Hitler and Austrian Chancellor Hold Secret Meeting
Stalin era style dispatch reports Hitler met Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg at Berchtesgaden in a secret session amid Austria talks and plans for wider conciliation. The move signals potential shift as Germany press signals regard to union with Austria and reassertion of influence in Europe.
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Hitler
Erlin
Adolf Hitler
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
der Fuehrer
Imany
Iler
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Europe
Niment Y
Berlin
Hull Seeks Steady Course in U S Foreign Policy
Secretary Hull outlined a foreign policy avoiding extreme international entanglements and isolation. He urged larger military forces for peace and supported a declaration against aggression in navy expansion, stressing free judgment and independence while aligning on common interests with other governments.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
America
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Yadkin River War Commission Review Slows Hydroelectric Project
In Richmond on February 12, Carolina Aluminum seeks U S Court of Appeals review of the War Commission ruling against its $6,000,000 hydro electric project at Tuckertown on the Yadkin River. The decision delays plans for a proposed power facility and raises questions over regulatory authority.
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Arolina Aluminum Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Carolina Aluminum
North Carolina
United States i Court of Appeals
Tuckertown
Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter And Gets 12 Years
Newton report says Lawrence Reinhardt of near Hick pleaded guilty in junior court to manslaughter in the killing of Setzer. Judge J Ausseau sentenced him to 12 years in the state penitentiary with 18 years potential.
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Man
Scene of Killing May Spark Chicago Gang War
Chicago police investigated Costello killing as potential trigger for new gang war. Detectives sought Capone era remnants to identify three gunmen who killed Sam Costello and wounded his associates at a Chicago Heights bakery. Police guarded wounded men at the hospital as Costello's gang, about eighteen strong, gathered outside. Capone's mob activity cited amid the illness of Capone in Alcatraz.
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Chicago
al Capone
Sam Costello
Chicago Heights
Costello
Courtney
Capone
Alcatraz
Hoey Denies 30 Day Reprieve For Smoak
Raleigh Feb 12 AP Governor Hoey refused a 30 day reprieve for B L Smoak 39 a former carpenter's assistant sentenced to death for the poison murder of his daughter Annie Thelma a high school student The governor studied affidavits from Smoak's counsel claiming the daughter had expressed intentions to kill herself Hamilton Fish Jr will speak at Lincoln Day dinner in Greensboro and Republicans hold meetings amid plans for a strong party push
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Raleigh
B. L. Smoak
Hoey
Smeak
Annie Thelma
Hamilton Fish
Greensboro
Weather Outlook for the Week Ending February 19
The forecast covers the South Atlantic states with rain in the northern portion early and late in the week, little rain in Florida. Temperatures are mild in the south with frequent changes in the north.
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South Atlantic States
Secion
Florida
Farm Bill Faces Senate Test Amid Strong Support
Washington reports Democratic leaders expect an overwhelming Senate vote Monday to approve the farm bill advancing crop control measures. Senator Barkley of Kentucky defends the measure while Senator Bailey of North Carolina warns of drastic farm losses from production cuts. Senator Norris notes possible flaws but sees overall benefit.
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Washington
Senate
Maen
Barkley
Kenucky
Monay
White House
Bailey
D-Nc
North Carolina
Norris
Ind-Neb
Republicans gather in Greensboro for Lincoln Day events
Republicans from all sections of North Carolina converge on Greensboro for three sessions praising the party. The ninth annual Lincoln Day dinner features Representative Hamilton Fish of New York as chief speaker, with J Bennett Riddle Jr and William C Meekina to introduce and speak. Plans for the Charlotte state convention on March 16 are discussed.
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Greensboro
South
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
North Carolina
New Yorker
GOP
Young Republicans
Republican State Executive Committee
Hamilton Fish
J. Bennett Riddle, Jr
Morganson
Republicans
Rep. Fish
William C. Méekina
Hendersonville
Charlotte
L. L. Wall
Winston-Salem
Congress
Newspaper Publisher Files Candidacy for Meath District Seat
CARTHAGE February 12 John Beasley a newspaper publisher announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for representative from the Meath district Rep Walter Lambeth has said he would not seek re election.
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Carthage
John Beasley
Meath
Walter Lambeth
Justice Peace Assured In New Rumanian Rule
Bucharest announces a manifesto promising justice and prosperity through radical reforms including organized emigration of Jewish surplus population. It pledges continued relations with England and France, adherence to the League of Nations, and a crackdown on what it calls undesirable foreign elements.
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Bucharest
Fereiit
Romania
England
France
Act of Nations
Christian Brotherhood
Rubtene
Minorttlee
Rumania
Gardner Not 10 Head Exchange
Former North Carolina governor Max Gardner stated in a letter to RE H Simmons that he could not accept the presidency of the New York Stock Exchange due to his professional duties and obligations. He asked that his name not be considered for the post.
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Washington
Max Gardner
North Carolina
New York Stock Exchange
RE. H. H. Simmons
Special Stock Exchange
Accident delays Symphony finale in Winston-Salem
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra postponed its last North Carolina appearance before a Virginia tour after a truck carrying instruments was struck near Siler City. Two people in the other truck suffered minor injuries.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina
Virginia
Siler City
Two Brothers Face Long Prison Terms For Slaying Barber
Newton men Woodrow and Marshall Johnson were found guilty of second degree murder in the December 24 slaying of John Guthrie, a Hickory barber. Judge Rousseau sentenced Woodrow to 30 years and Marshall to 22 to 28 years in the state penitentiary. Guthrie was stabbed in the barber shop building.
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Newton
Woodrow Johnson
Marshall Johnson
John Guthrie
L. A Rousseau
Woodrow
State Penitentiary
Marshall
Guthrie
Floods and Snow Cut California Roads and Homes
Floods and heavy snow in central and northern California leave about 1000 homeless and raise death toll to at least 14. The Pajaro river swelled near Watsonville and Soledad, washing out a bridge and halting coast highway travel. Mountain snows add to traffic disruption with massive snowbanks along the Sierra and avalanche dangers reported.
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Calif
San Francisco
California
Fresno
Red Bluff
Jajaro
Watsonville
Salinas
Soledad
Metx
King City
Sierra
Soda Springs
Norden
Truckee
Wrights Consciousness Proves Puzzle To Jury
In Los Angeles on February 12 Paul A. Wright was convicted of manslaughter for killing his wife and John Kimel in his home last November. The jury of four women and eight men, once unable to decide whether he killed consciously or accidentally, faced a fresh verdict after a two hour prior deliberation and were told to resume at 9 am.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimel
Wright Home
Japanese Move Toward Inner Mongolia Could Target Chinese Route
Reporting from Peiping Feb 12 indicates heavy Japanese troop movements toward inner Mongolia and Paotouchen in Suiyuan as a potential drive to sever China’s 300 mile highway to Soviet Russia. Japanese columns head toward Kalgan while Hankow fears disruption of vital supply lines. China and Soviet aid rumors persist amid Communist activity near the Peiping Hankow railway.
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Inner Mongolia
China
Peiping
Japan
Paotouchen
Suiyuan
Soviet Russia
Heiping
Kalgan
Chahar
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Peiping-Hankow
Pao Jingfu
Conduct of APS Explained to U.S
Tokyo admits Japanese soldiers committed disorders in Nanking and entered American property at Hangchow in response to a U.S. protest of January 17. The note blames the Nanking incidents on unavoidable insufficiency of the force guarding third power rights and interests.
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Tokyo
United States
Nanking
Hangchow
Cotton 10 Stay Low Says Bailey
Senator Bailey told the senate that cotton prices will stay under 11 cents a pound during the next year. He said the agriculture department will assure there is no chance of cotton rising above 11 cents in the next twelve months unless a world war occurs.
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Washington
Bailey
Senate
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Employers Praised For Wages By Hoey
Raleigh February 12 Governor Hoey praised employers for maintaining the wage scale in North Carolina and urged adding more workers where possible. He noted some slack in certain lines but said unemployment remains lower than in many other states and the recession has not hit residents as hard.
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Raleigh
Hoey
North Carolina
Richmond student dies from Monday car crash
Charles Hallowell, 22, of Atlantic City New Jersey a sophomore at the University of Richmond died in a hospital after an automobile carrying college students left a curve and struck a tree. A companion from Roanoke Rapids North Carolina was still under treatment. Hallowell was partially paralyzed.
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Richmond
Charles Hallowell
Atlantic City
N. J
University of Richmond
Aoke Rapids
N. C
Japan Refuses to Disclose Naval Plans to Allies
Tokyo declares it will discuss disarmament only on a quantitative basis by fleet size, not individual ships. It says no plan to build battleships beyond the 35 000 ton limit and refuses disclosure of naval construction details while warning that rising armaments elsewhere may force Japan to adjust its own plans.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
France
Great Britain
Joseph C. Grew
Kensaki Horinoushi
Russia
Germany
Calls Girl Then Shoots Himself in Los Angeles Case
Louisville police report William Richard Tompkins of Gallatin Tennessee shot himself after a telephone call to Miss Dora Nunsell in Los Angeles saying he would kill himself. Detectives say the 32 year old left a letter in his room to Charles R Tompkins of Gallena asking that Nunsell be repaid from a $5 000 life policy and $400 borrowed from her. The letter dated February 8 was written on South Bend Indiana hotel stationery. He spoke with Nunsell at the Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles around 1 20 a m CST.
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Louisville
William Richard Tompking
Gallatin
Tenn
Dora Nunsell
Los Angeles
Tompkins
Charles R. Tompkins
Rebels Resume Offense Across Eastern Spain Fronts
Rebels pressed the mining region of eastern Badajoz province aiming to cut the Peraleja Salamoa highway as Franco's troops seized six positions in Las Arenas including four hills. In Aragon north of Teruel Franco consolidated gains while government mines hit University City in Madrid with limited losses reported.
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France
Badajoz
Peraleda
Salamoa
Salamanca
Francisco Franco
Las Arenas
Madrid
Franco
Aragon
Teruel
Alhambra
Valencia
Catalonia
University City
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