Traps Miss Perkins Seeks To ICTIMS 12 End Auto Controversy
Miami dispatch reports a bus overturned into a canal along the Tamiami trail in the Everglades killing and injuring many aboard. Rescue crews retrieved bodies as ambulances carried the injured to hospitals near Tampa and Port Myers. Authorities described the crash as the worst seen by onlookers with passengers trapped inside the sinking coach.
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Ictims
Miami
Fla
Tamiami Trail
Floria Everglades
Port Myers
Tampa
Florida West
Robert Singleton
Negro Porter
Greton
Everglades
W. H. Rogers
Walla Walla
Wash
Hammond
Edward Lisk
Ena
Survivor
Southern Furniture Market Strives Amid Rainy Opening Week
Southern Furniture and Rug market opens its second week amid rain and weekend lethargy. About 100 dealers registered by noon as buying progresses slowly. Exhibitors report stronger activity in furniture than rugs, with case goods and floor coverings starting well. many buyers from Tennessee and Kentucky may be delayed by floods and bad highways.
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Mart
Tennessee
Kentucky
GM Officials Await Perkins Call for Wide Conference
Washington dispatch reports United States Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins seeking a conference with General Motors leaders and United Automobile Workers to resume negotiations over the auto strike. Alfred P. Sloan Jr and John L. Lewis would meet if GM accepts Perkins invitation, with Wyndham Mortimer signaling union readiness to negotiate for a prompt settlement. Governor Frank Murphy notes the need for both sides to convene in Washington.
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Washington
General Motors
Perkins
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Wyndham Mortimer
United Automobile Workers of America
Detroit
Michigan
Miss Perkins
Colmery Says Veterans Not Ask for General Pensions
Ianapolis Jan 25 The national commander W Colmery declares in the American Monthly that the American Legion will not ask for general pensions for World War veterans. He notes the convention adjournment and says the legion cannot pledge its entire future to pension pledges.
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Oreasion
Ianapolis
Y W. Colmery
National
The
American Monthly
Official Publica
Kimery
of the Legion
Colmery
Georgian Prince Held In Russian Conspiracy Plot
Reports from Tokyo say Gen. Kazushige Ugaki’s bid to form a new cabinet was blocked as the army refused a war minister, creating a deadlock. In Moscow, Rudy Mdivani, linked to the Mdivani family of Georgia, was arrested as a conspirator with 17 ex-Communist officials on treason charges.
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Kazushige Ugaki
Japan
Ugaki
Korea
Nagaoka
Juichi Terauchi
Koki Hirota
Terauchi
Hirota
Moscow
Rudy Mdivani
Mdivanis
Molivant
Paris
Leon Trotsky
Bolshevist
Tiflis
Georgia
Mdivani
Karl Radek
Seamen Favor Ending Strike at Hampton Roads
Richard Graham of the Eastern and Gulf Sailors Association said the Hampton Roads strike would be virtually ended today as seamen favored a resolution calling for ending the strike and pursuing wage and working condition agreements at National Labor Relations Board hearings.
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Norfolk
Richard Graham
Eastern and Gulf Sailors’ Association
Hampton Roads
Graham
National Labor Relations Board
Convicts Reinforce Dyke At Caledonia Prison Farm
Convicts reinforced a seven mile dyke with sandbags to protect Caledonia prison farm as Roanoke River flood levels shift. Acting director Oscar Pitts warned danger remains until nightfall while reports show upper Roanoke declines and Weldon rising. officials note no crops planted so damage would be limited if dyke fails.
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Raleigh
Caledonia Prison Farm
Oscar Pitts
State Penal System
Roanoke
Far
Weldon
Williamston
North Carolina
Caledonia
Work starts on lowering tracks and relaying sewer mains
Leon Ellis and Company began relaying 568 feet of sewer mains along the north side of the Southern Railway tracks as a prelude to eliminating four local grade crossings. City advertising for bids on about 1,200 more feet and awaiting PWA word on a $201,000 grant, with work costing about $1,000 and roads North Hamilton and North Wrenn streets to be torn up.
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Leon Ellis Construction Company
Greensboro
Southern Railway System
Public Works Administration
Washington
E. M. Knox
PWA
Knox
New York
Perry Street
Hamilton
Wrenn
Red Cross Urges Doubled Flood Relief Quota
The Red Cross calls for doubling flood relief funds as misery grows in flood areas. High Point raises its quota from 400 to 800 while hopes are high for more donations to aid the suffering and homeless. Moose and Women of the Moose plan a benefit dance at the Moose hall to boost the drive.
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High Point Chapter
Red Cross
High Point
the Red Cross
Moose
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Burlington Man Shot To Death
Burlington, Jan. 25. William D. Cook, 38, operator of a pool room in the Burlington mills section, was found shot to death at 4 A M in his shop. An automatic pistol, found beside the body, is held for fingerprint examination. Women R. L. Harvey and Primrith Hamrick of the Burlington mills section are being questioned in the county jail.
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Burlington
William D. Cook
Burlington Mills
Cook
R. L. Harvey
Primrith Hamrick
Taxes Dominate North Carolina Assembly Session
Raleigh in the fourth week of the general assembly as subcommittees study tax proposals and objections for joint finance. The full finance committee plans a future meeting to weigh large prospective appropriations and a pledge to modify the sales tax. The sales tax subcommittee and intangibles tax group prepare final and afternoon sessions.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Mercury Reaches 93 at Beaufort in January Heat
In Beaufort on January 25 the unofficial high reached 93 degrees as about a dozen people went surf-bathing. The region contrasted with a year ago when heavy snow covered the area.
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Beaufort
Deficiency Bill Reported In House For 899 Million
The House Appropriations Committee reported an 899,717,318 deficiency bill for recovery and relief. The measure funds 790,000,000 for immediate relief through June 30, plus 95,000,000 for the Civilian Conservation Corps and small amounts for federal land banks forest-fire work and Capitol area air conditioning. A White House session coincided with the probe into potential flood relief additions.
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House
White House
Bankhead
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal
Agriculture Department
Capitol
Senate
Roosevelt
War Volunteers Barred by Axis Allies in Spanish Conflict
Germany and Italy vowed to embargo foreign volunteers in Spain as soon as other powers adopt similar steps. Britain and France already restricted enlistments, with Soviet Russia offering to join a general check of volunteers. Madrid reports rain ending bombardment and evacuation of 450,000 civilians.
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Germany
Italy
Spain
Mussolini
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rome
London
Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Madrid
Newspaperman Is Fatally Injured
Greensboro, Jan. 25. William G. Collier, 63, editor on the Greensboro Daily News, was killed by an automobile while crossing a street on his way to work. Wendell Allen, a Negro driver, was held on a manslaughter charge. Collier had worked on several southern newspapers.
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Greensboro
William G. Collier
Greensboro Daily News
Anniaton
Ala
Collier
Wendell Allen
One Killed Three Hurt In Fayetteville Accident
Miss Winifred Matthews aged 18 of Godwin died in a hospital after an automobile wreck near Lillington just before noon. Three others suffered injuries: Reuben Smith of New Bern, Frank Gillespie of Reidsville, and Miss Virginia Morris of Durham.
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Fayetteville
Winifred Matthews
Godwin
Lillington
Reuben Smith
New Bern
Frank Gillespie
Reidsville
Virginia Morris
Durham
Calif citrus faces 60 million freeze damage trend
A January freeze has damaged citrus crops across southern California, estimated at 60 million dollars. Orchards protected by heaters as a third polar air mass moved in. temperatures dipped to 25 at Fontana and 29 to 39 in Redlands San Bernardino Upland districts. Many groves still suffer heavy losses after fuel shortages.
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Los Angeles
California
Fontana
Redlands
San Bernardino-Upland
San Bernardino
Red Cross seeks 5 million for flood relief effort
The White House and Congress would assume relief costs in flood areas as heavy rains swell rivers. The Red Cross asks 5 million dollars immediately, plus appropriations from various features, to aid at least ten states facing rising waters and new disaster threats.
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Associated Press
White House
Congress
Cincinnati
Louisville
Red Cross
Mississippi
Gulf
Ohio
Indiana
Kent
Illinois
Monon
Allegheny
Horrors Of Flood Told In Pictures On Page 6 Today
Floodwaters from multiple rivers menace Cincinnati and surrounding regions. Authorities warn of dwindling water supplies and health risks as 750000 residents face disruption. Fire following the disaster adds to city anxieties with oil tanks burning and new outbreaks of danger.
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Ohio
Leza
Louisville
Local Weather Forecast North and South Carolina
The report notes cloudy, colder conditions with rain chances in North Carolina tonight and Tuesday. In South Carolina expect mostly rain Tuesday with tonight’s unsettled conditions. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville will be moderate south to southwest shifting to northeast in the north, with periods of rain and northeast wind in the extreme north portions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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