Parties file candidates in NC state and federal races
Raleigh April 18 reports that South Carolina style statewide and congressional candidate filings closed with 79 Democrats and Republicans entering 25 races. Many races had no opposition as incumbents advanced. notable contests include U S Senate seat held by Josiah Bailey and several state supreme court and inferior court positions.
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Aleigh
Carolina
Ifty
Socrats
Priey
A.A. F. Seaof
Raleigh
A. L
Raleich
Commis
Labor
Pan C. Bonyleigh
Insurance Commie
Geonnor
Wilson and
Raand
William A. Devin
State Supreme
Marshall T. Spears O. m
Superior Court
Lindsay Run
Washington
J.rd Clark
Fayetteville
J. Deighton
Laurel
William H
Chapel Hill Andington
United States Senate
Josiah W. Bailey Aleigh
Griffin
North Carolina
Giles Yeoman
Newton Ibson
Congress
Alter Lambeth
Calmérman
San
Vonne L. Gudger
The
Aucourt
Thomas C
Mebane
10Th
Joseph Bly
Near Ashe
Arthur Simmons
United States
Jordan H. Sanford
T "Mountain
State
Super Pat
Public Instruction
Luther Carlton
Tension-Based Agreement Between Britain and France Over Italo Ethiopian Crisis
Britain and France reportedly reached a deal to maintain sanctions on Italy for now in exchange for British support of a French plan for a new European security system. The move delays new sanctions on Italy until after May parliamentary elections, a setback for Ethiopia amid the League of Nations tensions. Prime Minister Baldwin warned Hitler’s actions could escalate, but signaled cautious optimism despite dark omens.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Ethiopia
Dalle Selassie
League of Nations
Germany
Rhineland
Baldwin
Greece Watches Turkish Dardanelles Move Amid Remilitarization Reports
Athens reports conflicting notices over Turkey remilitarizing the Dardanelles as Kemal Ataturk moves soldiers to zones flanking the straits. Newspapers cited denials of official notification while earlier editions quoted a Turkish occupation. The narrow channel could be swept clear by field artillery if needed.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Aegean
Japan
Soviet Russia
Kemal Ataturk
Italians Press Toward Harar After Ethiopian Battle
The exchange telegraph says half of an Ethiopian army of 10,000 men was wiped out in a two day battle on the southern front. The road to Harar is open for the Italians who have captured 2000 rifles and a dozen machine guns.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Ethiopia
Harar
Karpis Listed Again as Public Enemy Number One
Washington reports Alvin T. Karpis is named again as Public Enemy Number One on the Justice Department wanted list with mention of the Hamm kidnapping solved after arrests. Also notes Hoover asserting the false gang did both kidnappings and recalls Kate Barker era. In Addis Ababa Belgian military instructors resign amid strains with Emperor Halle Selassie as northern Italian forces near the capital.
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Karpis
Public Enemy
Washington
Alvin T. Karpis
Justice Department
William A. Hammee
Department
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Karpis- Barker
Hamm
Patie Eee Pu
Kate
Ma” Barker
Harry Campbell
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Addis Ababa
Halle Selassie
Tax bill clears House subcommittee with windfall tweak
The House Ways and Means subcommittee approved the tax bill after reducing the windfall tax rate from 90 to 85 percent. Leaders expect a full committee vote and floor consideration soon, while noting revenue projections remain about 100 million. Debate to continue through the week with leaders aiming for adjournment.
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Washington
Democrats
House and Means Tax
Congress
Burns
House
Samuel B. Hill
Dwash
Hill
Imposat
AAA
Full Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
DNC
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Inter Commerce Commission Rejects Rail Fare Delay
The Inter- Commerce Commission split five to five on delaying passenger fare cuts. Commissioner Joseph B Eastman broke the deadlock by voting against the delay, preserving the ICC order for a two cent basic rate cut in day coaches to take effect June 2.
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Joseph B. Eastman
Nth
ICC
Drivers' License Exams Begin With Patrolmen O K
Today applicants for drivers license tests are being processed by highway patrolmen. About 673,665 drivers and chauffeurs hold licenses. A total of 2,506 permits have been revoked and 116 pending appeals from revocations.
Guilford Woman Files for State Treasurer Nomination
Mrs Helen Wohl of Guilford College becomes NCs first woman to file for a major state office. She paid 60 cents fee and qualified for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer, withdrawing from the general assembly race in Guilford to oppose Charles M Johnson. Born in Guilford, she is a Guilford College graduate 1923 and former high school and High Point College teacher.
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High Point
Raleigh
Helen Robertson
Guilford College
North Carolina
State Board of Elections
General Assembly
Guilford County
Charles M. Johnson
Guilford
Wohl
Gaston County
High Point College
Honor Guest Dead But Party Goes On
In Boston on April 18 a hospital party marked Mary Evelyn Bourque’s 13th birthday. Mary, who had infantile paralysis and used a respirator for six months, died last Monday. her mother chose to proceed with cake and balloons to honor her memory.
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Boston
Mary Evelyn Bourque
Mary
Monay
Mary Evelyn
Pittsburgh Mayor Jailed Over Court Order Refusal
Pittsburgh Mayor William N. McNair was jailed for more than an hour after defying a county court order to sign a warrant to repay a $100 fine. The arrest followed his stance against numbers writers and lottery operators. The mayor, released on his own recognizance after a habeas petition, faces a Monday hearing with potential fines for nonappearance.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
City Hall
McNair
Theodore L. Moritz
Dpa
Thomas Marshall
van Kirk
Paul Revere Hearst Rides To Save The Constitution
Washington coverage of the Gridiron Club dinner features a burlesque of national events with Roosevelt, Kent, Farley, Fletcher, Hoover, Vandenberg, Raskob, and other dignitaries. Skits mock the ship Cuba bill, political conventions, and New Deal themes with a chorus of famous figures and satirical takes on government.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Capital
Roosevelt
Frank R. Kent
Baltimore
Paul Revere Hearst
James A. Farley
Henry P. Fletcher
Herbert Hoover
Senator Vandenberg
John J. Raskob
Jeeter Lester
Tobacco Road
Asheville Woman May Be Death by Own Action
Niagara Falls N Y April 18 Chief of Police William Everett of Asheville North Carolina telegraphed today to the superintendent of the Niagara Falls Reservation police that glasses believed to belong to a woman who disappeared here Wednesday night were sold to Miss Mabel B Haven of Asheville. The glasses traced through an oculist name. They were found just above the Americans Falle with an umbrella and a handbag identified as belonging to a woman who registered at a local hotel. Mrs B F Hyde of Clifton North Carolina. Superintendent Tracee G Levee of the Reservation police said Thursday he believed the woman who disappeared committed suicide by going over the falls. He said the description sent by Everett fitted the woman who disappeared.
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Niagara Falsa
B. F. Hyde
Clifton
N. C
Tracee G. Levee
Empress
Everett
Papal Nunciature Auditor Found Hanged Aboard Merano
Monsignor Tito Crespi, auditor of the Papal Nunciature at Madrid, was found hanged in his cabin on the steamer Merano as it docked today from Barcelona. The incident occurred aboard the vessel while in Genoa.
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Genoa
Tito Crespi
Madrid
Merano
Marcelona
Wise To Publish Richmond Paper
Directors of the Times-Dispatch named John Dana Wise of Columbia Washington as president and publisher effective June 1. He succeeds Mark Ethridge who retires to become general manager of the Courier-Journal and Times of Louisville. Wise currently publishes the Columbia Record the Augusta Chronicle and the Spartanburg Journal and Herald.
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Richmond
Times-Dispatch
John Dana Wise
Columbia
D. C
Mark Ethridge
Courterph
Times
Louisville
Wise
8. C
Record
Augusta, Ga
Chronicle
Spartanburg
The
Journal
Herald
Florence postmaster dies in collision with fire truck
John A. Chase longtime Florence postmaster was fatally injured when his car collided with a fire truck this afternoon. He is the father of John A. Chase Jr registrar of the University of South Carolina.
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Florence
8. C
John A. Chase
John A. Chase, Jr
The
University of South Carolina
Roosevelt visits Corcoran Art Gallery exhibits
President Roosevelt toured the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington with Secretary Hull to view exhibits including his historical marine pictures and ship models.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Corcoran
Hull
Hoffman Seeks Confession Probe in North Carolina
R C Jennings former Rowan county prosecutor said Governor Harold G Hoffman of New Jersey asked him to scrutinize the North Carolina angles of Gaston B Means purported confession. Jennings received a copy of the confession and was asked to judge its authenticity. The document places Means in Salisbury and Concord North Carolina around March 11 near the time of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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North Wilkesboro
R. C. Jennings
Rowan County
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
North Carolina
Gaston B. Means
Jennings
Hoffman
Means
Salisbury
Concord
N. C
CCC Worker Dies When Hit By Car
Ernest Johnson 18 of Canton N C, a CCC camp worker, died a mile west of Mt Airy after being struck by an automobile driven by Clifford Stone 28 of Mt Airy. Stone and Howard York carried Johnson to a local hospital but he died there. York said Johnson stepped in front of the car causing head and leg injuries. Johnson worked at a camp near Dobson.
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MT. Airy
Ernest Johnson
Canton
N. C
CCC
Here
Clifford Stone
Stone
Howard York
Johnson
York
Dobson
Italian advances in Ethiopia push toward Harar and Jijiga
Marshal Badoglio's troops moved on two fronts toward Ethiopia's main cities as Graziani reportedly engaged Ras Nasibu on the Harar line. Italians held a distance from Harar while Jijiga fell under occupation, controlling Berbera's route.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Ras Nasibu
Harar
Jijiga
Berbera
Col Louis Howe Dies at Capital in Sleep
Washington April 18 Col Louis McHenry Howe longtime Roosevelt adviser and secretary to the president died tonight at 11 10 after a long illness in the Naval hospital. Cause given as heart and chest complications. Roosevelt informed upon returning to the White House from the Gridiron dinner. Mrs Howe notified in Fall River Mass. No funeral arrangements announced. Secretary Stephen Barry released the death news at 12 10 a m.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Howe
Naval Hospital
White House
Willard Hotel
Fall River
Masa
Stephen Barry
Editors Condemn Senate Lobby Investigators Actions
The American Society of Newspaper Editors denounces blanket seizure of private communications as unconstitutional. They urge checks on the Senate lobby committee and pledge cooperation with law enforcement to avoid harming criminal investigations.
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Senate
Washington
American Society of
Senate Lobby Committee
Black
Hauptmann
Bar
Walter Lippmann
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davidson Will Case Withdrawn In Court
In Raleigh on April 18 the appeal to the state supreme court by caveators to set aside Mrs Elva Staller Davidson's will and deprive H Bradley Davidson Jr of the estate was withdrawn in superior court. Judge Don Phillips who presided over the Moore County trial signed the order.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Elva Staller Davidson
H. Bradley Davidson, Jr
Don Phillips
Moore County
RE. M. Statler
North Carolina and South Carolina Weekend Weather Update
North Carolina sees pair of sunny periods with slight warmth then cooler west. Monday brings increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions. South Carolina reports fair conditions with rising temperatures Sunday, followed by more clouds and warmth on Monday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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