Bank Robbery Report Sparks Troy Theft Update
J A Harris Jr cashier of the Bank of Montgomery says two armed men robbed the bank at 8 30 am taking between 2000 and 4000 dollars in cash. He identified one suspect as Payne and reported the men fled as police and the FBI were alerted in Troy.
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High Point
Lexington
Troy
J. A. Harris, Jr
Bank of Montgomery
Harris
I. F. Russell
Nie Brown
Payne
T Troy Police
Federal Areau
Charlot
Bids on High Point tracks far exceed estimate
High Point council met in special session as bids for lowering railway tracks and related work came in about 100000 over the 400000 estimate. The lowest bid was 498077.39 from William Muirhead Construction of Durham, with other firms listing higher totals and some not bidding on all items. Officials planned to tabulate all bids and may reject them, risking the project’s kill.
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High Point
William Muirhead
Charlotte
E. W. Gannis
Fayetteville
Blythe Brothers
Northeastern Construction Company
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reid Construction Company
Birmingham
Ala
Golfer Bea Gottlieb Recovers From Sleeping Dose
New York march 10 Bea Gottlieb the blonde golfer who beat the Duke of Windsor in 1933 is recovering from an overdose of sleeping tablets. An ambulance surgeon said her condition is satisfactory and police list the case as accidental.
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New York
Bea Gottlieb
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Queens General
Son Held as Murder Witness in Howard Case
Joseph Shelton Howard, 21, of Norfolk, was held as a material witness in the murder investigation of Edward Hawkins, a former state patrolman killed last August. Howard was arrested in Norfolk and brought to a location near Richmond for questioning regarding his father Laban Blunt Howard who faces murder charges.
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Richmond
Joseph Shelton Howard
Norfolk
Laban Blunt Howard
Edward Hawkins
Young Howard
Norfolk Shipbuilders
Doomed Man Is Given Reprieve
Governor Hoey granted a 30 day reprieve to Charles Smith a Columbus county Black man set for execution Friday for first degree burglary. The new date is April 30 as Hoey studies the case.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Charles Smith
Columbus County
Smith
Communists oppose reform pause in Paris government loan plan
In Paris on March 10, the Communist Party balked at Premier Blum’s breathing spell amid a national defense loan of about 585 million dollars for 1937. The Senate delayed the bill, while the Chamber of Deputies approved it 470 to 46, marking a rare cross‑party show of support despite Communist protest led by Maurice Thorez.
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Paris
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Maurice Thorez
French
Communist Party
Farmer Tom Reid Dies After Fall in Lexington
In Lexington on March 10, Tom Reid a 37 year old farmer died from a broken neck after falling down a high flight of steps. Coroner Dr J R Terry ruled the cause accidental.
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Lexington
Tom Reid
J. R. Terry
May Abolish Gas Chamber In North Carolina
Raleigh March 10 Legislators studied a favorable committee report on a bill to end the lethal gas chamber in North Carolina and switch to electrocution. Dr G B Coleman prison physician called gas death horrible and painful while electrocution he said is quick and painless. Abolition was proposed by Dr Coleman and Warden H Honeycutt.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
Coleman
Union Labor Battle Lines Tightened By New Move
The AF of L and CIO feud widens as orders to lift the Aluminum Workers union charter at New Kensington Pa arrive. A new sit down strike begins as Chrysler moves to force sit down strikers from its Detroit plants.
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Green
Aluminum
G. M.union
Chrysler Company Dle
Detroit
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Associated Press
General Motors Company
CIO
Chrysler
William Green
AFOL
John L. Lewis
Aluminum Workers Union
New Kensington
Lewis
Plane Bound for Fort Bragg on Nonstop Flight
One of the army's new four engined Boeing bombers left Barksdale field at 9 20 A M for a nonstop flight to Pope Field. The aircraft remained at Shreveport overnight under heavy guard after a previous hop from March Field California yesterday.
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Shreveport
Army
Barksdale Field
Pope Field
Flying Fortress
March Field
Calif
Mississippi flood tests river control program success
New Orleans reports the 1937 flood proves the government’s vast control program works. Brigadier General Harley Ferguson, head of the Mississippi River Commission, is praised for river cutoff projects. Engineers show the flood did not breach main dikes, with river stages falling from Cairo to the Gulf.
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New Orleans
Harley B. Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
Commission
Army
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
Simpson in France Awaits Paris Wedding Plans
Wally rests at Chateau Monts as Mrs Simpson hides the gate key under her apron to guard the chateau. French police place protection with a sharp eyed lodge keeper who calls for instructions when ripples on the gates occur. Herman L Rogers, her Riviera host, said she has no plans to go to Paris for her trousseau before the spring wedding to Edward Duke of Windsor.
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Trousseau
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Mill Burns Leaksville Fire Destroys Liberty Mill
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Liberty Mill a grain and feed mix on Matrimony Creek near Leaksville E B King owner estimates loss at $15000 reported today.
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Leaksville
Liberty Mill
Matrimony Creek
Here
E. B. King
Police locate missing man in Louisville and notes later finds
Detective Captain Bruce Poole said 83 year old Christian Wyler, a Jeffersonville businessman, was found by Traveler's Aid in Louisville. Officials reported Wyler had over 200 dollars on him and a suitcase with stock certificates valued at 20 000 appeared on a creek bank. A Wyler hat was also found nearby.
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Raleigh
Bruce Poole
Christian Wyler
Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
Wyler
Poole
Knott Plans Hosiery Mill Opening in Hickory
Charles W. Knott announced a new hosiery mill opening in Hickory to employ 25 people, signaling industrial expansion in the area.
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Hickory
Charles W. Knott
Accused Col Keech Dies Under Subway Wheels
A West Point graduate once accused of arson for burning a Tuxedo Park mansion died under a subway train at the 51st Street station. Col Frank Browne Keech, a veteran cited by Wilson for port inspection service, faced a $50,000 bail at his death after a Feb 26 indictment. Chauffeur Charles F. Smith also faced charges. DA hinted dropping Smith case. In Raleigh, N C, March 10, new bills flood legislative hoppers as Senate and House log measures including a proposed state water policy board to curb pollution.
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New York
Mar
Frank Browne Keech
West Point
Wilson
Newport News
51St Street
East Side
Keech
The
Military Academy
Fashionable
Tuxedo Park
Col. Keech
Charles F. Smith
Smith
Raleigh
House
Senate
Larkins
Textile Drive Depends On Gorman Leadership
Francia J. Gorman heads the effort to organize 1.25 million textile workers as president of the United Textile Workers of America and member of the organizing committee. John L. Lewis and the CIO back the campaign to expand membership, with headquarters planned in New York and operations ready in all 24 textile states within ten days.
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Washington
Mar
Francia J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Gorman
John L. Lewis
New York
Youths Defend Madrid as Insurgents Advance in Spain
Between ten and twelve thousand mobilized youths marched to their barracks at dawn to defend Madrid as a mechanized insurgent army from the northeast threatened the capital. Government forces withdrew to strategic positions along the Guadalajara Zaragoza highway while Franco’s Guadalajara columns reportedly advanced toward Madrid. Rebels also retreated two and a half miles in Jaen province after a government counter attack.
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Madrid
Guadalajara-Zaragoza
Guadalajara
Avila
Francisco Franco
Pozoblanco
Jaen
Roosevelt Denies Packing the Court in Broadcast Remarks
President Roosevelt declares he will not appoint spineless puppets to the Supreme Court and insists he seeks only justices who act as judges not legislators. He frames reform as packing the courts if that is how opponents view it and argues broad public support for judicial reorganization.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Coptic Monks Threaten Hunger Strike Over Monastery
In Assiut Desert a group of Coptic monks vow to begin a hunger strike if police forcefully seize their monastery. They say they are largely too old and weak to resist physically while staging a sit down protest.
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Cairo
Mar
Assiut Desert
Schmeling Offers Braddock 250000 For Berlin Fight
Max Schmeling offered Jimmy Braddock 250000 to defend the heavyweight title in Berlin this summer free of German tax. Braddock’s manager Joe Gould plans Braddock to fight Joe Louis in Chicago June 22, while plans to move the Madison Square Garden event are not favored by Garden, Jacobs, or Gould. Schmeling would pay 50000 to compensate MSG and 20th Century Sporting Club for their rights to the Braddock bout.
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New York
Deutschland Halle A. C
Berlin
Max Schmeling
Jimmy Braddock
Schmeling
Germany
Braddock
Teuton
Madison Square Garden
Joe Gould
Joe Louis
Chicago
Mike Jacobs
20Th Century Sporting Club
Braddock - Schmeling
the Garden
Gould
Alabama Votes on Dry Law Repeal
Alabama voters weighed repeal of the 22 year old bone dry law with liquor sales to be permitted in counties voting yes regardless of state results. Prohibition leaders doubted two counties Mobile and Montgomery would stay dry, while Jefferson County Birmingham carried a 10,800 vote for repeal in 1936.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Deep South
Molor
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Mobile
Montgomery
Jefferson
Belgian Consul Arrested in Mobile Water Dispute
Police arrested A. J. Tellier the Belgian consul after he tried to block city agents from shutting off water over a sewerage tax of 9.34 dollars. He was booked on disorderly conduct and later released on bond.
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Mobile
Ala
Mar
A. J. Tellier
Cattle Club Re-elects J W Hendricks as President
In Statesville on March 10 members of the North Carolina Jersey Cattle club re elected J W Hendricks of Statesville as president.
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Statesville
North Carlina Jersey Cattle Club
J. W. Hendricks
Hosiery Mills Report Earnings Turnaround in Durham
Durham hosiery mills report net earnings of 70,942 dollars for 1936, reversing a 76,093 dollar net loss in 1935. The figures reflect the mill, Durham area, and 1936 year results.
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Durham
Mar
Durham Hosiery Mills
Convict Recaptured After Escape From Prison Farm
Ralph Page, 28, who with six others escaped February 15 from Donia Prison Farm, was recaptured after being found asleep in a pine thicket with a pistol. Deputies and state patrolmen chased him five miles from Drexel and returned him to a Raleigh prison. Page was convicted in 193 and sentenced as an accessory in a Drexel murder.
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Morganton
Ralph Page
Donia
Ficer
John P. Stillwell
Axample Pascal
Hiway
Fred Co
Page Fi
Drexel
Marn
Raleigh
Drexel Alli
Blaze on Ship Under Control
A fierce blaze aboard the nitrate on sugar laden freighter Laila near Boston was controlled today after four tugs secured the vessel in Midstream. The fire began with a series of explosions and threatened the crowded waterfront before containment.
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Boston
Lin
Department Store Sales Show Gain Across Richmond District
Department store sales in the Fifth Federal Reserve District rose more than 11 percent in February compared with January, as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Local retailers noted solid demand in the Richmond area.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Distri
Federal Reserve Bank of Ricmond
Ship Believed Captured Arcachon Salvages War Prize
The munitions transport Mar Cantabrico, reportedly saved from destruction, was convoyed as a prize to a Spanish insurgent port with a $2,700,000 cargo of American munitions. After shelling by the Canarias, the crew and passengers surrendered, with Juan Boo fearing executions by firing squad.
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Arcachon
France
Mar
Mar Cantabrico
Bay of Biscay
Canarias
Martime
Esca Juan Boo
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PWA
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Columbia
8. C
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Public Works Administration
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Itf
Santee-Cooper
Buzzard Roost
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Grandson
Taft
Bertram Taft Smith
Lorado Taft
Greensboro Art Center
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