Postmaster Of Minneapolis Is Note Recipient
A mystery note claiming banker Edward Bremer was killed was received by Minneapolis postmaster W. Robertson. Police and federal agents raced to Anoka to follow the lead after Bremer was seized and his car found bloodstained.
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Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Howard G. Bremer
W. C. Robertson
Edward G. Bremer
W. ©. Robertson
Edward Bremer
Anoka
Minn
Walter Magee
Robertson
Roosevelt
Federatives
Thomas Cahill
Charles Tierney
Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company
Treasury plans outlined for Federal Reserve cooperation
Secretary Morgenthau announced treasury financing plans to assembled federal reserve bank governors and appeared to secure cooperation. Umstead elected to committee posts including Coinage, weights and measures on a day of reorganizations.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Umstead
House
PD. N
Wallace backs cotton gin licensing bill with caveat
Secretary Wallace told the Senate Agriculture Committee he would favor the Bankhead cotton gin licensing bill if farmers wanted it, but warned of grave dangers from compulsory production control if farmers opposed the measure.
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Bill Washington
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith to join Kentucky as assistant coach
The Journal reports John Clipper Smith former North Carolina State College coach will be named assistant coach at the University of Kentucky.
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Smith
Kentucky Atlanta
the Journal
John (Clipper) Smith
North Carolina State
University of Kentucky
Rabbit Champions Refuse To Talk At Big Show
The all-south winter show of the Atlanta Rabbit Breeders' club drew entries from eight states. A red rabbit from Shoot-Z Rabbitry in Houston won the long distance prize but offered no comments when questioned by an interviewer. Exhibits came from Texas Florida Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Illinois.
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Atlanta
Uncleus
Atlanta Bbit Breeders’ Club
Houston
Texas
Florida
Bama
Georgia
North Carona
South Carolina
Tennessee
Illinois
Japanese Language Books Held by U S Customs
One hundred Japanese language books titled Our Navy are held by U S Customs in San Francisco pending a Washington ruling. Assistant collector George Marshall said the volumes include illustrations depicting American and Japanese planes in combat.
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San Francisco
U. S
Washington
George Marshall
Marshall
Escape from Mecklenburg Camp Reports Meck Prison Break
John Williams was sentenced to 90 days in Mecklenburg County jail for assault and escaped from the Mecklenburg County prison camp. details of the escape are not provided.
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Escaves
Raleigh
John Illiams
Mecklnburg
Mecklenburg County
Money to give away and no one to take it
In Florence, the First National Bank tested the market by offering $15,000 in dividends to depositors of its closed bank but received no claimants despite ample notice. The receiver reports the funds remain unclaimed.
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Florence
D. C
First National Bank of
Raleigh
Stokes County
Ehringhaus
National
Cotton Spinning Industry Hits Low Point in December
U S textile spindle activity fell to 73.5 percent capacity in December from 96.3 in November with 24 840 870 of 30 938 340 spindles in use. Total 5 095 047 829 spindle hours recorded. May to July 1935 showed peak activity prior to the cotton code. States report varied active hours per spindle and in place counts.
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Washington
Unitedates
Gas Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Five youths in robbery captured after Illinois manhunt
Chicago youths hunted by 250 men were trapped in a woods near Basoco and captured at Carmathage Illinois. About 3460 dollars stolen from the Girard State Bank was recovered. Harlan Mascarella and Emil Digger were wounded slightly. others identified themselves as Howard Mascarella Vincent Digger and Jesse Summerman.
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Quincy
Chicago
Illinois
Carthage
T.ll
State Bank
Girard
Ill
Basoco
Harlan Mascarella
Emil Digger
Howard Mascarella
Harlan
Vincent Digger
Emil
Jesse Summerman
Haile Transferred to Washington Federal Office
Edward W. Haile supervisor in charge of the federal crop reduction office in Spartanburg South Carolina has been called to Washington to assume cover duties in the regional office there.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Edward W. Haile
Washington
North Carolina Textbook Commission Opens Final History Hearing
Raleigh dated January 20 reports the North Carolina Textbook Commission opening the final day of hearings on adopting new history texts for state schools. The session focuses on resolving curriculum and materials questions for public education.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Text-Book Commission
Few Confederate Veterans Remain on Spartanburg Pensions
At the Robert E. Lee services in Spartanburg county only 24 Confederate veterans remain on the pension lists. The county once furnished hundreds of men to the southern cause.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Robert RE. Lee
Spartanburg County
Mid-South Praised as Nation's Best by RFC Director
Memphis interview with Harvey Couch of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. declares the Mid-South the best part of the United States. He urges flood control, boosting cotton and cottonseed use, and expanded diversified Southern agriculture to rebuild rural communities and reduce urban unemployment.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harvey Couch
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
RBC
Government Debates Rail Consolidation and Dollar Devaluation
Federal coordinator Joseph Fastman said national rail consolidation and government ownership are not ripe for action. The Interstate Commerce Commission provided a synopsis of findings, noting no clear approval or disapproval and suggesting a possible year of executive-order coordination. Congress weighs rapid passage of the Roosevelt dollar devaluation bill as Democrats push for a vote and Republicans discuss possible amendments.
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Washington
Congress
Joseph B. Fastman
Roosevelt
House and
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fastman
Eastman
Leslie Craven
Duke University
Durham
N. C
House
Rainey
Representative Burns
Senate Banking Committee
Star Chamber
Nee
G. P. Preston
Chattanooga
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Preston
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Burns
Snell
New York
Campaign Launched To Keep Tar Heelia In Prohibition Ranks
The North Carolina drive to maintain dry status gathers momentum as Greensboro hosts a campaign to elect city members to the 1935 state legislature with June primaries and November elections. Attorney General Brummitt calls for enforcement against illegal high alcohol content and wets remain inactive after last November's repeal vote.
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Tar Heelia
Paul Barkley
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
United City Forces
Greensboro
Dennis G. Brummitt
Guilford Seeks Rural Community Center Sites
Between 60 and 70 North Carolina counties seek sites for rural community centers. Prof C M Heck of NC State estimates 0 to 35 sites secured and CWA funding requests to improve them. Guilford County plans three centers and has set aside 1600 dollars to buy one site.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. M. Heck
N. C. State College
Civil Works Administration
Guilffard
Heck
Raleigh convention names new leaders for truckers and engineers
The North Carolina Truck Owners association and the State Society of Engineers held a convention in Raleigh. R. S. Roonce of Raleigh was named new president of the truckers and Professor Theodore S. Johnson of State College was elected president of the engineers.
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North Carolina Truck Owners Association
State Society of Engineers
Raleigh
R. S&s. Roonce
Theodore S. Johnson
State College
Toll of deaths on North Carolina highways rises in 1933
The motor vehicle bureau reports 852 deaths on North Carolina highways in 1933, up 178 from 1932, highlighting a sharp rise in road fatalities and stressing the growing safety concerns on state roads.
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North Carolina
The
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Utilities Commission Demands Inventory by April 1
The new utilities commission exercised authority by ordering a full inventory of all utilities with a deadline of April 1. The move signals readiness to oversee and regulate sector data across agencies and providers.
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New Utilities Commission
Greece Aims to Expel Insull Despite Council Deliberations
In Athens on January 20 the interior ministry secretary said Greece will expel Samuel Insull Sr. regardless of the Council of State ruling. The council heard Insull’s attorneys yesterday and adjourned after a heated session with a decision postponed to next week.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Council of State
Insull
First Lady visits Warm Springs for weekend rest
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives at Warm Springs with Miss Lorena Hickok for a weekend of rest. She motored from Atlanta and residents learn of her presence only after several hours, with only Warm Springs foundation officials aware initially.
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Warm Springs
Gat
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lorena Hickok
Atlanta
Warm Springs Foundation
Pacolet man dies and nephew injured in highway crash
William Lovelace, 75, of Pacolet died from injuries after a car struck him and his nephew Charles Wyatt, who is hurt, in a collision last night near Union. The driver, J. E. Jones of Spartanburg, was charged by a coroner's jury with reckless driving.
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UNION
William Lovelace
Pacolet
Charles Wyatt
Spartanburg
Jones
Will Rogers Says Headlines and Headlines Only
Beverly Hills January 10 Will Rogers notes plenty of headlines but little news. He mentions Congress votes on sixty cent dollar and jokes about Japanese photo fortifications. He adds Cuba hails a new president and quips about the diamond prospector buying a farm and a silk hat.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
O. K
Cuba
Africa
Will
Bailey and Bates Begin Hunger Strike at Leavenworth
AP reports Albert Bates and Harvey Bailey, tied to the Urschel kidnapping, are on hunger strikes in Leavenworth. Bates refused food from January 7 to 19 and Bailey since January 15, with both under constant medical supervision and segregated within the prison. The justice department says meals are offered each time and forcible feeding will occur if life is at risk.
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Washington
Albert W. Bates
Harvey J. Bailey
Leavenworth
Justice Department
Seabee
Urschel
Bates
Shailey
Duke Professor Named President of North Carolina Engineers
Raleigh Jan 20 Theodor Johnson a Duke University faculty member and industrial professor at North Carolina State College was named president of the State Society of Engineers for a full term at the 17th midwinter meeting. J L Beckton of Wilmington was elected vice president and J Summey Whitener of Raleigh secretary treasurer. Directors named H Noell Statesville T Atwood Durham and T T Betts Fayetteville.
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Raleigh
Theodore §. Johnson
North Carolina State College
State Society of Engineers
Johnson
William J. Dana
Duke University
J. L. Beckton
Wilmington
J. Summey Whitener
Tobacco campaign ends in North Carolina
The effort to reduce fine cured tobacco production neared completion as 95 percent of state growers turned in reduction contracts. State director E. Y. Floyd said the deadline would be midnight tonight.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
E. Y. Floyd
House panel calls sixth Louisiana seat vacant
The House elections committee with Kerr of North Carolina chairing said the Kemp Sanders contest seat should be vacant. The unanimous report will be filed and a resolution next week would urge that neither Mrs Bolivar E Kemp nor J Y Sanders Jr be seated. Kemp was elected December 56 with Huey Long backing after a district party nomination. Sanders protested, citing illegality and a rival December 27 election.
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Washington
House Elections Committee
Kemp-Sanders
Louisiana
Kerr
D-Nc
House
Bolivar E. Kemp
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Quick Recognition of Cuban Regime Seems Likely Today
Secretary Hull traveled by train from Key West to Washington with recommendations to President Roosevelt that may lead to early U S recognition of Cuba s new Mendi eta regime. Jefferson Caffery reported conditions in Cuba and Hull voiced optimism about a rapid political turn and possible recognition within a week or ten days.
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Key West
Flia
Hull
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Mendieta
Cuba
Jefferson Caffery
Richmond
Montevideo
Caffery
Cole
Residence matron Mrs. Cuthbert Martin dies in Wilmington
Mrs. Cuthbert Martin aged 67, a prominent Wilmington resident, died after an extended illness. She is survived by five children from her first marriage to Albert Gore: Mrs. Boyden Sparkes of New York, Mina Gore of Nev, Will I. Gore of Wilmington, Mrs. C. Earle Dickinson of Raleigh, and Milton B. Gore of Chicago.
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Wilmington
Jan
Cuthbert Martin
Abducted Kansas Teacher Freed by Two Convicts
Lewis Dresser a 26 year old Kansas school teacher was released unharmed near Pawhuska Oklahoma after being abducted by Jim Clark and an accomplice of seven convicts who escaped the Lansing penitentiary. Dresser aided police by reporting to Bartlesville authorities after his release.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Lewis Dresser
Kansas
Jim Clark
Lansing
Pawhuska
Dresser
Clark
Bob
Big Boy) Brady
Paw
Huska
Oklahoma
Wallula
Kans
Bob Brady
N. D. Welty
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