Gardner May Be Named Cotton Chief In South Proposals
Washington May 15 Former North Carolina Governor C Max Gardner may be chosen to administer cotton provisions under the farm law in a meeting of southern cotton leaders with George N Peek. The conference discussed candidates as Morgenthau planned to sell 19306 bales for the Cotton Stabilization Corporation in New Orleans. Meanwhile lawmakers were summoned to the White House to discuss a re employment or sales tax to fund a sweeping public works program.
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Washington
C. Max Gardner
North Carolina
George N. Peek
Tait Butler
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
L. H. Duncan
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Peek
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Board
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
New Orleans
White House
Roosevelt
Rainey
Robinson
Arkansas
Burns
Tennessee
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Ragan
D-Ark
Vinson
D-Ky
Byrns
Congress
Ernest Torrence Dies in New York at 54
Noted actor Ernest Torrence died in Lenox Hill hospital New York at dawn after gall bladder surgery. Survivors include wife Ilse Reamer son Ernest Jr and brothers Terrence. Torrence famed as stage and screen star who began as a concert pianist and operatic singer. He starred in Tolible David The Covered Wagon and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, later known for a wide range of roles.
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New York
Ernest Torrence
Lenox Hill Hospital
Ilse Reamer
Ernest, Jr
Terrence
David
London
Thomas Edison
East Orange
N. J
Torrence
Mountaineer
Notre Dame
Pan
Matty
Hollywood
Welch Boy Recants Story In Murder Case Of Bobby Sechrest
Welch 15 year old golf caddy is jailed on murder charges in the Sechrest case. He now claims a bicycle accident near Blair's Farm bridge involved a man and woman in a car who would corroborate his new version. Police seek witnesses to the alleged crash as Welch awaits a preliminary hearing next Monday.
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Griffith Welch
Bobbie Sechrest
Welch
Blair
South Main Street
Éich
Greensboro
George B. Wimberly
Highway Bridge
Robbie
Bobby
S. Wade Sechrest
Ernest ©. Davie
Trinity Road
Robby
Murder Charge Filed in Hit-and-Run Case
A warrant charging Welch with murder was issued by Chief W G Friddlie yesterday afternoon. Preliminary hearing likely next Monday morning unless civil court delays it. Funeral services for Bobbie Clarence Sechrest were held at 11 am today at the grandparents’ home with Rev O L Ruth and Rev George Tunstall officiating and interment at Oakwood Memorial Park.
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Welch
W. G. Friddlie
Bobbie Clarence Sechrest
J. R. Lackey
Thurston Street
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
George T. Tunstall
Green Street Baptist Church
Jesus
J. Roy Teague
N. O. Brown
D. H. Smith
G. A. Lewallen
Roby Lohr
R. H. Walters
Misses Carrie
Faye Dean Snider
Lucille Ingram
Dorothy Russell
Elizabeth Wade
Emily Ingram
Opal Sechrest
Mary Alice Sechrest
Hazel Nolan
Mesdames
T. R. Sullivan
J. R. Dillon
Helen Ballard
Clyde Leonard
Rochester Realtor Richard Redfern Found Dead
Rochester realtor Richard B Redfern 59 was found dead after jumping from Veterans Memorial Bridge on April 24. His body floated downstream and was identified by personal effects and a note to his brother Edwin. Family says suicide stemmed from financial worries amid pursuit of his missing nephew Paul Redfern.
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Rochester
N. Y
Richard
Redfern
Rockefeller versus Mexican artist sparks inflation debate
In Santa Monica a reader letters page vents about art and inflation. The writer parodies John D. Rockefeller and a Mexican artist, claiming Rockefeller avoids onions on a plain ham sandwich and insisting on paying without eating them.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Yung Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Greensboro Claims Best Saturday Business in Years
Greensboro merchants reported Saturday as the best business day in three years with receipts showing marked gains. One firm said sales ran over 100 percent ahead of the same period last year as others echoed enthusiastic results.
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Greensboro
Wees
Gangster Elcas Tro Found Bound and Shot Dead in Car
Chicago police report the 25 year old gangster Rocco elcas tro known as a purglar liquor dealer and member of the circus gang was found shot to death in an automobile bound with clothes line and electric cord a pistol with six notches nearby investigators suspect he was killed by gang enemies while bound officials say he was not related to James Belcastro the bombing boss of gangland.
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Chicago
Rocco Elcastro
James Belcastro
Farmer's Body Sought In Lake
Greensboro sheriff's deputies drag a Carolina lake in Guilford county to day for the body of W. W. Bennett, an elderly farmer missing since Saturday. Relatives fear he may have taken his own life.
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Greensboro
Carolina Lake
Guilford County
W. W. Bennett
Bennett
Labor Trouble At Utica Blamed On Misunderstanding
Ten state troopers from Sidney were assigned to keep order at the Utica Knitting Co. Sherburne plant strike. Injured workers and one arrest marked a labor dispute as several hundred employees resisted a handful of workers continuing on the jobs amid a new efficiency system James Patrick, manager, called the clash a misunderstanding about the changes.
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Sidney
N. Y
Sherburne
Utica Knitting Co
James Patrick
Week End Storms Sweep Arkansas
Week end storms killed four people in northern Arkansas and caused major flooding across the region. A tornado near the Missouri border devastated Franklin in Izard county while calendars of rain turned creeks into torrents. More than 6000 acres of farm land were flooded one to two feet deep and rail traffic was paralyzed.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Franklin
Izard County
Banking Crisis Forces Swift North Carolina Legislation
Raleigh May 15. In the 1933 assembly session banking committees faced their greatest task as nationwide banking holidays triggered sweeping measures. Senate bill 329 sanctioned Ehringhaus’s bank holiday power with council of state oversight. House bill 943 created conservators for depositors, allowed preferred stock, and set six percent interest. House bill 1154 the Bank Reorganization Bill enables a statewide banking institution from restricted banks, with plans to be approved by the commissioner and publicized in affected counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
General Assembly
House
Ehringhaus
Council of State
District Court Upholds Indictment of Bishop
Special to the Enterprise reports in Greensboro that a caveat to the will of Samuel McMillan of High Point was filed by McAnally and Gold. The filing, signed by Sarah McMillan and eight children with five daughters in law, contests the will dated after McMillan’s death on April 11, 1930, claiming lack of sound mind.
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Greensboro
Samuel McMillan
High Point
McAnally and Gold
Sarah McMillan
McMillan
Man survives string of self-inflicted wounds in Charlotte
Police report Charles McRae, a Black man, attempted suicide multiple times after being suspected in a robbery and faced marital strife. He slashed his wrists and face, cut his throat, battered his head with a rock, and laid his head on train tracks before being rushed to a hospital. A second fall from a window was noted after initial treatment.
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Charloteer
Charles McRae
Becuse
McRae
Will transfer request to superior court after 1930 filing
The document notes a will filed in 1930 seeking transfer to the superior court with the issue to be the will's setting. It mentions distributions to relatives of small sums and the remainder to the widow.
Boy Drowns in Neuse River Near Springs
May 15 report from Goldsboro says Arthur Hill, 14, drowned while trying to swim back across the Neuse near Springs. His body was recovered.
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Goldsboro
Arthur Hill
Neuse River
Springs
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Levi H. Davis
Southern Methodist Churchman
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Bishop Cannon
Miss Burroughs
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