Beal Returns to Start 17 to 20 Year Prison Term
Fred Erwin Beal, a laborer who fled to Russia after a 1929 textile riot conviction, arrives in Raleigh to begin a 17 to 20 year sentence. He and lawyer George Roewer say he will fight for innocence and face the issues since the GasJaj era. state officials note his recent discussions with the attorney general and governor.
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Bulletliy
Raleigh
Fred Erwin Beal
Russia
A. A. F. Seawell
Erwin Beal
Beal
George Roewer
Boston
Mass
Nantisan Committee For the Deaf
Roewer
Comte
Gasja
O. F. Aderholt Gastonin
Defent
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
North Carolina
America
United States
Two Women Sentenced to Life for Bus Driver Slaying
Newark, N J Feb 16 Two young women convicted of slaying a bus driver during a $2 10 holdup were sentenced to life in prison. Ethel Sohl 20 and Genevieve Owens 18 faced judge Daniel J Brennan who upheld the guilty verdict with mercy recommendations as they showed distress and fear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Ethel
Bunny” Sohl
Genevieve Owens
Daniel J. Brennan
Bunny
Jenny
Genevieve
Farm Act Explained Friday to Farmers in Raleigh
E Arnold secretary of the farm means federation said he invited farmers from across the state to hear Senator P Pope Idaho Democrat and J B Hutson assistant AAA administrator here Friday Pope will explain the new act Hutson will cover tobacco and iron provisions at a morning meeting and the peanut program in the afternoon.
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Raleigh
E. _ Arnold
Farm Reans Federation
P. Pope
Idaho
J. B. Hutson
AAA
Pope
Arnold
Utson
Potato Prospects For North Carolina Farmers In Year
Rep. Lindsay Warren of the First District warned North Carolina potato farmers today at Washington that they face this year's price prospects. He spoke about income expectations and market conditions affecting potato sales.
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Washington, N. C
Lindsay Warren
First District
Northlina
Noe Takes Train for Baltimore
The Rev. Israel Harding Noe left Memphis by train at 4 40 a m for Baltimore to enter Johns Hopkins hospital. Former dean of fashionable St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral, ousted after a 22 day fast, traveled with nurse Edwin Smith.
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Memphis
Israel Harding Noe
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Edwin Smith
Records show park visitation over two million in Smokies
Records reveal that 2 728 392 people visited Great Smoky Mountain National Park between 1933 and February 1 this year, with Asheville reporting the figures.
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Smokies
Asheville
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Cold Wave Strikes Midwest and West Causing Deaths and Hunger
A sweeping winter cold from western Canada chills the Great Plains and Mountain states. Colorado Kansas Nebraska Montana report deaths from freezing and accidents. Food shortages affect 400 Lake Co district residents in California as aid appeals rise.
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Sinow
Montana
Nebraska
Denver
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Canada
Lake Oe
California
Carl Bechtold
Tape Inn
Glennock
Bechtold
Colorado
Kansas
Wyoming
Mississippi River
Utah
Highland Park Mills Told to Limit Interference in Unions
NLRB examiner Lawrence J. Kosters ruled that Highland Park Mills must refrain from interfering with union activities and ban collective bargaining with their employees. The finding followed a December hearing on unfair labor practice charges filed by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee, an affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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Highland Park Mills
NLRB
Charlotte
National Labor Relations Board
Textile Workers Organizing Commitee
Commitee For Industrial Organization
Lawrence J. Kosters
Washington
Machine Guns Rule Tijuana After Rioting
In Tijuana on February 16 martial law and machine guns dominated after a riot in which about 800 men and women tried to lynch a suspect in the sex slaying of an eight year old girl Olga Camacho. Police headquarters and a temporary jail were burned and several people injured by bullets or trampling. The attack suspect, a young soldier, was held at a secret location after confessing. General Manuel Contreras said the man confessed and is kept in a secure place.
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Tijuana
Mex
Olga Camacho
Manuel Contreras
Hoover in France on sentimental visit to Belgium aid role
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived from New York for a sentimental visit to Belgium where he helped feed the nation during World War I. He stopped at Le Havre, France, as part of a brief diplomatic and humanitarian tour.
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Hoover
France
le Havre
Herbert Hoover
New York
Belgium
Nazis Begin To Exert Influence In Austria
In Vienna on February 16, more than 2,000 amnestied Nazi convicts left Austrian prisons as a reorganized cabinet with Nazi influence took control of the republic. The moves followed the Berchtesgaden talks with Hitler and Mussolini, with Austria seen as a puppet state under their guidance and the new government promising internal peace and greater independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Azi
Austria
Schuschnigg
Hitler
Reichstag
Vienna
Austrian
Kurt Schuschnigg
Hunt Boy Lost Last Week End Near Joplin
In Joplin Missouri more than 100 men aided by airplanes searched fields and abandoned mines northwest of the city for Bert Walker a 12 year old who has been missing since Sunday. His sister Vivian May eight was found yesterday on a slag pile at home in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania suffering from exposure and unable to talk coherently she said Bert left her to get help when they became lost during a bicycle ride.
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Joplin
Here
Bert Walker
Vivian May
Pittsburgh
Eas
Wilkesboro Solicitor John R. Jones Says He Will Not Seek Reelection
John R. Jones, longtime solicitor for the 17th judicial district, announced in Wilkesboro that he will not run again after twelve years in the post. He did not cite a successor or future political plans.
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A. Wilkesboro
John R. Jones
17Th Judicial District
Wisconsin teen beats Dunkelberger in golf club title match
Bourleigh Jacobs aged 18 from Wauwatosa Wisconsin defeated Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point North Carolina one up in the second round of the annual championship of golf club champions held in St Augustine Florida on February 16.
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Dunkelberger
St, Augustine
Fla
Bourleigh Jacobs
Wauwatosa
Wis
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
N. C
Al Capone Deemed Sane by Psychiatrists
Washington reports psychiatrists examined Chicago racketeer Al Capone currently at Alcatraz and judged him sane after a period of observation for insanity. The Post says it was informed of the psychiatrists' conclusion.
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al Capone
Washington
The
Washington Post
Chicago
Alcatraz Prison
Capone
Cagers Open A A U Tournament In Raleigh Today
The Carolina A A U basketball tournament begins this afternoon at 4 45 in Harrison gymnasium with a double feature. High Point College meets Parkdale Athletic Club Gastonia at 6 00 while Chatham Elkwood finals last year face Blumenthal Greensboro in the senior women semifinal at 7 45. Junior section games start at 4 45 and run through 11 15 tonight with 33 teams entered and crowds expected over five days through Monday.
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Carolina A. A. U
Harrison Gynasium
High Point College
Parkdale Athletic Club
Gastonal
Chatham of
Elkin
Blumenthal Girls
Greensboro
Writley
Sporta
Bombs Endanger Mission Women in China Rescue Efforts
In Kaifeng on February 16 American women missionaries of the Independent Gospel Boat Mission were endangered when Japanese planes bombed their boats along the Yellow River. Miss Helen Bailey of North Carolina was wounded by shrapnel while Chinese helpers fled to trenches. two mission goats were killed. Earlier Kaifeng warned of air raids. no bombs dropped there yet. In Shanghai US Marines repelled a Japanese patrol trying to reach the international settlement.
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Kaifeng
China
Independent Gospel Boat Mission
Yellow River
Tenokang
Helen Bailey
North Carolina
Southern Presbyterian Mission
Miss Bailey
Shanghai
United States
Loyalists Launch New Offensive Across Eastern Spain
From Hendaye on the Spanish frontier dated February 16, government forces pushed an attack between Teruel and Zaragoza. Troops advanced a two and a half mile front near Montalban, seized Atalaya hill, encircled Villanueva del Rebollar, and moved toward Vives del Rio Martin to outflank insurgents to the south.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Teruel
Zaragoza
Madrid
Montalban
Atalaya
Villaneuva del Rebollar
Vives del Rio
Lawyer Foes in Payne Case Act Law
Motions seek dismissal of the Payne Turner death penalty appeal and to send trial records to the high court via certiorari. Attorney General Seawell filed for dismissal per docket rules. Lyle Jones asked for certiorari. The North Carolina Supreme Court took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bill Payne
George Washington Turner
George Penn
Supreme Court
A. A. P F. Seawell
Zeb V. Nettles
Lyle Jones
Asheville
Buncombe County
Junior Chamber banquet set for April in Greensboro
The North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce announces its annual banquet will be held in Greensboro in April. The event gathers business leaders and young professionals to recognize achievements and discuss civic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grensboro
North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce
Self-Defense Plea Probable For Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Walter V. Davis faces indictment for fatally wounding her husband Walter Davis after firing a 32 caliber revolver. She remains calm in jail and plans a self-defense plea with attorney C A York saying years of abuse led to the shooting amid a pending Randolph action.
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Smith
Walter V. Davis
Walter
Watt) Davis
Senate Refuses to Limit Debate on Controversy
Washington February 16 The Senate rejected a motion to limit debate on the anti lynching bill leaving the filibuster intact as the measure enters its 28th day Opponents predict shelving it soon while supporters push for a vote The House debates a 250 million emergency relief bill as leaders expect passage tonight and the military committee advances a reserve force bill The warning of fascist danger is voiced in the House Naval Committee about Germany risks
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Washington
Senate
Cay
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Representative Canon
D-Mo
Appropriations
House Naval Committee
Scott
Calif
Germany
Eden Signals Britain’s Austria Stance Amid Italian Doubt
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that Britain would take a hands off approach unless Italy backs Austria’s independence. He referenced the Stresa front and noted Italy has not yet stated its position, leaving Britain’s course uncertain.
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Eden
Britain
Italy
London
Anthony Eden
Austria
Fran
Rescue office floe delayed amid thick ice near Moscow
Weather delayed rescue efforts for four stranded Russian scientists on a drifting ice floe. Planes could not reach the floe as ships remained about twelve miles away, with icebreakers Murman and Taim unable to close the gap.
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Moscow
Murman
Taim
Galloway Seriously Hurt In Morning Traffic Crash
George G. Galloway 34 of Thomasville road was badly injured when struck by a car near his home. Hollis Everhart of Thomasville route 1 was driving the vehicle. Galloway is at Burrus Memorial hospital in a serious condition with a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. Police investigate reckless driving or manslaughter pending his condition.
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George G. Galloway
Thomasville
Hollis Everhart
Galloway
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Everhart
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