Payne and Turner Start Slayings Trial in Asheville Court
Paye and Wash Turner entered a packed Asheville courtroom for the murder trial of State Highway Patrolman George Penn who was killed near Asheville last August 22. A heavy guard escorted the defendants Jayne Payne 41 and Turner 35 as jury selection began after Judge Felix R. Ey opened the session. Margaret Penn mother of the slain officer attended in black, seated behind the solicitor with relatives from Carthage and Moore County present.
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Asheville
Bill Payne
Wash Tur
George Penn Neareville
Felix Rey
Jayne
Medbuild
Turner
Jack Berden
Margaret Penn
Ofrthage
Zeb V. Net
Rela
Carthage
C. Y. McDon
M. J. Boyette
Moore Amty
U S Presses Soviets for Access to Rubens in Prison
Washington reports Secretary Hull urged a formal note to Maxim Litvinoff demanding permission for a U S embassy member in Moscow to interview Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens held in an espionage inquiry. The Soviets cited an incomplete investigation as the reason for delay. The note warns against further delay. Separately Gordon Robinson of the American Furniture Mart predicts a spring upturn for the U S furniture industry, with heavy demand late March into April and a stronger fall. his view follows visits to the High Point market and observations of 1938 trend shifts.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
Gordon Robinson
American Furniture Mart
Chicago
New York
High Point
Robinson
Coast Guard Aids Vessel In Distress Off Dia d Shoals
The cutter Modoc reported at 6 45 am that the vessel in distress off Dia d Shoals was in good condition as seas moderated. The Modoc and two tankers stood by while pumping out water. Tug Moran summoned Coast Guard aid from the Peru region at 9 33 o clock.
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T Guard
Modoc
Genera
Diad Shoals
East Guard
Prison escape report from Caledonia Prison Farm
Police chief announced the escape of Ernest Young 24 from Guilford County who fled Caledonia Prison Farm. Another inmate Earl Holten Ness of Guilford County also escaped the same time and was later seen in Bryson City before disappearing.
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Bryson City
N. C
FE. H. Ning
Ernest Young
Rokee County
Caledonia Prison Farm
Oung
Roening
Earl Holtenness
Guilford County
Caledonia
Young
Noe In Hospital After Abstinence Ordeal
Doctors in Memphis report the 47 year old Reverend Israel Harding Noe is improving after 22 days of abstinence. They say it is still too early to know if he will recover but express fair hope he will. Noe entered the hospital Sunday night at friends' urging.
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
Sino-Japanese conflict seen as stalemate by Dr Koo at UNC
Dr. T Z Koo, Chinese statesman and writer, told a Chapel Hill audience at UNC that the Sino-Japanese war has reached a stalemate. He said Japan must choose between continuing the fight or offering terms China would accept after a recent return from the Orient.
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Chapel Hill
T. Z. Koo
Japan
China
Koo
Orient
University of North Carolina
Franc Dips to New Low Amid Market Pressure
New York reports on January 25 that the French franc fell sharply, sliding to 3.26 cents, down more than 0.06 cent from a recent low near 3.23, erasing gains since the Chautemps government formed.
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New York
Chautemps
Midwest Floods and Cold Wave Batter Prairie States
A cold wave and heavy rainstorms sweep the middlewest from North Dakota to Illinois and Wisconsin. Flooding injures farm land and forces evacuations as temperatures plunge to record lows. Rescue efforts for missing mariners and a stranded tug proceed as gale conditions lash Lake Superior.
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Middlewestern
Prairies
Illinois
Wisconsin
Proctor
Iboy
Ralph Hartness
Oll
Dakotas
Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
North Dakota
Pembina
N. D
Devils Dake
Williston
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
Cat Island
Straits
Mackinac
Agreement Near on Crop Control Bill
Senator Pope predicted the pending crop control bill would apply marketing quotas to corn, wheat, cotton and tobacco this year. A senate house committee neared agreement on a compromise after sessions yesterday. quotas would take effect when supplies reach target levels with two thirds farmer approval via referendum.
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Washington
Pope
Idaho
Senate
House
Edenton Busts Silent Slot Machines War
Edenton police chief Helms leads crackdown on slot machines as federal restraining order stops confiscation. Officers remove machines and warn that arrests will follow if they reappear. Publicity and fear accompany the drive in this early 20th century effort.
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Edenton
Ernest
Helms
Helma
Grove Stone and Sand to Spend on Improvements
R Lee Ellis president announces Grove Stone and Sand will invest forty five thousand to fifty thousand dollars to upgrade facilities in Asheville North Carolina to speed up production.
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Asheville
N. C
R. Lee Ellis
Grove Stone and Sand Company
Lewis Seeks Bigger Relief and Housing Fund
John L. Lewis urged a five billion dollar housing program and additional relief funds to aid unemployment and spur recovery. He proposed diverting five billion from the Social Security reserve into a low cost housing initiative at the United Mine Workers convention opening.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Social Security Reserve Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers Convention
Airliner Lands Safely After Battle With Elements
A 14 passenger Eastern Airlines plane with five aboard landed safely at Rentschler Field after seven hours of winds and rain on a Newark to Washington trip. Chief pilot Fred Jones reported constant radio contact and noted the craft overshot its radio aid. Passengers and crew included James Corrigan Edward Le mieux and C E Bane with two passengers and three crew aboard.
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Hartford
Conn
Eastern Airlines
Rentschler Field
Va D. C
Newark
Fred Jones
Air Fights Over Spain and Teruel Front Escalate
In CERBERE France and at the Spanish frontier fierce air battles erupt. Spanish government planes harass insurgent forces near Barcelona while Teruel endures heavy air clashes. France strengthens border defenses as La Poursuivante is bombed but returns fire with no hits.
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Cerbere
France
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Teruel
Madrid
la Poursuivante
Coast of North Carolina Warned of Looming Storm
Weather bureau issued a storm warning stretching from Sandy Hook New Jersey to Eastport Maine and changing to small craft warnings south of Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras. The storm of marked intensity moves northeastward with central area north of Lake Huron.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Eastport
Cape Hatteras
Lake Huron
Beal Hearing Set in Massachusetts District Court
Fred Erwin Beal 41, labor leader, faces a district court hearing in Lawrence tomorrow on a fugitive warrant from North Carolina. He was released on 5000 dollars bond after arrest. A second hearing on February 2 will address Governor Hoey’s requisition for Beal to return to North Carolina to serve a 17 to 20 year sentence for the 1929 strike disorder killing of a policeman.
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Lawrence
Mass
Fred Erwin Beal
North Carolina
Beal
Clyde R. Hoey
Massachusetts
Republican leader William Hard at UNC urges avoiding extremes
At the University of North Carolina Hard, a GOP leader and news commentator, spoke under the Carolina Political Union. He said the Republican party seeks to resist world extremes and oppose centralized political monopoly, focusing on local political opportunity.
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Chapel Hill
William Hard
Republican Party
Hard
University of North Carolina
Carolina Political Union
Broker Suspended For Three Years In NYSE ruling
The New York Stock Exchange suspended T. Gaillard Thomas 2nd for three years for violating exchange rules. He is a member of the Thomas & Griffith firm. The action was announced today in New York.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
T. Gaillard Thomas 2Nd
Thomas & Griffith
Former State Senator Seeks Sixth District Solicitor Post
J Abner Barker of Roseboro announces candidacy for the sixth district solicitorship. Barker, a former state senator, declares his bid as he enters the race.
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Clinton
J. Abner Barker
Roseboro
Reed Confirmed to Supreme Court Unanimously
The Senate confirmed Stanley F. Reed as associate justice of the Supreme Court to replace Justice Sutherland. Reed, 53, a Kentuckian, may take his seat when the court meets next Monday. The vote was unanimous and Hugo Black had been named earlier to succeed van Devanter. Senator Pepper renewed his anti lynching bill critique during the session.
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Washington
Senate
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Reed
Sutherland
Utah
Roosevelt
Hugo la Black
Alabama
Willis van Devanter
Pepper
D.-Fla
Florida
Garner
Chinese Report Gains In Fight Near Shantung
Chinese commanders claim new gains to block Japanese links between conquered areas in north and central China. Cavalry surrounds Tsining in Shantung on one route toward Suchow. In the Yangtze valley Chinese recapture Hohsien and bomb Japanese boats, while air forces clash along the river valley.
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Shanghai
China
Tsining
Shantung Province
Suchwo
Yangtze River
Hohsien
U. S
Chekiang Province
Ichang
Wuhu
Yantze River
Hupeh Province
Winborne Attacks Northern States Over Freight Rates
In Charlotte Stanley Winborne, Utilities Commissioner, told the traffic and transportation club that nine northern governors are deliberately thwarting southern development by opposing equal freight-rate equity. He argued southern workers earn lower salaries while the south pays duties on goods sold north, urging redress at the cost of northern protections.
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Charlotte
Stanley Winborne
South
Winborne
The
Traffic and Transportation Club
Theft verdict set aside for carnival owner James Strates
In Washington North Carolina on January 25 judge R Hunt Parker overturned a jury verdict convicting James E F Strates carnival owner of robbery. Parker discounted the prosecution witness testimony and cited Strates as a man of character and means. Horton Dickerson testified Strates held him on October 29 while a gambling stand attendant took $285.
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Washington
N. C
James EF. Strates
Breesport
N. Y
R. Hunt Parker
Parker
Strates
Government Buys Over Four Thousand Tons of Peanuts
The peanut stabilization cooperative announces sale of more than 4 000 tons of peanuts to stabilize markets. Wilmington will auction 975 tons, Whiteaker 187 tons, and Tarboro 3 245 tons.
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Edenton
Peanut Stabilization Cooperative
Wilmington
Whitakere
Tarboro
Hongkong Prepares to Halt a Possible Invasion
Hongkong mobilizes in a $40 million program of harbor land and air defenses. Emergency crews work 24 hours a day as heavy guns searchlights and blackouts fortify the colony against potential Japanese attack.
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Hongkong
Japan
China
Singapore
Gibraltar
Sip
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Walgreen Drug Company
H. E. Berghult
R. L. Deal
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UNC
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