street disorders and a looming general strike tense Paris as troops move toward suburbs.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Doumergue
Lebrun
Andre Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Leon Blum
Woman Physician Accused Of Causing Kennedy Divorce
In Greenwood Maine on February 9, 1933, Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean faced a murder trial over the death of Dr. Preston Kennedy. State witness Dr. Henry Kennedy, Preston’s brother, alleged Dean caused the divorce from Bessie Barry Kennedy in 1933, citing 145 letters from Preston to Dean. The Kennedys married in June 1924 and separated January 1932 with a March 1933 divorce decree.
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Greenwood
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Bessie Barry Kennedy
Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Preston Kennedy
Dean
Preston
Kennedys
North Carolina Colleges Seek CWA Student Aid Funds
Eleven colleges in North Carolina have filed applications with the Civil Works Administration for student financial aid, with final approval contingent on complete requests and state allocation. Institutions named include Greens- boro College for Women Wake Forest University Elon Wingate Mars Hill State A and T Greensboro Elizabeth City State Normal Shaw and North Carolina College for Negroes Belmont Abbey’s submission was returned for proper ordering. Mrs. O Berry notes roughly 800 to 900 needy teachers already placed in CWA work across the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Civil Works Administration
Washington
Thomas O'Berry
Greensboro College For Women
Wake Forest
University of North Carolina
Elon
Wingate
Mars Hill
State Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
Elizabeth City State Normal School
State Colored Normal School
Fayetteville
North Carolina College For
Durham
Shaw University
Belmont Abbey
O’berry
CWA
Law closes on Bremer kidnappers in Minnesota
Edward Bremer's captors are pursued after a three day tailing by state city and federal officers. Bremer, 37, bank president, was held 22 days in a dark room and freed in Rochester after a $200,000 ransom was paid. Hands in the case point to multiple suspects and a broad investigative sweep continuing across jurisdictions.
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MacKenzie
Rochester
Minn
Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Adolph Bremer
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