North Carolina Receives Two Million Relief Loan
The Reconstruction Corporation authorized total emergency relief loans of 7 292 478 dollars with North Carolina getting 2 038 000 to be used in March and April. Funds will be distributed through all 100 counties of the state and the specific subdivisions to receive the money were not disclosed.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
North Carolina
West
Colorado
Michigan
Stimson and Hull Discuss League Policy On Manchurian Crisis
Washington and Geneva reports track Secretary Stimson and Cordell Hull as they align with League of Nations findings on Japan's Manchuria violation. The Geneva session shows Japan withdrawing from settlement talks while the United States endorses treaty observance and limited sanctions.
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Geneva
Yosuke Matsuoka
League of Nations
Japan
Committee of 21
United States
Soviet Russia
China
League Assembly
Nh Nations
League
Washington
Stimson
Cordell Hull
Manchuua
America
Hoover
Roosevelt
Hull
Roosevelt Holds Confer with Woodin and Moley on World Economic Plan
President-Elect Roosevelt met with Daniel Roper William Woodin and Raymond Moley at Krum Elbow Hyde Park to discuss a broad international economic plan including war debts and a rapid return to financial normalcy The talks focused on reopening Michigan and Maryland banks and balancing the federal budget by July 1 with no public comment from the participants.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Krum Elbow
William H. Woodin
Roosevelt-Woodin
Awe
Wooden
Ieee
Treasury Department
Roper
Internal Revenue
William G. McAdoo
California
Woodin
White House
Treasury
Michigan
Maryland
Indiana Governor Plans Paroles After Dry Law Repeal
Governor McNutt says after the repeal of Indiana s bone dry law he will pardon or parole about 400 prisoners serving liquor violation sentences. Amnesty extends to transporting possessing and selling liquor. public intoxication and drunken driving remain excluded. Police will study statutes as enforcement adjusts statewide.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
State Senate
House of Representatives
Penal Institution
Board of State Charities
Michael Morissey
Basil Minnich
Southern
North Carolina Receives Additional Reconstruction Funds
Raleigh reports $2,038,000 in relief funds authorized by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, bringing state total to $5,074,000 since last September. Dr. Fred W. Morrison sought March and April relief, while January payouts totaled $1,286,416 for per family expenditures of $8.10. Over 70 percent of funds spent were federal, with the remainder raised locally.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fred W. Morrison
Washington
Mexico Asks Clark Returned To Post
President Hoover accepted the retirement of Joshua R. Clark U S ambassador to Mexico effective immediately after two days of consideration. Speculation arose about renaming the post with the incoming administration but no solid basis for the reports was found.
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Indsay
United States
Roosevelt
New York
Sir Ronald
Britain
Washington
Joshua Reuben Clark
Mexico
Hoover
Walsh and Truffin wed in Havana privacy
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana married Mina Perez Chaumont De Truffin at a secluded Buena Vista home in Marianao near Havana. The ceremony preceded a flight to Miami then Washington as Walsh serves as Roosevelt’s attorney general designate.
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Havana
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senora Mina Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Buena Vista
Marianao
Miami
Washington
Walsh
Roosevelt
AP asks injunction to stop KSOO news pirating
A.P. files suit in federal court in Sioux Falls to bar KSOO from broadcasting dispatches it has gathered at high cost. A temporary restraining order stops further use until March 6 hearing to decide on the injunction.
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Sioux Falls
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Associated Press
Equity
The
Press Association
Sioux Falls Broadcast Association
KSOO
D. Elliott
Tera
Assembly Ends Week In Worst Jumble Of Present Session
North Carolina's General Assembly closed the week amid a tangle of revenue and education bills. The joint finance committee and house actions clashed over a six or eight month term and a sales tax. The lack of action on a major appropriations package and liquor bills added to the confusion, with lawmakers eyeing department consolidations and possible eight month terms.
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H. EB. O'Rkref, JR
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Senate
House
Joint Education Committee
House Finance Committee
Joint Appropriations Committee
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Corporation Commission
Judiciary Committee
Tom Bowle
Bowle
Japanese 14th Brigade Drives Into Jehol Frontier
Northern Ja panee Major General Hattori Hattofi's 14th brigade crossed into Jehol from Suichung at 9 30 a m and clashed with a large Chinese force in what reports call the fiercest fighting yet of the Jehol campaign. The attack opened a path toward Jehol City as 90 000 invaders push from three spearheads. five thousand Chinese volunteers were defeated near Yuliangpu and fled toward Hsingmengkungsu.
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James A. Mills
Chinchow
Manchuria
Jehol
Suichung
Japan
Manchukuo
Kailu
Chaoyang
Suitung
Yuliangpu
Hsingmengkungsu
Durham Man Shot and Killed by Officers
Durham, Feb 25. J N Lasater a white coal dealer was shot and killed at his home on McMannen street. Sheriff Belvin says H W Hessee a white furniture dealer and Theodore Cooper a negro are held in connection with the shooting. Lasater had warned of possible danger over business disputes and sought protection. Deputies recovered the shotgun at Hessee’s house and detained both men.
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Durham
N. Lasater
McMannen Street
H. W. Heesee
Theodore Cooper
Lasater
E. G. Belvin
Hessee
Shaw, Morgan
Hall
Cooper Negro
Peterman death to be investigated by grand jury
Roy L. Peterman a Charlotte utilities executive was killed February 11 at his home. The Mecklenburg county grand jury will probe the case beginning Monday after Solicitor John G. Carpenter decided to review testimony and evidence. His wife Ruth L. Peterman was charged with murder but released after a coroner's inquest found death by self inflicted gunshot.
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Charlotte
Roy L. Peterman
Charlotte Utilities
Mecklenburg County Grand Jury
John G. Carpenter
Peterman
Ruth L. Peterman
Carpenter
Charlotte Observer
Frank N. Little John
President Hoovers emergency banking powers granted
Tremendous powers over national banks and their deposits were vested in the president for one year with executive approval by the treasury chief. The comptroller of the currency may act as the president's agent to match state bank powers, limited by existing and future laws. The six month term may be extended, and consolidations or branch banking remain restricted.
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Washington
National Bank
House Banking Committee
Michigan
Hoover
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Steagall
Alabama
Banking Committee
House
North Carolina Benefits From Roosevelt River Plan
North Carolina stands to gain significantly from President-Elect Roosevelt's Tennessee river basin development. Colonel J. W. Harrelson, state conservation director, notes 13 3 4 percent of the basin lies in the state. Navigation flood control and power are the key phases, with hydro electric projects boosting mineral production and finished goods. He urged informing governors and congress members through Hugh MacRae of Wilmington.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Tennessee River
J. W. Harrelson
Tennessee
Harrelson
Hugh MacRae
Wilmington
Southeastern Council
Congress
Japanese envoy Matsuoka plans US voyage after withdrawal
London reports that Yosukue Matsuoka head of the Japanese delegation that withdrew from the League of Nations assembly intends to sail from England for the United States around March 15.
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London
Yosukue Matsuoka
League of Nations Assembly
England
United States
Officials of North Carolina Legion Posts Meet in Wilson
Salisbury reports Bryce P. Beard state commander announced the annual conference of all post district and department officials will be held in Wilson March 6 and 6. Speakers include Frank E. Samuel national adjutant and Dr. H. D. Shapiro national rehabilitation committee consultant with John Thomas Taylor national legislative committee vice chairman, both of Washington.
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Salisbury
Bryce P. Beard
The
American Legion
Wilson
Frank E. Samuel
Indianapolis
H. D. Shapiro
Washington
D. C
National Rehabilitation Committee
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee
Roland Howell
Louisiana
National Auxiliary
Dragnet Tightens in Denver Kidnapping Case
Denver faces the largest dragnet in its history as 4,000 volunteers join peace officers to hunt for Charles Boettcher II. Claude Boettcher designated midnight as zero hour after a February 12 abduction and ransom demand. The wife met with O. E. Stevens, a Colorado Springs gambling figure, as authorities questioned him and he was later released.
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Denver
Boettcher
Rockies
American Legion
Charles Boettcher 2Nd
O. E. Stevens
Colorado Springs
Stevens
A. T. Clark
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Utah
Moley
Capital City
Francis M. Stephenson
Clark
Senator Walsh
Senora Truffin
Baioning
N. C. Legion
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