Opening statements in sedition trial reveal extremist aims
Government witness Denis A. Healy testified that William Gerald Bishop and 16 co defendants plotted to overthrow the government and redistribute gold while canceling internal debts. FBI agents planted Healy to attend meetings and recorded Bishop discussing riots, civil upheaval, and the goal of destroying communications and water works. Healy also cited Bishop’s claim of Jewish influence, and a Christian Front link to urging Congressmen to be shot to prove a point.
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New York
William Gerald Bishop
Denis A. Healy
Census-Takers Face Competition in Charlotte
Charlotte census workers faced reluctance as residents claimed they had already been counted. Nat G White Mecklenburg County supervisor said enumerators found several people balking at census questions due to confusion with church led religious censuses held earlier in the year, prompting an inquiry.
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Charlotte
Nat G. White
Mecklenburg County
German Liner Sinks and Survivors Rescued off Norway
A German liner with 300 crew and 80 horses was torpedoed off the Norwegian coast. Survivors and injured were ferried to Lillesand for treatment as debris and two explosions sparked by a second blast killed three Germans aboard a Norwegian vessel. The tanker Tseiden was also torpedoed in the North Sea.
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Lillesand
Torpecord
Reuter
Nazis Reveal Plot Details and Allied Response
German sources described a Danube plot fleet of English tugs and barges with 400 boxes of dynamite and machine gun ammo aboard. Over 100 crew including British dynamiting personnel and military officers were said to be involved. Germany warned neutral nations watching Allied tactics as tensions over Norway rose.
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Telly Cold
Germany
Ielly Cold
Danube
Army
Navy
Air
Weather Today Noon Forecast Across Regions
Regional weather summary notes cloudy conditions with afternoon showers in north central North Carolina and near the coast, cooler tonight in southern areas. Tuesday to be partly cloudy and cooler. Virginia expected rain tonight and a cloudy Tuesday with little temperature change. Winds from the southeast to southwest over shared coastal zones with overcast skies and rain in the north. stronger southerlies over the southern coast easing to westerly by Tuesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
North
South
Jacksonville
Nine Seamen and Vessels Reported Moving Toward Skagerrak
The Norwegian Telegraph Agency says a large tanker of unknown nationality was torpedoed in the North Sea. Meanwhile Aftonbladet reports 90 to 100 German naval craft, mostly armed trawlers and coastal vessels, heading north from Germany toward the Skagerrak. The purpose remains unclear and observers doubt a direct attack on Britain.
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Aegacy
North Sea
Aftonbladet
Germany
Skagerrak
Norway
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Proclamation Filed After Governor Calls Special Session
Horner and aides described the action as illegal but Stelle filed a gubernatorial special session proclamation with the Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes. Hughes had just affixed the state seal when Stelle announced he would file the call, insisting the seal didn’t matter and that legislators would be notified.
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Page Owener
Stelle
Edward J. Hughes
Hughes
Classic stars lead evening film billings at area theaters
Center shows Mickey Rooney in Young Tom Edison with Fay Bainter and George Bancroft. Br oadhurst screens Black Friday with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Paramount presents Swanee River starring Don Ameche and Al Jolson. Carolina offers Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. Rialto screens Romance of the Redwoods with Charles Bickford.
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Mickey Rooney
Tom Edison
Fay Bainter
George Bancroft
Paramount
Swanee River
Don Ameche
al Jolson
Carolina
Clark Gable
Charles Laughton
Grace Moore Headlines High Point Community Concert
Metropolitan opera star Grace Moore will headline the High Point Community Concert Association season after a membership driven announcement at the Sheraton Hotel. Walter Brown of Community Cooperative Concerts announced the sixth annual drive. adult memberships rise to 800 needed for Moore’s appearance. The campaign also shifts to Community memberships, boosting fees and concert quality. Local officials and college leaders praised the cultural push as the drive runs through the week at the Sheraton Hotel lobby.
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Grace Moore
Metropolitan Opera
Community Concert Association
Walter Brown
Community Cooperative Concerts, Inc
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Miss Moore
Mr. Brown
Brown
C. F. Tomlinson
Association
High Point College
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
City Schools
R. T. Amos
M. J. Wrenn
J. Gurney Briggs
Armfield
Jamestown
Mesdames George and
Charles Finch
Thomasville
E. T. Harrison
Junior Service League
H. D. Sears
Woman's Club
John Abels
J. W. Lindsay
German Vessel Activity and Adriatic Shipping Fate
Naval experts say German freighters have run coastal service between two ports since early in the war and may use territorial waters without hindrance. Diplomatic sources anticipate Italy may resist any blockade of Adriatic shipping but likely avoid provoking war at the Straits of Otranto. German Adriatic shipments mainly bauxite bound for Reich aluminum mills are deemed of limited strategic importance.
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Italy
Mussolini
Adriatic
Straits of
Otranto
Yugoslavia
Lehman Lands In Hyde Park For Social Roosevelt Lunch
Governor Herbert H. Lehman, en route from New York City to Albany, visited President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park House for a luncheon described by White House officials as a wholly social affair.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
New York City
Albany
Hyde Park House
Roosevelt
White House
Detour Delays Court Session in Greensboro
A detour delayed the second week of civil court for a few hours this morning. Judge N A Sinclair of Fayetteville was held up en route from his home by a detour near Sanford. The report notes unrelated world facts about shipbuilding, Andersen and China.
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Greensboro
N. A. Sinclair
Fayetteville
Sanford
Britain confirms ore shipments diverted to Germany
Britain states ore will not be shipped from Lulea in the Gulf of Bothnia but will be received in Germany. Stettin is cited as the sole German port involved.
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Lulea
Gulf of Bothnia
Germany
Stettin
Response to Real Estate Questionnaire Reveals Low Rate
Greensboro April 8 Tax Supervisor A C Hudson told county commissioners only 52 percent of real estate owners answered the questionnaire for the impending revaluation project. They approved costs for primaries and elections, set registrar and judge pay, and adopted a bond retirement plan pending Local Government Commission approval.
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Greensboro
A. C. Hudson
J. W. Burke
Joe F. Hoffman
Local Government Commission
Hudson
High Point
Norway Demands Removal of German Forces from Southern Coast
Koht announced Norway will press to remove German forces after a cabinet and foreign affairs committee meeting. Reports also indicate British ships sighted near Norwegian coasts while Allied ships operate to acquaint shipping with mine-field positions in territorial waters.
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Norway
Koht
Foreign Affairs Committee
Allies warn mines off Norwegian coast and tighten war measures
A British French statement warned that mines have been sown in three areas off the Norwegian coast and British warships will guard neutral shipping. Britain plans to curb German access by closing Norwegian waters, while Norway risks mine re-laying if swept. Blake named new lord commissioner of the Admiralty as part of broader naval push.
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Norwegian
Norway
Germany
Balkan
Halifax
Lord Halifax
United States
Paris
France
Blake
Britain
Sir Geoffrey Blake
Admiralty
Geoffrey
Anglo French War Measures Threaten Neutral Trade Narvik
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes the Anglo French mining of neutral Norwegian waters to cut Swedish ore to Germany, signaling a hard line against neutrals. The piece weighs Hitler’s options between blitzkrieg and economic strangulation, noting Britain and France’s blockade goals and the fragile balance of supplies and air superiority.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
Narvik
Hitler
Norway protests British French mine actions in neutral waters
Foreign minister Koht denounces Allied mine fields in Norwegian sea territory as a breach of neutrality and a violation of March 11 treaty with Britain. He notes Britain and France station warships, demands removal of mines and end to foreign guard, warning of decisive steps to defend Norway’s sovereignty.
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Koht
Norwegian
Britain
Germany
Norwegian Sea
Norway
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