France seeks U S aid and Franco Italian accord
Paris reports Bonnet presented plans to strengthen France internationally with closer collaboration among Paris Washington and London. Daladier's cabinet approves talks on a Franco Italian friendship and possible U S economic aid with Henry as a key liaison.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
France
Washington
London
Albert Lebrun
Rome
Italy
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Bennett
United States
Jules Henry
Foreign Office
India
Henry
Five Die In Lyon Army Plane Crash
Five persons burned to death when an army plane crashed during a group flight from Bron to Marignane in Lyon France. The incident was reported by AP on April 20. The other dispatches note Raleigh North Carolina hosting the Fellowship of Southern churchmen annual meeting and Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama pressing to open Huntsville textile mills only under mutually satisfactory settlement terms with workers and the company.
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Georges Bonnet
Washington
France
Britain
United States
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
London
Daladier
Bonnet
Neville Chamberlain
van Zeeland
Lyon
Bron
Marignane
Raleigh
N. C
Fellowship of Southern Churchmen
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Lini
Handhwe
Lani
Yihefen
North Carolina Masons to Meet in Greensboro in 1939
The grand lodge of North Carolina Masons voted to hold its 1939 communication at Greensboro starting April 18. The decision was announced in Raleigh on April 20 by AP.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
N. C
Grand Lodge of North Carolina Masons
Disgraceful Probe Triggers Testy Senate Hearing
Summer Gerard of New York clashed with senate investigators calling their probe nothing short of disgraceful. The white haired treasurer of the national committee to uphold constitutional government accused investigators of besmirching his organization during his Senate testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Summer Gerard
New York
Senate
National Committee
Senate Committee
British kill five Arabs in Jerusalem raid
British troops and aircraft today killed five members of a large Arab band blamed for an attack on a police post last night in which an Arab constable died. The confrontation occurred in Jerusalem as authorities pursued those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Inmates Die After Drinking Poison at Tewksbury
Three inmates of the Tewksbury state infirmary are dead and a fourth dying after consuming denatured alcohol. Eight or nine others are missing, authorities say. Superintendent Dr. Laurence J. Kelley reports the liquor was bought in Lowell and bottles were marked deadly poison.
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Tewksbury
Mads
Tewksbury State Infirmary
Laurence J. Kelley
Kelly
Lowell
CCC to Run 1501 Camps for Another Year
Washington April 20. The Civilian Conservation Corps will run 1501 camps for a further year after Congress approved an extra 50 million dollars Fechner said the funds prevent closing 301 camps and allow an uninterrupted program.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Virginia Boy Heads Students N.C. State
Students at North Carolina State College elected William McC. Bralley of Richmond Virginia as 1935 39 president. Eddie Berlinski of Bloomfield New Jersey was voted the college s most outstanding athlete and will receive the alumni athletic trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C. State College
William McC. Bralley
Richmond
Eddie Berlinski
Bloomfield
N. J
Youths sentenced for arson of grandstand and school
In Greensboro on April 20 Judge J A Rousseau sentenced three youths for arson in two cases. Alex Weat 18 Carl Talley 14 and James Wade 14 were convicted of burning the grandstand at old Cone park March 20 and a school building six days earlier. Talley received six months and Weat and Wade four months on the county farm with five year probation.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
J. A. Rousseau
North Wilkesboro
Alex Weat
Carl Talley
James Wade
Old Cone Park
Talley
West
Wade
Tom Stokes
UAW Halts Picketing as Flint Crisis Pauses
In Flint the UAW ends morning pickets after GM chief Knudsen demands a closed shop be avoided. Detroit violence erupts at Michigan Steel Castings as 25 men clash with police, while Fisher and Buick idle 5,250 workers for three days awaiting a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
Flint
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
UAW International
UAW Petrikes
Michigan Steel Castings Co
Fisher
Buick
Henry Wilson
Reinforced Jap Army Wins Two Battles in Shantung Front
Japanese forces drove back central Chinese troops in two battles along the Lini and Hanchwang fronts in southern Shantung. Lini fell aiding a push toward the Sungai railway while Handhwe retreated under heavy bombardment and infantry assault.
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Shantung
Shanghai
Central China
Shantung Province
Talerhchwang
Nomin
Lini
Yi River
Hanchwang
Sunghai Railway
China
Lim
Insurgents Press South Along Mediterranean Coast
Insurgents drive toward Castellon and Valencia after testing government defenses at Tortosa. Gen. Aranda’s forces push 12 miles on an 18 mile front near Alcala de Chivert, threatening key coastal cities while government militia hold at Tortosa. Col. Cebellino dies. insurgents claim large ammunition captures.
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Castellon
Valencia
Tortosa
Hendaye
France
Mediterranean
Miguel Aranda
Alcala de Chivert
Albocacer
Spain
Vinaroz
Tortuga
Cebellino
Irun
Ebro
Barcelona
Nye Denounces Navy Expansion as Aggressive Plan
Senator Nye denounces the 1.156 billion naval expansion as not defense but aggressive warfare abroad. He argues no group could justify leaving homes to threaten U.S. territory and questions readiness cited by War Secretary Woodring. Vandenberg interrupts to contrast Nye with official assurances of preparedness.
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Washington
Nye
Senate
South America
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Woodring
Miami
North Dakota
Pershing Returns to New York After Three Day Trip
General John J. Pershing arrived in New York smiling and ignoring a waiting wheelchair. The World War II commander walked unaided from his special railroad car to an elevator and saluted the Empfang crowd before resting at his hotel after a three day journey.
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New York
John J. Pershing
United States
Nell
Tuecson
Ariz
Lobby Committee Rebuffed Over Fees for Constitutional Records
The senate lobby committee failed to obtain records from the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government. Sumner Gerard, treasurer, said he did not have within his control a list of contributors of $100 or more as demanded by a senate subpoena.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Sumner Gerard
Senate
National Committee
Race Horses Die As Mt. Clemens Fire Destroys Stables
A blaze at Mt. Clemens racing association stables and grandstand injured seven or more men and killed at least a dozen race horses. Firefighters fought the blaze through the day, consolidating losses to the race track facilities and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Clemens, Mich
Mt. Clemens Racing Association
Minority Report Challenges Labor Bill As Unconstitutional
A dissent from Representative Ramspeck argues the revised wage hour bill is arbitrary and discriminatory. The Ramspeck report contends a rigid wage standard could hamper eastern market competitiveness, force retirement of some businesses, and push workers onto relief if enacted.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Supreme Court
Ramspeck
D. Ga
United States
Housing Gets Another Boost
New Orleans reports the producers council backing a two million home low cost program via the American Institute of Architects plan. It aims to standardize building materials to cut a $5,000 house to $2,500 for families earning about $30 weekly. Roosevelt approves $40.7 million in low rent housing and slum clearance projects across New York City Louisville Augusta Jacksonville with local 10 percent funding.
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Producers Council
New Orleans
Producers Council Today
Housing Committee
American Institute of Architects
United States
Institute
Walter R. McCormack
Cleveland
Washington
Roosevelt
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
New York City
Loulaville
Augusta
Jacksonville
Fla
White House
West Green Street Widening To Start Soon
The city awarded a contract to Leon Ellis and Company of Greensboro to widen and pave West Green Street between South Main and Willowbrook. The bid of 7,257.48 for this work and additional paving on Jones Street topped two other bids from Brown Paving Company and Atlantic Bithulitie Company. Work should be finished within 20 days of starting, with future West Green Street bids planned near the county building and Philips-Davis Commercial building site.
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West Green Street
South Main
Willowbrook
Leon Ellis and Company
Greensboro
Jones Street
Brown Paving Company
Lexington
Atlantic Bithulitie Company
Winston Salem
Phillips-Davis
City Plans Policy on Disposing Delinquent Property
City council authorized Mayor Grayson to form a committee to craft a definitive policy for disposing of property taken over for delinquent street assessments. The plan may involve selling sites to developers or a formed group at a set price to transfer titles upon payment, aiming to raise revenue and develop vacant lots.
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Liesidie
Grayson
E. M. Knox
F. Logan Porter
LeRdy Briggs
C. A. Lewis
Grover H. Jones
Sam H. Strickland
Thei
North Carolina Governor-Elect Named for Aeronautics Group
Joseph T. Martin of Greensboro was named the new governor of the National Aeronautics Association. He was notified yesterday of his election to the post in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
National Aeronautics Association
Joseph T. Martin
Earthquakes Kill Over 300 in Central Anatolia Turkey
Reports say three hundred people died and twenty villages were leveled as violent quakes struck central Anatolia. The tremors were felt in Ankara and cities including Konia Kirsehir and Kayseri on Tuesday afternoon, with tolls expected to rise as counts finish.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Konia
Kirsehir
Kayseri
Seventy Eight Rescued From Burning Mission
Fire swept the Union Mission in Charleston West Virginia early today as seventy eight children aged six months to fourteen years were awakened by smoke and rushed to safety aided by firemen eight ambulances and mission attendants.
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Charleston
W. Va
Union Mission
Charlesae
Hopkins Plans $1.25 Billion Relief Use to Add 200000 on WPA Roles
At a White House conference President Roosevelt and aides discuss using 1.25 billion dollars in relief funds to extend aid to about 2.8 million people by February 1 1939 and add 200000 workers to WPA rolls. Officials describe potential private utility construction financing with RFC and SEC input.
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Washington
Roosey
White House
Harry L. Hopks
Hop
Sena' Unemployment Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
William Douglas
Securities Commission
John W. Hanes
S.E.C
Jones
R.F.C
Congress
R.E.C
Bridge Gamblers Face Indictments In Georgia
Rural judge in Marietta Georgia says a grand jury will indict bridge players accused of playing for money. Judge J H Hawkins of the Blue Ridge circuit states church members alerted him to high stakes games and expects subpoenas and indictments in July.
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Marietta
Tice
Jurge J. Hold Hawkins
Blue Aid
Georgia
T July
Hawkins
South Carolina report flags widespread protected gambling bootlegging
A South Carolina special legislative committee concludes lawless gambling and bootlegging are a major, organized business in the state. It urges a state bureau of investigation with trained personnel and independence from politics to confront the vice. The panel, created in 1957, cites a Supreme Court ruling limiting witness cooperation and warns vice rackets may rival established law in large towns.
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Columbia
Legislative Eommitee
South Carolina
General Assembly
Bureau of Investigation
Surpreme
New City
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FDR
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CCC
Virginia Boy Heads
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Betty
Ben Fox
Oak Park
U. S
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GOP
Pershing
N.Y
Minority Report
West Green
de Hill Rudd
Florence
Stork
Rudd
Vallejo
Calif
Hopkins
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