End of CCC Fire Probe Near Near Norris Tenn
Army officers expect to close an inquiry into a Norris Dam CCC camp fire that killed three 20 year olds Elwood Kramer Charles Depalma and Jacob Klein. Four others burned are recovering as clothing and equipment arrive from Fort Oglethorpe.
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Norris, Tenn
Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Norris Dam
John W. O'Daniel
Elwood Kramer
Nutley
N. J
Charles Depalma
East Orange
Jacob Klein
the Bronx
New York
Knoxville
CDC
Army Investigating Board
O’daniel
Col. W. 8. Grant
Fort Oglethorpe
War Department
Washington
Robert Fechner
CCC
Restaurant Men Seek Changes in National Code at Meridian Meeting
Meridian Mississippi December 13 restaurant owners meeting today urged modification of the national restaurant code. Robert J. Wilson Washington chairman of the code committee for 14 southern states presided. Four changes were outlined for Washington code authority: allow seven day workweek, permit two split shifts, allow up to 14 hours with max eight hours in a day, and a larger wage differential for unskilled workers. J L Taylor farmer near Albany Oklahoma grew an 85 pound pumpkin.
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Meridian
Miss
Robert J. Wilson
Washington
Southern Restaurant Association
Deacons Call Men and Boys to Church Barbecue
The Deacons of First Baptist Church invite all men and boys of the church and Sunday School to a barbecue in the church basement at seven o clock on Friday night December 14.
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First Baptist Church
State seeks to show confession in Valentine poison case
In Charleston Mississippi on December 13 the state plans to introduce a purported confession in the St Valentine poison candy murder of 11 year old Marjorie Mae Scott in the trial of 18 year old George Spencer Quinton. Prosecutors aim to prove motive through the confession while witnesses recount the girl's illness and doctors link symptoms to poisoning.
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Charleston
Miss
Marjorie Mae Scott
George Spencer Quinton
Quinton
Scott
Byron Scott
J. E. Powell
Powell
Driving Charge Filed After Collision on Jackson Street
Police filed a reckless driving charge against Dr. W. E. Smith after a collision with a street car driven by H. S. Harrison on Jackson near Telemaque late Wednesday. Dr. Smith said he was driving south and attempted to pass when the street car approached.
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W. E. Smith
H. S. Harrison
Jackson Street
Telemaque Street
Dr. Smith
CCC Workers Get Five Days Off For Christmas
Atlanta dispatch reports CCC workers in the fourth corps area will receive five days of paid leave over Christmas. General George Van Horn Moseley announced leaves from 5 p.m. December 21 to midnight December 26, with New Year leave from 5 p.m. December 28 to midnight January 2. Camps will host special festivities for those staying.
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Atlanta
CCC
Fourth Corps
George van Horn Moseley
Summerlin Appointed U S Minister To Panama
President Roosevelt named George T. Summerlin of Louisiana as minister to Venezuela, creating a vacancy there. A career diplomat, Summerlin, born in Rayville, Louisiana, studied at the United States Military Academy and served 1896 to 1903 in the army before joining the foreign service. He has held posts in Tokyo Peking Santiago Mexico City and Rome and was minister to Honduras in 1925 before his 1929 transfer to Venezuela.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Antonio C. Gonzalez
New York
Ecuador
George T. Summerlin
Louisiana
Venezuela
Summerlin
Rayville
United States Military Academy
American Foreign Service
Tokyo
Peking
Santiago
Mexico City
Rome
Honduras
Death Toll In Lansing Hotel Blaze Reaches 23
Discovery of a body in the Grand river raises the Kern hotel fire death toll to 23 in Lansing Michigan. Officials say many missing may never be identified due to extensive destruction. Twenty two bodies have been removed from the hotel ruins. The river body found by a diver under ice will be raised today as searches continue. Fifteen victims have been identified.
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Lansing
Mich
Grand River
Kern Hotel
Negro Chickens Thief Hides In Outbuilding To Evade Arrest
Willie Webb, a Black man known for stealing fowl, hid in a small outbuilding on the Winnsboro road after officers found six chickens in a bedroom sack at his home. He fled when warned of arrest as a material witness, later surrendering and explaining he was scared. Police note a history of breaking and entering and thefts of chickens hogs and a cow.
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Willie Webb
Webb
George Williams
Wilson Street
D. J. Bedsole
L. G. Parker
Winnsboro Road
Central Grammar School Hosts Hawaii and South American Group
A group of Hawaiians and South Americans led by Al Kalani performed a musical and comedy program at Central Grammar School Thursday afternoon, arranged by Miss Katie.
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Central Grammar School
al Kalani
Monroe
Miss Katie
Hawaiians Perform at Local Schools in Costume Comedy
The group, previously seen at Barkdale Faulk, Georgia Tucker, and Lida Benton schools, used steel guitars and piano accordions. Performers appeared in costume and delivered comedy stunts that particularly delighted the children.
Roosevelt urges joint work on war profits probe
President Roosevelt urged close cooperation between his committee to curb war profits and the Senate munitions inquiry. Senator Clark said Roosevelt asked for mutual consultation, and Bernard Baruch noted cooperation with the Senate and House. Clark stressed no basis for conflict as both panels push to act.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Clark
Missouri
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
House
Franklin Parish Rejects Additional Gasoline Tax
At a called meeting the Franklin parish police jury voted unanimously against adding one more cent per gallon gasoline tax for relief purposes. They argued voters would not approve the tax and it would be unwise. Current taxes on gasoline in the parish total seven cents per gallon, with one cent for non state highway road maintenance yielding about $10,000 annually. Relief agencies are active in Franklin parish.
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Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Tuberculosis Cases in Moscow Fall Fourfold by 1933
In the six years ending 1933 the city of Moscow saw a marked decline in registered tuberculosis cases, dropping to one quarter of the earlier level. The trend reflects substantial public health gains and intensified control measures.
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Moscow
Sit-1-Cide Promises Quick Parasitic Relief
A new liquid preparation Sit-1-Cide claims to penetrate skin and eradicate par asites within thirty minutes. It is advertised as immediately effective against parasitic itch scabies and sold by druggists for 60c or mailed upon payment. Suicide Co. Inc., Commerce, Ga.
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Suicide Co. Inc
Commerce
Mineral Rights Leased On LSU Lands By Allen And Long
Governor O K Allen and Senator Huey P Long on the LSU board awarded the oil gas and mineral rights lease to Superior Oil Producing company for a $25 000 flat bonus covering 2200 acres about $12 per acre. The firm must drill a well within a year and later share one eighth of the oil with the university.
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Baton Rouge
Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State University
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Superior Oil Producing Company
University
Distressed Honduran Schooner Gypsy Sought In Gulf
Coast Guard commands vessels at sea to watch for a mayday call after reports that the Honduran schooner Gypsy foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. The cutter Kimball left Pascagoula to assist an unidentified schooner reported near Horn Island in the Mississippi Sound.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Kimball
Pascagoula
Horn Island
Mississippi Sound
Company limits drilling near buildings amid gas and sulfur output
The firm reports gas production and two long tons of sulfur produced and agrees not to drill within 500 feet of any building, outlining safety and zoning commitments.
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Penetro
J. L. Taylor
Albany, Okla
U. S
Panama
Leei
Cunalun
Hack
Ang
Allen
Long
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