Roosevelt Fires Tammany Leader Farley in Albany
New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt removes Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, a Tammany Hall district leader, over questions about his income. Prosecutors cite Farley’s large deposits and a so called tin box that allegedly stored hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Thomas M. Farley
Tammany Hall
Keystone
Farley
Samuel Seabury
Legislative
Demanhds
el Seabury
Tammany
Roosevelt
New calls for money to take more than saved so far
Washington reports the annual supply bill for the treasury and post office departments shows operating costs of 1 059 098 000 and debt retirement of 1 161 687 000. The package totals about half of Hoover's 4 600 000 000 budget with a 22 million cut from estimates.
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Washington
Treasury and
Post Office
House
Hoover
Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Treasury
Chinese General Claims Japan Backs 60,000 More at Shanghai
General Tsai Ting Kai, defending Shanghai, says Japan is sending 60 000 additional troops bringing total to about 86 000. He asserts China can resist a long time and vows to hold the line while seeking peace and neutrality of the international settlement. He warns Japan may win after a long fight but China remains principled.
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Shanghai
Tsai Ting-Kai
Chenju
Uyeda
China
Tsai
United States Upholds Open Door Policy in Far East
Secretary Stimson reaffirmed US policy amid Japan China hostilities. He tied global understanding in the Far East to the nine power treaty era and noted treaties and naval limitations influenced US naval reductions and fortifications. He defended the open door and called for revision of the nine power pact.
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Washington
Stimson
Far East
Japan
China
United States
Guam
Philippines
Capitol
Senare Naval Committee
Farley Attacks Hoover as Politically Inexperienced
James A. Farley, chair of New York Democratic State Committee, told the Roosevelt for President club at New York University that Herbert Hoover is absolutely deficient in political knowledge. He contrasted Hoover with Franklin D. Roosevelt and urged voters to back Roosevelt for the presidency, arguing leadership requires political experience in elective office.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic State Committee of
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
New York University
Franklin D. Roosen
White House
Washington
United States
Farm Board Members 20 Percent Salary Cut Approved
The Senate civil service committee favorably reported Senator Borah's bill cutting farm board member salaries from 12 000 to 9 600 and barring salaries above 15 000. An amendment prohibits high pay for workers and bans loans to stabilizing bodies paying more than 15 000. This marks the first salary reduction bill to advance in Congress.
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Washington
Farm Board
Senate Civil Service Committee
Borah
Idaho
George
D. Ga
Federal Farm Board
Harwoods Indicted by Wake County Grand Jury
Miss Lola G. Harwood of Bryson City and her father Judge John H. Harwood were indicted for embezzling 4823 dollars from the state revenue department while she was a clerk. The judge was charged with aiding and abetting. A special April term is planned. an old case will not proceed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Lola G. Harwood
Bryson City
John H. Harwood
Superior Court Bench
Wake County
Miss Harwood
State Revenue Department
Harwood
J. C. Little
Superior Court
Ohio Supreme Court ruling on ginger ale service in public place
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that serving cracked ice and ginger ale in a public place does not aid or abet a violation of Ohio prohibition. The decision was issued in Columbus today.
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OKEH
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Rum smugglers now organized in large international syndicates
Washington report says liquor smuggling has not fallen and is run by highly organized international combines. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Billard testified that independents have been driven out, with smugglers using ships in violation of rules, smoke screens and even poisonous gas. High frequency radio enables instant ship to shore communication.
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Washington
F. C. Billard
Coast Guard
House Appropriations Committee
Billard
House Wet Bloc Fails To Secure Roll Call On Dry Law
The house wet bloc fails to force a roll call on wire tapping in prohibition enforcement. A teller vote 132 to 102 defeats an amendment to block wire tapping funds of 11.37 million dollars. Speaker Garner and Rep Cannon clash over recommittal as the house adjourns with a roll call set for tomorrow. The setback leaves the bloc seeking another prohibition issue to reveal member votes. The tally improves for the amendment versus last year’s 1932 bill by 25 votes.
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Washington
House
Prohibition Bureau
Schafer
Wis
Garner
Representaive Cannon
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
One Killed And Another May Die After Laurinburg Crash
A head on collision on a busy Laurinburg street killed 12 year old H M Morgan Jr and injured five others from the McCormick and Morgan families. Principal R C Kiser and Dorothy Morgan were among the injured. Dorothy’s condition was critical with head injuries.
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Laurinburg
N. C
R. C. Kiser
H. M. Morgan, Jr
Dorothy Morgan
Pearl Morgan
Nathan
Lon McCormick
J. C. McCormick
Mr. Kiser
Hamlet
Dorothy
Stock Exchange Leader Defends Short Selling
Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, told a House judiciary subcommittee that without short selling the market would have closed months ago. He called short selling an unnecessary yet useful practice and cited its role in liquidity during a volatile period.
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Stock Exchange
Washington
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
House
Growers Of Wheat In England To Receive Higher Prices
The British government announced guaranteed higher prices for home grown wheat. Payments are guaranteed up to 27,000,000 hundredweight each cereal year starting 1932, with a standard price of 10 shellings per hundredweight, roughly $1.73 at current exchange.
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London
War reporting under censor ships in China
Beverly Hills letter from Feb 24 notes war dispatches are biased by press agents and censors. Writers in Manchuria and Shanghai exaggerate to keep it readable, and readers should discount datelines Tokyo or Shanghai by at least half, due to government censorship on both sides.
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Beverly Hilisa
Calif
China
Manchuria
Shanghai
Tokyo
Dry Leader Foresees Third Party Win if Wet Candidates Rise
Dr E H Cherrington general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism told the Anti Saloon League southern convention in St Peters burg that a third party could sweep the presidential election if democrats and republicans adopt prohibition repeal planks and run wet candidates He said it was only a possibility and urged prohibition supporters to Sacrificially back the fight W A Frost former judge urged friends to back the struggle against a wet press he called a menace to prohibition.
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ST. Petersburg
Fia
E. H. Cherrington
Washington
World League Against Alcoholism
Anti-Saloon League of America
Friends of Prohibition
W. A. Frost
Louisville, Ky
SINO JAP WAR REINFORCEMENTS DELAY SETTLEMENT OUTLOOK
United Press reports reinforcements from Tokio to a settlement area, but positions remain unchanged. The United States consul at Hankow questions China’s organized status while Mukden hosts a Manchurian state named Daido meaning great union. Washington notes circulation of Chinese letters urging a boycott of Japanese goods. Secretary Stimson reaffirms open door policy and accuses Japan of violating the Nine Power Treaty.
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United Press
Tokio
United States
Hank China
China
Overall Strike Deadlocked at Blue Bell Company
Greensboro Feb 24 Officials of the Blue Bell Overall Company held firm for a 12 percent wage cut while strikers who already accepted 10 percent pressed on. About 1,400 workers walked out Monday, joined by 200 more, shutting both plants. A mass meeting will vote on accepting the 12 percent cut or continuing the strike. The company refused further talks. no disorder and no union affiliation reported.
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Greensboro
Blue Bell Overall Company
Hondred
Accomplices Freed as Woman Faces Kidnaping Charge
In Lillington on February 24 Ila Moore, relative of Mrs Wade Bowling, remains charged with abduction after two soldiers, George Klamper and Clayton Harris, were freed on the abduction count. They were convicted with Ila and the girl of trespassing, while the girl's kidnapping charge continues to Thursday.
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Lillington
Ila Moore
Wade Bowling
Helen Bowling
George Klamper
Clayton Harris
Winnie Ruth Judd Names Accomplice And Insists On New Trial
The Examiner prints a letter said to be from Winnie Ruth Judd asking for the arrest of an alleged accomplice in the LeRoi and Samuelson killings. Judd, facing a Phoenix murder sentence, claims a fair trial was not held and repeats her story of disposing the bodies with a man who aided in the cover up.
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Los Angeles
The
Examiner Today
Winnie Ruth Judd
William C. Judd
Agnes Anne LeRoi
Hedvig Samuelson
Phoenix
Ariz
LeRoi-Samuelson
Sammy
Miss Samuelson
Anne
Censorship Tightens as Japan Cites News Secrecy
Tokyo reports a cabinet order enforcing secrecy on Shanghai expedition plans and troop increases. The measure limits public details while the war council discusses the Shanghai campaign and potential commanders. Public support remains high amid growing awareness of occupation risks.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shanghai
China
Sepreme War Council
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Tar Heel Slayer Brought Back After 29 Years
George Presnell was returned to Mitchell County jail from Columbia Missouri where he had become a substantial citizen. He is sought in the fatal stabbing of Lewis Buchanan, supposedly after a disputed remark to Mrs Presnell. Witnesses recall the 2 year manhunt and the case links to Mrs Presnell who remained in Bakersville through years of absence.
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Fed
George Presnell
Lewis Buchanan
Mitchell County
Columbia
Buchanan
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