Death Penalty for James Godwin in Jail Escape Case
A Superior Court jury in Geertersboro North Carolina sentenced James Godwin a High Point youth to death for the murder of Donald Moss an Opel worker during a jail break aided by the jailer daughter Lula Belle Kimel. The verdict followed hours of deliberation and the execution date was not set. Witness Bill Wilson who escaped with Godwin testified Moss was shot as the fugitives tried to steal Moss car. Lula Belle Kimel received a suspended sentence for aiding Godwin while Bill Wilson faced charges of robbery.
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N. C
Superior
James Win
High Point
Donald Moss
High Point Ile
Lexington
Godwin
Bill Wilson
Moss
Lula Belle Kimel
Wilson
Rattlers Baffle Zoo After Sneaky Rancher Shipment
A North Dakota rancher asked a Philadelphia zoo to send two boxes of rattlesnakes. Curator Roger Conant forwarded them, hoping for a few. instead 219 snakes arrived, leaving staff to work day and night feeding them with mice and birds.
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Philadelphia
North Dakota
Zoo
Roger Conant
Conant
Wage Hour Act flood of questions answered in brief
Editor notes wage hour administration has fielded many inquiries as the act nears effect. Questions span who enforces rules and who is covered, appeal rights, intra state versus interstate scope, compliance certificates, and processor liability. Courts remain final authority on the act's interpretation.
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Offie
Washin
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
State Department of Labor
NRA
Wagehour Administration
Anniversary of first transcontinental telegraph linked wires observed
A 75th anniversary program from Salt Lake City honors the moment the first transcontinental telegraphic link was joined, with broadcasts from WABC CBS and other outlets detailing weekend schedules and remarks, including Hearst replying from London and Taft addressing the Wage and Hour Act. Dr. A M Carwell of Parsons West Virginia is buried in a coffin carved from black walnut ordered 20 years earlier.
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Omaha
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NBC
William Randolph Hearst
London
Winston Churchill
WEAF
Minneapolis Symphony
Charles P. Taft
Weaf-Nbec
Parsons
W. Va
A. M. Carwell
Hendricks
University of Oregon class ponders national debt
In Eugene Oregon Professor Robert Leeper asks his University of Oregon students to define the national debt and national income. When no hands rise he laments that even he cannot answer, highlighting unfamiliarity with economic concepts.
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Eugene, Ore
Robert Leeper
University of Oregon
Local Market Prices for Flour and Feeds
Local wholesale and retail flour prices list short patent and patent brand bags by weight. The table includes live hogs cattle and poultry values, plus dairy and feed items with unit prices and per bag or per barrel rates.
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Hallnara
Isis Viemnind
CNS
Seeeewers
Nevadas
Law Review Notes on a Minimum Wage Ad Policy
The administrator criticizes the act's 25 cent hourly minimum as a bureaucratic hurdle. He cites a "pious wish" language that hinders reform, arguing the provision remains a legal barrier to fair wages.
Regulations For Practice Of Law Adopted By Virginia Court
The Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals adopted new rules governing the practice of law. A forty-lawyer council from all circuits will govern the state bar and elect officers for terms through 1939. Rules define when one is practicing law and seek to safeguard attorney client relationships while permitting related services that do not cross that line.
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Virginia
State Supreme Court of Appeals
State
Edward W. Hudgins
George L. Browning
Herbert B. Gregory
Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
Cence
Dovell
Market quotations and livestock prices in Baltimore region
Market report from Baltimore October 22 covers produce by region Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia with basket prices for apples and eggs. livestock prices include cattle calves hogs sheep and beef values. Chicago and national stock quotes and economic notes accompany the daily update.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Air crafts lead brisk stock upswing with gains to three points
New York stock market opened with aircraft stocks driving a brisk but selective rise led by leaders up three points or more. The rally attracted profit taking near the close as transfers hovered around 1 300 000 shares with steels gaining popularity and motors following.
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Douglas Aircraft
Wickwire
Spencer Steel
Chrysler Company
General Motors
Sterling
al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and
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Genl
Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penney (Jc
Republic Steel
Southern R
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va.Car. Chem
Va.Car. Pfct
Western Union
Woolworth
New York
Wheat Prices Rally for Fourth Straight Session
Chicago cash and futures grain markets rise as wheat leads gains amid confidence in government support for grain values. Prices for wheat futures advance across contracts while oats corn and soybeans show mixed moves and cash market activity hints at outside speculative demand.
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Liverpool
Securities and Trade
Rye
Chicago Chicago
Cash
International isolation myth questioned by Mrs Hedrick talk
Mrs Hedrick spoke to the Winchester branch of the A A U W on the international scene. Starting with Mexico she traced entanglements across China Japan Russia Central Europe and the Mediterranean. She warned that the United States cannot remain isolated due to trade and political ties, challenging the old Washingtonian ideal.
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Te Sea
John Wedrick
Plannes
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Helen Massey
Mexico
Europe
England
United States
Singapore
Italy
Germany
Danubian Valley
Australia
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
George Washington
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
LaGuardia backs New Deal aligned candidates in battle over Lehman
Speech favors New Deal and endorses only candidates who will back federal administration after meeting with Roosevelt. LaGuardia signals he will not support Lehman unless the governor renews firm New Deal backing. Grain prices and market notes follow with Wheat No 2 red winter around 67 cents, corn about 58 cents.
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Lehman
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Senate
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Winchester
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