Payne says group cannot administer relief bill
Senator McKellar urges blocking all appropriation measures until relief is granted. Judge Payne testified before the house appropriations committee on the senate’s 25 million dollar Red Cross appropriation. Robinson warned that if the Red Cross refuses to meet standards congress will use its own agencies for emergency relief. He condemned the president and Red Cross for implying no general relief for unemployment. He called on senators to repudiate the policy and aid the suffering.
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McKellar
Senate
Payne
House Appropriations Committee
Central Committee of the
Relief Organization
Red Cross
Robinson
Congress
Mellon Warns Cash Bonus Redemption Upsets World Equilibrium
Secretary Mellon told the Senate Finance Committee that cashing soldier bonus certificates would wreck the financial system and disturb world equilibrium. He warned of a large treasury deficit, potential $3.4 billion cash payments, and dire consequences for bonds, capital values, and tax relief, harming employment and worldwide trade.
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Mellon
Lynch
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Rapid spread of flu reported across states
Washington dispatch notes 7,275 influenza cases this week, about five times higher than official figures due to under reporting. Heaviest increases appeared in Massachusetts Connecticut Illinois Maryland West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Arkansas Texas and New York City with 1,140 cases versus 1,005 last week.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
Maryland
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
New York City
New York
Buckshot in Stomach Hit Man at Store Meet
Walter Pratt, a Negro, was found with a stomach full of buckshot after entering a store in Greenville. Storeowner A. W. Ange of Winterville had installed a shotgun net across entrances to deter robbers, creating a crisscross string trap. Pratt is hospitalized and expected to live.
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Greenville
N. C
Walter Pratt
A. W. Ange
Winterville
Pratt
Jailed for mate's death in love triangle murder case
Mrs. Lynch and John Paul Searcy, 19, are jailed in connection with the death of farmer John Lynch on his doorstep. Investigators weigh a motive of a lovers’ triangle as they prepare for the inquest set for this afternoon.
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Lynch
John Lynch
German Seaplane In Trial Flight Ahead of Trans Atlantic Run
Lisbon Portugal Jan 28 The DC X giant German sea plane conducted a successful trial flight this forenoon in preparation for a trans Atlantic flight to Brazil. Repairs to a wing burned weeks ago were proved effective during the test with a 26 ton fuel load Captain Christiansen announced the route would pass Madeira Cape Verde Canary Islands Natal and Rio de Janeiro with stops en route planned.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Brazil
Christiansen
Madeira
Cape Verde
Canary Island
Natal
Rio de Janiero
Three Holdup Men Rob Church Parishioners
In Chicago on January 28 three holdup men invaded St. Hedwig's church, terrorizing 15 women and 28 men for 45 minutes. They robbed attendees of $1,000 in cash, scorned jewelry, and escaped.
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Chicago
St. Hedwig's Church
Nicaragua Still Scene of Fights
Managua reports ongoing fighting between the Nicaraguan constabulary with U S marine officers and insurgents. In four new engagements announced yesterday eight insurgents were killed, two wounded, and one guardsman wounded.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States Marine
Senate Debates But Fails To Vote On School Bill In Raleigh
In Raleigh on January 26 the Senate debated the MacLean substitute to fund the constitutional six month term, then recessed without a vote. The House passed McRae’s extradition uniformity bill and a foreign-law recognition measure. Three bus regulation bills were filed. Debate featured Baggett, Dunlap, and Burrs with an amendment on funding sources, while the schools were described as the state’s backbone.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
MacLean
General Assembly
House
McRae
Zeehouse
Baggett
Harnett
Dunlap
Anson
Burrus
Guilford
Campbell
New Hanover
Hines requests construction at Soldiers' Homes
Veterans Administrator Hines proposed a 2.85 million dollar construction program for National Soldiers' homes in the midwest and far west. He asked Congress to authorize shifts in existing funds to build domicle barracks, a new hospital near Togus Maine, expansion at Oteen North Carolina, and more domiciliary and general beds at the mountain branch home.
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Washington
Hines
National Soldiers' Homes
James
House Military Committee
Congress
Eastern Branch
Togus
Maine
Mountain Branch Home
Johnson City
Tennessee
Oteen
North Carolina
Mountain Home
Bonds Posted For Two Men Held On Charges of Peonage
In Charleston, D C, Dr A R Johnson and O B Limehouse were released on $1000 bonds each on federal peonage charges. The men, a physician health officer and a constable, allegedly paid prisoners fines and released them for forced farm labor to settle debts. Trial set for May term in U S district court.
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Charleston
D. C
A. R. Johnson
Dorchester County
O. B. “Bossy
Limehouse
Dorchester
Liberty
United States Marshall
U. S. District Court
Johnson
Bossy the cow dead. farmer loses bank roll
Bridgeton New Jersey report details Bill Mattox whose cow Bossy died after a bag containing $420 and a missing $3850 in cash. A veterinarian operated on Bossy and recovered mutilated currency from her stomach, including a $50 bill and a $20 bill.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Bill Mattox
Bossy
Bill
Disclosed Chicago Gangster Activities Reach Southern California
Police disclose Chicago gangsters extending into Southern California with ties to Capone agents. Names include Al Scarface Capond Frankie Foster and Ralph Sheldon. Reported 200000 acre Santa Marguerita Rancho option talks and a mountain hideout with bomb parts near the coast. Foster, indicted in Chicago for the Jake Lingle slaying, is in Los Angeles for organization.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Chicago
California
al “Scarface
Capond
Frankie Foster
Ralph Sheldon
Santa Marguerita Rancho
Oceanside
Capone
Foster
Sheldon
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Assembly Committees Hold Hearing On Bills
Raleigh, Jan 28. North Carolina legislative committees held morning hearings before sessions. Senate Judiciary No 1 set 10:30 am hearings on the Powell bill banning salary from public funds for wives of highest earners and on the Gattis bill to allow supreme court rules of procedure. House Judiciary No 1 reported favorably on Pitts bill defining illegal punchboards and slot machines. Finance subcommittee heard Ashe and Buncombe finance tangles with Judge Adams and C N Malone in heated debate over notes and bonds.
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Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
Nnion
Senate Judiciary No. 1
Powell
Gattis
Supreme Court
Judicial Conference
House Judiciary No
Pitts
Finance
Sinking Fund Commission
Ashele
Buncombe County
J.S. Adams
C. N. Malone
Asheville
Adams
Hood
Wayne
Hanes
Forsyth
T. D. Warren
Craven County
W. E. Beese
Transylvania County
Davis
Hyde
Ward
Beaufort
Hyde County
Congress Hears Mellon and Red Cross Appeals
Washington January 28 Congress debated Secretary Mellon’s opposition to cash veterans bonuses and Red Cross chairman John Barton Payne’s vote against accepting the Senate’s $25 million relief grant. The discussion touched on creating independent relief agencies as critics urged. An additional $500,000 was approved to fund an immediate 250 border patrol agents increase. The House Ways and Means heard testimony on labor product embargoes amid tariff safeguards.
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Washington
Mellon
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
Senate
Payne
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
House
Seymour Lowman
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Kendall
Pennsylvania
Lowman
Border Patrol
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Agriculture Committee
English Princess Arrives at Bermuda and Back on Voyage
The Prince of Wales and his brother Prince George arrived in Hamilton Bermuda aboard the Oropesa for a brief visit before continuing to Havana Cuba to begin their southward voyage. They will open the British trade exposition in Buenos Aires next March. The ship is due in Havana tomorrow and then sails to Kingston Jamaica en route to Central and South America via the Panama Canal.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Buenos Aires
Havana
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Central
South America
Panama Canal
Italian Theater Censorship Enforced by Mussolini Bill
Rome acts on Mussolini led measure consolidating theater censorship under the interior ministry. A special board of censors is established in Rome with Mussolini at its head, shifting powers from provincial prefects to central authority.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
May Ask Mexican Navy Be Abandoned
Mexico City January 28 treasury department seeks a 22.5 million dollar cut in the federal budget for the current year. The proposal signals a virtual abandonment of the Mexican navy as a likely outcome of the budget request.
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Mexico City
Treasury Department
His Marriage Vow He Broke And How
Los Angeles sparring over a dissolving marriage. Mrs Brice seeks a divorce recounting Frank Brice vows before marriage and his later confession that he would drink and curse. The dispute centers on breach of marriage promises and asserted habits after the wedding.
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Los Angeles
Frank P. Brice
Disputes Roar in Western Conference over Coach Salaries
Chicago Jan 28 The Western Conference amid upheaval as Indiana's Pat Page fights the university athletic board over resignation and pay. Iowa faces senate scrutiny of President Jessup over ouster orders. Wisconsin debates Thistlethwaite's coaching tenure as he and Indiana clash over contract terms and promised salary. Page vows to appeal to conference leaders and possibly the courts.
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Pat Page
Indiana
Athletic Board
Chicago
Iowa
University Athletic Board
State House of Representatives
Walter A. Jessup
Wisconsin
Thistlethwaite
Page
University Board of Control
EB C. Hayes
Havana Celebrates Marti Birthday Quietly Under Martial Law
Havana observes Jose Marti's birthday with flowers parades and oratory absent. banks and businesses close but public gatherings are banned due to President Machado's suspension of constitutional guarantees, making the day less festive than usual.
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Havana
Cuba
Jose Marti
Machado
A. C. L. Railroad Shows Decrease in 1931 Revenue
The Atlantic Coast Line railway reports lower operating revenue and net income for 1931. Operating revenue reached 63,019,957 with net operating income of 7,241,304, down from 1929 figures of 7,371,894 and 12,874,207 respectively. December figures show revenues of 5,402,472 and net income 686,527 versus 1929 levels.
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Wilmington
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Tragic Williamsport Fire Claims Most Of Smith Family
Clyde Smith 58 and six children perish as fire destroys their home in Williamsport. The mother escapes with a two month old infant and a son Howard 9 survives. Fire started from an overheated kitchen flue. roof collapse hinders rescue.
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Williamsport
Clyde Smith
Frederick
Marian
Darfida
Catherine
Max
Gerald
M. Rigby
Trout Run
L. Oughterson
Powys
Williamsport Hospital
Howard
Many Delegates At Episcopal Diocese Meet at Greenville
About 300 delegates are expected for the two day convention of the East Carolina Diocese of the Episcopal Church opening in Greenville. The convention sermon was delivered by Right Rev. Thomas C. Durst bishop of Wilmington on Vital Problems Confronting Christianity. Pre convention sessions were held yesterday after noon and last night and William F Pelham of Chicago spoke at a Brotherhood of St Andrew banquet last night.
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Greenville
N. C
East Carolina
Episcopal Church
Thomas C. Durst
Wilmington
William F. Pelham
Chicago
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Governor Long Bends to Modesty In Dressing Gown Visit
In Baton Rouge on January 2, Governor Huey P. Long reportedly shed flamboyant attire and hosted a delegation in a dressing gown and bedroom slippers after a day of illness. The account notes prior receptions in pajamas and even underwear during courtesy calls, illustrating a shift toward modest dress in recent visits.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
United States Army
Upstate
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Mate
Soldiers’ Homes
Veterans Administrator
Middle
Far West
Scarface
al Capone
Southern California
Assembly
House Judiciary Group Number 1
War Department
Marti
A. C. L. Railroad
Episcopal Diocese
H. P. Long
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