Young Democrats Seek Revision of Representation
Durham April 1 The North Carolina Young Democrats executive committee asks the Democratic National Committee to revise the apportionment of delegates to the national convention to give bigger representation to Democratic voting strength rather than total population. The resolution cites unfairness to continuously Democratic states and follows John Temple Graves’s proposed plan.
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Durham
North Colina
Young Democrats
Mittee
Satury
Colum
Laymen Banquet at Main Street Methodist in Thomasville
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville April 1 reservations are exhausted for the laymen banquet at 6 30 tonight at the Woman's Club building Governor Clyde Hoey will speak Walter Vassar Greensboro music head will sing George D Finch church steward board head will toastmaster R L Pope banker and church leader will introduce Hoey
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Thomasville
Main Street Methodist
Woman's Club
Clyde Hoey
Walter Vassar
Greensboro
George D. Finch
R. L. Pope
Hoey
Democratic delegate rules outlined in party resolution
The document details a plan for allocating delegates: one per congressional district, one additional per district if a Democratic congressman was elected or the district cast at least 15 000 Democratic votes in the prior election, four at large delegates per state, and three additional at large delegates from states that supported the Democratic presidential candidate. Copies were sent to James A Farley, the DNC chairman, the Young Democrats of America, state congressional delegates, and other party leaders.
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Congress
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Young Democrats of America
R. Gregg Cherry
Democratic
Toutes Danocrats
Americans Hold Three Stakes Stubs in U S at Irish Sweepstake
Dublin reports Americans shared meagerly in Friday's Grand National Steeplechase drawing at Aintree. Only three of ten tickets drawn belonged to Americans, with stubs named A Little Luck, Still Waiting and Hoping, and Dizzy Izzy, none on the top favorites Kilstar or Royal Daniels. Prize money pools are reduced by the war to one quarter of last year.
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Dublin
Aintree
England
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Professor
St. John’s Church
Stapleton
Nebraska
Symaethis
Dizzy Izzy
North Shore Ave
Chicago
Sterling Duke
Kilstar
Royal Daniels
Jury Trials Given To Boyd And Notes
Bill Boyd and James T. Nobles were granted jury trials in the Municipal Court after a crash at Taylor Street crossing with a Southern Railway train. Boyd faces operating a vehicle under the influence charge. Nobles faces aiding and abetting.
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Bill Boyd
English Street
James T. Nobles
Taylor Street
Southern Railway
Boyé
Jesse Bradshaw
Blair Street
Haze Edwards
East Russell Street
B. F. Ridge
Gaines Hensley
Robert Lawrence
North Street
James C. Smith
Thomasville
Paul Collins
Great Southern Trucking Company
Lucille Cook
Gord Street
Kay Hill
Lee Street
Weather unsettled with showers across Carolinas and Virginias
Local forecast shows cloudy conditions with light scattered showers possible today and into Tuesday. Cooler in northern areas tonight and Tuesday, with partly cloudy to unsettled skies across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. Winds from the southeast shifting to north then east, with overcast periods and occasional light rain in southern portions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Negro delivery boy shot in front of Washington Street pool hall
Willie Barringer a 16 year old delivery boy for Mann Drug Company was wounded in the calf when a shotgun fired in front of a Washington Street pool room. Fred Dixon 42 was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon claiming the injury was accidental. The shooting occurred shortly before 11 o clock.
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Willie Barringer
Mann Drug Company
Washington Street
Fred Dixon
Dixon
Mrs Ormand Undergoes Operation at Guilford General
Mrs. M. S. Ormand of 314 Monroe Street is a patient at Guilford General Hospital where she had an operation this morning. Friends report her condition as satisfactory.
Adlerika Promises Gas Relief From Constipation
An ad claims Adlerika relieves heart pressure from stomach gas caused by constipation. It promises one dose cleans out bowels, offered by Mann Drug Store.
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Adlerika
Mann Drug Storea
President Roosevelt Recovering From Influenza Illness
The White House announced President Roosevelt has influenza and will visit Hyde Park this weekend. A Warm Springs trip may be postponed until later in April while doctors monitor stomach discomfort and normal temperature returns.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Warm Springs
Stephen Early
Georgia
Early
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Tobacco and farm stock outlook for 1940 41 season noted
The department warned that large stocks of flue cured and barley will keep supplies high despite an acreage reduction through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program. Marketing quotas are set at 660 million pounds for flue cured and 315 million for barley, with cigarette consumption likely to rise and export prospects remaining uncertain. Also reported, five daughters of Mrs Hes ter Grogan of Ballyverane, Northern Ireland have become nuns in Australia.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hester Grogan
Ballyverane
Northern Ireland
Australia
Firing Subsides On West Front
French forces on the Western Front reported a heavy artillery duel subsiding after days of shifting German nomad batteries along a 30 mile front. A quiet night followed as Siegfried and Maginot Line fire abated and aerial action remained fairly intense with 25 German and 36 French planes in three fights. seven French planes fell. German planes attacked an unidentified French warship but were driven off by a coastal patrol squadron.
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Paris
High Command
Siegfried
Maginot
Juvenile Court Work Praised In New York Newslets
Judge W F Bailey cited for outstanding juvenile court work in High Point New York. Three Negro youths accused of vandalizing a Negro park helped by the judge and O E Davis to build bird houses and rustic bridges as community service.
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High Point
W. F. Bailey
National Probation Association of New York
O. E. Davis
N. Y
Floods Crest as Rivers Fall in West Virginia and Ohio
Floodwaters from melting snow and rain surge through the Ohio River basin. Four people drown in the flood zone including a child in Leechburg and a toddler in Armage while streams recede after cresting near 38 to 40 feet in Wheeling and 28.53 feet at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela.
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Panhandle
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Johnstown
Robert Clausen
Kiskiminetas
Leechburg
Hild
Ursina
Somerset County
Harry Franklin McCulley
Laurel Creek
Youghiogheny River
Dawson
Pearl Keffer
Armage
Indiana County
Edith Stewart
Brush Creek
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Farmer found dead in yard near Fayetteville
Franklin R. Cook 61 a well known Cumberland County farmer was found shot to death in his yard early yesterday Coroner W C Davis said an investigation is underway
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Fayetteville
Franklin R. Cook
Cumberland County
W. C. Davis
War figure to speak Charlotte tonight
Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Mills national commander of the Military Order of the World War will address the Piedmont Carolinas chapter meeting in Charlotte tonight.
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Charlotte
Charles A. Mills
Military Order of the World War
Piedmont Carolinas
The
Order
London School Reopens After War Outbreak
More than 70 000 London children aged eight to 11 returned to school today for the first time since the outbreak of its war.
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London
Wang Regime Seen as Step Toward Diplomatic Settlement
Nanking reports say the Wang Ching Wei regime may be a Japanese move to bridge the gap to Chungking. Sources note Tokyo’s approval and three provisos including Manchukuo recognition and Japan’s special position in North China, with broad Chinese fears of invasion and loss.
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Wang Ching-Wei
Tokyo
Chungking
Wang
A Kai-Shek
Chun
Manchukuo
Japan
China
Hopeh
Shantung
Shans
Chunqing
Chiang Kai-Shek
Economy bloc discussion eyed by top leaders
Barkley said a government reorganization plan may be sent to Congress this week. It would likely involve intra-departmental changes with no effect on the forest service. A final adjournment date could not be agreed upon as Congress progressed.
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Bankhead
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Barkley
Congress
Forest Service
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Funeral Rites for Mrs Maggie C Hill Held at Archdale Church
Funeral services were held for Mrs Maggie C Hill 32 wife of Clyde V Hill at Archdale Methodist Church. The North Hamilton Street Christian Church Rev W D Helsabeck Providence Wesleyan Methodist Rev T H Myers and pastor O B Mitchell led the service. Interment followed at Fairfield Church Cemetery with pallbearers H Morton Joe Redding E R Hunter G L Miller Lonnie Tuttle and H W Edwards. Flowers were by the Susannah Wesley Class.
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Clyde V. Hill
High Point
Archdale Methodist Church
O. B. Mitchell
W. D. Helsabeck
North Hamilton Street
G. L. Miller
Lonnie Tuttle
H. W. Edwards
Fairfield Church Cemetery
Allied views on neutrality and measures to curb German use of neutral lanes
Allies reject neutrality interpretations that favor the aggressor and seek steps to block German merchantmen in Norwegian waters used to supply Sweden. British press urges a tougher blockade with rationing of neutrals’ imports while noting leaks via the Black Sea oil route and Transiberian backdoor shipments. A UK spokesman says no permission was sought for passing through the Dardanelles. German reconnaissance planes sighted off Scotland but were repelled. a Dornier bomber was disabled over the North Sea.
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America
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Black Sea
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Dardanelles
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North Sea
Mrs Hattie Rice Rites Held For Local Widow
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Rice 51 widow of Spencer Rice were held at Green Street Baptist Church led by Rev A Lincoln Falk and Rev Dwight Spence. A quartet sang Tread Softly and Abide With Me while Argie Wood offered Sunrise Tomorrow. Burial followed at Floral Garden Cemetery with pallbearers Dan Brumfield W H Taylor El mer Ward J B Phillips Amos Hill and Jerry Hill.
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Spencer Rice
Marie Rice
West Russell Street
Green Street Baptist Church
A. Lincoln Falk
North Main Street Baptist Church
Dwight Spence
The
Christian Church
Walter Cr
Slid ing scale aid for war babies and push for female labor
Reynaud plans francs for a needy baby under a sliding scale system tied to wartime hardship. A drive to recruit 1,000,000 women into munitions work is launched. if voluntary efforts fail, the Labor Minister can compel female labor in certain industries.
Mendelssohn Elijah Oratorio Delights High Point Audience
High Point College and Community Chorus of about 80 sang Elijah at Wesley Memorial Church under Janet Russell Owen. Soloists Dorothy Hoskins Janet Hall J Gurney Briggs and Carl Cronstedt impressed with expressive shading. Organist Dan W Smith, director and chorus earned strong praise for a polished performance and strong community reception.
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W. Chase Idol, JR
High Point College and Community Chorus
Janet Russell Owen
Wesley Memorial Church
Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah
Dorothy Hoskins
Janet Hall
J. Gurney Briggs
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Dan W. Smith
Progressive Education Meeting Set for April Conference
Richmond Va April 1 The tri state regional conference of the Progressive Education Association will be held in Richmond April 11 13 drawing parents and teachers from Virginia and the Carolinas. Prominent speakers include William H Kilpatrick W B Featherstone Mary Shattuck Fisher Morris Mitchell W Carson Ryan and William Carr to discuss future education for children and youth.
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Richmond
Progressive Education Association
Virginia
North
South Carolina
William H. Kilpatric
W. B. Featherstone
Columbia University
Mary Shattuck Fisher
Vassar
Morris Mitchell
Florence
Ala
Colege
W. Carson Ryan
Progressive Education
William Carr
The
National Education Association
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