Fiske the Admiral Dies at 87 in New York Hotel
Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, 87, retired naval officer famed for warship efficiency devices and early naval air force advocacy, died Monday night after two months in a hotel suite. He Invented aerial torpedo tech and radio guided torpedo planes, clashed with ex secretary Daniels, and left a 42 year career marked by brilliance and innovation. A daughter, Caroline Harper Fiske, survives.
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New York
Bradley Allen Fiske
Caroline Harper Fiske
Fiske
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
State Board to Begin Basic Textbook Adoption Plan
The State Board of Education will start the machinery for a basic textbook adoption for eighth grade texts as counties transition to a 12 grade system. State Superintendent Clyde Erwin voices doubt but sees no legal exit, with formal notice due today and publishers preparing campaigns. Biloxi soybeans and fertilizer note a tangent in the report.
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Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
State Board of Education
Clyde Erwin
Textbook Commission
McKenney on Bridge Low Card Finesse Description
The American Contrast Bridge League proposes a national master status for players with 10 points. It outlines point based awards across national tournaments and notes amateur pair events in the Eastern section bar masters from participating.
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American Contrast Bridge League
Aceves and OConnor win States Championships in New York
In a recent States Championship event in New York, J. C. Aceves and J. L. OConnor shared victory. OConnor analyzed the play from the South seat, winning with clubs and diamonds, inferring Wests long holdings in hearts and spades, and executing a clever spade finesse to secure a four over nine odd trick.
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J. C. Aceves
J. L. O'Connor
New York
O'Connor
East
Hearts
South
West
Trump
Bishop Kern Talks Tonight At North Carolina Convocation
Burlington April 8 The North Carolina convocation of churches opened a schedule of talks by church workers and group institutes Bishop Paul B Kern of the Nashville area is set to deliver the principal address tonight Speakers for the morning session included Dr Nevin C Harner Dr Lisea Pope and Dr John R Mott The afternoon program was to feature Dr Elmer G Homrighausen Bishop Edwin A Penick told the gathering that the gospel declares the supremacy of good over evil and Christ is the disclosure of history not a defeat.
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Burlington
North Carolina
Paul B. Kern
Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Church
Nevin C. Harner
Theological Seminary and Reformed Church
Lancaster
Lisea Pope
Yale University Divinity School
John R. Mott
International Missionary Council of New York
Elmer G. Homrighausen
Princeton Theological Seminary
Edwin A. Penick
Protestant Episcopal Church
Wwe
Christ
Three Die in Traffic Mishap Near Jacksonville
In Jacksonville a Sunday night crash led to the death yesterday of Mrs Louis Ivan Covil 30 of Winnabo and her two children Billy Mitchell Covil and Jean Covil. The injuries sustained by others were reported as grave with the accident occurring April 8.
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Jacksonville
Louis Ivan Covil
Winnabo
Billy Mitchell Covil
Jean Covil
Women Prisoners Working Only 30 Hours Per Week
RALEIGH April 8 With more women prisoners than full time jobs the State prison operates its female inmates on five hours of work daily. Director Oscar Pitts split 408 women into two shifts for morning and afternoon work while schooling occupies nonworking hours. The facility serves 168 white and 240 Negro inmates with grammar, home economics, nursing and business courses.
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Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
Women's Prison
Central Prison
Camp
Polk
Meekins Urges War Enthusiasm for Victory
Federal Judge J. M. Meekins in New Bern April 8 urged stronger public enthusiasm for the war. He said many speak of defeat and called for facing facts fully to mobilize sacrifice and resolve to win or perish. The judge emphasized telling the truth to rally the nation.
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New Bern
J. M. Meekins
Sugar tires and laborers worry residents, says Judge Meekins
In a cooperative effort remark, Judge Meekins notes that people fret over shortages of sugar tires and laborers, highlighting public concern about resource gaps and workforce needs.
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Meekins
Explosion on Cairo wharf kills thirty on Sunday
An explosion of captured Italian ammunition on a lighter wharf near the Suez Canal killed thirty people including eight British soldiers and injured eighty Egyptian workers. The munitions were being unloaded from a captured Italian supply ship.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Pilots Clubs to Hear UNC Speaker at State Convention
Dean R. House of the University of North Carolina will be the principal speaker at the annual state convention of Pilots Clubs in Durham on April 18 and 19.
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Durham
R. B. House
The
University of North Carolina
Pilots Clubs
Pedestrian Push Buttons Bring Safer Walk Across Streets
The AAA reports rising use of push-button traffic signals to trigger walk signals, improving pedestrian protection. More signals are being installed nationwide as awareness grows of safer walking environments for pedestrians.
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AAA
America
Forest fires in Transylvania extinguished reported
Brevard April 8 Rangers said serious fires in Transylvania county were extinguished with warnings against burning land until rain. District Ranger J. B. Fortin noted Buck Forest Frozen Lake and Lake Toxaway areas suffered damage but Pisgah National Forest timberlands faced no immediate danger.
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Brevard
Transylvania County
J. B. Fortin
Buck Forest
Lake Toxaway
Pisgah National Forest
Shafer Retains Village Board Seat by Lottery Draw
Charles A. Shafer kept his village board seat in Alleghany WN after a name was drawn from a hat, mirroring his initial election method. The event followed a formal community process, with Shafer announced as the winner in a public draw conducted to fill the vacant position.
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Alleghany
Charles A. Shafer
Shafer
Village election ties on draw and votes in 1938 and 1937
Opponents George Kahn and another candidate each received 98 votes in the village election held March 17. Officials used the old boy and hat method to break the tie. In 1938 Snatey tied the incumbent and then won the race by a draw.
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George Kahn
Snatey
Negro arrested for assault on young mother in Ahoskie
In Ahoskie April 8 Sheriff C W Parker arrested Otis Harris an 18 year old farm laborer in connection with an assault on a 26 year old mother of three Mrs Will Warren. She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries but reached Rocky Mount Hospital in serious condition after staggering 1000 yards to seek help.
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C. W. Parker
Hertford County
Otis Harris
A. W. Welch
Cheskie
Harris
Will Warren
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