Congressional split over unemployment relief funds
Burns urged careful consideration of the 4 billion dollar unemployment relief request amid talks of earmarks to limit spending on public works. Senator Dickinson warned the unspecified fund would face opposition, while Senator Byrnes claimed the majority to pass the appropriation exists despite the lack of specifics.
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Burns
Congress
Senate
Dickinson
Town
Appropriations Committee
Byrnes
South Carolina
Warning on NRA price controls sparks ownership threat
Paul H. Nystrom representing five and ten cent store chains warned business leaders that continued NRA code price controls could lead to government ownership. The gathering of hundreds at NRA headquarters discussed Blue Eagle policy as NRA signaled it would push for tighter price protections amid debate over their future.
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Washington
Paul H. Nystrom
NRA
Nystrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Busino
Services Held For Newell B Idol At Parents Home
Funeral services for Newell B Idol 32 who was accidentally killed in Columbus Georgia were held at his parents home 1004 Johnson Street Wednesday at 2 p m Elders J A Fagge C J Denny of Winston Salem W F Pru itt of Ruffin officiated and interment followed in Primitive Baptist church cemetery Pallbearers were Mossie Odell Lindsay Jr H A Moorefield Dan Moran Clay Idol Grady Idol all of High Point and J B Gwyn of Greensboro The services included hymns Rock of Ages and Sometime We Understand by Mr and Mrs J Gurney Briggs and Mr and Mrs John R Peacock.
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Newell B. Idol
Columbus
A. H. Idol
Johnson Street
J A. Fagge
C. J. Denny
Winston-Salem
W. F. Pruitt
Ruffin
Primitive Baptist Church
Mossie
Odell Lindsay, Jr
H. A. Moorefield
Dan Moran
Clay Idol
Grady Idol
High Point
J. B. Gwyn
Greensboro
J. Gurney Briggs
John R. Peacock
Rock of Ages
Two Women Brought Into New Jersey Court in Trial
In the Luther Hauptmann case a courtroom scene centers on two women claimed as witnesses. Mrs Hermina Koren and unnamed Mrs Busch were brought forward during a noon recess to confront Jassie. The defense questions missing notes while Dr. Condon recants an earlier memory about reading a sealed ransom letter to Lindbergh. The affidavit of Hauptmann’s co conspirator is questioned as to who spoke with Condon on the park bench.
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Jassie
Reilly
Hermina Koren
Hopewell
Busch
Jamsie
Keilly
Koren
Dr. Condon
Lindbergh
Frederick H. Pope
Wients
John
Condon
Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Germany
Lindbergh Kidnap Trial Recital Highlights Jasses Speech Delays
The defense pressed Jassie’s credibility in the Lindbergh kidnapping case as the educator mimed the ransom scene. Dr. Condon challenged grammar and memory while questioning Jassie’s view of John’s face and actions. The day featured dialect, mispronunciations, and a salty exchange over a sleeping suit tied to possession claims.
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Jassie
Jatsie
John
Dr. Condon
Reilly
Jaffie
Nominations Sent to Senate by President in 1920s
President nominates Jr. of North Carolina to the Federal Trade Commission and John Wellington Finch of Idaho to head the Bureau of Mines. Other entries name ministers to Ecuador Panama Venezuela Colombia Uruguay and various commissions. Included are Pecora Healy Landis Matthews and others. Co Miller reappointed to the Federal Reserve Board. Mediation board nominees include Carmody Carmall and Leiserson.
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Vermont
James M. Landis
Massachusetts
George C. Matthews
Wisconsin
Communications Commission
George Henry Payne
New York
Irvin Stewart
Texas
Norman Case
Rhode Island
Paul Walker
Oklahoma
Thad H. Brown
Ohio
Eugene O. Sykes
Mississippi
Adolph Co. Miller
California
Federal Reserve Board
Nation (Railway) Mediation Board
John Carmody
Newark
James W. Carmall
This City
William M. Leiserson
Arrest exposes extortion plot against textile magnate
Greenwood Jan 10 The arrest reveals an extortion scheme targeting B. D. Riegel a wealthy textile manufacturer who was threatened with harm to his wife and daughter to force a $1000 payoff two years ago.
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Greenwood
8. C
B. D. Riegel
All Decked Out for Winter Cruise Frocks
NEA Service writer describes formal winter cruise dresses inspired by sunset colors. Linen pale green water lily pattern flatters the waist with a high neckline while white net frocks with fuchsia blue flowers offer year round wear. Accessories include velvet or metal wraps and open sandal footwear in white silver or gold.
Ex-mail messenger Lipscomb faces extortion charge
Lawton Lipscomb of Greenwood was arrested by a Justice Department agent and jailed in Laurens after missing a 2500 bond set by U S Commissioner J F Park. He denied knowledge of the extortion attempt related to a January 4 1933 letter to Riegel of Ware Shoals Manufacturing demanding 1000 under threat to his wife and daughter. Lipscomb, about 45, lived near Ninety Six and worked as a mail carrier and part time express employee.
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Lawton Lipscomb
Greenwood
Lipscomb
Department of Justice
Laurens
U. S
J. F. Park
Riegel
Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company
Geo Milton Temple Dies At Greensboro
George Milton Temple 43 auditor for the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company for 12 years died at 200 Price Street Greensboro after a brief pneumonia illness. He was son of the late William G and Harriett Temple of near Raleigh. Survived by wife a young daughter two sisters and three brothers. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow from the home with interment in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
George Milton Temple
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Price Street
Temple
William G. and
Harriett Johnson Temple
Raleigh
William Stephenson
Benson
Rowland
High Point
M. A. Temple
Delmar Temple
Dunn, N. C
Oscar Temple
Durham
Turpentine and rosin market report from Savannah
Turpentine firm sales 19 with receipts 13 and shipments 70 leaving stock 19 639. Rosin firm sales 715 with receipts 983 and shipments 1 130 leaving stock 121 730. Quotes list B 4.00 D 4.10 B 4.20 F 4.50 H L K and M 4.60 N 5.00 WG 5.50 WW and X 6.00.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
H. L
Gold Rush Tools Sell For Ten Dollars Each
During the California gold rush period picks and shovels sold for ten dollars per tool. The high demand for mining implements spurred quick sales as prospectors rushed to equip themselves.
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California
Weak Kidneys Stop Night Urges With Capsules
Public health advisory notes kidney and bladder weakness symptoms including backache leg cramps and burning during urination. Recommends calcium acetate capsules as directed to relieve irritation and quiet nighttime urges.
France weighs legalizing German army amid allied pressure
Parig reports at a cabinet session that France under British and Italian pressure contemplates legalizing German rearmament to gauge Hitler’s moves and seek arms limit progress. Laval reported from Rome where he signed Franco Italian accord as Mussolini and Sir John Simon push France toward approval.
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Parig
France
Gaston Doumergue
Louis Barthou
Alexander
Pierre Laval
Rome
Mussolini
Laval
Sir John
Germany
Six Children Die In Bus Wreck At Piedmont
Six children were killed and 13 injured when a school bus collided with a molasses truck on a narrow bridge on U S Highway 16 near Piedmont South Dakota. The bus carried World War veterans' families at a CCC camp and darkness hampered rescue efforts.
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Deadwood
8. D
Piedmont
Here
CCC
Calcite
Relief Worker Held In Lexington Death
Luther Tussey a 45 year old relief worker was held in the county jail on a charge of killing Will Warner whose body was found under a railroad trestle near Lexington Sunday morning. Officers said evidence from a coroner inquest cited an unexplained fall but Tussey protested his innocence. Investigators found a missing sum of money belonging to Warner.
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Lexington
Luther Tussey
Will Warner
Here
Tussey
Warner
Heywood Broun Weds Constance Madison
Heywood Broun a New York newspaper columnist and Constance Madison a Broadway actress were married in the municipal chapel. Broun aged 47 and Madison 26 have prior marriages. Broun is divorced from Ruth Hale and Madison was formerly married to Johnny Dooley. Madison had been appearing in Merrily We Roll Along but planned to leave the cast soon.
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New York
Heywood Broun
Constance Madison
Municipal Chapel
Broun
Ruth Hale
Lucy Stone League
Johnny Dooley
200 Physicians On Strike In Havana
About 200 physicians at Havana emergency and municipal hospitals walked out today leaving only a skeleton staff to handle urgent cases. The action follows days of brewing unrest and solid backing from 80 physicians at the Havana university hospital, with nurses and other hospital workers expected to join.
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Havana
Havana University Hospital
Hall declines post asheville farm census official
Harry M. Hall of Waynesville declines the nomination for assistant supervisor of the farm census in North Carolina's first district. He cites financial sacrifice and lack of justification for accepting the post as reasons.
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Hall
Asheville
Harry M. Hall
Waynesville
North Carolina
Bonaparte Etiquette Classic Among World’s Great Books
A celebrated guide to manners and conduct is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, praised as one of the era’s premier works on social decorum. The text blends royal bearing with practical advice for behavior in high society and public life.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Stock Market Sways Little as Trading Stalls in New York
The New York stock exchange sat nearly motionless with traders on the sidelines. Prime investment bonds and U S government securities showed modest activity while rails gained little favor and grains and cotton remained largely inactive. The dollar held steady against major currencies.
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New York
Washington
Prime Investment Corporation
U. S
Two Stills Destroyed By Federal Officers In NC
Federal agents and local officers destroyed stills in the Kelford area Bertie County and arrested six men. Prisoners named Kenneth Knox Herbert Parker Carlton Parker Frank Davis George Stewart and Johnny Perry seized liquor totaling more than 60 gallons.
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Williamston
Coopera
Martin
Bertie
Kelford
Bertie County
Kenneth Knox
Herbert Parker
Carlton Parker
White
Frank Davis
George Stewart
Johnny Perry
Duke Professor Named Revenue Post
Washington January 10 Bruton Paul Bruton a Duke University law professor in Durham will join the general staff of the Internal Revenue Bureau about February 1. He held a temporary appointment with the Agriculture Department last year and will earn about 5600 dollars annually.
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Washington
Paul Bruton
Duke University Law School
Durham
N. C
Rew
Bruton
Agricult Department
Walser and Wright Form Law Partnership
Walser, formerly with the firm W and Casey, forms a partnership with E. A. Wright, a young attorney, creating Walser Wright. The firm operates from the same location at 118 1 7 W Washington Street.
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Walser
W and Casey
E. A. Wright
Walser Wright
Mr. Ser
Washington Street
Hippopotamus Etymology Linked to Greek Roots
The term hippopotamus comes from Greek, combining hippos meaning horse and potamos meaning river. The phrase vi ver horse appears as a playful chat reinterpretation, but the canonical origin remains Greek.
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