Neutrality Bill Faces Sharp Senate Attacks In March Debate
In Washington March 3 opposition to the neutrality bill flared as Senator Johnson California warned it would grant the president sole power to declare war. He argued re enactment of the 1917 act is essential to keep America out of conflict and would curb arms shipments to warring nations. Johnson claimed passing the bill cedes Congress’s war declaration duty to the presidency. The testimony included Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan and Company denying any solicitation in his firm’s financing of Van deringen enterprises since the early 1920s.
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Washington
Nator Johnson
R.-Calif
Amerca
Johnson
Congress
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and
Spany
Senate
Irm
Sweringen Brothers
Vanderingen Enterprises
Lamont
Kidnap Bill Approved by Senate in Raleigh
The North Carolina senate approved an Ab boy bill to submit a constitutional amendment in 1938 giving the legislature power to enact the death penalty for kidnapping. The vote was 38 to 6. Senators also sent to the house an amendment changing terms of office for officers from two to four years, final approval 30 to 7 on the Halstead bill allowing expenditure of 5 million dollars for secondary road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Senate
House
Halstead
Hobbs Named Dry Body Head in Tampa St. Petersburg
Dr John Randolph of Birmingham Alabama was elected president of the Anti League of America. He announced the formation of a junior Anti-Saloon League to enlist support of young people in a campaign for the return of prohibition. He said the group would mobilize youth to work toward the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Fla
John Randolphus
Birmingham
Ala
Anti- League of America
Woman Freed In Husband's Death In North Carolina
Nashville News reports Mrs. Henry Fogleman is released after Melvin Coggins confessed to shooting her husband. Sheriff C V Faulkner said no charges remain against the widow, mother of four, amid the case last week.
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Nashville
N. C
Henry Fogleman
C. V. Faulkner
Melvin Coggins
Fogle
Formal Protest Against Track Elimination In West Broad
Mrs. M. J. Wrenn and David T. Yow protest grade crossing elimination on West Broad Street to the city council and mayor. They argue traffic worsens and West Broad would be destroyed as a thoroughfare, urging the plan be reconsidered and noting precedent in Durham and Goldsboro for railroad crossing solutions.
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M. J. Wrenn
David T. Yow
West Broad Street
College Street
Virginia Avenue
Lieve
High Point
Durham
Goldsboro
Steel Firm To Continue To Deal With Company Unions
The Carnegie Illinois Steel corporation said it will continue to deal with employee representatives and the John L. Lewis led union. The move follows recognizing the right of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to bargain for its members. The industry aims to ease tensions after widespread strikes with wage boosts and concessions announced by major mills.
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Pittsburgh
Mar
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis’ Steel Union
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organization Committee
Truck Driver Freed of Blame in Fatal Collision
Vernon H Fort of Sumter South Carolina died when his car crashed into a large truck near Youngsville. Coroner Freed B Speer of Hamiltonton New Jersey driver of the truck was cleared of fault after testimony that Fort’s car zigzagged before the collision.
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Raleigh
Vernon H. Fort
Sumter
8. C
Youngsville
R. A. Bobbitt
Franklin County
B. L. Speer
Hamondton
N. J
Fort
Route 1
Rural police back chief in liquor raid inquiry
Charlotte March 3 rural police officers testified before the county civil service commission that thousands of gallons of illicit liquor were seized, comparing the rural total to hundreds seized by highway patrols. Capt. Henry Mosley and others detailed raiding activities and defended Vic P. Fesperman’s enforcement. The inquiry questioned negligence in liquor law enforcement.
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Charlotte
Lenburg
Vic P. Fesperman
Henry Mosley
Jake Culp
Charlie Alexander
Joe Hamilton
Oscar Dunn
Alexander
Love Slaying at Del Mar Club Sparks Murder Trial
Los Angeles March 3 The trial details the new year's eve jealousy slaying of Harry A Love 31 year old secret bride Helen Love claims to have closed accounts with a smoking pistol after Love was shot outside Santa Monica Del Mar club where he was with his mother She says Love 46 had married her in Mexico and kept the engagement secret to avoid his mother and ending their relationship She adds I simply loved him too much to give him up and describes a grim motive and broken ties as detectives and witnesses recount the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mar
Harry A. Love
Helen Love
Elmer Lingo
Love
Santa Monica
del Mar
Mexico
Charles Love
Lingo
Opposition Mounts to Special 50 Cent Coin Plan
Washington March 3 President Roosevelt voiced opposition to further commemorative coins, signaling slim chances for congressional approval of a 50 cent coin for the 162nd anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Chairman Somers of the house coinage committee reportedly received the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Somers
Dny
House Coinage, Weights and Measures Committee
Man Held in Brutal Attack in Queens Court
Howard Magnussen 26 charged with murder and assault of four year old Joan Morvan in Queens. His sister in law Norma Gatto and father George Morvan face felonious assault and guardianship counts. Bail set at 100000 as arraignment nears. Crime occurred at Magnussen parents home on Long Island.
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New York
Mar
Angel
Queens County
Onl
Howard
Magnussen
Joan Morvan
George Morvan
Norma Gatto
Queens
Manhattan
Gatto
James P. McGratten
George and
Hariet Magnussen
Long Island
Death of Maryland woman accused of murder
Mrs. Jeanette Trader, accused of killing her husband Clarence J. Trader, died at Peninsula General Hospital at 9 35 a m. The case drew wide Eastern Shore attention due to the couple's prominence and Trader's wealth. Trader, a former preacher who owned Stockton electric plant, faced divorce and assault suits pending at his death.
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Jeanette Trader
R Salisbury
Clarence J. Trader
Peninsula General Hospital
Clarence J
Stockton
Trader
Oil Leaders Deny Charges In Sherman Act Case
Thirty prominent oil executives appeared in federal court in Madison on March 3 to plead innocence to Sherman antitrust charges. They are among 67 individuals named in indictments alleging conspiracy to fix retail gasoline prices and producers margins. Judge Patrick T. Stone ordered fingerprinting of the defendants.
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Madison
Wis
Federal District’ Court
Patrick T. Stone
Inquest Ordered Into Raleigh Woman's Death Collision
An inquest was ordered into the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hal Pierson of Raleigh who died from injuries after a car collision with a vehicle driven by William Gaffin of Camden New Jersey near Youngville in Franklin County.
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Raleigh
Elizabeth Hal Pierson
William Gaffin
Camden
N. J
Youngville
Franklin County
Dr. Jackson, R. R. Ragan Appointed Board Members
In Madrid insurgents batter government lines along the Jarama Valencia road front southeast of Madrid. They report government forces moved big guns and troops toward the road sector amid a suspected mass retreat toward the Mediterranean coast. Insurgents press heavy artillery to seize trenches and hill positions between them and the Valencia highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Valencia
Jarama-Valencia
Mediterranean
Local Civil Service Board Gets New Members
R R Ragan and Dr W L Jackson were appointed by the city council to serve on the High Point Civil Service commission replacing Amos R Kearns and A H Holton who could not serve. The remaining three members J Paul Wilson Ed H Smith and D C Mac Rae were sworn in yesterday afternoon by Judge Lewis E Teague.
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R. R. Ragan
W.L. Jackson Thay
High Point Civil Service Commission
Amos R. Kearns
A. H. Holton
J. Paul Williamson
Ed H. Smith
D. C. MacRae
Lewis E. Teague
Holton
Probe into Death of Four Year Old In Lillington
Police said an inquest would be held Friday into the death of four year old J C Brantley Jr son of a CCC worker struck by an automobile yesterday in Lillington.
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Lillington
Olice
J. C. Brantley, Jr
CCC
Navy Gets Big Slice Of Arms Program
London reports Britain plans a 1937 naval build up including three extra battleships of the King George V class and Prince of Wales, plus carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. Manpower would rise to 112,000. cost about 105.1 million pounds, with most funded by a defense loan and taxes.
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Britain
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
George V
Prince of Wales
Samuel
House of Commons
Lord
Sir Samuel
Fleet Air Force
Great Britain
Washington
London
Neville Chamberlain
Wage-Hour Legislation Tied to Court Plan Press
President Roosevelt linked wage and hour laws to his push to reorganize the Supreme Court. He told reporters at a March press conference that such labor standards ought to be enacted this session, though he did not place any measure in the must category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Bibb County Gang Adopts 44-Hour Week For Convicts
Macon Georgia March 3 convicts on the Bibb county chain gang switch to a 44 hour week on a time clock basis Eight hours daily five days a week and a half day Saturday replaces sun up to sun down six days a week The county commissioners take road and convict oversight from a prior committee and place county engineer Joe Thomas in full charge of roads bridges and inmates
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Macon
Bibb County
J. B. Neighbors
County Board of Commissioners
Georgia
T. M. Raines
Joe Thomas
Seek Funds To Finish Parkway
Raleigh March 3. Senator Robert R Reynolds and Representative R L Coughton said they would urge federal appropriation to complete the Blue Ridge Parkway linking Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Shenandoah National Park. About 7 million dollars has been spent. officials estimate 25 million more is needed to finish the 475 mile mountain crest highway.
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Raleigh
Robert R. Reynolds
R. L. Coughton
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shenandoah Park
Virginia
Doughton
Roosevelt
Ong Mountain
Chum Aids In Death Probe In Charlottesville
Police sought a 17 year old girl for key evidence in the investigation of Cleo Sprouse death. Cleo was last seen Monday at 7 pm when invited to ride in a car. Her body was found beside the University of Virginia cemetery near the golf course with cotton in mouth and nose and a chloroform can inverted on her chin. Authorities say they are treating it as a homicide.
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Charlottesville
Cleo Sprouse
Ethel Sealock
Cleo
Mason Smith
University of Virginia
Henry Blum Found Dead in Troy Home
Henry Blum a 30 year old textile worker was found shot to death at his Troy home. A coroner's jury ruled the death was self inflicted.
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Greenwood
8. C
Henry Blum
Troy
Dry Sunday rule shocks Virginia towns and Buckroe Beach tips
Richmond March 3 The state liquor board ruled wine and beer may not be sold on Sundays in white Virginia towns as a measure to test Sunday blue laws. Exemptions may be granted where local sentiment or court tests show opposition to enforcement but cities and towns likely face a month or six week wait for any lifting. Unincorporated areas will be considered for test exemptions based on population and police power.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Liquor Board
Buckroe Beach
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Pittman
Eagle Ottawa Leather Co
Grand Haven Mich
C. L O
United Leather Workers
American Federation of Labor
Dal
Hobbs
Lewis
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
Speer
Mans
Dr. Jackson
Civil Service Board
Uncle Sam’s Fighting Eagles
U. S Army
Langley Field
Pacific Oast
Navy
Hoare
Georgia Chain Gang
Chum
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