Hoover's Name Again Mentioned In Probe
A Senate lobby committee transcript cites W C D Arcy Coca Cola publicity man planning to brief Hoover with concise sugar data. The Feb 1 letter from H H Pike Jr Wall Street broker to Cuba bound P A Staples discusses Woodruff pressing D Arcy and boosting publicity to influence Hoover against sugar policy.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
W. C. D'Arcy
Coca Cola Company
Hoover
H. H. Pike, Jr
Wall Street
P. A. Staples
Cuba
Central Hershey Company
Pike
Robinson
D'Arcy
Mr. Hoover
Woodruff
Staples
Bob” Woodruff
Morrison says he will not run for Congress in ninth district
Former Governor Cameron Morrison denies any plan to seek the ninth district seat in Congress and questions a Senate bid. He cites not wanting to block younger Democrats from rising, and notes he may not pursue any public office. Democratic leaders had discussed drafting him to oppose Charles A. Jonas.
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Charlotte
Cameron Morrison
Congress
U. S. Senate
District of
Morrison
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
Lee S. Overman
Salisbury
National House
Senate
Weakened by Hunger Branch Surrenders in Rutherford County
Walter Branch of Henrietta surrendered to Rutherford County sheriff after a two day manhunt linked to the murder of G. Kelly Moore a Cliffside contractor. He had been wounded and had no food since Monday morning, and he turned himself in after a friend notified authorities.
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Rutherfordton
Walter Branch
Henrietta
Rutherford County
Branch
G. Kelly Moore
Cliffside
Here
Moore
Lex Harrill
Rutherford
Jealousy Motive In Slaying In Atlanta
In Atlanta on January 8 AP reports John E Barnett of Chattanooga shot and killed George Mason and fatally wounded Mrs Mason before killing himself. A note claimed jealousy of the former wife’s husband caused the shooting. Police found a shotgun in Barnett’s car and a revolver on him.
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Atlanta
John Ek. Barnett
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Mason
Mason
Barnett
Olin McsSullough
Burnett
Canton Forms Bailey Club Pushes Bailey Senate Bid
In Canton North Carolina 89 Democrats formed a Bailey club to support Josiah W Bailey for the U S Senate. Dr F M Davis is president Sam M Robinson secretary and plans call for expansion in Haywood county and western North Carolina as Bailey seeks to succeed F M Simmons of New Bern with a constructive campaign.
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Canton
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Raleigh
U. S. Senate
Bailey
Haywood County
F. M. Davis
Sam M. Robinson
F. M. Simmons
New Bern
Mont Pelee Erupts In Violent Stage Off Martinique
A dispatch from Capt. E. R. McCullum aboard the Western Ocean reports Mont Pelee in violent eruption off the coast of Martinique in the French West Indies.
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New York
New York Times Today
E. R. McCullum
Martinique
French West Indies
Mont Pelee
Julius Rosenwald Marries Adele Goodkind in Philadelphia
Julius Rosenwald head of Sears Roebuck and Co and Chicago philanthropist wed Adele Goodkind of St Paul at the home of his son Lessing J. Rosenwald in Montgomery County. Judge Horace Stern officiated with only their children present. The couple planned a private car to New York then Egypt after a wedding breakfast with relatives in attendance.
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Philadelphia
Julius Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck and Company
Chicago
Adele Goodkind
St. Paul
Minn
Horace Stern
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
William Rosenwald
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Harold Goodkind
New York
Herman Felsenthal
Mrs. Rosenwald
Egypt
Bullet Through Head Of Star Witness Ends Chicago Extortion Case
In Chicago on January 8, authorities disclosed the fatal shooting of Jean B. Hassener, the key witness in an extortion case. Hassener, a 55 year old cabinet maker, was killed at his office stair landing. police suggest he was shot as he fled down the stairs after an approach on the landing. The state implied bribery and intimidation may have prompted the murder to derail the extortion prosecution against Police Sergeant Begley and four others. Investigators questioned Begley as part of the probe.
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Star Witness
Chicago
Jean B. Hassewer
Hassewer
Begley
Pat Roche
Hassener
Roche
South Carolina Road Bond Suit Moves to Dismiss
Attorney General Daniel asks the U S Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal by Clarence L. Johnson and others challenging a 65 million dollar highway bond issue. He argues no constitutional questions are present and seeks affirmation of a lower court’s validity ruling.
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South Carolina
Washington
Jan
Daniel
Supreme Court
Clarence L. Johnson
State Highway Commission
Blease
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Shelby Athlete Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge
Cleve Cline, 23, Shelby athlete and former Blue Ridge Preparatory and Boiling Springs junior college star, was fatally shot while hunting when a shell lodged in cousin Owen Lee's gun caused it to discharge as Cline struck the ground. He died in Lee's arms.
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Shelby
Cleve Cline
Cline
Blue Ridge Preparatory
Boiling Springs Junior College
Cline Owen Lee
Lee
Ten Bodies Taken From Algiers Wreck
Algiers Algeria Jan 8 AP efforts continued to recover ten or more victims from the debris of a passenger train wreck between Tunis and Algiers Monday night. At least twenty killed and as many injured with ten bodies recovered. The wreck occurred when a locomotive left the tracks on an iron viaduct near Guelma causing the viaduct to collapse and two coaches to plunge into the ravine as freight cars toppled atop them. The train was moving about 45 miles an hour.
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Algiers
Algeria
Tunis
Guelma
Einstein to Quit Prague Post End of January
United States minister Louis Einstein at Prague will resign his post at month end and seek a new appointment while visiting his daughter in London. The move comes as he plans to await assignment after leaving Czechoslovakia.
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Hoover
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Woodruff
United States Sugar Association
Einstein
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Louis Einstein
United States
London
La Follette Suggested for Key Senate Finance Seat
Senate Republicans consider Senator La Follette of Wisconsin for the finance committee to resolve a split with the western independents. President Hoover reportedly not involved as party leaders seek an early slate solution amid objections from Senator Smoot on granting independents a seat.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
White House
Hoover
Thomas
Idaho
Republican Committee On Committees
McNare
Smoot
Mother and Child Dead in Kerosene Blast Near Wilmington
In Seagate near Wilmington Jap 8 a mother Mrs. Fred Hoffman and her child Virginia aged 5 died from burns after kerosene used to start a wood fire exploded. Another child Harry two was seriously burned and hospitalized. Neighbors hurried to the scene after flames overtook the home and alerted the husband who was asleep.
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Wilmington
Seagate
Fred Hoffman
Virginia
Harry
Hoffman
Mrs. Hoffman
Ministers Debate Value of Pictures at Rollins Institute
Winter Park Florida January 8 two ministers at the Rollins College second annual institute of salesmanship debated motion pictures agencies for good or evil. The Rev William Sheafe Chase of Washington called the industry the greatest enemy of civilization while the Rev William Murdock McLeod of Pinehurst North Carolina praised the industry noting all elements have sought good pictures and church leadership has a duty to join in creating virtue.
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Winterpark
Fla
Institute of Salesmanship
Rollins College
William Sheafe Chase
Washington
William Murdock McLeod
Pinehurst
N. C
Taft Reported Very Comfortable at Garfield Hospital
Chief Justice Taft was described as very comfortable at Garfield hospital for relief of a bladder ailment. No visitors were allowed except Mrs. Taft and Supreme Court colleagues, with reports of improved nervous condition and a forecast to leave for Asheville, North Carolina for rest later this week.
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Washington
Taft
Garfield Hospital
Supreme Court
Asheville
N. C
Physician Killed by Insane Patient at Harrisburg Hospital
Dr. B. E. Miller, staff physician at the Harrisburg state hospital for the insane, was killed by Moses Sweet, an insane patient just committed by the Dauphin county court. The attack left the physician with a severed throat and he died shortly after.
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Harrisburg
B. E. Miller
Harrisburg State Hospital For the
Moses Sweet
Dauphin County
Directors resign at High Point NC Bank and Trust branch
Randall B. Terry vice president and board chairman J Allen Austin and George F Wilson directors resign from the High Point North Carolina Bank and Trust Co branch. Others Charles L Amos John Sheroff and A L Caldwell remain. Leadership split follows policy disputes under central control at Greensboro.
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High Point
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Randall B. Terry
J. Allen Austin
George F. Wilson
Charles L. Amos
John ©. Sheroff
A. L. Caldwell
Terry
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
Greensboro
W. S&s
Chinese Naval Head Kidnapped By Bandits
Yang Shu Chang commander of the Chinese navy and five Fukien government officials were kidnapped at an official dinner in Foochow. Bandits entered the dining room, held up guests with revolvers, and seized Yang who was bound. the others were taken upriver to a bandit stronghold.
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Foochow
China
Yang Shu Chang
Fukien
Yang
Minkiang
High Court Rules On Six Questions In North Carolina
The state supreme court issued six opinions from western counties. In Ida Bonapart v Nissen and city of Winston-Salem the court found no error though ruling the wall was unsafe and municipal retaining wall contributed to danger. The decision affirms a Forsyth county verdict awarding $3,500. The ruling also covers P L Threlkeld and J B Cory v Maleragson Land Co Beverly Hills Inc and others.
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Ida Bonapart
W. M. Nissen
Frank N. Blum and Company
City of
Winston-Salem
Nissen
Buncombe Lower
P. L. Threlkeld
J. B. Cory
Maleragson, Land Company, Inc
Beverly Hills, Inc
Cannon for Cheerleader Nomination in Congress
Representative Black of New York nominates Bishop James Cannon Jr for a congressional cheerleading role. The move comes as Congress is described as needing more morale and positivity, with the nomination announced today.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Representative Black
New York
James Cannon, Jr
Motorship crew brings sea elephants from Guadalupe Island
The Patsy crew arrived in San Pedro with three sea elephants captured for exhibition. The article notes their size up to two tons, their seal like flippers, and distinctive bulging eyes, describing the sand barrage method used to trap the mammals on Guadalupe Island.
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San Pedro
Calif
Jan
Guadalupe Island
South Pacific
Royal Wedding Unites Italian Crown Prince and Belgian Princess
Rome reports the marriage of Crown Prince Humbert of Italy to Princess Marie Jose of Belgium in the Pauline chapel at the Quirinal Palace. A civil ceremony followed as Cardinal Maffi officiated, with Pope Pius IX granting apostolic blessing and presenting gifts.
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Rome
Humbert
Italy
Marie Jose
Quirinal Palace
Maffi
Pisa
Pius
Vatican
Burlington Man Held On Bigamy Charge
George D. Cashwell, brought back to Alamance county, is held on 3500 bail for trial on bigamy after Mispah Shaw and a previous wife testified he married them while still married. Shaw, a Burlington high school senior, said he did not disclose his status and returned from York S C to face the music.
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Burlington
George D. Cashwell
Alamance County Superior Court
Cashwell
Earl B. Horner
Mispah Shaw
York
S. C
Miss Shaw
Bennettsville
Red Springs
Four RAF Members Killed in Egyptian Air Collision
London AP report states four Royal Air Force members died in a midair collision near Abu Sueix Egypt. Pilots were Flight Lieutenant Richard S Greenslade and Flying Officer Charles L Galpin. The other victims were non commissioned airmen. It is the RAFs first fatal crash of the year after 42 deaths in 1946.
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London
British Air Minery
Royal Air Fore
Abu Sueix
Egypt
Richard S. Greenslade
Charles L. Galpin
Royal Air Force
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