Roosevelt Plans Broad National Aviation Policy Shift
President Roosevelt seeks a comprehensive aviation program covering army navy marine corps and civil agencies. A board will study army air service. a broader plan may place fliers under unified control with Charlies Lindbergh and Clarence Chamberlin as civilian members. Orville Wright declines service due to ill health. Army airmail planes remain grounded pending safety assurances.
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Board of Aeronautics
War Department
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Orville Wright
Bridagier
Oscar Westover
Soviet aviators to be questioned over Manchukuo flight
Tokyo dispatch says two Soviet aviators forced landed in Manchukuo and will be questioned about why their light bomber flew over Japanese protected empire. Pass Aggie bill Washington reports Senate approves about 864 million dollars for the next fiscal year ending June 30 1985. A dynamite blast at La Libertad El Salvador kills 100 men, according to All-American Cable.
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Mar
Foreign Office
Manchukuo
Washington
Senate
New York
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All-American Cable Company
Declamation Contest Winners Named at Baptist Union Meet
On March 14 in Rocky Mount North Carolina delegates to the Baptist Women s Missionary Union convention announced declamation contest winners Mary Moore of Raleigh Grace Duval of Salisbury Jack Stout of High Point Helen Parker of Potecast Joe Wilson of High Point and Dorothy Kimball of Townsville The program featured conferences led by Mrs Edna R Harris and Miss Alva Lawrence Tate both of Raleigh The convention runs through tomorrow with several denomination leaders slated to speak
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The
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Edna R. Harris
Raleigh
Alva Lawrence Tate
State Seeks Bids On Hosiery and Other Supplies
Raleigh March 14 A. B Brower director announces bids for state requirements to be opened March 22. The list includes china and glassware textiles hosiery towels wrapping paper bags napkins absorbent cotton gauze bandages adhesives terra cotta concrete pipe flue lining and drain tile mop heads and handles sewing thread shoe laces garden hose laundry soap plumbing and heating supplies school and miscellaneous paper yeast shortening and more.
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Raleigh
Mar
State Department of
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Brower
Weather Outlook by States and Coasts
North Carolina fair tonight and Thursday with colder conditions in the east. South Carolina fair tonight and Thursday, with the south portion included. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from southwest to northwest. generally fair weather tonight and Thursday. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras expect fresh to strong northwest winds this afternoon diminishing tonight with partly overcast skies tonight and Thursday.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Fliers Lindbergh Chamberlin Rickenbacker to Testify on Air Mail Law
The Senate post office committee will ask Charles Lindbergh Clarence Chamberlin Eddie Rickenbacker and William Mitchell to testify on permanent air mail legislation this Friday Chairman McKellar said Senator McGill proposed calling the noted fliers at Senator Barbour’s request McKellar will also hear representatives from aviation companies who wish to testify.
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Washington
Mar
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Eddie Rickenbacker
William Mitchell
Senate Post Office Committee
McKellar
McGill
D. Kan
Barbour
Trial opens in Greensboro for Dill Myers kidnaping case
In Greensboro Superior Court the trial of Ralph Dill and R P Myers began after a nol pros ended Norma Dill's involvement. Victims I M Ritchie and Fred Heigh were beaten after being seized from a labor hall near High Point. Heigh identified the two defendants. a third man remains unnamed. Heigh and Jesse Newsome sought a missing letter Myers allegedly offered to recover. The defense is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union with LeLand Stanford listed.
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EnteRnet
Greensboro
Mar
Ralph Dill
R. P. Myers
Superior
Norma Dill
J. T. Burrus
High Point
I. M. Ritchie
Fred Heigh
Myers
Ritchie
Dill
Heigh
Jesse Newsome
American Civil Liberties Union
Leland Stanford
Tennessee Eastman sues Silver Knit Mills for $3689 claim
The Tennessee Eastman Corporation filed suit in Greensboro alleging unpaid merchandise delivered to Silver Knit Hosiery Mills of High Point on May 1 last year. The action seeks $3,689 plus costs.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation
High Point
House Labor Panel Approves Federal In Old Age Pensions
The Dill Connery bill for federal participation with states in old age pensions clears the House Labor Committee. The Senate votes on the St Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada fail 46 to 42, short of the required two thirds. President Roosevelt signals reconsideration and heads to a fishing trip in late March while lawmakers tackle veteran compensation and other fiscal topics.
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Mar
St. Lawrence
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Eely
Overton
Reynolds
Russell
Stephens Tydings Wagner
Walsh
House Labor Committee
White House
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Navy
Customs
Internal Revenue and Commerce Department
Kidnapers Placed On Spot In Seven States
Seven states report swift law enforcement actions in Kidnapping cases tied to the John Factor gang. Basil Banghart in Chicago received 99 years for involvement. leader Roger Touhy also faces similar sentences. Manny Strewl in Albany earns a mandatory 560 years due to prior record. Nellie Tipton Muench and five others indicted in St. Louis for involvement in Dr N D Kelley kidnapping. George Wolf in Racine confessed to Chicago linked plot.
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Basil Hugh
the Owl) Banghart
John Factor
Roger Touhy
Charles “Iee Wagon’? Conners
Albany
WN. Y
Manny Strewl
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Strewl
St. Louis
Nellie Tipton Muench
N. D. Kelley
Racine
Wis
George Wolf
Portion of Loot Recovered After South Carolina Bank Heist
Greenville police recovered part of an $850,000 loot from a bank robbery. Officers questioned R. P. Willimon, already in custody, and an unidentified man linked to the case. Bank officials began verifying the recovered funds, but the amount was not released.
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Greenville
8. C
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R. P. Willimon
Monarch Club Hosts Adele Hicks Musical Program
A Monarch club meeting at the Sheraton featured Adele Hicks singing popular songs with piano accompaniment by Rae Smith. Fred Whitescarver introduced the program and A H Holton presided. P J Dishner spoke on changes in CWA work locally. Joe Snider was named program chairman for the next meeting.
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Adele Hicks
Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Hope Deep River CCC camps offset others plan
North Carolina will discontinue three state directed Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Lake Waggamaw Stantonsburg and Walnut Cove under federal plans Officials hope new camps may be created in the Deep River area to support a soil erosion project NC loses three of eleven camps while South Carolina sheds six of seventeen and Virginia eight of fifteen
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Raleigh
Mar
Lake Waggamaw
Stantonsburg
Walnut Cove
State Department of Conservation and Development
Deep River
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Rescue follows Fulton disaster off Bias Bay
Two rescue vessels saved 187 men from the U S S Fulton after it burned off Bias Bay. British destroyer HMS Wishart to dock with 139 survivors at 2 A M. Chinese and American ships assisted while HMS Whitshed waited to aid the stricken vessel. The cause of the Fulton’s destruction was not reported.
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Fulton
Bias Bay
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H. M
Wishart
Dan McHenry
Tsinan
Hongkong
Biasbay
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U. &. S. Fulton
Westinghouse Dealers Meet At Hotel Charlotte
Westinghouse dealers gathered at the Hotel Charlotte in Charlotte for a demonstration of the 1934 master series Westinghouse Electric refrigerators. PF Barnes from Rose Furniture, along with Frank Allman and O V Kester, attended the special dealer meeting described as one of the most enthusiastic gatherings in the district.
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PF. Barnes
Westinghouse
Rose Furniture Company
Frank Allman
O. V. Kester
Hotel
Charlotte
North Carolina Dental Society to Meet in Wilmington
The North Carolina dental society will hold its annual convention in Wilmington this June. Dr. E. A. Branch of Raleigh, president, announced the change after executive committees met in Wilson and voted to shift the gathering from Wrightsville Beach to Wilmington because the Oceanic hotel fire destroyed the beach venue.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina Dental Society
Wilmington
E. A. Branch
Wilson
Wrightsville Beach
Oceanic
Beach
Automobile Industry Leads In Reduction Of Hours And Wages
Detroit march 14 The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce recommended that member firms cut average weekly hours from 40 to 36 with compensating wage increases Ford restored a 5 a day minimum wage aiding 47000 of 70000 workers The move aims to ease labor disputes ahead of a national labor board conference in Washington and may affect over 183000 workers with 20 percent base wage rises and a 40 hour week IFRS plans.
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Mar
Roosevelt
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Henry Ford
Ford
National Labor Board
Washington
Michigan
Fisher Body Company
Buick Motor Car Company
Flint
Mich
Hudson Motor Car Company
NRA
Automobile Chamber
Reject Compromise In Veterans Affairs
House leaders fail to unitedly back a compromise on veterans benefits and civil service pay, defeating a move to send the independent offices supply bill to conference over a 354 million difference. The vote opens the measure to a direct House vote on Senate action with Roosevelt threatening a veto.
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Washington
Mar
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Independent Offices
Isabella Greenway
D-Ariz
Burns
Tennessee
Rainey
Snell
New York
High Point man acquitted in robbery charge
Reitzel Lanier of High Point pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of robbery alleged by E E Blackburn who said Lanier got him drunk on February 19 and took 95 dollars. Oscar Honeycutt was sentenced to a year on the roads for bigamy.
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Chreerate
Greensboro
Reitzel Lanier
High Point
E. E B. Blackburn
Lanier
Oscar Honeycutt
May Station Radio Plant On Seas Could Surface Soon
Miami reports Dr. John R. Brinkley bought the 150 foot yacht Shadow, once tied to Milford Kansas and Villa Acuna Mexico stations silenced, now in dry dock. Officials say it may depart for Brownsville Texas with radio gear to equip the craft.
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Fla
High Seas
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kansas
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Carl C. Fisher
Florida
Dr. Brinkley
del Rio
Texas
Brownsville
Snell Blames House Shift for Misdeal in New Deal Critique
Snell asserts the House of Representatives has become a collective socialistic state and labels the New Deal a 100 per cent misdeal. Rep Bulwinkle of North Carolina responds that Republicans in power gave no chance to vote on a distinct veterans issue.
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House of Representatives
Snell
Bulwinkle
DNC
House
Perkins Asks Labor Board Be Permanent
Secretary Perkins urged the Senate labor committee to create a permanent labor board with enforcement powers to protect collective bargaining rights. Senator Wagner warned that excluding labor from the recovery program could lead to another collapse. Perkins called the proposal one of the most important measures before Congress in years.
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Washington
Mar
Senate Labor Committee
Perkins
Wagner
Senate
Congress
Senate Rejects St. Lawrence Seaway Treaty With Canada
The Senate votes 42 to 23 against ratification of the St Lawrence Seaway treaty, failing to reach the required two thirds. Roosevelt pressed for opening vast ocean commerce and cheap electricity for New York, while Democrats and Republicans opposing blocs argued the pact.
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Ashurst
Bachman
Ban Barkley
Black
Bone
Barkley
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Duffy
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Harrison
Hatch
Hayden McAdoo
McKellar
O’ma Pittman
Pope
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Smith
As of
Utah
Thompson
Van
Wheeler
Borah
C Couzens
Cutting
Fess
F Gibson
Johnson
LaFollette
Nye
Robinson
Ty Schall
Mystery Shrouds Deaths Near Paint Rock Alabama
Mystery grips Paint Rock Alabama as three men are found shot to death along a road about 20 miles from town. Details remain scant with authorities investigating the slayings and clues yet to be released.
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Dea Paint Rock
Ala
Mar
Will E Says Special to the Enterprise
Beverly Hills report quotes Will E discussing wartime mail pilots and a movie producer. He jokes about Shakespeare versus film, notes the Navy president and farm relief ships ready at a stated hour to move farm supplies.
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Speare
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