President Roosevelt backs Bankhead cotton control plan
President Roosevelt endorses the Bankhead bill principle for compulsory cotton control after studying methods to handle the cotton crisis. He urges House Agriculture Committee action, citing farmer support and a 95 percent favorable poll. Senator Bankhead accuses Oscar Johnston of opposing the bill on farmer interests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jones
D. Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Alabama
Department of Agriculture
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bankhead
House
Oscar Johnston
Farm Administration
Johnston
Mississippi Delta
Outlaw Green Pair Arrested After Long Chase
Bascom Green and his son Lester, suspected bank robbers and linked to multiple crimes, were jailed in Taylorsville and scheduled for murder and attempted robbery trials. They were captured in Morristown Tennessee and brought to Asheville after extradition waivers, with trial set for next week in Alexander County.
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Taylorsville
N. C
Bascom Green
Lester
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Morristown
Tenn
Asheville
H. L. Mays
Alexander County
W. B. Somers
Wilkes County
John R. Jones
Superior Court
Wilson Warlick
T. C. Barnes
Solon Little
D. F. Richardson
Barnes
R. E Black
Mike Stevenson
North Wilkesboro
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Stevenson
Greens
Hot Springs
CWA to Cut North Carolina Payroll by 20 000 Next Week
The Civil Works Administration plans to drop 25,000 workers in North Carolina next Friday, a scaling down from 400,000 nationally. State administrator Mrs. Thomas O’Berry says the aim is to keep the most needy on the payroll with a maximum of 55,000 in NC, amid new wage rules and a May 1 project completion deadline.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Raleigh
CWA
North Carolina
Thomas O'Berry
Capus
M. Waynick
O’berry
Elizabeth City
Congress
Halifax County
Bertie, Clay, Gates, Jones
Lenoir
Richmond
Sampson
Wayne Counties
Train Hits Auto. One Dead Four Hurt in Salisbury
Salisbury February 17 AP report says a Southern Railway passenger train No 86 struck an automobile at a grade crossing in the southern part of town. Jack Holt died from injuries. Two women and one man are in critical condition and another woman has minor injuries.
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Salisbury
Southern Railway
Jack Holt
Farley Declares Not A Candidacy For New York Governor
York February 17 AP General James A Farley stated he would not run for governor of New York and expressed confidence that Governor Herbert H Lehman would be reelected to the post.
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A York
James A. Farley
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Czechoslovak Social Democrats Telegram Dollfuss Warning
A telegram from Czechoslovakian social democratic party to Vienna warned Chancellor Dollfuss that his war against the Socialists endangered peace at home and in Europe. The telegram came as three social democrat ministers sat in the cabinet.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Dollfuss
Socialiste
Fatherland
Europe
Vienna
Social Democratic Party
Gras official hanged for uprising participation
Joseph Stanek a 50 year old secretary of the Gras chamber of workers and em ployes was executed at 4 06 pm for alleged involvement in the Socialist uprising in Graz Austria on February 17.
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Graz
Austria
Joseph Stanek
Gras Chamber of Workers and Employes
Treasury official denies resignation rumors
Washington February 17 Assistant Secretary L W Robert stated there is absolutely nothing to rumors that he plans to resign from the Treasury, calling the reports unfounded.
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Washington
L. W. Robert
The
Treasury
Federal grant aids North Carolina unemployment relief
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration authorized an $800000 grant to North Carolina to help cover unemployment relief costs during February.
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Washington
North Carolina
Roosevelt Endorsement Seen But Not Agreed On
Oscar Johnson, manager of the AAA cotton option pool, said Roosevelt’s backing of the Bankhead bill would do no harm and might persuade some farmers who have not yet cooperated to join the voluntary plan. In Memphis, February 17.
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Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt
Oscar Johnson
AAA
Durham Sews Up Federal Grant for New Sewage Plant
Durham city holds 1200000 in federal funds to cover costs tied to building a new sewage disposal plant with PWA backing, the AP reports from Rabbigh.
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Rabbigh
Durham
PWA
Eggs Fryed in Truck Fire Stuns Driver at Edenton
EDENTON Feb 17 Henry Jones faced a curious scene when his truck caught fire. With 100 cases of eggs aboard valued at 2000 dollars the flames ruined the cargo and left Jones noting he had never seen so many fried eggs.
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Edenton
Henry Jones
Jones
Absence of Market Operators Hinders Senate Probe
Two noted market operators Bragg and "Bennie" ith abroad slowed the senate stock market committee inquiry into alcohol pool operations. Whanger testified Bragg gave him $65,000 in December for past services tied to Alcohol stock pools and Union Oil and General Foods dealings. Pecora questioned the odd source of financing as Bragg and associates await return from abroad.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Senate
New York
Senate Stock Market Committee
Mas E. Bragg
Bennie” Ith
Hawaii
Austalia
Erdinand Pecora
Committee Usel
Frank J. Quinn
Smith
Bragg
Ferdinand Pecora
Whanger
Mailbag of ills and ironies in a Santa Barbara rant
A special dispatch from Santa Barbara breaks down what piles up in mail as 20 percent are chain letters, 40 percent autograph requests, 10 percent Congressional Records, 10 percent pamphlets, 10 percent unpaid bills, and 10 percent newspapers sent to a place with a better paper, illustrating the absurdities of mail and education funding.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Nine Die In Two New York City Fires
Nine persons perish in two separate fires in Manhattan. A five story tenement fire at 40 East Seventh Street destroys a family of five and another family loses two parents and two children. A youth, Frank Oddo, 17, dies in a second blaze on East 108th Street where his body is found in a wrecked auto. Police identify victims by survivor accounts and remove charred remains. The dog’s bark alerted rescuers as firefighters faced ice slick ladders and frigid air.
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New York
Manhattan
East Seventh Street
Frank Oddo
Wfe
East 108Th Street
Samuel Spehlman
Irene
Irving
Lilian
Stanley
Giovannia Terrenella
Vincent
Anna
Wechselbaum
Crene
Spellman
Spellmans
Yg Gem
Outlaws Linked to Robberies in Hancock County Territory
Officers describe the Greens as central figures in a rolling wave of crime. They fled to Hancock county Tennessee when cornered, resisted none, and reportedly refused to discuss the case. A year earlier detectives linked them to a Randleman bank robbery. they later pleaded guilty to assaulting an officer.
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Hancock County
Tennessee
Greens
Randleman
Ray Nance
Gibsonville
Campaigns Target Lynching and School Modernization in North Carolina
North Carolina moves to curb mob violence via Anti-Lynch measures and to modernize public school curricula. The interracial commission hosts a conference urging governor removal of officials failing to protect prisoners. A two year survey aims to modernize schooling with planned reviews. Meanwhile Chicago ties a Charlotte mail robbery to gangsters Basil Banghart and Isaac Costner and Kidnapping cases.
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Paul Barkley
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
Pender County
Chicago
Charlotte
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Isaac Costner
May Davis
Mia
Tom Touhy
Baltimore
John Factor
Banghart
Costner
The Road to Raleigh Drives Brevard Men Homeward
After 30 day respites expired at midnight Wednesday, Brevard figures J H Pickelsimer Thomas Shipman Co R McNeely and Ralph Fisher, facing two year terms for banking law violations, departed for home rather than Raleigh. Judge T B Finley signed a writ directing their detainment.
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Raleigh
J. H. Pickelsimer
Thomas Shipman
Co. R. McNeely
Ralph Fisher
Brevard
North Wilkesboro
T. B. Finley
British Fascists Captured In Raid In Norfolk
Police raid in Wortham near Norfolk detains nearly 200 fascist volunteers linked to Oswald Mosley. The group had camped on two farms during a tithe war over unpaid church assessments, digging trenches and erecting barricades to shield seized livestock.
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Wortham
Norfolk
Eng
Oswald Mossey
Congress Recesses as Members Write Home
Congress sinks into recess as both houses pause duties. Members use the day to write letters home while some attend the Senate House agriculture committee session and learn of President Roosevelt's letter endorsing in principle the Bankhead bill for compulsory cotton control.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Clark Gable Says He Has Not Met Mae West or Greta Garbo
Baltimore dispatch reports Clark Gable, the screen idol, saying he has never met Mae West and hardly knows Greta Garbo. He praises the Hollywood heroines he knows and dodges questions about personal preferences, insisting he is not drawn into such topics.
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Baltimore
Clark’ Gable
Mae West
Gretta Garbo
Hollywood
Gable
Miss West
Garbo
Austrian fascists gain public offices as Socialists ousted
Vienna reports the Dollfuss government expanding fascist influence with another cabinet appointment under Heimwehr member Neustaedter Stuermer and mass dismissal of Socialist officials. executions and harsh policing mark the crackdown as loyalists occupy vacant posts.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuse
Christian Social Party
Neustaedter-Stuermer
Heim
Heimwehr
Associated Press
Dollfuss
Emil Fey
Contracts On Foreign Air Mail Face Probe
The administration fights foreign air mail contracts after dismissing Transcontinental and Western Air’s bid to halt cancellations. Walter F. Brown will testify before the Senate committee, while investigations consider whether foreign agreements should be retained. Two air mail officers were killed in a crash near Salt Lake City. The New York Stock Exchange probes aircraft stock trades around the period of contract actions.
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Washington
New York
Transcontinental
Western Air
John Thomas Smith
Walter F. Brown
Senate Airmail Investigating Committee
Black
Airmail
Brown
Post Office
Pan-American Line
Representative Fish
R-Ny
Army
Edwin D. White
Mareh Field
Calif
Jean D. Grenier
Fort Crockett
Texas
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R. E B. Black
B. G. Green
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