Last Minute Bulletins from North Carolina
Salemburg fire damages school building with $40,000 loss. no injuries and coal fire continues. E. P. Brownell dies after heart attack. funeral at First Presbyterian Church in Asheville. Salisbury bottle plant and mill robbed. safes cracked and about $100 stolen with dynamite failing to open a safe.
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Salemburg
N. C
Asheville
Lrst Presbyterian Church
E. P. Brownell
Brownell
Ownell-Dunn Funeral Home
Salisbury
Legislature weighs duties of state college extension
A Raleigh subcommittee begins work on a bill to eliminate alleged duplication between the Agricultural Department and the State College Extension Service. Dean L C Schaub cites farm operation and funding as main points of dispute. The session also considers a measure about game lands sold or transferred to the Federal government remaining state property.
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Chronize
Raleigh
N. C
Agricultural Department of State College Extension
Rvice
Dean L. C. Schaub
Exsive
Aleigh
Kim
Transylvania
Jarvis
Combe
Burgin
Henda
North Carolina panel weighs plan for western deficients school
The house public welfare committee named a panel to draft a bill creating a western region school for mentally deficient children to match Caswell Training School at Kinston. Mrs Revell of Wilming ton, representing the American Red Cross auxiliary, cited about 1,200 awaiting placement at Caswell.
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Aleigh
N. C
House Public Wet
Kinston
Caswell King School
M.S. Revell
Wil
Oin
Caswell Ool
Robey Hawkins Appeal Ahead of Death in North Carolina
Attorneys for 85 year old Craven County man Robey Hawkins prepared a final appeal to Governor Hoey on the clemency matter as the condemned man faces execution by gas chamber for a murder committed last March. The parole commission and Edwin Gill noted Hawkins has not recommended clemency. Hawkins has asked for a Supreme Court appeal.
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Aleigh
N. C
Jan
Robey M.wkins
Craven Nty
Iday
Hoey
Edwin Gill
Gall
Haws
Hawkins
Supreme Court
State Senate considers icers benefit bill for officers
The Senate debates a bill to create a benefit fund for law enforcement officers killed or injured in duty. Provisions would add a small surcharge to criminal cases with receipts funding the fund and support for identification and litigation. The measure includes a retirement fund revision and discretionary benefit amounts by an administrative board.
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Larkins-Blythe
Peace Courts
Administrative Board
Pir
Taxation Proposed on Illegal Slot Machines
A joint finance committee heard arguments on taxing illegal gambling devices to curb their use. Senator Flanagan urged the tax as a means to remove slot machines from circulation, noting about 2,500 illegal devices are in use and that peace officers are not enforcing the law in several counties.
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Aleigh
Flanagan
Greenville
A. J. Maxwell
Markets In Rise After Brief Crisis
Markets recovered from jitters with gains on the New York Stock Exchange as London and Paris indicators softened. Bethlehem Steel Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Allied Chemical Santa Fe and Standard Oil of New Jersey rose $1 to $2, amid unclear reasons for the earlier selling wave linked to Reichsbank chief resignation and foreign rumors.
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Claude A. Jagger
New York
New York Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Paris
Bethlehem Steel
Douglas Aircraft
Westinghouse Electric
du Pont
Allied
London
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Germany
Wall Street
Election Law Change Bills Tendered in Raleigh
Bills to implement the state elections board plan for precinct splitting a new statewide registration stricter markers and major absentee voting changes go to the committee on elections and election laws with a public hearing set for tomorrow The measures also seek repeal of the absentee ballot law for Polk Swaim Catawba Madison Sampson and Hoke counties and name the county elections board chair as sole custodian of absentee ballots Ballots must be delivered to voters in person or by mail at least three days before an election
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Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Elections
Incame
Polk, Swaim
Catawba
Madison
Sampson
Hoke
Senate
Taylor
Wayne
Moore
Wilson
Payne
Alexander
State Elections Board
Hoey
Undr
County’ Elections Board
Railroad Executive William Kenney Dies at 89
William Patrick Kenney known as Bill, president of the Great Northern Railway since 1932, died at St. Joseph's hospital in St. Paul. A veteran of 52 years in railway work, 37 years with Great Northern, he was the last Hill-trained executive of the road.
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ST. Paul
William Patrick Kenney
Great Northern Railway
James J. Hill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bill” Kenney
The
Great Northern
Market Sets Opening Day Record at Southern Furniture Market
Opened with 426 retailers registered and 300 dealers in the Exposition building boosting two day attendance to 726 by noon. Market leaders expect totals to climb with improving weather and ongoing buyer activity as manufacturers and chain buyers forecast strong business. Congoleum-Natts holds Southeastern Sales meeting at the Sheraton High Point with leaders from Atlanta and Winston-Salem, ending with a dinner and program.
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Exposition
High Point
Congoleum - Natts, Inc
Southeastern
Sheraton Hotel
H. L. Vennell
National
C. C. Walkley
Atlanta
J. S. Groome
North Carolina
Roger von Rothe
Charles Keaton
Winston- Salem
Carl G. N. Crostedt
High Point School
Robert F. “Pat” Ormsby
B. F. Huntley Furniture Company
Winston - Salem
George L. Hackney
Lexington
Tomlinson
No closure planned for Lexington orphanage
Superintendent W. M. Shuford said reports of the Lexington unit of the Junior Order National Orphans Home closing were false. He returned from a National Council meeting in Philadelphia, clarifying the situation.
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Lexington
W. M. Shuford
Junior Order National Orphans’ Home
Shuford
National Council of the Order
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Woman Seeks HOLC Receiver in Federal Suit
Mrs Marie A Smith of Brooklyn filed a federal suit challenging the constitutionality of the Home Owners Loan Corporation and asking for a receiver to be appointed. She contends the HOLC was never properly organized and that all its acts are null and void. She sits on the council of Home Owners Loan Corporation Mortgages.
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HOLC
New York
Marie A. Smith
Brooklyn
Home Owners Loan Corporation
False Data Backs Relief Says Adams
Senator Adams accuses WPA administrator Col Harrington of a 56 million dollar miscalculation in relief needs and cites 292 million dollars in treasury WPA accounting discrepancies. He argues for 725 million dollar WPA funding and notes seven day duplication inflated estimates by 45 million dollars plus 11 million dollars in further mistakes.
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Adams
Washington
D-Cole
Senate Today
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Treasury
House
Senate
Chamber
Harrison
McKellar
D-Tenn
Harrington
Colorado
Guilford Convict Break Last Night
Three prisoners escaped Guilford county prison camp after sawing through cell bars. Britt Andrews 20 Guilford 1938 85 days aiding escape plus six months. James Dixon alias Dickerson 26 Durham 1939 year and six months for larceny and eight months for escape. James Emory 24 Guilford 30 days traffic violation and January 8 to a year for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
Oscar Pitts
Britt Andrews
Guilford
James Dixon
Dickerson
Durham
James Emory
Three Prisoners Escape From Sandy Ridge Camp
Sheriff Joe Phipps said three inmates escaped last night from the Sandy Ridge prison camp after sawing through cell bars. The men were identified as Britt Andrews of Asheboro, James Emory of Pomona, and James Dixon of Durham. Municipal court records in High Point show Andrews was arrested and sentenced in June 1938 for attempted larceny.
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Joe
Phipps
Sandy Ridge
Britt Andrews
Asheboro
James Emory
Pomona
James Dixon
Durham
High Point
Andrews
France Expands Refugee Frontier With Tight Border Guard
In Perpignan France set up extensive emergency measures along 125 miles inland from the Mediterranean and near the border to block Spanish refugees. Mobile barriers and frontier posts guard roads as Raoul Didkowski orders a refugee watch with three infantry regiments ready to intercept anyone attempting to cross.
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Perpignan
France
Mediterranean
Raoul Didkowski
Didkowski
Pyrenees
Bilbao
Perkins Faces Impeachment Inquiry Over Bridges Deportation
Rep Thomas introduces a resolution directing the judiciary committee to investigate Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and two officials for alleged high crimes in relation to postponing Harry Bridges deportation. Perkins agrees to participate in immediate hearings to disclose the facts. The measure, referred to judiciary, cites Dies committee testimony and says Bridges is a Communist and alien.
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Washington
Rep. Thomas
R-Nj
House
Judiciary Committee
Frances Perkins
Secretary of
Labor
James L. Houghteling
Immigration
Gerald D. Reilly
Labor Department
Thomas
Harry Bridges
CIO
Bridges
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Bombing Plane Missing Aboard Six Aboard In Storm
British warships and RAF planes scoured the English Channel for a missing British bombing plane with six crew after yesterday's storm faulted shipping and caused at least 14 deaths. SOS signals came from 15 ships. the Chilean liner Aconcagua was unaccounted for as the weather eased. The coast guard recovered two bodies near St Ives with lifebelts bearing the name Fosco.
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London
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Atlantic
Lloyds
Aconcagua
Suspect in Old Murder Case Caught in Cleveland
Cleveland detectives seize a middle aged salesman tied to the 12 torso slayings. The man, a former New York doctor barred from practice, boasted of dissecting bodies but calls it a ruse. He matched the killer’s size and was found with a skull in his room.
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Cleveland
Peter Merylo
Boies
Les
Jones
Meryle
Near East Side
Merylo
Island Liberty Delayed as Philippines Independence Pushed
Roosevelt submitted the report of a joint preparatory committee on Philippine affairs to Congress. It recommends postponing economic independence for the Philippines from 1946 to 1960, with gradual elimination of trade privileges starting in 1946. Full duties on exports would be levied 14 years after independence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Joint Preparatory Committee On
Philippine Affairs
Philippines
Quezon
Islands
United States
White Slaver Trio Sentenced on Mann Act Convictions
Frank Edward Green Vernon Shaw alias Vernon W Burns and Betty Louise Lewis were convicted in United States district court of four Mann Act counts. Green got two years in Chillicothe federal reformatory Shaw three years and Lewis fifteen months in Alderson women’s reformatories. Lewis also faces state charges. Judge Way noted state sentence would be suspended. They were accused of bringing young girls from North Carolina for immoral purposes.
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Norfolk
Frank Edward Green
Vernon Shaw
Vernon W. Burns
Betty Louise Lewis
United States District Court
Green
Chillicothe
Ohio
Shaw
Burns
Betty Lewis
Alderson
West Virginia
Lewis
Way
North Carolina
Cause of Cavalier crash remains unknown says captain
Captain M. R. Alderson of Imperial Airways Cavalier rejects ice theory and says weather ice conditions were not serious. He details rapid sinking in heavy Atlantic surf and describes life preservers and passenger rescue, noting Miller and two others died of exposure after being held up.
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New York
M. R. Alderson
Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Alderson
Atlantic Ocean
Miller
Donald Miller
Lincoln, Neb
Negroes Organize Twin City Group in North Carolina
In Raleigh on January 24 a charter was issued to The Charlotte Mental Hygiene Society Inc to sponsor a mental hygiene clinic in Charlotte. Also chartered were Colored Improvement League of America Inc Winston-Salem and Roskind’s Inc Charlotte. Incorporators include Julia Crater Noel Hart Marion Hunter and A A Forte Ernest Wade J B Baline. The Charlotte firm lists 50000 authorized capital stock with 300 subscribed by H Roskind J Roskind and S Roskind.
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Raleigh
N. C
Charlotte Mental Hygiene Society, Inc
Charlotte
Thad Eure
Julia F. Crater
Noel P. Hart
Marion M. Hunter
Colored Improvement League of America, Inc
Winston-Salem
Roskind’s, Inc
S. Roskind
Nashville, Tenn
Fight for Control of United Auto Workers Faction
Nine members of the United Auto Workers International Executive Board suspended by President Homer Martin met CIO leaders Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman as part of a top level conference on the factional struggle affecting the CIO era.
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Washington
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
U. A. W., International Executive Board
International
Homer Martin
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Insurgent Drive Near Barcelona Reported Encircling Gava
SERIDA Spain Jan 23 Insurgent forces reported a near break in Government defenses before Barcelona with the capital seen as hours from fall. Franks units claimed control of the Llobregat line and Navarrese Moorish troops neared the city as shells and assaults continued. Barcelona expected new capital near the frontier as Franco’s troops pressed toward the coast.
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Serida
Spain
Barcelona
Llobregat
Cardona
Franco
Lilobregat
Paris
Garraf
Francisco Franco
Ilobregat
Sierra de Monserrat
Hendaye
France
Gava
Burgos
Miguel Mateu Ylla
Expensive Lesson Fires Up Winteregg Draft Theory
In Berne Indiana Elmer Winteregg Jr paid $10 to test a furnace draft theory. He placed the money on the boiler room floor near the furnace to prove air moves inward and a draft carried the bill inside, confirming the furnace draws air as he suspected from school.
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Berne
Ind
Elmer Winteregg, Jr
Winterege
Livingston Beats Bozeman 11 to 0 In Skating Rink Game
Livingston hockey players paid 15 cents to enter the Municipal Skating Rink for a Bozeman game. Spectators gained admission on season tickets while Livingston prevailed 11 to 0 at Bozeman.
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Bozeman
Mont
Livingston Hockey Team
Livingston
Cabin thieves net $10 reward in Pocatello
Pocatello Idaho police offer ten dollar reward for the apprehension of burglars who broke into a summer cabin near the city and stole cooking gear wall decorations and other loose items. Police want the property returned. It was their cabin.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Robert M. Pugmire
Snakes Found in Fairfield Well Causes Water Woes
Orin Pfeiffer of Fairfield discovered 51 snakes in a stock watering well after it failed to yield water. Local authorities removed the reptiles, ending a puzzling problem for the farm.
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Fairfield
Orin Pfeiffer
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Greensboro
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National Manufacturers and Storers Corporation
O. L. Herring
Herring Furniture Company
Spartenburg
S. C
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