Freedom ten be accepted by Filipinos
Washington reports the inde pendence bill faced by Congress and Manila, with Filipino leaders likely accepting a ten year transition. Hoover veto overridden in Senate, House action earlier. Quezon may visit Washington to review terms before deciding stance. Ten year period begins with constitutional talks and staged U S immigration and trade changes ending with complete withdrawal on July 4 after transition.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Congress
Philippine Independence Mission
Senate
Hoover
Manila
Manuel Quezon
House
United States
Democrats Abandon Budget Fight Plan for Special Session
Democrats abandon hope for budget balancing this session and plan a special session. Twelve Ways and Means members agree to drop all tax proposals until March 4 as party leaders plan a Capitol Hill meeting. Speaker Garner would not disclose when a special session would be summoned.
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House
Garner
Washington
Congress
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Solons Seek To Abolish This And That In 21 Bills
North Carolina lawmakers introduced 21 bills in the 1983 session aiming to abolish various offices and commissions. Proposals include scrapping the department of conservation and development and the state ship and water commission, with others covering tax penalties and county roles.
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Solons
Raleigh
North Carolina Railroad
Department of Conservation and Development
Corporation Sion
Industrial Commission
Local Government Commission
State Ship and Water Commission
Office of Executive Counsel
Transion Advisory Commission
Department of Personnel
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
The
Budget Bureau
Board of Equalization
Historical Commission
Office of State Game Warden
Department of Purchase and Contract
Office of
Mecklenburg
Wilkes Board of Education
Macon
Cleveland
Alexander
Hoover Roosevelt to confer at White House on foreign affairs
President Hoover and President-Elect Roosevelt plan a Friday morning meeting at the White House to discuss international developments and potential accord on war debt armament world economic issues and Sino Japanese conflict. Secretary Stimson may join, along with Raymond Moley and Millis.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
White House
Executive Mansion
Millis
Raymond Moley
Mr. Roose
Stimson
Philippines Students Celebrate Independence Act Victory
University of the Philippines students held a campus mass meeting to mark the congressional independence act as insular legislators debated acceptance. The event signaled the first general Filipino rejoicing, though there were no celebrations on news of the U S senate overriding Hoover's veto.
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Manila
P. 1
University of the Philippines
United States Senate
Hoover
No Fees Bill Passed By Senate
The senate approved a bill banning officers of the law from accepting witness fees in court trials. Author Senator Hartsell of Cabarrus said passage would save counties about 100 000 to 200 000 annually and affect only resident law enforcement officers per county.
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Raleigh
Senate
Hartsell
Cabarrus
Hollywood slayings tied to eastern gangsters liquor war
Three mysterious slayings in Hollywood and Long Beach spur police action amid claims eastern gangsters seek control of the film industry's liquor supply. One identified victim is bootlegger Harry Meager. others remain unnamed. Meager's car crashed after shots rang out. a third man was found nearby, described as a former bootlegger connected to Meager. Police say he shot the others and fled.
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Hollywood
Calif
Harry Meager
Lea‘ling
Meager
Long Beach
Fern Meager
Coal Mine Exhibit To Rise In Chicago Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry plans a full size coal mine exhibit in Chicago's South Side. Otto Kreusser presented a working mine model showing a 65 foot tipple, 30 person cage, 500 foot underground journey, and moving shaft walls. Real coal will decorate the floor as visitors follow the mining process from seam to surface.
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Homer McCoy
Associated Press
Chicago
South Side
Museum of Science and Industry
Julius Rosenwald
Deutsches Museum of
Munich
Otto Kreusser
Southern
Illinois
Kreusser
Extension Of Time To Buy Auto Tags Before Solons
The North Carolina General Assembly debated extending the auto license purchase deadline to March 1 as the House Finance Committee reported unfavorably on the Moore Turner Hoyle bill. Other items included absentee ballot law changes, a pay cut for legislative staff, and a resolution urging Congress to regulate money and commodity prices.
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Raleigh
House Committee On
Moore-Turner-Hoyle
Winnie Ruth Judd in guarding as she tests Halloran link
In Phoenix on January 18 Winnie Ruth Judd awaits continued cross examination in the Henry Halloran case. The 29 year old physician's wife faces the possibility of further questions about Halloran aiding her in disposing of two trunk victims Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson. Judd had been sentenced to hang and hinted at self harm as the hearing continues.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
John J. Halloran
Judd
Halloran
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Los Angeles
Huey Long in the Senate Stirs Laughs and Questions
In Santa Monica on January 17 a studio writer jokes about Huey Long the senator and the idea of a Chinaman in the Senate. The piece notes he entered over Carter Glass' veto and asks if anyone understands his remarks while remarking that many people accept not understanding a senator’s words.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Senate
Carter Glass
Polikoff Named Ancillary Receiver for McClellan Stores
Special to The Enterprise Greensboro Jan 18 Benet Polikoff of Winston-Salem was appointed ancillary receiver in federal district court for the McClellan stores in the middle district. Nine stores operate in High Point Lexington Thomasville and other cities as the chain seeks court protection.
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Greensboro
Benet Polikoff
Rney
Winston-Salem
Federal District
Coumt
McClellan
Middle District
Middle Federal District
High Point
Lexington
Thomasville
Toll system urged to aid cities in North Carolina
North Carolina municipal leaders consider tolls on street traffic to fund street upkeep. Oxford Mayor Taylor argues cities need new revenue as state highways end at city limits while trucks damage roads. Other ideas include allotments from gasoline taxes or state takeover of streets. Fifty municipalities attend the meeting in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina Municipal Association
Taylor
Oxford
State Highway Commission
Association
Morton L. Wallerstein
Virginia Municipal League
E. B. Jeffress
Mark Wolff
Public Utilities
New York
George Coan, Jr
Winston-Salem
Vann Convicted of Manslaughter in Nurse Marie Russell Death
W B Vann of High Point was found guilty of manslaughter by a Guilford County jury in a fatal April 29 1932 automobile crash that killed nurse Marie Russell. Judge T J Shaw set Friday for sentencing. Vann’s lawyers may appeal. The jury deliberated about two hours after evidence and arguments concluded. He faced charges of manslaughter and drunken driving. The defendant testified his car was damaged after a groove in a streetcar line trapped a wheel and denied intoxication.
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Greensboro
W. B. Vann
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Marie Russell
T. J. Shaw
Vann
Easier Marriages Backed by North Carolina House Panel
North Carolina House judiciary committee approved easier marriage bills repealing five day banns publication and the need for a physical exam before marriage. Opponents warned repeal could raise venereal disease. 245,000 NC residents reportedly infected with syphilis. Proponents cited youth protection and future health of children.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Senate
T. Palmer Jerman
Democratic National
Delia Dixon Carroll
J. M. Parrott
Tompson
Columbia
Wilson
Caswell
Parrott
Negro admits being man sought in women’s death
Boston police say Joseph Taylor admitted he was George Crawford the man wanted for a year in the murder of Mrs Agnes Ilsley and her maid Nina Buckner at Middleburg Virginia. Crawford denied guilt and said he left Virginia in 1931. Fingerprint expert Thomas J O Connor linked Taylor to Crawford triggering extradition from Massachusetts to Virginia.
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Boston
Joseph Taylor
George Crawford
Agnes Goeing Ilisley
Nina Buckner
Middleburg
Crawford
John McArdie
Joseph McDevitt
Charlies Street
Charles Street
State House
O'Connor
Taylor
Rosede Hill
Finger Printing Department
Hill
Virginia
South
Roosevelt pledge does not change Japan policy in Manchuria
Reuters style dispatch notes that President Elect Roosevelt will not alter Japan's Manchuria policies, drawing mixed reactions. China views the stance favorably as support for Hoover era policy, while Jehol and northern China see no immediate military changes as weather delays operations. A Daiaren newspaper claims Shanhaikwan falls under Manchukuo influence, and the League of Nations meets on the Sino Japanese dispute with limited optimism.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
China
Hoover
Far East
Jehol
Dairen
Shanhaikwan
Manchukuo
Peace and Order League
Geneva
League of Nations Committee of Nineteen
Washington
Adam Lee Sink Dies at 66 in Lexington
Adam Lee Sink a 66 year old pioneer merchant and wealthy Lexington resident died this morning at 12 45 after pneumonia. Survived by widow and three daughters Mrs Samuel RK Hill of Greensboro Mrs S G Johnson and Mrs J O Roaze of Lexington. Funeral from home Thursday at 3 pm conducted by Dr J B Abernethy and Rev J M Hayes with interment in church cemetery.
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Lexington
Adams Lee Sink
Samuel RK. Hill
Greensboro
S. G. Johnsom
J. O. Roaze
Levington
J. BE. Abernethy
The
Methodist Church
J. M. Hayes
Baptist Church
Inquest Postponed in Marsh Death in Gaffney
An inquest into the death of C. E. Marsh a 48 year old Gaffney businessman was postponed to allow officers to pursue more information. Sheriff Zeb V. Wheichel said four men arrested might be released if the inquiry fails to reveal new leads.
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Gaffney
C. E. Marsh
Zeb V. Wheichel
Marsh
Hungry beaten man returns to prison for murder
William J Sullivan dies not die but returns to Parchman to serve life for the 1907 murder of Hugh Pickering. After twenty years dodging officers and wandering through Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Tennessee in search of his missing wife and three children he surrenders in Mississippi stating he cannot find them and says he is innocent of the crime while accepting his fate at age 58.
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Parchman
Miss
William J. Sullivan
Lauderdale County
Hugh Pickering
Sullivans
Sullivan
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
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Taylor Sa
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Spike Webb
Annapolis
Gordon White
Teddy Carroll
Gordon
Associates Press
Adam Lee Sink
South Carolina
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