Verdict Sought in Reece Bond Theft Trial
In Nashville closing arguments were heard in the case of former Insurance Commissioner J J Reece accused of stealing 100000 in bonds held by the state. Jeff McCain asked for a verdict in favor of the goat transformation during the trial. ARMY HIRES SLEUTH. Col M G Spinks named to probe irregularities in airplane purchasing and records.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jeff McCain
J. J. Reece
ARMY
Washington
Mar
M. G. Spinks
Army Inspector General's Office
War Department
Hakodate Fire Tragedy Claims 690 in Japan
Hakodate's port city is devastated by a massive fire with official tolls showing 650 killed and 460 injured. Four destroyers and two warships carry relief crews as residents seek shelter amid sleet and continued blazes.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Mar
Hokkaido
Hakodate
Japan
Ominato
Formosa
Ominato Naval
Aomori
Asahigawa
Two Youths Die As Bus And Lumber Truck Collide
In Troy North Carolina two Uwharrie school children Ray Mcintyre 10 and James Hamilton 8 were killed when a school bus collided with a lumber truck ten miles west of Troy. Cline Mcintyre and Pauline Hamilton were seriously injured. Cicero Hurley the truck driver was jailed for investigation while bus driver Raymond Dennis escaped with minor injuries. The crash occurred on a curve and officials began inquiries into the county's first major school bus wreck.
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Troy
Mar
Uwharrie
Here
Ray Mcintyre
George Mcintyre
James Hamilton
Croley Hamilton
Cline Mclintyre
Ray
Pauline Hamilton
James
Montgomery County
Cicero Hurley
C. C. Howell
Raymond Dennis
Trucks Collide in Tennessee Fatalities Reported
A crash between two trucks near Erwin Tennessee left Miss Indiana Riddle of Burnsville North Carolina and Milburn Cox dead and Clyde Angel of Toe North Carolina seriously injured, according to AP notes dated March 22.
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Erwin, Tenn
Indiana Riddle
Burnsville
N. C
Milburn Cox
Near
Erwin
Clyde Angel
Toe
Glutting and Verry Reach North and South Finals
Charlotte Glutting of New Jersey and Deborah Verry of Worcester Massachusetts advanced to the finals of the 87th annual women's North and South golf tournament in Pinehurst on March 22.
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Pinehurst
Mar
Charlotte Glutting
New Jersey Star
Deborah Verry
Worcester
Mass
Bank Robbery At Woodland Street Branch In Nashville
Two armed men robbed the Woodland Street branch of the American National Bank in Nashville shortly after noon. They escaped with an estimated $3,000 to $4,000 in cash. No injuries reported. Authorities launched a manhunt.
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Nashville, Tenn
Mar
Woodland Street
American National Bank
Roosevelt Urges Quick Return of Air Mail Lines
President Roosevelt speeds up work to return air mail lines to private concerns after a conference with Post Office and Commerce officials and Attorney General Cummings.
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Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
Post Office and Commerce Departments
Cummings
North Carolina Direct Relief Bill Totaled 534028 For Families
Reports from the state administration show the February relief bill in North Carolina amounted to 534028.80 dollars and aided 73062 families.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Stafford given 15 to 20 years in murder case
William Stafford pleaded guilty to second degree murder for shooting Arnold Howell last September in Robbinsville. He was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison.
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Robbinsville
Mar
William Stafford
Arnold Howell
Knoxville Teenage Girl Takes Poison in Asheville
Mrs. Audrey Davis, 17, of Knoxville Tennessee, attempted to take poison in Asheville. Police say she survived the self harm act and was jailed on a charge of attempting death by her own action.
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Asheville
Mar
Audrey Davis
Knoxville
Tenn
Weather forecast by states
North Carolina shows cloudy and colder conditions tonight and Friday with rain in the west by Friday afternoon or night. South Carolina remains mostly cloudy to tonight and Friday with colder air in the north and central portions tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather wind shifts and overcast skies across the coast
The bulletin cites wind changes from Hatteras to Jacksonville with northeast winds moderating to fresh and southwest winds turning northeast Friday, plus overcast conditions tonight and Friday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras reports northwest winds tonight shifting to northeast with rain or snow late Friday. Official 24 hour temperature and rainfall records for major cotton regions released from Charlotte.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
North Portion
South Portion
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Mar
Official Weather Bureau
Four Guard Convicts Face Mistrial Over Prisoner Death
A mistrial was declared in Greenville in the case of four former convict guards charged with murder in the death of Roy Hudson, a Negro prisoner who died after a leather strap whipping. The jury, after 18 hours, was deadlocked and released. The defense witness Dr. S R Gaston testified the examination showed poor condition but not conclusively that the death was from the beating. The guards admitted whipping Hudson at Tigerville convict camp after an attempted escape.
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Greenville
S. C
Roy Hudson
S. R. Gaston
Tigerville
Three Die As Pan American Plane Crashes In Lima
Three persons are killed when a Pan American Airways plane crashes on takeoff in Lima Peru while reports emerge of the Andes wreckage of a missing Pan American flight from July 1932 nine aboard. The Chilean ambassador Manuel Trucco and his daughter are identified among the casualties.
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Andes
Pan-American Airways
Lima
Peru
Chile
Pan-American
Manuel Trucco
United States
Army Air Mail Fliers Unpaid
Chicago report states Army Air Mail Corps members have not received pay since taking over the air mail duty February 20. The lack includes maintenance funds and regular army pay, with enlisted men earning as little as 21 dollars a month.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Army Air Mail Corps
Air Mail
Claims workers denied unions in southern mills dispute
Greenville South Carolina March 23 John Sowers president of the Central Trades and Labor council denounces charges by Charles J Gorman of the United Textile Workers alleging widespread strikes and abuse of textile workers. Sowers cites daily discharges and union affiliated workers being denied complaints at Pelzer Mills and Horse Creek Valley and accuses mill leaders of duplicity in enforcing the textile code.
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Greenville
S. C
John Sowers
Central Trades and Labor Council
Washington
Charles J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Southern
Sowers
T. M. Marchant
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Gorman
South
Mitl
Sower
Pelzer Mills
South Carolina
Horse Creek Valley
Aiken
Air Mail Pilots Missing Per Diem in Pay Gap
Captain Stanley S. Grogan said air mail pilots are receiving regular army pay but have not received per diem for food and lodging away from base. He noted the War Department covered regular pay but not air mail allowances, with a $5 per diem bill pending to provide the allowance.
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New York
Stanley S. Grogan
Army Air Corps Mall
War Department
Grogan
Bobby Jones Returns With Erratic Golf At Masters
In Augusta Jones carded a 76 in the Masters invitation, four over par, trailing Paul Runyan who shot 74 as Emmett French led with 70. Jones showed brilliance on tee and long irons but three putts on both final holes and multiple short-game miscues highlighted a rugged return to competition.
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Augusta
Bob Jones
Paul An
White Plains
N. Y
Jones
Runyan
Emmett French
Southern Pines
N. C
Indian youth held for murder in Hunt case
Lumberton dispatch says Charlie Collins 18 an Indian is held on murder charges after Eliza Hunt 17 Indian girl died yesterday. A coroner's jury heard witnesses say Collins shot the girl Monday night with a pistol.
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Lumberton
Mar
Charlie Collins
Eliza Hunt
Witneses
Collins
House Clears Way To Navy Treaty Grants
Washington reports the House accepted a compromise on a treaty scale navy with Senate approval expected. The vote sided with higher veterans pay, 288 to 164, while tensions on auto industry labor troubles and the Philippines freedom bill continued. President Roosevelt’s naval building bill, for 102 warships and 1140 airplanes at an estimated 580 million dollars, was viewed as likely to be signed.
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Washington
Mar
House of Representatives
Senate
Rainey
Philippines
Senator Long
D-La
House
Federal Monetary Authority
Roosevelt
Automobile Man Horace G Ilderton Leads Local Dealerships
Horace G. Ilderton of Horace G Ilderton Inc builds a life around the auto trade. Born in Charleston DC he moved to High Point in 1926 and runs Dodge and Plymouth franchises for eight years. With partners in Thomasville they expand to Sinclair distributorships covering High Point and surrounding territory. He eyes new filling stations and NRA code driven growth while staying active in civic affairs.
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Horace G. Ilderton
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Aubusiness
Charleston
D. C
High Point
Mr. Iderton
Dodge and Plymouth
Marie Carey
Carey
Clarence
Gloria
Ilderton
Thomasville
Cen- Motor Company
Healtieth
Dodge
Plymouth
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
NRA
House Refuses Pass Senate Vets Bill
The House votes 146 to 98 to delay the independent offices appropriation bill and blocks Senate veterans pay provisions. President Roosevelt pledges veto if $118,000,000 for veterans remains. House restores 5 percent pay cuts vs Senate 15 percent on July 1. roll call 228 to 168 against Senate pay move.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
House
Connery
Massachusetts
Prelim Hearing Set For McGee Saturday in Tippett Slaying
Roanoke Rapids March 22 John McGee a young sawmill owner faces a preliminary hearing Saturday morning on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Lynn Tippett last Sunday night at the home of Mrs Anna Duke in Ringwood near here. McGee surrendered to county officers after a nationwide search. Three companions Lucy Patterson Lucy Powell and Ermon King are also held in connection with Tippett's death.
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Roanoke Rapids
Mar
John McGee
Lynn Tippett
Anna Duke
Ringwood
Here
McGee
Lucy Patterson
Lucy Powell
Ermon King
Tippett
Smith quits as Outlook editor
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith resigns as editor in chief of the New Outlook. The move follows a dispute with publisher Frank A. Tichenor over air mail policy, though Smith cites other business obligations as the reason. His last byline appears in March. April issue is produced without his help. Public correspondence is released.
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New York
Alfred
College dean resigns at Lenoir Rhyne to head Allentown school
Dean L F Hackemann resigns from Lenoir Rhyne College effective June 30 to become headmaster of an Allentown preparatory school in Pennsylvania. The resignation was submitted to J A Moretz, chairman of the board of trustees. He had served since 19XX.
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College
Hickory
L. F. Hackemann
Allentown Preparatory School
Pennsylvania
Lendshyne College
J. A. Moretz
Lenoir- Rhyne Board of Trustees
Roosevelt pursues labor peace in auto industry push
President Roosevelt advances efforts to settle auto labor dispute as talks with employer and union representatives continue. William Green warns the federation will press action if no agreement is reached, while NCR and White House discussions focus on a possible sector wide bargaining framework.
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Washington
Mar
Automobile Labor
Roosevelt Hugh
Johnson
Federation of Labor
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
NRA
White House
Washington, Mar
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation
Bar
Senate Labor Comms
John Carmody
Rocket Coal
Dr W T Whitsett Dies At Whitsett
Greensboro article reports the death of Dr William Thornton Whitsett at Whitsett nine miles east of Greensboro after a ten day illness from pneumonia. He founded Whitsett Institute a boys boarding school and served as its president from 1888 to 1918. He was a former president of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly. He studied at the University of North Carolina. Survived by his wife mother four children and a sister.
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Greensboro
William Thornton Whit7
North Carolina
Whitsett
Friends Lutheran Church
Guilford County
Whitsett Institute
President stalls strikes. wage dispute easing?
In Hollywood California a reader letter argues a labor dispute could be settled by sending two men from each side to meetings and having government representatives present. The writer predicts wage increases would rewind to earlier levels if labor and owners could resolve matters quietly, avoiding public bickering.
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Hollywood
Cal
Mar
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