Prominent manufacturer J Ed Kirkman dies at 70
J Ed Kirkman 70 a longtime community figure died of a cerebral apoplectic stroke after a heart failure at his East Washington street home. Survived by wife daughter and several brothers as well as a Lake Charles sister. Funeral Friday at 3 from the home with Rev G Ray Jordan and Dr John W Moore officiating. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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J. Edward Kirkman
East Washington Street
E. A. Sumner
H. L. Brockmann
Kirkman
Forrest H. Murray
Tom
Joe
Gurney Kirkman
P. V. Kirkman
Julia Jones
Lake Charles
O. Arthur Kirkman, Jr
East
Washington Street
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
John W. Moore
Charlotte
Carter Dalton
Oscar Moffitt
John §. Welborn
G. H. Kearns
R. T. Amos
J. Hy Paddison
Kernersville
D. A. Stanton
Osins
President aims to ease jobless congestion with new relief plan
President's reforestation program targets jobless in crowded industrial cities. Frances Pervis testified before joint sessions of the homes and senate labor committees about the measure. Secretary Dern outlined plans to recruit unemployed in industrial cities into a civilian conservation corps with labor, war, and agriculture departments coordinating.
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Washington
Mar
Frances Pervis
Homes
Senate Labor Committees
Dern
Civilian Conservation Corps
Perkins
Labor Department
War Department
Agriculture Department
Death for Communism Promised Passes Reichstag
In Berlin on March 23 the Reichstag, with all but Socialists opposed, approved an empowering act backing Chancellor Hitler’s demand. The law targets socialists while opponents warn it undermines liberty and signals further political repression.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hitler
Radio warnings outpace real danger in Beverly Hills
A Beverly Hills reader warns residents to shut off radios during disasters to avoid sensational but false flood, oil fire, tidal wave reports. The note claims earthquakes occurred locally and mocks radio panic while urging calm and safety.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
R F C May Buy Stock in Banks
Washington reports that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is examining many closed banks to buy preferred stock to reopen them. The move is guarded and tied to safeguarding deposits, with exams continuing for several weeks as banks request aid across Louisiana Arkansas Ohio and other states.
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Washington, Mar
Reconstruction Corporation
Corporation
New Detroit Bank
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ohio
Eighty-year-old victim killed by auto in Lumberton accident
Laurence Oxendine, age 8, was killed when struck by an automobile allegedly driven by J. E. Thompson. Thompson was today held in jail as a suspect in the fatal incident near Lumberton.
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Lumberton
Laurence Oxendine
Here
J. E. Thompson
Fascist Party Observes Its 14th Anniversary in Italy
Milan marks fourteen years of fascist rule with a nationwide salute to Benito Mussolini. Il Duce pledges universal doctrine and a new era of fascist civilization as party founders lead a Milan parade toward Rome in a simulated second march.
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A. BE. Stunti
Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Piazza San Sepolcro Palace
Duce
Rome
Fascis
Avanguar
Distas
Marble Town Paves Streets With Marble Material
Marble Town votes to require marble for paving in streets, aligning with its name. The town board’s action makes marble the official paving material in Marble Town, replacing prior options and signaling a bold municipal statement.
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Marble Town
Resume Efforts To Extradite Insull
Extradition proceedings against Martin J. Insull were resumed today in Toronto before Justice A C King Stone of the Ontario supreme court. Insull, a former utilities official, is under indictment in Cook County Illinois on charges of embezzlement and theft in the collapse of the Middle West Utilities company.
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Toronto
Martin J. Insull
A. C. Kingstone
Ontario Supreme Court
Insull
Cook County
Ilinois
Middle West Utilities Company
Federal moves to open 3.2 beer taps after midnight
Washington March 23 The federal government moved quickly to license brewers and legalize 3.2 beer after midnight April 6 President Roosevelt signed the bill ending prohibition in most states Officials project annual revenue of 125 to 150 million dollars and stamps begin distribution with a 5 tax per barrel Beer may be sold in Arizona California Illinois Indiana Kentucky Missouri Montana Nevada New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Washington and Wisconsin and also in Connecticut
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Washington
Mar
America
James M. Doran
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Arizona
California
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Jewish Publisher Killed By Nazis Reported In Berlin Dispatch
Warsaw dispatch says Louis Ullstein, 70, Berlin publisher, died from injuries suffered when national socialists broke into his home. His wife was beaten unconscious and remains gravely ill. the report also alleges Rabbi Bernald of Munich was killed and that the Ger ge newspapers suppressed both.
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Warsaw
Poland
Our
Revue
Berlin
Louis Ullstein
Herr Mastein
Frau Ullstein
Bernald
Munich
Gerge
Juniors to Rally Tarboro on April 6
Tarboro March 23 Twenty five councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will gather in Tarboro on April 6 for a rally and the initiation of more than sixty members into the organization.
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Tarboro
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
More Rains Add to Flooded Area Woes Across Ohio Valley
The Ohio river crest nears the Mississippi as more rain threatens floods in Western Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri. Officials report 12 deaths linked to the floods and thousands evacuated from lowlands in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana. Refuges hope to return home within weeks if rainfall stays light. Louisville remains at standstill as Owensboro and Paducah see rising water.
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Louisville
Ohio
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Ashland
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Indiana
Owensboro
Paducah
Mississippi River
North Carolina House Votes Greater University Funding Increase
In Raleigh on March 23 the House adopted an amendment to raise the Greater University of North Carolina funding to 762,240 dollars per year for the biennium. Representative Doughton led the push while Bowie-Cherry economy forces had proposed 644,000. The floor debate on second reading praised the proposed change as a major shift.
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Raleigh
Mar
University of North Carolina
House
Doughton
Aly
Committee Gets Farm Aid Bill
The Roosevelt farm relief bill passed the House 315 to 98 and moved to the Senate where the agriculture committee will hear it Friday. Democratic leaders voice confidence it will be revised to satisfy the president while Republicans push for hearings delaying rapid action on the measure targeting wheat cotton tobacco corn rice hogs cattle and milk.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
McNary
Oregon
Love Mills
Miners Continue Standoff to Save Jobs in Kiimontow
More than 700 miners at Kiimontow defy danger in damp pits for a fifth day to pressure the government over job guarantees after coal price cuts. They refuse food and plan to send representatives, while wives and children picket pitheads as operators threaten to flood shafts.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kiimontow
Represen
Two Billion In Bonds Sought To Aid Farm Mortgages
Speaker Rainey said Roosevelt will urge a farm mortgage refinancing plan with up to two billion dollars in bonds. The measure would liquidate joint stock land banks and extend the farm loan system to absorb additional mortgages. Bonds may be sold or exchanged for mortgages with interest terms to be set.
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Congress
Washington
Mar
Rainey
Treasury
Roosevelt
Woodin
Ratney
Senate
Appointed German Envoy to U.S. Brief Chancellor Hans Lather
Dr Hans Lather, head of the Reichsbank in an industrial Rhineland city, served as German chancellor for brief periods in 1925 and 1926 before being named envoy to the United States.
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U.S
Hans Lather
Orcutt Leads North and South Women in Semi Finals
Maureen Orcutt of Englewood New Jersey overcame a one hole deficit at the turn to reach the semifinals of the North and South women's golf tournament with a 1 up victory over Helen Waring of Pinehurst North Carolina.
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Pinehurst
Maureen Orcutt
Englewood
N. J
Helen Waring
Roosevelt appoints two new tariff and radio commissioners
President Roosevelt named former Mississippi representative James W. Collier to the tariff commission and James H. Hanley of Nebraska to the radio commission. A Los Angeles tremor was recorded at 12:40 a m lasting under three seconds and causing no damage.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
James H. Hanley
Nebraska
Radio Commission
Los Angeles
Wyoming Senator Seeks Nellie Ross Appointment as Treasury
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming said he has reasons to be hopeful that Mrs Nellie Tayloe Ross will be appointed treasurer of the United States.
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Washington
Senatre Kendrick
Democrat
Wyoming
Beeve
Nellie Tayloe Ross
The
United States
Governor Pinchot Urges Mortgage Foreclosure Suspension
Harrisburg Pennsylvania March 23 1930 Governor Pinchot issued a proclamation urging mortgage holders to suspend foreclosures and requesting courts to discourage such executions to whatever extent they may legally and properly do so.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
North Carolina highway bids open in Raleigh
The state highway commission opened bids on over a dozen road projects as chairman E B Jeffress says it may be the last big setting for some time. Low bidders announced include Nelle Teer of Durham $27 515 60 for 4 33 miles on route 21 Raleigh to Crabtree Creek and Cobb and Hombwood of Durham $34 604 10 for 6 35 miles on route 103 near Mebane.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
E. B. Jeffress
Wake County
Crabtree Creek
Nelle Teer
Durham
Cherokee County Claims The Youngest Public Figures
Murphy reports Cherokee county features three of the state's youngest public figures. Nick Posey, 10, from Murphy, is the youngest person and serves as the youngest page in the general assembly. G W Cover Jr 22 of Andrews is the youngest representative in the assembly from Cherokee. Judge Frank B Hill of Murphy is the youngest judge on the superior court bench.
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Murphy
Cherokee County
Nick Posey
General Assembly
G. W. Cover, Jr
Andrews
Cherokee
Frank
Hill
Hitler demands four years of dictatorial power in Reichstag
Berlin reports Hitler's demand for four years of dictatorial authority as he emphasizes anti communism and arms equality. He pledges barbaric severity for traitors and praises public decapitation for Reichstag arsonists, while waves of applause accompany his rhetoric.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Stocks Emerge From Inactivity After Five-Day Slump
New York March 23 Stocks rose in early trading lifting by one to four dollars a share from earlier lows. Rail issues stayed buoyant with Union Pacific up 3.12 to 75 then down a dollar while Santa Fe gained 3 to 45. Delaware & Hudson reached 55.50 American Telephone Allied Chemical Consolidated Gas and American Can advanced about three dollars each. WU 8 touched 30.75 then eased to 30.25 with a net gain near one dollar.
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New York
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Delaware & Hudson
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Consolidated Gas
American Can
Chinese Will Continue To Oppose Jap Invaders
General Ho Ying Ching, new North China overlord, vows ongoing Chinese resistance to Japanese forces in Manchuria and Jehol until the Chinese flag again flies. He cites shelling near Kupeikow and a recent engagement in which Chinese troops killed 30 Japanese and captured seven.
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Peiping
Manchuria
Jehol
Ho Ying-Ching
China
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Great Wall
Chang Hsiao- Liang
North China
Kupeikow
Here
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Greater University
Frances Perkins
Will
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Fascist Party
Aleigh
Granville
Agriculture Committee
Post Office Department
House Judiciary Committee
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