Wiley Post Plans Stratosphere Dash to New York
Wiley Post launches from Union Air Terminal Burl Bank in the Winnie Mae on a second attempt to cross the continent in eight hours or less. He aims to fly 2447 miles at 32 500 to 40 000 feet, hoping for a tail wind and a belly landing at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.
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Etheridge Dies Denying Guilty Inmate Executed at Prison
Raleigh March 15 Etheridge a 45 year old native of Chowan county who lived in Portsmouth Va in recent years was electrocuted at the state prison this morning while maintaining his innocence of the murder of Mrs Mamie Moore in Onslow county He received two shocks before death Dr C A Peterson Mitchell county official who favors lethal gas observed the execution Etheridge refused to let a minister talk to him and declared I am an innocent man You can electrocute me like you want but I m telling you you are killing an innocent man He did not issue a final statement about the 31000 he once said was stolen and buried somewhere in Onslow county He was pronounced dead at 838.
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C. A. Peterson
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Watauga County
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Woodrow Wilson Shropshire
North Carolina
James Barnes
Shropshire
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Victory near for relief bill as Senate maneuvers unfold
Washington reports pace of relief legislation under Roosevelt with predictions the McCarran amendment will fail and Russell proposal on prevailing wage for public works may be adopted. White House says Louis Howe ill but improving as other political developments and NRA funding debates unfold.
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National Recovery Board
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Congress
NRA
William B. Shearer
Navy
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Labor Relations Board
Lloyd K. Garrison
State rests case in Grace Budd slaying trial
In White Plains on March 15 the state closed its case against Albert H. Fish for the Grace Budd murder. A Columbia anatomist testified to reconstructing the skeleton of a decapitated girl using human bones.
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Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
Supreme Court
Columbia University
Gun Battle in Bohdan Leaves Wounded Villagers and Gendarmes
In Bohdan Czechoslovakia on March 15 a clash between 2 000 villagers and authorities left twelve peasants and four gendarmes seriously wounded as demonstrators protested economic and social inequalities.
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Czechoslovakia
Fee
Senate Panel to Probe Cotton Price Break
The senate agriculture committee voted to investigate the recent break in cotton prices and to report favorably to the senate a resolution by Senator Smith proposing the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Smith
D-Sc
Engagement Announced Between Princess Ingrid and Prince Frederik
Stockholm reports a royal engagement confirming Princess Ingrid of Sweden to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Iceland. The palace statement notes the couple’s betrothal with King Gustaf V of Sweden’s approval. Frederik, 36, and Ingrid, 24, have long been linked by rumors of an imminent match.
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Greece
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Alexandrine
Nation-Wide Treasury Crime Drive Launched by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau orders a coast to coast operation with the coast guard customs service secret service narcotics bureau alcohol tax unit and internal revenue intelligence unit to crack down on liquor and drug smuggling and other violations across the treasury jurisdiction. Narcotics agents report 12 arrests and 50 heroin seizures. alcohol tax unit logs 362 arrests across 12 districts and 57 cars seized. 428 illicit stills destroyed. San Francisco customs notes opium heroin morphine seizures and a ship cargo seizure. Los Angeles customs reports jewelry valued at 10 668. The raids stem from a planning group led by Harold Graves under Morgenthau supervision.
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Los Angeles
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Weather frontage North and South East states
North Carolina fair and warmer tonight and Saturday with fair skies and much warmer conditions Sunday brings rain and much colder air. South Carolina and Georgia show similar trends with fair and warmer nights and Saturdays, rain and colder Sundays possible in parts. Florida expects fair skies and warmer in eastern and northern areas tonight and Saturday. Kentucky forecasts fair and warmer conditions, with east portions much warmer tonight, followed by cloudy skies and light rain Saturday afternoon and night, with potential for rain in northwest and extreme west areas, then warmer in the east Saturday before a colder Sunday.
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Weather forecast for coastal to inland Atlantic areas shifts
Moderate southerly winds shift to fresh at Sandy Hook to Hatteras and Hatteras to Jacksonville with fair weather tonight and Saturday. Charlotte reports official weather bureau readings of temperature and rainfall for the past 24 hours ending at 8 A M in principal cotton growing regions and beyond.
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House Votes To Debate Revenue Bill On Monday
The North Carolina House voted to begin floor work on the biennial revenue bill at noon Monday as the Senate moved slowly but passed measures removing double liability for bank stockholders and funding a federal employment agency, with state matching funds and a $3,000 salary limit for the director. The session featured quick passage of many local bills before weekend adjournment.
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Hyde
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Onslow
Mecklenburg
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Nash
New Hanover
Rockingham
Solons Plan Push on Prison Camp Probe in NC
Raleigh lawmakers discuss a new lead on alleged convict deaths and secret burials since 1931 as the penal committee debates resuming the inquiry next week. Testimony described brutal conditions in convict camps with footless inmates denied basic warmth and chained when seeking relief.
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Center of New Inquiry
Raleigh
E. V. Webb
Lenoir
Senate Committee On Penal Institutions
House Passes Five Percent Beer Bill in North Carolina
The North Carolina House approved a bill to legalize beer with five per cent alcohol content by a vote of 55 to 84, sending the measure to the Senate. An 8:15 p.m. reconvening followed a procedural mix up by Rep. Tom Bowie of Ashe.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
Tom Bowie
Ashe
Prisoner recounts chained confinement after camp transfer
The detainee testified he was moved from camp 411 to camp 413 two days after chains were placed on him. He said guards searched him, seized all possessions, and handcuffed them to bars. He added his feet were shackled to the floor while hands remained cuffed to the door bars. He stated that Barnes was with him.
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Camp 413
Shropshire
Barnes
States bail out relief by federal funds questioned
Letter from Santa Monica criticizes states for pledging to fund relief with federal dollars while some rely entirely on the federal government. The author warns voters will react at the ballot box in 1986, urging accountability for disproportionate support and urging action.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Mar
NRA Leader Pleads for Destruction of Inefficient Firms
Senate inquiry hears Clay Williams warn the NRA to enforce codes despite impact on 10 percent of businesses. He urges minimal interference, supports social benefits, and links code maintenance to anti trust law tweaks. Darrow is noted as coauthor of the remarks.
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Mar
Congress
Clay Williams
National Recovery Board
Senate Finance Committee
NRA
Williams
Huge fortune to be divided three ways
In Forsyth County court Judge Clayton M Moore outlined a settlement plan for the Reynolds tobacco fortune valued at about 2.975 million dollars. The proposal would allocate 37 percent to Cannon Reynolds, 25 percent to Christopher Reynolds, 7500 to Lib Holman, and the remainder to R J Reynolds Jr and his sisters for a charitable foundation.
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Here
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Ilegal
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