Controversy Over Ladder Settled By Judge
The body of William Weiss, kidnapped and slain nightlife figure, was recovered today from Neshaminy Creek near Philadelphia, ending a three month hunt. Investigators located the spot after gang member Martin Farrell directed authorities. Weiss’ body was wrapped and weighted, found under a bridge as fog and ice hindered the search.
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Philadelphia
William Weiss
Night Life
Neshaminy Creek
Robert Mais
Martin Farrell
New York
Robert Mails
Walter Legenza
Anne Enn
van Richmond
Farrell
Federal
Marie McKeever
Mars
Edwin
Bones) Gale
Weiss
NRA Code On Cigarettes Ready Soon
Washington reports that the long delayed cigarette code may go to the White House soon. NRA officials say the industry approved code is now with administrator Riley for final review after a split board and labor leaders pressed for wage and hour concessions.
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Washington
White House
NRA
Angei
A. W. Riley
W. A. Harriman
Riley
Sidney Hillman
W. H. Hamilton
Five Children Die in Quebec Fire After Clothesline Sparks
In LONGUEUIL Quebec a fire in a kitchen started by a chicken washing hung on a line over the stove. Five children were killed and six other family members, including children, were injured and rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Emile Gadbels
Wreck Fatalities Reported In Davie County Collision
Wissom Martin Smith aged 99 of Davie county died after his car collided with a truck on the Salem Mocksville highway. He was thrown onto the highway in the wreck early today.
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Winston-Salem
Wissom Martin Smith
Davie County
Smith
Salem
Mockavilleighway
Referendum Ordered On Kerr Smith Production Act
The report notes sailors and workers are to vote on whether the Kerr Smith production control act should apply to their crop next. The wording is unclear but indicates a formal referendum action in Washington state.
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Washington
Summer Weather Grips Fayetteville with Unseasonal Heat
Fayetteville sweltered under summer like warmth January 22 with temperatures near 79 to 80 degrees in the shade. Plants surged as shrubs bloomed bulbs emerged and trees budded while songbirds resumed activity.
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Fayetteville
Cold Wave Slowed by Gulf Disturbance Reaches Carolinas
Charlotte reports a cold wave from the Midwest moving slowly toward the Carolinas. Weather officials forecast rain turning to snow and a drop to 20 degrees or lower by Wednesday morning as a gulf disturbance delays the blast.
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Charlotte
Middle West
U. S
Carolinas
Silver Shirts Leader Trial Nearing Jury Stage
In Asheville on January 22 the trial of William Dudley Pel leader of the Silver Shirts and aides Robert C. Summer and Don D. Kelley neared the jury in Superior court. They are charged with fraudulent sale of un issued stock and the trial entered its birth and possibly final phase as three of seven had addressed the court. It was expected the case would go to the jury in the afternoon.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbrgh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Millard Whited
Maplewood
N.J
Princeton
Hopewell
Whited
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
St. Raymond’s
Bronz
Edward J. Reilly
John F. Jafare Condon
Department of Justice
Thomas H. Sisk
Washington
Asheville
William Dudley Pel
Jeader
Robert CC. Summer
Don D. Kelley
50 Dead Left By Cold Wave Now Heading South
A severe cold wave claims about 50 lives as it moves from the north into northern Florida and the Gulf coast, with crops damaged across Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Snow falls in New Orleans. New York faces more cold and possible snow while floods and ice threaten Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Valley of the Rio Grande
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans
Arkansas
Tennessee
Wisconsin
St. Croix
Memphis, Tenn
Far Northwest
Rocky Mountain Area
West Central States
Minnesota
Pacific
Revolters Against Relief Appropriations Handcuffed
Washington scene reports the White House and House leaders uniting to constrain dissent over Roosevelt relief spending. The House Appropriations Committee advances a large treasury bill while Senate Finance begins social security discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Burns
Buchanan
Appropriations Committee
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Wagner
New York
Harrison
D-Miss
North Carolina Tax Rise for Power Lines Approved
Leigh January 22 The joint finance committee of the General Assembly approved a proposal to raise the state franchise tax on electric, gas and other public utilities from 7 to 9 dollars per mile of pole lines. The committee kept the 10 percent gross receipts tax for Pullman and dining car operators, and set up a three member subcommittee to study the express tax amid carrier competition concerns. An earlier provision allowing municipal franchise tax exemptions for new or expanded municipal power plants was retained.
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House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office
Capriol Hill
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Munitions Committee
Navy
Marriner
Eccles
Utah
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking
Adolph C. Miller
Hugh 5. Johnson
Bernard M. Baruch
House Military Committee
House
Ways and Means
Edwin E. Witte
President's Committee of Economic Security
Leigh
Acto
North Carolina
Joint Finance Committee
General Assembly
Lumpkin
Klin
Isow
Enue
A. J. Well
Finance Com
Weather North Carolina Warned for Rain Snow and Cold Wave
Rain in the east tonight likely changes to snow in the west and central portions with clearing by Wednesday morning. Much colder tonight and Wednesday with a cold wave in the west. Increasing northeast winds over Hatteras to Sandy Hook, backing to north by Wednesday. Overcast with rain north and rain in the south, tonight and Wednesday. Hatteras to Jacksonville: moderate southerly winds shift to northwest tonight, otherwise overcast with rain tonight, generally fair by Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Changna
Wedula
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Robinson Sought In Woman Disguise In Texas
Federal agents hunt a suspected kidnapper identified as Thomas H. Robinson Jr known to use a woman’s disguise. Officers believe the 26 year old felon who abducted Mrs. Alice Stoll may be the unidentified cloaked passenger seen in a garage hear Houston. A Justice official plans to interview a young couple who gave the rider a ride, hoping for clues.
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Robinson
Texas
Houston
Tex
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Stoll
Loulaville
Society
Gus Jones
Department of Justice
Charles F. Urschel
Furniture Market Smashes Record For Second Day
Attendance at the 27th semi annual Southern Furniture and Bug market surged on day two. By 10 am 300 buyers registered at the Exposition building, with 104 in the morning and 192 by 2 pm, signaling a buoyant market and strong early trading across 165 exhibits.
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Southern Furniture and Bug
Southern Furniture Exposition
Karpis Aircraft Auto Left in Michigan
Karpis public enemy No 1 and Harry Campbell allegedly fled through Ohio into Michigan after leaving a bullet scarred automobile found near Lake Erie resorts. The car, taken from Dr H H Hunsicker, was discovered on U S 25 toward Detroit. Dell Clark saw a man exit the vehicle near Monroe as federal officers investigated the scene and potential hiding spots.
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Detroit
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Michigan
Ohio
Lake Erie
Monroe
Mich
H. H. Hunsicker
Philadelphia
Dell Clark
U. S. Department of Justice
Joseph Bakley
French Forces Ordered To Put Down Tribal Warfare
Paris dispatch reports French forces including camel troops and airplanes ordered to the southwest frontier of French Somaliland to quell tribally grounded fighting that has claimed 97 colonial lives. Bernard led a prior inquiry into a Jan 8 clash near Lake Abbe where 16 natives and 80 others died. The Ethiopian government will be asked to assist in pursuing the tribesmen, while air units and Senegalese sharpshooters accompany the expedition.
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Paris
M. Bernard
Goliad
Lake Abbe
Ethiopan
Bernard
Para
Coppet
French Somaliland
Camel Corps
Djibouti
Solons Work on Local Matters in Raleigh
North Carolina legislators debated sheriffs bills in both houses and passed local measures to safeguard funds and fix Washington county clerk bond. The House advanced a scenic parkway rights of way bill and teachers eligible under the workmen’s compensation act. Tax actions targeted telegraph earnings and a study of express firm levies. A bonus payment fight stalled after a split vote, with immediate payment urged by the House and a practical timing stance favored by the Senate.
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Raleigh
Senate
House of Representatives
North Carolina
House
Washington County
Johnston
State Highway and Public Works Commission
O'Berry
Con C. Johnson
Iredell
Congress
Weathers
Wake
Weather
Supreme Court Decision Delays Leave Democrats Safe
The writer jokes about the Supreme Court's delaying decision on Mooney and the Godd clause, noting Mooney's long tenure and gold’s brief presence. He warns against rushing the judges and predicts the outcome will affect Democrats, while urging patience and comprehension of the situation.
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Lancaster
Padan
New York
Supreme Court
Mooney
U S Planes Abandon Flight To Puerto Rico
Ten of eleven amphibian planes on a Quantico to Puerto Rico flight were forced down near Fayetteville due to heavy headwinds. One plane cracked on landing, no injuries reported, and the damaged craft was to be shipped back to Virginia. The fleet then refueled at Fort Bragg and returned to Quantico.
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Fayetteville
Quantico
Puerto Rico
Fort Bragg
Virginia
Harnett
Cumberland Counties
Fort Brage
Pope Field
Mais And Legenza Must Die In Electric Chair
Richmond January 22 Two famed Tri State gangsters De Mais and Walter Legenza were ordered by Judge John L Ingram to die February 2 for the murder of E M Huband. They arrived under guard from New York and were taken to the state penitentiary to await execution with Legenza on a stretcher and Mais under heavy guard after escaping earlier and facing multiple federal charges across several states.
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Richmond
de Mais
Walter Egenza
John L. Ingram
Hastings Court
E. M. Huband
New York
Mais
Ingram
Legenza
BE. M. Huband
Federal Reserve Bank
Mars
Havana
State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
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Ilver
New York City
House Rules Committee
South
Sheraton Hotel
Hubert J. Rockwell
High Point
Karpis’ Auto
Trail of New Public Enemy
Campbell
Aisa Amaras
Iseas
Solons
Ypoc III
Haggard
Waliter Legenza
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