Japanese Attack Nears as China Battle Grows
Weather and regional forecast notes accompany a brief update on tensions as Japan launches new action in Asia. Forecasters report mostly cloudy conditions across the Carolinas and Georgia with scattered showers and cooler temperatures through Tuesday. Winds range from south to southwest with offshore areas seeing fresh gusts and scattered rain.
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China
South Carolina
Georgia
Hatteras
Jacksonville
North Perm
Ten Men Condemned For Assault Show No Anti Lynch Law Needed
Raleigh April 18 ten convicted rapists on North Carolina Death Row at central prison bolster the case of Senators Reynolds Bailey against federal anti lynching legislation. Officials argue state courts can handle violence without Washington supervision and note ten arrests convicts prove local safety even when defendants are Negro. The count rises with an additional prisoner to be executed for first degree burglary.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Central Prison
Robert R. Reynolds
Josiah W. Bailey
Washington
GOP leaders challenge Roosevelt spending plans
The article reports Republican leaders in Congress criticizing Roosevelt's spending and recovery program while predicting a possible adjournment window between May 20 and June 1. It notes a quiet conference with Roosevelt, debates over funding levels, and remarks by Senator Barkley and others on fiscal policy and election timing.
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Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
House
Congress
Garner
Bankhead
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Hamilton
Vandenberg
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Shortest Good Friday Reading At Bonner Springs Church
The reading of the entire New Testament at the Christian church in Bonner Springs was completed in 16 hours and a half during Good Friday services led by Rev. William Babb.
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Bonner Springs
Christian Church
William Babb
Death Row Population in North Carolina Faces Urgent Action
Ten men condemned for murder sit on death row reversing the usual pattern where murderers form at least two thirds. Whites make up two of ten among rapists and murderers each, while a burglary convict is a Negro. Gov Hoey must act to avert executions on April 29 as the state supreme court has upheld five convictions.
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Clyde R. Hoey
State Supreme Cour
Japanese Drive in Shantung Sparks Major Sino-Japanese Clash
In Shanghai on April 18, Japanese forces pressed a large-scale push in southeast Shantung aiming to strike Suchow and push toward the Tientsin Pukow railway axis. Chinese troops countered along the Yi river and at Yihsien Tsaochwang as reinforcements poured in, with observers calling it the largest battle of the Sino-Japanese war and involving about a million troops in the Lin sector and surrounding zones.
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Shanghai
Lini
China
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Yihsien
Tsaochwang
Yihalen
Tsadchwang
Shantung
Lin
Japan
Tientsin-Pukow
Tortosa's Fall Nears as Rebels Gain Land
Rebels push forward on the Mediterranean coast extending control to more than 30 miles. General Valino's southern attacks force government to retreat in the Cherta sector, with insurgents advancing toward Tortosa from Villarez to Amposta and beyond Benicarlo.
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Ade
Cherta
Valino
Tortosa
Mediterranean
Villarez
Catalonia
Spain
Amposta
Benicarlo
Byrd Tax Amendment Focus Amid War Department Funding
Congress debates a Byrd tax amendment on partially exempt securities while a joint conference committee revises differences between house and senate tax bills. Army bill totals 220,634,725 with adjustments for flood control, Panama Canal, and relief funds. river, harbor, and cemetery expenses are outlined along with Alaska communications and the Philippines high commissioner office costs.
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Joint Conference
House
Senate
War Department
Panama Canal
Mississippi River
Army
Swastikas Painted on Temple Doors in Wilmington City
Police probe the vandalism after two large Nazi swastikas appeared on the Temple of Israel doors in Wilmington. Mayor Thomas E. Cooper supervised removal as authorities seek whether the act was an organized hate crime or a prank.
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Wilmington
Temple of Israel
Thomas E. Cooper
No Break Yet In N. Y. Strike
ROCHESTER N Y April 18 The truck drivers strike entering its third day continues with a deadlock over hours and wages. Police are held in reserve as unions and employers assess moves and workers threaten to seek sympathetic support to halt unspecific deliveries. Local 118 AFL called the strike with 800 to 1400 out when their contract expired.
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Rochester
N. Y
Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Grace Towery Wins Randolph County Spelling Bee
Grace Nell Towery a 12 year old seventh grader from Balfour school won the Randolph County spelling bee held at Randleman school with sixteen participants. Esther Lou Lowe of Farmer was runner up after misspelling misspell. Towery advances to Winston Salem for the state bee with a Washington DC trip prize potential.
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Asheboro
Grace Nell Towery
G. W. Towery
Balfour School
Randlieman School
Randolph County
Esther Lou Lowe
Farmer
Grace Nell
Winston, Salem
Washington, D. C
H. H. Hamilton
Randleman School
Watson Millikan
Erosion Control In North Carolina Also Boosts Small Game
Raleigh April 18 Halting soil erosion increases the crop of game birds and small game animals and benefits the land. The Department of Conservation and Development cites plant and grass cover as food and nesting habitat for quail and rabbits. Farmers are urged to plant gullies with Sericea and Korean lespedeza, add pine boughs and brush to eroded areas, and adopt soil conservation measures to boost both erosion control and wildlife populations.
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Raleigh
Department of Conservation and Development
Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Act
Soil Conservation Service
Time Will Tell Who Gained From Anglo Italian Pact
The article weighs the 1930s Anglo Italian agreement, noting Mussolini’s challenge to British Mediterranean dominance and Chamberlain’s cautious, bargaining approach. It frames the pact as a deterrent to war and questions where Britain’s advantage lies amid tensions with Italy.
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Italy
England
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Far East
Chamberlain
Bloody mystery on Chicago sidewalk draws crowd
A crowd gathered around a pool of red liquid on a loop sidewalk after a caller said someone jumped from a window. Police found a janitor cleaning the spot. he said a bottle of red ink had been dropped.
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Chicago
Ane
State High School Music Meet Opens in Greensboro
The 19th annual State High School Music contests and festival start in Greensboro at the Woman’s College of UNC. The four day event runs from April 18 to 21 with officials projecting more than 6,000 students participating.
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Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Excelsior Mills to Resume Full-Time Hosiery Ops
Officials announced full fashion hosiery department of Ex celsior Mills, which had operated on a curtailed schedule, would resume full-time operations shortly.
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