Neutrality extension bill moves in House
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reports unanimous approval of a bill to extend the neutrality law to May 1 1937 with added limits on loans and credits to belligerents and a standstill on commercial credit. The measure mirrors a foreign relations version and faces debate under suspension rules. In Paris Royalist actions spark unrest after a decree dissolving militant groups. In Washington Senate panel backs the Smith cotton sale bill 13 to 2 amid government opposition.
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House Foreign Affairs
Belje
Associated Press
Paris
France
Albert Sarraut
Albert Lebrun
Action Francaise
Sarraut
Oreo
Jeon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Charles Maurras
Dandet
Alphonse
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Smith
D-Sc
Smith
Oscar Johnston
Cotton Producers Pool
Federal Commodity Credit Corporation
Supreme Court
Senate
Robinson
Dickingon
Ria
Dickinson
Norris
R-Neb
Connally
D-Tex
Norrie
Congress
J. R. McCarl
Lawyer Searches for Clues in Hauptmann Case
Samuel S. Leibowitz, eighth lawyer linked to the Lindbergh baby murder, questioned Hauptmann in the death cell and said he would return Sunday as Hauptmann’s 30 1/2 year reprieve nears expiration. Gov. Hoffman has not indicated a new reprieve. Leibowitz noted Hauptmann cried and mentioned Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean’s interest in the case.
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Trenton
N. J
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Leibowitz
New York
Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Isidor Fisch
Asd Hauptmann
Profit taking sweeps market after opening
The stock market opened with profit taking erasing earlier fractional gains. Aircraft shares rose in some cases while U S Steel Bethlehem Consol Gas and others dipped. Western Union Westinghouse slid while Douglas Curtiss Wright Boeing United Aircraft Packard and others remained firm. Foreign exchanges were higher in dollar terms and cotton rose amid irregular gains. Call money stood at 1/2 percent.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Consolidated Gas
Great Northern
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Chrysler
General Motors
Case American Can
American Radiaotr
Western Union
Westinghouse
Douglas
Curtiss-Wright
Boeing
United Aircraft
Packard
Johns-Manville
American Telephone Radio
Atlantic Coast Line
Students Quited After Probe of Cheating Ring
Disciplinary action announced at University of South Carolina as four students are discharged for illegally procuring and selling examinations from January tests. Two others suspended, one indefinitely and another for one year, with fingerprints taken by a state law enforcement official during investigation.
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Columbia, &. C
University of South Carolina
University of North Carolina Student Council
Exhumation Sought in 1934 Raleigh Shooting Case
In Eigh, Feb. 14, M. V. Barnhill tests exhumation for Teague shot to death a year ago. Order granted by counsel for A Mervin Lel as he faces trial on charges tied to ballistic evidence. Supreme Court may grant new trial after prior Mitchell decision.
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Robinson
AAA
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Norrin
Eigh
M. V. Barnhill
Teague
A. Mervinlel
Mitchell
Fresh graded firsts and firm prices in market update
A brief market report notes firm prices for fresh graded firsts at 32 with receipts 32 and additional figures 9.060 and 6.168 referenced in the AGO February update.
Weather Chaos Hits Northern Hemisphere With Storms
Widespread atmospheric disturbances lash the northern hemisphere with wind dust and snow storms. Montana reports a moderate earthquake while fires and floods threaten regions US wide. influenza illness hits a Hollywood troupe and Navajo children near Gallup. Death tolls rise across Europe and coast storms.
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United States
Montana
Hollywood
Elliott Nugent
Gallup
N. Mex
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Italy
Great Britain
European
Solons Adjourn In Honor Of Late Governor Blackwood
The South Carolina legislature recessed early to honor former Governor Ibra C. Blackwood who died Wednesday night in Spartanburg. The Senate planned a local option liquor amendment vote for Wednesday while the House sent the auto license tag bill to the Senate.
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Columbia
8. C
Ibra CC. Blackwood
Spartanburg
Senate
House
Landon In Political Spot As Time Is Growing Short
The piece notes Governor Alf Landon of Kansas may enter Republican presidential primaries as filing deadlines approach in Illinois and other states. It contrasts Knox and Borah plans, mentions Landon’s Opoke speech, and recalls Hoover reacting to Ickes.
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Landon
Washington
Prairies
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Illinois
Frank Knox
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Opoke
Kan
Knox
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Hoover
Portland
Ore
Ickes
Southern Rail Traffic Readies for Winter Peak
Railroad traffic to the south is set to rise to a new peak this winter due to prolonged cold in the northeast. Travel from the Pennsylvania terminal has doubled, with expectations of higher load after next week. Pullman cars report stronger demand for rooms over berths. The Florida special of the Pennsylvania Atlantic Coast Line required five all-pullman trains today.
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New York
Pennsylvania Terminal
Pullman
Florida
Pennsylvania Atlantic Coast Line
Church Officers To Be Installed Sunday at Emmanuel Church
Twelve officers chosen in the latest election of Emmanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church near Thomasville will be installed Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev. Kendall Shoffner will preside. Elders include J. W. Bowers Eag R McCoy Grimes W T Fouts Jesse F Myers Charles F Myers and Hilloehr. Deacons include Willie Myers Charles Bowers Fred Bodenheimer Boyd Fouts Nelson A Harris and Allen L Hedrick. They may also be ordained and will serve during the church’s first memorial association planned for this spring.
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Thomasville
Consiatory
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Kendall Shoffner
J. W. Bowers
Eag
R. McCoy Grimes
W. T. Fouts
Jesse F. Myers
Charles F. Myers
Hill Oehr
Willie Myers
Charles Bowers
Fred Bodenheimer
Boyd Fouts
Nelson A. Harris
Allen L. Hedrick
First Memorial Association
Emmanuel Church
Fire destroys Chowan High School building in Edenton
Edenton February 14 report says Chowan High School, ten years old and 12 miles north, costing 106000, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin Wednesday night. The school had just reopened after weather closures.
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Edenton
Chowan
Here
Dr John W Dyer Held in Contempt of Court in Alimony Case
Greensboro February 14 Special Dr John W Dyer High Point physician returned to Guilford Superior Court for sentencing to 30 days in the county jail for contempt of court for failing to follow alimony payment orders. Execut ion stayed if he pays 60 now and arranges 30 each on March 1 and April 1, proving he can meet the monthly 60 obligation to Edith Dyer.
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Greensboro
John W. Dyer
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Dyer
Julius A. Rousseau
Infant daughter born to Infanta Beatriz in Rome
The Infanta Beatriz gave birth today to a girl, the first grandchild of former King Alfonso of Spain. Both mother and baby are healthy, with Infanta Beatriz's husband Prince Alessandro Torlonia at the hospital.
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Rome
Infanta
Beatriz
Alfonso
Spain
Alessandro Torlonia
Railroads Seek Continued Low Fares Across three states
Railroads operating in Georgia Alabama and North Carolina asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to keep until December 31 the low experimental passenger fares set at 11 2 cents per mile in coaches, expiring April 1.
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Washington
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Japanese warned against nerve tests with Soviet
Moscow reports Karl Radek denounces Japanese militarists as their nerves and hands are in order and warns against provoking the Soviet Union. Border clashes near Outer Mongolia intensify after a Japanese Manchukuoan invasion and brief captures near Bulun Dersu.
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Moscow
Outer Mongolia
Karl Radek
Izcestia
Radek
Manchoukuoan
Outer Mongolian
Japan
Manchukuo
Ulan Hator
Mongolia
Alleg
Far
Bulun Dersu
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Lake Baikal
Far East
Tokyo
Europe
America
Ulan Bator
Verdicts Returned Against M P Church Board Total $68,658
Verdicts were returned against the Board of Education of the Methodist Protestant Church of North Carolina in Guilford Superior Court. The United Bank and Trust Co. won judgments of 5000 and 5200 with interest, plus added sums, bringing the day’s total to 68658.12. Endorsements questioned two year indebtedness dating.
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Greensboro
Gurney P. Hood
Guilford Superior Court
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Board of Education
Methodist Protestant Church of North Carolina
United Bank and Trust Company
Four Alarm Fire Destroys Hunter College Building
A four alarm blaze swept three floors of Hunter College in Manhattan on February 14. The historic women’s school, the largest in the United States, reported no students present during the fire. Portable authorities investigated the cause.
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New York
Manhattan
Hunter College
United States
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