Four Transylvania Men Vanish While Seeking U.S. Supreme Court Stay
Four Transylvania county men Thomas Shipman Joseph Pickelsimer C R Neely and Ralph Fisher vanished en route to Raleigh with Sheriff Tom Wood while pursuing a federal stay of execution for two year banking law violations. Chief Justice Stacy noted he would grant a stay only if the case could be filed in the United States Supreme Court.
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Raleigh
Mar
Transylvania County
State
Thomas H. Shipman
Joseph Pickelsimer
C. R. Neely
Ralph Fisher
Brevard
Tom Wood
Transylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
W. P. Stacy
North Carolina
Washington
Wood
Chaos Threatens Nation's Transportation Systems
Washington, March 10. Joseph B. Eastman told Congress that a threatening chaos pervades the nation’s transportation networks. He urged federal control by the Interstate Commerce Commission to coordinate water, motor truck, and bus transport and urged legislation to regulate nonrail carriers and improve rail regulation. He recommended joint rail water rates and removal of limits on claims, warning of falling rates and wage instability if unaddressed.
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Washington
Mar
Joseph B. Eastman
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Roosevelt
Eastman
ICC Com
ICC
Lee
McManamy
Commission
NRA Facts Show Improved Business and Resignations
The NRA announced 17 percent gains in department store sales for the first two months of 1934 and noted plans for a 10 percent hour cut without pay reduction. It reported several staff resignations including Dr. Paul H. Douglas Major R. B. Paddock and L. H. Tomkins. Enforcement efforts intensified with new cases and decentralization of compliance work across states.
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Washington
Mar
NRA
Federal Reserve Board
Paul H. Douglas
Consumers Advisory Board
University of Chicago
R. B. Paddock
L. H. Tomkins
Hugh S. Johnson
E. G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Davis
Paddock
Tompkins
Tompins
General Johnson
Douglas
A. D. Whiteside
Johnson
Roosevelt curtails army air mail flying after 10 deaths
President Roosevelt and Gen Douglas MacArthur order major curtailment of army air mail operations amid rising congressional opposition and ten pilot deaths in 19 days. The action seeks stricter safety, equipment checks, and minimal routes while Dern Lindbergh discuss aviation policy.
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Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Foulois
Army Air Corps
Army Air Service
Stephen Early
Army
Roosevelt
Early
War Department
Dern
Woodring
Charles A. Lindbergh
Edith N Rogers
Rep
Massach
House
Fish
Ryan
New York
Bloodied chapter in crime closed after nationwide spree
Kansas City dispatch recounts the escape of 11 desperadoes from the Kansas City penitentiary on May 30, 1933, a crime spree across several states that cost 12 lives and about half a million dollars. Ed Davis, the last fugitive, was captured in Los Angeles, ending the notorious chapter.
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Kansas City
Mar
Southwest
Ed Davis
Liberty
Los Angeles
Kansas City Union Station
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Frank Nash
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Altamont
Kans
Isaac McCarty
Kenneth Conn
Conn
Alvin Payton
Wilbur Underhill
Bob
Big Boy
Mexico
Harvey Bailey
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Urschel
Cuban Chief Readies Army in Labor Crisis
Havana reports Colonel Fulgencio Batista ordered Cuba’s armed forces to stand ready as labor turmoil deepens. President Mendieta demanded all strikers return to duty by midnight or face dissolution of unions. Mob actions damaged three tram cars. no casualties reported.
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Havana
Mar
Fulgencilo Batista
Cuba
Carlos Mendieta
Mendieta
Japanese inquiries into American properties in North China rebuffed
Peiping and Tientsin reports say American legation advised missionaries that any requests from a Japanese agent named Araki should be referred to the legation. Japanese officials deny significance and say no intention to advance south of the Great Wall, amid fears of new war moves in North China.
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North
China
Peiping
United States
Pieping
North China
Legation
Legatoin
Forbidden City
Araki
Tientsin
Japan
Great Wall
Amercan
Miss Mathilda Ehringhaus Named Princess Pet at Engineers Fair
Miss Mathilda Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City daughter of the governor has been chosen to reign as Princess Pet at the Engineers fair at North Carolina State College April 6 and 7.
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N. C
Raleigh
Mathilda Ehringhaus
Elisabeth City
N. C. State College
Death Claimed Dr Dred Peacock Noted High Point Leader
Dr Dred Peacock 69 prominent High Point citizen died at Duke hospital after a paralytic stroke. A trustee of Duke University and Greensboro College and former Greensboro College president, he chaired Guilford County Board of Education and served as High Point city attorney 1920 27. Born 1864 in Stantonburg he studied at Trinity College and led multiple civic and educational roles.
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Dred Peacock
Duke Hospital
High Point
Peacock
Guilford County
Stantonsburg
N. C
Trinity College
Greensboro College
Snow and sleet sweep Carolinas amid rain and wrecks
Snow sleet and cold rain spread across the Carolinas with central North Carolina seeing four inches of snow and Hartsville reporting a forced land by an army air mail plane. The storm halted forest fires in Wayne County and caused widespread disruptions including downed telephone lines and heavy rains in the coast.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
mid-Piedmont
Army Air Mail
Hartsville
8. C
North Carolina
Raleigh-Rocky Mount Henderson
Columbia
South Carolina
Sumter
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Rocky Mount
Henderson
Charlotte
New Bern
Carolina Telephone Company
Durham
Wayne County
Clyde Bizzell
Notre Dame pilot linked to Newark blizzard flight
Beverly Hills report recalls an army flyer named Weinecke who allegedly died, connects his crash to a prior Newark blizzard mail flight, and notes grim jail break details with a guard aged 84 and speculation about a Baby Le Roy as turnkey.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Notre Dame
Weinecke
Newark
Baby LeRoy
Bank clerk among four held in Greenville holdup probe
Hugh White a Greenville National Bank clerk, two detectives, and a grand jury member were arrested on charges tied to the $50,000 bank holdup. Detectives Henry Lindsay and John Corea and grand jury member Robert Willimon deny involvement. bond set at $25,000 each.
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Greenville
8. C
Hugh White
South Carolina National Bank
Greenville County Grand Jury
Henry J. Lindsay
John E. Corea
Robert Willimon
White
Greenville County
United States
H. C. Williams
L. B. Reed
Char
Lotte
Corea
Lindsay
Whitmon
South Carolina
National Bank
J. T. McLaughlin
Secret Service
Reed
Thindsay
Clinton Foster
Negro Bank Senger
Dillinger Suspect Leads Gun Battle in Schiller Park
Chicago reports a sensational late night gunfight as police chase John Dillinger and accomplices. Chief Robert Christian's car was hit. Dillinger, identified by chauffeur James Gaskin, escaped with others likely fleeing to Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Mar
John Dillinger
Schiller Park
Robert Christian
James Gaskin
Dillinger
Wisconsin
Christian
Herman Stern
Gaskin
Ernest Blunk
Finge Pert
Matt Brown
Previo
Crown
South Bend
Blank’s
Lillian Holley
Sheriff Guards Indian Home Amid Search for Jail Breaker
Sheriff Otto Druckery and county deputies guarded Evelyn Prechette’s home near the Menomonie reservation as they suspected John Di jail breaker might hide there. A reported sighting occurred early today on the reservation. NEOPIT, W., Mar. 10, 4.
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Otto Druckery
Menomonie
John di
Evelyn Prechette
Dillin
Neopit
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Railroad
J. R. Brackett
Ted
Roosevelt Day
Toda
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