Local North Carolina Weather Forecast and Readings
Generally fair with a cooler coast and frigid northwest tonight. North coast winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville rise to moderate or fresh. showers possible offshore. Charlotte readings show mid 70s in the day, cooling to around 40s at night with scattered data across stations from Columbia to Raleigh.
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Neutrality Revision Hitches in Sino-Japanese War Coverage
China controlled Manchuria has surged fifteenfold since 1932 mainly in war supplies. Hull faults US firms for missing business chances abroad. Senator Nye criticizes the administration for not enforcing the neutrality act amid the undeclared Sino-Japanese conflict. Roseboro names Butler to seek another term as mayor after a citizens convention selects him and city commissioners.
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Manchuria
Hull
Nye
R-Nd
Roseboro
Co. M. Butler
Butler
Facts On Albania Highlights From Associated Press
Albania covers 10 629 square miles near Italy with 1 003 124 people. King Zog 43 and Queen Geraldine 23 preside over a Mohammedan nation with a small coast guard navy and 812 officers 13 305 men in 1935. Albania’s oil potential and location strip Italy’s Adriatic reach amid wary British plans.
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Associated Press
Albania
Vermont
Rhode Island
Adriatic
Italy
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Adriatic Sea
Balkans
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Zog
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Turkey
St Stephen’s A M E Zion hosts usher board circle event
The pastor and trustees of St Stephen's A M E Zion Church entertained the Church Progressive Circle No 1 and the Senior Usher Board with an evening entertainment as a token of appreciation. Elder Lawrence spoke as guest. The quarterly meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p m with all members urged to attend. Thomas B Smith reports he is away at the State Teacher’s Association in Goldsboro NC. C E Yokely covers today and tomorrow.
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Progressive Circle No. 1
Lawrence
Ye Church
Thomas B. Smith
State Teacher's Association
Goldsboro
E. Yokely
Virginia Seminary Dean Visits Home in Lynchburg
Dr. O Faduma dean of Virginia Theological Seminary at Lynchburg Va is visiting at his East High Street home. He is in his fourth year of service after retiring from Lincoln Academy at Kingstown where he established an enviable record.
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Virginia Theological Seminary
Lynchburg
East High Street
Argentina extends conciliatory hand to Germany over Patagonia probe
Buenos Aires April 7 The Argentine foreign minister Jose Maria Cantilo offered a conciliatory hand to Germany after Berlin protested the Patagonia annexation probe. He said no breach would affect ties and noted Germany’s purchases of Argentine wheat and wool for railroad equipment as evidence of friendly relations.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Cantilo
Germany
Patagonia
Cantilo
Noticias Graficas
Argentina
Notice of Sale of Land High Point 1939 Auction
City of High Point will sell at public auction to the highest cash bidder at 11:00 a m on May 8 1939 at the east door of the City Mall property Lot No 5 Block 1 Westward Development Company Guilford County North Carolina. Council reserves right to reject any bids. By order of the City Council April 5 1939. C B Grayson Mayor.
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High Point
N. C
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Westward Development Company
Office of Register of Deeds
Italy pushes into Albania sparks Balkan crisis
Delegation led by Colonel Gabrielli seeks end of actual warfare as Italian forces clash with Albanian defenders near Durazzo and Valona. Bombers drop warnings while fears rise of wider European conflict. Allied leaders контinue to monitor developments.
Britain Builds Bloc As Italy Invades Albania
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax stays in London as Italy occupies Albania in a move that Britain and Poland seek a defensive alliance. Diplomats including Corbin Tilea and Crolla discussed the crisis while Rome sought explanations. European leaders anticipate broader tensions but expect stability in the Mediterranean.
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London
Albania
Charles Corbin
Count Raczynski
Lee Kurti
Romania
Viorel Tilea
Beck
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Corbin
Tilea
Durazzo
Guido Crolla
Italy
Lord Halifax
Chamberlain
Castle Forbes
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
The
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Great Britain
Yugoslavia
Germany
Rome- Berlin
Foreign Office
Rome
Earl of Perth
Count Gleazzo Cilano
Balkan
Adriatic Sea
Mussolini
Hutchins Rumored to Be SEC Chairman Choice
Speculation that Robert M. Hutchins former University of Chicago president may be named chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission resurfaced after a personal visit to President Roosevelt at the Little White House in Warm Springs Georgia. Officials described the visit as personal with no other significance. The Hutchinses were guests of Secretary Hopkins who also visited the President during the trip.
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Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Securities and Exchange Commission
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White House
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Mre. Hutchins
Florida
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Commerce Hopkins
Hopkins
United States
Expert Testimony on Light Water-Resistant Planes
Willis G. Waldo testified that a U S built aircraft engine could be so light it floats like a cork. The Washington witness supported Senator Hill’s bill for a broad experimental program to explore aircraft production, noting lithium combined with beryllium could revolutionize the industry.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Willis G. Waldo
D. C
Hill
D-Ala
Waldo
Yugoslavia Resists Albania Crisis Invasion Fallout
Belgrade reports a hands off policy toward Italy’s occupation of Albania though officials fear disruption of Balkan equilibrium. Yugoslav sources say they and Balkan pact signers owe Albania no obligation and will not intervene as the Adriatic crisis unfolds.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Italy
Lyons Dies of Heart Attack at 59 in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons died in Sydney at age 59 from a heart attack attributed to mental strain and responsibility. He had been ill since Wednesday after entering hospital with a severe chill. Sir Farle Christmas Grafton Page was sworn in as prime minister.
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Sydney
Australia
Joseph A. Lyons
Australian Commonwealth
Farle Christmas Grafton Page
Public Auction of Glenoaks Lot 16 Guilford NC
Under the deed of trust dated March 8 1938 and recorded in Guilford County North Carolina the trustee will sell Lot No 16 Blair Futrell Development No 2 Glenoaks at public auction for cash at the north door of High Point City Hall at 12 00 noon on April 17 1939 The lot lies along Greenwood Street facing it and is described as part of a subdivision with map recorded in plot book 5 page 316 R M Martin Jr trustee and dates noted March 18 1939
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Gurney Williams
R. M. Martin, Jr
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
High Point Township
Blair-Futrell
Glenoaks
N. C
Green Wood Street
Greenwood Street
Putrelle St
Greenwood
Parade of Progress Celebrates National Grocery Progress
American home makers are urged to learn about produced foods as the Parade of Progress promotes the industry story. The effort showcases manufacturing, distribution, advertising and allied fields driving better living, health and leisure for Mrs. America across coast to coast.
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Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America
United States
Mrs. America
Police Chief Bound Over in Slaying Case
Bailey Police Chief T. T. Autry was bound over on a murder charge for fatally shooting Lee Lucas a Negro during a preliminary hearing Judge P. P. Dickinson set a $1,000 bond Autry testified it was shoot him or be shot as he went to the Negro’s home to investigate a robbery of a school teacher aged man.
County Sends Insane Persons to Hospital to Crash the Gates
Four Guilford County lunatics three women and one man escorted by deputies were moved from the county jail to the State Hospital for the Insane Morganton after a Tuesday conference. They had been held in jail for weeks due to admission delays. The transfer followed orders from Dr R M Buie county health officer Chairman George S Stansbury and Sheriff Joe Phipps.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
State Hospital For
Morganton
State Hospital
R. M. Buie
George S. Stansbury
Four New Homes Receive City Permits Totaling 18 415
The city buildings department issued permits for four new homes with estimated costs totaling 18 415. The Houschilds secure an eight room project on Country Club between Forest Hill and Hillcrest Drives at 8 300, Wilbur Groom’s six room brick veneer on Wellington Street at 4 980, R B Moore’s five room frame on Gatewood between Lindsay and Locke at 3 850, and R I Clark’s four room frame on Hedrick at 1 285. General contracts awarded to R B Shelton for the Houschild and Groom homes and to W J Anderson for the Moore house.
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City Buildings Department
J. O. Houschild
Country Club Drive
Forest Hill Drive
Hillcrest Drive
Wilbur Groom
Wellington Street
Westwood
Gatewood Avenue
Lindsay
Locke Streets
R. B. Moore
Hedrick Street
R. I. Clark
Houschild
Gardener Fined for Reckless Driving in Santa Cruz
LIMITATION SANTA CRUZ Calif John Forest Flower a gardener was fined $10 for reckless driving Judge W A Deans remarked you have a good trade name but it doesn t entitle you to grow wild.
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Santa Cruz
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John Forest Flower
W. A. Deans
Shrink to Beauty New York
One thousand years hence archeologists will learn how American women preserved beauty in early times from a granite monolith in Arizona. At the New York World's Fair 1939 a collection of perfumes and cosmetics sealed in the Cosmetics Building cornerstone will be moved to the Shrine of American Beauty and not opened until April 30, 2939.
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New York
Arizona
Kiwanis Luncheon Features Rev F L Conrad Speaker
Rev F L Conrad pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church spoke at the High Point Kiwanis luncheon at the Elwood Hotel on the meaning of Good Friday. He stressed Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection as foundations of Christianity and noted forgiveness through Christ.
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F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Kiwanis Club
High Point
Elwood Hotel
Conrad
Jesus
Christ
Belvin Harmon
Dorothy Hoskins
J. Gurney Briggs
Dan W. Smith
Evelyn Boyd
Sue Briggs
Joseph
Miss Briggs
Henry Gibson
Frank Sizemore
Roy Smart
Nesbit Caughman
Ben Herman
R. O. Linsay
Florida
Heritage Furniture Corp Granted State Charter
Raleigh April 7 Thad Kure secretary of state grants three charters Aby Oil Company of Asheville to deal in petroleum with $50 000 capital L F Abernethy and partners of Asheville subscribe 300 stock Heritage Furniture Corporation of High Point to make and sell furniture with $100 000 capital George T Wood and Elliott Wood of High Point subscribe 300 stock
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Raleigh
Thad Kure
Aby Oil Company
Asheville
L. F. Abernethy
Abernethy
C. W. West
Home Owners Company of
E. Johnston Neal
L. H. Sorrell
Willis H. Thompson, Jr
Heritage Furniture Corporation
High Point
George T. Wood
Elliott 8. Wood
EK. R. Lyon
Texas Jack Hill Rides 1350-Pound Bull to World’s Fair
Old Glory Texas rider "Texas Jack" Hill and 1350 pound Hereford bull Scandalous John journey to the New York World's Fair 1939. They left home July 28 and now average about ten miles daily in their cross country trek.
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Texas
Jack” Hill
Old Glory
John
North Carolina Legion Auxiliary to Hold Five Area Meetings
Mrs. Herbert B. Taylor state president announced five area meetings for the North Carolina American Legion Auxiliary. Meetings are set for New Bern April 12 Williamston April 13 Asheville April 18 Statesville April 19 and Asheboro April 26 with local hosts and schedules to be finalized.
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