House hearing erupts after Brewster calls RFC attorney a liar
Washington July 9 Representative Brewster of Maine interrupted the first RFC hearing by shouting you re a liar at attorney Thomas Corcoran as Corcoran described Brewster s claim that Corcoran threatened to halt the Passamaquoddy project unless Roosevelt programs were supported The clash drew a gavel from Chairman O Connor and further testimony from Corcoran about contacts with Brewster and Dr Ernest Gruening of the interiors territories division
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Brewster
R. Me
House Rules Committee
Utilities Lobby
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Rcoran
Maine
Roosevelt
House
Corcoran
O'Connor
B Brewter
Ernest Gruening
Interior Department
Territories
Gruening
Concoran
Americans Fight Valiantly To Aid Chinese Victims
In Changteh Hunan July 9 American missionaries battle rising floods to aid hundreds of thousands trapped by Yunan river and Tung Tink lake floods. Northern Presbyterian workers struggle amid water 10 feet deep in many mission buildings while living in attic refuges and using boats for access. Dr. George Tootell of Knoxville Tennessee leads the relief effort amid dire, unfolding disaster.
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Hunan
China
Associated Press
Yunan
Tung Tink Lake
George Tootell
Knoxville
Tenn
Philippines Urged to Raise Tariffs on Japanese Goods
Manila dispatch notes Governor General Frank Murphy urged the insular legislature to raise tariffs as an emergency to protect the Philippine textile market from Japanese gains. He cited Japanese exporters capturing more than half of the islands’ textile trade, aligning with appeals from U.S. exporters and congressional memorials seeking action by President Roosevelt.
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Frank Murphy
The
Philip
Murphy
Manila
P. L
Congress
Roosevelt
Three Die In Chair In Illinois Prison
Three youths were executed in the electric chair at Southern Illinois penitentiary for the murder of 66 year old street car motorman John Brul. The first, John Brul 21, was dead at 12 14 CST three minutes after the initial shock. Edward Balling 19 followed five minutes later and Van Buren Dedmon 25 completed the trio. They killed William C. Moss during a robbery attempt on February 22.
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Chester
Ill
Southern
Ilinois Penitentiary
John Brul
Edward Balling
van Buren Dedmon
William C. Moss
Goodrich pleads innocent in Lillian Gallaher murder case
Mer ton Ward Goodrich pleaded innocent at arraignment in recorder's court in Detroit to day for the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher. He asked the court to name an attorney. Judge Cotter ordered routine explanation and Goodrich was led from the courtroom. Mrs. Goodrich did not accompany him.
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Lillian Gallaher
Detroit
Recorder’s Court
Goodrich
Thomas H. R
Cotter
Young Man Faces Murder Charge in Fatal Auto Wreck
James Moore, a Clover, South Carolina man, must stand trial for murder over a June 2 crash near Clover that killed his companion John Pendleton and four African American passengers George Haynes Virginia Haynes Jessie Bird and J B Powell. Moore was seriously injured and hospitalized.
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8. C
James Moore
Clover
York County Grand
John Pendleton
Moore
George Haynes
Virginia Haynes
Jessie Bird
J. B. Powell
Long Calls Roosevelt Liar and Faker in Louisiana Radio Blast
In New Orleans Huey P. Long denounced President Roosevelt as a liar and a faker during a two hour radio tirade. The Louisiana senator attacked the New Deal and praised his own legislative power while criticising federal relief efforts and tax policies.
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Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Louisiana
Long
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
General Assembly
Two Held While Slaying Probed
In Fort Smith Arkansas a 14 year old girl Mary Isabel Major disappeared from a Fourth of July party. A witness testified a young man chased her through woods. Clyde Trammell is detained without charge as a possible suspect. Coroner’s jury ruled death as homicide by unknown persons. Prosecutor to consider a special grand jury.
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Ark
Mary Isabel Major
Hagen
Dospethy Karpis
Clyde Trammell
Motor Company
Fred Leong
Trammell
Karpis
Mary Maher
Mahar
Finis F. Betchelor
J. 0. Kincannon
Batchelor
DeMolays Nearing End of Convention
The Carolina Association of Demolays entered its second day in Concord with administrative matters in focus. A banquet will close the program tonight. George Kluttz Jr of Concord was elected master councilor yesterday, with Jack Orr of Charlotte senior councilor, Jack Schlander of Asheville junior councilor, and Otis Jones of Raleigh. Raleigh was awarded the 1936 convention.
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Carolinas Association of Demolays
George Kluttz, Jr
Jack Orr
Charlotte
Jack Schlender
Asheville
Otis Jones
Raleigh
Gill Named Parole Commissioner With $4500 Yearly Pay
RALEIGH July 9 Edwin M Gill state parole commissioner will receive a salary of 4500 yearly effective July 1 learned today from Frank Dunlap assistant director of the budget Legislature authorized this amount for the commissioner Gill was paid 3000 a year last biennium P D McLean former Raleigh newspaperman and now assistant to the commissioner will receive 3000 per year
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Edwin M. Gill
Frank Dunlap
Gill
P. D. McLean
Wealth Taxes Held to Ten Areas by House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously agreed to limit tax hearings to the president's proposed focus on individual and corporate incomes inheritances and gifts. They rejected broadening the program to sales taxes and other levies citing the need to avoid prolonging hearings and the congressional session. Chairman Doughton stated the panel would stay with the outlined proposals.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Doughton
DNC
Liquor Vote Ends For 15 Of 18 North Carolina Counties
Raleigh July 9 The 1935 liquor control referendums for 18 North Carolina counties wrapped up with Greene and Rockingham counting votes. Results so far show 15 counties approving liquor control, one undetermined, and another restrained. New Hanover County approved control by a large margin. Carteret’s outcome awaited official count likely late today.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Greene
Rockingham
Greene County
State Supreme Court
J. Paul Frizzelle
New Hanover
New Hanover County
Wilson
Edgecombe
Beaufort
Vance
Franklin
Craven
Pasquotank
Martin
Malifx
Onslow
Pitt
Lenoir
Nash
Warren
Nets
Carteret
Rockefeller Birthday Praise From Beverly Hills
A Beverly Hills note salutes Mr. Rockefeller on his 106th birthday praising his philanthropy and global health efforts. The writer extols his money giving, notes mosquito and disease work, and contrasts with government actions.
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Calif
Rockefeller
Brazil
Gulf
Trial Continues In $200000 Weyerhauser Kidnapping Case
Twenty government witnesses are called in Tacoma for the case of Margeret Waley charged with conspiring in the May 24 kidnapping of George Weyerhauser. Harmon Waley has pleaded guilty and remains in prison.
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Wash
Margeret ‘Thulin Waley
George Weyerhauser
Harmon
Waley
U. S
J. Chas. Dennis
Owen P. Hughes
EF. J. Connelly
Department of Justice
Hughes
Selt Lake City
John F. Dore
Seattle
B. B. Cushman
William Dainard
Mahan
Dainard
Butte, Mont
Martial law ends in Louisiana capital
Baton Rouge reports martial law ending today in the state capital as news wires note the move. Washington reports Representative Warren of North Carolina says the House Agricultural Committee will meet tomorrow to act on the Warren potato control bill.
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Louisiana
Washington
Warren
DNC
Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Beaufort Prohibition Vote Carries Carteret County
Final official returns show Carteret County 1 547 to 1 004 in Saturday's referendum. County commissioners announce plans to appoint a control board and arrange liquor store opening within a week.
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Carteret County
Board of County Commissioners
Arange
Cannon Suit to Escape Tax Extended Week
In Greensboro a federal court extended the deadline for briefs in the Cannon Mills case seeking to avoid $186,113.69 in cotton processing taxes. Judge Johnson J. Hayes ordered both sides to file within a week and indicated a ruling soon on the motion to dismiss. Similar suits by Locke Cotton Mills and two Fayetteville firms were noted or postponed.
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Cannon Mills Company
Kannapolis
Johnson J. Hayes
U. S. District Court
Internal Revenue
Charlies H. Robertson
Cotton Textile Company
Locke Cotton Mills Company of
Concord
Hayes
Cannon Mills
Fayetteville
Tolar, Hart and Holt Mills
Faytex Mills, Inc
AAA
Robertson
Storms And Floods Leave Trail Of Death In Wake
Storms and floods across New York and the Atlantic Coast leave 37 dead in New York upstate areas and eight missing. Property damage estimated at ten million dollars as Susquehanna floods, three hundred Havre de Grace and Elkton homes flooded, and Frankford Creek overruns. Global havoc noted with Yangtse flooding near Hankow and Wuhu. 50,000 square miles at risk. Montevideo hit by a sudden hail and wind storm.
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Atlantic Seaboard
New York State
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Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Havre de Grace
Elkton
Philadelphia
Frankford
China
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Wuhu
Montevideo
Italy Makes Threats as Ethiopia Crisis Deepens
In Scheveningen July 9, the conciliation commission seeking to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia suspended hearings indefinitely after failing to reconcile differences. Italian delegates reportedly refused to hear a witness for Ethiopia as a late meeting failed to achieve accord. another session was planned today amid expectations of collapse.
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Scheveningen
Netherlands
Conciliation Commission
Italy
Ethiopia
Alread
Tday
Commis
Temporary federal order restrains cotton tax on 11 mills
In Greensboro on July 9 Judge John son J. Hayes issued temporary restraining orders blocking collection of cotton processing taxes for 11 manufacturing firms. The orders set a hearing before Judge Hayes in Wilkesboro on July 18. Named mills include Cabarrusco Cornelius Cotton Mills, Monroe Mills Company, Park Manufacturing, Highland Park Manufacturing, Anchor Mills, Union Mills, East Manufacturing, Johnson Manufacturing, Roberta Manufacturing, Worth Spinning, and Mecklen burg County concerns among others.
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Johnson J. Hayes
Middle District
Hayes
Wilkesboro
Rown Manucturing Company
Cabarrusco Cornelius Cotton Mills
Meclenburg County
Johnson Manufacturing Corner
Klenburg County
Easte Manufacturing Company
Seapeen County
Monroe Mills Company
Union County
Church Bars Members From Handling Liquor
Spartanburg church barrs members from manufacturing or selling liquor and retaining membership. A church vote passed the resolution after a recommendation from the board of deacons.
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Spartanburg
First Baptist Church of
Demcons
Weather snapshot for Carolinas with showers and cool spells
North Carolina sees fair skies tonight and Wednesday after local thundershowers this afternoon in the east, with cooler air in the extreme southwest. South Carolina fair to showers along the coast, winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras northwest and north, mostly overcast tonight and Wednesday. Hatteras to Jacksonville: winds south to southwest, fresh at times, with overcast conditions Friday. Charlotte records for the 24 hours ending today.
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South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
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