Roosevelt to take lead on war debts talks in March
President-elect Roosevelt plans to handle war debts discussions personally with European leaders in March abandoning the commission idea. He keeps plans secret and imposes silence on economic conference details while reorganizing his administration and seeking a budget director to cut government spending.
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Warm Springs
Washington
Representative Rainey
Illinois
House
Roosevelt
Walker D. Hines
New York
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
House Appropriations Committee
Hines
Statewide plan proposed for eight months school term
Raleigh news notes Chairman MacLean of Beaufort urged the Senate education committee to seriously consider a state funded eight months term to cut costs under a state standard plan. The group weighed a county administration overhaul and a three year suspension of summer school requirements for teachers.
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Raleigh
MacLean
Beaufort
Senate Education Committee
Beaufort Solon
McLean
Ingram
A. T. Allen
Patton
Eight month school term proposed by Beaufort senator
Senator MacLean of Beaufort urged the senate education committee to draft a bill creating an eight months state supported school term. The plan argues cheaper operation than the current six month state aided local extended session and faces opposition over control by local voters.
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Raleigh
Senate Education Committee
House Elections Committee
Senate
House
Newton
W. L. G. Pickett
Pickett
State Highway Commission
MacLean
Beaufort
Beaufort Salon
Elections Committee
Murphy
Rowan
Bowie
Dempsey
Wilson
State Commissioner of Labor
Industrial Commission
Spruill
Bertie
Peru Not To Violate Kellege Pact Says League In Geneva
In Geneva the League of Nations council authorized a message to Peru urging not to hinder Colombian sovereignty in the territory recognized by treaty as belonging to Colombia. The report also notes U.S. Senate action on a broad federal relief bill combining LaFollette Costigan and Cutting measures.
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Peru
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Colombia
Washington
Sevelt
Senate Manufacturers Committee
Senate
LaFollette-Costigan
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Cutting
New Mexico
Warm Springs
Federal Emergency Relief Board
Reconstruction Corporation
la Follette-Costigan
Children's Bureau
Roosevelt
Costigan
Colo
Wagner
N. Y
Tanner Held But Is Free Wilmington
The British vessel Tanner remains in port amid rough seas and crew shortages despite winning freedom under a one hour sailing clause. Coast guard reports gale conditions may delay towing 849 cases of whiskey to sea. two crewmen released while two others are jailed on related liquor cases. Captain Halliday and engineer Wessel are unavailable unless new crew sign on.
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Wilmington
Great Britain
Fannie
Faison
Coast Guard
A. M. Fox
Joe Fogga
St. Georges
Bermuda
Cape Hatteras
C. C. Halliday
Albert Wessel
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Zebediah
Halliday
Fox and Fogga
Wessel
Armed Citizens Break Blockade of The Drunks
Armed residents in Champion North Carolina rescued a school bus after it was stopped for four hours by three intoxicated individuals including En Grimes a Black man and two white men The group blocked the bus en route to Mt Pleasant school and the armed residents captured Grimes while the others fled from a vehicle noted to contain five gallons of liquor
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North Wilkesboro
Champion
Mt. Pleasant School
En Grimes
Fatal fall at Cannon Mills bleaches injures worker
Lewis Howell an 18 year old textile operative in Kannapolis fell 12 feet into a towel bin in the bleachery at Cannon mills. He was entering the bin for work when the mishap occurred and suffered a fractured skull.
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Lewis Howell
Kannapolis
Durham Market Closes With Higher Yearly Average
Durham officials say the Durham tobacco market will close February 10 and the average price for the year likely rises about 30 percent over last year.
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Durham
Bank of Dobson Vault Blown Open In Overnight Heist
Yegemen blew the Bank of Dobson vault and escaped with an undetermined sum. Officials feared as much as ten thousand dollars though some funds may remain in a secure safe. Treasurer R C Llewellyn reported the robbery likely occurred about 3 am and a nearby resident saw several men but did not investigate. Insurance representatives awaited inspection to confirm losses.
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Dobson
Yegemen
Bank of Dobson
R. C. Llewellyn
Llewellyn
W. B. Norman
Norman
Storm threshold hits Elizabeth City area as coast braced
A vigorous northwest gale battered Eastern North Carolina with two feet of sound water flooding Manteo Main Street and blocking roads. Winds uprooted a tree in Elizabeth City, toppled electrical lines, and damaged eight Camden county poles while authorities aided a distressed trawler off Ocracoke Inlet.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Manteo
Sam Midgett
Manteo-Elizabeth City
Manteo Bridge
Wright Memorial Bridge
Kitty Hawk
Carolina Beach
Main Street
Gregory
Belcross
Camden County
Coast Guard
Carabasset
Ald
Malolo
Hampton
Ocracoke Inlet
Dawes Bank Loans Revealed Five Months of 1932
The House disclosed that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent 1.195 billion dollars from February to July 1932 to stabilize business. Speaker Garner released the detailed loan list despite GOP objections, arguing post July loans were already public.
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Dawes’ Bank
Washington
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal
House
Garner
Congress
Reading Want Ads Brings Oklahoma Heir Windfall
Audrey A Black of Ringwood Oklahoma started reading classified ads after his mother spotted a personal in an Oklahoma City paper. Black learned he was heir to a great uncle who died in Springfield Illinois six years ago. The $1,500 windfall prevents the money reverting to the state.
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Audrey A Black
Ringwood
Okla
Oklahoma City
Black
Springfield
Bomb Found At British General HQ In Cairo
A bomb was discovered this morning in the British general headquarters in Cairo on a window ledge near the main entrance. It was removed for examination and was said to resemble one that exploded at the British residency in December.
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Cairo
Egypt
Wind Storm Destroys Barn Killing Livestock in Speed
A severe wind storm blew down a barn owned by C. C. Tynes of Speed. Two mules, two yearlings, and a cow died. damage estimated at 1500 dollars. Tynes was inside the barn but escaped injury.
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Tarboro
C. C. Tynes
Mr. Tynes
Inland Waterway Bridge Plan Touted by Senate Committee
The Senate Commerce Committee favorably reports a House bill to build a federal bridge over the inland waterway from Norfolk Virginia to Beaufort Inlet North Carolina. The bridge would span where the waterway crosses the public road from Fairfield to Columbia.
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Washington, Dan
Senate Commerce Committee
Norfolk
Beaufort Inlet
N. C
Fairfield
Columbia
First National Bank of Statesville Fails to Open
Statesville reports the First National Bank of Statesville failed to open for business today. The institution, founded in 1887, carried a capital stock of $100,000.
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Statesville
First National Bank of
Belmon t matriarch of New York 400 dies in Paris
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont longtime leader of New York society known as the 400 died in Paris at her residence. She was 80 years old and had been a prominent figure before and after the turn of the century.
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Paris
Oliver H. P. Belmont
New York
Six New York Brokers Suspended by Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange suspended six members for periods from one month to three years for paying gratuities to exchange employees or others without approval. Firms Smeltzer Clifford & Co. and Ludwig Robertson & Co. withdrew as clearing members. Alexander J. Robertson received a three year ban. other suspensions ranged from one to six months for traders dealing in bonds.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Smeltzer Clifford & Co
Ludwig Robertson & Co
Stock Clearing Corporation
Exchange
Edward V. Goertz
W. H. Wurzler
J. R.R. Smeltzer
William B. Sagar
Alexander J. Robertson
Walter F. Seeholzer
Stimson urges peaceful settlement of Leticia dispute
Secretary Stimson sent a note to Peru urging adherence to the Kellogg peace pact and to avoid war with Colombia over Leticia. A Colombian gunboat flotilla moved toward Leticia as Peruvian forces defended nationals who seized the town in September, with Colombia claiming the issue is internal.
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Washington
United States
Peru
Colombia
Leticia
Stimson
Amazon
Letilea
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Diplomatic Hopefuls Seek Leticia Settlement Resolution
Diplomats in Rio de Janeiro express optimism that a joint effort involving the League of Nations, South American nations, the United States, and Kellogg pact signatories will prevent conflict over Leticia. Brazil also proposes a settlement formula aimed at resolving the dispute.
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Rio DE Janeiro
League of Nations
United States
Leticia
Brazil
Dr N P Boddie Dies at 73 in Durham
Dr N P Boddie aged 73 of Durham died of a heart attack early today. He practiced medicine in Scotland Neck Fremont and Orange County before moving to Durham.
Roy Cobb Captured After Escape in Tobacco Barn
Roy Cobb, a 24 year old escaped convict declared an outlaw by Nash County, was captured in a tobacco barn in Rocky Mount. Constable J. R. Tanner found Cobb asleep, disarmed him, and handcuffed him before he woke.
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Roy Cobb
Rocky Mount
Nash County
Cobb
J. R. Tanner
Slayers claimed child in Brooklyn as police hunt killer
In Brooklyn's Stuyvesant Heights a nine year old girl Helen Sterler was found murdered in a tenement cellar. Police suspect a degenerate man lured her with penny candy and a papier mache toy after she bought meat chops outside a store. The grieving mother fainted as officers searched for clues and the killer, who may strike again, remains at large.
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New York
Brooklyn
Stuyvesant Heights
Helen Sterler
Helen
Judge Lets Negro Off From Sentence
Durham report says Robert Warren, a Black man, was found with a gun, three dogs, and a deceased rabbit on a Duke University game refuge. Judge James R. Patton Jr fined him 7.50 dollars or 30 days, then pardoned him saying the remark about troubles when a negro dog and rabbit meet.
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Durham
Robert Warren
Duke University
James R. Patton, Jr
Warren
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