Hauptmann Alibi Witnesses Testify In Lindbergh Case
In Flemington New Jersey on January 30 1935 Mrs Bruno Hauptmann offered alibi testimony to support her husband in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial She claimed Hauptmann was with her in New York on March 1 1932 when Baby Lindbergh was abducted and later at home on other dates As the state pressed credibility she acknowledged using a broom closet shelf but maintained she never saw a shoebox containing the ransom money The proceedings included cross examination about the trunk said to hold large sums and letters from Isador Fisch regarding the affair
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Elvert Carlstrom
Hauptmann
Bronx
Isador Fisch
Lindbergh
New York
Baby Lindbergh
John F
Jatsie) Condon
Fisch
Wilentz
Majestic Apartments
Reilly
Mrs. Henckel
David T. Wilentz
Germany
Isador
Two Men Held For Pridgen's Death
James B. Lewis and Luther Har grove were held on $5,000 bond each in Wilmington after a habeas corpus hearing. They face charges in connection with the Christmas day death of Cole G. Pridgen, a noted operator who died from head injuries at a supposed speakeasy allegedly run by the two men. The judge set bonds in Whiteville superior court.
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Wilmington
James B. Lewis
Luther Hargrove
Cole G. Pridgen
J. Paul Frizzelle
Whiteville
Lewis and Hargrove
State Aid For County Road Debts Proposed In Assembly
Two measures in the North Carolina General Assembly would fund county road debt payments from state aid. One plan proposes a one cent gasoline tax increase and another creates a $1,000,000 annual fund for counties. Senators and representatives discuss traffic, rabies inoculation, and other local measures.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Federal plan would recreate ICC to regulate land sea and air transport
Joseph B. Eastman urged Congress to recreate the Interstate Commerce Commission as a super-agency with 16 members in five divisions to coordinate rail water and motor and air carriers. The plan would strip NRA controls, impose up to 20000 per day fines for disobedience, and include a transportation coordinator planning nationwide improvements. Eight ICC members opposed reorganization in a letter to Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
ICC
Ice
NRA
Commission
Japs Report Capture of Kalkha Miao in Manchoukuo Border
Rengo dispatch from Hsinking reports a Japanese Manchoukuan force captured Kalkha Miao near the Manchu Mongol border last night, with Mongols retreating southward. In Gloversville New York another poisoning death raises the central New York total to sixteen and the regional toll to eighty eight.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Gloversville
N. Y
New York
John Payfair
Epidemic Death Toll in Kegalle District Ceylon
About 7,000 persons have died in the Kegalle district over the past two months from malaria sweeping Ceylon. The report cites an AP dispatch from Colombo dated January.
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Ceylon
Colombo
Kegalle
Opposition 10 McNinch Faces Senate Objection Over Nomination
Opposition to Frank McNinch of North Carolina grows in the Senate after a World Court vote. Senator McCarran objects, Bailey supports delaying action, and McNinch refuses to withdraw. Wheeler asks for satisfaction on the nomination as a debate over fitness proceeds.
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Washington
Frank R. Ch
North Carolina
McNinch
Senate
eCarran
D-New
Bailey
North Caro
Meinch
McCarran
Newemen
Iman Wheeler
Intertecommerce Committee
Nevadan
eNinch
Weather forecast highlights for Carolina and Jacksonville
Carolina expected fair and cold tonight with a slight rise in temperature by Thursday and warmth by Friday. Jacksonville sees fresh north winds turning northeast Thursday with fair conditions tonight. AP records show 24 hour temperature data in major cotton areas and surrounding regions.
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Carolina
Jacksonville
Thursand
Democrats Rally After Senate Defeat Aids Roosevelt Agenda
The party regrouped after a 7 vote loss on world court adherence. Roosevelt focused on a 4.88 billion work relief plan and social security, with talks on inflation, Townsend pension moves, and a $777.5 million independent offices supply bill. Leaders eyed aviation reform and broader transport regulation.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Robinson
Congress
Special Aviation Commission
Afl
Joseph B. Baatman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
Treasury
F. E. Townsend
Senate Finance Committee
House
War veterans with pensions to pay for care under court ruling
Raleigh January 30. Attorney General A A F Seawell interprets a recent Supreme Court decision to require federal pension recipients to cover care and maintenance costs at state charitable institutions. The ruling upheld a $3,270 judgment in the case of Earl N Betters guardian Security National Bank against the state.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
A. A. F. Seawell
Security National Bank
Earl N. Betters
High
International board proposed to divide world cotton trade
Secretary Roper told a Senate agriculture committee a plan to form an international board to allocate export markets among producers and manufacturers. He urged starting with cotton and expanding later to other goods, claiming quotas could prevent overproduction and surpluses. Wallace supported continuing acreage restrictions until foreign demand rises.
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Washington
International
Senate
Roper
Senate Agriculture
Wallace
Commerce
International Board
Senate Committee
Shipbuilders Accused of Bid Collusion in Navy Race
Miss Judy Kitchen a secretary to Gulf Industries of Pensacola and Laur ence Russell Wilder accuse the New York Shipbuilding Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Bethlehem Shipbuilding of colluding on naval bids. They describe a Washington hotel meeting on August 3 1933 where a fixer steered work to Wilder for a price while the big three allegedly shared the 27 ship program.
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Washington
Senate
Judy Kitchen
Laurence Russell Wilder
Gulf Industries of
Pensacola
New York Shipbuilding Company
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Wilder
Oe Mt
Eee Thine
Charity Balls Open Nationwide for President Birthday
The nation marks President Roosevelt's fifty third birthday with dances from grand balls to local fairs. Warm Springs Georgia hosts events at the "other home" where he battled infantile paralysis. Proceeds support local agencies and a national research fund.
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EB. D. Ball
Associated Press
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
America
Roosvelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia Hall
Jury Tampering Inquiry in Hauptmann Trial
Authorities investigate a reported attempt to influence a juror in Bruno Hauptmann’s Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. An unidentified man, claimed to be in a New York society, allegedly signalled a juror and tried to relay a message via a tradesman. Sheriff Curtiss said there is nothing to the rumors as the jury remains guarded in its hotel.
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New York
Dan
New York Post
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Post
Plemington
Hauptmann
Flemington
N. d4
John H. Curtiss
Richard Hauptmann
Death in Beaufort After Long Return From Pump
Miss Bertha Dudley aged 75 died in Beaufort from exhaustion of exposure Coroner George Bill said her body was found near her home after she apparently stumbled while returning from a pump and could not reach the house.
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Beaufort
Bertha Dudley
George Bill
North Carolina Merchants Oppose 3 Percent Sales Tax
Raleigh hearing centers on the three percent general sales tax in the 1935 37 revenue bill as the North Carolina Merchants association campaigns for tax retention. Willard Dowell said 20 speakers from across the state would argue against the levy while David Owens led the slate of expected speakers. The day also featured a House committee hearing on seating Rep C A Zickler amid a contest by W F Woodfin with absentee vote questions and a subcommittee named to report later.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants Association
Willard Dowell
The
Merchants Association
Joint Finance Committee
David Owens
Charlotte
State Merchants Association
Nation Retail Merchants
A. A. Schiffman
Greensboro
H. W. Courtney
Lenoir
J. G. Harrison
Mount Airy
W. G. Frasier
Durham
Albemarles
Mr. Seely
A Mer
Baxter Linney
Woodfin
Zickler
Payne
Bowie
Ashe
Lindsey
Rockingham
Andrews
Wayne
Will Rogers on Louisiana hospitality and politics
Will Rogers writes from New Orleans praising Louisiana hospitality while critiquing Huey Long. He notes Baton Rouge’s kindness, distinguishes Longs and shorts, calls Baton Rouge capital the finest outside Finland, and mocks voting by electricity under Longs influence.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey
U. S
Finland
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