Senate probes war profits plan and shipyards
The Senate munitions committee weighs price controls and income taxes to curb war profits as it nears review of a $100000 appropriation. Bethlehem Shipbuilding led by Eugene Grace and navy officials are set as witnesses to clarify a disputed $109000000 ship contract and related public works funds. Secretary Ickes' testimony left questions about additional allocations as committee counsel notes the matter remains unresolved.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Senate
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Eugene Grace
Navy
Henry L. Roosevelt
Ickes
PWA
Ous
William J. Ditter
Pennsylvania
Stephen Raushenbush
Nye
R-Nd
Naval
Slayer Kin Found Dead on Porch After Jail Break
The nude intent story describes Dowe Leonard, relative of Howard Delp, found shot on Jim Brady's porch in East Galax. Leonard, held on bond, was released to bond but confronted by two shots after asking to enter. Delp remains at large in Carroll county mountains as Dotson recovers from injuries.
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Dowe Leonard
Galax
Howard Delp
Posey Martin
Jim Brady
East Galax
Leonard
Brady
Delp
Frank Dotson
Martin
Carroll County
Dotson
Seven Vessels In Distress As Gale Rages Across Seas
Seven vessels were in distress with one possibly sunk after a fierce gale. Four trapped in the Bay of Biscay, two by Japanese shoals, and a plane said to have crashed in flames near the Dutch West Indies. The Catherine Radcliffe, a 5590 ton British steamship, struck a reef near Tokyo bay.
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Bay of Biscay
Japan
Dutch West Indies
Delaware
Catherine Radcliffe
Bosso Peninsula
Tokyo Bay
Clarissa Radcliffe
Arkansas Center $75 900 Damages Of ism Stormin S
Fire and political controversy sweep Arkansas as a Fort Smith jury convicts Claude C. Williams of barratry for agitating a relief strike. Eight more relief workers face trial as Commonwealth College tensions amid alleged communist activity rise in the state.
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Arkansas Center
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Commonwealth College
Mena
Fort Smith
Claude C. Williams
Horace Byran
Yale University
Edgar 8. Furness
Yale Graduate School
Italian Army in Arabia Sets Up for Possible Ethiopia Clash
Massawa buzzed with war prep as Italian forces ship barbed wire ammunition and aviation fuel to Somaliland. At Eritrea’s Massawa harbor 30,000 barrels of aviation gasoline unloaded. six gunboats manned by native crews. In Rome Mussolini’s troops boarded the Vulcania for East Africa. 5,000 soldiers aboard ahead of departure to support Graziani.
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Arabia
Massawa
Red Sea
Mecca
Il Duce
Ethiopia
Italy
Somaliland
Eritrea
Armara
Rome
Mussolini
Vulcania
East Africa
Valcanta
Rodolfo Graziani
Messina
Naples
Humbert
Wiley Post Flight From Beverly Hills Takes Off
A report from Beverly Hills notes Wiley Post launched at dawn in a camera plane, ascended to 8,000 feet over mountains, then landed on his stomach without wheels. The piece also mentions a Senate rebuke of the President over unemployment pay tied to regular wages.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Wiley Post
Washington
Senate
Local Bills Take Center Stage In Short General Assembly Session
In Raleigh on February 23 thirty legislators met for twenty minutes to study local bills. Bowle of Ashe proposed a direct method to aid defaulting local governments, while Cherry of Gaston sought tax delinquency relief for 1932 and earlier years with rapid taxpayer applications. Senator Nye of North Dakota was invited to speak tomorrow at the United Church on munition makers and war.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Bowle of
Ashe
Cherry
Gaston
Bowle
State
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
The
United Church
Finder of $42,000 returns cash then goes on rampage in hotel
Frank Greges, a seven year old sign carrier famed for finding and returning bonds worth $42,000, rampages in his hotel with claims of being God. A man identified as Robert E. Edwards dies during restraint as Greges is taken to Belle Vue hospital psychopathic ward.
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New York
Frank Greges
God
Robert E. Edwards
Ware
Maes
Los Angeles
Calif
Greges
Edwards
Bellevue Hospital
Wall Street
Operators seek restraining order over slot machine ban
In Winston-Salem on February 28 AP reports two Forsyth County slot machine operators urged a court to issue an injunction blocking enforcement of the new North Carolina lottery ban until existing licenses expire. They contend the law is unconstitutional as applied to current operations.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Porsyth
Tenant Farmer Convicted of Manslaughter in Hiddenite Death
AP reports Kellers Reavis, 42, a tenant farmer, convicted in superior court of manslaughter in the death of 62 year old former postmaster C. F. Linney of Hiddenite. Reavis was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
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Kellers Reavis
Transcontinental flight record set by Leland Andrews
The Nation Aeronautical Association today officially recognized Leland Andrews as setting a new record for the Los Angeles to New York air route. He completed the 2,457 mile flight in 11 hours 34 minutes 16 seconds aboard an American Airlines transport.
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Washington
Leland
Andrews
American Airlines
Los Angeles
New York
Nation- Aeronautical Association
Officers Probe Death of A. J. Idol in Forsyth
In Winston-Salem on February 23 officers investigated the death of 83 year old Forsyth county farmer A. J. Idol dated February 5. Idol’s body was exhumed for autopsy after neighbors reported a damaged gin near his home. The autopsy found a large lump on his head with Sheriff Transon Scott saying he may have been struck by a heavy instrument.
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Winston-Salem
A. J. Idol
Forsyth County
Transon Scott
TVA to Appeal Court Decision On Surplus Power Sale
TVA and its counsel announced plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the sale of surplus power by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the Tennessee River basin was illegal. Judge Grubb limited his ruling to TVA contracts involving transmission lines and dam sites in northwest Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennesee River
James L. Fly
TVA
U. S
W. J. Grubb
Federal Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Grubb
Alabama Power Company
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Week in North Carolina Legislature Highlights Major Bills
Virtual enactment of a statewide drivers license law and a ban on gambling slot machines topped a busy legislative week in Raleigh. The body advanced liquor control and beer bills, heard a public cosmetologists hearing, debated the McDonald Lumpkin sales tax substitute, and pledged support to the bill creating state controlled liquor stores. Senator John Sprunt Hill and former Governor Morrison spoke at the Hill bill hearing as tensions rose over past attacks on Democratic clubs.
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Highway Department
Joint Finance Committee
MacDonald-Lumpkin
Joint Appropriations Group
Ing
Bladen County
North Carolina Merchants Association
McDonald-Lumpkin
Senate
House
John Sprunt Hill
Durham
Ciry
Morrison
Roosevelt fights over works bill stalled in Senate
President Roosevelt and Byrnes clash over the $4.88 billion works and relief measure. The McCarran amendment split the bill, with Byrnes saying no revival of the works program and the committee likely to report only a limited appropriation. Administrations plans to advance relief and public works face delays as the Senate delays action.
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South Carolina
Roosevelt
McCarran
Washington
Senate
Roosey
Congress
Wi House
Man Glass
D-Sc
Boston
Roosevelts
Sistie
Buszie” Dall
White House
Federal Court
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Ala
Tennessee Va Authority
Texas Petroleum
Kent Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations
American Federation of Labor
Robinson
Glass
D-Va
McCare
Capitol
Relief Administration
Appropriations Committee
Weather forecast by states
North Carolina partly cloudy and colder in central and east portions with possible coastal rain tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with slowly rising temperatures in the west. South Carolina partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight with rising temperatures in the northwest. Hatteras to Jacksonville winds fresh SW, shifting to NW and N with overcast weather tonight and Sunday, possibly rain in the north portion.
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South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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