Ice Grips Carolinas as Two Die in Severe Storm
Frigid air freezes coastlines from North to South Carolina halting small craft shipping. Willie Spears of Conway and Linwood Mann near Manteo die in sleet and cold. Coast guard aids boat crews as snow and ice disrupt port towns from Portsmouth to Hatteras and Georgetown reports first snow in years.
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Carolinas
Willie Spears
Conway
Charleston
Linwood Mann
Manteo
N. C
Portsmouth
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgetown
S.C
Laurens
8. C
Roper Hospital
Orangeburg
S. C
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville
Beaufort
D. C
MacCracken Surrenders After Senate Arrest Order
William P. MacCracken offered to surrender but was refused by Senate sergeant at arms Chesley Jurney. MacCracken appeared at Jurney’s home and gave himself up after fail to appear before the Senate bar with three aviation executives cited in the air mail probe. The warrant remained locked in Jurney’s office, returnable Monday noon.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
Senate
Chesley W. Jurney
Aviation Company
Air Mail
MacCracken
Jurney
Frank J. Hogan
Justice O'Donoghue
Foiled In Scheme Jurney Refuses Arrest
The Senate held back on arresting MacCracken and planned to avoid court jurisdiction disputes. Aviation officials Harris Manshue Gilbert Girvin and L H Britten faced contempt trials over removing papers tied to air mail contracts from MacCracken's law office. MacCracken stayed with Jurney and awaited a Monday 10 a m custody.
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MacCracken
Senate
Harris M. Manshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert L. Girvin
Washington
L. H. Britten
Northwest Airways
Jurney
Sergeant At
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ickes Plans 10 Open PWA Projects At Early Date
Washington, Feb 10. Recovery chief Hugh S. Johnson pushes a March 5 code authorities meeting to cut hours and boost employment. Ickes’ Public Works Administration aims to start funded projects and absorb Civil Works staff by May 1, with funds fully allotted and limited new loan requests.
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ICKES
PWA
Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration
Johnson
NRA
Boulder Dam
Navy air plane sinks off Del Mar. three men missing
A navy land plane with three men aboard crashed into the ocean near Del Mar about 20 miles from San Diego tonight. The craft was reported sinking and a North Island rescue plane was dispatched to the scene to search for survivors.
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San Diego
Cal
Navy
del Mar
Naval Air Station
North Island
Trial of Georgian princes ends with jury discharge
The jury in the grand theft trial of David and Sedge Mdivant, self-styled Georgian princes, could not reach a verdict and was discharged by Superior Judge Fitcher Bowron in Los Angeles on February 10.
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Angeles
David and
Sedge Mdivant
Fitchher Bowron
Habeas hearing ends as bond released in murder case
A habeas corpus hearing for Mrs. Ruby Grice was abandoned in Goldsboro as officers released her on a 4000 bond. She faced a charge of murdering her husband on October 22.
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Goldsboro
Ruby
Grice
Wake Forest merchant held in slaying case
Zoolie Coley a Wake Forest merchant and saw mill operator was ordered held without bond by a coroner's jury investigating the slaying of 85 year old Clay Mullen. Mullen was shot in the back while allegedly attempting to flee from an assault with a blackjack by Coley.
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Wake Forest
Zoolie Coley
Clay Mullen
Muller
Coley
YACHT AGROUND NEAR MIAMI WITH 16 ABOARD
The 65 foot auxiliary yacht Sachem of Roe B Metcalf of Bridgeport Connecticut was reported aground tonight on Turtle Harbor Reef about 55 miles south southeast of Miami. Coastguard air station dispatched two patrol boats to assist the stranded vessel which was leaking. Mr and Mrs Metcalf and a party of 14 friends including one other woman were aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Sachem
Roe B. Metcalf
Bridgeport
Nonn
Coastguard
Turtle Harbor Reef
Tragic Raleigh Shooting Ends Life of 12-Year-Old
Otis Andrews, 12, died instantly in Raleigh when a weapon in the hands of his 18 year old uncle Joseph Andrews fired through his heart. Coroner L M Waring said the victim was under the influence of whiskey and little information could be obtained. He will be questioned tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Otis Andrews
William Andrews
Joseph Andrews
L. M. Waring
Andrews
Cold Hands Thought Cause of Schooner Tragedy
Norfolk officials conclude cold hands likely forced Captain Charles Nicklas and three crew members of the schooner Parnell T. White to lose grip as the vessel capsized at sea last night. Coast Guard Commander William Keester of the Mendota cited exposure as the probable cause.
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Norfolk
Charles Nicklas
Parnell T. White
William Keester
Mendota
Keester
U S Plans Another One Billion Dollar Loan Next Week
Washington reports the treasury will borrow about one billion dollars next week as part of a plan to float ten billion dollars in securities by June. Treasury officials in New York meet bankers to gauge the money market and investment climate. President Roosevelt's budget calls for six billion dollars in new capital in the first half of the year, in addition to refunding four billion dollars of maturing issues.
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Washington
The
Treasury
New York
Roosevelt
London
United States
Southampton
England
France
Paris
Continent
Croydon
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
Amsterdam
Use of Army Planes Only in Emergency
Government hints at swift action on airmail contracts similar to prior handling of ocean mail. Airmail contractors press for a hearing before contract cancellations set for February 19 amid talks on future operations and subsidy. Airplane stocks tumble, with some dropping to half value after the administration’s sweeping move. Postmaster General Brown labeled Farley’s actions incredible, noting prior contracts.
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Associated Press
Walter F. Brown
Farley
Millions In Gold Bound For U S Treasury
Florida citrus crop damaged by hail and snow across the southern states as Florida reports rare snowfall in the north. Citrus trees denuded, truck crops beaten, hundreds of Stuart windows shattered, two cows killed, and launches driven onto shore. Miami remains unusually warm as storms sweep the region.
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Florida
Cary D. Landis
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Stuart
Palm City
St. Lucie
Worat
Miamii
Mecca
South
Dollfuss and rival groups hold peace talks in Vienna
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss met with opposing socialist, Reimwehr, and Nazi factions in Vienna to clarify the Austrian crisis. While talks progressed, hostile rhetoric continued and more weekend parleys were planned. The cold North Atlantic affected shipping and New York's weather, with one death and several injuries blamed on the cold.
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Vienna
Reimwehr
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
North Atlantic
New York City
New York
Link Suggested Between Hamm and Bremer Kidnaps
Police explored a possible link between the Hamm and Bremer abductions, noting automobile traces and a Vernon avenue crime scene. A man and woman fled an apartment after Bremer’s Jan 17 kidnapping, fueling a probe into a single gang.
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ST. Paul
Hamm
Bremer
Edward G. Bremer
Willim Hamm, Jr
Brewer
US to Permit Cuban Alcohol Exports to US
Jefferson Caffery told the Cuban government that Cuban rum producers may ship up to 600000 gallons of beverages to the United States before April 30. The move would bring in about 4200000 dollars in duties, with US officials not seeking compensating benefits for American exports to Cuba. Cuban sources welcomed the plan though no reciprocal duty cuts for US lard and cottonseed oil were explained.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Jefferson Caffery
Roosevelt
Caffery
Campbell Plans 300-MPH Record Run on Salduro Lake Bed
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British racer, aims for a 300 mph speed record aboard Bluebird at Salduro Lake bed near Salt Lake City in August. He seeks to surpass 272.108 mph set at Daytona Beach last February. the plan was confirmed to the contest board of the American Automobile Association.
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Washington
Malcolm Campbell
Saldura Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fla
American Automobile Association
Salduro
Forestry Corps To Remain At Present Strength
The War Department announced continuation of the civilian conservation corps at about 309 000 men. President Roosevelt plans to keep the corps at full strength through March 31 1935 in two six month enrollment periods. Additional local experienced men will join in the 8th and 9th corps areas in the extreme west.
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Washington
War Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
Congress
Rare February total eclipse to cross Pacific
The sun will stage a rare total eclipse on February 14 and be visible from Celebes islands and parts of Borneo but the early morning mist will hinder observers. The 6,000 mile eclipse path crosses the Pacific 200 miles east of the Malay peninsula. Robert Foehner asks lawmakers for camp site suggestions for new emergency conservation locations.
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Yokohama
Japan
America
Pacific Ocean
Malay Peninsula
Celebes
Borneo
Robert Foehner
French Cabinet Moves to Secure Domestic and World Peace
Paris reports a new four man cabinet under Premier Doumergue to address Austro German tensions and domestic unrest tied to mob violence and the Stavisky scandal. It orders swift justice, a probe into the Bayonne pawnshop collapse, and measures to counter strikes and communist riots.
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Richard Maslock
Associated Press
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Bayonne
Stavisky
Serge Stavisky
Postmasters Named In Carolina Towns
President Roosevelt today nominated postmasters for eight offices in the Carolinas. In North Carolina the appointees are James A. Bonner Aurora Berder B Long Cullowhee Newberry McDevitt Marshall William H Strearns Tryon and in South Carolina William C Coward Cheraw William H Gibson Sharon David E Sauls Smoaks and George C Cartwright York.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carolinas
North Carolina
James A. Bonner
Aurora
Berder B. Long
Cullowhee
Newberry McDevitt
Marshall
William H. Strearns
Tryon
South Carolina
William C. Coward
Cheraw
William 8. Gibson
Sharon
David E. Sauls
Smoaks
George C. Cartwright
York
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Mayfoid Ocean Mail Contracts
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Silver Lake
Hatteras Village
Mistrial
U. S
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U. S. Treasury
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Vernon Avenue
Chicago
Harold Nathan
Department of Justice
Cummings
U.S
Uncle Sam
Forestry Corps
Pacific
Carolina
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