Last Minute Arrests in North Carolina Slaying
In Gastonia on February 28 Dee a 25 year old local Black man and his 24 year old companion were jailed on suspicion of murder in the death of Hoke Davis a Gastonia businessman found beaten in his car on a roadside near town a week earlier Police Chief Carl Elliott said the investigation began after a woman's skirt matching the rag around Davis neck was found with his body.
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Dee
Magsie
Tonia Police
Tng
Hoke Davis
Cgasia
Here
Carl Eliott
Vis
Senate panel backs pardon plea for Mooney
A senate judiciary subcommittee approved a resolution urging a pardon for Mooney, who was convicted of the 16 preparedness day bombing in San Francisco and is serving a life sentence. His friends say he was convicted on false and perjured testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Mooney
San Francisco
Well Done-FDR Message Sent to Air Force Team
President Roosevelt directed Gary Woodring to deliver congratulations to officers and men of six airarms who returned yesterday from a goodwill flight to Buenos Aires. Lieutenant Colonel Rob Olds, flight commander, will call at the White House to receive the president in person.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gary Woodring
Yestery
Enos Aires
Rob ©. Olds
White House
Carolina revenue report shows February gains
Raleigh February revenue totals 841,828.20 up 13.85 cents from February 1957. For eight months of the fiscal year receipts reach 781,001.03, up seven tenths of a percent over the prior year. Revenue Commissioner A. M. released the report.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Naval conference to discuss Japan note informally in London
London Feb 28 experts from United States Britain and France will meet informally tomorrow to consider Japan s note refusing to divulge naval plans. The three powers had requested information on whether Japan planned battleships of 85 000 tons and other major naval arms as part of the 1086 London limit.
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London
Tes
Britain
France
Japan
Owens World Record Approved at Congress
Paris February 28 The International Amateur Athletic Federation Congress approved a world record for the 100 meter dash of 10.2 seconds by Jesse Owens of the United States among 15 American athletes. The session was held behind closed doors with no other new marks confirmed.
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Paris
International Amateur Thletic Federation Congress
Jesse Owens
Kidnapping and espionage arrests shock New York area
FBI arrests Guenther Gustave Rumrich 27 ex sergeant in the U S Army in a case tying a suspected foreign spy ring to the Canal Zone and coast defense data. In New Rochelle Murray Levine seeks help to recover his 12 year old son Peter amid ransom rumors and federal county inquiries.
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United States
FBI
Guenther Gustave Rumrich
U. S
Rumrich
Panama Canal Zone
Europe
Canal Zone
New York
Murray Levine
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Westchester
Frank Warns of Economic Chaos and Calls for Redirection
Dr. Glenn Frank chairing the Republican program committee warned that the nation's economic machine is stalled and urged a sweeping reeducation of political and economic realities. He outlined three tasks for the committee including auditing the New Deal, restating Republican philosophy, and producing a comprehensive policy report.
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Glenn Frank
Republican Committee On Program
University of Wisconsin
America
Congress
Commissions
John D. M. Hamilton
National Committee
Committee On Program
Hamilton
Committee On
Frank
Japanese drive toward Yellow River reported in China
Shanghai dispatches say Japanese forces pushed south in Shansi province, capturing Linfen and routing Chinese defenders toward the Yellow River. The report claims 6,000 Chinese killed or captured at Hwohsien, with major bombardment and tank support, and notes plans to strike the Sungai region and Chengchow.
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Shansi
Great Central Front
Linfen
Yellow River
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Taiyuan
Tal
Patcd
Lingshin
Ders
Hwohsieng
Ocheng
Om Linfen
Fen River
Kuwv
Howma
Lunghai
Hwohsien
Chengchow
Sunghai
Peto'ng-Hankow
Japan
Stanford KE. Ayers
Atlanta
Katie Murray
Kenanaville
N. C
Grace Stribling
Weastminster
D. C
Pearl
Bessie Reid
Free Methodist Mission
Sinsiang
Peiping-Hankow
Chihsien
French Capture German Soldier Near Thionville
French border police detained a young German soldier for questioning after he drove an armoured car with machine guns across the border in an attempted desertion. He said the car was stolen in Germany and driven about 60 miles into French territory. French authorities await German instructions on disposition of both the fugitive and the vehicle.
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Thionville
France
Germany
Reynolds taps Pickard as campaign manager in Davidson County
Lexington reports Senator Robert R. Reynolds announced Dwight L. Pickard Davidson county recorder is named his campaign manager for Davidson County. Pickard is a local official in the same county strengthening Reynolds campaign in the region.
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Lexington
Robert R. Reynolds
Dwight L. Pickard
Davidson County
French British Leaders Facing Hostile Groups
In London on February 28 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain defended Viscount Halifax as foreign secretary amid hostile questions. He denied Italy seeks a Suez Canal defense share as leverage for Anglo Italian accord and urged a speedy realistic approach after Anthony Eden’s resignation eight days earlier.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Viscount Halifax
Anthony Eden
Lord Heliige
Chamberlain
Italy
Suez Canal
Eden
TVA and Knoxville Discuss Utility Deal
Knoxville officials and the Tennessee Valley Authority began talks with the Tennessee Public Service Co to explore municipal purchase of the utility’s electric facilities. Knoxville has received 300000 dollars of a 2600000 dollar PWA loan grant to start a city distribution system.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
City of Knoxville
Tennessee Public Service Company
PWA
Supreme Court Upheld NLRB Rulings On Recognition
The Supreme Court sustained National Labor Relations Board orders directing no bus companies to withdraw recognition for collective bargaining from employee unions in company dominated cases. Justice Stone delivered the opinion noting prior circuit court decisions and addressing elections and fairness issues. The case involved Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines and Pacific Greyhound Lines. Twelve persons convicted of...
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oday
National Lobor Relations Board
Covernment
Labor Board
Justice Stone
National Labor Relations Act
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
Pacfic
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Aviator Bert Mall Missing After Philippine Flight
Manila reports Bert Mall of Tucson Arizona, a renowned American aviator, disappeared 12 hours after leaving Manila for Paracale Camarines Norte in a Philippines aerial taxi plane. He had no passengers.
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Bert Mall
Tucson
Ariz
Paracale
Camarines Notre Province
Philippines
Austria stalls Nazi march as army halts Graz turmoil
Austrian authorities halted a planned Nazi march on Vienna after rapid military reinforcement around Graz. 16 tanks and air power reinforced the garrison while courts closed schools and Swastikas were removed from flags amid widespread fear of Aryan birth document checks and growing Nazi influence.
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Associated Press
Austria
Europe
Vienna
Berlin
Graz
Kurt Schusechnige
Schuschnigg
Armin Dardieu
Echoola
Kurt Schuschnige
Fatherland Front
Pershing improving after health bulletin in Tucson
General John J. Pershing shows improvement according to a Tucson bulletin. He took fluids by mouth for the first time in four days and remained conscious for longer periods. Doctors note better temperature, kidney function, and no oxygen support for 36 hours as care continues.
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Ariz
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
S. A. Marietta
Aerial Mine Backed by Martin for Immediate Trial
Glen L. Martin urged the House Naval Committee to test a new aerial mine invented by Lester P. Barlow of Stamford Conn. He said a 250000 pound aircraft carrying 4000 pounds of bombs could be built in 3½ years and tested for fighting power. Martin emphasized air supremacy and praised Navy aircraft as highly efficient in their class.
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Representative Church
R.ill
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Lester P. Barlow
Stamford
Martin
Navy Department
Church
U. S
Pacific
United States
Mardi Gras Opens Tomorrow in New Orleans Festivities Begin
Mardi Gras bursts into full swing as tens of thousands gather. King Alla VI leads a river procession through Algiers while harbor crafts sound sirens and horns. Paul A. Wright, recently released from jail after killing his wife and a friend, hopes to fade from memory as he walks free in Glendale.
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New Orleans
Alla VI
Algiers
Mississippi River
Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimmel
Glendale
Perfect Score For 12,000 Mile Good Will Flight
Langley Field VA February 28 Six United States Army flying fortresses completed a 12 000 mile good will tour to South America without major incident. The crew under Lieut Col Robert Olds landed at Langley after a nonstop flight from the Panama Canal Zone. Olds praised navigators as uncannily accurate and said the army air corps had the finest equipment ever built.
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Langley Field
South America
United States Army
Air Corps
Panama Canal Zone
Robert Olds
Baruch Blame Unemployment On Government
Bernard Baruch told a senate committee that government policy bears more responsibility for unemployment than business. He urged enactment of wage hour legislation and criticized non distributive profits taxes and capital gains taxes for hindering new industry growth.
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Washington
Bernard Baruch
Senate
Busine
Baruch
Rooseve
Senal
G-Men Search Nation For More Spy Ring Suspects
FBI Chief confirms nationwide hunt for suspects linked to highly organized ring that stole U S Army and Navy secrets for a European power. Arrests last week included Fraulein Johanna Hof Gunther Rumrich and Enrich Glaser as U S district attorney pledges swift grand jury action.
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New York
U. Army
Navy
Reed Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Vetterli
Combine
Thomas Hanley
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Air Corps
U. S
Lamar Hardy
Swift
Fraulein Johanna Hof
Dresden
Germany
Lloyd Europa
Fede
Psyof
Gunther Gustave Rumrich
Eiven
Veant
Pana Canal Zone
Enrich Glaser
Ron
Mileshell
New ¥ City
Rumrich
Atlantic Coast Artillery
Panama Zone
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Russia
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