North Carolina Budget Seen at About 81 Million Dollars
Raleigh reports the North Carolina budget for the coming biennium will total about 81 million dollars, down 23 million from the current period. A general sales tax is likely to be proposed, with possible luxury taxes as an alternative, while education reforms seek centralized control of the state’s teachers colleges and universities.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Harris Newman
House
Joint Legislative Appropriations Committee
Newman
Budget Commission
Joint Finance Committee
Appalachian
Ear Carolina
West Carolina
University of of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
North Carolina State
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Repeal Measure Ig Up to House Conventions Paid by States
The piece debates whether Congress or states own power to authorize constitutional conventions. James M. Beck argues state function. Sumners hedges on legality if states proceed. Cost questions loom: federal funding or state treasury.
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Congress
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
Palmer
Ancient Boxwoods From Jones Estate Finally Leave Site
Workers used cables and pulleys to lift the heavy boxwoods from the Jones Estate on North Main Street Washington and dug deep to preserve roots as onlookers watched a landmark tree row, planted when High Point began.
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Washington
North Main Street
High Point
Non-Suit Granted in Guilford Manslaughter Case
In Guilford Superior Court Francis Watson of High Point had a non-suit for lack of sufficient evidence in the manslaughter case over Clyde Dixon who was killed Oct 6 1931 after being struck by a car Watson drove. A $20 000 civil action by Dixon’s survivors is pending. Wayne B Sullivan and Br J Howerton pleaded guilty to larceny in furniture receipt with suspended sentences after good character proof and costs.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford Superior Court
Francis Watson
High Point
Clyde Dixon
Dixon
Watson
Wayne B. Sullivan
Br. J. Howerton
Tomlinson Furniture Company
J. H. Clement
Four Days Pass and Kidnaping Unsolved
Four days have passed since two men kidnapped Charles Boettcher II. Police and Mrs Boettcher report no word from the abductors who demanded sixty thousand dollars ransom. James B Grant attorney for the Boet tchers expresses hope while Chief Albert C Clark says there has been no progress.
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Denver
Charles Boettcher
Chess Origins in Hindu Texts as Early as 3000 BCE
The article notes chess appearing in Hindu literature around 3,000 years before Christ under the name chaturanga. It cites ancient references and frames the game’s early cultural roots in Indian civilization.
Sunday Baseball Bill Killed by Senate
The North Carolina legislature actions include the Senate defeating Hinsdale's bill barring legislators from taking jobs created by the General Assembly. A restoration of citizenship for felons after one year passed second reading, while a public utilities commission reform was approved with per diem associate commissioners. A wine and beer bill was introduced in the House with a voter approval condition. The Senate considered convict-made goods sales and driver license reforms, with adjournment and a Monday resumption noted. The House moves to a first night session amid 31 statewide bills, and a marriage registration bill heads to the Senate.
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Harris
Barden
Duplin
Moore
Guilford
Williams
McEachern
Hoke
Murphy
Rowan
Rowan Sclon
Senate
Hinsdale
Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Congress
North Carolina
House
Wiliams
Zangara arraignment delayed as president elect survives attack
The 33 year old Italian suspect Zangara awaits arraignment on charges of intent to murder several individuals after an assassination attempt on the president elect. Miss Kruis Sinnott and Caldwell were wounded, while Mayor Cermak and Mrs Gill remain seriously hurt with authorities awaiting their wounds' outcome.
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Zangara
Roosevelt
Margaret Kruis
Newark
N. J
William Sinnott
New York
Russell Caldwell
Coconut Grove
Fila
Roosevelt Confers With Cabinet Candidates
President-Elect meets with Cabinet prospects to discuss speeding economic recovery. Hall goes by train from Richmond, while Glass and Cutting join the party and may head to Baltimore or Wilmington. Cutting may decide on the interior post.
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Roosevelt
Hall
Richmond
Glass
Cutting
Baltimore
Wilmington
Capitol
Interior
Dedication Night for High Point College Gym Opens
The High Point college Panthers beat Guilford Quakers 53 to 41 in a dedication program for the new gymnasium. Speakers included Coach Chuck Collins and Dr Felix Griscotte with remarks on funding from federal relief and the gym’s mission to train students to strive and win.
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High Point College
High Point College Panthers
Guilford Quakers
Chuck Collins
University of North Carolina
Mackery
Collins
N. M. Harrison
Felix Griscotte
Raleigh
Governor's Office
Federal Relief Department
Griscotte
Harrison
T. M. Johnson
Burlington
Methodist Protestant Board of Education
Johnson
G. J. Humphreys
C. 8. Grayson
American Business Club
Abolition bill near approval in state legislature
The senate considers an abolition bill with a two year term for an appointed utilities commissioner and a July start date. Senators Hartsell Francis and Bland proposed the substitute replacing earlier plans for a single or dual elective commissioner and various ex officio roles. Rumor places Stanley Winborne as expected appointee, with current members W. T. Lee and George P. Pell noted among the commission.
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Hartsell
Cabarrus
Francis
Haywood
Bland
Wayne
Senate
Superior Court
Moore of
Craven
Stanley Winborne
Moore
Winborne
Corporation Commission
W. T
Mayor Cerma Sinking Yet Improves Reported
Drs Jirka and Meyer relay that Mayor Cerma shows marked improvement en route to New York after a sinking spell. Mrs Gill and Mrs Dill also receive care in Miami as President Elect Roosevelt learns of the progress from across Virginia. Haberkorn Meyer and Serjeant at arms accompany the party.
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Roosevelt
New York
Virginia
Cerma
Joe Dill
Miami
Jap Spokesman Evades Withdrawal Question
A report urges Manchuria withdrawal of Japanese troops under league covenant Kellogg Briand pact and Nine Power treaty but avoids a definite deadline. It recommends China Japan negotiations with a league committee as third party with US and USSR participation. The assembly calls for an organization in Manchuria under Chinese sovereignty within a reasonable period.
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Manchuria
China
Japan
League
United States
Soviet Russia
China hails League report as moral victory in Manchuria
Dr. W. W. Yen, China's senior delegate at Geneva, calls the League of Nations assembly report on Manchuria a great moral victory. He lauds China's patient policy of conciliation and leaving settlement to the league, acknowledges suffering but sees it as a contribution to world peace. Yen says acceptance of the report seems likely given praise for the conciliation committee of nineteen.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
China
W. W. Yen
League
Conciliation Committee
U.S. Prepares to Defer Manchurian Crisis Role
Washington reports no formal invitation from the League of Nations for U.S. mediation in the Manchurian dispute. State Department indications say the current administration will not act in its remaining days and will leave it to President-Elect Roosevelt.
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Washington
League of Nations
Department of State
Roosevelt
Democrats Push Repeal Resolution Amid Senate Debate
The Senate moved to unemployment relief with a 500 million general relief program advanced by Senators La Follette Cutting and Costigan for debate. It includes direct grants to states and a 15.6 million fund to aid the homeless, while the House continued work on District of Columbia appropriations and planned a memorial service. Garner praised the repeal plan as conforming to the Democratic platform. Snell predicted Senate repeal will pass as anti prohibitionists in the House meet to decide their stance.
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Senate
la Follette
Wis
Cutting
N. M
Costigan
Colo
House
District of Columbia
Garner
Snell
Americans Buy Fraudulent Stocks Worth 30 Million Weekly
A report claims investors in the United States purchase fraudulent stocks totaling about 30 million dollars every week, highlighting ongoing exposure to scam offerings and the need for investor vigilance and regulatory oversight.
Lucky Por Papa Daughter Pathfinding Humor
A brief item notes a father departing in good humor and a daughter recalling to ask for money, with a quip about mercy and memory.
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Lucky Por
Papa
Mercy
Pathfinder
War prompts global political upheaval and debt surge
The article notes the war's fallout including upheaval of governments and new nations, a doubling of public debt from 13 to 26 billion, and rising state local spending. It cites farmers expanding acreage during the war and resisting reductions after armistice, with continued wheat and cotton output. Thomas W. Lamont, named to appear, was delayed by a family illness.
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Houston
Thomas W. Lamont
New York
Fire alarm sparks quick game of checkers, chief orders hurry
In a Passing Show item a fire station scene shows the chief rushing in as the fire alarm sounds. The firefighters pause a cave of checkers and the chief prompts a speedy game, declaring one last match before responding.
Final Rites Held For School Today
A solemn high mass of requiem was sung at St Marys church for the late boxer Schaaf. Notables sent flowers including Primo Carnera Max Schmeling and Jack Sharkey. The funeral cortege then moved to St Marys cemetery Foxboro with a navy firing squad and taps.
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St. Mary’s Church
Walter J. Mitchell
Primo Carnera
Schaaf
Madison Square
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Schmeling
Johnny Buckley
Buckley
Sharkey
Lucy Schaaf
Ernest
Nelson
Ernie
St. Mary's Cemetery
Foxboro
Navy
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