Former North Carolina Governor Max Gardner to Speak at Chamber Meeting
Max Gardner, former governor of North Carolina and noted industrial adviser, will speak at the High Chamber of Commerce meeting on January 31. About 350 attendees are expected. Gardner has deep ties to the Democratic Party, served as lieutenant governor, state organizer of Democratic clubs, and held roles in the National Conventions.
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Max Gardner
Vernor of
North Carolina
Washmeeting
Chamber of Commerce
Amos Kearns
Gardner
Carolina
Northlina State College
Udied Law
University Oforth Carolina
Raleigh
Mer
North Carina
York
Ohio
Northlina
O. Max Gardner
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Fight for Fay Boy Continues in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 18, counsel for Frank Fay the retired actor moved to dismiss a superior court appeal by Barbara Stanwyck over their five year old adopted son Dion. Attorney Hy Schwartz said the filing seeks a new hearing of Judge Wyn Knight's order granting Fay access twice weekly and every other Saturday to take the boy from Stanwyck's home.
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Los Angeles
Frank Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
Dion
Hy Schwartz
Miss Stank
Win Knight
Fayther
Miss Stanwyck
British hospital ship Apollo opens for inspection
Officers of H M S Apollo on an artery call here reported about 250 visitors over three days as the British liner opened to inspection. She was scheduled to sail today for Charlestown.
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Wilmington
H. M
Apollo
Charon
8. C
Market Trading Steady At Mid Winter Furniture Show
The second day of the Mid Winter Southern Furniture and Rug Market in St Hyacinthe features steady trading, firm prices, and active buyer inspection. More than 500 buyers registered by noon, with over 2,000 expected before January 29. exhibitors highlight blonde woods mahogany linoleum trends and lighter rug colors.
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SOC Charales
W. Crane
Wolf and Crane Company
Chicago
New York
Mohawk Carpet Mills
Robinson Pair Arrested in Moscow Spy Case
Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens, an American citizen, is under arrest in Moscow and being questioned for suspected espionage officials said. The arrest follows the disappearance in Moscow last month and the prior entry under the name Mr and Mrs Robinson with her companion Donald L Robinson.
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Robinson
Soviet City
Foreignffice
U. S
Rubens
Washington
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Moscow
State Department
Lou Henderson
Soviet Union
Donald L. Robinson
Accident Deaths Involving CCC Campers Near Bryson City
Wade West 22 of Franklin died from injuries after a truck accident near Bryson City Saturday. Robert Jennings of Sardis Mississippi also died in the same wreck, reported from Sylva North Carolina on January 18.
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Sylva
N. C
Wade West
Franklin
CCC
Bryson City
Robert Jennings
Sardis
Miss
Trial of Guard Slayers Opens in Washington Prison Case
Six convicts faced a murder charge in Washington today for killing a state penitentiary guard captain who was held hostage in a December escape plot. Seven Columbia lawyers were appointed to defend the defendants, with motions about venue and separate trials undecided.
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Columbia
D. C
State Penitentiary
Wallace Opposes Freight Rate Rise Harming Business
Secretary Wallace urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to resist a 15 percent rail rate increase on nearly all goods including farm produce He argued higher rates would deepen the recession and called for flexible pricing to lower rates in weak times and raise them in prosperity periods If rates rise he warned farm and industrial activity would slow and railroad revenues might fall or stay flat
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Washington
Wallace
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Council on Economic Problems Proposed to Work Out Permanent Plans
Senator Bulkley of Ohio urged creating a national council on economic problems drawing leaders from business labor agriculture science and law to advise Congress and the president. The idea aims for long term study beyond immediate recession measures as Roosevelt holds business conferences on auto financing and other issues.
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Washington
Ator Bulkley
Ohio
National Council
Bulkley
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
White House
Japs Pressed as Chinese Counter-Thrusts Stage Defense
Chinese forces counter attacked along the Tientsin Pukow line north of Nanking and in Hangchow, forcing Japanese troops to defensive positions. Chinese claim Tsining in South Shantung is fully under control and a decisive battle looms. Tokyo signals no war declaration while moving toward recognition of the Peiping regime.
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Shanghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Nanking
Hangchow
Suchow
Lunghai
China
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Shantung
Tsining
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Akira Kazami
Japan
Pieping
Kerr Praises and Criticizes in Rocky Mount Address
Rep Kerr of North Carolina delivered remarks in Rocky Mount calling the anti lynching bill a farce and the wage hour bill selfishly conceived by northern manufacturers He said Ludlow war referendum is unneeded but endorsed national defense appropriations and praised President Roosevelt as restorer of banks homes and farms and protector of the aged
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Rocky Mount
Kerr
Roosevelt
Prosecution Ends in Hartle Murder Trial
In Winston-Salem on January 18, prosecutors wrap the case against Groceryman John A. Hartle who is charged with murdering Walter Lee Smith, 64. Key testimony includes Hartle’s claim of an unwritten law and police remarks about finding Hartle with his wife and Smith. The defense asks to reduce to second degree murder, but the judge denies.
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Winston-Salem
John A. Hartle
Walter Lee Smith
C. B. Bowman
Hartle
Smith
J. Erle McMichael
W. N. Dalton
N. C. Teague
Southside Baptist Church
Bowman
Mia
Superior Court
Donald F. Phillips
Navy begins 18-plane transocean flight to Hawaii
From San Diego to Pearl Harbor an 18-plane formation starts the year long plan the navy promised to fly 42 patrol bombers to Hawaii this year. Each bomber carries seven crew and officers as the fleet undertakes what aviation officials call the greatest massed trans ocean maneuver to date.
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Navy
San Diego
Calif
United
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
G Men Capture Kidnapper Slayer in Ross Case
After a four month chase federal agents seized Peter Anders in California and tied him to the Charles S. Ross kidnapping and slaying. Anders admitted the crimes near Rockford Illinois after the ransom pay, and the bodies of Ross and James Atwood Gray remain unfound. Agents recovered about 14402 dollars from the ransom.
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Los Angeles
Department of Justice
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Andres
Ross
Rockford
Ill
James Atwood Gray
Anders
Hoover
Santa Anita Park
Gray
Illinois
Santa Anita
Charles 8. Ross
G-men
Peter Anders
Disappearance Solved in Coast to Coast Abduction Case
Officials credited Hoover and aides in springing the trap that solved the case involving 5250 bills distributed to police newspapers banks and businesses from coast to coast. Anders reportedly used aliases Albert Marsh Marshall Eaton and Ray Crantz and confessed to robbing about 20 banks. The 30 year old suspect, once a Spokane logger, abducted Ross on September 25, a case linked to the 1874 Charlie Brewster Ross disappearance.
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Santa Anita
Hoover
Anders
Albert Marsh
Marshall Eaton
Ray Crantz
Spokane
Ross
Charles Brewster Ross
Unemployment Totals in High Point City and Guilford County
Washington report by John D. Biggers shows 1,368 totally unemployed in High Point with 414 on work relief and 1,188 seeking more work. Guilford County tallies 4,214 unemployed, 729 on relief, and 3,204 partially unemployed, reflecting ongoing recession effects.
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Biggers
Washington Bureau
High Point
Washington, D. C
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
CCC
NYA
Guilford County
Rayburn Pushes Balance as Farm Bill Advances
The House approved a treasury-post office appropriation bill for the next fiscal year totaling 81 515 852 286, a net $200,000 below the House committee’s recommended figure, with a 281 to 4 vote. Rayburn urged balance and warned of future budget constraints. Senate action and cotton program debates followed, including a 10,600,000 bale production target and penalties for overproduction.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury-Post Office
House Appropriations Committee
Tabor and Lord
New York
Knut Son
Minnesota
Rich
Pennsylvania
Rayburn
Postoffice
Democrats
Capitol
Smith
D-Sc
Senate House Conference Committee
South Carolinian
Southern State Commissioners of Agriculture
Hoey Refuses Clemency for Sermons Death Sentence
Governor Hoey declined to intervene for James Sermons sentenced to die in Winston-Salem for murder. He granted one day reprieves to two other condemned men, T. J. Jefferson and Tom Linney, delaying their executions to February 11. All three are named as negroes.
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Raleigh
N. C
Hoey
James
Winston, Salem
Forsyth
T. J. Jefferson
Tom Linney
Jefferson
Linney
Chautemps Builds Government to End Cabinet Crisis
Paris dispatch reports Camille Chautemps began forming a new government with radical socialists to resolve a five day cabinet crisis. Socialist Marx Dormoy resigned as interior minister after a dispute over including communists, while Edouard Daladier and Yvon Debos obtained key posts. The socialist party faces internal split as Leon Blum and Paul Faure fall to the minority.
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Chautemps
France
Paris
Camille Chautemps
Marx Dormoy
Socialist Council
Chamber of Deputies
People’s Front
Chautempts
Consula
Finance Ministry
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Yvon Debos
Foreign Ministry
Socialist Party
Leon Blum
Paul Faure
Communist Group
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John Hartle
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