Stavisky Shoots Self as French Quest Ends in Villa
Serge Stavisky known as Handsome Alex, accused of a vast swindle, shot himself in a Chamonix villa after police surrounded him. He survived briefly, then collapsed. doctors fear mortal wound as agents entered the unheated, locked room. His wife, missing with two children, has been found nearby.
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Chamonix
France
Serge
Alex" Stavisky
Stavisky
Bayonne
French Alps
Secret Service
Alex
Camille Chautemps
Claridge
Champs Elysees
France Boosts US Quotas Amid Trade Talks
Paris reports France will threefold quotas on American goods for the first year. In Memphis snow fell briefly, then melted with below freezing forecast. Raleigh notes governor orders two week Guilford county criminal term starting February 9 and a one week Yancey civil term starting February 5 with Judge Shaw presiding.
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Paris
France
Memphis
Tenn
Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Guilford County
Yancey County
Guilford
Yancey
Shaw
Russian Ambassador Troyanovsky Meets Acting Secretary Phillips
Alexander Troyanovsky, newly appointed Russian ambassador to the United States, paid an official call on acting Secretary of State William Phillips in Washington to submit credentials ahead of a White House visit with President Roosevelt.
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Phillips Washington
Alexander Troyanovsky
United States
William Phillips
Roosevelt
White House
Stampede at Kyoto Station Leaves 71 Dead and 56 Injured
A panic at Kyoto railway station as recruits departed for the imperial navy caused 71 deaths and 56 injuries, with the cause of the stampede not yet explained by Rengo News Agency. The tragedy occurred in a crowd bidding farewell to new sailors.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Kyoto
Imperial Japanese Navy
Wiles Indicted in Slaying of Dr Hubbard Harris
A Richland County grand jury indicted Robert H. Wiles, 46, a mechanic, for the murder of Dr Hubbard H. Harris, 15, in an indictment handed down within minutes. The case stems from a fatal shooting incident in Columbia. Police report details remain limited as prosecutors prepare formal charges.
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Wiles
Columbia
8. C
Jan
Richland County
Robert H. Wiles
Hubbard H. Harris
Bell at Carolina Chapel Hill Coaching Change Reported
Madison Bell, longtime Texas A. and M. coach who recently resigned, was reported meeting with University of North Carolina athletic officials in Chapel Hill.
Local Priest Donates 50,000 to Charleston Diocese
Father Charles Dubois of Middletown New York gifts 50 000 to the Catholic diocese of Charleston to clear St Patrick’s parochial school debt. The priest has previously given substantial sums to the diocese.
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Charleston
Father Charles Dubois
Middletown
N. Y
Charton
St. Patrick’s
Father Dubois
Two Children Killed as Train Hits School Bus
In Bassfield Mississippi a passenger train crashed into a school bus at a crossing near the depot. The bus carried Goodhope community children en route to Bassfield Consolidated School. Staste Stepleton aged 7 and Alice Aultman aged 16 were killed. Bailey Roberts 11 and Tessie Roberts 12 were seriously injured and taken to a Columbia hospital. Ernest Williamson 19 a school boy was cited as having stalled the bus on the tracks.
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Bassfield
Miss
Mississippi Central
Ernest Williamson
Staste Stepleton
Alice Aultman
Bailey Roberts
Tessie Roberts
Columbia
Goodhope
Bassfield Consolidated School
One Way Ride Claim Roils Chicago Water Worker Tale
John French a 25 year old water department employee says four bullets from two men Cusack and McCarthy left him for dead after a poolroom meeting. He crawled two miles through mud from Calumet Creek to a roadside where a motorist found him and he was taken to a Harvey hospital. He alleges the abductors shot him and then fled. both men deny the accusation while French faces theft indictments.
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Chicago
John French
CWA
City Water Department
French
Edwin F. Cusack
James McCarthy
Cusack
McCarthy
Sharp Expansion For November Reported By Telephone Firm
American Telephone and Telegraph Co reports sharp growth in net operating income for November reaching 1,288,643 versus 218,646 a year earlier. Gross income rose to 7,290,850 from 6,602,274. For January–November 1933 gross reached 79,268,473 with net income at 11,808,529 against 7,050,678 in 1932.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Textile chief urges sales tax to replace processing levy
Ernest Hood, president of the Nation Association of Cotton Manufacturers, urges replacing the cotton processing tax with a general sales tax to curb price pyramiding and better share income from not growing crops. He notes 1933 as revolutionary for the industry with rising employment and wages and forecasts a brighter 1934.
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Boston
Ernest Hood
Nation Association of Cotton Manuturers
NIRA
Ormal
Foreigners Desert City Under Attack
In Amoy Fukien province all foreigners have departed to the coast. Foochow, the national forces target, is silent as rebel Fukien battles progress along land and sea against Shuikow and Loyuan. Observers warn Fukien leaders may evacuate Foochow for a southern base such as Changchow.
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Hong Kong
Amoy
Fukilen
Foochow
Nanking
Peiping
Fukien
Shuikow
Loyuan
Changchow
Rice Gets Ticket Unconditional Release by Senators
The Washington Senators released veteran outfielder Sam Rice today marking an unconditional end to his long major league tenure. Rice, a longtime stalwart in right field, ends his career with the club after this decision.
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Rice
Washington
Washington Senators
Sam Rice
Battles Over Seaway Pact Forecast in Roosevelt Push
Washington dispatch reports speculation of a Roosevelt message to Congress urging ratification of the St. Lawrence waterway pact and a likely heated fight. Leaders expect proposals on home loan guarantees, farm refinancing, reciprocal tariffs, and renewal of the RFC. Debate on the seaway may wait for a presidential signal amid repeal era liquor policy moves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence
Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
RFC
St. Lawrence Seaway
House
District of Columbia
Finance
Chesterfield Merchant Seriously Injured In Car Wreck
Cheraw South Carolina January 8 Eugene Wilson a widely known Chesterfield merchant was seriously injured when his car wrecked on the Cheraw Chesterfield highway He was taken to a Hamlet North Carolina hospital.
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Cheraw
S. C
Eugene Wilson
Chesterfield
Cheraw-Chesterfield
N. C
Kannapolis postmaster examination applications due
The civil service commission announced receipt of applications for an examination to fill the Kannapolis postmaster position in North Carolina. The job pays 3000 dollars a year and applications close January 23.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Kannapolis
N. C
Violence Flares Up In Chicago Milk War
Milk deliveries halted across a 100 mile area as a dairymen strike against reduced prices escalates. Dumping and spills clog streets while farmers seek a basic price of 1.85 per hundred pounds. 18,000 producers represented by the Pure Milk association push for universal minimum pricing.
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Chicago
Pure Milk Association
Federal income up 62 million in 1933 revenue report
Washington report details a $62,110,181 rise in the 1933 fiscal year total revenue. It notes lower collection costs at $1.85 per $100, with income taxes forming the bulk, tobacco taxes surging, and New York leading in receipts while North Dakota, New Mexico and Wyoming contributed the least.
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Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Helvering
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Virginia
North Dakota
New Mexico
Wyoming
South Dakota
Idaho
Arizona
Will Rogers comments on France Japan risks and Roosevelt offer
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Will Rogers lampooning France and Japan for dithering over Germany and Russia. He recalls President Roosevelt’s remark that the country has about all it wants and hints at selling more. He also mentions the reopening of the Paramount theater in High Point North Carolina with a picture of Mr. Skitch.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
France
Japan
Germany
Russia
Pr. S
Mr. Skitch
Paramount Theater
High Point
N. C
Underhill dies from wounds in Oklahoma prison
Wilbur Underhill, outlaw and co leader of the Memorial Day prison break, died after receiving 13 bullet wounds at McAlester state prison. Elusive Elmer Inman, Confederate reputed outlaw, was wounded and captured at Bowlegs, as authorities continue a wide roundup leaving four major southwestern criminals at large.
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Oklahoma City
Wilbur Underhill
Elmer Inman
Southwest
Underhill
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kansas City
Oklahoma State
McAlester
Shawnee
Okla
Inman
Oklahoma
Matt Kimes
Bowlegs
Wallace Asked About Price Drops In Senate Inquiry
The Senate pressed the administration with questions on policy and the processing taxes tied to acreage reduction plans as it prepared to consider a large batch of nominations. The House moved forward on miscellaneous business without debate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vanderberg
R-Mich
Wallace
Autopsy Aims to Prove Leota Childress Murdered
North Wilkesboro Jan 8 Solicitor Jones seeks autopsy and handwriting expert reports to establish Leota Childress 18 was murdered not suicide. Exhumation planned for Wednesday to trace a .22 bullet while examining penmanship of Andrew Smoot 27, once her suitor, in jail on a murder warrant.
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North Wilkesboro
John R. Jones
Leota Childress
Andrew Smoot
Smoot
Schoolfield
Warwick Tilley
Jones
Here
Childress
No Pardons No Money Say Brevard Bankers
Four men once tied to the defunct Brevard Banking Co deposit $30,000 with Transylvania County to cover restitution if pardoned. Governor Ehringhaus refused clemency. a Thursday hearing set. If parole denied, funds revert to the four men.
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Raleigh
Edwin M. Gill
Board of County Commissioners
Transylvania County
Thomas Shipman
Brevard Banking Company
Joseph Pickelsimer
C. R. McNeely
Ralph Fisher
Tottering Bank
Gill
Ehringhaus
N. A. Townsend
Will Press
L. V. Sigman
Shipman
Board of Commissioners
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TVA
Ind
Nat
Avuet Erd
National Committee
Republican National Committee
South Trimble
George F. Getz
U. S
Will Rogers
Desperado
Treasury
Brevard
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