World powers brace for disarmament talks amid Europe tour
Geneva reports indicate Arthur Henderson may convene a parley of great powers including the United States depending on Captain Anthony Eden’s European soundings. France’s stance, Doumergue’s government position, and Wilson’s discussions shape the league council’s approach to Saar plebiscite issues and Manchukuo’s bid for recognition.
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Arthur Henderson
United States
Anthony Eden
Europe
League of Nations
Eden
Henderson
Paris
France
Doumergue
League
Ism
Hugh Wilson
Switzerland
Joseph Avenol
Wilson
M. A. Aghnides
League Council
Saar
Manchoukuo
Japan
Great Britain
The
British Post Office
Manchuria
Britain
Europe’s Big Three Back Austria Against German Interference
London reports a joint British French Italian communique backing Austria’s independence amid Nazi pressure. The three governments affirmed a common view on maintaining Austria’s independence and integrity in line with treaties, noting prior aide memoires and ongoing discussions with Vienna.
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London
Austria
Ecommunique
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
France
Great Britain
Italy
Simon
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Paris
John Simon
Arthur Henderson
Walter Citrine
Trades Union Congress
Sir John
Britain
Vienna
Retail Sales Rise as Nationwide Survey Reports Gains
The National Retail Dry Goods Association announced a nationwide survey showing a 26 percent rise in dollar sales and a 10 percent gain in units in the first two weeks of February. Dallas to Los Angeles accounts report marked improvements despite severe winter, with several stores up 19 to 42 percent.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
Channing E. Sweileer
Association
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Cincinnati
Seattle
Pittsburgh
Civil Works Funds
Washington
Baltimore
Huntington
W. Va
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New England
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Lancaster
Miami
Oklahoma City
New Haven
Portland
Ore
Wheeling
Oklahoma Peace Officers Hunt For Outlaws In Hills
From Muskogee to Stilwell Tahlequah and Sallisaw hundreds of officers launched a major manhunt in the Cookson Hills eastern Oklahoma area for outlaws led by reports of Pretty Boy Floyd and Clyde Barrow. Guardsmen mobilize to back up state and local units as banks closed and gun battles earlier this week spur the drive.
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Muskogee
Okla
Cookson Hills
Oklahoma
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Clyde Barrow
Ford Bradshaw
Stilwell
Tahlequah
Sallisaw
W. HH. Murray
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Stanley Rogers
Oklahoma Peace Officers Association
180Th Infantry
National Guard
Wagoner
Col
E. L. Head
Murray
O. P. Ray
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Ray
Kansas City
Oklahom
Sapulpa
Chelsea
Aussie Elliott
Eldon Wilsor
Ed Clanton
Sapulpe
Ash
Belgian king Albert I dies in mountaineering accident
King Albert I of Belgium died yesterday in a mountaineering accident. He was in his 50s. In Rutherfordton North Carolina a jury in the John Henry Pritchard trial could not reach a verdict for the death of Roy Price. The twelve jurors were ordered held for the night as the case proceeded after three days of trial.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert I
Rutherpordton
John Henry Pritchard
Roy Price
Frank Hill
Rutherfordton Superior Court
Pritchard
Price
Fisherman Helmes and wife sentenced to insane ward
Oscar Helmes and his wife Marfie were sentenced in Seattle superior court to the state prison insane ward until a jury declares them sane for killing their two young sons last month.
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Seattle
Oscar Helmes
Marfie
Mail boat trip halted by cold weather
A strong northerly wind and sub-freezing conditions prevented the mail boat from Atlantic from making its scheduled trip. The temperature dropped to 26 degrees by seven o'clock tonight.
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Ocracoke
Atlantic
Mercury
Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald Gains Second Bodyguard
The Sunday Dispatch reports a second bodyguard has been assigned to Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald amid threats to his life.
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London
The
Sunday Dispatch
Ramsey MacDonald
Mrs Reynolds Critical in Washington
The wife of North Carolina Senator Reynolds is in critical condition. He says she will be moved to the emergency hospital tomorrow for blood transfusions.
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Reynolds
Washington
Robert BR. Reynolds
Senator Reynolds
North Carolina
Chevrolet payroll hits new peak with 56 545 workers
Detroit February 17. The Chevrolet Motor Co has registered a new high payroll of 56 545 men. M E Coyle general manager of the company announced the figure today.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Co
M. E. Coyle
Parachute Jumper and Pilot Die in New Orleans Air Races
At Pan American air races in New Orleans a parachute jumper Ben Grew age 40 from Chicago and pilot Charles Kenny age 27 from Zanesville Ohio were killed when their plane nose-dived into Lake Pontchartrain during a spot jumping contest. The craft sank with Grew trailing by the parachute cords.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Ben Grew
Chicago
Charles N. Kenny
Zanesville
Ohio
Grew
Graphic Arts Code Approved by President Roosevelt
The graphic arts code covering printing and publishing except large newspapers was approved by President Roosevelt on Saturday. It includes agreements for the general contractors division and the advertising distributing trade and covers industries with more than a set number of workers. The Newspaper Publishers code was sent for approval with anticipation of action soon.
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Washington
Graphic Arts Code
Roosevelt
General Contractors’ Division
Ae Graphic Arts Code
White House
Civil Works Payroll Set to Drop by 572,500
Washington reports 572,500 civil works employees will be dismissed next Friday night reducing total payroll from 3,860,000 to about 3,104,400. The move follows a week ending February 10 when 3,860,000 were employed and 150,000 to 200,000 were dropped yesterday.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
Army Flyers Await Call to Begin Air Mail Transport
Chicago dispatch reports the army air corps prepares to take over mail flights starting Monday night. Plans center on 39 Model A-12 attack planes in Chicago with routes to San Francisco, while ground crews at multiple hubs ready pilots and planes for night operations.
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Samuel
Chicago
America
Army of the Air
Air Mail
Illinois National Guard
Horace M. Hickam
Army
H. M. Arnold
Salt Lake
Oakland
Cal
Army Air Mail
Sasser to be released on $2000 bond in Grice slaying case
In Goldsboro on February 17 the state agreed to release Donald Sasser, 21, brother in law of the slain man, on $2000 bond as an accomplice in the Herbert Grice murder. Sasser's lawyer State Senator Hugh Dortch planned habeas corpus proceedings. Sasser's sister Ruby S. Grice, 30, is charged with ambush slaying of her husband last October on his porch.
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Goldsboro
Herbert Grice
Donald Sasser
Greens Seek Trial Continuance In Bank Robbery Case
A continuance of the trial for B. G. and Lester Green on murder and bank robbery charges will be requested as the case is called. Attorney J. A. Myatt cites his other court duties and family illness of Rep. H. R. Jones as reasons. The Greens, long sought fugitives, are tied to the July Merchants and Farmers Bank hold up and Barnes slaying in Taylorsville.
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Lester Green
Taylorsville
J. A. Myatt
Leland Stanford
Green
Myatt
Municipal Court
Clayton
H. R. Jones
Greens
Venure
Merchants and Farmers Bank
T. C. Barnes
R. E. Black
High Point
Mike Stevenoff
North Wilkesboro
Barnes
Raleigh
Hot Springs
Hancock County
Tennessee
Outlaws Bascom Green and son to face murder trial in Taylorsville
Bascom Green, 47, and his son Lester, 24, returned from Tennessee to Taylorsville for an early murder and attempted robbery trial. Solicitor John R. Jones announced arraignment during the superior court term opening Monday with Judge Wilson Warlick presiding. Indictments had been returned months earlier.
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Taylorsville
Bascom Green
Lester
Tennessee
John R. Jones
Wilkesboro
Superior Court
Wilson Warlick
Greens
North Carolina native runs House restaurant to profit
Washington report notes the House restaurant, under Patrick Henry Johnson of Patego, NC, posted a small profit from April 15 1933 to present after years of deficits. The anti habit accounts committee, led by Chairman Warren of North Carolina, cites cautious buying and strict cost cutting as key factors. The Senate debated borrowing funds to cover restaurant deficits as reforms continue.
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House
Accounts Committee
Federal Treasury
Warren
D-Nc
Taurant
Patrick Henry Johnson
Patego
N. C
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