Gribbin Elevated to Bishop in Western North Carolina
The Rev. Robert Emmet Gribbin, 46, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, is elevated to the episcopacy and consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina. The ceremony at St. Paul’s drew high church officials, lay leaders, and Governor Ehringhaus, with bishops from Rhode Island, East Carolina, Newark, Idaho, and upper South Carolina among the consecrators. Mrs. Rebecca M. Gribbin, his mother, attended as tears filled her eyes.
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Winston-Salem
Robert Emmet Gribbin
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Church of God
Rebecca M. Gribbin
Blackville
D. C
Perry
St. Paul's
Thomas Campbell Durst
D. D
East Carolina
Kirkman G. Finlay
Upper South Carolina
Benjamin Martin Washburn
Newark
Frank Hale Tournet
Idaho
Robert
Two Hundred Sixteen Die In Yangtse Fire And Sinking
Late reports reveal 216 people perished when the Chinese steamer Weihung caught fire on the Yangtze River on January 21. The vessel exploded and sank minutes after the blaze began, with only 34 escaping. the incident is confirmed from Shanghai dispatches. Also, Clemson College announces A J Skeet Horner joins the football coaching staff as assistant coach from Mercer.
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Shanghai
Clemson College
8. C
Jess Neely
A. J
Skeet) Horner
Mercer
Clemson
Roxboro Farmer Slain. Suspect Sentenced to Death
Spice Billings, a county Black man, remains jailed in Roxboro under a death sentence for the November 7 murder of T. M. Clayton, a prominent local farmer.
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Roxboro
Spice Billings
Person County
T. M. Clayton
Granite Workers Returning To Jobs After Strike Ends
Granite workers in MT. AIRY resume duties as a week long strike against North Carolina Granite Corp ends peacefully. Settlement reached last night after talks involving strikers company officials and state and federal labor representatives.
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MT. Airy
North Carolina Granite Corporation
Guilford Officials Recommend Gravel Road Upgrade
Guilford County commissioners vote for a reconstration to the state highway commission to gravel surface Amos Ragan Road from Pep Road to the highway, a four mile stretch, following motion by Commissioner Joe Hoffman Jr.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board County Commissioners
Joe Hoffman, Jr
State Highway Commission
Amos Ragan
Peet
Reprieve Granted Durham Negro But Commutation Denied
Durham County resident Theodore Cooper was granted a 15 day reprieve delaying his death sentence set for tomorrow for the murder of N. Kid Lasater. Governor Ehringhaus refused to commute the sentence despite Solicitor Leo’s request for a longer respite to pursue intensified efforts against accomplice Vester Hood, who aided in the killing. The governor’s action follows a court opinion affirming guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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Raleigh
Kid) Lasater
Oper
Theodore Cooper
Will Oge Roger and Kansas News In Cuba Visit
Unclear clippings discuss Will Oge Roger Beverly Hills notes and Roosevelt civil works, with a mention of Henry Allen of Kansas and optimism about Kansas activity and Cuba relations. The fragment hints at a political or wartime context without concrete details.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
Cuba
Ator Henry Allen
Kan
Kansas
New York Prison Exposes Turbulent Welfare Island Undercover
Commissioner Austin H. MacCormick led a surprise visit to Welfare Island Prison exposing gang rule and corruption. Leaders Joseph Rao and Edward Cleary wielded power, with special privileges, flowers for their beds, and a vicious police dog named Screw Hater, prompting calls to rename the facility Devils Island.
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New York
Chillicothe
Welfare Island
Austin H. MacCormick
LaGuardia
Corrections
New York City
Federal Reformatory
Island
Joseph McCann
MacCormick
Joseph Pao
Rao
Edward Cleary
Screw
Cleary
Park Avenue
Three Men Arrested For Lynching In Hazard Ky
Three men were arrested on murder warrants and one held for questioning as investigators probe the lynching of Rex Scott a Negro in Perry county. A mob of 150 to 250 took Scott from the jail forced him to a Knott county graveyard and hanged him from a beech tree after extensive shooting.
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Hazard
Perry County
Rex Scott
Knott County
Scott
Petie Carroll
Lee Gibson
Andy Workman
A. M. Cross
James Collins, Jr
Harlowe Coal Company
Scuddy
Here
Alex Johnson
Johnson
Troy P. Combs
Sam Ward
Combs
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky
W. C. Knuckles
Insull Faces Fate Aboard Greek Ships for Life
Samuel Insull Sr, 74, former Chicago utilities operator, may spend the rest of his life aboard ships flying the Greek flag after Greece refused him a passport. He must quit Greece by Feb 1 or face expulsion with a laissez-passer that requires a visa from another nation, leaving him likely to travel under a ship's flag.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Seven Seas
Ministry of the Interior
United States Justice
Greece
Insull
United States
Iais
Insula
Grand Jury Calls for More Cells in Local Jail
The High Point grand jury recommended expanding the city jail to add cells after finding bed space for only 40 inmates while as many as 53 have been confined. The report was presented to Judge John H. Clement in Superior Court and to the city attorney via deputy clerk Herman C. Wilson.
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High Point
Grand Jury
Superior Court
John H. Clement
Clement
Herman C. Wilson
Army and Navy Secrets To Be Disclosed
Assistant Secretary Harry H. Woodring reveals that Roosevelt's emergency agencies mirror the army plan for industrial mobilization. House military committee chair McSwain seeks a congressional survey of defense plans, while Mainwain presses for a full study of war and navy fundamentals.
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Washington
War Department
Harry H. Woodring
Roosevelt
Army
Woodring
Women’s Patriotic Conference On National Defense
Capitol
Navy
Congress
McSwain
House Military Committee
Rules Committee
United States
Mainwain
Farley to Overhaul National Committee With New Members
Postmaster General Farley quietly leads a Democratic National Committee revamp ordered by the President. A list shows about twenty members hold public office or practice law, eight vacancies exist, and several resignations are expected as Farley marks approvals and disapprovals.
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Paul Webib
Associated Press
Washington
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
National Committee
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Bar Exam Set For Raleigh Amid Few Applicants
Less than 75 applicants for licenses to practice before the North Carolina bar will take the law examinations in Raleigh on January 29, officials announced.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
French Deputies Duel Fails to Find Honor in Bayonne Scandal
In Paris at Parc des Princes, Deputies Andre Hesse and John Beineix fired two shots apiece in a sanctioned duel over Serge Stavisky’s Bayonne case. After a cold, empty stadium and police arrival, the clash ended without injury or satisfaction of honor.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Andre Hesse
John Beineix
Bayonne Bank
Beineix
Heese
Serge Stavisky
Chamber of Deputies
Renaud
France
Reynaud
Safety Inspectors Complete First Aid Training
Ten safety inspectors from local CWA projects completed a fifteen hour Red Cross first aid course at the American Legion headquarters on North Wrenn Street. Led by B. W. Hackney Jr with Drs Hiatt Mann and Bonner, the program covered wounds hemorrhages fractures dislocations bandaging movement artificial respiration and other first aid techniques. Inspectors passing the exam were G. Wade W. H. Currie C. F. Suttenfield A. S. Coffield H. B. Pollock M. O. McGhee W. L. Smith H. W. Hayes R. Ware and W F McCaness.
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CWA
Red Cross
American Legion
North
Wrenn Street
B. W. Hackney, Jr
H. B. Hiatt
I. T. Mann
C. B. Bonner
G. Wade
W. H. Currie
C. F. Suttenfield
A.S. Coffield
H. B. Pollock
M. O. McGhee
W. L. Smith
H. W. Hayes
R. Ware
Chicken Supper Planned by Archdale Friends Church
The Elizabeth Fry class of Archdale Friends church will serve a chicken supper Friday from six to eight PM at the church. Proceeds go to the church fund and a reasonable plate charge will be set. The public is invited.
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Elizabeth Fry
Archdale Friends Church
Orthodox Financing Used By Morgenthau
Washington January 25 The treasury prepared to borrow up to nine billion dollars under orthodox financing chosen by Secretary Morgenthau with two unused powers from the Thomas inflation amendment and Roosevelt's command open market options. Open market operations would let Federal Reserve banks buy government securities, creating bank credits payable in federal reserve notes.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Thomas Inflation
Federal Reserve System
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Senate Ready For Big Vote As Money Bill Advances
In Washington January 25 the Senate moved confidently behind the extraordinary money bill amid Republican opposition and a Glass challenge. House preparations included the treasury post office appropriation bill and a fast track to passage.
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Washington
Glass
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hastings Delaware
Reed
Edward A. Hayes
Representative Burns
Treasury
House Rules Committee
Congress
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Independent Offices
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