Pepper fights for relief money as Senate debates WPA
Senator Pepper pressed for an $875 million relief appropriation arguing 750000 certified workers would still lack WPA placement even with more funds. He cited WPA history of limited reach and urged Congress to act, while others predicted a tight vote and civil liberties measures moved forward.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Congress
Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
New York Federation of Labor
Borah
R-Ida
Adams
D-Cole
Committee On Civil Liberties
la Follette
House
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Dcole
Daladier Says France and Britain Ready for Italian Threat
Paris January 26 Premier Daladier announced France and Britain will take the necessary steps to meet an Italian threat if Fascist forces do not leave Spain. Precautions already exist to protect lines of communications in the Mediterranean where warships from both powers are on training cruises.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Britain
Spain
Mediterranean
NCU asks $105,180 PWA grant for power and heating plant
Regional Director H T Cole sent to Washington the University of North Carolina request for 105180 in public works administration funds. The grant would cover 15 percent of a 701200 project cost for a power and heating and water works development. Cole noted final approval should be quick.
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Atlanta
H. T. Cole
Washington
University of North Carolina
Public Works Administration
PWA
Cole
Prison escapees recaptured near Warrenton
Superintendent Oscar Pitts said two prisoners from a road gang near Warrenton were captured this morning at Hoffman. Robert Murphy serving 18 to 36 months for assaulting a female and Bill Coleman serving two years for larceny offered no resistance as they disembarked a train. They will be returned to Warren county. Both were sentenced from Gaston county.
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Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
Warrenton
Hoffman
Pitts
Robert Murphy
Bill Coleman
Warren County
Gaston County
New York murderers spared from Sing Sing death penalty
Philip Chaleff and Isi dore Zimmerman, two of five convicted East Side killers, were granted executive clemency by Governor Herbert H. Lehman twelve hours before their scheduled execution. Their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment while the governor affirmed the guilt of three other convicted companions: Dominick Guariglia, Joseph O'Loughlin, and Arthur Friedman.
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Albany
N. Y
Philip Chaleff
Isidore Zimmerman
New York City “East Side
Sing Sing
Herbert H. Lehman
Dominick Guariglia
Joseph O'Loughlin
Arthur Friedman
Prisoner George Farmer Escapes Johnston County Camp
Raleigh officials report that 24yearold George Farmer, serving eight months for temporary larceny, escaped from Johnston county prison camp yesterday. He was sentenced in Wilson county on December 5, 1938, and authorities continue to seek him, according to Prisons Superintendent Oscar Pitts.
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Raleigh
Penal Division
George Farmer
Johnston County
Farmer
Wilson County
Oscar Pitts
Tobacco strawberry and truck crop growers push for market facilities
Delegates from tobacco strawberry and truck crop producer groups urged a legislative sub committee on agriculture to expand market service facilities within the department of agriculture during today’s Raleigh session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Delegation Backs East West Airline Plan
LT Josh L. Horne of Rocky Mount heads a committee pushing an east west airline across North Carolina. He received assurance of united cooperation from the state's congressional delegation today, solidifying early support for the proposed air route.
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Washington
Josh L. Horne
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
United Cooperation
France braces for refugee influx from Spain frontier
In Pyrenees emergency zone France mobilizes guards along the border as a flood of Spanish refugees is anticipated. Ambassador Jules Henry warns of land migration. Dr Juan Negrin arrives opposite France seeking ministry locations after fleeing Barcelona. Border towns in Gerona region report provisional offices and further relocations anticipated.
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Perpignan
France
Pyrenees Department
Spain
Jules Henry
Juan Negrin
la Junquera
Barcelona
Gerona
Figueras
Henry
Catalonia
Rome to Celebrate Fall of Barcelona to Franco
Fas cists organize a demonstration in Rome for tonight to mark Barcelona falling to the Spanish insurgent armies. Blackshirt legionnaires were described marching at the front of the crowd in the event announced from Rome dated January 26.
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Rome
Barcelona
Franco
All Time Cold Wave Hits Northeast With Fatalities
Cold blasts from Hudson Bay plunge temperatures across the Northeast to record lows. New York state reports seven above to forty below, New England records several subzero readings with three deaths in the region. Washington DC suffers wind damage at 56 mph. Western Pennsylvania sees 50 mph winds. Allentown hotel fire evacuees, Beaver Falls infant death, and exposure deaths in Pittsburgh accompany widespread damage.
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Hudson Bay Area
New York State
Philadelphia
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Beaver Falls
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt Offers Aid To Chilean President Inquake Relief
President Roosevelt cabled President Cerda of Chile to seek how the United States can aid in relief from the Chile earthquake. The White House, State Department, and Red Cross are checking if outside relief is needed and, if so, how to deliver it quickly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cerda
Chile
United States
White House
State Department
Red Cross
Bonnet Warns Italy Against Demands Over Colonial Empire
Paris dispatch reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet warning Italy to keep hands off France’s colonial empire amid Italy’s support for the Barcelona insurgents. He linked mutual aid pacts with Russia and Poland to a broader Central European policy while referencing Germany and the Rome Berlin axis. A wartime conscription order calls up four divisions.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
Italy
France
Barcelona
Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Rome- Berlin
Europe
Russia
Poland
Soviet Russia
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Sudetenland
War Ministry
Registrations at Southern Furniture Market Edge Record Pace
The Southern Furniture and Rug Market enters its fourth day with 175 dealer registrations by noon and 1,440 total, nearing the all‑time first week high set in July 1936. Maxwell Brothers with 19 buyers and Sterchi Brothers lead brisk purchasing as Rhodes group notes heavier buying than any January market. Hotels report rich second‑week reservations and exhibitors across the city note steady buying and selling.
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Maxwell Brothers Group
Burt
Grover Maxwell
Georgia
South Carolina
Sterchi Brothers
Co. Crl. Collins
A. G. Rhodes & Son
Paul W. Casey
Southern Furniture Exposition
Rhodes Group
Tomlinson
Tomlinson Building
Hines Loses First Skirmish To Dewey
New York January 26 James J Hines longtime Tammany district leader failed to halt his trial on a lottery conspiracy count as General Sessions Judge Charles C Nott Jr overruled the defense bid claiming the indictment was barred by the two year statute of limitations unless the last overt act occurred within the limit.
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New York
James J. Hines
Tammany
General Sessions
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Nott
Rail express seeks Raleigh franchise for Sanford to Mt Airy route
The utilities commission will hold a February 21 hearing on the Railway Express Agency petition to operate a motor express line from Sanford to Mt Airy along the Atlantic and Yadkin railroad. The Atlantic and Yadkin is ending all passenger service.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Railway Express Agency
Atlantic and
Admiral Hepburn backs Guam as key Navy base
Rear Admiral Arthur Hepburn told the House Naval Committee that a strong base on Guam would stabilize U S position in the Far East. He endorsed a plan for an airplane and submarine base with $5 million dredging and other work, arguing it would halve Pacific defense problems and simplify Hawaii and continental defenses. Congress weighed Guam against other bases in Florida Puerto Rico and Alaska.
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Washington
Arthur J. Hepburn
Congressional
Far East
Pacific
Guam
Hepburn
Special Naval Board
House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Japan
Hawaii
Continental
United States
Florida
Porto Rico
Alaska
Salisbury Golf Pro Found Dead
Salisbury on January 26 report states Mike Thomas fifty year old golf professional was found dead in the club locker room with multiple facial cuts. Sheriff Krider and Police Chief Poole investigated noting he had returned from a hunting trip and was last seen near his apartment before he was found. Thomas was a noted left handed pro who came to Salisbury eight years ago from Burlington and leaves a widow and three children.
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Salisbury
J. H. Krider
John D. Poole
Mike Thomas
Thomas
Burlington
South Dakota Restores Death Penalty After 1915 Ban
Final legislative approval returned the death penalty to South Dakota, with the senate voting 27 to something in favor after the house had passed the measure. The state had not used capital punishment since 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Pierre
South Dakota
Senate
House
Death Toll Might Exceed Fourteen Thousand in Chile Quake
A Chilean government report lists more than four thousand dead with estimates reaching twelve thousand as the 450 mile quake devastates Chillan Concepcion and Talca. The disaster hits 250 miles south of Santiago with towns like Cauqueries Longavi and San Carlos heavily damaged as rescue teams rush aid.
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Santiago
Chile
Chillan
Concepcion
Talca
South America
Europe
Paris
London
Cauqueries
San Carlos
Longavi
North Carolina Bankers Plan Pinehurst Convention
The North Carolina Bankers Association will hold its annual convention at Pinehurst May 10 11 and 12. May 10 is a legal holiday, which is expected to bring an unusually large attendance on the first day.
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Bankers Meet
Raleigh
North Carolina Bankers Association
Paul P. Brown
Pinehurst
Brown
U S Embassy Staff Reaches Marseille From Battle Zone
The cruiser Omaha with U S embassy staff aboard arrived in Marseille after evacuating from Barcelona battle zone. Refugees included six embassy officials and two Spanish Telephone Company officers, with twenty two more from the destroyer Badger. Refugees described Barcelona as disorderly amid looming Franco troops.
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Marseille
France
Omaha
United States Mediterranean
United States
Barcelona
U.S
Badger
Calderas
Spain
William Krieger
Fred Caldwell
Spanish Telephone Company
George Dennis
Francisco Franco
Germans and Danes Convicted of Espionage in Copenhagen
Five Germans and three Danes were found guilty of espionage in Copenhagen. Horst von Pflugk Harttung, a 49 year old correspondent for Boersenzeitung, received 18 months in prison while the remaining defendants were given eight months each.
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Copenhagen
Horst von Pflugk Harttung
Harttung
Boersenzeitung
Justice Of Peace Courts Are Assailed Defended
In Raleigh on January 26 representatives debated extending a 1 fee to justice of the peace courts to fund a state officers benefit program and identification division. The bill passed second reading 66 to 35 despite opposition claiming it taxes the poor. rural justices were defended while there was talk of changing how justices are named. New measures include reducing bonds for superior court clerks and creating a state board to license painters and decorators.
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Raleigh
N. C
Justice of the Peace Courts
Senate
McBryde
Cumberland
Page
Bladen
House
Kerr
Warren
Moore
Pitt
Turlington
Iredell
Caswell County
New House
Franco’s Forces Seize Barcelona in Civil War Push
Insurgent troops led by Moroccan legionnaires and the Arrow division overran Barcelona at noon amid flag ceremonies and parades. Government defenses collapsed as the city’s major landmarks fell, signaling Franco’s occupation plan and a mass evacuation toward the north.
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Hendaye
France
Franco
Barcelona
Dis
Try
Dee
Rese
Juich
Eit
Montjuich
Tibidabo
United States
Plaza de Catalunya
Thal Square
Coast Guard base project breaks ground at Elizabeth City
Ground was broken at 8 this morning for a million dollar Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City to link bases at Charleston and Cape May. Judge Meekins presided with C J Sullivan and about 140 workers starting the construction aided by WPA funds. Leigh Winslow led engineers as plans for hangars, barracks and offices move toward letting contracts within weeks.
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Elizabeth City
Jan
Coast Guard
Guard
Cton
S. C
Cape May
C. J. Sulliv
Seventh District
United States
Meekins
Lee Wallace
WPA
Neer
Raleigh
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Maxwell Brothers Chain
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Congressional Committee
Salisbury Golf Pro
Eddie Laws
Georgia Tech
Bud” Wood
Peaslee & Gaulbert Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Laws
Valdosta
A. G. Rhodes & Son Group
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