Many Consolidations And Eliminations In Set Up Recommended
North Carolina lawmakers heard a joint committee on reorgan ization propose sweeping changes aimed at saving about 2 million dollars annually. Recommendations include weakening the budget bureau, consolidating highways and prison departments, abolishing the welfare department, creating a public utilities commissioner, shifting highway patrol duties, and merging the state librarian and library commission heads. The house moved to approve the report as debate began in private sessions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Joint Committee On
Moore of Craven
Senate
House
Cherry
Gaston
Budget Bureau
Department of Public Welfare
Board of Health
Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Commissioner
Board of Equalization
Highway Patrol
Revenue Department
Library Commission
Boyd, Garibaldi and
Taylor
Mecklenburg
War debts talks and tax bills stall for March
Democrats on the house ways and means committee blocked all tax legislation at the short session voting 14 to 10 to table proposals. Hawley and Bacharach urged extending or studying the gasoline tax, but the panel reaffirmed a plan not to prepare a general tax bill this session, leaving the issue to the upcoming special session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Hawley
Oregon
Bacharach
New Jersey
Collier
President Hoover and Roosevelt Agree on War Debt Talks
In Washington the President and President-Elect agreed to discuss war debts with Great Britain in early March after the change of administrations. A White House statement said talks would cover world economic problems and ways to improve the global situation. Secretary Stimson to begin negotiations for the conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
White House
Great Britain
Red Room
Stimson
British ship in distress after fierce Atlantic storm
The British freighter Exeter City battled heavy seas in a January storm. Its master, third officer, an apprentice and a seaman were reported dead. The ship lost bridge and deck sections and rigged emergency steering as life boats could not be lowered. Captain Giles C. Stedman of the American Merchant relayed the radiogram 1575 miles east of Ambrose lightship after a 15 mile dash.
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New York
Exeter City
Giles C. Stedman
Stedman
Ambrose
Stirewall Named Professor at Lutheran Southern Seminary
Dr. M. L. Stirewall of Salisbury North Carolina was elected professor of systematic and historical aesl eny at the Lutheran Southern Seminary by the board of trustees in Columbia South Carolina. In Greenville South Carolina Dan Hill of Asheville announced formal Piedmont League franchise application, noting directors must approve and he personally favored it.
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Columbia
8. C
M. L. Stirewall
Salisbury
N. C
Lutheran Southern Seminary
Greenville
Dan Hill
Asheville
The
Loop
Richmond Baseball Owner Eyes Piedmont League Move
Eddie Mooers, owner of Richmond's professional baseball franchise, announced readiness to join the Piedmont League despite the absence of a Virginia club in the circuit.
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Richmond
Eddie Mooers
Hoover and Roosevelt to discuss war debts with Britain
London reports that President Hoover and President Elect Roosevelt plan a discussion this evening on war debts with Great Britain. The talks are framed as the happiest news in weeks and could shape postwar financial relations.
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London
Dent Hoover
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Wake Forest Students Demand Prompt Coach Miller Decision
The Wake Forest College student body calls on the board of trustees to meet immediately and make a definite decision on whether to retain Head Coach Pat Miller.
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Wake Forest
Wake Forest College
Pat Miller
North Carolina newspaper institute adjourns after exhibit
The ninth North Carolina newspaper institute adjourned in Chapel Hill after an address by Dr. W. W. Kall editor of the News and Courier Charleston and a view of a newspaper exhibit.
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Chapel Hill
Ninth
North Carolina Newspaper Institute
W. W. Kall
Charleston, Ss
News and Courier
President Roosevelts urging faster action on farm relief bill
Senator McNary of Oregon said after a conference with President Roosevelt that the incoming president urged him to expedite the domestic allotment farm relief bill currently before McNarys committee.
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Washington
Senator McNary
Oregon
Today
Brect Roosevelt
Welborn Freed in Reckless Driving Bound Over
Dexter Welborn of High Point was bound over to Superior court on reckless driving and had another charge of transporting whiskey dismissed at arraignment before Magistrate W. 58. Lyon. Bond set at $150 for the January 24 term of criminal court in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Dexter Welborn
High Point
Superior Court
Lyon
North Carolina Second in December Cotton Spindles Activity
December cotton spinning in North Carolina operated at 87.2 percent capacity on a single shift, down from November and December prior. Total spindles in place 31,442,174 with 23,775,136 active during the month and 6,386,218,252 active spindle hours. State totals show varying activity across Alabama Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia with hours per spindle ranging from 153 to 369.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Five Gaffney Men Released in Marsh Death Case
Clarence E. Marsh, a Gaffney businessman, died on railroad tracks with verdict of death by unknown means. A coroner jury freed five men, including R. B. Tucker and two delivery boys, after witnesses failed to connect them to the death. An envelope found near the scene bore Tucker’s address. the jury convened swiftly under Coroner Batchelor and Solicitor Watt.
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Gaffney
Clarence E. Marsh
Zeb V. Welchel
R. B. Tucker
Marsh
Fred Baston
Tucker
J. T. Boswell
W. P. Batchelor
Sam R. Watt
Spartanburg
Jack Skinner
Spartan
Two-Headed Presidency and Budget Clash in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills California on January 10 a columnist critiques the fragmented U.S. leadership noting a president with no authority a powerless in house and a budget gridlock. The piece expresses national frustration over foreign policy and debt while questioning liberty in the Philippines.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Senate
House
Japan
Manchuria
Philippines
Japan to send majority of 1933 conscripts to Manchuria
Tokyo reports the army will dispatch most of General Nobuyoshi Muto's 1933 conscripts and auxiliaries to Manchuria immediately while 1931 conscripts and veterans stay in service. Military officials foresee a 50 percent rise in Manchuria manpower. rookies begin reporting to stations today and may garrison quiet sectors.
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Tokyo
Nobuyoshi Muto
Manchuria
Japan
War Office
Alimony By Weight Sought By Woman
Mrs. Mabel Hewlett weighing 325 pounds asked Superior Judge Joseph Sabath for alimony by weight in a separate maintenance suit against David M. Hewlett. Her attorney argued she is handicapped by weight needing special diet food transport and clothing and shoes made to fit.
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Chicago
Mabel Hewlett
Joseph Sabath
Hinsdale Seeks Luxury Tax Plan To Tax Non Essentials
Raleigh January 20 Senator John Hinsdale of Wake County introduced a luxury tax bill echoing the 1931 measure. It combines stamp and retail sales taxes on non-essentials aiming to raise about 4.8 million annually with a flexible clause to adjust revenue if needed. The 1933 plan targets cigarettes cosmetics soft drinks malt liquors theatre candy sugar autos shells and stock transactions. Hinsdale says this form balances the budget and avoids taxing life's essentials.
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Raleigh
John Hinsdale
Wake
Hinsdale
General Assembly
Farm relief takes shape in three way plan
Washington with farm organizations pressing a three way program to ease debt for farmers. The plan would adjust mortgage debt by capacity to pay, lower interest rates and extend credit, with Morgenthau advising and Roosevelt backing. Debates over legislative form continue as details are refined.
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Washington
Congress
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange and
Farmers’ Union
House
Senate Agricultural Committee
France Ready On Debt Negotiation
Paris reports France is ready to negotiate debt owed to the United States if Hoover and Roosevelt reopen the question before March 4. Officials and newspapers monitor the Washington interview with keen attention while France faces internal financial problems.
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Paris
France
United States
Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover-Roosevelt
Washington
Virginia police pursue confessed accessory in Virginia slayings
Virginia officers head to Boston to arrest George Crawford 26 on a confession of being an accessory to the January 13 1932 slayings of Mrs Agnes Boeing Isley and her helper Nina Buckner. Commonwealth attorney John Galleher said Crawford admitted entering the cottage, stealing valuables, and denying the fatal beating. Galleher will proceed with prosecution after further questioning.
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Boston
Virginia
George Crawford
Agnes Boeing Isley
Nina Buckner
Charlie Jackson
John Galleher
Commonwealth
Loudon County
Crawford
Galleher
Montagu Norman to Wed in London Marriage
Montagu Norman governor of the Bank of England will marry Mrs. Priscilla Cecilia Maria Worsthorne in London. Norman is 61 and long deemed a confirmed bachelor. his bride is 33.
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London
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Priscilla Cecilia Maria Worsthorne
Libbys Baby May Be Moved From Incubator Soon
Philadelphia report says Dr Norris W Vaux expressed hope that Libby Holman Reynolds baby could leave the incubator in less than a month instead of three. The underweight infant is gaining weight and may become a normal healthy boy as Mrs Reynolds progresses after the July shooting death of tobacco heir Smith Reynolds.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Norris W. Vaux
Smith Reyolds
Winston- Salem
N. C
Cousin Remembered in Will Bequests
Fayetteville resident Ashton F. Wilson was bequeathed about 3850 by his late cousin Mrs. Jane S. Wishart of Brooklyn New York in her will.
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Fayetteville
Ashton F. Wilson
Jane S. Wishart
Brooklyn
France branded a thorough ingrate in Senate over debts
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana denounced France in the Senate calling it a thorough ingrate for defaulting on war debts and opposing debt cancellation. He urged enactment of a bill to bar issuance of defaulting nations securities and condemned France for withdrawing gold and harming U S finances.
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Washington
France
Senate
Arthur Robinson
Ind
Robinson
Judiciary
Johnson
Calif
Republic of France
America
United States
Lee Durham Held For Meat Theft In Rockingham
In Rockingham a local man named Lee Durham faces theft charges tied to meat theft. The case appears amid a display window tribute to Confederate General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson at Miss Lizzie Gooch 127 North Main Street. The exhibit includes an oil painting by Miss Gooch showing the two generals and flags of both sides.
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Lee Durham
Rockingham
Robert EB. Lee
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Miss Gooch
The
Confederacy
United States
Currency Expansion To Be Considered By Committee
Chairman Steagall announced the house banking committee will meet to review currency expansion, post ponements on federal land bank loans, and a Glass-Steagall revival. He listed bills to empower reserve banks with collateral loans, issue 1 billion in treasury notes, and extend land bank post ponement options with tightened loan security.
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Washington
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Glass-Steagall
Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Jon
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State Corporation Commission
U. S
Salmon O. Levinson
Levinson
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Welborn
Kesman
Jehol
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