North Carolina Bank Merger Plan Draws 1000 plus Crowd
In Raleigh on March 28 over 1000 bankers and stockholders gathered at Hugh Morson High School to hear Governor Hood's plan to merge several stalled banks into a state wide institution with capital of 2 million and surplus 1 million. The plan requests $3 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and requires banks to buy stock to fund the new venture. Depositors face a cash buy for assets as the law promises robust protection.
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Raleigh
Mar
Gurney P. Hood
Sir Walter Hotel
Hugh Morson High School
Hood
North Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sess
Barber Held After Death Of Six Year Old Girl
In New York on March 26 police questioned a man who claimed to be a barber with no tools. Six year old Barbara Wiles, daughter of Harold Wiles, was found killed by a tightening rope in a tenement cellar. Police arrested the suspect within hours for questioning.
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New York
Mar
Barbara Wiles
Barbara
Harold Wiles
Hearings to close today on measure
Washington March 28 Full approval of the administration farm bill as passed by the house was expressed before the Senate agriculture committee by A B Blalock president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association. Opponents including F Mollin of Denver and C D from Keokuk spoke against the bill. Chairman Smith aimed to conclude hearings and begin executive revision. Blalock claimed the bill benefits over 248 000 members and supports the planting season, urging swift enactment.
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Washington
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
A. B. Blalock
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Blalock
F. Mollin
Denver
American National Livestock Association
C. D
Keokuk
Iowa
Smith
White House
Bis
Scere
Con
North Carolina Beer Bill Hearings Draw Packed Galleries
In Raleigh on March 28 the senate judiciary committee held a public hearing on Francis beer bill as crowded galleries filled both chambers. Dry leaders opposed changes while supporters claimed revenue potential and two substitute bills were proposed to tax or permit state beer manufacture.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
Senate
Capitol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Se House
Francis Beer
Wets
Senate Committee
R. R. Lawrence
State Federation of Labor
Francis
W. la Poteat
Wake Forest College
State Antisaloon League
Poteat
North Carolina
BE. McNeil
Chinaman Attacks Japs Withdrawal Jeered by China Leader
Nanking China March 28 Lo Wen Kan foreign minister said Japan’s withdrawal from the league of nations is a deliberate move to weaken postwar peace machinery. He claimed the action rejects pacific dispute settlement and tries to force China to accept Japan’s terms yet maintains the league can still settle Far East issues.
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Nanking
China
Lo Wen-Kan
Japan
League of Nations
League
Far East
Fifteen Die In Imperial Airways Air Liner Crash
BRUSSELS March 28 Fifteen persons were killed when the Imperial Airways tri motor City of Liverpool crashed near Dixmude after departing Brussels for Croydon. Eleven victims were English with no Americans aboard. The crash followed a Haeren takeoff at 3 36 p m and a motor explosion is suspected.
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Brussels
Belgium
Imperial Airways
Eesen
Cologne
Croydon
England
Liverpool
Haeren
Dixmude
X' Brussels
Senate Relaxes Relief Fund Borrowing Limits
The Senate moved to ease borrowing caps on the Reconstruction Corporation relief fund. An Arkansas Senator Robinson amendment aimed to aid Illinois and other states near the 15 percent limit. A parallel measure approved $500 million for direct relief, to be debated after the forestation bill.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Robinson
Arkansas
Illinois
Senate Finance Committee
Vote on Consolidation in Wilmington City-County Merger
New Hanover county voters went to the polls to decide the Grant consolidation bill uniting city and county governments. The outcome will shape local governance structure and authority across Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Mar
New Hanover County
Broader Powers Granted Conservators of Banks
Government regulation grants conservators authority to determine bank operation and permit withdrawals up to a set percentage during the bank holiday. Banks under conservatorship may conduct limited functions with Treasury license and must refrain from gold export or currency hoarding.
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Washington
Mar
Woodin
Gould
Federal Reserve System
Secretary of the Treasury
Jury Changes Its Verdict In Shooting Of County Clerk
A coroner’s jury re opened an inquest into the fatal shooting of Edgar Haywood Montgomery County court clerk. It changed its verdict from suicide to death by gunshot wounds inflicted by an unknown party. Witnesses testified the wound could be personal safety related but the manner was unnatural and experts supported an outside shooter.
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Troy
Mar
Edgar Haywood
Montgomery County
Haywood
Larkin
Oak Ridge Institute
Hitler copying Mussolini or Ku Klux Klan in letters
A Beverly Hills reader argues that Hitler imitates Mussolini or the Ku Klux Klan, notes toned down bigotry could help him survive, and claims Democrats unexpectedly stabilized U.S. governance, with Mexico allegedly offering a hand.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
Hitler
Mussolini
Mexico
Will
Arrest in Germany as Revolt Plot Uncovered
In Brunswick Germany 1 350 people were arrested in a counter revolt plot within Hitler supporters. A state wide ban on steel helmeters assisting the Nazi regime was declared. Dietrich Klagges said disbanded Reichsbanner members and steel helmeters were ordered to start a fight against the Nazi party. The raid on steel helmeters headquarters led to tense scenes as prisoners were confined in the municipal sick benefit building.
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Brunswick
Germany
Hitler Pavarensees
Dietrich Klagges
Reichsbanner
Republican Defense Organization
Dr. Schrader
Wolfenbuetter
Seidte
Hitler
Geidte
Steel Helmet
Municipal Sick Benefit Administration
Young Men's Civic Club Pushes Legal Beer Change
The Elizabeth City Young Men’s Civic club adopted resolutions urging beer legalization and criticized the legislature’s stance. They warned Virginia’s potential beer legalization could divert North Carolina revenue, urging action to prevent losses.
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Elizabeth City
Mar
Young Men's Civic Club
Virginia
North Carolina
Walker Divorces End Split for Janet Walker and James Walker
A final decree dissolving the marriage of Mrs Janet Allen Walker and former New York Mayor James J Walker was signed by Circuit Judge Worth W Trammell in Dade County Florida.
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Walkers
Miami, Fla
Janet Allen Walker
James J. Walker
New York
Worth W. Trammell
Dade County
Roosevelt Plans Government Guarantees for Farm Bond Interest
President Roosevelt backs a farm mortgage relief plan to guarantee interest payments on bonds issued to refinance farm debt. The proposal aims for two years of extensive refinancing funded by bond sales and bond exchanges. principal not guaranteed, but interest would be. The move seeks lower farmer interest rates and wider bond marketability, with uncertain cap on refinancing and no principal guarantee to avoid federal obligations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Onx
United States
Kaiser Invited to Return to Bad Homburg Amid Boycott
Berlin reports scattered disorders as a boycott against Jewish shops grows. Bad Homburg invites former Kaiser Wilhelm to settle there if he returns to Germany, though officials say he has no plans to come back. Nazi calls to boycott Jewish stores intensify public resentment abroad over reports of Jewish persecution.
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Berlin
Bad-Homburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Hohenzollerns
Nazi Party
Beer bootlegger arrives in Goldsboro NC
The News-Argus reports a Maryland man described as a beer bootlegger arrived in Goldsboro inviting local businessmen to place orders. North Carolina’s new national law, making Maryland the nearest state with legal beer, takes effect next month.
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Goldsboro
Maryland
North Carolina
Late News Flashes Hint at Settlement in This Country
A fragment notes that a savant may settle here and be offered something, with ambiguous reference to ry and aa. The text remains unclear but suggests immigration or residency prospects discussed in the late News Flashes.
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Ry & Aa
We Want Beer Rally Reaches Raleigh for Beer Bill Hearing
Automobiles draped with signs proclaiming We Want Beer travel to Raleigh to attend a hearing on the beer bill pending in the assembly.
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Itn
Raleigh
Wilmington to Host Spring Training Start This Week
The league will arrive late today or tonight to begin spring training Thursday. Carter, a coach at Furman University in Greenville, D. C., will be coming from there to join the squad.
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Wilmington
Mar
Carter
Furman University
Greenville
D. C
Mob Jack Fire Near Hatteras Island Triggers Coast Guard Rescue
The fishing trawler Mob jack caught fire off Hatteras Island today. A coast guard boat rescued the crew after they attempted to reach shore through rough seas in a small catboat.
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Ocracoke
Mar
Hatteras Island
Coast Guard
Raleigh man held on manslaughter charge after wreck
Frederick Cowan of Raleigh was ordered held on a $1,000 bond after a coroner's inquiry into the death of Miss Genevieve Fales of Wilmington. The death occurred in an air mobile wreck near Raleigh on March 19.
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Raleigh
Mar
Frederick Cowan
Genevieve Fales
Wilmington
Here
House Foreign Affairs Panel Backs Arms Embargo Plan
The committee approved the administration proposal giving President Roosevelt power to place embargoes on arms and munitions shipments to foreign nations at war.
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Washington
Mar
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Treason Trial Of Officer Complete
London dispatch reports Lieut Norman Baillie Stewart of the Seaforth Highlanders was found not guilty on three charges after a court martial. The verdict concluded proceedings begun with alleged sale of military information to a foreign agent.
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London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Seaforth Highlanders
Beer And Appropriations Hold Solons' Attention
Raleigh March 28 The Senate and House over state appropriations for 1933 35 widened as the Senate adopted committee recommendations increasing allotments for many departments. No major controversial items settled but schools and colleges remained unresolved. The Senate bill carries about 82 775 000 and the House 78 919 000.
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Raleigh
Mar
Senate
House
General Assembly
Assembly
Wets
Francis of Haywood
Senate Finance Committee
Raleigh Hearing On Francis Beer Bill Draws Statewide Attention
Citizens from all parts of the state converge on the state capitol for a public hearing before the Senate judiciary committee on the Francis beer bill as lawmakers consider beer policy amid debate on appropriations and other actions.
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Raleigh
Mar
State
Francis Beer
Senate Judiciary Committee
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