Hoey Opposes Federal Control of Yadkin River
Governor Clyde R Hoey declared in Raleigh that North Carolina should retain state control of the Yadkin River and oppose federal takeover. He said he would seek the state's intervention in High Point Yadkin County suits if navigability becomes a legal issue, stressing his aim to protect state rights rather than interfere in the High Point Duke Power dispute.
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Last Minute 18 Successor Named in Illinois
Henry Horner named Chairman James M. Sterry of the Illinois Commerce Commission to the U S Senate to replace James Hamilton Lewis. Elliott Roosevelt resigns as president of 1st Radio Inc. Jack Cook of Georgia upsets Skip Alexander in the Southern Intercollegiate Golf tourney first round.
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Henry Horner
Nted
James M. Stery
Illinois Couree Commission
Unit States Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Thens
Young Jack Cook
Georgia
Skip Alexander
Ice
Cook
House approves Florida Ship Canal bill for cross-state waterway
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee approved Mansfield's bill to authorize completing the 60 million Florida Ship Canal using prior appropriations. The measure, based on a 1937 Army Engineers table, questions tolls to cover costs and awaits a future vote.
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Roosevelt
Keen
Mansfield
Germany Plans Sea Maneuvers Off Spain and Morocco
Berlin reports more than 25 German fleet units will leave Kiel and Wilhelmshaven for a one month foreign training cruise off Spain Portugal Spanish Morocco and Tangier. The force includes two battleships six destroyers two cruisers 15 submarines and auxiliary craft. Paris and London were advised of the maneuvers amid criticism of Britain's guarantees to Greece and Romania.
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Nye Ee
Spain
Portugal
Spanish
Morocco
Tangier
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Britain
Greece
Romania
Cotton Czar Advocated To Stabilize Textile Industry
J H Cheatham of Griffin Georgia president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association called for a strong central control like a Judge Landis to regulate production and set prices. He urged limiting output and refusing sales at unprofitable prices to protect stockholders.
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J. H. Cheatham
Griffin
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Landis
Association
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Baseball
Poland Calls More Soldiers Amid Frontier Tensions
Warsaw reports Poland expanding its army to one million regulars and reserves as 18 to 20 year olds are drafted. German troop concentrations are seen at Lauenburg Gdynia area Schneidemuhl and Czestochowa region. Foreign nationals prepare to depart Warsaw and German ambassador Moltke fails to return.
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Warsaw
Poland
State Dept says barter plan won’t depress prices for farmers
The State Department assured farmers that the proposed surplus crop exchange for strategic war materials would not drive commodity prices down. It said American surpluses would be offered only to foreign governments for war reserve stocks and would not undermine reciprocal trade agreements.
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Washington
State Department
Byrnes
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Department
City Council Votes Five Percent Power Rate Cut
Gastonia officials announce a five percent reduction for electric power consumers during May and June after the city council vote. The move aims to ease bills for residents and businesses as the warm season approaches.
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Gastonia
Progress in Soviet alliance talks with Britain and leaders
London April 14 British efforts to bring Soviet Russia into a grand alliance against Nazi expansion showed good progress after a long talk between Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax and Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky. A British spokesman hinted Russia may join within days as staff talks with Poland Romania Greece and Britain were planned to translate guarantees into military plans. Kennedy congratulated Chamberlain on his Commons pledge extending Greece Romania and Poland aid and Chamberlain and wife then went to Chequers. Mussolini warned Italy would march ahead while German commentators called the move a bluff.
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Rabid dog runs wild in Randolph County rampage
In Randleman on April 13 a large rabid dog bit two women and about a score of dogs, several cats, and a cow. The animal owned by Mrs Lonnie Hartshaw was shot after a four hour chase, and Police Chief Hinshaw ordered two weeks of dog-tying precautions.
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Sophia
Frank Heath
Randolph County
Health Department of Raleigh
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Johnny Hollingsworth
Reynolds Challenges FDR Speech On World Peace Policy
Sen Reynolds questions the President's call for nations beyond the seas to break bonds with perpetual warfare while Walter Van Kirk testifies for 40 peace groups. Pepper supports coexistence for world peace as Thomas views the address as a Monroe Doctrine reaffirmation.
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Roosevelt
Reynolds
D-Nc
Pan-American Union
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Pepper
D-Fla
Thomas
Utah
Roosevelt Pan American Day speech welcomed in Britain
London Britons heard President Roosevelt’s Pan American Day speech on radio and saw it headlined in afternoon papers. The broadcast and coverage sparked broad welcome across the public.
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London
Roosevelt
Duces Cabinet Approves Albania Crown Under Vittorio
Rome reports the Italian cabinet formally approves King Vittorio Emanuele taking the Albanian crown. Mussolini may name Count Galeazzo Ciano viceroy at Tirana, with Dino Grandi possibly succeeding Ciano as foreign minister. Ciano, foreign minister and Fascist militia lieutenant general, has visited Albania after its invasion.
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Mussolini
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Tirana
Ciano
London
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Foreign Ministry
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Italy
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Paris
Djibuti
Somaliland
Suez Canal
Tr Duce
France
Lindbergh Returns to New York After Year Away
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in New York aboard the Aqui tania ending an overseas absence of more than a year. A guard of over 100 policemen will meet the famous flier on landing. Lindbergh previously returned December 5, 1937, after a three month stay.
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Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aquitania
Lindbergh
France Enlists Spanish Militiamen for Foreign Legion
France began accepting Spanish Republican militiamen from concentration camps into the Foreign Legion as a warning to Rome Berlin axis. Only 300 of some 220,000 refugees were approved for the first contingent amid mounting preparations for possible war.
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Foltz, Jr
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France
Europe
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Poland
Rumania
Greece
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Foreign Legion
Henri Petain
Daladier
Roosevelt vows economic protection in Western Hemisphere
President Roosevelt pledges U S economic support to any Pan American nation facing abroad economic pressure. He condemns aggression as criminal and frames a living message of peace during Pan American Day, urging unity to deter dictatorial threats and defend sovereignty without surrendering freedom to economic coercion.
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Pan- American
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
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