Senate group named to hear Bailey election contest
The senate elections sub committee named to hear the contest against Senator Bailey of North Carolina asked Governor Gardner to impound November ballot boxes and transmit election material to Washington. Bailey appeared and pledged cooperation as Representative Pritchard filed the challenge alleging illegal practices and fraud. The sub committee is led by Senator Moses with Senators Watson and Bulkley. Governor Gardner said he would consider the request and meet any reasonable need to assist the investigation.
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Senate
Bailey
Washington
Mar
North Carolina
Gardner
Alabama
Heflin
Bankhead
Pritchard
Moses
New Hampshire
W.tson
Indiana
Bulkley
Ohio
Raleigh
J. W. Bailey
Resignation of Legge Accepted by President Hoover
President Hoover accepted Legge's resignation after a lengthy meeting and plans a formal announcement later. Rumors place Vice Chairman James C. Stone as a probable successor, with several other farm board members near retirement or term expirations.
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Legge
Hoover
Stone
White House
Farm Board
Sam R. McKelvie
Ing Grain
William F. Schilling
McKelvie
Nebraska
James C. Stone
Kentucky
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Charles Wilson
New York
Raskob's Plan for State Liquor Control Triggers Dem Rift
Democratic rift widens as National Chairman Raskob urges a platform favoring state control of liquor. Dry southern Democrats condemn the move while Senator Glass warns against turning prohibition into a party issue. Senator Sheppard and Caraway join in opposing the proposal, stressing unity and constitutional limits. Senator Walsh supports the idea, calling discussion improper for the national committee. Glass rebukes framing prohibition as a regional blame game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Raskot
Democratic National Committee
Glass
Virginia
Sheppard
Texas
Raskob
Caraway
Arkansas
Walsh
Massachusetts
National Committee
Alaska Plans Aid For Diphtheria Outbreaks In Barrow
Aid was promised today for residents of Point Barrow in northern Alaska and the Goodnews Bay District in the southwest where diphtheria and whooping cough have caused deaths. Fairbanks and Juneau prepared to send assistance as quarantine and exposures rose. An airplane carrying 200 000 antitoxin units from Fairbanks and another 200 000 from Juneau were arranged. Point Barrow reports three serious diphtheria cases and several milder ones with more than 200 exposed. The Goodnews Bay outbreak near Kuskokwim Bay prompted today’s renewed appeal and reports say the disease continues to spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Point Barrow
Goodnews Bay
Juneau
Territorial Health Office
Noodnews Bay
Kuskokwim Bay
Actress Threatens Self Harm Over Room Change Trial
Louise Halwax, an actress, faced trial in Vienna on charges of seeking Austrian military secrets for a foreign power. She threatened to jump from a window if tried in room 13, prompting the court to relocate to room 12.
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Vienna
Austria
Louise Halwax
Youth Sobs Story Of Death Of School-Girl Sweetheart
In Raleigh Mar 6 William A Graham a agriculture commissioner opposed an appointive system for his office urging elected status. The bill would shift power to the governor. Other speakers urged various reforms and defense of the state fair amid budget cuts. No action taken on the proposal. In Valparaiso Virgil Kirkland 20 defends against charges of killing his high school sweetheart Arlene Draves 18 as court session hears witness meetings and the emotional testimony of Arlene’s relatives. The trial opened with Kirkland facing both families and his mother in a Gary courtroom. The meeting occurred at a Gary dance hall where Arlene 15 dated the accused 17.
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Raleigh
William A. Graham
House Committee On Reorgan
Rsun
Assembly
Josephus Daniels
N. C. State College
Clarence Poe
Board of Agriculture
Poe
Daniels
N. A. Townsend
Gardner
Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Arlene Draves
Kirkland
Barratt O'Hara
Arlene
Charles Draves
O'Hara
Virgil
Heavily Armed Posse Captures Four Bandits
Four bandits who terrorized western Florida yesterday and last night were captured in a swamp near Mulat, Florida, shortly before noon today. They were brought to the jail here by Chief Deputy Sheriff W. H. Cobb and a posse of more than 200 men. The captured pair gave names as Dex Hayes Bert Oglesby Mabel Wertz and Fay Harris. The men were armed with three revolvers, no rifle. A heavy posse patrolled Mulat as officers pursue two bandits and their women companions who have been spreeing across north Florida. In a prior skirmish a woman stood beside her man firing at pursuing officers. three officers have been shot and one clubbed.
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Milton
Fra
Florida
Mulat
Jena
Ne Quartey
YY Wee Buu Vch
W. H. Cobb
Santa Rosa County
Dex Hayes
Bert Oglesby
Mabel Wertz
Fay Harris
Cobb
Pensacola
Gulf Coast
Here
Shortage Found in Bank Funds at Home Savings Bank
Examiners reported a shortage of 188,572.90 dollars at the defunct Home Savings bank of Wilmington. The state banking department noted the total shortage could change later and did not assign any amount to the three officials charged in the bank's closing. J F Roache, M Douglas Clark, and Marion Armstrong were arrested at closure on charges of making false entries.
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Raleigh
Home Savings Bank of Wilmington
State Banking Department
J. F. Roache
M. Douglas Clark
Marion D. Armstrong
New Life Infused Into Search For Gordon Strangler
Governor Roosevelt said he received a report from District Attorney McLaughlin about the Vivian Gordon case. He did not state if he would back a state investigation and officials offered no hints on next steps.
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Gordon Strangler
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vivian Gordon
Grant
Albany
Chas. B. McLaughlin
Woman dies after fright from radio mystery play
In Lynn Massachusetts a woman's scream from a radio mystery drama broadcast two weeks earlier caused Cecile H. Dane to suffer a paralytic shock. She died yesterday leaving a widower and six children.
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Lynn
Mass
Cecile H. Dane
Ban Johnson Serious Illness Update From St Louis
In St Louis on March 6 Ban Johnson former American League president remained seriously ill with no noted improvement as medical staff reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Mar
Ban Johnson
American League
Treasury TURNS DOWN MANY BIDS FOR SPRING BONDS
Washington March 6 The treasury reported heavy demand for its 1.4 billion spring financing with oversubscriptions about 2.5 times. The 12 year 3 3-8% bonds drew fourfold bids, the 1 year 2% certificates drew double bids, and the six month 1.5% certificates were also highly sought. Proceeds will pay 1.109 billion of five year notes and fund veterans loans. Rates were the lowest in major issues.
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Washington
Treasury
Chief Leaves To Return Assailant
ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA March 6 1936 Duke chief of rural police left for Walterboro to arrest a one armed negro accused of a hammer attack on T O Collier a filling station operator near here Monday Collier is in critical condition in a local hospital
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Orangeburg
W. A. Dukes
Walterboro
T. O. Collier
Collier
Negro Drags Two Girls From Beds
In Concord North Carolina two 14 year old girls, daughters of post office employee A W Brumley, were dragged from their beds by an unidentified Negro who entered via a window and tampered with a central light. The assailant fled after the younger girl shouted. bloodhounds failed to find a track and several local men were detained for questioning before being released.
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Concord
N. C
A. W. Brumley
Brumley
Immediate Arrest Demanded in Bank Closings Case
Tennessee legislative committee calls for the arrest of J Basil Ramsey over embezzlement and breach of trust tied to the Holston Union National Bank and Holston Trust Company frauds. Senator Hal Clements announced the warrant and faulted federal delays while questioning Holston bank records. The hearing adjourned until Monday.
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Ralph Wheatley
Knoxville
Tenn
J. Basil Ramsey
Holston Union National Bank
Holston Trust Company
Tennessee
Hal Clements
Clements
F. Curtis Allen
Ramsey
Santa Claus
Senator Clements
Walter Faulkner
Florida
Harley G. Fowler
Holston
Comptroller of Currency
Federal
Fowler
Federal Comptroller
Washington
Newman Bill Regulates North Carolina Bus Operators
North Carolina House passes the Newman measure restricting rates and hours for bus operators. The White bill on highway carrier size and speed is approved with amendments, detailing vehicle limits, speed governors, and increased trailer length. House adjourns to reconvene at 10:30 tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
North Carolina
Corporation Commission
Newman
New Hanover
Mose
Nash
Bank Robbery at Treece Bank Injures Aide and Flees
Three men robbed the Treece Sista bank this morning of an undetermined amount and shot George Humble, assistant cashier. The robbers escaped in an unknown direction as police began a search.
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Treece
Kan
Treece Sista Bank
George Humble
Consolidation of Three Colleges Nears Reality
Raleigh March 6 A greater University of North Carolina would form by merging the present university with North Carolina State College and North Carolina College for Women. The plan keeps the three as separate campuses for two years under unified governance, with a single 190 member board including 10 women to govern after 1933.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Senate
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College For Women
Gardner
Jeffress
Guilford
General Assembly
Ruling Limits Banks Loans To Veterans Under New Law
Washington March 6 Banks raise loan share for veterans from 22 to 50 percent of certificates face value but may not issue new notes for half the value to cover old loans. Old notes must be held six months before collection. A combined new note is treated as a new loan eligible for collection after six months. The Federal Reserve Board says members can discount such loans as commercial paper under the old rule, despite a lower 4 percent rate.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
Hines
Unidentified White Man Fires On Negroes in New Orleans
Six African American workers en route to the docks were wounded by an unidentified white man in the New Orleans longshoremen strike area. A crew foreman was killed days earlier in similar violence. Police arrested a Black man as a possible accomplice. no identification of the assailant. Authorities report ongoing labor unrest with multiple injuries and arrests.
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New Orleans
Wes Potu Itellius
T. Semmes Walmsley
Hub Myers
Headaches May Herald Brains in Illinois Study
Chicago dispatch reports University of Illinois hospital researchers studying migraine link to intellect. Some specialists now suggest the disease may be peculiar to the intelligentsia, blaming fast living and irregular habits, with Theodore Roberts used as a study subject at fifty dollars monthly.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Theodore Roberts
Napoleon
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