Wiles faces electric chair for Columbia boy murder
Robert H. Wiles, 49, was sentenced to death by electrocution on March 12 for the murder of Hubbard H. Harris Jr., 15. A Richland County jury rejected insanity and returned a guilty verdict after 22 minutes of deliberation.
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Columbia
8. C
Robert H. Wiles
Hubbard H. Harris, Jr
Richland County
Hayne F. Rice
Thomas P. Taylor
Rice
Supreme Court
Taylor
Kenneth R. Kreps
Wiles
State Penitentiary
Young Harris
A. F. Spigner
Cotton Oil Plant Wrecked By Blast In Early Morning
Six men were killed and seven injured when an Eastern Cotton Oil Company boiler exploded at the Hertford plant in the early hours. Debris flew 100 yards and the $100,000 insured facility was wrecked. The dead included plant engineer J C Wilder and five black workers. Witnesses described a ground shaking blast and a hissing steam cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertford
Eastern Cotton Oil Company
J. C. Wilder
Salister Wilson
John Wright
McKinley
George Broady, Jr
Oscar Eason
Wilder
Idena
Charles White
Virgil Stewart
Haywood
Martin
Wade Wright
Henry Brickhouse
Charlies Burnett
Matthew White
J. R. Hilliott
Immortal lines spark brief tale of congress and blast
In Santa Monica a note declares a senate liquor plan cancellation. The piece shifts to a Norfolk plant blast where J H Leroy Sr and A D Kincaid inspect damage after boilers exploded, injuring Virgil Stewart and Henry Brickhouse. Hertford, NC, population about 2000, is referenced.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Senate
Congress
Norfolk
Weldon
Elizabeth City
J. H. Leroy, Sr
A. D. Kincaid
J. R. Bliiott
Wilder
Virgil Stewart
Henry Brickhouse
Stewart
Brickhouse
BE. A. Byrum
Trah
Hertford
Wright Sets Speed Record In Light Cabin Plane
Jack Wright of Utica New York shattered the light cabin airplane record on a 100 kilometer closed course in Miami Florida. He reached 167 482 miles per hour, a world speed mark, with 62 147 miles corresponding to the distance of 100 kilometers.
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Miami
Fla
Jack Wright
Utica
N. Y
Anderson welcomed as NC State football coach at Raleigh
Heartley W. Hunk Anderson was introduced as the new head football coach at North Carolina State College in Raleigh greeted by about 2 000 people and Governor Ehringhaus shortly after arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Heartley W
Hunk
Roosevelt Resumes Monetary Talks With Aides
President Roosevelt resumed monetary conferences today with his financial and legal aides in Washington. The session involves top advisers as adjustments to economic policy are discussed.
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Washington, Ja
Roosevelt
Tobacco Prices Rise Slightly After Holiday Breaks
North Carolina flue cured tobacco markets reopen after Christmas, with a small price uptick though slower sales due to weekend rain. Greenville district reports 69.1 million pounds averaging 14.73 dollars, Farmville about 22 million at over 3.5 million dollars, Oxon Hill over 19 million, and Durham listing 24,284 pounds at 18.73 dollars on the season.
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Raleigh
Lina
Fala
Greenville Mart
Farmville
Durham
Settlement Looms In Park Litigation
Asheville January 13 authoritative sources report the North Carolina Park Commission nears settlement in the Great Smoky Mountains national park land case. Judge Thomas L. Johnson said Ravensford Lumber would abandon its appeal of Buncombe Superior Court’s $1,057,190 property price ruling.
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Asheville
Jement
Great Smoky Ntains National Park
North Carolina Park Mission
Thomas L. Johnson
Ravensford Lum Company
Buncombe Superior Court
J W Coleman Named Greensboro Postmaster
Washington announces J W Coleman is recommended as postmaster for Greensboro with a $4600 annual salary. He will take office January 20 for a term set by the outgoing Republican administration and will serve as permanent postmaster pending Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Jan
W. B. Umstead
Durham Today
J. W. Coleman
Greens
Coleman
No Trace Found of Shoe Shop Owner
Morganton officers reported no trace of R. Glenn Annos 26 a shoe repairer since he left home a week ago apparently to end his life. He kissed his wife and children goodbye saying he was going away to settle some business a note in his shop the next morning indicated he intended suicide. He had been in ill health.
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Morganton
R. Glenn Annos
Annos
Meade Funeral Planned After Sudden Heart Attack
A. W. Meade, 67, prominent summer resident of Waynesville, died yesterday of a heart attack. His body was sent to Hagood, South Carolina for burial.
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Waynesville
A. W. Meade
Hagood
8. C
Roosevelt Takes Over Gold Held By Reserve in Move
President Roosevelt signals intent to control the monetary program as he moves to seize the Federal Reserve's gold holdings. He aims for a dollar value aligned with 1926 prices, with Congress paused for recess amid tax talks and the St Lawrence pact debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Stephenson Ashington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate
House
St. Lawrence
Congress
Roosevelt Approves Wholesale Code Gains 40 Hour Week
President Roosevelt signs a general wholesale and distribution code extending a forty hour week and setting wage scales for peanut milling and carpet industries. The measure aims to cut unemployment by 10 to 15 percent, with Johnson approving related codes for smaller industries and wage differentials to cover distribution services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
General Code Authority
Johnson
NRA
Mrs Sensenbach Called to Charlotte for Cousin’s Death
Mrs. E. E. Sensenbach of this city was summoned to Charlotte today due to the death of her cousin Herbert Bennett who died at his home there Friday at 2 p m Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon in Columbia South Carolina.
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E. E. Sensenbach
Charlotte
Herbert Bennett
Columbia
8. C
North Carolina tobacco grower prices average $16.11 per hundred
North Carolina producers had sold 470,840,95 hundred pounds of tobacco at an average $16.11 per hundred by January 1, with total receipts $75,836,477.85. The Asheville market lowered the state average, while Bright Belt and Durham markets posted higher: $17.64 and $19.26 per hundred respectively. The report notes December prices dip typical for the season and links acreage reductions to recent price changes.
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Raleigh
Janu
North Carolina
Federal
Asheville Burley
Bright Belt
Durham
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Henderson
Old Belt
Burham
Winston-Salem
Governor Ehringhaus Solves One Of Two Week’s Problems
Governor Ehringhaus names two educators Dr William Louis Poteat and Frank William Hanft as associate utilities commissioners, while a separate case involving Thomas Shipman Joseph Pickelsimer R McNeely and Ralph Fisher faces a two year sentence and possible pardon terms. A 30 day stay of execution is granted delaying final action. Four counties gain school loan approvals and Mecklenburg receives a city grant for school construction. The state supreme court issues 54 opinions including death warrants for four convicted slayers. The revenue department reorganizes into two divisions with Harry McMullan in charge of collections and George G Scott overseeing records.
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Raleigh
Eichringhaus
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest College
Frank William Hanft
Law School
University of North Carolina
Thomas Shipman
Joseph Pickelsimer
R. McNeely
Ralph Fisher
Transylvania County
Brevard Banking Company
N. A. Townsend
Ehringhaus
Public Works Administration
Local Government Commission
Buncombe
Union
Caldwell
Wilson
Mecklenburg
Supreme Court
Theodore Coopey
Clyde Ferrell
Durham
John Lewis Edwards
Charlotte
James Johnson
Coke County
Ebringhays
Edwards
Revenue Department
Harry McMullan
George G. Scott
Charlotte Go Countant
Randolph Scott
O. 8 S. Thompson
Democrats Seek 10 Resign Chairship as Burns Faces Move
Washington January 13 The Democratic congressional committee plans a push to elect Democrats to the House next fall and settle the chairmanship. Representative Burns of Tennessee is urged to stay or be drafted as campaign chair with an assistant. The Republican committee has reorganized under Bolton of Ohio and Snell of New York. The 435 House seats and a third of Senate seats are at stake in November elections. Democrats hold 14 House seats to Republicans 113 with three vacancies. Republicans hope to win the House, though most concede it unlikely, possibly gaining 40 to 70 seats and limiting the Democratic majority.
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Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Congressional Committee
Burns
Republican Congressional Committee
Bolton
Ohio
Representative Snell
New York
Senate
Judge Gilliam Not a Magistrate in Trial Report
In Thomasville yesterday C. W. Gilliam described as a magistrate in the Jones trial is actually the township recorder's court judge and was renamed executive secretary of the state board of assessments. Separately R J Reynolds Tobacco Co reported 1938 income of 21,153,721 and 1982 taxes around 33,674,800, reflecting its status as the state's largest tax payer.
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C. W. Gilliam
L. G. Jones
Thomasville
State Board of Assessments
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Income Tax Returns Of Notables Probed
A Senate air mail investigation expands to income tax checks on Col. Charles A Lindbergh and other air mail figures. The committee, led by Senator Black, sent about 200 questionnaires to prominent air mail contractors and seeks tax records from the Treasury as it reviews statements and possible testimony. Lindbergh and Herbert Hoover Jr. may be asked to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Bindbergh
Senate
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
Walter F. Brown
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Treasury
Lindbergh
Seven Escape From State Prison But Three Recaptured
State authorities report seven prison escapes with three recaptured. Six inmates fled a truck en route to Durham county prison camp after work. Caught hours later were Jack Stephens and Walter Weaver, both from Durham, jailed for larceny. The four still at large are R. B. Bennett 60 days in Durham Leroy Moore six months in Alamance Robert Gibson eight months in Guilford and John Keuhler ay days in Person county. Pendell Lockhart reportedly escaped Granville prison camp and was recaptured.
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Raleigh
Durham County
Jack Stephens
Walter Weaver
R. B. Bennett
Durham
Leroy Moore
Alamance
Robert Gibson
Guilford County
John Keuher
Person County
Pendell Lockhart
Granville
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