Harriman Is Sentenced to Four and a Half Years
Joseph W. Harriman former president of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company received four and a half years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on 16 counts of falsification and misapplication of bank funds. Judge Knox directed confinement in prison with concurrent terms though a recording error occurred. The sentence was stayed to allow appeals. Harriman and his family showed subdued reactions as the decision was read.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
John C. Knox
Harriman
United States
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seaboard Air Line agents report brief clash with pickets
LATE NEWS FLASHES Laurinburg June 27 AP Seaboard Air Line Railway special agents of Hamlet and a former Richmond County sheriff reported a brief brush with Waverly Mills pickets in which shots were fired and sticks thrown early today.
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Laurinburg
Seaboarad Air Line Railway
Hamlet
Richmond County
Waverly Mills
Woolen Industry Strike Seen Impossible to Avert
Washington reports Joseph Ivia, union organizer, after talks with NRA officials says a 75,000 worker strike in the Woolen Manufacturing Industry set for Monday appears unavoidable.
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Washington
Joseph
Ivia
NRA
Card expert Milton Work dies at 69 in Philadelphia
Milton Work a renowned bridge instructor and advisor to major players in auction and contract bridge died early today in a Philadelphia hospital at the age of 69. He worked to promote bridge internationally and was a leading figure in the game.
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Philadelphia
Milton
Fred Wade Testifies in Mozingo Slaying case
Wade testifies in superior court that Eddie Mozingo paid him to kill Bennie Mozingo near La Grange on December 6 as part of a plan to dethrone him as the liquor king of the region.
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Kinston
Fred Wade
Bennie Mozingo
la Grange
Mozingo
Eddie Mozingo
Hill elected president of Rotary International
June 27 Detroit AP report: Robert L. Hill of Columbia Missouri won the presidency of Rotary International in a unanimous vote. He succeeds John Nelson of Montreal as head of the service organization.
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Detroit
Robert L. Hill
Columbia
Rotary International Today
John Nelson
Montreal
Reilly Captured in Minneapolis After Weeks on the Run
Pay Reilly former St Paul baseball club mascot was captured in Minneapolis. He had been sought for weeks on charges of harboring John Dillinger, a desperado and fugitive, according to agents of the Bureau of Justice.
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Reilly
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Baseball Club
John Dillinger
Ganment of Justice
Pine Tree May Add To Its Glory With New Pulp Uses
Savannah Georgia June 27 The pine tree of the south long used for naval stores and lumber may yield pulp for artificial silk films newspapers and lacquers Dr Charles H Herty with the Chemical Foundation and Georgians has made newsprint from pine in his experimental station Now work aims to produce artificial fabric and nitro cellulose used in films celluloid automobile lacquers gun cotton and related products Royal H Rasch a veteran pulp expert from Brown Company Berlin NH joins the project as research chemist with the bureau of standards for five years.
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Savannah
South
Dixie
Charles H. Herty
Chemical Foundation, Inc
Royal H. Rasch
Brown Company
Berlin
N. H
Bureau of Standards
Weather Outlook Southeast Atlantic Coast Tonight Through Thursday
Weather bulletin notes Sandy Hook to Hatteras with gentle to moderate southeast winds and possible showers tonight and Thursday. From Hatteras to Jacksonville winds are gentle and variable with fair weather tonight and Thursday. Charlotte region reports official 24 hour temperature and rainfall records.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
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Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia O
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
Sewne
Key West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Dian
Ami
Orleans
York
Tonto
Francisco
Pertenburg
Hee
Endurance Fliers Forced Down By Broken Cylinder
Meridian Mississippi June 27 AP The Key brothers Al and Fred ended their endurance flight after 128 hours in the air when a motor cylinder worked loose and failed again after a temporary repair. Official landing time was 10 45 p m They planned another attempt once arrangements are made.
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Meridian
Miss
Key Brothers
Fred Key
Greensboro to House Internal Revenue Offices
The transfer order moves the North Carolina internal revenue headquarters from Raleigh to Greensboro by July 15 under Commissioner Guy T. Helvering. A Raleigh branch will remain with about 85 workers reassigned to Greensboro, preserving some local offices. The move ends Raleigh’s long bid to keep the office after space was provided in Greensboro.
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Washington
North Carolina Internal Revenue Office
Raleigh
Greensboro
Guy T. Helvering
Charles H. Robertson
North Carolina
Federal
Greensbor Federal
Greensoro
Robertson
Hoover
Labor Board to Hear Pacific Coast Longshore Strike
President Roosevelt used new labor disputes powers to break a Pacific coast longshoremen strike settlement. A three member board was appointed to investigate the strike and its causes, with authority for affirmative action on discrimination complaints and voluntary arbitration upon request. The appointees are Edward J. Hanna, O. K. Cushing, and Howard F. McGrady.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edward J. Hanna
O. K. Cushing
San Francisco
Howard F. McGrady
Governor names Clendenin to state retail estate board
Raleigh June 27 Governor Ehringhaus appointed Kemp C Clendenin of Greensboro to the state retail estate board for a term to March 1935. He succeeds Ross Sigman of Salisbury who resigned.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Kemp C. Clendenin
Greensboro
State
Ross Sigman
Salisbury
Haig Denies GM Ford Chrysler Three Way Bid Charge
General Motors official Haig calls Sabine accusations of a three way army motor contract bid split absolutely false. Sabine testified before a House military affairs subcommittee and said he would present Haig's denial via Joseph Woodside, while Woodside plans a formal statement tomorrow. Simonds and another Ford representative were named as witnesses to the alleged proposition.
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Washington
Norman K. Haig
General Motors
House
Ford
Chrysler
Army Motor
R. P. Sabine
Haig
Detroit
Joseph Woodside
General McCarl
Woodside
College Professors Not Going To Lead Roosevelt Astray
Postmaster General Jam Parley told Rotary delegates in Detroit that no professor would mislead Roosevelt. He defended the recovery program as planned, noting Roosevelt’s decisive mind, cool head, and grounded approach. He cited conservation camps and mortgage relief as key moral rebuilding measures in the nation’s recovery.
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Roosevelt
Detroit
Jam Parley
Rotary Na Tional
Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arguments Begun In Norma Millen Trial
Testimony closed in Norma Millen's trial at Dedham Massachusetts. Defense attorney George A. Douglas opened the final argument after Millen completed a brief re direct examination and answered a few questions from Prosecutor Edmund R. Dewing. The case concerns an alleged accessory after the robbery of Needham Trust Company and the slaying of two policemen.
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Dedham
Mass
Norma Millen
George A. Douglas
Norma
Needham Trust Company
Edmund R. Dewing
Morton Millen
Irving
Abra
Canzoneri Fights Frank Klick Tonight
New York June 27 right to challenge Barney Ross for lightweight title rests on ten round bout between Tony Canzoneri and Frankie Klick at Ebbetsfield. Canzoneri favored at 7 to 5 despite wear from years of campaigning.
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New York
Barney Ross
Tony Canzoneri
Frankie Klick
Ebbetsfield
Canzoneri
Faber Convicted in Bank Robbery Slayings Await Death
Ham Faber and accomplices were found guilty of the murder of a police officer during a bank robbery and now face potential execution after sentencing.
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Ham Faber
Youth Confesses To Series of Robberies
Paul Griffin an 18 year old white youth confessed to abductions of two prominent upstate men and a string of burglaries in Columbia South Carolina. He waived a preliminary hearing on two burglary charges and one highway robbery with firearms and was bonded at 3000 dollars. He claimed to have escaped Milledgeville prison by seizing a guard's pistol and described a prior attempted hold up at a filling station in Anderson.
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Columbia
S. C
Paul Griffin
W. H. Rawlinson
A. B. Bryan
Clemson
J. E. Grace
Lyman Mill
Pistol Point
Griffin
Richland Court of General Sessions
Rawlinson
Spartanburg
Greenville
R. F. Broom
Milledgeville
Appling County
Bryan
Anderson
Rivalry for business is death to six
In Lorient France authorities blamed harbor boat captain rivalry for a disaster that killed at least six, with two more missing and dozens injured. The passenger vessels Prosperite and Marie Ange collided in the harbor. the Prosperite sank almost immediately as a strong current carried bodies toward the Bay of Biscay.
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Stuart Moroney
Associated Press
Lorient
France
Prosperite
Marie Ange
Bay of Biscay
Anchorage
Silver dollar devaluation plan shifts to next Congress
Washington reports silver advocates in Congress plan to devalue the silver dollar to boost debt reduction. Representative Dies of Texas predicts a two thirds House majority and says the treasury would issue more than five billion in new silver certificates to cut government indebtedness and cover operating expenses.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Dies
Texas
House
Dies
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
President Likely To Veto Farm Mortgage Measure
Washington June 7 AP Congressional leaders say President Roosevelt would veto the Frazier Lemke bill offering a six year moratorium on farm mortgage payments. Attorney General Cummings sent a constitutional report to the President as Congress had passed the measure in its closing hours. The bill would place farmers in possession of their land at one percent interest on the appraised value for six years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Congress
Missing Woman in Alabama Assault Case
Fayette Alabama June 27 Mrs Earl Porter elderly wife of a tenant farmer is missing from her home after being charged with assault and battery on a 12 year old orphan girl in her keeping The child Mary Virginia Johnson was taken to a hospital in Jasper for treatment and malnutrition Porter denies abuse and blames bad blood The case awaits condition change before grand jury action while the girl receives care at Walker County Hospital in Jasper
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Fayette
Ala
Earl Porter
Porter
Man
Eugenics Board Approves Sterilization Petition
The state eugenics board met in Raleigh and approved a petition to sterilize a white woman. Names of those sterilized are withheld. The board plans to reconvene on July 7 and has several other petitions in hand.
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Raleigh
State Eugenics Board
Pecora Expected to Chair New Securities Commission
President-appointed tentative plan sees Ferdinand Pecora serving one year as chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission after assisting in drafting the stock market law. James M. Landis and George C. Mathews discussed as potential members and possible future chairs. Pecora had preferred private practice but accepted the chair if offered.
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Washington
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Secur Ties and Exchange Commission
Pecora
James M. Landis
Federal Trade Comm
Commission
George C. Mathews
Trade Commission
Senate
Labor Head Seizure Reported Near Harriman
Fred Held chief of police Creed Habrys said Held was kidnapped by six carloads of men who headed for Scott County as the incident unfolded in Harriman Tennessee in June AP report.
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Creed Habryssid Held
Scott County
North Carolina to allot 16348 white public school teachers
Raleigh June 27 The State school commission announced a preliminary allotment of 16 348 white public school teachers for next winter compared with 16 388 last year The negro teacher allotments total 6512 versus 6588 last year Secretary Leroy Martin issued a statement noting last year 16538 white teachers were finally allotted nearly 200 after schools opened Continued On Page 9
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Raleigh
State School Commission
Leroy Martin
Congressmen arrive in Beverly Hills for reelection bid
In Beverly Hills California a writer notes congressmen returning from Washington face the hard task of winning votes this fall. The author mocks promises and predicts many will defer to Roosevelt’s guidance, acknowledging the difficulty of laying out new plans.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jane
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
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