Crossing Elimination Plan Wins Federal Support
Officials in Washington approve a WPA and State Highway funds driven project to depress the Southern Railway tracks through the city by relaying sewer mains and building bridges at four downtown crossings. The plan totals about 1 200 feet of new mains with a city share near 200 000 dollars and a federal grant around 261 000 dollars. Construction could begin in weeks with bids for all phases expected within 30 days and a 20 year repayment period for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Administration
Washington
Southern Railway System
City
Dior of Public
Sam H. Kland
Stanley Hright
Chapel Hill
PWA
Wright
Elve
Leon Ellis Intruction Company
Greensoro
Ashington
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Neipal
Roosevelt Halts TVA Power Pool
President Roosevelt moved to end government and private power pooling in the Tennessee Valley Authority region. He explained the action ends talks with Commonwealth and Southern and directs negotiations to renew plans for buying government power from TVA. Willkie disputed the injunctions and the temporary halt on pooling and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Tennes Valley
Mose
Tennessee
Commonwealth and South Utility Company
Wendell Willkie
New York
TVA
R. Roosevelt
Mmonwealth
Southern
Tennessee Valley
Child Labor Bill Approved by Committee in Raleigh
In Raleigh on January 27 the House received a favorable committee report on a resolution to ratify the federal child labor amendment. The constitutional amendments group voted 10 to 6 for ratification following Roosevelt's recommendations. Governor Hoey has not stated a position. The House also recalled a reapportionment bill 53 to 61 to the calendar led by Nash representative Fenner. Other committees met on tax bill revisions, state tobacco controls, and liquor proposals with hearings set for state wide liquor measures and a potential state referendum on prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Roosevelt
Hoey
Fenner
Nash
Pickens
Guilford
Joint Finance Committee
Joint Agriculture Committee
Hagedorn Alimony Case Upheld by Court
The State Supreme Court affirmed Mrs. Hy man Hagedorn's suit for alimony and to obtain title to properties in this state. The Hagedorns, former city residents, separated and later husband refused to return. She had been awarded properties and alimony previously. Hagedorn was a leading United States contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Raleigh
Hyman Hagedorn
State Supreme Court
Hagedorns
Hagedorn
United States
Gale Sinks Two Trawlers In North Sea Tragedy
Wireless reports from Britain say a north sea gale sank two trawlers, causing a total loss of 46 lives. Oslo confirms the casualty figure and ongoing rescue efforts amid the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
North Sea
Enraged lover kills three and ends life in Virginia
Ed Mize, a 50 year old Mize, shot Frances Grogan and her parents in North Carolina. He fled to Virginia where he killed himself. Frances' brother Thomas Grogan and the three year old daughter survived. The motive cited includes $400 alleged theft and a conflict over money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoneville
W. G. Wharton
Rockingham County
N. C
Ed Mize
Frances Grogan
Virginia
Riverside
Davis
Henry County
Mize
Wharton
Thomas Grogan
Frances
Young Grogan
Grogan
Nancy Anne
Mra. Grogan
G. E. Franklin
Miss Grogan
Florida
Blackwell
Howard Blackwell
Fannie Grogan
Myaegs
Plotters' Trial Mixes testimony on Soviet sabotage plot
Alexandrovich Kniazeff, former Soviet Southern Railway chief, testifies he organized train wrecks killing thousands and accuses a Japanese agent known as Mr X of planning to infect troop trains. He identifies Mr X as a Hiroshima transport expert who worked in Moscow and London. The trial includes Karl Radek and 15 others, with Mr X allegedly saying war was inevitable and to start in 1937. Kniazeff last contacted Mr X in August 1936 before his October arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandrovich Kniazeff
Southern Railway
Mr. X
Kningeff
Hiroshima
Moscow
London
Karl Radek
Jazeff
Kniazeff
Limit Taken Off Quota For Funds For Flood Sufferers
High Point Red Cross leaders and Admiral Grayson urge unlimited giving for flood relief. By today nearly 3800 dollars has been donated from many sources including Ray Street and Elm Street Junior Red Cross students. Southeastern Express offers free express service to flood areas, and a charity dance at the Sheraton Hotel supports relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette D. Coltrane
High Point
Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Americal Red Cross
Fac
Tory
Ray Street School
Elm Street
Southeastern Express Company
Sheraton Hotel
Royal Campbells Orchestra
Actress Sues Covington Over Loss of Jewelry and Assault
Doris Dawson of New York files suit in Guilford Superior Court against former High Point resident William Comey Covington seeking 43400. She claims in Greensboro on November 7 1935 Covington forced possession of a diamond ring valued 3400 and two fur coats valued 5000 each total 13400 and assaulted her with a pistol threats to life causing illness pain and nerves shock. Court also sought 20000 for willful malicious violence plus interest and costs. Dawson recently drew attention by traveling to Greensboro in 1935.
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Greensboro
Doris Dawson
New York City
Juilford Superior Court
William Comey Covington
High Point
Actrens
Covington
Miss Dawson
Dawson
Doomed Men Lose Appeals In North Carolina Courts
Two men sentenced to die for criminal assault lost appeals to the state supreme court. William Jackson, a Negro preacher, was convicted in Forsyth County for attacking a nine year old girl. Raymond Early, alias Dummy, was sentenced in Yadkin County after his lawyers argued infirmities affected arraignment. The court found no error in the arraignment or plea. The term adjourned sine die at 11:15 and will reconvene February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
W. P. Stacy
Forsyth County
William Jackson
Raymond Early
Dummy
Yadkin County
George Connor
Early
Connor
Interview Confirms Engagement to Covington in Sedgefield
The article notes she was engaged to Covington and mentions Covington’s third marriage to Miss Martha F. Swift of Greensboro on December 10, 1936. The couple resides in Sedgefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Martha F. Swift
Greensboro
Sedgefield
Secretary Perkins Seeks Third-Party Consent for GM Walkout Settlement
Washington reports Secretary Perkins said a settlement with General Motors sit-down strikers hinges on third party consent after talks with John L. Lewis and GM spokesmen. Alfred Sloan denied GM bears responsibility and refused to negotiate until evacuated. Roosevelt pressed for labor standards enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
New York
Sloan
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Lewis
Socialists Halt Fascist Advance Near Madrid
Socialist troops repelled fascist attacks with machine guns and bombs in the El Pardo sector, five miles from Madrid, as government barricades withstood a fierce assault. Socialist commanders warned the fighting could foreshadow a larger drive on the besieged capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
el Pardo
Espana Seizes Socialist Patrol Boat at Biscay Bay Entrance
Santander Spain January 27 Despite bombs from a government sapplane the insurgent ship Espana seized the socialist patrol boat Alejandro at the bay of Biscay harbor entrance in a bold action near the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santander
Spain
Espana
Alejandro
Bay of Biscay
Army orders mass evacuation along Mississippi flood zone
The U S Army and Associated Press report compulsory evacuation of hundreds of thousands within 50 miles of the Mississippi from Cairo Illinois to New Orleans as Ohio River floods push toward new heights. Thirty five thousand trucks move to transport evacuees with a Jackson Mississippi HQ set to coordinate the effort.
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Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
U. S S. Army
Ohio
H Woodring
Jackson
Miss
Army
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Registration record falls at Martha S mid-winter show
The Southern Furniture and Rug market shattered its attendance record with 1 975 registered by noon, surpassing past records though still 400 short of the July 1935 peak. Dealers anticipated strong days ahead as 160 buyers signed in for the day and exhibitors reported steady small orders amid cautious purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barfield
Referee reports damages in High Point suits
Greensboro January 27 A western side disposal plant dispute yields settlements totaling about 14000. Referee Stable Linn reports for R L Murphy and others against the City of High Point. Consent judgments set per names and amounts including Murphy 200 and Bodenheimer 750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
West Side
Superior Court
Stable Linn
Salisbury
Hoyle Link
R. L. Murphy
Grant H. Murphy
Clarence Singsing
W. C. Bodenheimer
J. Murphy
J. C. Cheek
Former Kaiser Wilhelm Turns 78 In Quiet Remembrance
Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany marked his 78th birthday in The Netherlands today, spending the day alone with his memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Doorn
Netherlands
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Breaks in federal loan aid spark foreclosure delay
In Miami on January 27, Judge Jefferson B. Browne suspended a foreclosure suit against carpenter R. S. Wilkes of Hialeah. The ruling, cited by attorneys, says federal loans to distressed homeowners aim to remove foreclosure fear and allows Wilkes to attempt to save his home while paying the government. The decision opens liberal precedent with broad potential impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Congress
Jefferson B. Browne
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Ban Hialeah
Wilkes
Browne
Flood floods threaten Ohio valley as Army orders mass evacuation
flood conditions in the Ohio river valley intensify with hundreds dead missing and more than 300 million dollars in damage. Lieut Col Eugene Reybold announces a planned mobilization to evacuate 508 people along 2000 miles of levees while civilian corps and Red Cross aid prepare to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Red Cross
Eugene Reybold
U.S. Army
Cal
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Aha
Neb
San Antonio
Wood
Rr Soorce
Cavation Corps
National G
Army of Horn
Mississippi
Louisville
Hugh R. Vell
Ville
Leavell
Ohio River Valley
Cairo
Ohio
Weather forecast for Carolinas with mixed precipitation
North Carolina sees cloudy skies with a brief freezing rain start tonight then warmer by Thursday in the south coast area. Central portions face colder tonight with possible rain as a front moves in. South Carolina cloudy Friday with limited relief except in the far south. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift NE at strength then ease Thursday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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Hrough
WPA
Grant
Ed Mire
Sweetheart
Comner Covington
Cairfill
Marthere
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