Bills to make kidnaping capital offense in N C
North Carolina legislature took up measures to make kidnaping a capital offense and to stage a statewide liquor vote. A constitutional amendment would authorize treating kidnaping as a top crime. Bills also call for a referendum on liquor and changes to primary and highway commission rules.
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Caldwell
Hutchins
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Cooper
New Hanover
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Pasquotank
Williame
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Buncomber
Council of State
Chairan
Adisor
Highay
Public Works
Pittan of
Lee
Folsom Seeks Haynes in Mattson Kidnapping Case
Federal officials hunt for Fred Orrin Haynes a former convict in connection with the Mattson kidnapping. Authorities report identification bureau checks on Haynes fingerprints and evidence points toward his involvement as officers sweep the Pacific Northwest and California for the kidnapper of 10 year old Charles Mattson.
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Calif
Folsom
Fred Orrin Haynes
Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Kidna
Pacific North
W. Mattson
Willi
Muriel
Otto H. Mittelstadt
Seattle
Everett
Mittelsta
Virginia case tests new unemployment law in Richmond court
In Richmond on January 13 the Virginia Lincoln Furniture Co of Marion challenged the state’s new unemployment compensation law in city circuit court seeking a test case. The action aims to clarify interplay with the federal social security program.
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Richmond
Hopkins Explains Relief Request Before House Panel
Washington January 13 Harry L. Hopkins Works Progress Administration head appeared before a House appropriations committee to justify President Roosevelt's request for 790 million dollars to fund recovery and relief for five months. Hopkins and aide Carrington explained the distribution of funds amid efforts in Congress to raise the total toward one billion. The committee said there would be no secret use for the 90 million line item and outlined allocations including 655 million to WPA and 80 million to the settlement administration with the rest to the treasury and other agencies.
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Harry JL. Hopkins
Works
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
West
Capitol Hill
King
Hopkins
Carrington 1
Buchanan
D-Tex
Treasury
Bathtub Slaying Case Ends With Arrest in Harlem
New York police arrest a 33 year old Harlem Negro named Major Greene, charged with the death of Mary Case, a 25 year old housewife found strangled and beaten in her apartment. District Attorney Charles P. Sullivan announced the swift development one day after the crime.
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New York
Mary Case
Harlem
Charles P. Sullivan
Major Greene
Harlem man charged in brutal murder of wife
District Attorney Sullivan announced the arrest of Greene in connection with the murder of 30 year old Frank Case's wife. Fingerprints on a bathroom door panel and bloody trousers recovered from the apartment were identified as belonging to the defendant. Greene was captured at his Harlem home and held two hours before transport to the precinct.
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Harlem
Frank Case
Henry
William Henry Johnson
Sullivan
Simpson files slander suit over divorce chatter
Ernest Aldrich Simpson former husband of Wallis Simpson sues Mrs Joan Sutherland alleging she claimed he received money to permit his American wife to divorce him. Notice served on Sutherland after a temporary Ipswich decree issued October 27. Simpson seeks to quiet rumors in London circles.
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Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Wallis Simpson
Joan Sutherland
Simpson
Sutherland
A. H. C. Sutherland
Ipswich
London Financial District
Mayfair
Saxophone Player Faces Trial For Death Of Ellen Sullivan
The Norwich trial of saxophonist Robert A. Simpson, charged with slaying 17 year old Ellen Sullivan, opens before three justices without a jury. A Worcester witness and the casino setting frame a case in which Simpson claims Sullivan fell from a dance hall window after an argument during a night of revelry.
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Conn
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Ellen Sullivan
Worcester
Mass
Daunceland Casino
Raleigh planners map civil service bill for city departments
In Raleigh last night a conference with State Senator T. J. Gold and Representative Rupert T. Pickens outlined a civil service measure for Raleigh police and fire departments. The draft aims to preserve current personnel while requiring future members to pass exams, with introduction possible in either house.
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Civil Service
Wade P. Renfrow
L. J. Fisher, Jr
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E. K. Ingram
W. G. Friddle
W. H. Long
T. J. Gold
Rupert T. Pickens
Senate
J. T. Burrus
Re Mable
General Assembly
House
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Fisher
C. MacRae
Renfrew
Friddle
Ingram
Captain Long
Burrus
Navy Fails To Get Copper Bids
The U S Navy failed for the third time to obtain bids on copper with a bid opening skipped after a 400 000 pound market purchase. Navy officials blame the Walsh Healey act for copper firms not responding to the departments calls for competitive bids on several metals.
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Washington
Navy
Department
Impasse in Auto Strike Widens Across U S
About 200000 workes idle as strike talks stall. In St Louis United Automobile Workers calls a Fisher Body and Chevrolet plant walkout. Governor Murphy seeks GM talks in Lansing and orders guards at Flint to curb violence. John L Lewis vows a finish fight and a congressional probe. Fleetwood division in Detroit closes after a sit down strike.
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St. Louis
United Automobble Workers of America
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Chevrolet
General Motors
Fisher
Frank Murphy
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Flint
General Motors Corporation
Lansing
National
Washington
John L. Lewis
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Fleetwood
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Detroit
Taxicab Strike Begins in Capital Weeks Before Inauguration
Washington taxicab workers strike a week before the inauguration. Nine drivers among many independent cabmen were arrested on disorderly conduct charges as police said they urged others to join the walkout protesting low rates.
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Washington
Capitol
Five Narcotics Peddlers Executed At Temple of Heaven
About 50,900 witnesses watched five narcotics dealers executed on the Temple of Heaven steps in Peiping. The men kneeled before rifle squads as 10,000 ounces of seized narcotics burned, then were photographed, coffins loaded, and shipped to the municipal cemetery for criminals.
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Peiping
China
Temple of Heaven
Rocky Mount Reports Record Low Fire Loss in 1936
Fire Chief John Soraby said Rocky Mount closed 1936 with a fire loss of 4910 dollars, the lowest on record, and a per capita loss of about 22 cents for the year.
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Rocky Mount
John
Soraby
Passage of Reform Plan Forecast in House
Washington reports a House forecast favorable action on President Roosevelt's reform plan amid opposition. Speaker Bankhead said the program would pass with possible detail changes as it over shadows Senate rail financing inquiries and relief appropriations hearings. J R Swan testified about underwriting a 30 million real estate note for Van Sweringen heirs. Hopkins spoke on a 790 million dollar relief appropriation.
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Roosevelt
Bankhead
Senate
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Guaranty Company
New York
van Sweringen
van Sweringen Brothers, Railroad Magnates, of Cleveland. Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
House Appropriations
Fort Knox Receives First Gold Shipment for Depository
The initial transfer of bullion to Fort Knox occurred amid heightened security with machine guns and treasury guards. Brigadier General Daniel van Voorhies and Nellie Tayloe Ross observed as a freight train carrying gold entered the base. Officials offered no precise totals, noting only that the shipment was substantial.
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Fort Knox
Treasury Guards
U. S
First Cavalry
Daniel van Voorhies
Nellie Tayloe Rose
Mint
Treasury
Ross
Importers Exempt From Jap Cotton Control Act
Tokyo reports Japanese officials assure importers that raw cotton from the United States and elsewhere will not be bound by the foreign exchange ordinance. An American textile mission met Japanese leaders and aims to limit textile exports to the United States. Dr. Claudius Murchison of the Cotton Textile Institute expresses optimism for a mutually harmonious agreement.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Osaka
Claudius T. Murchison
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Murchison
Eight Railway Workers Die in Mojave Desert Crash
A freight locomotive backing up in darkness ran over a section crew in Brant Nevada, about 75 miles west of Las Vegas, killing eight men. The accident was reported by the Ant Pacific railroad.
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Mojave Desert
Ant Pacific Railroad
Brant
Las Ve Nevada
Weather Summary for North Carolina and Nearby Areas
Noontime weather highlights show cloudy to foggy conditions with isolated mist in the far northwest. The day is expected to be partly cloudy and warmer with possible light showers in the mountains. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift and remain partly unsettled tonight and Thursday.
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Hatteras
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