Asheville hearing ties two escaped inmates to killings
Federal agent testified that Bill Payne shot Highway Patrolman George Penn to death in August claiming he had it coming. Witness J H Polkin described Payne and Turner planning to shoot it out rather than return to Caledonia Prison Farm. Betty Jane Cox testified Turner spoke of leaving area as heat rose.
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Vrs. Cox
Turner
Asheville
N. C
Bill Payne
George Penn
J. H. Polkin
FBI
Sanford
Payne
Iren
Wash Turner
Caledonia
Betty Jane Cox
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Cox
R. BE. Marlow
Southport
Hallsboro
Law
Missing University of Maryland student linked to mayor
Police continued a seven day search for Thomas B. Y son of Murphy North Carolina mayor J B Y a third year medical student at the University of Maryland. He left his room after a date and did not return despite relatives traveling from Murphy to assist the inquiry.
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Baltimore
Thomas B. Y
Versity of Maryland Medical
J. B
Murphy
N. C
Mas L. Wemseley
Building and Loan Meet Inehurst Convention Schedule
Building and Loan leaders in Inehurst report the North Carolina Building and League will hold its 35th annual convention May 11. The notice notes officials expect attendance from lenders and trustees across the state to discuss standards, financing, and cooperative housing programs.
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Building & Loan
Inehurst
North Carolina Building and League
Nual
Cold Weather Grips U S 12 and Surrounding Areas
A severe cold wave brings ice over Honeymoon bridge on the Niagara gorge and floods in several states. Twelve weather deaths reported as two coal miners drown near Paris Arkansas, a mariner lost overboard from the Nordvard. Arkansas rivers flood Calion and McNab. refugees sheltered in Calion boxcars. Continued cold forecast east and southeast, Florida citrus and crops warned against 22 degree temps.
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Honeymoon Bridge
Niagara River
Weck
Paris
Ark
Nordvard
Baltimore
New York
Arkansas
Calion
McNab
Florida
Unusually Quiet Mid-Southern Furniture Market Nears Close
Registrations and trading were subdued on the final market days of the 16th annual Mid Southern Furniture and Market. By yesterday 2,238 people were registered, below last year and well under 1937 levels, though observers say the decline reflects market close rather than weak business.
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Lesmen
Mart
Piter
City's Hydro Project Is Vast Undertaking
O. M. Smith notes tentative plans for High Point's Yadkin river hydro project, envisioned as a major regional engineering achievement. Engineers project immense scale with water impounded around 17.8 billion cubic feet (407,000 acre-feet) and view the work as a future landmark despite unsettled conditions.
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O. M. Smith
High Point
Yadkin River
Yadkin
Decker Sentenced for Peonage Case In Mississippi
Joseph Shelley Decker, 82, a Tallahatchie county planter, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $1,000 after an 11 man jury convicted him of holding two African American individuals in forced servitude over a $175 debt. The case arose in Clarksdale Mississippi with the two victims named James W. Wiggins and Ethel Lee Davis.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Joseph Shelley Decker
Tallahatchie County
James W. Wiggins
Wiggins
Ethel Lee Davis
Roads blamed on poor foundations in North Carolina
Dr. J. L. Stuckey head of the geology and geological engineering department at North Carolina State College said the state’s road failures stem from weak foundations. He spoke at the Institute of Engineers before the 20th annual North Carolina Society of Engineers meeting in Raleigh January 28.
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Raleigh
J. L. Stuckey
N. C. State College
North Carolina
Smnekey
Institute of Engineers
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Tug Plymouth Sinks Off Cape Cod Killing One
Coast Guards search the Cape Cod canal area for Samuel Sirague 37 of Malden an oiler believed drowned when the New York tug Plymouth sank after colliding with the Boston collier Everett last night. Fifteen crew members jumped and were rescued by nearby boats.
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Sagamore
Mass
Coast Guards
Cape Cod Canal
Samuel Sirague
Malden
New York
Plymouth
Everett
Freshman Class Elects Everett Carter President
Everett Carter of Raleigh has been elected president of the North Carolina State College freshman class in a campus vote announced today.
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FROSH
Raleigh
Everett Carter
N. C. State College
Burke Accuses NLRB of Press Freedom Violation
Senator Burke charged the National Labor Relations Board with several attempts to infringe press freedom. He cited cases including the Daily Press editor Harry T. O'Brien and other witnesses, alleging coercive actions and compelled disclosures in labor board inquiries.
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Washington
Burke
D-Neb
Senate Judiciary
National Labor Relations Board
Harry T. O’brien
Daily Press
St. Marys
Labor Board
Examiner
O'Brien
Hardy W. Barclay
Mill and Factory
New York
Weirton Steel Co
Japan Faces New U S Protests Over China War
War debates in Tokyo unfold as Japan eyes expanding the China war with hints of fighting a country beyond China, possibly Russia. Sugiyama urges increased army deployment while U S protests over rights in China surface. investigations into a US consul incident at Nanking proceed.
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Associated Press
Japan
China
Russia
Sugiyama
Mongolia
Canton
Indo-China
Hankow
Washington
Tokyo
John M. Allison
Nanking
Shanghai
Allison
President Roosevelt seeks large navy and army expansion
Roosevelt asks Congress to authorize hundreds of millions for navy ships and land defenses to bolster national security. He cites rising armaments costs, outlines plans for two battleships and two cruisers in 1938, and urges profits out of war and burden equalization to limit arms while seeking world peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Coun
Robbers Escape With 24000 In Hudson Pier Payroll
Four armed men halted three United States Lines employees on Pier 62 at West 22nd Street and fled with a $24,000 payroll in four wooden boxes. The victims included assistant timekeeper Arthur Cannon of Jersey City and guards James Sharkey and Harry Reed. They were ordered to the top of the stairs before the robbers jumped into a car and drove away.
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New York
United States
Hudson River
Arthur Cannon
Linden Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
James Sharkey
Harry Reed
Pier 62
West 22Nd Street
Belgium Forbids Fascist Meeting After Chamber Clash
The government bans a mass rally of Fascist Rexists planned for Saturday at the Brussels Sports Palace after a violent scramble in the Chamber of Deputies over arms exports to Spain.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Spain
Attorney Bender Announces Run for Jones County Representative
Pollocksville North Carolina legal notice reports Robert P. Bender an attorney announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Jones county representative.
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Pollocksville
N. C
Robert P. Bender
Jones County
Defense Message Gets Support Of Congress
Washington aides report rapid backing for the President's plan as Vinson introduces a bill to authorize 47 ships. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts voices full accord while urging a two ocean navy. Representative Fish notes the message marks a shift in traditional foreign policy toward a broader naval posture.
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Washington
Vinson
Dga
House Naval
Congressional Naval
Senator Walsh
Dmass
Walsh
Rep. Fish
R-N.y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Asheboro Man Petitions ICC For Freight Route Rights
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced hearings on motor freight route applications in Charlotte. One case seeks authorization for Thomas Stanley Reddins of Asheboro to operate as a common carrier between multiple states over irregular routes, with a hearing set for March 7.
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Charlotte
Motor Carrier Board of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. W. McCaslin
Thomas Stanley Reddins
Asheboro
Mrs Kite threats new slot machine raids
Alton Illinois January 28 Irene Kite known as The Carry Nation of the Slot Machines warned she may strike again to remove all one armed bandits in Madison county She issued a letter to the slot machine king of two counties vowing to continue until the last machine is destroyed Her notoriety rose after she smashed seven machines in seven local taverns on December 18
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Alton
Irene Kite
Madison County
King
Five Negro Children Die in Rutherfordton Fire
Five young negro children aged six to four years perished in a fire that destroyed a home in Rutherfordton. Curtis Copeland and relatives were at work when the blaze broke out. origin unknown, possibly involving related adults.
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Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton, Jan
Curtis Copeland
Threedren
Fami
Opposition to Jackson as Solicitor General Looms
Senate Judiciary Committee discussions on Robert H. Jackson's nomination as solicitor general show some opposition. Senators Burke and King advocate hearings to probe his testimony on Judge Geiger’s case and statements about using criminal prosecutions to push civil settlements.
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Jackson
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burke
D-Ned
King
Utah
House Judiciary Committee
Geiger
Milwaukee
Justice Department
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