Dunkelberger Wins First Round at North and South
Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point North Carolina defeated Bill Cozart of Durham six and four in the 88th North and South amateur golf tournament. In New York the judge withdrew first degree murder charges against Arthur H. Chalmers a 34 year old mounted patrolman, leaving the jury to consider second degree murder or first degree manslaughter in the Irma Pradier case.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Bill Cozart
Durham
New York
Arthur H. Chalmers
New York Mounted
Burlew Confirmed as First Assistant Interior Secretary
Washington April 5 AP Ebert K Burlew won Senate confirmation today as first assistant secretary of the interior department His appointment had been opposed for three months by Senator Pittman D Nev.
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Washington
Ebert K. Burlew
Senate
The
Interior Department
Pittman
D-Nevy
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Patrolman Slaying Case
Raleigh April 5 AP The supreme court will hear oral appeal arguments toward the end of next week in the case of Bill Payne and Wash Turner condemned for the slaying of Highway Patrolman George Penn. The ruling follows 92 Wake county appeals and five from Franklin county.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Bill Payne
Wash Turner
George Penn
Wake County
Franklin County
Navy flier killed in Norfolk crash near base
An unidentified U.S. Navy pilot died when his fleet air detachment plane crashed near Norfolk Virginia from an altitude over 1000 feet. The incident occurred on April 5 and involved an unidentified air crew member.
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Norfolk
Here
U.S. Fleet Air
Holt D W reorganization bill paid from public treasury
Senator Holt D W bill on reorganizing government was funded by public treasury expenditures. The report notes the payment drew attention to how the measure would be financed and its political implications.
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Washington
Holt D.W
Treasury
Actress Baroness Hatvany Dies After Leg Operation
London report says former Baroness Wally Hatvany a 24 year old actress on the Viennese stage and wife of Oscar Homloka died after a leg operation and a failed blood transfusion. Her death ends a noted European stage career.
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London
Wally Hatvany
Oscar Homloka
Sit-Down Strikers Hold Small Steel Plant in Suburban Hamtramck
Sit down strikers of the CIO United Automobile Workers occupied the bonalite division of the Swedish Crucible Steel Co in Hamtramck Detroit demanding a new contract. About 125 workers involved as officials said the strike began after a union contract was not renewed.
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United Automobile Workers
Swedish Crucible Steel Co
Hamtramck
Ant
Uien
Insurgents Reach Tortosa as Barcelona Goal Looms
Spanish insurgents push toward Barcelona and Valencia while severing communications with Madrid and Valencia. Forces reach Tortosa and advance six miles from Lerida, threatening central Catalonia as a possible decisive clash near the Montserrat defenses.
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Valencia
Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Spain
Barcelona
Tortosa
Mediterranean
Madrid
Franco
Lerida
Catalan Front
Balaguer
Borjar Blancas
Tor
Stubborn Wall Blocks Japanese Drive in Taerchwang
Chinese retreating from Taerchwang slow the Japanese thrust toward the Lunghai railway as night relief from bombardment aids dug defenses along the Grand Canal. Fierce fighting persists near Taerchwang, center of a 17 day battle, with rearguard actions at Yihsien, Hanchwang and Tsaochwang threatening Japanese advances.
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Shanghai
Taerchwang
Lunghai Railway
China
Grand Canal
Talerchwang
Yihsien
Hanchwang
Tsaochwang
Russia denies sending troops to China amid protest
Moscow rejects Japanese charges that the Soviet Union sent army units and officers to China. Foreign Commissar Litvinov says China received arms through international rules and notes volunteers from other nations serve there. He cites Germany and Italy as examples and denies knowledge of two alleged Soviet air incidents.
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China
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Maxim Lit‘vinoff
Litvinoff
Mao Shigemitsu
Japan
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wuhu
Nanking
Ambulance Crew Saves Plane with In-F light Wheel Fix
At Municipal airport a transport plane in danger of crash due to crippled landing gear was saved when Pilot Henry Hollenbeck repaired the wheel in mid air using floor boards and a seat strap while co pilot circled. No passengers aboard. Meanwhile Southern Railway dismantled part of temporary track at the eastern end of the grade crossing project in Salt Lake City area.
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Salt Lake City
Municipal Airport
Henry Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Western Air Express
Southern Railway
Youthful Negro Given Reprieve in Capital Case
Mann Smith a 15 year old Negro received a 30 day executive reprieve from Governor Clyde Hoey delaying his execution date to May 27 after being sentenced to die in the gas chamber for an attack on a young white girl in McDowell county. A clemency hearing is set for April 21 to allow time for a complete investigation.
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Raleigh
Mann Smith
Smith
McDowell County
Clyde Hoey
Mann
Hoey
Asheboro Rotary Plans Benefit Ball for Crippled Children
Asheboro Rotary sponsors a crip pled Children's Benefit Ball at the Asheboro community gymnasium on April 21. Lew Goherty and his Greensboro orchestra provide music, with proceeds aiding the Randolph hospital monthly crippled children's clinic.
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Asheboro
Rotary Club
Lew Goherty
Greensboro
Randolph Hospital
RAF bomber missing crew in squall over China Sea
Singapore April 5 Thirty six planes hunted for a Royal Air Force bomber that vanished with its three crew members during a squall over the China Sea.
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Singapore
Royal Airforce
China Sea
Uproar Delays Chamber Fight On Blum Plan
Paris April 5 AP Premier Leon Blum’s demand for sweeping decree powers to control the economy triggered a chamber uproar. President Edouard Herriot suspended the session as radicals and rightists clashed and a split in Blum’s coalition surfaced over the budget and decree authority.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Jean Montigny
Blum
Germany
German Republic
Montigny
Hitler
Uswers
Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party
People's Front
British Drive To Arm Stalls Labour in Foreign Policy Debate
In London the Chamberlain government won a 359 to 152 vote in the thirteenth foreign affairs debate, facing Labor opposition and calls for a general election over appeasement. Amalgamated Engineering Union officials representing 340000 workers refused an immediate pledge amid talks with Sir Thomas Inskip and Ernest Brown.
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London
Chamberlain
Labor Party
Europe
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Thomas Inskip
Ernest Brown
Ten Named To Investigate TVA But Borah Declines
Washington April 5 UP Vice President Garner and Speaker Ahead named three Democrats and two Republicans from each chamber to probe the Tennessee Valley Authority and private power interests. Borah declined saying he opposed town meeting style inquiries and would have joined only a full senate or house committee. The joint panel, authorized by Congress after TVA dissensions and Morgan’s removal, aims for a broad inquiry.
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Washington
Garner
Ahead
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bankhead
Mead
Driver
D-Ark
Thomason
D-Tex
Jenkins
Ohio
Wolverton
Donahey
Brown
Schwartz
Dwye
McNary
Ore
Borah
Idaho
Senate
House
Snell
New York
TVA
Congress
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
Raleigh Bus Franchise Decision Looms For Raleigh Lexington Route
Raleigh officials expect a decision within weeks on a joint Carolina Coach and Greensboro Fayetteville bus lines bid for a Raleigh to Lexington franchise. Stanley Winborne, state utilities commissioner, outlined the timeline amid the joint application.
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Raleigh
Stanley Winborne
Carolina Coach Company
Greensboro-Fayetteville Bus Lines
Lexington
Two Women And Two Men Hunted For Desert Slaying
El Paso Texas police hunt two men and two women in the torture slayings of California matron Mrs Weston G Frome and her daughter Nancy on the Texas mesquite plains. Investigators cite robbery as the motive while sharing details from autopsy and witness reports.
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EL Paso
Tex
California Society
Texas
Mesquite Plains
Chrie Fox
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
van Horn
Welle
Albert Anderson
Frome
Wells
Roy D. Jackson
Anderson
Jackson
Roy Chitwood
W. W. Waite
Mrs. Frome
Los Angeles
Dionne Quintuplets Welcome 13th Child in Ontario
The Dionne family welcomed a new son weighing 7% pounds, bringing their total to 13 children. Mrs. Olive Dionne, 29, gave birth last night as the quints Marie Yvonne Annette Cecile and Emile now have a brother, Oliva Jr. born July 9 1936. One child had died in infancy.
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Callender
Ont
Dionne
Olive Dionne
Dionnes
Marie
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emile
Rose
Theresa
Pauline
Ernest
Daniel
Oliva, Jr
Royal Air Force Bomber Crash Kills Five in Yorkshire
Five Royal Air Force servicemen died when a bomber crashed near Tibthorpe Yorkshire during a night flight. The incident marked the 32nd RAF crash since January 1 with 62 deaths, police and officials cited intensified training as a likely factor in the surge of accidents.
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London
Royal Air Force
Tibthorpe
Yorkshire
City OKs Refunding Bonds for High Point Debt Plan
Raleigh April 5 The local government commission approved issuing 2 603 000 High Point refunding bonds. The action follows a survey showing debt service cannot meet current maturities without large tax increases. Maturities peak over ten years, with funded debt about 11 500 000. Refunding proposed to defer half of upcoming maturities to keep taxes reasonable.
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Raleigh
N. C
Local Government Commission
High Point
Finance Committee
Delay Tactics Drift In House Over Reorganizing Bill
Washington April 5. Republicans and drifting Democrats seek to stall a government reorganization bill by offering amendments and delaying tactics. Several attempts to close debate failed amid opposition, while supporters argue the measure could pass with limited changes. Key provisions include creating a welfare department a single civil service administrator and a general to audit federal expenditures.
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Washington
House
Civil Service Commission
Audi
White House
Senate Approves Revised Five Billion Tax Bill
The finance committee sent to the senate a revised five billion dollar tax revision bill aimed at boosting business. Changes include elimination of the administration sponsored undisturbed profits tax. the house had kept a modified form. Senate debate starts noon tomorrow as the committee presses to stimulate business and raise taxable net income.
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Washington
Finance Committee
Senate
House
Navy Expansion Toward 6 5 3 Ratio Costs Seen
Senate committee estimates that enacting the navy expansion bill would raise annual naval expenditures to about 750 million dollars. Admiral Leahy testified the proposed 1.12 billion construction plan requires roughly 120 million dollars more per year in appropriations and underscored the need for a 6 5 3 ratio with England and Japan.
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Washington
Senate
Admiral Leahy
Naval Operations
Leahy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
England
Japan
Bank Reelects Montague Norman as Governor
Montague Norman is re elected by the Bank of England to continue as governor a role he has held since 1920. The decision was confirmed in London on April 5.
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London
The
Bank of England Today
Montague Norman
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