Inland Waterways Bill Clears North Carolina Senate
The North Carolina Senate approved Senator Campbell’s inland waterways bill by a 38 to 3 vote, authorizing $50,000 to secure right of way from Southport to the South Carolina line. Debate highlighted calls for state action, with Ward opposing federal completion and Johnson clashing on parliamentary points. Governor Gardner supported the measure as the canal’s benefit to lower freight rates and regional development was argued by supporters.
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Rovides
Cape Fear
South Carolina
Raleigh
D. MacLean
Beaufort
Campell
Southport
South Corona
Ward
Halletts. Ward
Senate
State Senate
Campbell
Cape Fear River
South Carolina Line
Gardner
Johnson
Senaor Johnson
Duplin
Hicks
Tranville
New Hanwer
General Assembly
O. Max Gardner
New Hanover
Newman
House
MacLean
Negro Given Death Penalty In Henderson Case
Henry Thomas Barden, 29, was sentenced by Judge Cranmer to be electrocuted February 13 after conviction on first degree burglary. An appeal was filed, automatically staying the death, related to a June break-in that injures a resident. Simultaneously, Eugene Collins faced murder charges for a November Langston killing at a local filling station.
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Jesse Matthews
W. A. Matthews
Warren County
Vance Superior Court
Barden
Eugene Collins
Hartwell Langston
Langston
Collins
Here
Harlem Bank Clerk Misreads Lever Triggers Gun Trucks
In New York on January 9, the Harlem National City Bank chief clerk Joseph Santis pulled the wrong lever, unleashing four armed emergency trucks and police to patrol streets. Traffic stalled as the alarm intended to shut off burglar alarms activated security forces.
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New York
Harlem
National City Bank
Joseph Santis
Hospital Sees Loss From Strike Opp affecting Danville area
Danville Memorial Hospital chairman A. B. Carrington said the hospital faces several thousand dollars in losses from increased patient numbers many unable to pay from Schoolfield mill village where textile workers have been on strike over three months. Magistrate R. S. Fitts granted three extra days for strikers families on eviction notices to vacate mill homes due to weather. No disorders reported as Riverside and Dan River mills maintain routine.
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Danville
A. B. Carrington
Board of
Memorial Hospital
Schoolfield
Pittsylvania County
R. 8. Fitts
Schoolfield Today
Fitts
Riverside
Dan River Mills
Congress Faces Anxiety As Session Advances
Washington and Raleigh dispatches describe a Congress tense over slow legislation and looming emergency bills. Administrations allies push for quick action, while opponents warn against an unnecessary extra session amid unemployment and drought pressures. The Senate weighs night sessions and power-commission nominations, while the House advances war department supplies and fertilizer loan measures.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
Senate
House
Ted
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
War Department
Lawmakers Consider Rumor Ban and Extradition Reforms
In Raleigh on January 8 1933 the North Carolina House opened a short session to hear Governor Gardner’s biennial message and passed two state wide bills. Rep Jeffress Guilford seeks to bar circulating rumors about building and loan associations by expanding current anti rumor banks law. Rep McRae Mecklenburg proposes to standardize extradition law and empower the governor to review extradition requests before issuing papers.
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Raleigh
Jan
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Gardner
Jeffress
Guilford
McRae
Mecklenburg
Former Wrestler Wayne Munn Dies in Texas
SAN ANTONIO Texas Jan 9 Wayne Munn 35 former heavyweight wrestling champion died early today in the base hospital at Fort Sam Houston from Brights disease in what officials termed a sudden illness.
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San Antonio
Texas
Wayne Munn
Fort Sam Houston
Oak Hill home of President Monroe to be sold at auction
The historic Oak Hill house in Loudoun County once owned by President James Monroe is to be sold at public auction under a $100,000 deed of trust. Notice of the sale has appeared in Leesburg legal advertisements. ownership rests with Frank C. Littleton.
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Winchester
Oak Hill
James Monroe
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Frank C. Littleton
Italian Planes To Resume Flight In Natal Brazil
General Italo Balbo's fleet anchored in Natal as crews polish ships for continuation to Bahia on Saturday. One plane was forced down off the coast and towed to Fernando do Noronha for refueling before rejoining the fleet later today.
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Natal
Brazil
Jan. C
Italo Balbo
Bahia
Fernando Do Noronha Island
Nurse Dolly Green Killed in Auto Mishap Near Lenoir
In Lenoir on January 9 Miss Dolly Green a 26 year old trained nurse from North Wilkesboro died in a car wreck near here last night. Her companion A Johnson of North Wilkesboro was seriously injured and faces a murder charge pending further investigation. Johnson is a patient in a States hospital. Green's body awaits word from relatives in Deep Gap near Boone. She is survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Lenoir
Dolly Green
North Wilkesboro
A. &. Johnson
Johnson
Miss Green
Deep Gap
Boone
Man Charged With Attacking Woman in Morganton
J Harper, 30, a Missouri native, is held on charges of attacking Miss Mary Bailey near Icahr, rendering her unconscious with a wooden stick and stealing 50 in gold from her belt. A sheriff's posse arrested him and he confessed to the assault and robbery.
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Morganton
TJ. Harper
Missouri
Mary Bailey
Icahr
Harper
Capture Robbers of Kentucky Bank
A posse of 100 men tracked down and captured two youths who had held up the Citiz ens Bank of Junction City and escaped with 1,000 dollars. The youths named Roy Davis of Indianapolis and Robert Fields of Hamilton Ontario. the loot was recovered.
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Junction City
Citizens Bank of
Roy Davis
Indianapolis
Robert Fields
Hamilton
Ontario
Mail pilot lands in field after fog near Maiden
Charlotte January 9 Airmail pilot Frank Andre of Eastern Air Transport forced to land in a rough field near Maiden North Carolina after fog blanketed the area He reported flying blind for several hours with fuel nearly exhausted before a break in the fog allowed a safe landing Mail pouches were retrieved and rushed to Charlotte airport for onward movement by a special ship from Richmond No injuries reported and southbound mail flights through the fog continued successfully last night
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Charlotte
North Charlotte
Frank Andre
Maiden
Andre
Eastern Air Transport Corporation
Richmond
Atlanta
North Carolina
Lattimore Sentenced to Five to Eight Years in Prison
Shelby N C January 9 J J Lattimore former secretary of the Cleveland Bank and Trust company was sentenced to five to eight years after a late yesterday conviction for false entry. Judge J H Clements handed down the sentence in Cleveland County Superior Court. An appeal was filed and Lattimore released on a $10,000 bond.
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Cleveland Bank and Trust Company
Shelby
N. C
J. J. Lattimore
J. H. Clements
Cleveland County Superior Court
Massacre in Kansu Linked to Mohammedan Forces
Needing to confirm reports from south Kansu, Chinese authorities say thirty thousand people have died in nine months due to attacks by Mohammedan leader Mating Hsein. Bandits have captured 20,000 women and tens of thousands died of starvation. Nanking plans a punitive expedition.
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Peiping
China
South
Kansu
Mating Hsein
Nanking
Negroes Seek Entry in Eighteenth Amendment Case
Washington Jan 9 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked permission to intervene in the Supreme Court hearing on the validity of the eighteenth amendment. They argued that if the amendment was not constitutionally adopted due to state convention requirements, other amendments such as the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth might also have been adopted improperly. The court set arguments for January 21.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clark
New Jersey
Insist Liberia Abolish Slavery
Washington reports vigorous diplomatic pressure by the U S state department on Liberia to abolish slavery. After initial notes in December the Liberian government faced repeated American demands and counter replies about measures taken. recent exchanges show Liberia accepting the commission’s recommendations in principle, but the United States says the response is not a satisfactory solution.
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State Department
Washington
Liberia
Negro Republic
America
King
Yancy
Americays
Dell
Commission
Slain Reporter Lingle Keyed to Racketeers Probe
Chicago reports push for immediate trial of Leo V Brothers in the slaying of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Nine witnesses identify Brothers as killer while authorities seek higher ups with motive, with four men suspected including James Red Forsythe and Simon Gordon.
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Chicago
Leo V. Brothers
St. Louis
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Brothers
John A. Swanson
Charlies F. Rathbun
Ling
James “Red” Forsythe
Simon Gordon
Rathbun
Lingle
North Side
Two Robbers Sought After Rosinville Station Raid
Orangeburg South Carolina January 9 1919 Two men fled a Rosinville filling station when surprised by the proprietor son who fired on them at the scene The station run by Bowman the first name unknown The son claims he shot one robber in the back Bowmans arrival found his father handcuffed A hat from a High Point North Carolina store handcuffs and two clubs dropped as the men escaped Hospitals reported no gunshot cases though Bowman says he wounded one suspect
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Orangeburg
S. C
Rosinville
Bowman
N. C
Negro Confesses Theft of Air Mail Pouches in Kansas City
Police said 42 year old Harry Payne confessed stealing two air mail pouches from Kansas City Municipal airport on September 28. The case marks the first air mail robbery. Payne admitted numerous robberies including an $85,000 mail theft at Pasco Washington in 1921 and four prison terms.
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Kansas City
Harry Payne
National Air Transport
Payne
Pasco
Washington
Walla Walla
Wash
Leavenworth
Four Prisoners Are Recaptured
Four inmates who escaped from the West Virginia Penitentiary by scaling a wall last night were recaptured today by state police and prison guards. One of the escapees was nearly frozen to death, officers reported.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Troy Bank Closes Doors In Troy North Carolina
Troy bank Montgomery, the town's only financial institution, shut its doors for depositor protection. The bank, capitalized at 60,000 dollars, lists R. T. Poole as president, J. L. Cochran as executive vice president, and J. A. Harris Jr. as cashier.
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Troy
N. C
Bank of Montgomery
R. T. Poole
J. L. Cochran
J. A. Harris, Jr
Recommendations Gardner's Message OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The governor proposes 14 major reforms including a 10 percent salary cut for state county and city employees for two years, a one cent raise in gasoline tax, state maintenance of county roads, a modern prison at Carey farm, no new bonds for two years, repeal of gasoline tax refunds, dissolution of the highway commission, use of 400000 for prison farm land, property tax cuts, universal gasoline tax, creation of a central purchasing agency, consolidation of UNC boards and related entities, a short ballot for state officers, and reducing the 60 hour work week to 55 with penalties for violations.
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Associated Press
Carey Farm
Highway Commission
University of North Carolina
Salary Cut Would Save 4000000 Across State Officials
Governor O Max Gardner proposes a sweeping salary reduction touching the governor and all state officials, both constitutional and statutory, plus every public employee earning more than 50 a month. The plan aims to save about 4 million annually with potential legislative authority to set salaries, per Attorney General Dennis G Brummitt.
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Raleigh
Janee
O. Max Gardner
Dennis G. Brummitt
Many New Bills Are Introduced in General Assembly
RALEIGH January 9 A list of new bills introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly shows Senate measures including SB 6 to create a criminal term in Beaufort County and passage for related items such as tax receipts, tax payment rules, and county drainage and property actions. House bills cover extradition uniformity, land sale timing for unpaid drainage, rumors about building societies, drainage commissioners, leasing school property, police jurisdiction, Monroe cotton weigher elections, and bad check laws with several passed.
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Beaufort
Beaufort County
Davis of
Hyde
Register of Deeds of
Clarkson of Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
House
McRae
Judiciary Committee
White of Robeson
Jeffress
Guilford
Robeson
Seven
Avery
Avery County
Helms of Union
Benton Heights
Monroe
Union County
Governor Urges Ten Percent Salary Cut For All North Carolina Officials
Governor O Max Gardner urges a ten percent salary reduction for every public official in North Carolina including county and city workers. He calls for a short ballot bill applying to statutorily created offices, merger of higher education institutions, and a central state purchasing agency. He also proposes delaying real property revaluation to 1933 and a one cent gas tax increase with maintenance by the state highway commission.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
O. Max Gardner
Assembly
State Highway Commission
Organized Highway Com
Three Killed In Air Crash At Miami Meet
Three men tentatively identified as James Riddel Bob Smalley and Harry A Ware all Chicago residents were killed instantly in an airplane accident at the all-American air meet in Miami Fla An unidentified man was critically injured The black monocoupe plane crashing near the pylon after a high speed run with the engine missing The crash occurred about seventy feet from the pylon in soft muck ground The operator corrected an earlier belief that the incident was a collision
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Miami
Fla
Air Meet
James Riddel
Chicago
Bob Smalley
Harry A. Ware
Richmond News-Letter Says Football Overemphasized
In a survey of college and university presidents in the south a majority of about two to one say football is greatly over emphasized and reforms are needed. The paper asked two questions about over emphasis and needed reforms and received terse as well as detailed replies.
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Richmond
Dan
Richmond News-Letter
South
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