Catholics Return To First Sunday Masses In 12 Years
Joyous Catholics in Vera Cruz streamed to candle lit churches for the first Sunday services since 1924 as authorities monitored violations of stringency rules. Rioting and demonstrations across the state stirred fear with Cordoba reporting a fatality. Governor’s aide predicted settlement within 15 days and word spread that President Cardenas might travel to Orizaba to intervene.
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Aba
Vera Cruz
Mexic
Cordoba
Miguel Aleman
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Orizaba
Farley To Speak At State Railway Mail Dinner
Postmaster General James A. Farley will deliver the principal address at the annual statewide dinner of the Railway Mail association in Greensboro Tuesday evening March 9.
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Greensboro
James A. Farley
Railway Mail Association
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance marks 30th anniversary
The Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company of Greensboro reports strong fiscal health at its thirtieth annual stockholders meeting. President Julian Price notes assets up over 500000 for the year, a 11 percent cut in real estate, and a 7 million dollar rise in mortgage loan assets while policy loans fall. The board elects officers including Price, Leak, Smith, Bryan, Holderness, and Kelly, with an executive committee of Price, Leak, Smith, and Kelly.
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Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
Julian Price
Mr. Price
C. Elmer Leak
Julius C. Smith
Joseph M. Bryan
Howard Holderness
Richard C. Kelly
Ralph C. Price
BH. R Leak
L. M. Johnson
A. Reid Perkins
O. R. Brockmann
J. H. Barrier
G. K. Cavanaugh
T. Bultman
L. T. Bass
D. G. Mebane
D. J. Tribble
W. P. Burgess
J. 8. Cause
Nizam’s Jubilee Celebrations Highlight Hyderabad Ruler’s Rule
The Nizam of Hyderabad, ruler over 14.5 million subjects, prostrated in prayer amid a display of religious freedom. Crown Prince Azam Jah led a military parade, while Arab and African cavalry impressed attendees. Kishan Pershad praised the Nizam as a Mogul relic as taxi strikes disrupted travel, and gifts totaling over a million dollars were expected in coming days.
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Hyderabad
Azam Jah
Maharajah Kishan Pershad
Jury Discharged In Lindbergh Kidnap Case
New York February 13 The jury trying two of five men accused of forcing Paul Wendell to confess to the Lindbergh kidnapping was discharged after 20 hours of deliberation without a verdict. Wendell claimed abduction and torture led to a false confession before Hauptmann’s execution.
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New York
Paul H. Wendell
Lindbergh
Wendell
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Far Reaching Changes Pitched for Supreme Court
Discussion of President Roosevelt's plan to expand the U S Supreme Court to as many as 15 members while ensuring independence. Arguments against include risk of packing the court and eroding checks and balances, with six of nine justices eligible to retire under the proposal.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Court of Nine
Jefferson
Johnson
Grant
Viewpoints emerge in debate over court plan
Supporters argue the proposal preserves the court as an institution while temporarily eclipsing a one man majority that has thwarted congressional will. They contend new appointees may not be puppets and that constitutional amendments would not alter the court’s essence. The debate unfolds in hearings and public discourse.
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Congress
Court
Poll on Wagner Act and Public Utilities Holding Act
The Enterprise asks readers to vote on the plan to expand the Supreme Court and the president’s New Deal program. It notes disagreement with the current court and cites a national referendum through seven hundred newspapers.
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Enterprise
Holt McPherson
The
Polls Open In High Point As Nation Weighs Roosevelt Plan
The Enterprise reports a nationwide poll underway in High Point. Tomorrow Robert H. Jackson will present arguments for Roosevelt's proposal. The next day Frederick H. Stinchfield will argue against the plan.
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High Point
Enterprise
NEA Service, Inc
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Roosevelt
Frederick H. Stinchfield
American Bar Association
Senators Edge Closer in Battle Over Court Expansion
President Roosevelt presses a plan to add one justice for each retiree past 70. In private talks with Senators Kink Van Nuys and Burke opposed to the measure while Harrison backs it and Byrnes already supports it. Current tallies show 29 for 27 against with 40 undecided as Glass denounces the proposal.
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Roosevelt
High Tribunal
Kink
van Nuys
D-Ind
Burke
D-Neb
Harrison
Dmiss
Glass
D-Va
Senate
Lewis
D-Ill
Court
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Hoover
Liquor Bill Seen Advancing In State Senate
The state senate schedules a special order to create a state liquor board while counties keep profits. the measure trims state control and relies on sales taxes and local levies. Prohibition history near 1900 includes leaders like Heriot Clarkson and Cameron Morrison shaping dry laws.
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Senate
North Carolina
Heriot Clarkson
Charlotte
Supreme Court
Cameron Morrison
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Mexico
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
Congress
Battle
Clarkson
North Carolina Liquor History and Prohibition Shifts
The text traces North Carolina liquor policy from 1908 dry victory to later acts allowing limited delivery in 1915, the 1923 Turlington law, and subsequent moves: 1933 repeal votes, county store allowances in 18 counties, court challenges, and a 1935 study recommending a state system while resisting a statewide referendum. It notes key figures Clarkson Oates Daniels Gregg and Zeb Turlington.
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Rowan
Forsyth
Harry P. Gregg
Statesville
Zeb Turlington
Clarkson and
Oates
Clarkson
Josephus Daniels
Drys
Supreme Court
Liquor Study Commission
House
Neutrality study opens Senate body debate continues
The Senate body debates neutrality policy as Pittman proposes an amendment to lift insurance protection for goods shipped during war. He argues his bill would keep American ships out of danger zones, while another measure would bar American cargoes from entering those zones.
GM workers return to Flint plants as operations resume
Workers smile as wheels turn at the Fisher No 2 plant and the Buick and Chevrolet sites begin reopening. Maintenance crews remove barricades at the north unit sit down and by week’s end most of Flint’s 43,000 GM employees are back at work, with similar moves in other cities.
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Fisher No. 2
Buick
Chevrolet
General Motors
Flint
Snowbound Rescues Underway Across Four Western Areas
Rescue crews raced to free more than 100 trapped individuals in four western locales and to locate seven missing men. In Nevada near Jacobs Lake 32 marooned since December 27 sought aid as food dwindled and a footpath escape loomed. Highway teams neared Denny mining camp in Trinity County California where 73 snowbound residents faced weeks of isolation. Searches also probed a record January storm's aftermath in Oregon and for A J Leaton near Coos Bay. Wild weather hampered efforts from coast to inland hills.
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Grand Canyon
Jacobs Lake
Nev
Denny
Trinity County
California
Oregon
Glendale
Coos Bay
A. J. Leaton
Millicoma Creek
Jack Wilbur
Rogue River
Grants Pass
Local Motorist Hurt In Wreck Near Fayetteville
Hyman Weinberg of Shelton Connecticut a manufacturer suffered minor injuries when his car overturned on a highway near Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Hyman Weinberg
Shelton
Credit Men's Association to Meet in Tharlotte
Credit Men's Association of the Carolinas plans a meeting in Tharlotte tomorrow with members expected to attend from regional chapters. The event signals a regional finance roundtable and networking opportunity for industry professionals.
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Tharlotte
Credit Men's Association of the
Carolinas
Body of Child Found Near Home in Florida
Madison Florida February thirteenth 12 year old Mary Jenkins was found dead near her home with her throat slit from ear to ear. She was last seen Thursday night leaving a motion picture theater. A coroner's jury recessed and will continue its inquest.
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Madison
Fla
Mary Jenkins
Coroner's Jury
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