Negrin arrives in central zone to direct government stance
Prime Minister Negrin and his cabinet arrive in the central zone of Spain to continue the war effort against Franco. Accompanied by his minister Julio Alvarez Valay, they left Alicante by air for new territory as General Jose Mia denied reports of staff negotiations amid ongoing raids and bombardments killing and wounding civilians in Alicante and Alcoy.
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Tadrid
Juan Negrin
Francisco Franco
Egrin
Ign
Julio Alvarez Vayo
Alicante
France
Gomez Osorio
Neia
Negrin
Louse
Aire
Josefa
Spain
Robeson County Jury Convicts Hammons of First Degree Murder
In Robeson County, Rey Hammons, 24, was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Lacy Brambles, 35, at a prison camp road. Brambles was shot while repairing a tire near his car. The verdict came from the Robeson County Superior Court jury.
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Umberton
N. C
Robeson County
Rey Hammons
Ian
Lacy Mbles
Brambles
Mbrake
Insurgent Forces Seize Catalonia as Francoists Move West
In Perpignan France on February 10 a small Francoist column crossed into Catalonia and raised their flag at 3 45 p m local time signaling the final conquest of Catalonia. Proponents predicted quick peace in Spain as Insurgent troops push from Minorca to reach France and complete Madrid government losses.
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Implete
Perpignan
France
Frees
Catalonia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Puigceerda
Police witness testifies on 1933 orders to oust detective
Deputy Police Commissioner Joh Lyons testified at the retrial of J. Hines that he received orders in fall 1933 to remove Detective Jo Salke, linked to mob henchmen of Jed Schultz. District Attorney Thomas E Wey charged Hines used political influence to protect gangsters and target detectives who bothered Schultz's gang and the Dutchman policy racket. Lyons cited orders from Police Commissioner James S. Bolan and confirmation from Inspector J. Sullivan. Salke worked with federal agents to locate fugitive Schultz and to tap the telephone of Dixie Davis.
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York
Puty
Joh Lyons
Es J. Hines
Get
Lassing
Yassing
Jed Schultz
Istrict
Thomas Ewey
Hines
Ultz
Lyons
Jo Salke
James S. Bolan
J. Sullivan
Salke
Trio Of Bills Are Enacted By Assembly
RALEIGH Feb 10 AP The legislature enacted into law three unemployment compensation bills with 103 to 0 votes. They cut employer taxes to stabilize employment create a new benefit schedule and extend coverage to seasonal industries. The Bryant Pollard Gass Thornton bill licenses tourist homes camps and dance halls. A Senate approved measure raises annual dues for state bar membership. House plans redraw absentee voting rules while a committee drafts a bill to abolish absentee voting in primaries. Capital punishment repeal bill down in judiciary committee. Joint finance weighs wine beer tax increases and bottling tax tweaks estimated at 100000 revenue. New proposals extend aid to World War II orphans fund a NC State printing school and library book handling regulate trucking under utilities commission and tighten food container sanitation. Senate measures tax non stock foreign corporations adjust capital stock decline and quarry regulation. House debated sending Supreme Court rule making powers over inferior courts for study and revision.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Bryant-Pollard- Gass-Thornton
Roper
Joint
New House
N. C. State College
State Textbook Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Department of Labor
Bryant
Durham
Supreme Court
Diversion of Funds Revisited in Raleigh
The piece notes repeated fund diversions in North Carolina history. It recalls a 20 year old agricultural fund diversion that provided $50,000 for Patterson Hall at State College and funded the current agricultural department building, with half its space used by other departments and commissions.
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Raleigh
The
Agricultural Fund
Patterson Hall
State College
Agricultural Department
Britain sends peace proposals to Insurgent Spain
Britain dispatched proposals to General Franco to end the Spanish civil war with terms favorable to the returning government defenders and to Britain and France. Sir Robert Hodgson left Burgos for instructions and to push a peace plan that would see Italian and German troops withdrawn and Madrid Valencia forces treated humanely. The Devonshire cruised to Minorca with 450 officials and others, with Minorca now in Insurgent hands and plans a French handover to avoid Italian or German troops in the capture.
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London
Great Britain
Spain
Paris
Robert Hodgson
Burgos
Britain
Franco
Madrid-Valencia
Jose Miaja
Central
Valencia
Minorca
Devonshire
France
Marseille
North Carolina seeks RFC help to privatize state railroad
North Carolina officials plan to ask the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to release its claims against $326,000 in Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad bonds. The move would allow the state railroad to pay taxes and pursue private operation, while remaining guarantor for the Morehead City port terminal. The line runs from Goldsboro to Morehead City.
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RFC
Washington
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Harry McMullan
D. L. Ward
House of Representatives
Jesse H. Jones
Warren
Barden
McMullan
N. C
Morehead City
Goldsboro
McNinch Sets Stage in Reorganization Plan
Senator Wheeler introduces a plan to overhaul federal communications. Frank R. McNinch of Charlotte would loom large in the reshaped regime as a former Hoover appointee and current chair of the commission. The bill envisions a three member federal communications and radio body, replacing the seven member panel.
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Washington
North Carolina
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Frank R. McNinch
Charlotte
N. C
McNinch
Hoover
Power Commission
Communications Commission
Roosevelt
MecNinch
Incum
Bency
Commission
White House
Capitol Hill
Federal Communications and Radio Commission
Pope Pius XI Dies in Rome in 82nd Year
Pope Pius XI, nearing his 82nd birthday, died at 5:31 a.m. after cardiac asthma illness. He was in the Vatican with aides and had planned an address to Italian bishops on the Lateran pact tenth anniversary. The Campanone bell tolled as Rome mourned the pope known as the Pope of Peace.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Rome
Aminta Milani
Therese
Jesus
Pius
Holy Father
Italy
Vatican
Fourteen Found Guilty At Trial In Albuquerque WPA Case
A federal court jury acquitted 14 of 25 defendants charged with political manipulation of New Mexico WPA activities and deadlocked on the remaining eleven. Notable acquittals include Anita Tafoya, Salamon Tafoya, J A Werner, and Mariano Werner along with ten minor WPA supervisors.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Salamon Tafoya
J. A. Werner
Mariano Werner
WPA
Secretary Hull Sends Condolence Message to Pope Pius
Secretary Hull conveyed Roosevelt's deep sorrow over Pope Pius XI's death to Cardinal Pacelli. The cable states the president's condolences and praises the pope's spiritual qualities and zeal for peace and tolerance, saying the news was received with deep sorrow in the United States.
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Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius
United States
Cardinal Pacelli
Pope Pius Eleventh
Embezzlement Charges Erupt Over Social Security Funds
Washington Feb. 10 AP The House Ways and Means Committee heard Republican members Knutson and Gearhart charge embezzlement and theft in handling Social Security funds while opposing amendments to the Social Security Act. They compared government fund use to stealing from policyholders.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Rminn
Gearhart
R-Calif
Rep
Elliott
D-Calif
Townsend Old-Age Pension Plan
Congress
Dee
Accountants Fault 1934 Missouri Pacific Report
Railroad finance investigators told the Senate that Price Waterhouse certified a 1934 Missouri Pacific trustee's report in violation of standards. The panel said the firm knew a $3.2 million special deposit was non existent and noted the deposit was shown to a privileged few before stamping.
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Washington
Senate
Price, Waterhouse and Company
New York
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Missouri Pacific
New Levy On State Bonds Would Cost N C 3 Million
North Carolina would face at least 3 million dollars in new annual revenue if a federal levy on state and municipal bonds is enacted. Attorney General Harry McMullan told a Senate finance committee that interest costs on a 515.9 million public debt would rise, with higher figures expected. he warned taxes are already high and local tax rates could not be substantially increased. He noted one third of debt is state, one third municipal, one third county and that municipalities would have no right to levy federal taxes.
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Washington
Harry McMullan
North Carolina
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
McMullan
Austin
Lewis
Ill
Reynolds
Senate Agricultural Committee
Morgenthau
France
Treasury
FDR
Open Hearings Voted Down On Current Plans
Senate military committee voted to allow public discussion of closed sessions except for military secrets. Open hearings on the defense program were defeated 8 to 8, and a motion to hold future bills open hearings was also rejected. Action postponed on making public the investigation record of the France plane sale.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Austin
R-Vi
Clark
D-Mo
France
Johnson
Dcole
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
Reynolds
Flood Warnings Issued Across Eastern North Carolina
Weatherman Lee A. Denson issues advisory flood warnings for all eastern North Carolina rivers after heavy rains. Neuse River rises to 17.4 feet at Neuse station, 3 feet above bank. Cape Fear at Moncure reaches 24 feet, three feet above bank. Tar River overflows at Rocky Mount. no damage reported yet.
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Raleigh
Lee A. Denson
North Carolina
Roanoke
Williamston
Neuse Station
Neuse
Smithfield
Moncure
Cape Fear
Rocky Mount
Bridges Approved for Maryland Massachusetts and North Carolina
Louis Johnson approves three bridge projects from state agencies. Maryland plans a bridge across Sinepuxent Bay at Ocean City. Massachusetts plans a bridge across Quashnet River near East Falmouth to replace a storm demolished structure. North Carolina plans a bridge across Smiths Creek at Oriental.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Maryland State Roads Commission
Sinepuxent Bay
Ocean City
Massachusetts Public Works Department
Quashnet River
East Falmouth
Mass
North Carolina State Highway Commission
Smiths Creek
Oriental
N. C
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Alcoy
Jund
OOL
Aleigh
Nt Appropriations Committee
Budget Commission
Te School Commission
Perignan
Generissimo
Double
Rance
Pyrenees
Madrid-Valentine
New Seale
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Holy Father OF
Pope Pius XI
Grippe
Ross T. McIntire
Oswaldo Aranha
Welles
Aranha
Richard G. Maslock
California
Fresno
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
N.C
Denson
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