Roosevelt Message Widely Discussed
Washington march 5. Roosevelt's speech on court reform dominates Capitol Hill and White House briefings as supporters praise it and opponents renew criticism. A broadcast on the state of the nation is planned for March 6.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Capitol Hill
Evelt
Ite House
Burke
D-Ned
America
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Congress
St. Lawrence
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
George Whitney
J. P. Morgan and Company
Senate
House of Morgan
van Sweringen
Long-termer Bur Nett Paroled From 20 Year Burglary Sentence
Governor Hoey in Raleigh paroles Joe Burnett who had a 20 year Buncombe county burglary sentence from January 1918 after entering his brother's home. The statement notes he would have finished the term earlier if not for a prior escape. Zem Mamrick and Bob Bailey also received parolees for second degree murder and manslaughter respectively.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Joe Burnett
Buncombe County
Burnett
Zem Mamrick
Cleveland
Bob Bailey
Craven
Solons Pledge McDonald Aid In Raleigh
Members of the North Carolina house led by Representative Bryant of Durham pledged ten dollars each to a purse to defray hospital expenses for Dr. Ralph W. McDonald of Winston-Salem. McDonald entered Forsyth Tubercular hospital after serving Forsyth in 1935 and pursuing the gubernatorial nomination last summer.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
Bryant
Durham
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
McDonald
Forsyth
Easter Holidays Set for Biltmore College Students
AshevilleMarch 5 Dr C A Lloyd dean of Biltmore college said today students would be given Easter holidays March 26 27 indicating a campus break to observe the holiday period.
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Asheville
C. A. Lloyd
Biltmore College
Doctor claims girl told all in pregnancy case
Charlottesville reports Sheriff J Mason Smith says Dr R G Miller accused of Cleo Sprouse death admitted a high school girl named the man responsible for her pregnancy just before administering an anaesthetic.
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R. G. Miller
Charlottesville
Richmond
Cleo Sprouse
J. Mason Smith
Albemarle County
Blum Moves to Protect Franc Value
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum’s socialist government lifts the ban on domestic gold trading and urges a national defense loan. The loan offers repayment in francs dollars or pounds to attract European and American funds while authorities peg the franc unofficially at around 21.50 as Bank of France backs policy.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Bank of France
Treasury
France
Great Britain
United States
Muni and Rainer Receive Oscars for 1936 Work
Calif March 5 Paul Muni veteran star and Luise Rainer new comer from Vienna received the Academy Awards for best actor and best actress for 1936 film work. Muni was honored for The Story of Louis Pasteur while Rainer won for The Great Ziegfeld.
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Calif
Idea
Paul Muni
Luise Rainer
Vienna
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Muni
Louis Pasteur
Miss Rainer
Anna Held
London Air Raid Defense Plan With Balloons And Cables
The air ministry outlined a plan to defend London using a cage of steel cables, backed by balloon barrages and expanded forces. Parliament was asked for up to £269,739,000 to fund total war costs, with the Air Force growing to 70 000 personnel and 1 750 aircraft in 124 squadrons plus ten specialized auxiliary units to operate balloon defenses.
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London
British Airforce
Britain
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Viscount Swinton
Air
International Harvester tests mechanical cotton picker progress
Memphis March 6 International Harvester Co officials report progress after 30 years of testing a mechanical cotton picker. The latest model with twin picking units will be tested by selected operators next year in Mississippi near Clarksdale. E A Johnston says single row units can harvest as much as 80 to 100 hand pickers in two base per acre areas, and two row units double that capacity. Experiments with cleaners continue.
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Memphis, Tenn
International Harvester Co
International
Opermas
Clarksdale
Miss
E. A. Johnston
Hosiery Mills Strike Spreads in Reading Area
In Reading Pennsylvania on March 6 17 Berks county hosiery mills closed by strikes. The Rose Dale plant the second largest in the country was named next to be affected. W A Anthony Hosiery Mill Sinking Spring closed last night with 100 workers part of the 17th group ordered to sit down. Union officials said 6580 mill workers were idle and 3000 more would be affected at the Rose Dale plant. The strike seeks union recognition wage and hour contracts and settlement of the Wyomissing Berkshire Knitting Mills dispute ongoing since October 1. Mass picketing at Berkshire mills was planned.
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Reading
Rosedale
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Wyomissing
Luther Adams
Berkshire Mills
Bandit Robs County Treasury in Fayetteville Hold Up
Fayetteville reports a masked bandit held up County Treasurer Haven D. Jones and stole several hundred dollars from the treasurer’s office near the sheriff’s location. The robbery occurred at close proximity to law enforcement.
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Fayetteville
Haven D. Jones
Cumber and
Guy Point
Jones
Sheriff's Office
Labor leadership split looms as AF of L. backs Green
Employed reps from 18 steel mills align with William Green's AFL to oppose John L. Lewis and the CIO. CIO gains wage concessions at GM and steel mills, while AFL units rally to halt CIO campaigns in New England. Chrysler talks open with CIO seeking exclusive bargaining recognition.
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Associated Press
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Johnl. Lewis
John L. Lewis
C. L O. Shoe Workers
New England
Green
Spring Buying Drives New York Trade Rise
Dun and Bradstreet reports vigorous activity in the week, with spring buying lifting trade and business. Customers placed Easter merchandise orders lifting wholesale shipments 6 to 10 percent from the prior week and 15 to 26 percent year over year. Suppliers faced delivery delays due to last minute demand. Industries planned expansion into the second and third quarters as inventories strengthened.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Purce
Wife of Gypsy Smith Is Dead
Cambridge England March 5 Mrs Gypsy Smith wife of the evangelist died here yesterday Smith now in Charlotte North Carolina on a preaching tour The Rev Gypsy Smith a full blooded gypsy aged 76 years arrived in June 1935 on his 324th trip to the United States Born in a gypsy tent near London in 1860 he became a convert at 16 and joined the Christian mission led by William Booth Booth later became General in the Salvation Army reorganization
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Cambridge
Eng
Gypsy Smith
Smith
Charlotte
N. C
United States
London
Christian Mission
William Booth
Booth
Salvation Army
National Soil Conservation Officials Visit High Point
High Point will host a delegation from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service including Dr W C Lowdermilk and Dr T B Chambers to discuss a proposed soil plan for the Deep River area with Dr J H Stallings and city officials. Congressmen Umstead and Frank Hancock may accompany the group.
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United States Soil Conservation Service
National Headquarters
Washington, D. C
High Point
J. H. Stallings
North Carolina
Deep River
Washington
W. C. Lowdermilk
T. B Chambers
C. B. Manisola
EB. V. McCall
W. B. Umstead
Frank Hancock
New Highs Are Made on Mart in Merits of Steel Rally
New highs appeared as stocks surged in a broad market rebound led by steels and rails on March 5 in New York. O. S. Steel topped 125 for its best level since the market downturn, aided by the steel industry's sharp price increases and expectations of higher demand to offset wage, hours, and material cost rises.
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New York
0. S. Steel
Big Steel
Madrid shells city as siege enters fourth month
Faced with ongoing bombardment, Madrid residents tighten belts amid possible food restrictions. Refugees in the American embassy building begin bread rations for the first time as new shells strike in dark weather. Local defenders had halted fortification work after a brief lull following last night’s bombardment.
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Madrid
US apologizes for La Guardia remarks about Hitler
The United States apologized to Germany for Fiorello La Guardia's remarks at the Hotel Astor on March 3. The State Department said such utterances by a private citizen or public official in an individual capacity offend a government with which the U.S. maintains official relations and expressed regret.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Adolf Hitler
State Department
James C. Dunn
Hans Thomsen
Hotel Astor
Woman Injured in Charlotte Couple In Car Crash Near Asheboro
Mrs Grace Baker of Charlotte is in serious condition after a car crash near Asheboro. Her husband R M Baker suffered cuts and bruises. The driver lost control, crashing into a rocky ledge. the car was badly damaged.
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Asheboro
Grace Baker
Charlotte
Here
R. M. Baker
Baker
Insurgent regime accuses France of fomenting unrest in Morocco
In SALAMANCA Spain on March 5 the Spanish insurgent government charged France with fomenting disturbances in Spanish Morocco to create a pretext for invading territories held by Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
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Franco
France
Spanish
Morocco
Salmanaca
Spain
Spanish Morocco
Francisco Franco
Algeciras
Regi
Europe
Sta
Fronti
Morean
Germany
House Passes Security Act by 97-1 Vote in North Carolina
The North Carolina House approved the old age assistance and child aid social security bill 97 to 1 and sent it to the Senate for concurrence in amendments. Grant of Davie voted no. Davis of Hyde was paired against. The measure, costing about 16 million for 1937-39, provides old age assistance up to 30 dollars monthly and child aid of 18 for the first needy child and 12 for each additional child up to 65.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Grant
Davie
Davis
Hyde
Bell
Mecklenburg
Horton
Cherry
Edenton
Jury selection for flogging case in Raleigh
Wake Superior court continued selection of a jury to try two young Negroes Alonzo Perry and Henry Estes for the flogging death of Norris Clifton, a white farmer. Prosecutor William Y. Bickett says he will seek the death penalty as authorities allege Clifton was stripped, tied between trees, beaten to death, and dumped from a truck near a relative’s home.
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Raleigh
Norris Clifton
Wake Superior Court
William Y. Bickett
Alonzo Perry
Henry Estes
Clifton
Negro Is Facing Long Prison Term
Wiley Brice a 36 year old Negro from Richburg South Carolina faced a possible 15 year sentence after his conviction for attempted criminal assault on a 13 year old Negro girl. Brice claimed he only induced the girl with money during a berry picking excursion and separated her from her sister.
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Greensboro
Wiley Brice
Richburg
Brice
City cannot tax outside residents. 15 acquittals in tag cases
Wilmington judge Recorder Alton A. Lennon ruled that the city cannot tax persons living outside its corporate limits and directed verdicts of acquittal in 15 cases charging motorists with failure to obtain city automobile tags.
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Wilmington
Alton A. Lennon
Youth Hurt In Car Collision Near Wilson
March 5 report from Wilson states Marvin Fly of Rocky Mount, a youth, is hospitalized with a head injury from a collision last night. Tom Bost of Raleigh narrowly escaped injury as his car sideswiped by Willard Griffin of Red Oak, sending a Rocky Mount newspaper car into Sam Brake’s vehicle from Rocky Moon, which rolled down a five foot embankment. Fly rode with Brake.
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Wilson
Marvin Fly
Rocky Mount Yout
Tom Bost
Raleigh No Paper
Bost
Willard Griffin
Red Oak
Sam Brake
Rocky Moon
Fly
JAYCEES OPEN REGIONAL CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE
About 200 delegates from the Carolinas Virginia Georgia and Florida arrived for the opening of the regional convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in Charlotte. Sightseeing tours were planned this afternoon. Dan W. Hill of Clemson College will deliver the keynote address at the annual banquet tonight followed by a dance.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Virgini Georges
Florida
United States
Junoir Chamber Commerce
Dan W. Hill
Clemson “ Lege
This Meat Should Be Rather Tough This Meat Should Be Rather Tough
Mrs B T Taylor of Onslow County said a hog killed several days ago on her farm had in its stomach an oyster shell bits of glass heavy lead pieces staples and nails of various sizes.
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Kinston
B. T. Taylor
Onslow
Rutherford County Won't Voter Liquor Question Now
Rutherford county commissioners chairman T Max Watson said the board does not plan to call an election on a liquor question at this time. The March report notes no immediate plans for a referendum.
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Rutherfordton
T. Max Watson
Rutherford County Commissioners
Asheville Girls Strike Over Easter Holiday Sit-Down
About 400 students at Asheville Normal and Teachers College and Associated Presbyterian School held a peaceful sit-down in the chapel to press for an Easter holiday. More than 300 occupied the chapel at noon as representatives demanded holiday breaks, denied by John Caffee and the administration, and the strikers stayed in place through the day with meals only from the campus cafeteria.
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Asheville
Asheville Normal and Teachers College
Presbyterian School
John Caffee
Cafteria
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