Hoover Blames Congress for Exceeding Peace Time Expenditures
Representative Burns charges President Hoover and the administration with a riot of extravagance as appropriations for the first two years of his term top 10.25 billion dollars. Burns notes drought relief and unemployment measures total about 200 million, while veteran loans remain unchanged. he argues White House briefings mislead the public about Congress shares the blame. The Tennessean veteran party leader says drought relief, rural sanitation, loans to farmers, emergency construction, and others drive the record high, and that requests from the president have been reduced by 55 million in the last congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hoover
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Coolidge
Congress
Burns
Congressional
Tennnesseean
White House
Joint Research Aids Industrial Peace Highlighted
Greensboro March 7 Joint research offers a conspicuous way unions cut costs and build mutual advantage said Frances Goodell industrial engineer of Pequot Mills Salem Mass at the Southern Industrial Conference of the National Women's Trade Union League of America Approximately 100 attend the conference which began this morning President Frank Graham UNC urged four principles for industrial peace equal rights in speech and organization fact finding for social adjustment and intelligent social legislation Miss Mary Anderson US Labor Director traced women's role in industry Francis J Gorman UTWOA will speak on The Union and Public Opinion at tomorrow's final session
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Greensboro
Frances Goodell
Pequot Mills
Salem
Mass
National Women’s Trade Union League of America
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Southland
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
North Carolina House Passes Uniform Textbook Adoption Bill
The North Carolina House approved the Pitts bill to uniform textbook adoptions for 1934, applying to all counties with a five year adoption term. The measure, amended to have the state purchasing agency supply books at cost plus ten percent, aims to save state funds and standardize materials, despite concerns over book obsolescence.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Pitts
Catawba
Representative Moss
Nash
Text Book Commission
State
Moss
House
Holmes
Pitt
Coxe
Jackson
Sewell
Lee
Storms and Quakes Cause Widespread Damage Worldwide
Storms, quakes, and cold winds unleash damage across Europe and North America. Severe gales batter the North Sea and English coast while floods rise in France and Germany. A blizzard grips the prairie states and Great Lakes, hindering travel as Balkans see landslides and rail disruptions.
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Atlantic
North Sea
United States
Prairie States
Great Lakes
Dixie
Virginia Capes
Jacksonville
Fla
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Greece
Serbia
Balkans
France
Seine
Marne
Ile St. Louis
Rheims
Nashville Woman Leaps To Death Amid Scandal
Coroner's jury in Durham returns verdict of death by own action for Mrs. Drucie Daniel of Nashville and Durham after she jumped from a tenth floor window at a local hotel. Husband William A. Daniel was in the lobby as the body struck the mezzanine roof. C B Calvert, tied to the case in Maryland, faces an immorality charge and awaits a hearing in Mt. Rainier Maryland. Calvert, a special master in a receivership, expressed regret and claimed his work was done.
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Durham
Mar
Drucie Daniel
Nashville
Tenn
Calvert
Mrs. Daniel
Elizabeth City
C. B. Calvert
Tracie Daniel
Mt. Ranier
Home Mortgage Company
Hickory
J. M. Meekins
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Maryland
Meeking
Hoover Declines to Sign Wagner Bill in Unemployment Stance
President Hoover stated he would not sign the Wagner unemployment bill noting it would abolish the federal employment service. He cited delay in state adoption and six month gap before federal action as risks during the current crisis.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Institute Triple Probe Into Fatal Prison Fire
In Kenansville on March 7, eleven Afro American inmates perished as a fire gutted the central Duplin county prison stockade. A coroner, county commissioners, and state welfare and prison officials opened probes while county road officials noted no guards on duty. Convict cooks woke guards after flames started in the kitchen. 16 prisoners were freed at first entry.
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Kenansville
Mar
Duplin County Prison Stockade
State Welfare
D. H. Bridgers
Duplin County
Rivers D. Johnston
State Prison and Welfare
Morrison Flays Raskob Group in Democratic Row
Senator Cameron Morrison, returning to Charlotte, predicts the Democratic party will be rescued from Raskobism at the first opportunity and pave the way for a 1932 presidential victory. He assails the national committee's Washington meeting and vows to seek re election next year.
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Democratic Party
Charlotte
Mar
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Shouse
Mrs
Wet Advocates To Speak At Meeting
Nationally known prohibition advocates will address the fourth annual southern convention of the Anti Saloon league in St. Petersburg Florida. Topics include the Wickersham report and Raskob prohibition recommendations to the Democratic National Committee. Dr F Scott McBride and Mrs Henry W Peabody will speak at tomorrow's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Anti- Saloon League
Wickersham
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
F. Scott McBride
League
Charter Hearing In Raleigh Tomorrow At Three o'clock
The house committees on counties, cities and towns plan a 3 PM re hearing in Raleigh on the High Point city charter. The session could decide the bill's course as the close of the legislative session nears and action is urged. Local residents plan to attend to weigh provisions, including a partisan government feature. Two amendments by Rep Waynick to limit city debt and require a referendum after a year will be discussed.
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House
High Point
Raleigh
Waynick
Former Constable Guilty of Attempted Criminal Assault
A Louisville criminal court jury convicted W. Carter Phillips, 29, ex deputy constable, of attempted criminal assault on five year old Thoma Alberta Wright on August 1. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Testimony ended at noon amid a probe into alleged bribery offers to Fire Captain Samuel Wright if charges were dropped.
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Louisville
W. Carter Phillips
Thoma Alberta Wright
Phillips
Samuel Wright
Wright
Democrats Pay Off J. J. Raskob Donation Fund
Abilene report notes readers began contributing to a free will fund to pay off John J. Raskob and remove him as chairman of the Democratic National Committee after the paper urged a monetary appeal to repay funds he had advanced to the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene, Tex
Abilene
News Today
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Executive Committee
Cruiser Grounds In Niagara River
In Buffalo on March 7 a customs patrol boat chased an ale laden vessel in the Niagara River. The 63 foot cruiser ran aground but the crew escaped by swimming through icy water. The liquor boat was seized and its occupants arrested by customs officers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagra
Congratulations Sent To Emperor On Birth Of Son
President Hoover sent a telegram to the Emperor of Ethiopia conveying heartfelt congratulations on the birth of a son. He expressed sincere happiness for the imperial family and wished the prince a long and illustrious life.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Ethiopia
Extra Session of Congress Urged by Shipstead
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota urged an extra session of Congress to remedy the evils of the depression. He predicted President Hoover will find it necessary to call an extra session before the summer is over.
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Washington
Congress
Shipstead
Minnesota
Labor Party
Senate
Hoover
Would-Be Bandits Die From Wounds
New York march 7 two would be bandits died of wounds after a glass pistol hold up attempt. Peter Vinto sixteen died in hospital with shoulder and lung injuries two days after the encounter. Joseph Selem eighteen died shortly after the police shot at them during the attempted grocery store robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Law
Finis
Peter Vinto
Joseph Selem
Butler Will Ask For Retirement On October 1
General Smedley Butler announced he will seek retirement on October 1 not resigning, due to a prior speaking contract. He plans to begin a tour Monday, giving speeches in 26 towns over 21 days to raise unemployment relief funds in Philadelphia, then continue into the south and midwest.
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Washington
Mar
Smedley Butler
Butler
Philadelphia
South
Midwest
Cancer Death Rate Trending Upwards
New York on March 7, Dr. Louis J. Dublin statistician of Metropolitan Life Insurance told the American Society for the Control of Cancer directors that cancer death rate trends have risen over the last two decades and have been three times greater among males than females. He urged immediate compulsory registration of cancer cases for better control.
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New York
Louis J. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Explosion Kills Two On Brooklyn Tug Joyce Card
Explosion aboard the tug Joyce Card off a Brooklyn drydock killed two men, with three others missing and believed dead, and three injured. Albert Johnson, 45, and Gus Flood, a fireman, were identified victims as the blast hurled debris and a 300-pound refrigerator 300 feet away. A mascot dog survived, leaping into the water after the blast.
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New York
Mar
Joyce Card
Brooklyn
Albert Johnson
Gus Flood
New Beta Rho Chapter Installed at Duke Medical School
Durham March 7 Beta Rho chapter of Nu Sigma Nu the national medical fraternity was installed today at Duke University School of Medicine. The new chapter is composed entirely of freshmen making the charter unique in the fraternity's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Nu Sigma Nu
Dukeniversity School of Medicine
Catawba College President Receives Blood Transfusion
Dr. Elmer R. Hoke president of Catawba College was given a blood transfusion late today after weeks of serious illness from influenza and complications. The blood was supplied by Bill Egloff tackle of the football team among 36 student volunteers.
Beating and Robbery of 60YearOld Matthews in Walkertown
George Matthews, 60, of Walkertown, was beaten on the head with a stick and robbed of 10.40 by an unidentified negro while trying to crank his car near Mount Pleasant church. He was found unconscious in front of his auto and rushed to a hospital after an ambulance was called.
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Winston-Salem
George Matthews
Walkertown
Matthews
Mount Pleasant Church
Ogburn Station
Car chase ends in fatal crash near Goldsboro
Clyde Moonyham 22 is killed when a car fleeing Goldsboro motorcycle officer Carl Smith skids and overturns three times five miles east of Goldsboro. Guy Self 22 sustains a broken shoulder and other injuries. his wife slightly hurt. Officers find 48 gallons of liquor at the scene. no charges filed against the Selfs at this time.
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Unner
Goldsboro
Clyde Moonyham
Carl Smith
Guy Self
Body Identified as Walter Wood in Georgia Tragedy
The corpse found beneath a Athens railroad trestle was identified as Walter Wood, 31, of Atlanta. A coroner's jury ruled an accidental fall from the trestle likely caused the death, after initial misidentification due to laundry marks and a family connection with Benson Wood of Lexington.
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Athens
Walter Wood
Atlanta
C. T. Pridgeon
Wood
Lexington
N. C
Benson
Benson Wood
Walter
Murder charge filed in prison camp killing
Raleigh March 7 Coroner L M Waring issued a warrant charging Ralph Davis a Forsyth county prisoner with the murder of Thurman Luther a fellow convict at the Cary prison camp on February 27. Davis said he struck Luther with a mattox after a quarrel in which Luther accused him of being a stool pigeon. Luther died in the prison hospital today and the state will seek the death penalty under a first degree warrant.
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Raleigh
Mar
L. M. Waring
Ralph Davis
Forsyth County
Thurman Luther
Cary
Davis
Luther
Waring
Smith Not Asked To Take Part In Stumping Campaign
New York March 7 Alfred E Smith said he had not been asked to take part in a stumping campaign to promote home rule views of John J Raskob chairman of the Democratic National Committee Neither Jouett Shouse executive director nor Mr Raskob asked him to speak He added he did not necessarily mean he was unwilling to participate in a speaking campaign for the Raskob plan.
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New York
Afred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Jouett Shouse
National Committee
Raskob
Capper Proposes Hoover Nomination to Drive Prohibition
Washington dispatch reports Senator Capper calls for renominating President Hoover and declares the Republicans will run on a dry platform in 1932. Democratic leaders, led by Robinson, push for economic rehabilitation as the issue and aim to quash the Raskob liquor plank at the December meeting. Byrd is expected to organize opposition to the Raskob plan, while independents led by Norris plan a forum on economic issues next week.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Capper
Kansas
Hoover
Robinson
Arkansas
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
National Committee
Roosevelt
New York
Norris
Nebraska
Bandit Quartet Landed in Jail After 400 Mile Chase
Four bandits Tex Hayes Bert Oglesby Mabel Wertz Fay Harris were captured after a 400 mile Florida chase. They face grand jury charges for highway robbery and assault with intent to murder after wounding Chief Deputy Brock and civilian Gillis Malloy. They also robbed motorists to flee.
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Chipley
Fia
Florida
Mulat
Tex Hayes
Bert Oglesby
Tulsa
Qokla
Mabel Wertz
Fay Harris
St. Louis
W. D. Brock
Gillis Malloy
Two Are Jailed On Kidnaping Charge
Durham report states two men and a young woman are jailed awaiting a hearing on kidnapping an eight year old boy. Mrs. Laura Cox of Durham filed charges against Jim Walton, his wife, and Lester Trout of Roanoke Virginia. They were arrested in Hillsboro with the boy in their custody. The boy had been living with his grandmother in Roanoke until recently.
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Durham
Laura Cox
Jim Walton
Lester Trout
Roanoke
Hillaboro
James Watson
Jim Watson
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Balkan
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Wagner
Federal Employment Service
Morrison Flays
Wet
J. J. Raskob
Cruiser Grounds
Niagara River
Man
Athens, Ga
Smith
Bandit
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