Last Minute Bulletins Burst of Crashes and Trials
A Durham crash report lists five local injured or dead including Lawrence Gossett Julian Bolton and others after a January 11 collision with a westbound Southern passenger train at Milton Avenue. Separate items include a murder charge against Arthur Mahoney in London and various political and legal notes from New York to Spain.
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Durham
Wrence Gossett
Linwood
O'Neal
Ulian Bolton
Archie Smith
Southern
Passcnr
Milton Aveue Crossing
London
Tng
Scotland Yard
Irish Reblican
Plane Missing Off Alaska With Five Aboard
A Marine Airways plane carrying five people disappeared after a in flight from Ketchikan to Juneau. Pilot Lon Cope reported a run off Grand Island near Taku inlet and lost contact near Stephens Passage. Coast Guard cutters searched the area but found no trace, and guardsmen continued patrols for flares.
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Alaska
Marine Airways
Ketchi
Juneau
Lon Cope
Grand Island
Takui
Ketkan
Cope
John Chapi
E. E. Earl Clifford
George Champlain
Coast Guard
Ida
Stephens Passage
Here
Maina
Mandalay Disturbances Enter Burma Amid Tear Gas Clashes
Police in Angoon Burma used tear gas to disperse crowds as unrest spread toward Mandalay. The incident left two dead and twenty four wounded as the house of representatives debated security measures.
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Angoon
Burma
Mandalay
House of Repretatives
Session in Respect to Pope Pius XI Delays Key Confirmations
Washington February 13 AP Disputes over presidential judgeships and foreign policy kept the session short in respect to Pope Pius XI. Senator King stalled James V Allred's federal district judge confirmation in Texas and may seek a voice vote later. The Senate military panel rejected public testimony on selling warplanes to France. House Ways and Means heard proposals to social security and a Townsend plan advocate claimed faster money velocity. Civil liberties panel urged new laws to curb labor spying and restrict company police. Republicans exulted on Lincoln Day while Democrats sought unity. House to meet tomorrow after a 40-member meeting tonight.
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Pius XI
King
Utah
Senate
James V. Allred
Texas
France
House Ways and Means
Civil Liberties Committee
Congress
Roosevelt Improves After Grippe. Plans Southbound Cruise
President Roosevelt, confined three days with grippe, shows improvement with normal temperature. White House physician advises rest but says no obstacle to Thursday night departure for a southern cruise. He will continue handling mail and receive officials in bed, with a luncheon canceled.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rosa T. McIntire
White House
Marvin McIntyre
Senate
House
Hull
Welles
State Department
Rayburn
Texas
South
Oswaldo Aranha
Three Are Killed And Five Injured In Quarry Blast
Three are killed and five seriously injured in a quarry dynamite blast. Police report unclear cause as crews search debris for victims.
Eastern Rivers Push Toward Sea Cresting Flood Waters
Rivers in eastern North Carolina flood plains rise toward the coast with the Cape Fear cresting at 45 feet near Fayetteville. The Neuse River climbs at Goldsboro and threatens Kinston, while the Tar and Roanoke remain in flood or rising stages through the week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Kinston
Tarboro
Greenville
Roanoke
Weldon
Thousands File Past Bier For Last View Of Pius XI
Thousands more filed past the bier at St Peter's Cathedral as cardinals begin conclave preparations to choose a new pope. Foreign cardinals arrived for the election with Prince Don Ludovico Chigi Albani appointed to enforce conclave secrecy.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s
Congregation of Cardinals
Don Ludovico Chigi Albani
Chigi
Pius
St. Peter's
Pietro Pisani
Dynamite Blast Kills Three, Injures Five at Mars Hill Quarry
Three workers died and five were seriously hurt in a dynamite blast at a rock quarry near Mars Hill. The explosion occurred at 6:45 am while workers warmed by an open fire. Names of the dead include Fred Thomas, Cling Shelton, and Roscoe Metcalf. Injured were taken to a hospital in Asheville for treatment.
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Mars Hill
Nello Teer Construction Company
Durham
Fred Thomas
Cling Shelton
Laurel
Roscoe Metcalf
Asheville
Francis Edwards
Charles Franks
Swain
Double Shooting In Winston-Salem
L C Dula 55 killed his wife 45 and seriously wounded son 22 after a family quarrel in Winston-Salem. The wife died in hospital hours later and Dula attempted to cut his own throat. Richard 22 stated his father went haywire with a pistol. Dula’s past included a prison term for embezzlement.
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Winston-Salem
L. C. Dula
Dula
Richard
Works Progress Administration
Political posts out for WPA jobs
WPA officials said state administrators have ordered aides who held political posts as county committeemen to resign from those posts or give up their WPA positions. The move follows Washington instructions enforcing the no politics in relief provisions of the act authorizing an extra 725 million dollars for relief this year.
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Washington
WPA
Congress
Trading markets closed for Lincoln observance
New York reports the New York Stock Exchange curb cotton exchange Chicago board of trade and most major markets closed today in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Remaining open were the New Orleans cotton exchange the Chicago and New York livestock markets and Savannah naval stores. European and Canadian markets were open.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
New Orleans
Lincoln Birth Observed by GOP Across Nation
Republicans held Lincoln birthday dinners across major cities with 1590 reservations in New York to hear Hoover speeches and remarks from five governors. National Commander Chadwick praised Lincoln’s ideals at Springfield tomb while Wallace condemned Nazi racial supremacy in New York. Roosevelt sent a wreath due to illness.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
John Hamilton
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Wallace
Germany
Lincoln Shrine
Washington
Roosevelt
Midwest Groups Move Toward Nazi Barter Deals
German sources report negotiations for barter exchanges between Germany and Midwest farm and packer groups. Officials say non governmental agencies could handle the deals exchanging lard and wheat for German manufactured goods. Seeded by cooperative leaders in Chicago and Washington, the plan hinges on Treasury rules and Hull’s approval.
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Germany
Midwest
Chicago
Dr. Fricke
Wilhelm Tannenberg
Tannenberg
Fricke
United States Treasury
Hull
New Formula To Administer Relief Sought
A powerful congressional group seeks a new formula for WPA relief with plans from Senator Byrnes and Representative Woodrum. The Byrnes proposal would expand unemployment benefits and create a new public works department. Woodrum would cut relief and reinstate state admin control. Republicans press for limited WPA funding while awaiting revision action tied to next year's appropriation.
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DSC
Representative Woodrum
D-Va
House
Byrnes
Department of Public Works
WPA
PWA
Bureau of Public Roads
Construction Division
The
Treasury
Woodrum
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Nine Hundred Students Flee Fire At School
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on February 13 a four story high school burned after a boiler room fire spread through the ventilation system. About nine hundred students fled the building with no injuries reported. School board president George H. Hazel valued the loss at $150000.
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Bellefonte
Coatliess
George H. Hazel
Rublee Quits Refugee Job
London reports indicate George Rublee resigned as director of the Intergovernmental Refugee Committee and a non American successor was named. Rublee noted he could serve only temporarily and planned to sail for the United States by week end. The committee reviewed Hitler’s plan permitting Jews to return to trades during emigration talks and details on quotas and a trust fund for emigration aids.
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London
George Rublee
Intergovernmental Refugee Committee
Hitler
Rublee
Roosevelt
United States
Madison
Wisconsin
Inter-Allied Maritime Commission
Intergovernmental
Evians-Les-Bains
Germany
Hull Promises U S Will Meet Any Challenge
Washington February 13 Secretary Hull declared America would meet any foreign challenge with determined defense and resistance, signaling the start of the $552 million armament program debate. House plans to consider 300 million for army planes 23 million for Panama Canal defense and 32.5 million for civilian pilot training. Senate panel also weighs releasing an edited record on plans to sell American warplanes to France amid partisan foreign policy debate.
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Hull
America
House
Panama Canal
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
United States
Senate Military Committee
France
Senator Nye
RND
Roosevelt
Europe
Lee
D-Okla
Nye
France Ready But Decision Is Not Final
Prime Minister Chamberlain hinted at possible British and French recognition of the Insurgent regime in Spain but cautioned that no decision had been made. He relayed a note from Franco loyalists claiming airmen disobeyed orders in an attack on Minorca from the British cruiser Devonshire.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Spain
Chambrelain
Minorca
Devonshire
Palma
Mallorca
Franco
Balearic Island
Balearic
Arthur Henderson
Mail Order Booze Bill Proposed by North Carolina Senate
Senator Umstead of Orange said a bill to allow mail order liquor shipments into county and city areas will be introduced in the Senate. He described it as a control measure funding enforcement and cited large bootlegging figures in dry counties including Guilford and Granite Falls with January 1938 shipments.
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Raleigh
State Board of Alcoholic Control
Senate
Umstead
Orange
ABC
North Carolina
Guilford County
Granite Falls
U. S. Patrol Moves To Hainan Island
In Hong Kong on February 13 Captain John T. G. Stapler commander of the United States navy China patrols arranged to go to Hainan Island occupied by Japan to protect American lives and interests there. He transferred the flag from the Mindinao to the destroyer John D. Edwards as preparations were made for the trip. The Mindinao returned to Canton with official notice to the Japanese consul general.
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Hong Kong
John T. G. Stapler
United States Navy
China
Hainan Island
Stapler
Mindinao
John D. Edwards
Canton
United States
Addison E. Southard
Hainan
Japanese occupy Hainan Island amid colonial lifelines risk
French sources in Paris say Japan's Friday action on Hainan violates promises to France and Great Britain. The Chinese island lies near key British and French empire lifelines, about 200 miles from Indo China and 300 miles from Hong Kong.
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South China
Indo-China
Hongkong
Paris
Japan
France
Great Britain
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