Roosevelt Court Reform Moves After House Conference
Democratic leaders outlined steps for the Roosevelt court reorganization program awaiting Senate action. A White House conference is to follow Senate developments, with hearings possible in March. House members including Rayburn and Boland discussed the plan as a Senate docket item and reciprocity policy extension.
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Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Senate Committee
Representa Rayburn
Suamners
Boland
Pennsylan Democratic
House
Buchanan
Oros
Wyer Claims Interference in Suit for Broken Heart
York, Feb. 23, a melodramatic scene unfolded as blonde Peasy Garcia pursues a $500 suit against violinist Dave Perry. Interference and abrupt withdrawals triggered courtroom tension as attorneys clash over alleged behind the scenes moves and a cigar band incident.
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York
Peasy Garcia
Dave
Perry
Surplus Funds Sought for Classroom Teacher Pay
Louise Berry, president of the classroom teachers association, said the group would confer with attorney J. M. Broughton on a proposed bill. The measure aims to use any revenue surplus in the next biennium to restore salaries for classroom teachers.
Sbury mill group acquires Cannon Klumac plants in deal
Mills led by Spen purchase Cannon Mills, Klumac Cotton, and related plant assets, taking on 150000 in outstanding obligations. A five year lease on 84 of the Klumac facility to drapery operations is arranged. W F McCanless, a stockholder, signs the transaction with local officials. Burlington firms cited in bedspread work.
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SBURY
Mills
Spen
Judges Cannon Mills, Inc
Klumac Cotton Mills
W. A. McCann
Ry Post
W. F. McCanless
Burlington Group
Press Predictions On Bullitt Speech Discounted In France
Paris reports say both the French foreign office and the U S embassy discounted French predictions that Ambassador Bullitt's Monday speech signaled major Franco American moves to ease trade barriers and advance disarmament. The embassy also said Bullitt's Washington Birthday dinner speech was written in Paris and Roosevelt had not seen it in advance.
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Paris
United States
William C. Bullitt
Bullitt
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Victims Tell Of Floggings As Defendants Deny Charges
Delegates of 146 non operating railway brotherhoods representing 500000 of the nation's workers urged a wage rise. Chairman George M Harrison said the total demand would reach about 360000000 for 1160000 rail workers. The group served notice to the railroads but set no date for formal filing. Continued on page two.
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Chicago
George M. Harrisson
Harrison
Inman and Cox Testify in Abduction Case in Columbus County
Will Inman and Jesse Cox testified they were abducted and flogged by hooded men last Thanksgiving night. They named Rev. Vance Simmons and B Garfield Simmons as witnesses to the midnight trial at Post Oak Ridge. Defense motions to transfer or postpone were denied. Continued on Page Two.
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Whiteville
Will Inman
Jesse Cox
Columbus County
Vance Simmons
B. Garfield Simcousins
Brunswick County
Columbus
Joe Brown
Inman
Post Oak Ridge
Hutson urges weed pact to stabilize 1937 tobacco
J B Hutson assistant agricultural adjustment administrator urged Georgia lawmakers to back a compact plan to control flue cured acreage. He said joining with other major flue cured states would not sharply raise Florida production and would stabilize both production and prices. The report notes the bill aims to limit acreage by interstate pacts as part of the 1937 program.
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Atlanta
J. B. Hutson
Georgia
Hutson
Florida
Four Black residents summoned for Surry County jury duty
For the first time in Surry County history, four Black people were summoned to serve on superior court jury duty. They join a special panel of 30 men selected to try Tom Martin, a 24 year old Black Mt. Airy resident, on four counts of first degree burglary.
Steel unions move toward new mass drive under Lewis
In Chicago on February 23 the John L. Lewis led plan to organize half a million steel workers nears a crucial test with a GM strike as the opening wedge. Leaders say the 1919 failure came from disunity and vow to avoid its weak spots this time.
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Jicago
John L. Lewis
General Motors
Police Detain Former Soldier Over Synthetic Claim
Detroit February 23 police detained a 22 year old former soldier who claimed to be husband of Lucille Turner a 17 year old Asheville girl who kept a date with Dayton Dean in a police station cell. The man William Blasczak threatened to kill Dean and confessed as a Black Legion executioner but Turner denied any marriage or prior acquaintance.
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Lucille Turner
Asheville, N
Dayton Dean
William Blasczak
Dean
Black Legion
Miss Turner
Blasczak
Graham School Closes Two Weeks Amid Illness Wave
Burlington February 28 Graham school authorities closed the schools for two weeks due to scarlet fever influenza and colds widespread absenteeism says county physician Dr H B Moore the illness not at epidemic level and there is no cause for alarm
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Graham
H. B. Moore
City Denies Most Allegations In Yadkin Suit
Guilford Superior Court hears High Point answer to Yadkin county and Miles P. Shore tax payer suit denying lack of authority to issue bonds and build a hydroelectric plant on the Yadkin river. City cites $3,171,750 revenue bonds and $2.5 million federal grant for the project.
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Grover H. Jones
Guilford Superior Court
Yadkin County
Miles P. Shore
Yadkin
High Point
Lawyers Seek Another Trial for Edith Maxwell
Edith Maxwell, twice convicted of killing her father Twigg Maxwell, will have a motion next Monday to set aside the second verdict of 200 years and grant a new trial. Her defense argues that the medical testimony from the December trial was insufficient to prove blows caused the death and that other testimony was improperly admitted and prejudiced her rights.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Twigg Maxwell
Death Claims Admiral Mayo at 80 in Portsmouth
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, 80, former naval commander-in-chief in World War I, died of a heart attack at his son Captain C. G. Mayo’s home in Portsmouth New Hampshire. He retired in 1920 and was known for a strict naval code and advocacy of a strong U S Navy. Private funeral services will be held.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Henry T. Mayo
C. G. Mayo
United States
Sheriff Delays Bloodstain Report In Brannock Slaying
Sparta, Feb 23. Sheriff Walter W. Irvin says he has not received a bloodstain analysis mailed from the FBI in Washington. The report was expected yesterday and is needed to advance the assault slaying investigation of 16 year old Elva Brannock, as Irvin continues routine clue checking in the meantime.
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Sparta
Walter W. Irvin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Elva Brannock
Waters Dies After Train Strike at Atlantic and North Carolina Tracks
GOLDSBORO Feb 23 W A Waters 39 died from injuries after being struck by a train while sitting on the Atlantic and North Carolina tracks.
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Goldsboro
W. A. Waters
Atlantic and
North Carolina
Opponents Hold Narrow Lead in Roosevelt Reform Ballot
Local election updates show 582 ballots counted on Roosevelt judiciary reform with 213 opposing and 269 in favor. The anti reform side extended its lead to 44 votes after yesterday’s 23 vote margin as families split along lines.
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Roosevelt
Taylor Heads House Group
Washington reports Rep. Edward T. Taylor becomes head of the House Appropriations Committee after the death of Rep. James P. Buchanan. The 78-year-old Taylor, the oldest member, had directed the committee during the illness preceding Buchanan’s death in a Naval hospital. Buchanan questioned lump sum funding in favor of specific item allocations.
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Washington
James P. Buchanan
Power Project Fight Renewed Near Rock Hill
Duke Power Co begins new leg in bid to stop a 2.85 million dollar hydroelectric project at Buzard Roost using federal funds. Greenwood County and the Public Works Administration join in court before Judge J Lyles Glenn as witnesses testify in the federal district court in Rock Hill.
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Duke Power Company
Ite
United States Supreme Court
Buzeard Roost
Greenwood County
Public Works Administration
J. Lyles Glenn
Federal District Court
Jury Picked to Try Edgar Smoak for Daughter’s Murder
In Wilmington on February 23 a jury was chosen to try Edgar Leroy Smoak for the murder of his 16 year old daughter Annie Thelma. The defense used seven of 14 challenges as 13 jurors were seated from a pool of 29 examined. A grand jury weighed another murder indictment against Smoak for poisoning his second wife Alice Mason Smoak who died in July 1935.
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Wilmington
Edgar Leroy Smoak
Annie Thelma
John J. Burney
Grand
Smoak
Alice Mason Smoak
Martial Law Lifted in Anderson After Gunclash
Gov M Clifford Townsend signed an order to lift military rule from Anderson Indiana at 3 PM Central Time withdrawing 170 National Guard troops. Anderson had been under troop rule since February 18 after a clash between union and non union automobile workers at the city’s accessory plant.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Anderson
National Guard
Navy Seaplanes Begin Last Leg to Guantanamo Bay
A squadron of 12 navy seaplanes under Lieut. Comm. G. T. Owen departed Hampton Roads on the final leg of a flight to Guantanamo Bay. The group, consisting of 17 officers and 60 enlisted men, reached Miami after legs from Charleston and Hampton Roads, as Caribbean maneuvers continue.
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Fila
Hampton Roads
Guantanamo Bay
Ammoto
Caribbean
G. T. Owen
Charleston
S. C
Craven County Board Recommends Reelecting Health Officer
New Bern report says Craven County Board of Health urges Craven County Commissioners to reelect Dr. N. M. Gibbs as county health officer for a one year term.
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New Bern
Craven County Board of Health
N. M. Gibbs
Stock Market Dips After Nervous Opening
New York shares opened with a jittery gain in non ferrous metals driven by London's surge but soon faced heavy selling among industrial leaders. By the fourth hour the overall trend had turned downward as traders assessed the day’s mixed moves.
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New York
London
Mecklenburg hearing into roadhouse liquor seizure charges
The Mecklenburg Civil Service Commission will hold a Friday hearing into charges that rural police were negligent in allowing roadhouses to operate. State highway patrolmen seized about 15000 dollars worth of liquor in two days at these locations.
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Mecklenburg Civil Service Commission
Grim Sequel 10 Effort 10 Kill Viceroy In Addis Ababa
News dispatch reports that Italian firing squads executed Ethiopians found armed after an attempted assassination of Viceroy Graziani in Addis Ababa. The communique noted hundreds of executions among about 2,000 suspects. others faced examination as Mussolini’s regime tightens control.
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Fedolfo Graziani
Addis Ababa
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Eifte
Grazini
Aurelio Liotta
Hopewell Officers Deny Nitrate Shipment Story
In Hopewell Virginia plant officials deny knowledge of a nitrate shipment claimed by the Linaria crew as bound for Spain. Plant manager Frank C. Clark was unavailable but colleagues said they knew nothing of any shipment, while the Richmond Times Dispatch noted the Linaria is expected to dock at the Solvay private pier soon to load nitrate for Spain.
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Solvay Process Corporation
Linaria
Spain
Frank C. Clark
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Solvay
Sutherland To Quit At Pitt Says Sun Telegraph
The Sun-Telegraph reports Pittsburgh football coach Jock Sutherland will resign likely Thursday to end his disputes with Athletic Director W Don Harrison. The claim places the action at the University of Pittsburgh and notes ongoing friction with university leadership.
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Pittsburgh
the Sun-Telegraph
Jock Sutherland
University of Pittsburgh
W. Don Harrison
Fishing Boats Use New Harbor
A fleet of over 250 boats was using the new harbor completed here two weeks ago as a base for fishing operations beyond Drum Inlet off the Hammocks of Corebanks. Since completion, fishermen aboard docking boats have landed about 1.5 million pounds of fish valued at $40,000.
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Atlantic
Drum Inlet
Corebanks
Commissioner names veterinary division technician
Raleigh February 23. Commissioner of Agriculture W Kerr Scott appointed L W Purdy of Oriental as a veterinary division technician.
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Raleigh
Commissioner of Agriculture
W. Kerr Scott
L. W. Purdy
Oriental
Crest Passes Natchez Flood Crest Moves Toward Gulf
The Mississippi river flood crest moved past Natchez toward the Gulf at reduced speed as about 10 000 refugees fled from lowland Mississippi and Louisiana seeking relief at highland stations. Workers along the river’s dikes continued duty with no sign the levee would fail. In Concordia parish Louisiana crews reinforced earthen embankments between Point Breeze and Deer Point as skies cleared after weekend rain.
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Concordia Parish
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