Prosecution Opens in Payne Turnev Murder Trial in Asheville
Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles began witness testimony in the Payne Turner murder case over the slaying of State Highway Patrolman George Penn. Dr. George Baier Jr. described Penn's skull fractures and brain injuries from a bullet at close range. Other witnesses included weighing station officials and federal agents detailing abduction and the events surrounding Penn's death near the weighing station.
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Robert J
Laverne Hedges
Thomasville Fore
Penn
G. McNeill
McNeill
Accident claims two N C residents on Ports-Suffolk highway
Norfolk Virginia January 26 two North Carolinians were killed when their car crashed into a concrete abutment of a bridge over a creek one mile from Bowers Hill on the Ports-Suffolk highway. Dr L C Ferebee Norfolk city coroner identified the dead as Rigdon Hardison 20 and Banks both of Arapahoe North Carolina.
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Norfolk
Bowers Hill
Ports uth-Suffolk
L. C. Ferebee
Norfolk City
Rigdon Hardison
Arapa
Clergyman Israel Harding Reported Improving
Memphis Tennessee January 26 reports from the hospital indicate the year old clergyman Israel Harding whose leg was broken involuntarily last night is responding to treatment. His general condition is much improved and his physicians express optimism.
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding
Justice Cardozo Reported Desiring Quit High Court
An authoritative source says Justice Cardozo told President Roosevelt he intends to retire from the Supreme Court, but the President urged him to stay. The report notes Cardozo's health was not publicly described as serious and friends believed he could continue serving.
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Justice Cardozo
High Court
Washington, Dan
Astice Cardozo
Sident Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Market Near Peak With Conflicting Week Reports
Conflicting reports from the mid winter furniture market on its third day show varied gains. Some exhibitors claim a 14 percent rise over last year while others see parity or slight declines, yet dealers report heavier trading than expected and inventories cited as a factor leading to surprise demand.
Tax Books List Additional $150,000 As Result Of Drive
Governor Hoey warns that higher taxes will not greatly boost revenue and urges public choice on federal spending. In Rocky Mount the county tax office reports about 150000 more in added tangible and intangible personal property for High Point township due to a two week drive. A C Hudson, Greensboro taxation supervisor, notes officials are collecting unlisted property from individuals firms and corporations for board submission.
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Rocky Mount
Hoey
High Point Township
A. C. Hudson
Greensboro
Hudson
Board of County Com
Union Pacific Chief Praises Unions in Railroading
Union Pacific President William M. Jeffers backed unions and collective bargaining as essential in modern railroading. He said large business loses touch with workers at the bottom and urged treating labor as human relations to avoid problems.
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Omaha, Neb
Union Pacific
William M. Jeffers
Large Crowd Forecast for Engineers Meeting in Raleigh
Wm. Vance Baise president said more than 250 persons will attend the North Carolina Society of Engineers two day winter meeting in Raleigh. A banquet Friday night will feature the society’s first annual engineering achievement award for the past year.
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Raleigh
Vance Baise
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Society
Engineering
Beal Case Continued Amid Extradition Hearing Plans
Lawrence Mass January 26 Fred E Beal labor organizer held on bail 5000 as Judge Chand ler extended proceedings to February 16 in a case charging him as a fugitive from justice over an alleged 1929 conspiracy to murder a Gastonia North Carolina police chief The extension followed notice that the attorney general will hold an extradition hearing February 15.
Jap Drive On Railway Said To Be Stalled
American missionaries report the Japanese push toward China's lifeline Lunghai Tsinpu railway stalled for three weeks. They appeal to the U S Consul General to prevent bombing of refugee camps near Tenghsien and Tsowhsien as Chinese forces counterattack along the Yanetze River valley above Narkine.
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Shanghat
China
Tenghsien
Sunghai
Tenchsien
United States
Clarence B. Gauss
Tsowhsien
Suchow
Lunghai
Tsinpu
Gauss
Takwanshan
Yanetze River
Narkine
Evidence grows in Miami officers probe grand jury
Assistant prosecutors prepared new evidence for the special grand jury after hearings on a rate case and a 28 million dollar bond refunding program. The jury then planned to examine municipal purchases as testimony continued on the refunding work and a referendum defeating a proposed franchise for the Miami Transit Co.
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Miami
Fla
Specal
G. A. Worley
Miami Transit Co
Deaths From Floods and Cold Wave Spread Across U S
Nine deaths are linked to floods and a severe cold spell gripping the United States. A Manville girl plans to relinquish her American citizenship and seek Netherlands nationality, prompting mixed reactions from family members.
Gold Dredger King Dies At Age of 84
W. P. Hammon aged 84 known as the Gold Dredger King died in Oroville California after a brief illness. He gained international fame by amassing fortunes from dredging in California South America and Alaska. He was born in Pennsylvania.
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Oroville
Calif
W. P. Hammon
Hammon
California
South America
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Aurora Borealis Sets Europe Alight In Early Morning Panic
London reports say an electrical disturbance on the sun caused a southern aurora seen across western Europe. Firemen rushed to scenes as the lights prompted fears of disaster, with scientists framing the spectacle as a rare solar phenomenon and inhabitants praying through the eerie display.
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London
Europe
North America
Midwest flood and cold wave deepen losses
Associated Press reports nine deaths as floods and a brutal cold snap grip the Middlewest. Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North and South Dakota states suffer heavy snow and disrupted transport. Floodwaters recede in parts of Illinois Wisconsin and Arkansas while frigid conditions persist across the region with forecasts of continuing subzero lows.
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Associated Press
Middlewest
New England
Far West
Florida
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Dakotas
Illinois
Arkansas
Gulf States
South
Alexandria
Minn
Minneapolis
Explosions Kill Ten at Paris Suburban Lab
Ten men died at Villejuif municipal pyrotechnic laboratory near Paris when two blasts rocked a facility packing grenades seized from the Csar group for shipment to Versailles artillery storage. An infantry battalion guarded the scene as wreckage was searched and four staff members were reported missing.
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Paris
Villejuif
Csar
Versailles
Roosevelt Defends Wages as Tool Against Recession
President Roosevelt urged maintaining workers purchasing power and opposed wage cuts to spur recovery. He warned price cuts alone won't lift demand and called for measures to boost purchasing power. He invited 600 small business leaders to confer with Secretary Roper as part of broader relief and public works plans. Bureau data show manufacturing wage cuts are rare, with wages near 66 cents hourly and payrolls declining.
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Wshington
Roosevelt
Roper
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
League Powers Divide On Sanctions Covenant Change
Geneva January 26 The League of Nations faces a split between large and small powers over preserving Article 16 sanctions. Small states favor junking punitive measures while big powers insist on keeping them as the framework. Eden and Delbos may push to uphold sanctions amid other council business on China Japan Jewish rights and economic reports.
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Geneva
League
League Council
Anthony Eden
Yvon Delbos
France
China
Japan
Nippon
General Council of the
Jewish Congress
Octavian Goga
AFL Faces Policy Vague On CIO Relations
The AFL executive council debated future relations with the CIO during a two week session in Miami. President William Green said outright expulsion of John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and other CIO unions with suspended charters had not yet been decided.
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Miami
Fra
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
AFL
O Mahoney and FDR Meet Over Antimonopoly Bill
President Roosevelt to confer with Senator O Mahoney on the legislator s plan to curb monopolies. The Wyoming Democrat had pressed for the White House talks and had not visited since leading the fight last spring and summer against the court enlargement proposal.
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O’mahoney
FDR
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
O Mahoney
D-Wye
Wyoming
Gubernatorial Parole Frees Chris Cumbo Held Since 1928
Chris Cumbo, imprisoned in Jones county for second degree murder since September 1928 and sentenced to 15 years, was released today under gubernatorial parole. The parole ends decades of confinement following the 1928 case.
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Raleigh
Chris Cumbo
Jones County
Muror
Cloture Rule Debated as Sen George Speaks on Lynch Fight
Southern senators renewed their bid to limit debate on anti lynching legislation led by Senator George of Georgia while signaling possible support from Republicans. Majority Leader Barkley announced a daily 5 PM recess with a vote looming tomorrow at 1 PM EST.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
George
Connally
Dtex
LYNCH
Harrison
D-Miss
Wheeler
Dmont
Burke
D-Neb
Herring
D-Iown
D-Ga
Elections Committee
Labor
Bridges Calls for TVA Investigation in Washington
Senator Bridges demanded a congressional probe into TVA activities amid talks on government purchase of private utilities in the Tennessee Valley. Senator McKellar urged Roosevelt to reject Browning's joint state federal buyout idea but supported TVA purchases by the agency itself.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bridges
R-N.h
Tennessee Valley
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Roosevelt
Browning
Tennessee
McKellar
TVA
Major Firms In U.S. Earn More In 1937 Despite Slump
New York January 26 AP The first 17 major firms to report fourth quarter results show net earnings down 54 percent from the same period in 1936. Q4 income totaled 822,080,845 vs 871,014,656 the prior year. However, nine month gains kept annual earnings 10 percent above 1936. Overall 26 firms, including the 17, posted net income of 389,349,000 vs 800,574,000.
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New York
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Hirl
Thomasville
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Robert KR. Williams
High Point
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Switzerland
European
Alps
U. S
Manville
Tommy
Bister
Guizene'p
Netherlands
Lorraine Manville Dresselhuys
Cornelius Dresselhuys
Tommy Manville
Ps.e Two
John JL. Lewis
Co. d. O
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B. E. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
England
Executive Council of
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