Indictment hits 41 in California petroleum price war
A federal grand jury charges 41 individuals and five companies including Standard Oil of California with starting price wars through marketing subterfuges. Indictments allege interstate commerce and fair competition violations with potential multi‑million dollar fines for Standard and Associated Oil. Officers and directors named face aiding and abetting counts as contracts kept profits in trust and minors posted misleading third grade prices.
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Los Angeles
Mar
California
Standard Oil of
Standard and Associated Oi
Kenneth R. Kingsbury
Standard
Oscar Lawler
Associated
Signal Oil and Gas Companies
Delaware
Seaside Oil Company
Signal
Seaside
United States
Peirson M. Hall
Washington, D. C
Ickes
Peace Looms In Auto Industry Faces Of Labor Row
Washington discussions show union leaders offering settlement plans while manufacturers reject them and push for an impartial labor grievance board. Roosevelt and NRA head Hugh Johnson completed terms for bargaining with employers and for a grievance board amid stalled strike talks.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Hugh 8
Johnson
NRA
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
New York
LaGuardia
City Hall
Death in Asheville Car Truck Collision
Shafer Dowle a 20 year old caleaman died after a collision between a car and a truck on March 24 in Asheville AP reports Dowle was fatally injured while the other driver B was slightly injured. Dowle had moved to Asheville eight years ago from Laronia California.
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Asheville
Mar
Shafer Dowle
Dowes
fromLaronia
Fatal fall claims life of McNeill bakery employee
Camden, March 24. George Raymond McNeill, 25, a bakery worker, died from injuries after a fall down hotel stairs. Survivors include his father Claude P. McNeill of Sanford, N. C. AP report.
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Camden
8. C
George Raymond McNeill
Claude P. McNeill
Sanford, N
Chicago Pen Break Halted by Guards Overcome Slayer
Chicago officials report a jail incident at the county jail where guards reportedly overpowered John Scheck, the convicted slayer of a policeman. A cordon was placed around the building and reserve squads were called as authorities foiled a potential escape. Scheck previously drew a revolver in court, shot a policeman, caused a courtroom panic, and was later convicted of murder.
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Chicago
Mar
John Scheck
Scheck
Weather Ahead For Carolinas With Rain And Freezing Risk
North Carolina forecast shows cloudy skies with rain tonight and Sunday, interior areas likely to see freezing rain, and temperatures slowly rising by Sunday. In the north central region the cold spell eases tonight. South Carolina expects similar clouds and rain with gradual temperature rise, strongest in the extreme north.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Winds Shift Northeast to Northwest From Gandy Hook to Hatteras
Weather forecast notes moderate fresh northeast winds becoming northwest by Sunday. Overcast conditions expected tonight and Sunday with rain possible. Second area from Hatteras to Jacksonville also shows moderate northeast winds shifting to northwest in the north portion, with overcast weather and occasional rain. Official weather records list temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8 am in major cotton regions and other areas.
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Gandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Rondthaler to speak at University Y M C A hall
Dr Howard Rondthaler president of Salem College will address the cabinets of the University Y M C A in Gerrard hall Monday night March 25. Rondthaler a member of the 1893 class. The public is invited to hear his talk.
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Rondthaler
Chapel Hill
Howard Rondthaler
Salem College
University Y. M. C. A
Gerrard Hall
Search for Renigar widens in Winston-Salem case
Peace officers today pressed their search for Harry E. Renigar missing since early Wednesday. Mrs. Renigar said he was in ill health and had left home to seek a Forsyth county tuberculosis hospital examination but had not reached the facility.
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Renigar
Winston-Salem
Mar
Harry E. Renigar
Glass To Draft Own Federal Bank Bill
Senator Glass announces a draft bill to let federal reserve banks make direct five year loans to industry from reserve funds. He opposes Roosevelt and RFC plans for a new system of 12 credit banks and seeks a direct loan approach within the Fed framework. Supporters say existing reserves plus future surpluses could cover the loans without treasury funds.
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Washington
Mar
Federal Reserve System
Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Roosevelt
RFC
White House
Virginian
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Banks
Reserve System
Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank Deposit Insurance Corporation
Night Of Terror At Station Ends With Slaying Of Madman
In Reidsville a filled station near town became a scene of terror as ex police chief G Fair shot at workers and family before John Gordon the operator shot him dead in self defense. The coroner said no inquest. Fair 45 left a widow two sons Louie and Melvin and two daughters. Gordon 50 said Fair had been drinking and unstable after losing his job.
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Reidsville
Here
G. Fair
Leaksville-Spray
John Gordon
Fair
C. R. Wharton
Gordon
Elizabeth Younts
Leaksville
George Perkins
Perkins
Louie
New York
Melvin
Panama
Jones shoots par on third round as Hagen leads Masters field
In Augusta Jones parred the third round of the Masters invitation golf tournament posting 72 while Walter Hagen surged to 70 for a 217 total, five strokes ahead of Jones who stands at 222 and eight behind leader Horton Smith. Jones faltered with a water hazard on the third but recovered with six birdies including 15 and 30 foot putts. An early start incident interrupted play as Hagen maintained his strong position.
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Augusta
Bob Jones
Augusta National
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Jones
Horton Smith
Chicago
Deuces
Praise for The High Point Enterprise Classified Ads
A reader from 207 Rowland Park Avenue commends the paper for advertising value, noting that a single For Rent ad yielded 26 calls and rented a four room apartment within five hours, calling the Enterprise the leading paper and endorsing its advertising service with gratitude.
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Ss. P. Chandler
Rowland Park Avenue
Bootleg ring leader James Lowe and 9 others seized in Concord
Lawmen say Lowe and nine accomplices were rounded up on federal warrants for conspiring to violate the internal revenue act after a major bootlegging operation in the south. Those arrested include Frank Misenheimer Clyde Roberts Vernie Storewall Afton Means Robert Solomon Jr John T Smith and Fred Locke. Bond set at 10000 for most, 5000 for Robert Freeze with Misenheimer released on 8500. Charges allege unpaid whisky tax and use of paper imitating revenue stamps, plus transporting intoxicating beverages into a dry state.
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Concord
Mar
James “Smiley
Lowe
South
Frank Misenheimer
Charles Lowe
Clyde Roberts
Robert Freeze
Vernie Storewall
Afton Means
Robert Solomon, Jr
John T. Smith
Fred Locke
Misenheimer
Means
Solomon
Freeze
Hagen Singles Out For Best Round At 64 Holes
A disrupted motion picture camera moment and a poor tee shot led to a creek penalty. Hagen matched Jones on birdies across five holes and, with few mistakes, posted his best round of the tournament to take temporary lead at the 64-hole mark.
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Hagen
Jones
Spring Vacation at Women's College Begins March 31
Greensboro March 24 The spring vacation at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina will begin March 31 and continue to April.
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Greensboro
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Senate debates Bankhead cotton bill amid broader war of laws
In Washington the Senate began debate on the Bankhead cotton production control bill while tariff reciprocity scenarios dominated the House. President Roosevelt signed the Philippine independence bill as conferences pursue settlements on automobile labor and veterans benefits.
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Washington
Mar
Bankhead
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Philippine Republic
D-Ala
Shallenberger
D-Neb
Repub
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Robert E. Healy
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Services
Fletcher-Rayburn Stock Exchange
Eugene E. Thompson
Associated Stock Exchanges
Fletcher
Treasury
Ionce
Trench Fire Tragedy at Lynchburg Relief Hub
A disastrous blaze at a Federal emergency relief building in Lynchburg Virginia killed fourteen transients and injured about eighty more. A grease fire in a stove sparked the inferno, gutting the two story structure that housed sleeping men and women, many of them scantily clad, as others escaped into the cold dawn. Rescue efforts moved injured to hospitals as crews battled flames and collapsing floors.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Lynchburg
Lynchburg Hospital
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Lynchburge
Williams Rash
Rash
C. H. Fizer
James Webb
Twelfth Street
Allen
Twelfth
Main Street
Bac
Army
L. N. Phelps
Roosevelt Pushes Job Insurance Plan in Congress
President Roosevelt urged enactment of a federal unemployment insurance plan as a stabilizing response to economic slumps, tying it to the Democratic platform and the Wagner-Lewis bill. He pressed Ways and Means to resume hearings while General Electric’s Gerard Swope criticized a proposed five percent tax on large employers. Wisconsin already has a similar law.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Doughton
House
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Wisconsin
Wall street fights over cop on corner and Borah talk
Hollywood reports a clash over placing a police on corner while Senator Borah dominates discussion. The piece questions cutting wheat production and how displaced farmers will be absorbed, noting agriculture officials will face a tough answer to the policy dilemma.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bill Borah
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