Senatorial Clash Over League Pact Delusion Claim
London reports Neville Chamberlain called the League of Nations a delusion as he urged Britain to abandon reliance on collective security. He spoke in the House of Commons amid opposition voices demanding changes to foreign policy forged with dictatorial regimes.
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NDON
Ime
Neville Chamain
House Commons
League Nations
Ion
Geneva
Chamberlain
Labor Party
League
Agon
Amy Bombers Look Homeward
A United States Army bomber that flew from Miami at 7:07 a.m. EST today ended a four day stay in Buenos Aires. The plane carried goodwill gifts from President Ortiz to President Roosevelt and was greeted by Argentine officials and the crew.
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United States Army
Miami
Fla
Argentina
Ortiz
Roosevelt
Aires
Diabetes and Mental Diseases Presented at Medical Meeting
ASHEVILLE February 22. at the 40th annual tri state medical association sessions reports on diabetes and mental diseases were presented. Officers prepared for adjournment as the board announced new councilors Raymond Thompson of Charlotte Roy P. Finner of Sparburg and Dr C J Jews of Norfolk to fill expiring terms.
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Asheville
Eal Association
Pretoryte
Board of
Coun
Raymond Thompson
Charte
Roy P. Finner
Sparburg
C. J. Jews
Norfolk
Planes Attack French Steamer Prado Near Valencia
The French steamer Prado, 2819 tons, reported being attacked by planes in the Mediterranean about 15 miles off Valencia Spain. One crew member was wounded as planes machine gunned the ship. The French destroyer Epervier was en route to assist.
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Marseilth
France
Prado
Mediterranean
Valencia
Spain
Toulon
Epervier
Police baffled by Gastonia brutal slaying
In Gastonia on February 22 a brutal slaying and robbery of Hoke Davis a 49 year old landlord was reported. His body was found in his car with a cloth knotting a noose around his neck and a missing wallet containing about 200 dollars. Police say the crime appears robbery related and investigators from multiple agencies are at work.
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Gastonia
Hoke Davis
Here
Davis
Walter C. Davis
Beasley Opens Campaign for Eighth District Seat
Monroe report notes Rol and F Beasley editor of the Monroe Journal and Beasleys Weekly announced his bid for Congress in the eighth district as incumbent Walter Lambeth retires. Rockingham attorney Co B Deane had already entered. Ray Shute withdrew, backing Beasley.
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Monroe
Roland F. Beasley
Monroe Journal
Beasley
Walter Lambeth
Co. B. Deane
Rockingham
Ray Shute
Signs of Sprouting Recovery On Wall Street Gauges
Wall Street gaugers report early signs of sprouting recovery in New York business activity. Harbingers include growing materials demand, better wholesale buying, higher orders, easing trade jams, and plans for restful and industrial building. Cotton futures rise to new highs, gray goods sales surge, and hides move faster, signaling potential improvements in production, prices, payrolls, and bank debits if the trend holds.
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New York
Worth Street
Commodity Exchange
Ammons Freed After False Conviction In North Carolina
In Raleigh on February 22, 1935, Jack and Marion Ammons were released from Central Prison after five years for a crime the state concedes they did not commit. They received pardons and new suits but no compensation, returning home to Buncombe County with no funds. Hart later admitted his charges were false and self-mutilation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Jack
Marion Ammons
Buncombe Cou
Ammons
John Hart
Elder
Hart
Edwin Gill
Justice Baker Rules Witness Plea Shields Against Self Incrimination
Associate Justice D Gordon Baker ruled a special legislative committee probing law enforcement cannot compel a witness to answer, agreeing that the constitutional protection against self incrimination extends to legislative investigations. Richard Johnson of Charleston was held in contempt after refusing to answer. The decision upheld the witness's right to silence under the habeas writ.
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Baker
Columbia
8. C
D. Gordon Baker
British Minister to Paris Killed in Steeplechase Fall
Hugh Lloyd Thomas aged 49 English minister to Paris died after his horse fell in a steeplechase at Derby England. He broke his neck and had served seven years as secretary to the Duke of Windsor when prince, acting as minister in Britain's Paris embassy second to the ambassador Sir Eric Phipps. He was considered a favorite for the Grand National on March 25 riding Royal Mail.
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Derby
England
Hugh Lloyd Thomas
Paris
Thomas
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Eric Phipps
Concord Daily Papers to Merge and Consolidate Plant
The Concord Daily Herald-Observer and Concord Daily Tribune announce a merger. Publications will continue, with both papers likely issued from a single plant soon, and no policy changes planned.
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Concord
Concord Daily Herald-Observer
Concord Daily Tribune
Spanish troops evacuate Teruel as siege ends in Aragón
The Spanish government announced that troops of the 46th division evacuated Teruel the Aragón capital, breaking through an encircling insurgent ring and joining the retreating Republican army after a sharp night battle. The 46th had been left inside Teruel to guard the retreat.
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Barcelonia
Teruel
Aragon
Madrid
King Carol Calls For Study Of Country Life
King Carol, who promoted a new constitution, met several cabinet members in Bucharest to learn details of the country economic and agricultural life. Foreign reports of attacks or assassination were dismissed as fantasies, with assurances the king is in good health.
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Carol
Bucharest
Justice Moran Faces Drunkenness Charge In Jamestown Trial
Jamestown magistrate Co. C Moran appeared as defendant in a drunkenness charge during a state game law trial day. The crowded municipal court saw witnesses testify Moran drank while presiding over four defendants accused of hunting violations. A second verdict, in a separate assault case, found Ray Cooke guilty of attacking a cab driver with a knife as the crowded criminal term continued through Friday.
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C. Moran
Jamestown
Municipart Court
Co. C. Moran
Moran
Ira Hutchins
Edwin
Thomas Hutchins
Rich Kivett
Ames
City Hall
Ray Cooke
Blue Bird
Lewis E. Teague
French Cabinet Approves 10 Billion Francs Arms Fund Plan
The French cabinet backed an independent defense fund of 10 billion francs to finance long term armaments. Edouard Daladier would head the committee overseeing the fund, which could start by March and boost naval and air rearmament.
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Paris
Britain
Europe
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Speed
Camille Chautemps
France
National Defense Council
Navy
Air Force
Fairbanks Trial Set for March in North Carolina
Henderson N C February 22 Carence Fairbanks a 23 year old itinerant will not be tried at this special term for hacking to death his employer Steve Good proprietor of a miniature circus until the regular March term of Vance superior court. The case was delayed after doubts arose whether the grand jury could function at the special term.
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Henderson
N. C
Carence Fairbanks
Steve Good
Vance Superior Court
E. R. Tyler
NLRB Rules on Glove Company Interference
The Labor Relations Board ordered Knoxville Glove Company in Knoxville Tennessee to cease interfering with employee self organization. The order bars discrimination against Textile Workers Organizing Committee members and requires remuneration for three workers Elese Pope Margaret Gaddis and Clarence Puckett allegedly discharged for TOWC activity.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Knoxville Glove Company
Knoxville
German Mail Plane Crashes Near Paris Killing Three
A German mail plane from Cologne crashed near Montmorency just north of Paris today. The craft in flames burned the three crew members to death as it fell near Le Bourget on its flight from Cologne.
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Paris
Versailles
France
le Bourgeton
Cologne
Montmorency
Japanese Push to Cross Yellow River in Central China
Japanese vanguards mass along a 120 mile front on the north bank of the Yellow River in central China and attack crossings aimed at Menghsien and Tsinyang as Chinese defenses collapse west of the stream. Tokyo reports air bombardments with several Chinese planes shot down while Chinese bombers claim eight Japanese aircraft destroyed at Hangchow.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
China
Sunehai
Central China
Peiping
Chuning
Tsinyang
Menghsien Ford
Hengyang
Ichang
Kian
Lishui
Hangchow
Fourth conference on preservation of marriage at UNC
The conference on conservation of marriage and the family will be held at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from April 12 to 15.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Reynolds to Speak on National Defense at Iredell Court House
U S Senator Robert R Reynolds will address a gathering at the Iredell county courthouse in Statesville on National Defense. The event is scheduled for tomorrow, February 23, in the local interest of national security.
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Statesville
U. S
Robert R. Reynolds
Iredell County Court House
Senate slows emergency relief vote amid Washington tribute
The Senate rejected an amendment to raise the emergency relief from 250 million to 400 million dollars with a 53 to 22 vote. Debate touched on cities paying a quarter of project costs and potential waivers. Congress paused to honor George Washington as talks continued on a broad tax reform bill expected before the House next week.
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Senate
Bone
D.-Wash
Bal
Deat
Hale
R.-Me
Congress
George Washington
House
Ways and the
Democ
Rayburn
Eli
Vinson
D.ky
Soviet Pravda Responds to Hitler Speech
Pravda, the official Soviet newspaper, replies to Hitler’s Reichstag speech by saying the Soviet Union fully reciprocates his policy. It accuses fascism of pursuing aggression, colony seizures, world war, and oppression of weaker nations, and notes limited or strained relations with Nazi Germany.
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Pravda
Feu Hitler
So Union
Nazi Germany
Largest Navy Maneuvers Planned Across Pacific
The United States Navy announces the largest naval maneuvers in history will begin in the Pacific next month, spanning more than 12 million square miles over six weeks. Nearly 60,000 officers and more than half the fleet will participate, moving 150 warships and 6,000 planes from the Pacific to Hawaii and from Alaska to Samoa, with secrecy rules strengthening ship construction protections.
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Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Navy High Command
Suson
Sonnel
Pacific
Hawaii
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