North Carolina Assembly Prepares For Next Week
The General Assembly spent a slow week getting ready for upcoming work. Lawmakers faced late budget and appropriations bills, with early efforts focused in committee and on committee organization. A new joint committee on reorganization began work and a lobbying registration bill moved through the approval process.
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N.C. Assembly
Robert L. Thompsons
Associated Press
Raleigh
General Assembly
Brief Session Hel Today By N C Solons
In Raleigh on Saturday the House and Senate met briefly to handle local bills. The House kept session under five minutes with three new bills. The Senate spent 24 minutes, adopting a resolution to report local government defaulting counties and municipalities, and sent in a bill to let public school teachers keep professional standing for three years without summer schools. A House measure proposed moving vehicle registration date from December 31 to October 31. Both Houses adjourned to Monday for regular business.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Hill
Durham
Independence Drive in Senate Bipartisan Push
A Republican and a Democrat unite to override President Hoover’s veto and push granting independence to the Philippines. Senator Robinson of Arkansas leads the bipartisan argument, stressing that objections to independence were debated in the Senate and committees and that faith to the Filipino people remains essential.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Islands
Robinson
Arkansas
Connecticut
Roth
House
United States
Philippines
Bank Robbery Near Greensboro Leaves $2000 Missing
Police search continues for three men who robbed the Bank of Gibsonville at 2 PM. Two young men and a leader, all with pistols, forced clerks R. B. Walters and P. Waynick into the vault while cash was taken from counters and the vault. The trio fled toward Greensboro as snow and cold hindered efforts. Walters later pried open the vault door and alerted authorities. No suspects have been located.
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Durham
Gibsonville
Greensboro
R. B. Walters
P. Waynick
Walters
Waynick
Roosevelt I Taking Rest Before Cabinet Selections
Hyde Park N Y Jan 14 President-Elect Roosevelt enters a final private weekend at his family estate before departing for the south to begin cabinet selections. A week of conferences on presidential problems frames his mood for full freedom today and tomorrow.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York City
Power Dam Builder Dies In New York
Dr. Robert Hawthorne Wylie 70 gynecologist who built the first power dam in this section died in New York Thursday. A Chester native, he originated the India Hook dam on the Catawba River near Rock Hill now part of Duke Power Company property. He lived in New York 30 years, Yale graduate 1883, NYU medical degree, Belvue hospital internship.
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Rock Hill
Robert Hawthorne Wylie
New York
Wylie
Chester
India Hook
Catawba River
Duke Power Company
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
New York University
Belvue Hospital
Paul Tillery Dies. Leader of Power Company
Paul A. Tillery, 53, president of Carolina Power and Light, died at his Raleigh home after a five month illness. He rose to the presidency after 22 years with CP&L, a key figure in the southern electrical power field. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. from his residence. Born May 21, 1880, in Halifax County, he grew up in Edenton and began his career after Virginia Military Institute.
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Raleigh
Paul A. Tillery
Carolina Power and Light Company
Mr. Tillery
Duke Hospital
Carolinas
Tillery
Virginia Military Institute
Halifax County
North Carolina
Edenton
Horner Military Academy
Old Man Winter Turns Loose All His Tricks
The weather map shows a volatile blast across the nation with rain snow and sun in varied regions. From Portland Maine to Miami Florida temperatures range from just below freezing in the north to the 70s in the south with fair skies forecast for tomorrow in most southern states.
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New York
Mississippi
Portland
Miami
Atlantic City
N. J
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Atlanta
Chinese Ask Tightened Boycott to Resist Japanese Invasion
Shanghai leaders urge nationwide boycott of Japanese goods as Chinese press reports show growing resolve to oppose Japan. Nanking launches anti inflation drive to fund volunteers. reports of Japanese forces massing on the Jehol border and minor clashes mark rising tensions.
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Shanghai
Shanhaikwan
Manchuria
Jehol
China
Japanese Economic League
Tokyo
International Chamber of Commerce
Vienna
Greater Shanghai Chamber of Commerce
Nanking
Iites
Lingyuan
Freezing Weather Maintains Snowbound North Carolina
In North Carolina freezing temperatures persisted across the state with heavy snow in the east. Fayetteville logged over nine inches and temperatures hovered around 32 degrees as streets remained blocked by hardened snow and fire crews aided in clearing it.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Beatrice Snipes moved from penitentiary to state hospital
Mrs Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, whose death sentence was commuted to life by Governor Blackwood, was moved from the state penitentiary to the South Carolina state hospital to await the birth of her baby. The child is due within days as officials discussed ensuring the birth occurs outside prison. Dr E L Horger noted she began obstetric examination to gauge timing.
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Columbia
8. C
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Blackwood
State Penitentiary
South Carolina State Hospital
Snipes
York County
J. C. Long
Charleston
E. L. Horger
Knoxville Charges Against Luke Lea Retired From Docket
Knoxville banking case against Colonel Luke Lea was retired from the U S district court docket pending developments in the North Carolina case against the Nashville publisher. Retirement was ordered by Judge George C Taylor with possibility to refile if needed. Lea faces a six to ten year term for violation of North Carolina banking laws and is charged with aiding misappropriation of funds of the Holston Union National Bank of Knoxville.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Luke Lea
United States District Court
North Carolina
Nashville
George C. Taylor
Lea
Holston-Union National Bank of
Stratosphere Highway Foretold By Piccard For Transatlantic Travel
Prof Auguste Piccard described a future of stratospheric travel where travelers would cross the Atlantic in stratoplanes at speeds around five thousand miles per hour. He told the National Geographic Society the weather would be consistently favorable in the stratosphere and that such flights, already under European development, would render ocean liners obsolete for rapid intercontinental travel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Auguste Piccard
Atlantic
Iie
Europe
National Geographic Society
Paris
Prohibition Alliances Face Test Over Beer and Wine Bill
Debate over the Collier-Blaine bill tests constitutional defenses as supporters defend its invulnerability while opposition Senators like Sheppard Borah and Robinson pledge fights. Democrats study potential revenue from extending beer limits to wine, with a White House veto possible. The judiciary committee is to review the measure Monday and report to the Senate.
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Washington
Jan
Prohibition
Congress
Sheppard
Texas
Borah
Idaho
Robinson
Ind
Hoover
Dill
Wash
Harri UD
Dem
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Five Held in Kidnap Plot Shocks New York
In a landmark operation, two policemen and three others were arrested on charges of kidnapping wealthy bootlegger Ernest Shoenig for a $100000 ransom. John Neving and Arthur B Graef face $75000 bail as co defendants Frank Miller Max Gellar and Leonard Gawelczyk also await speedy trial. Shoenig was guarded in Pleasantville New Jersey amid fears for his safety.
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New York
Edward P. Mulrooney
John J. Sullivan
John Neving
Arthur B. Graef
Frank Miller
Max Gellar
Leonard Gawelczyk
Ernest Shoenig
Pleasantville
N. J
Nevins
Nevins and Graef
Senate tax refund clash sparks filibuster talk
Beverly Hills dispatch notes a Senate debate over who should issue income tax refunds. The piece references calls to simplify taxes and mentions Huey Long as a disruptive influence amid Wall Street concerns.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Dan
Senate
Treasury Department
Japan
China
Huey Long
Huey
Wall Street
Bonds Set For Boyles Couple In Conspiracy Case
Odell C. Boyles and wife Sue Zachary Boyles face $25,000 bonds after federal charges allege they conspired to kidnap members of the Cannon family of Concord North Carolina. The arraignment was postponed to await relatives from the Carolinas. Letters threatening kidnap demanded ransom to spare Joseph Cannon Jr. or granddaughter Ann Cannon Reynolds.
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Joseph F. Cannon
Concord
N. C
Odell C. Boyles
Atlanta
Joseph Cannon, S Jr
Cannon
Anne Cannon Smith
Smith Reynolds
Sue Zachary Boyles
Boyles
E. 8. Griffith
Frank A. Doughman
Carolinas
Doughman
Rock Hill
Five Day Week Bill Endorsed by Hosiery Assn
Joseph Haines of Philadelphia told a senate judiciary sub committee that the Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturing association supports the black compulsory five day week bill. He claimed it would inflate wages and create a better hosiery market and a more profitable industry.
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Washington
Joseph Haines
Philadelphia
Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturing Association
Senate Judiciary
Kirkpatrick Seeks To Limit Governor Power In Budget
Senator Kirkpatrick of Mecklenburg announced plans to introduce a bill in the General Assembly to restrict governor control of state funds. The proposal would require disbursements only on department head vouchers countersigned by the state treasurer, curbing the governor’s budget director role.
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Raleigh
Jan
Kirkpatrick
Mecklenburg
Senate
General Assembly
Shapiro Qualifies Immediately as Forsyth County Administrator
Moses Shapiro public administrator for Forsyth County informs W B E Church clerk of superior court he will qualify at once as administrator of the estate of the late Reynolds. He cites North Carolina law allowing appointment after six months with no letters issued. The estate reportedly includes 615 shares Reynolds stock 2048 common shares and a variety of bonds and bank stock totaling around seven thousand dollars.
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Winston-Salem
Moses Shapiro
Forsyth County
W. B E. Church
Superior Court
Smith Reynolds
Shapiro
North Carolina
Here
Reynolds
N. C
Ecommor
Farmers National Bank of Winston
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Penitentiary
State Hospital
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Piccard
Stratosphere Highway
Iaw Iil Rogers
Hosiery Association
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