Heiress Warns Against Davidson Marriage In Will Fight
In Carthage on February 11 W Barton Leach Harvard professor testified in a suit over the late Mrs. Davidson’s will. He said he warned against Brad Davidson Jr marrying her due to age and financial differences. He noted the heirs contesting the will seek to overturn a provision that left most of the estate to the husband.
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Carthage
W. Barton Leach
Harvard
Va Statler
Hadley Davidson Jr
J. M. Broughton
EB. M. Stat
England
Oster
Magte
Katherine Morn Statler
Tucson
Ariz
Anardian
Joanarne Statler
Davidson
Miss Isabella
Minneapolis
Miss Statler
Leach
Three Revenue Sources Considered To Fund Farm Relief
Washington February 11 admin experts seek tax sources to finance a new farm program and the AAA obligations. Proposals include excise taxes on processing farm commodities raising about 460 million, other taxes yielding 230 to 260 million, and retroactive excess profit taxes reclaiming 200 million from processors. Final choice unclear.
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Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Supreme Court
Two Trainmen Die In Jump From Steam-Filled Cab
The Atlantic Coast Line Florida Special killed engineer Co. B. Rutledge of Florence and fireman Paul Etheridge of Florence when a broken side rod punctured the boiler and steam filled the cab near Moncks Corner. Officials say they likely leaped to avoid scalding as the train slowed to a stop. Rutledge died in a hospital hours later, Etheridge died instantly.
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Moncks Corner
8. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Here
Co. B. Rutledge
Florence
Rutledge
Paul Etheridge
R. B. Hare
Columbia
Carolina
Hare
Harold
Oxford
N. C
Reggie
Willie Rutledge
Kentucky
Margaret Rutledge
McNary Moves Another Farm Bill On Senate Calendar
Washington Feb 11 Endorsement of the drive for soil conservation subsidies came from leaders of the farm bureau federations as the Smith Bank plan faced attack in the Senate Hastings attacked the subsidy measure while Rob Robinson and others defended it McNary noted a new farm bill offered by request by Navy with tariffs and farm payments based on the domestic allotment plan and customs receipts to aid new product markets George N Peek was cited as the drafter The debate touched on AAA policy and Supreme Court challenges to the Adjustment Act.
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Washington
Sidy-Soil Conservation Farm
Roosey
Iran Farm Bureau
Senate
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Earl Smith
Ilin Agriculture Association
Wlace
O'Neal
Hastings
Del
Rob
Navy
McNary
Geo N. Peek
Recon
Administration
R-Del
Smith-Bankhead
AAA
Robinson
Supreme Court
Four WPA Workers Killed In Auto Train Crash At Crossing
Four WPA laborers were killed when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad express train on a crossing near Gary Indiana. Victims were Peter Met 60 Garrett Vanderhook 55 Krit 45 all of Munster and Corneline Ver Back of Highland Indiana. The driver died later at Hammond hospital. Witnesses said the car veered into the path of the southbound express as frost blurred the windshield.
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Gary
Ind
WPA
Peter Met
Garrett Vanderhook
Krit
Munster
Corneline Ver Back
Highland
Hammond Hospital
Missing $411 Loot Stolen From Store Cash Rack
Hazel Snider, 27, reported an unidentified Black woman grabbed a bag containing $411 from a Winston-Salem store cash register drawer on February 11. Police investigate the apparent snatch theft and review security footage.
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Winston-Salem
Hazel Snider
Weather Outlook For Carolina With Clouds And Rain Risk
The forecast indicates generally fair conditions with cold tonight across the Carolina region. Tonight and Wednesday see increasing cloudiness in the south portion followed by rain by night. moderate to northeast winds and fresh northwest winds along the coast. notable readings show cool lows and variable temps across cities such as Jacksonville and Wilmington.
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Carolina
Jacksonville
Hatteras Freach
Jow
North Ion
Ingham
Leston
BOCK
Angeles
Nee Baen
Orleans
York
Sabe
Francisco
Bure Es
Pington Ince Wees
Tiny 12-Ounce Baby Dies After Week In Cardboard Box
In Philadelphia a eight day old girl weighing 12 ounces at birth died after living more than a week in a homemade incubator fashioned from a cardboard box. Dr H Lenox Dick noted the baby born three months premature and cared for at home by a nurse who fed her hourly and arranged the improvised incubator. A hospital later provided a standard incubator for continued care.
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Philadelphia
H. Lenox Dick
Alice Elizabeth Marta
Dr. Dick
Ernest
L. Noone
Clara Robinson
Noone
Lea denied clemency again for former senator
Luke Lea, serving six to ten years in a North Carolina prison for banking law violations, had his latest clemency petition refused by Governor Ehringhaus. The governor did not issue a formal denial, leaving open a possible future reconsideration. Lea sought immediate parole to take a job with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Raleigh
Luke Lea
Ehringhaus
United States
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Lea
U. S. Supreme Court
J. M. Broughton
Tennessee
Broughton
Larry McPhail
Reds
Cincinnati Reds
Puerto Rico
Young Fisherman Recalls Ice Battle And Losses
Clayton Brown 25 an ice-stranded fisherman survived a 40 mile sub zero gale after his boat jammed on a floe. His father in law Claude Beardsley 51 and coast guard surfman Earl Cunningham died. Brown crawled seven miles on frozen ice to reach a cabin and was saved by an Indian family.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Clayton Brown
Lake Michigan
Brown
Claude Beardsley
Earl Cunningham
Coast Guard
Beardsley
Cunningham
Post Office to Wipe Demerits and Start Fresh Merit System
The Post Office Department announces a new merit demerit program to separate demerits from efficiency ratings. Postmasters will cancel all demerits March 31 and start a fresh system allowing offsetting demerits with merits each fiscal year.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Eastern North Carolina farmers pledge support for crop control
In Greenville on February 11 a mass meeting of 3 500 Eastern North Carolina farmers pledged cooperation with any 1936 acreage control plan. Edward A. O Neal praised organized agriculture and Roosevelt policies. Tobacco growers agree to 70 percent of bases, cotton 55 to 65 percent, peanuts 80 percent of 1935 bases.
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Greenville
North Carolina
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
AAA
Two American Missionaries Ordered Released in Ethiopia
In Addis Ababa on February 11 1936 Crown Prince Asfa Wossen ordered the release of two North American missionaries held in Gamo province. Reverend Harold Street of Paxton Illinois and Reverend John Trewin of Toronto were detained since January 27. Street was shackled with a dog chain but both were described as well treated. Mrs Street reported the detention and that she and her four children were under guard.
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Associatea Prese
Addis Ababa
Gamo
Asfa Wosan
Harold Street
Paxton, II
John Trewin
Toronto
Sudan Interior Mission
T. A. Lamble
Ethiopia
Mr. Street
York
Neb
Century Old Church To Be Restored To Its Original Shape
Camden Ohio February 11 1925 The century old Bethesda Presbyterian church will be restored to its 1822 design including a rear steeple and five porches representing the Pool of Bethesda The exterior brick building appears sound but porches were removed in 1890 Interior changes followed The cornerstone laid March 25 1825 by Marquis de Lafayette marks a notable historic site tied to Baron DeKalb and Camden battle heritage The rear steeple tradition stems from past pastor Rev John Joyce and local architectural history remains a focal point
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Robert Milla
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron DeKalb
Camden
John Joyce
Primary battle looms in Illinois Borah Knox race
Illinois muzzles the Republican fight for the April 14 primary as Borah expands his field and Knox looms. Democratic leaders report 58 Roosevelt pledged delegates for Illinois while Nash and Campbell push full Roosevelt slates. Hoover warns of inflation while New Deal advocates tout payroll gains.
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Washington
Chicago
Illinois
Borah
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Edgar Cooke
Republican Voters League
Knox
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Patrick A. Nash
Philadelphia
Nash
Bruce Campbell
Illinois State Democratic Committee
National Committee
Cook County
Down State
Herbert Hoover
New Deal
Perkins
Waterville
Curtis Body Returned Home in Kansas Tribute
Curtis body returned to Topeka after death in Ashington as state lodges flag ceremony. Governor Landon aides, Arthur Capper and Gen M R McLean attend as state capitol becomes funeral chapel. A military guard honors the former vice president before burial beside his wife.
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Kansas
Topeka
Charles Curtis
Tepee
United States
Ashington
Congress
Arthur Capper
M. R. McLean
Alf M. Landon
Capitol
Publc
Bief
Curtis
Death ruled suicide in Asheville society matron
Coroner George F. Baier Jr lists the death of Mrs David B. Mogan as death by own action. The society matron was found shot to death at her home late Sunday night after a period of ill health.
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Asheville
George F. Baier, Jr
David B. Mogan
Society
Ill Heath
Soviets Accuse Japan of Border Troop Concentration
A Soviet dispatch from Urga accuses Japanese and Manchukuan forces of massing along the Outer Mongolian border for provocations. It cites clashes on the eastern Russian frontier near Manchoukuo with Mongolian troops repelling incursions and labels a reported Mongolian assault as a pure invention. Premier Gendun signals Mongolian reliance on Soviet aid if attacked.
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Mongolian
Moscow
Urga
Ulan Bator Koto
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Manchoukuo
Gendun
Mongolia
Soviet Union
Bulun Dersu
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Franco Russian War Pact Faces Chamber Debate
Paris February 11 France’s mutual assistance treaty with Soviet Russia was raised in the Chamber of Deputies for ratification. Marshal Toukatchevsky discussed its army application with War Minister Maurin, while rightist deputies signaled a fight ahead.
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Paris
France
Russia
Chamber of Deputies
Mikhail Toukatchevsky
Louis Felix Maurin
French Seaplane Ville deBuenos Aires Missing Over Atlantic
Air France seaplane Ville de Buenos Aires reported missing over the South Atlantic while en route from Natal Brazil to Dakar Africa. Five crew members and one passenger were aboard the craft which last radioed from Saint Paul Island about 600 miles off Brazil saying all well.
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PARS
Ville de Buenos Aires
Air France
South Atlantic
Ville de Buenos Aitres
Natal
Brazil
Dakar
Africa
Saint Paul Island
Seaplane Ville de Buenos Aires Missing After Brazil Departure
Air France offices report no word on the Ville de Buenos Aires since 1 p.m. local time yesterday after its departure from Brazil. The seaplane was expected to reach Dakar in about 18 to 19 hours, based on yesterday morning's route.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Air Rance
Ville de
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Dakar
Young Bandits Face Trial in Bank Robbery Case
Three youths Charles Honey Spires Elmer Leon Childers and Jesse L Hodges were brought to federal court in Aiken South Carolina on charges of robbing the Edisto cash depository at Denmark of 8000 in cash and bonds in an armed holdup last December 2 This first case under new federal bank insured depository legislation tests the new jurisdiction.
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Aiken
S. C
Edisto
Denmark
Charles (Honey) Spires
Elmer Leon Childers
Jesse L. Hodges
State Department Avoids Anti-Japanese Criticism in Congress
Washington February 10 The State Department refused to join in anti Japanese criticism amid calls in the House and Senate for stronger military defenses. Secretary Hull denied coordination with Senator Pittmans speech urging higher naval and air strength. A separate peacetime army appropriations bill totaling 338 782 232 was pressed for a vote despite no nation targeted.
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Washington
State Department
Pittman
D. Nev
Japan
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Blanton
Dtex
Stock Market Rises to Higher Levels in Active Trading
The stock market advanced further in heavy trading led by steel shares. Many issues hit six year highs as gains spread across motors rails utilities mines and specialties. Prominent buyers included U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Crucible Ludlum Otis General Motors Chrysler Western Union Great Northern N Y Central Deere General Electric Libby Owens Pure Oil Kennecott and Cerro de Pasco.
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New York
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Crucible
Ludlum
Otis
General Motors
Chrysler
Western Union
Great Northern
N. Y. Central
Deere
General Electric
Libby-Owens
Pure Oil
Kennecott
Cerro de Pasoco
Georgia Dems set fight over presidential primary
Atlanta February 11 1936 Georgia Roosevelt forces warn of battle at the ballot box as anti New Deal Governor Talmadge faces a possible primary push. Democratic chair Hugh Howell says the committee will meet to decide the issue and Allen Roosevelt campaign says no real answer has been given. The committee expected to convene next month.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Roosevelt
Talmadge
Hugh Howell
Democratic
Marion Allen
Roosevelt State c
United States
Howell
Allen
State Committee
Dan
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Farm Bureau Fed
Cincy Ball Club
P.O
Knox Hight
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