Rebels Close In On Tortosa In Catalonia Campaign
At the Spanish frontier in Hendaye France on April 18 AP reports General Garcia Valino’s insurgent army corps closing in on Tortosa from three sides. A semicircle of insurgent strength drives government troops back toward the Ebro as Amposta falls under rebel pressure.
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France
Tortosa
Catalonia
Garcia Valino
Ebro
Amposta
Ttortosa
Barcelona-Valencia
Last Minute DiMaggio to Sign Today
The New York Sun reports Joe DiMaggio will accept the Yankees owner Ruppert's $25,000 offer. DiMaggio sought $40,000 for 1988 but will settle at the stated amount, with a deadline forcing terms today or risk suspension under baseball rules.
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New York
New York Sun
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Jacob Ruppert
DiMaggio
Ruppert
Senate committee subpoenas Sumner Gerard records
The Senate lobby committee in Washington directed Sumner Gerard of New York City to bring the records of the national committee to uphold the constitution, where he serves as treasurer. Chairman Minton said the subpoena seeks a list of all donors over $100 to the organization that campaigned against the Og reorganization.
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Washington
Senate
Sumner Gerard
New York City
National Committee
Minton
D-Ind
Senate Committee
Mrs Roosevelt Defends Life Pictures Obscenity Seizures
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt expressed approval of Life magazine's Birth of a Baby photos and urged release of the film they came from. The April 8 issue prompted seizures in parts of New York City and other areas for alleged obscene material.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Life Magazine
New York City
Lindberghs Return to England After 11 Day Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles Lindbergh flew back to England from Plymouth after an 11 day visit. They endured snow and sleet over the English Channel as the voyage resumed.
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Lympne
Eng
Charles Lindbergh
England
Prence
English Channel
Explosion injures Autry and kills Sessoms in Roseboro
In Roseboro on April 18 a hand grenade or small shell exploded while the Autry boy played with it. Ernest Cecil Sessoms was killed and T. J. Autry was seriously wounded.
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Roseboro
Ernest Cecil Sessoms
T. J. Autry
Autry
Submarine C-4 Captured Near Pasajes
The Spanish government submarine C-4, which left Bordeaux under French naval oversight last Saturday, was reported to have been captured off the Basque coast and brought to the Insurgent port of Pasajes.
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Hendaye
France
Bordeaux
Basque
Pasajes
Fisher Body plant No. 1 closes after UAW dues drive
In Flint Michigan on April 18 the United Automobile Workers ended a dues collection campaign at General Motors Fisher Body plant No 1 which supplies Buick bodies. The union picketed as workers arrived turning away non union employees and workers without current dues receipts.
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Flint
Mich
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Buick Motor Company
North Carolina institute advisory committee named
Sixty seven North Carolinians spanning all sections of the state were named today on the advisory committees for the Corona Institute of International Relations to be held at the University of North Carolina June 13 to 22. The event, co sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and UNC, aims to survey the present dual problem of international relations through lectures discussions and recreation for church and lay leaders students and peace minded groups. Members include Mrs Horace Hayworth of High Point Mrs Anna Mendemans Mrs F R B Taylor and Mrs Alice Strige White of High Point.
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Chapel Hill
Corona Institute of International Retions
Univerty of North Carolina
Themerican Friends Service Comittee
Jung People
Pmen
Horace Hayworth
High Nt
Anna Mendemans
Re. F. RB. Taylor
Alice Tige White
High Point
Confessed Killer Jailed After Secret Confession
Glenn Maxwell a 40 year old Negro charged with shooting Charlies Shepherd a white man near Sparta last Thursday was held in an unnamed North Carolina jail. Sheriff Irwin said Maxwell arrested in Galax Virginia Saturday had waived extradition and was moved to a Roanoke Virginia jail Saturday night. He reportedly confessed to killing Shepherd with a shotgun after an argument over ordering Tom Maxwell out of his filling station.
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Glenn Maxwell
Necro
Charlies Shepherd
Here
North Carolina
Sherif Walter M. Irwin
Maxwell
Galax
Roanoke
Shepherd
Tom Maxwell
Alling
Pershing Escapes Funeral On Way To Son's Wedding
Gen John J Pershing rode east in a special railroad car toward New York for his son Warren Pershing's wedding to Muriel Bache Richards at St Thomas Church The general, tired from a heart attack, stayed aboard the car during a Tucson stop where Dr Roland Davison said he was standing the trip better than expected The wedding is set for Friday in New York City
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Tex
John J. Pershing
New York
Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Roland Davison
Warren Pershing
Muriel Bache Richards
St. Thomas Church
France Eyes Franco-Italian Accord Amid Rome Talks
Paris reports the foreign office says talks toward a Franco-Italian accord begin with Italy. France may appoint an ambassador to Rome in May after two years without one. Cabinet meets Wednesday to review the plan as Hitler visits Rome in early May.
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Foreign Office
Rome
Britain
Italy
Jules Blondel
Count Galeazzo Ciano
France
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Germany
Hitler
Townsend Pardoned By FDR As He Was To Enter Jail
President Roosevelt pardoned Dr. Francis Townsend just as he prepared to begin a 12 month jail term for contempt of a House committee. Townsend, 72, had been convicted February 24, 1937, for walking out on an investigation of his plan to pay a $200 monthly pension to all citizens over 60.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Francis BE. Townsend
House
Townsend
White House
Bell
House Committee
Russians Detain Japanese Army Plane On Border Clash Rumors
Tokyo reports Soviet forces detained a Japanese army plane forced down near Suifenko on the Manchukuo border. One crew member was found alive. Russia protested Tokyo’s charges of Soviet territory. The incident heightens war rumor fears as Konoye’s political struggles unfold.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Russia
Suifenko
Vledivostok
Japan
Siberia
China
Manchukuo
Puerto Rico Shipping Tied Up Over Clerks Union Demands
Shipping halted in San Juan as clerks affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization demand complete unionization of office staffs backed by the Stevedores Union. The earlier strike by stevedores disrupted Puerto Rico shipping from January 3 to February 10.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Committee For Industrial Organization
Stevedores’ Union
Steamship Company
400 Tenants To Be Landowners
North Carolina Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee tenants will gain land ownership with U S government loans totaling 1 591 619 by July 1. Farm Security Administration regional director George A Mitchell announced additional funds may follow from July 4 appropriations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
George A. Mitchell
Farm Security Administration
Mitchell
D A R Delegates to Vote on Naval Expansion Plan
The Daughters of the American Revolution, about 4000 delegates at their 47th continental congress in Washington, will vote this week on a resolution backing the administration's billion-dollar naval buildup. Mrs Earl V Sisson of Chicago chairs the national defense committee which urged united front against communism and subversive propaganda during the convention opening.
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Washington
Continental Congress
Earl V. Sisson
Chicago
National Defense Committee
Special East West Flight Planned During Air Mail Week
Salisbury announces a special air mail flight from eastern North Carolina to Knoxville Tennessee during Air Mail Week May 15 to 21. J H McKenzie state chairman says the flight will test east west viability and run in addition to the national pick up service May 1.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Air Mail
J. H. McKenzie
National Air Mail Week
Chamberlain and Mussolini Craft Peace or War Pact
New York April 18 British Prime Minister Chamberlain and Premier Mussolini have concluded a treaty of amity. The deal, seen as a peace bid amid opposed dictatorship blocs, could guard alliance among England France Italy and Germany or anchor a bloc to halt Hitler.
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Italy
Galeazao Ciano
Earl of Perth
New York
Chamberlain
Mussolini
England
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
GOP Chiefs Denounce Roosevelt Relief Plan in Radio Attacks
Republican leaders John Hamilton and Senator Arthur Vandenberg condemned President Roosevelt's 4.5 million relief program in radio speeches. They labeled the pump priming proposal unsound and contrasted their stance with past anti New Deal strategy and court fight tactics.
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Roosevelt
John Hamilton
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Supreme Court
Vandenberg
Nie
Bn Ant
Three Held for Robbery Slaying in Lumberton
Lumberton sheriff detains three suspects and seeks a fourth in the murder and robbery of J. B. Bumgardner a 55 year old Fayetteville carpenter. Bumgardner was found beaten and robbed and died from a head blow after an earlier assault near St Pauls. Edwards Stephens and Cebron Odom of St Pauls are being held on murder charges with Bertha Hollingsworth listed as a material witness.
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St. Paul’a
Bumgardner
Bertha Hollingsworth
Moravian Easter Sunrise Service Draws 50,000 Crowd
In Winston Salem on Easter morning about 50,000 worshippers attended the Moravian Church sunrise service in the Moravian graveyard known as Gods Acre. Bishop J Kenneth Pfohl led the service with Bishop Paul B Kern of the Methodist Episcopal Church South joining as homilist.
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Winston-Salem
Usher N. C. Gaither
Ancient Home Moravian Church
God's Acre
J. Kenneth Pfohl
Pfohl
Paul B. Kern
Methoodist Episcopal Church
South
White House Egg Roll Crowd Invades Lawn Again
An army of children gathered on the White House lawn to roll 100000 Easter eggs. Groundskeeper Reeves commented on the mess but noted the children's delight. Police watched as adults and bootlegged companions were subbed in, continuing long standing Easter egg rolling tradition.
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White House
Army of Children
Washington
America
William 8. Reeves
Byrd Seeks Tax Amendment to End Exemptions Across Government
Senator Byrd outlined a plan to remove exemptions on government sites and salaries, arguing a broader tax base would curb extravagance and fund expanded relief. The proposal, supported by a White House message, targets millions of workers and billions in exempt interest and securities.
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House Group
Byrd
Washington
House
Con
War Department
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
D-Va
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Supreme Court
Rumania Probes Large Nazi Plot Involving Corn Cordeanu
A military court in Bucharest investigates a supposed Nazi plot with Corn Zelea Cordeanu as a central figure and 80 followers detained. Authorities say the group, described as extremely rightist, were holding weapons and involved in a nationwide series of protests and incidents.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Civil War Foes In Reunion June 29
Memphis April 1 The laymen organization for the preservation of the Southern Methodist church accelerates campaign against unification with Northern churches. Dr J W Limpscomb of Columbus Mississippi president said plans for a series of unification meetings in Birmingham next week prior to the church's oral conference there. Although definite dates not set the meetings probably be held April 26 and 2
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Tenn
Souern Methodist Church
Methodist
J. W. Limpscomb
Colubus
Miss
Birmiham
Norman Cordon Sings At Carolina Tomorrow Night
Norman Cordon a Metropolitan Opera baritone and University alumnus appears in Memorial Hall Chapel Hill on Tuesday April 19 at 8 30 as the spring final event of the Student Entertainment Committee. He earlier played saxophone with Kemp's orchestra on campus.
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Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera
Morial Hall
Don
Kemp
Carolina
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