Labor Board Rules Against Three South Carolina Mills
The National Labor Board in Washington ruled there was an active campaign to undermine the Textile Workers Union of America in Gaffney mills. Alma Mills Limestone Mills and Hamrick Mills must stop interfering with employee clubs within 20 days and may seek hearings. The board cited violence, appeals to religious sympathy, and denial of credit as tactics against the union.
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Labor Board
South Carolina
Washington
National Labor Board
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Gaffney
S. C
Alma_ Mills
Limestone Mills
Hamrick Mills
House
C. W. Whitte- More
Whittemore
House Investigating Committee
Gaffinney
Saluda Man Suffocates in Shelby Hotel Room
John Cambridge Miller a Saluda man, 24, was found suffocated in a Shelby hotel room four hours after checking in at 3 a.m. He apparently dozed while smoking, igniting bedclothing, and his body was sent to Waynesville. Police report thefts of many birds from park aviaries in Cardiff Wales.
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Shelby
John Cambridge Miller
Saluda
Waynesville
Cardiff
Wales
First Ether Pioneers Honored With New Stamps
Postmaster General James A. Farley honored Booker T. Washington as the first Black American on a U S postage stamp and noted ether anesthesia history while Tuskegee hosted the event. A crimson two cent stamp featuring Crawford W Long debuted, with 1842 1842 as the year of the first successful operation under ether. A San Francisco dissenter challenged Morton Wells and Jackson for the claim to ether’s first use.
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Jefferson
Booker T. Washington
Moses
Solomon
Robert KE. Lee
James A. Farley
U. S
Farley
Tuskegee
Ala
Institute For
Washington
Crawford W. Long
Post Office Department
Long
Court acquits rural school teacher in paddling case
Morganton April 8. A rural school teacher, 28, was tried in county court on a charge of paddling a 13 year old sixth grade pupil. Judge W Gordon Boger acquitted him and remarked that if he had faced paddling in his own school days he would have missed much schooling.
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Morganton
W. Gordon Boger
Russia resumes full relations with Finland after peace
Moscow reports Ukraine like thaw as Ivan S. Zotoff is named minister to Helsinki and Juho K. Paasikivi becomes Finnish minister to Moscow. Zotoff leaves Latvia post. Derevianski takes over Helsinki duties. Paasikivi led the Finnish delegation in prewar talks.
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Moscow
Finland
Russia
Tass
Ivan S. Zotoff
Helsinki
Juho K. Paasikivi
Zotoff
Latvia
Vladimir Derevianski
Paasikiyi
Crater Erupts On Pacific Isle Near Mauna Loa
The Mohauweowee crater at Mauna Loa summit erupted early today casting a dull red glow on Hilo Hawaii. W Jarratt at Waimea CCC Camp said no lava overflow visible from the camp. The last major eruption was December 1935 with lava nearing Hilo and near water reservoirs. US planes dropped bombs to divert flow.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mohuaweowee
Mauna Loa
William Jarratt
Waimea
Hauna Loa
United States Army
Roosevelt Endorsed for Third Term by New Jersey Labor League
The Labor's Non-Partisan League of New Jersey backed President Roosevelt for a third term by 177 to 101, defeating opposition led by John N. Lewis and with 97 delegates abstaining. CIO regional director William J. Carney guided three hours of debate for a limited endorsement.
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Newark
WN. J
John N. Lewis
Labor
League of
League
Mrs Jock Whitney to Seek Divorce in Six-Week Residency
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Artemus Whitney arrived with three terriers and a German shepherd at a fashionable hotel and announced plans to file for divorce from John Hay Whitney of New York after completing a six week residence requirement. Her lawyers confirmed a property settlement and that divorce proceedings will begin at the end of the residency period.
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RBPNO
Mary Elizabeth Artemus Whitney
John Hay Whitney
New York
Townsend to Speak at Wayne Courthouse on April 20
Dr. Francis E Townsend founder of the Townsend Old-Age Pension Clubs will address an audience at the Wayne County Courthouse on April 20. He accepted the invitation from Dr Zeno B Spence of Goldsboro who is campaigning for Congress as a Townsend supporter.
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Goldsboro
Francis E. Townsend
The
Townsend Old-Age Pension Clubs
Germany Seeks Assurance of Bulgaria Trade Through Mission
A German trade mission in Sofia opened talks with Bulgarian officials to secure Germany a major share of Bulgaria's exports amid the Allied economic drive in the Balkans. The delegation is led by Hermann Landwehr, a director in the Ministry of Commerce, who arrived over a week ago.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkans
Hermann Landwehr
Ministry of Commerce
Kannapolis Publishing Chief R C Propst Critically Ill
R C Propst Sr president of the Kannapolis Publishing Company and a textile executive was reported critically ill at Cabarrus Hospital after suffering a heart attack on Saturday.
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Kannapolis
R. C. Propst, Sr
Cabarrus Hospital
Propst
Caldwell Mutual to Extend Rural Electric Lines 125 Miles
Caldwell Mutual Corporation plans to add 125 miles of rural electric lines across Caldwell Ashe Watauga and Alleghany Counties Superintendent G F Messick announced. Sixty five members of Parliament are serving in the British Army.
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Rea
Lenoir
G. F. Messick
Caldwell Mutual Corporation
Caldwell
Ashe, Watauga
Alleghany Counties
Annular Eclipse Dazzles U S with Polka Dot Sun
The moon aligned for an annular eclipse visible across a wide US path from Big Bend Texas eastward over the southern states. About 93 percent of the sun was obscured creating a bright orange rim and black central dot as observers tracked with instruments for science work. An Army bomber ascended high enough to leave a frozen exhaust wake after capturing eclipse images.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Big Bend
Tex
Canada
Texas
United States Army
Frosty Raleigh chatter on NC gubernatorial race unfolds
Mrs Anna Kitchin Josey reports Friday night dream of Horton leading the first primary. Shelves of clippings fill Lee Gravely’s scrapbook as Lynn Nisbet forecasts a May 25 primary freeze. Maxwell leads with 60 county manager announcements, while Gravely claims tobacco industry support. Horton HQ buzzes optimism about a possible single primary.
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Henry Averill Raleigh
Anna Kitchin Josey
Wilkins P. Horton
Horton
Lee Gravely
Gravely
Vernon F. Sechriest
Crayon Co
Efird
Lynn Nisbet
Maxwell Press
Raleigh
Sandhill
Lynn
W. P. Horton
Mary Pollard
Soldiers assault home of Lou Darby in Calgary riot
About 800 Canadian soldiers attacked the home of Lou Darby, a Negro orchestra leader, smashing windows and wrecking interiors in revenge for a Saturday night assault on a white soldier. Police rescued Darby and dispersed the mob. 100 soldiers were placed in armories for detention as a military inquiry is ordered.
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Calgary
Alia
Lou Darby
Darby
Earthquake Felt in Bishop at 5:36 a.m.
A sharp tremor rattled Bishop California at 5:36 a.m. lasting three to four seconds. It woke sleepers and rattled windows but caused no reported damage.
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Bishop
Calif
Farley to Speak at Canton Post Office Dedication
Postmaster General James A. Farley, a Democratic presidential hopeful, is to address about 10 000 people at the dedication of an 80000 dollar Canton post office scheduled for tomorrow.
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Canton
James A. Farley
Dewey and Vandenberg Duel in Nebraska Primary
The 1940 presidential race tests Dewey against Vandenberg in Nebraska's preferential ballot while Roosevelt runs unopposed. Illinois shapes the race with Garner and party machinery vying for votes as Wisconsin shows a Roosevelt edge. Delegates are chosen but not bound to these preference votes.
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Dewey
Vandenberg
Nebraska
FDR
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Midwest
Roosevelt
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Roosevelt-Dewey
Illinois
Garner
Federal court opens two week civil term in Charlotte
A two week term of Federal district court opened in Charlotte with Judge E Yates Webb presiding. The session focuses on civil cases.
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Federal Court
Charlotte
Federal District Court
E. Yates Webb
Two Dirt Track Drivers Killed in Salisbury Race
Alva Pruden of Charlotte and Ernie Rushin of Winston-Salem died when their dirt track race collided on the half mile oval at the airgrounds yesterday. Six spectator cars were damaged and a local man was treated for flying glass injuries. W.O.W. president De Emmet Bradshaw to speak at Greensboro banquet.
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Salisbury
Alva Pruden
Charlotte
Ernie Rushin
Winston Sale
Airgrounds
Pruett Aderholt
Albemarle
W.O.W
SPEA
Greensboro
de Emmet Bradshaw
New Registration Ordered for Way County Voters
Goldsboro April 8 The board of elections has ordered a new registration of Way County voters.
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Goldsboro
Board of Elections
Way County
Unreality as Focus in Christian Science Lesson Sermon
Sunday services in Christian Science Churches examined unreality in belief. Golden Text Jeremiah 3 23 cites salvation from the Lord. The Lesson cites Corinthians wisdom as folly and Eddy science refuting material sense as illusion revealing spiritual substance blank.
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Christian Science
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
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Sam Bailey
Shelby Hotel
Mann Drug Stores
San Francisco
Thomas Alva
Edison
George L. Ray
International Correspondence Schools
English ST
Pacific Isle
Labor League
Jock Whitney
Townsend
Wayne Courthouse
France
Maginot Line
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
William L. Beale, JR
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Patsy noKine
Patsy Garrett
Paul Douglas
Fred Waring
Chesterfield
N. B.C
Licorri & Myung Tosacco Co
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