Stop Hitler lineup seen with air power as decisive factor
Washington April 5 experts assess Europe’s Stop Hitler coalition, noting Rome Berlin axis edges in land and sea while air power favors Britain France and Poland. Official figures show Germany Italy with large immediate ground forces and reserves. Great Britain France Poland lead in naval strength and anti aircraft capacity.
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Carroll to Speak at Hi Y Banquet in Thomasville
C F Carroll superintendent of High Point High School will be principal speaker at the Thomasville Hi Y Club Father and Son banquet. The event at the Woman's Club on April 20 at 7 a.m. will draw about 200 members fathers and guests. Tickets are 60 cents and available at Thomasville High School. Governor Hoey spoke at last year’s banquet.
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Kelly Wins Chicago Mayoral Race in Landfall of 1940
Mayor Edward J. Kelly, a Democratic veteran, defeated Dwight H. Green by about 180000 votes in Chicago. Final unofficial tallies show Kelly 820517, Green 637107, and third candidate Reilly 4921, signaling strong party dominance and foreshadowing national contest implications.
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Harry B. Hershey
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Duke Names Allen Johnson 39 Captain Of Football Team
Durham April 5 The Duke University football squad elected guard Allen Johnson of Lexington as captain for 1939 He succeeds co captains Eric Tipton and Dan Hill center.
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Sweet Pea) Johnson
Lexington
Eric Tipton
Dan Hill
Normal Growth In Employes And Pay In N C Industries
North Carolina industrials show steady gains 1935 to 1937, per Forest Shuford. Census data: 2,896 plants in 1937 employing 258,771 workers with $181.3 million wages and product value of $1.385 billion, up from 2,599 plants, 227,100 workers, $148.9 million wages, and $1.104 billion product value in 1935. Average wage rose to $731.40 in 1937 from $655.76 in 1935.
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Raleigh
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Forest Shuford
Washington
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Easter absence tied to lack of corsages says church leader
Dr. Trela D. Collins, former executive secretary of the North Carolina Council of Churches, told the Durham Monarch Club that Easter turnout suffers when girls cannot afford corsages or new dresses. He decried the trend as “terrible” and urged attention to holiday attire.
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Trela D. Collins
North Carolina Council of Churches
Durham Monarch Club
Contract Awarded For Belmont Post Office Construction
The Treasury awarded a $40,900 contract to L. B. Gallimore of Greensboro North Carolina for the construction of a post office at Belmont.
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Tour Report Finds CARDUS Helps Women Across Ages
Touring Reporters interviewed 2011 women in North Carolina and fifteen states about CARDUS. Ninety eight percent or 1880 of the first 2011 users said they benefited, with CARDUS claimed to boost appetite digestion and assimilation, strengthening energy and nerve tone to ease headaches nervousness mood and cramps. CARDAT build-up urged.
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Cardus
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Injunction Secured In Fight Over Gasoline Rates
Fayetteville and Cumberland County won a temporary injunction in Raleigh preventing Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Airline from implementing lower gasoline and kerosene rates from Wilmington to inland North Carolina. Plaintiffs claim the rates are discriminatory and would harm Fayetteville’s growing fuel distribution industry. Hearing on the restraining order set for April 22 at 10 o clock before Judge Nimocks in Fayetteville.
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Q. K. Nimocks, Jr
Thomasville Boys Admit to CCC Camps
Six white boys and four colored boys from Thomasville passed health exams for entry into the Civilian Conservation Corps after a test in Lexington. assignations place James Robert Hill and others to Camp Jerricoe near Lexington. four colored boys to camp near Franklin. County total 21 white and nine colored.
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Thomasville
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lexington
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James Richard Riddle
Raymond Owens
Donald Ward
Edgar McCormick
Herman Cooper
Jerricoe
Thomas Anderson Bodie
Roger Louis Phillips
John Bruce Thigpen
Rudolph McCurdy
Franklin
Officer Held on Wounding Charge in Hendersonville
Special Deputy Furman L. Case was jailed without bond after the pistol wound suffered by Minnie Cox 36 in the Pinnacle section of Henderson County. Deputy Patterson arrested Case and quoted Cox saying Case shot her.
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Lexington Special Vote on Nine Month School Term
Special Lexington election set for April 21 to decide taxing the district for a nine month school term. Voters will choose whether to levy extra taxes to fund the extended school year.
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Lexington
Hen adopts farmer's kittens in nesting mix up
In Huntington Indiana farmer Leroy Beal watches as a hen adopts two barn kittens left by a cat. The hen hisses and shields the pair until a worker intervenes and returns them to their rightful mother cat.
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Leroy Beal
PENALTY ENOUGH INDIANAPOLIS
Alfred Tederson faced city court for running two red lights and speeding 45 mph as his wife defended him telling Judge John L. McNelis they rushed to a birthday party in her honor. The judge suspended Tederson’s $11 fine after noting financial troubles.
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Alfred Tederson
Mrs Hill Arrested for Speeding Turns to Vet for Dying Hog
El Paso Texas report says Mrs J J Hill sped to rush her veterinarian husband to a dying hog. Justice Harrington called it an unusual emergency but dismissed the case.
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J. J. Hill
Justice of the Peace
Harrington
Last Roundup Stop Snakes In Horse Heaven Hills
In Prosser Washington farmers and sheepmen commence their annual drive against rattlesnakes in the Horse Heaven hills. Reported on the first day are 205 snakes dynamited in their dens as crews work to prevent spread into the farming district.
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Horse Heaven
92 year old woman mistaken for dead revived in ambulance
In Chicago a neighbor found Catherine Halvorsen apparently dead. Police rushed her to Danish American hospital believing she had died. The 92 year old sat up in the ambulance, coughed up her teeth and regained normal breathing during the bumpy ride.
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Catherine Halvorsen
Thomasville Dentist Plans New One Story Office
Dr. O R Hodgin of Thomasville announces the start of a new one story brick veneer office at West Main and Mock Streets. The building should be completed by July 1 with move-in of offices and equipment then. Plans by Eccles Everhart Louis Voorhees Griff Smith as contractor. Plumbing and lighting contracts awarded to local firms. Hodgin has practiced here 15 years from the National Bank building.
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Drone Bee Visiting Rule Blocks Neighboring Colonies
The rule allows only drone bees to visit neighboring colonies while queens and worker bees are not accepted outside their own hives.
North Carolina Farm Market Report Fruits and Vegetables
North Carolina shipping points report wholesale market prices for fruits and vegetables. Listings include Lettuce mixing prices from Phoenix Arizona and strawberries from Hammond Louisiana, plus potatoes cabbage apples and peppers with varied regional quotes and crate sizes across multiple markets.
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Hastings
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Green Mountains
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Cranium Crackers Names Occupations From List
From the given names identify fitting occupations: Newspaperman, statesman, photographer, lawyer, merchant, poet, zoologist, hunter, explorer. Rufus Choate, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Gordon Bennett, Albert Gallatin, Adolph Ochs, Marshall Field.
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Paul Laurance Dunbar
James Gordon Bennett
Albert Gallatin
Adolph Ochs
Marshall Field
Lenten Question: Christ Drove Out Money Changers from Temple
The question asks how Jesus denounced the money changers whom He drove from the temple. It seeks a biblical response. The narrative portrays righteous anger at commercial activity in worship space.
10 500 Capacity Indoor Stadium Planned at Duke
An indoor stadium seating 10 500 will be erected at Duke University beside the gymnasium and ready by 1940. The structure will match campus building materials and measure 175 by 262 feet.
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Durham
Duke University
Spring Photo Contest Closes Friday Afternoon
The Enterprise invites amateurs in High Point to submit photos depicting the arrival of Spring. Send entries with name, address, and location on back. no size restrictions. A $3 prize for best photo, three $1 awards, and honorable mentions will be published.
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High Point
Enterprise
12 Years Old 250 Alma Maters
A traveling tent show carries 12-year-old June Alise Brunk across nine states and six years of schooling. She attends the nearest classroom wherever the show pitches and often changes grade levels, yet consistently earns good report cards. Summers are spent with relatives in Plainview, Texas, or Kansas.
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Glen D. Brunk
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Treasury Report Shows Public Debt Tops 40 Billion
The Treasury released its April 1 financial statement showing the public debt rose over 40 billion dollars. After a $50 million transfer to the old age reserve, the total stood at 40,037,733,224 last Saturday, about 2.873 billion more than at the start of the fiscal year.
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