First Triple Electrocution Takes Place At Pen
A 1934 AP survey shows House support for cash payment of the soldiers bonus with 159 in favor and 47 against. Senate positions split 24 for and 24 against, leaving doubt to be resolved by undecided members and potential compromises. Observers cite Roosevelt administration strength and the American Legion push as pivotal factors.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
American Legion
Congress
Legion
Trio Negroes Die in Chair for Murder
Raleigh dispatch reports the first North Carolina triple execution at the state prison. Johnny Johnson, Preston Howard, and Johnny Hart were executed in quick succession for murder of a white filling station operator, Jer nigan, after a prison escape. Witnesses included Wilson taxi driver James Joyner and three Wilson police officers.
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Raleigh
State’s
North Caroina
Johnny Johnson
Preston Howard
Johnny Hart
Johnson
Howard Jernigan
Sampson County
Howard
Hart
Booker Watson
L. C. Parker
James Joyner
Wilson
Joyner
Jernigan
John Brewer
Pageland
D. C
Tom Johnson
L. V. Hyde
C. P. Hocutt
P. R. Harrison
Howell
Roosevelt Pledges to Carry On Pioneer Spirit
President Roosevelt dedicates a $100 000 Harrodsburg monument and appeals to a frontier spirit as he compares early pioneers to 1934 reformers. He asserts Americans must pioneer to secure security freedom and happiness, linking dam projects in the Tennessee Valley to a new commonwealth.
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Roosevelt
Kentucky
Harrodsburg
America
George Rogers Clark
Tennessee Valley
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Atlantic Seaboard
Commonwealth
Wilderness
Old Fort
Biddle Named Head of Labor Truce Board
Francis Biddle of Philadelphia was named chair man of the labor relations board to direct the administration’s effort to maintain an industrial truce by settling labor disputes. He succeeds Lloyd Garrison who resigns to return to the University of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Biddle
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Harvard
Barnes, Biddle and Meyers
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners
Public Association
AAA
Three Way Settlement Offer in Reynolds Estate
In Forsyth County, a three way division proposal seeks to settle Zachary Smith Reynolds fortune of about 25 million dollars. Surviving brother Dick Reynolds and sisters Mary Babeck and Nancy Bagley propose shares with Libby Holman Reynolds receiving 750,000 and the widow 750,000, plus a 25 percent share for Christopher Smith Reynolds, with the rest allocated to a North Carolina charitable trust. The plan awaits court approval with hearings likely in December or January in Forsyth Superior Court, amid legal questions over wills and previous trusts.
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Winston-Salem
Zachary Smithnolds
R. J. Reynolds
Cal
Aft Desea
Dick Reynolds
Mary Reynolds Babeck
Nancy Reynolds Bagley
New York
Forsyth Superior Court
Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Anne Cannon Reynolds-Smith
Anne Cannon ‘Ih
North Carolina
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company
Anne Cannon Reynolds III
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Maryland
State Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
Superior Court
Forsyth County
Circait Court
Baltimore City
Fire Kills Two at Park Hotel in Exchange Street
Geneva reports a hotel blaze at the three story Park on Exchange Street early today. Two men died in the fire and two others were injured. The dead are identified as James Cannahoe and a man tentatively named James Berlew, both permanent guests. Loss estimated at 810,000. Emergency crews battled flames through the morning.
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Geneva
Park Hotel
Exchange Street
James Cannahoe
James Berlew
American actor Dallas Anderson dies after auto crash
Dallas Anderson 60 a familiar figure on the American stage died at City Hospital Richmond from multiple injuries after being struck by an automobile Tuesday night.
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Richmond
Dallas Anderson
Two Die in Amazonia Plane Crash Near Airport
Two pilots were killed when a motored rapid airplane crashed and burned near the Joseph, Missouri airport. Victims were H. C. Brasfield, private pilot and manager of the airport, and Ben F. Billings of Kansas City who were at the controls.
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Amazonia
HH. C. Brasfield
the &. Joseph, Mo
Ben F. Billings
Kansas City
P O Reports Surplus With Postal Service Outlook
Postmaster General reports a surplus of 812 million dollars for the fiscal year ended June 30. He cites improved general business conditions and notes an 11 percent October rise in postal business compared with a year ago.
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Washington
UNC Duke game tickets near sellout in Chapel Hill
UNC officials announced advance sales for the Duke Carolina game passed 20 000 with a probable crowd over 80 000. Three thousand reserved seats remained and 4 500 general admission tickets would go on sale at noon tomorrow.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt loses bid for custody of Gloria Vanderbilt
New York reports Justice Carew denies habeas corpus in custody fight over 10 year old Gloria Vanderbilt. Gloria remains with Mrs Whitney with arrangements for support totaling 48 000 yearly, 3000 monthly for expenses and 1000 monthly to her mother. Vanderbilt may see child two days weekly and may choose religious training. nurse to be dismissed to remove perceived bias.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Harry Payne Whitney
Oria
John F. Carew
Reginald Vanderbilt
Emma Keislich
Gloria
Justice Carew
Weather Synopsis for North Carolina and Georgia Regions
Fair conditions prevail across North Carolina with slightly warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday. Georgia also sees fair weather and a warming trend into Saturday. Coastal areas from Sandy Hook to Hatteras report moderate waves and southwest winds, with similar fair skies tonight and Saturday. Northeasterly winds and fair conditions extend from Mannatee to Jacksonville, with moderate NNE winds tonight and Saturday. Official weather data notes tem perature and rainfall records for the 24 hours ending at 6 A M in principal cotton growing areas and surrounding regions.
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South
Southenan
Georgia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Manteree
Jacksonville
Tem
Evidence completes in Davis murder case and arguments begun
In Greensboro Navy 16 Special evidence in the trial of five for the murder of William E. Davis and the robbery of his father was finished before noon. Eight attorneys began argument as the court call the case the talkathon likely to last into the night with the jury expected late tonight. Witness Hubbard testified about alibi issues for Ralph Dill and his companion, conflicting Dill’s story about car borrowing.
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Greensboro
Navy
William E. Davis
Sumner Township
E. D. Davis
Smith
Dill
Arnold Jackson
Hubbard
Reuben Varner
Allen Adams
Varner
Rose
Smith's
Warner
J. Lee Stone
High Point
Luther Osborne
Katie Thomas
J. W. Donovant
Reuben Warner
Washington Debates Unemployment Insurance Contribu tions
National disagreement over 8 percent payroll tax and proposed 56 percent levy heats up as industry and labor clash over unemployment fund. AFL and allies use 80 hour week bill as leverage while early signs show labor industry battles likely to dominate Congress. PWA head cites 41 thousand jobs gain and other estimates amid ongoing public works spending.
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Washington
George Durno
William Green
Othe
AFL
Congress
Ouths Held In Extortion Plot Near Sargent Quarry
Two teen intruders, George Gould and Willie Bennett, were captured near J. D. Sargent’s North Carolina Granite Corp quarry after a dummy package was planted to trap extortionists. Gould was wounded by officers while fleeing. they had earlier received threats demanding 2500 dollars.
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Mount Airy
J. D. Sargent
North Carolina Granite Corporation
George Gould
Willie Bennett
Sargent
Gould
Public query on Huey Long debt cancellation in California
A Beverly Hills reader asks if Huey Long debt cancellation applies to movers from other states. The note warns against Bank of America and hints at a Sinclair movement into California as a major pilgrimage, urging a public answer and wire collection to Huey Long.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
Sinclair
Californi
Longiana
Bank of America of
Beverly Hills
Huey
Former Candy Girl Makes Opera Debut in Chicago
Anna Turkel once sold chocolates at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and studied abroad after a string of early breaks. Tomorrow night she debuts as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana with the Chicago Grand Opera Company, with family members traveling to witness her milestone.
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Chicago
Anna Turkel
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Santuzza
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Metropolitan
America
Antonio Scotti
Metropolitan Opera Club
Town Hall
Genoa
Italy
Lena Turkel
Frederick Brown
Woonsocket R .I
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