Roosevelt outlines aviation and transportation policy
In a January 31, 1935 message Roosevelt urges Congress to consider reports on air, rail, water, and highway transport to plan national transportation. He supports temporary ICC powers to adjust air mail rates, but opposes a separate air commission, preferring ICC division oversight until a permanent agency is created.
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Federal Coordination of Transportation
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Aviation Commission
Inter
State Commerce Commission
Air Commerce Commission
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Father Son Banquet Planned by St Marys Church
The Men’s club of St Mary’s Episcopal church will host a father and son banquet at the Parish house Friday night at 6 30. All members are urged to attend.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Automobile Fire Engulfs Cavarnos Dodge on Main Street
Wires burned in a Dodge sedan owned by P. Bh. Cavarnos of this city at Main and Broad this morning before 10:20. Firemen extinguished the blaze.
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P. Bh. Cavarnos
Main
Broad Streets
British cinema attendance climbs to seventeen million weekly
Approximately 18.5 million persons attend motion picture theaters in Great Britain each week, reflecting high demand for film entertainment and steady audience interest across regions. The figure underscores a robust cinema market during the period.
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Great Britain
Lexington Social Highlights Include Mrs Moffitt Bridge Party
A West Second avenue bridge party hosted by Mr and Mrs J W Moffitt topped the week social calendar with prizes to Mrs Holt Hunt Woodrow McKay and Joe Moffitt Jr and a low score gift to L M Grimes. Guests enjoyed refreshments as the event concluded.
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Lexington
J. W. Moffitt
West Second Avenue
Holt Hunt
Woodrow McKay
Joe Moffitt, Jr
L. M. Grimes
Huggins and Swing Wed at First Lutheran Church Parsonage
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Jessie Christina Huggins of Salisbury to Mr William Alexander Swing of this city. The ceremony was at 6 AM on Christmas Day December 25 1934 with Rev B S S Brown officiating. Mrs Joe Holman, recently ill with flu threatened by pneumonia, is showing slight improvement.
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Jessie Christina Huggins
Salisbury
William Alexander Swing
First Lutheran Church
B. S&s. Brown
Joe Holman
Conrad Jr. Returns Home After First Term at Duke
W. Be. Conrad Jr. arrives home from Duke University to spend several days with his parents after completing first term examinations.
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W. BE. Conrad, Jr
Duke University
Green returns from sanatorium after serious auto crash injuries
Hel Green, injured in an auto crash that killed Hoyle McCain, came home from a Charlotte sanatorium with a fractured vertebrae in a plaster cast. He will receive weeks of treatment at Davidson hospital before going home. Woodrow McKay traveled to Raleigh for several days. Mrs. W. G. Penry improves slowly after a month at home. Miss Erele Pulliam leaves Davidson for Winston-Salem on February 1 to join the city health department. Pattie Lee Biggers will fill Pulliam’s Charlotte post. Mrs. M. H. Shumway, state president of the American Legion Auxiliary, heads to Indianapolis for a national executive board meeting, then to Washington for a patriotic defense conference and other stops.
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Hel Green
Hoyle McCain
Charlotte
Davidson Hospital
Erele Pulliam
Davidson County Health Department
Winston-Salem
Pattie Lee Biggers
City Health Department
Miss Pulliam
M. H. Shumway
American Légion Auxiliary
Relief Bill Debates As Bond Plan Promises March Launch
A relief bill debate unfolds as the Treasury prepares its first series of baby bonds set for public availability on March 1. Senate and House committees hear varied views on security programs and war-time manpower while weighing social measures.
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Treasury
Mexico
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Thomason Dill
House Military Committee
Edwin E. Whitte
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Cabinet
House
Navy
Black
D. Ala
Aged and Cripples To Stay On Relief Rolls Temporarily
The Roosevelt administration faces calls to explain work relief spending as lawmakers press for details on projects and costs. Rear Admiral Peoples and budget officials were asked to present a list of contemplated projects and their costs to the senate appropriations committee. House and Senate leaders seek swift action on social security as February deadlines loom.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Christian J. Peoples
Senate Appropriations Committee
Peoples
Sctu
Niel Bell
Carter Glass
AVA
Glass
Perkins
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means
Felony leniency debate pits measures against capital punishment
A three member board appointed by the governor would meet four times yearly and two inspectors could be hired. Bills would refund partial bar exam fees and pay board members, with per diem for state bar counselors and distinctive license plates for National Guard officers. The House rejected a amendment to mandate jury recommendations in capital cases 6 to 34 amid tensions over capital punishment.
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Johnson
Duplin
Board of Examiners
National Guard
House
Pickens
Ulford
Bowle
Dillinger
Williams
Clegg
Moore
Page
Bladen
Andrews Addresses Rotary Club On Education Policy
Dr T Wit gate Andrews superintendent of the city schools told the Rotary Club luncheon that North Carolina has provided for education more than a third of the national average. He said education involves more than book learning and without it civilization would be 10,000 years behind. Visitors included Cleve Thayer candidate for district governor Asheboro and W O Farnam from Columbia S C, H H She Sumter G C and others at the furniture exposition. W B McEwen reported that several Rotarians will attend the Rotary International convention in Mexico City. R Terry, club president, introduced the speaker.
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North Carolina
T. Witgate Andrews
Ro Club
Rotary
Cleve Thayer
Asheboro
Mexico City
R. Terry
Cardus Medicine Praised By Hammond Woman
Mrs Sam Ferrara of Hammond Le.testifiesCardus relieved back pain dizziness and nervous insomnia after using two bottles. The ad claims the medicine has aided thousands of women over fifty years and urges consulting a physician if no benefit.
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Cardus
Sam Ferrara
Hammond, le
Ady
Cardinalate Composition Counts Sixty to Seventy Members
The College of Cardinals, senate of the Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 70 members when complete.
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College of Cardinals
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Hillcrest
Alma Owen
Arthur Wing Pinero
Radi
FEE
Ottes
Lite J
Mattres
Bloom Ama One
Raleigh
W. G. Penry
Andrews
Rotary Club
Miller Tires
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Ee Tnt
Motorola
High Point Battery CO
D. L. Barker
College ST
Neal Soothi Peterson
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