Governor Allen Resignation Rumor Stirs Louisiana Politics
Reports from New Orleans and Baton Rouge claim Governor C K Allen resigned with Senator Thomas Wingate set to become governor once the secretary of state confirms the move. Allen and his wife reportedly in poor health. Fournet's senate seat vacated by resignation, Huey Long influence cited.
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C. K. Allen
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Thomas C. Wingate
Senate
Huey P. Long
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Louisiana
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Huey
Wingate
John B. Fournet
State Supreme Court
Long
North Carolina lays groundwork for relief and license reforms
Anticipated legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly proposes a $5 flat license fee for passenger cars not used for hire and a $2 motorcycle license. Other measures include a $1.20 private driver license, a radio system for sheriffs, and a push to retire open season dates for quail and rabbits in multiple counties.
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United States
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Buncombe
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Brunswick
Southport
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Cherokee
Chowan
Ashe
Agreement Arranged at Conference on Work Relief Funds
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders reached a plan to provide four billion dollars in a lump sum for the new work relief program to be administered by the President. Congress would decide how to spend the regular three hundred million dollar public works appropriation.
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Jan
Roosevelt
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House Appropriations Committee
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Senate
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Borah
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Perkins
Byrns
President Roosevelt Nominates 1500 Federal Officers
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a large slate of over 1,500 recess nominations for federal posts including Joseph P. Kennedy of New York as SEC chairman and Marriner Eccles of Utah as Federal Reserve Board governor. Other appointees include Robert D W Connor archivist U S, Anning Pratt to the communications commission, James A Moffett federal housing administrator and Josephine Roche assistant secretary of the treasury.
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New York
Securities Exchange Commission
Senate
Roosevelt
Robert D. W. Connor
North Carolina
United States
New Communications Commission
Securities Commission
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Eccles
Utah
Federal Reserve
Kansas
Garland
Graham Favors Farmers Co-ops
Dr Frank Porter Graham president of the University of North Carolina urged the formation of strong self organized cooperative groups. He told a joint meeting of the North Carolina Institute of Farm Organizations and the science of farm and home that farmers are the nation’s only major unorganized group in terms of voluntary self governed co operatives.
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Frank Porter Graham
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Institute of Farm Organizations
Graham
United States
J F Condon Claims Interference Prevented Full Confession
In Flemington New Jersey Dr John F Condon told reporters that police interference halted his ability to obtain a complete confession from Bruno Hauptmann using psychological methods, remarks carried in a World Telegram dispatch.
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World Telegram
Flemington, N. J
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Jassie’ Condon
Hauptmann
French government introduces modified NRA plan bill
In Paris the government presented to the chamber of deputies a bill described as a modified American NRA plan. It aims to force French industry to adjust production to emergency conditions. The measure reflects wartime controls and directs industrial alignment with national needs.
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Chamber of Deputies
Bank raid in Stockbridge nets $10,000 as four armed men flee
Four men armed with shotguns robbed the Housatonic National Bank in Stockbridge at noon today. They handcuffed the only employee present, vice president John P er, and escaped with about $10,000.
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Mass
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John P. — Er
North Carolina Senate Advances Slot Machine Abolition Bill
Raleigh January 10 AP reports Senator Rivers D. Johnson of Duplin introduced a bill in the Senate to abolish slot machines. The measure seeks to remove gaming devices statewide and would set enforcement parameters if passed.
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Duplin
Bonds Set After Knoxville Man Tied to Bond Theft
Knoxville man L. R. Ogle was packed by federal officers and held on bonds totaling 17,500 in connection with a Raleigh government bond theft and forgery case.
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New Bern Boy Named Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Five year old Confederate veteran George Isaac Hughes has received a photograph and letter from President Roosevelt congratulating him on the birth of a son to his 27 year old wife on December 23. The couple named the boy Franklin Roosevelt Hughes.
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George Isaac Hughes
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Floods Threaten Eastern Seaboard Amid Dense Fog
Unseasonably warm weather drives floods from the eastern seaboard to the Midwest as rivers swell and roads flood. Five cottages at Port Crane near Binghamton were rescued as Chenango river rose, while fog disrupts shipping and traffic across New York Harbor.
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Weather Bureau
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Ginghamton
Chenango
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Hull
England
Edgar Wallace
Europe
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Danube
Veers
Flack
Feril
Weather Outlook for North Carolina and Coastal Areas
North Carolina remains mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional light rain likely in extreme west tonight and in west and north central areas Friday. Winds from the northwest to west or southwest shift gently. temperatures cool slightly in the west and north central regions. Coastal areas from Matteras to Jacksonville expect fair weather with gentle to moderate winds veering from northwest to west or southwest. From Bandy Hook to Hatteras winds will be westerly to breezy, with overcast skies and a chance of light rain Friday. Official records note 24 hour temperature and rainfall data for principal cotton growing zones and surrounding regions.
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Matteras
Jacksonville
Hatteras
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Beverly Hills radio audience reacts to president's figures
Beverly Hills residents discuss the president's budget figures noting relief plans. They claim by 1936 per capita debt will hit 270 dollars, comparing unfavorably to England whose per person debt is double ours. The speaker defends taxation as necessary.
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Cal
England
Six Point Criticism Of Price-Fixing Presented To NRA
The consumers division of the National Recovery Administration presented a six point critique of price fixing to the NRA hearing on the Blue Eagle policy. The six conclusions, drawn by Donald R Richbergs council from 150 consumer council reports, warn that price fixing undermines the act and harms consumers. George A Sloan, cotton textile code authority chair, warned that price demoralization persists without price stabilization and destructive competition remains.
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Washington
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Consumers Division
National Emergency Council
Donald R. Richberg
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Code Authority
Recovery Board
Sloan
Irate Louisiana Citizens Plan Baton Rouge March Over Dictatorial Laws
Hundreds of Louisiana protesters gathered in Baton Rouge to demand repeal of Huey Long laws. The Square Deal association urged governor to convene a legislature by January 16 to repeal the measures, threatening mass action if denied.
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Louisiana
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Square Deal Association
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Ernest Bourgeois
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Statehouse
J. L. Roussel
Chester P. St. Amant
Washington
Fifty Years of Progress in High Point Golden Anniversary
Fifty years have transformed High Point from a 2090 population town into a booming city of over 40000. The Enterprise notes rapid business and government growth, with a Golden Anniversary edition planned around January 20. Extra copies can be mailed nationwide for ten cents via the Circulation Department.
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High Point
United States
Striking hosiery mill workers return to Rossville plant
About 450 employees reported for work at the Richmond hosiery mills after the company set a last day for readmission. Guardsmen held 39 men, and arrests were made including an alleged agitator. Mill officials said full operation would resume tomorrow with new hires if strikers did not reapply for reinstatement. union leaders vowed to persist until an equitable settlement.
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Richmond
National Guardsmen
Tennessee
Lindley Camp
L. C. Pope
Reduced Tags Fail To Lower Revenues
The state highway department did not lose revenue last year despite halving automobile license tag costs. Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner, told the ways and means committee that tag revenue losses were offset by higher gasoline tax receipts. He spoke during brief conferences with state officials.
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8. C
State Highway Department
Ben M. Sawyer
Ways and Means
Sawyer
Two N. C. Mills To Be Sold By Company
The Manville Jenckes company will sell its Loray mill in Gastonia and High Shoal mill in High Shoals North Carolina. President George Urquhart said the plants will be disposed of though no reason was given. The mills were announced to close down definitively.
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Manville-Jenckes Company
Loray
Gastonia
N. C
High Shoal
High Shoals
George Urquhart
Con Don Defends Hauptmann as Mystery Women Appear
Dr John F J Don of the Lindbergh ransom talks testifies after being confronted by a mystery woman and questioned about another. The defense fails to prove a gang was involved and to shake his identification of Hauptmann as the man who collected the $50 000 ransom. The prosecution needs 23 minutes more to finish its cross examination.
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Jon Ctlemington
M. d
Pen
John F
Jassie) Condon
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
John
Edward J. Reilly
Seven Die In Eastern Kentucky Cabin Fire
A family of seven perished when their two room cabin at Public in Somerset Kentucky burned in the early hours. Othel Harper 35 a farmer and miner and Nellie 34 along with five children Milton 10 Wanada 8 Elmer 5 Denver 3 and Beryl 1 year old were killed. Neighbors Roy and Ray Bullock alerted by a barking dog reached the blaze about 3 50 AM and found walls down in flames. Michael B Harper father of Othel learned of the tragedy from Ray Bullock. The fire’s cause was not determined.
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Nellie Harper
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Ray Bullock
E. J. Bullock
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Michael B. Harper
Othel
Senate survey shows veto of bonus likely in Senate
A Senate survey indicates a veto of the full cash bonus would likely be sustained if current votes hold, with 35 senators signaling support to veto, 29 backing payment, and 21 noncommittal. House appears ready to override, while compromise ideas and liberalized changes to the bonus law are discussed. President Roosevelt has not declared a veto vow, but advisers expect one.
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Frank Belgrano
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San Francisco
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Roosevelt
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