Lehman Asks Fed Help To Aid New York Unemployed
Governor Herbert H. Lehman urged the federal government to broaden unemployment relief access for New York, estimating more than 1.25 million unemployed and saying state finances are sound but aid is essential. He called for easier eligibility under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act.
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N. d
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Empire State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F. C
Lehman
New York State
R. F. Co
Fighting Breaks Out as Japs and Chinese Clash at Shanhaikwan
Heavy fighting erupts between Japanese and Chinese forces at Shanhaikwan where the wall meets the sea. Japanese air units bomb the city amid reported Chinese reinforcements and sporadic firing throughout Sunday night and Monday.
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Tokyo
Shanhaikwan
Great Wall
Rengo
Chun
Wall
Hsiao-Liang
Meeting set to plan Roosevelt influenced congress program
Washington reports that President-elect Roosevelt will shape the coming two months of Congress as party leaders meet in New York. A potential April extra session may be decided, with talks on prohibition farm relief and other pledges guiding the agenda.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Attem
New York
Senate
House
Relief bill agreement set to aid four farm commodities
The House Agriculture Committee reached a tentative plan for emergency domestic allotment relief covering wheat cotton hogs and tobacco. It aims to restore postwar price levels for domestic consumption with a processing fee on manufacturers and would apply to 1933 production unless renewed by the president.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Jones
Rainey
Two Men Die In Gun Battle At County Jail Yard
Shelby, Jan. 2. Deputy Sheriff E. W. Sanders and textile employee Mark Conner were killed after a jail yard gun duel. Conner shot Sanders, then Sanders fired four times, ending both men's lives. Kelly, arrested with them, escaped but was later recaptured. Sanders and Conner were married. Conner came from Hemp.
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Shelby
E. W. Sanders
Mark Conner
Conner
Sanders
Red” Kelly
Baron Dedmon
Kelly
Dedmon
President's Committee Fears Revolt Brewing
Reports from Henderson and New York describe two faint clues in the McCoin missing person case and warnings from a Hoover era social trends committee. The NC attorney is missing after an anonymous letter claims he was slain. police search 29 miles west of Hagerstown. The New York piece warns against drift toward dictatorial systems without stronger social coordination.
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J. H. Langston
Henderson
McCain
Richmond
Langston
Hagerstown
McCoin
North Carolina
New York
Hoover
Senate Judiciary to Hear Beer Measure This Saturday
The Senate Judiciary Committee referred the beer bill to a subcommittee for a limited hearing on constitutionality. Hearing begins Saturday with three hours per side, chaired by Senator Blaine with voting members including Borah Hebert Walsh and Dill. The panel, still drafting a prohibition repeal resolution, will focus on constitutional aspects and may reconvene that day.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Blaine
Wis
Borah
Ida
Hebert
R. J
Walsh
Mont
Dill
Wash
Norris
Dietrich suit filed for breach of contract in federal court
In Los Angeles a federal suit seeks nearly 200000 damages from film actress Marlene Dietrich by Paramount Studios for breach of contract. In Raleigh lawmakers near start of biennial session as the State advisory budget commission works on revenue and appropriations bills.
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Angeles
Marlene Dietrich
Paramount Studios
Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
Powell Named First In Ehringhaus Cabinet
Governor elect J C B Ehringhaus names Charles Gregory Powell of Granville county as commissioner of revenue in his early cabinet moves Powell, 38, is Granville register of deeds and former Granville Democratic executive chair, WWI veteran with the 120th Machine Gun Corps. Powell’s appointment came as Ehringhaus recovers in Norfolk hospital.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Charles Gregory Powell
Granville County
Menti Hue
J. Maxwell
Ebringhaus
Powell
Register of Deeds
France
James B. Powell
Sheriff Arrests Brother-in-Law in Hughes Farm Murder
Laurens county sheriff C. L. Owens announces the arrest of his brother-in-law D. B. Owings of Gray Court on a murder charge in the death of Clyde Hughes, a farmer who died from injuries after an altercation with Owings Friday.
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Laurens, Ss. C
L. Owens
Laurens County
D. B. Owings
Gray Court
Clyde Hughes
Owings
Ehringhaus Leaves Norfolk for Inauguration
Governor elect J C B Ehringhaus of North Carolina, hospitalized at St Vincent's in Norfolk, departed for Elizabeth City to finish his inaugural address before Thursday's formal induction to succeed Gov C Max Gardner. Ehringhaus said he is feeling fine and physically fit to face the duties ahead.
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Norfolk
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
St. Vincent's Hospital
Elizabeth City
C. Max Gardner
Ehringhaus's Dad Considers Attending Inauguration
Ehringhaus's father, Burksine Ehringhaus, 79, doubts he will leave his Elizabeth City Bank bookkeeping job to attend his son Governor elect J B Ehringhaus's inauguration on Thursday. He may or may not go depending on how he feels.
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Elazabeth City
Jan
Berskine Ehringhaus
B. Ebhringhaus
Elizabeth City Bank
Governor Gardner Receives Honorary Watch Gift
At the executive mansion Gov. O Max Gardner received a engraved watch and chain from state officials led by J Dewey Dorsett of the state industrial commission and North Carolina Young Democratic Club. The presentation praised Gardner for his public service and roads development.
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O. Max Gardner
J. Dewey Dorsett
State Industrial Commission
North Carolina Young Democratic Clube
North Carolina
Dorsett
Marines Leave Nicaragua as Sacasa Inaugurates Presidency
The last U S Marines depart Nicaragua marking President Sacasa's inaugural address promising full sovereignty. An American trained native guard 2500 strong to patrol. Evacuation routes include aircraft to Mexico and Harare then Miami with the final group boarding ships Henderson and Anteries for Quantico and San Diego.
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Nicaragua
Rodolfo Espinoza
United States
Royden
Minatitlan
Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Major
Harare
Miami
Fla
Corinto
U. S. S. Henderson
Henderson
Berkeley
Quantico
Virginia
Hunt
San Diego
Calif
North Carolina Looks Back at 1933 A Year of Turmoil
A wide range of events shaped North Carolina in 1933 from bank and hosiery strikes to high profile murders and political shifts. Notable incidents included two tobacco heirs shot, Libby Holman indicted, amnesia found for Col. Raymond Robins, and figures like Luke Lea and W. B. Davis facing trials. Monuments and storms marked the year as labor unrest strained towns from High Point to Rockingham.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Ashby Penn
Reidsville
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Libby Holman
Albert Walker
Reynolds
Chum
Russell Sherwood
New York
Jimmy Walker
Winston-Salem
Europe
New Mexico
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Raymond Robins
Asheville
Raymond Rogers
High Point
Thomasville
Kernersville
Gardner
Rockingham
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea, Jr
W. B. Davin O
Davis
Lew
Edenton
Joseph Hewes
New Year Hope for Real Voices on Roosevelt Work Panel
In San Monica January 1 a writer laments unemployment with ten million out of work and distrust of big men. He argues the first New Deal commission should be non corporate and include ten nonworkers to provide an original viewpoint.
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San Monica
Calif
America
Roosevelt
Moral Issues To Decide Beer Bill For President
Washington January 2. Moral rather than legal issues may decide if President Hoover signs the Collier 3.2 beer bill. Government lawyers split on constitutionality and nullification, while advisers stress broader policy over strict repeal. Senate leaders and dry advocates hold divergent views on repeal versus modification.
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Washington
Jan
Hoover
White House
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