Truck size limits raised in Senate action
The senate moved to increase truck size limits from 20,000 pounds and 90 inches to 40,000 pounds and 96 inches. In Washington, Chairman Dickstein of the House Immigration committee urged Speaker Bankhead to order a congressional investigation into activities requested by a German American band, saying he is fully in favor.
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Columbia
D. C
Senate
Washington
Dickstein
House Immigration Committee
Bankhead
Fire destroys 55-year-old Pillsbury elevator in Minneapolis
A spectacular early morning fire leveled the 13 story Pillsbury elevator in Minneapolis. Losses were estimated between 350000 and 500000 dollars with about 500000 bushels of wheat barley and rye destroyed. The structure was owned by Andrews Grain company.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Andrews Grain Company
Airship L-1 Leaves Akron for Lakehurst Navy Tests
The new airship L-1 built by Goodyear Zeppelin Corp in Akron departed for Lakehurst New Jersey for final acceptance tests. It left Akron at 5 30 am and was expected to arrive about 5 30 pm.
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Akron
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp
United States Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Townsend Thanks for Pardon and Coalition Idea
Dr Francis E Town send thanked President Roosevelt for a pardon that spared him a 30 day jail term and urged creation of a coalition government in a brief meeting.
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Townsend
Washington
Francis E. Townsend
Roosevelt
NT12TH GRADE UNIFORM SCHOOLS PROPOSED IN NC
Clyde A. Erwin state superintendent predicts legislative action in 1939 to establish a uniform twelve grade school system in North Carolina at Winston Salem.
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Ots
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Clyde A. Erwin
NC official urges Congress probe cotton imports
Raleigh April 21 AP W Kerr Scott the state agriculture commissioner urged Congress to investigate the import of 12 000 bales of short staple Todian cotton stored in a Richmond Virginia warehouse awaiting shipment to a North Carolina blanket factory.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Congress
Richmond
North Carolina
Wisconsin Governor outlines recovery plan in radio address
Madison April 21 Governor Philip F La Follette disclosed he had supported President Roosevelt recovery policies and promised his own plan to combat the business slump. He announced a radio address tonight as part of a four part series, hinting at a self liquidating work program similar to one proposed in 1936 to the Wisconsin legislature, which rejected it.
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Madison
Wis
Philip F. la Follette
Roosevelt
Wisconsin Legature
Earthquake Toll In Western Asia Rises To 800
In western Asia near the Aegean, a deadly earthquake and aftershocks left at least 800 dead or missing and about 50,000 homeless. Villages including Kirsehir Yozgad and Thorun were destroyed or heavily damaged as relief teams and the Red Crescent mobilized to aid refugees and rescue efforts. The quake began Tuesday afternoon and continued into the night with renewed shocks.
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Ankara
Turkey
Antolia
Asia
Aegean Sea
Kirshebr
Yozgad
Tchorum
National Assembly
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Coogan Saves Mother's Home in Legal Rescue
Jackie Coogan intervened to prevent eviction of his mother and stepfather from the Bernstein mansion after filing a 4 million dollar accounting suit. A temporary receiver had been appointed to seize the home and assets, but a stipulation allowed the couple to stay pending trial. The judge set a hearing on dismissing the receivership for tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Arthur L
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Coogan
Eight More Plants Closed By Trikes In Detroit
Detroit workers returned to jobs as Fisher body No 1 machines restarted after a three day shutdown. Eight plants idle in Detroit include Bohn aluminum units American Brass Michigan Steel Castings Detroit Moulding as UAW wage cut protests spread.
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Detroit
Fisher
Bohn Alumini & Brass Corporation
Dein
Flint
Val Motors
T No. 1
Automobile Workers PLC
Buick Motor Co
UAW
William 8. Knudeen
Bohn Aluminum
American Brass Corp
Michigan Steel Castings Co
Detroit Moulding Co
American Brass Co
Cio-Affiliated Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Union
Waterbury, Conn
Umstead Praised in House Before Retirement Move
Rep Umstead of North Carolina receives high praise from leaders and colleagues in the House as he signals his retirement after three terms. Navy spending confronts the chamber with Vinson and others lauding Umstead's leadership before he calls for a previous question on the conference report.
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Rep
Umstead
Woodrum
Dva
Snellan
Rayburn
Dtex
Doughton
Kerr
D-Nc
Speaker
Japan's Reinforced Drive Retakes Lini in Border War
After 24 hours of brutal street fighting Japan's reinforced Shantung army fully occupied Lini. Chinese forces withdrew from the battered town as Japanese aim to sever the Lunghai railway corridor advances toward Suchow. Chinese claim to hold Pinglu against Japanese assault with 300 reported Japanese dead.
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Shanghai
Japan
Lini
Yi River
Yihsien
Lin
Suchow
Lunghai
China
Shanghai-Nanking
Hanchwang
Grand Cenal
Tientsin-Pukon
Tsaochang
Pinglu
Shansi
Yellow River
Tokyo Dispatch Reports Massive New Troop Deployment
Tokyo reports large numbers of fresh Japanese troops being sent to China amid recent military reverses. Continued on page two.
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Tokyo
China
Alfalfa Bill Enters New Campaign for Governor
Oklahoma City April 21 William H Murray known as Alfalfa Bill reentered politics to seek the Democratic nomination for governor. He presented a platform stressing economy and said the New Deal has little relevance to his bid. Murray 68 described himself as a stronger candidate than many capitol leaders and noted he would run on state issues only. He was the eighth candidate to file.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Muray
Tishomingo
Murray
Wake Forest Plans Christianity Meet
Wake Forest N C April 21 Eight speakers were announced for a Christianity seminar at Wake Forest College April 25 26 They include Rev E Norfleet Gardner Dunn Dr C T Brinkley Chapel Hill Dr W Qor Carver Louisville Ky Rev S L Blanton Wilmington Dr John T Wayland Durham Federal Judge Johnson J Hayes Greensboro Dr Hubert M Voiteat Wes Voreat and Irving E Carlile Winston Salem
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Wake Forest
N. C
Wake Forest College
E. Norfleet Gardner
Dunn
C. T. Brinkley
Chapel Hill
W, QO
Carver
Louisville, Ky
L. Blanton
Wilmington
John T. Wayland
Durham
Johnson J. Hayes
Cureensboro
Hubert M. Voiteat
Wes Voreat
Irving E. Carlyle
Winston-Salem
Pupils Repulse Pickets Delaying School Building
Mt Morris Michigan April 21 AP union pickets retreated as about 100 pupils protested delay of a public works administration school building project. Rupert Malloch 17 year old football player and senior class president said students would harass pickets at every opportunity and questioned the strike against the government.
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MT. Morris
Mich
PWA
Rupert Malloch
Man Grieves After Losses Ends Life in New York
Edward J. Smith, longtime treasurer of the Strand Theater, killed himself in his apartment after mourning his wife and infant for a year. Police found him on the kitchen floor near four open gas jets with a note to his mother stating he wished to be buried with Mary and their baby. Smith, 42, kept his wife’s clothes folded and displayed her photograph beside his own.
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New York
Edward J. Smith
Mary
Smith
Strand Theater
Broadway
Eddie
Would Make Lewis Douglas President
The Burlington Daily News urged Lewis W. Douglas former budget director be nominated for president on a fusion ticket. He currently serves as vice chancellor of McGill University Montreal granting authority and status.
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Burlington
Burlington Daily News Today
Lewis W. Douglas
United States
Dr. Douglas
McGill University
Montreal
Insurgent air attack hits Puigcerda frontier town
On April 21 in Perpignan France insurgent planes from Gen Franco bombarded Puigcerda a Franco Spanish border town. Eight aircraft four bombers and four pursuit planes conducted a near thirty minute raid destroying a freight yard and wrecking the railway station. Casualties reported but undetermined with many wounded inside bombed buildings.
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Perpignan
France
Puigcerda
Franco
Colchaga
Seo de Urgel
Pyrennees
Consid
D A R Endorses Naval Expansion
The Daughters of the American Revolution urged a reserved independent foreign policy and endorsed the President's naval expansion program. Resolutions passed unanimously at the 47th D A R congress praise naval buildup for peace and independence and preservation of law and order.
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Washington
Daughters of the America Revolution
Congress
United States
Indian Cotton Shipment Prompts U S Import Inquiry
Senator Bailey asks Secretary Hull to probe farm product imports citing 12 000 bales of East Indian cotton stored in Richmond for a North Carolina blanket mill. The bales valued around 59 dollars per 400 pounds were shipped via New York Norfolk to Richmond and fumigated before entry. The issue raises concerns over competition with U S cotton and questions about origins and costs.
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Washington
Bailey
D-Nc
Hull
United States
Hailey
Richmond
North Carolina
New York
Norfolk
Cotton Bales Bound for Calcutta Shipped via Richmond Mills
Richmond warehouses hold twelve thousand bales totaling about 4.8 million pounds of cotton for mills in North Carolina. The cargo has traveled over ten thousand miles to reach Richmond and will stay until shipping orders arrive. Warehouse workers and local observers note the lot appears authentic amid an uncertain shipment note.
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Richmond
Calcutta
India
North Carolina
Milla
Whch
Nye Says Navy Aiding Makers Of Munitions
Senator Nye renews attack on the naval expansion bill accusing the Navy and private shipbuilders of a close understanding. He cites munitions committee findings and says the Navy helped sell American arms abroad. Debate continues with calls for government ownership of armaments amid possible weekslong Senate discussion.
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Nye
Navy
Washington
R-Nd
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Conally
D-Tex
House
Barkley Speaks in N C Tonight at Chamber Dinner
Warsaw, April 21. Senators Barkley and Reynolds will speak at the 16th annual Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce dinner. Lieut Gov Horton will introduce Barkley and State Senator John Larkin will introduce Reynolds. Henry L Stevens will bestow the Purple Heart on Ralph J Howes. Election and installation of officers and a dance conclude the program. The chamber covers 47 counties with J A Jones of Kingston as president.
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Warsaw
Barkley
D-Ky
Reynolds
D-Nc
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Horton
Senate
John Larkin
Trenton
Henry L. Stevens
American Legion
Order of the Purple Heart
George Washington
Ralph J. Howes
Eastern Carolina
Banks Buy Large Share Of New Con Edison Bond Issue
Banks with idle funds after federal credit actions were reported to be major buyers of Consolidated Edison Company of New York 3 12 per cent bonds totaling 60 million dollars. Investment bankers said banks absorbed the issue more than any corporate offering in over a year, signaling a revival in bank credit activity.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Company of
Ford Will Talk With FDR But Wants Nothing
Sudbury mass April 21 Henry Ford said he would confer with President Roosevelt in Washington next week and would go to the White House as a man who had no favors to ask He would not offer advice and favored a back to the farm program saying the farm is the salvation of the country and that work is his remedy for problems He urged young men to develop a habit of work and self reliance
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Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Detroit Automobile
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Wayside Inn
Ford
Hancock Approves Keynoter Choice for State Convention
Shelby April 21 Rep Hancock, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for U S senator, said Lindsay Warren of the first district would be the keynote for the state Democratic convention an excellent and very pleasing choice to me.
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Shelby
Rank Hancock
U. S
Lindsay Warren
FDR Invites Henry Ford To Luncheon Talk
The White House announced President Roosevelt invited Henry Ford to an informal luncheon next Wednesday in Boston. The invitation aimed to aid business recovery amid plans for federally financed expansion in utilities and a potential $1 billion building program involving steel cement and lumber. Edsel Ford may accompany Henry Ford.
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FDR
Henry Ford
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen Earry
Boston
Ford
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Edsel
Ford Motor Company
Governor urges unified non political law enforcement plan
South Carolina Governor Olin Johnston reiterated support for a unified non political law enforcement system. He urged a statewide radio network a modern fingerprinting bureau and merit based officers with strong training as essential components.
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Columbia
D. C
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
Law Enforcement Investigation Committee
State Bureau of Investigation
General Assembly
Negro Confesses Killing Merchant
Henderson April 21 Solicitor Leo Carr said Granville county officers informed him that King Stovall 22 year old negro confessed killing R T Moore storekeeper at Stovall last Friday night. He was arrested after reporting Moore's body and admitted striking the merchant over the head with a wagon standard during a robbery attempt with no loot.
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Henderson
Leo Carr
Granville County
King Stovall
R. T. Moore
Stovall
Moore
Carr
Black Plague of Censorship Spreads to America
Alfred H. Kirchhofer president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors says censorship is spreading to the American continent and urges a free press to defend and interpret free institutions. He warns self-government is on trial and editors must remain independent to report objectively. Roosevelt scheduled an off the record White House press conference tonight with Hull at the State Department tomorrow.
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America
Washington
Alfred H. Kirchhofer
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kirchhofer
Buffalo
N.Y
Evening News
The
Sun
Preas
Roosevelt
White House
Hull
State Department
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Western Asia
DNC
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Navy Department
Senate-House
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Affairs Committee
Okla
Lewis Douglas
Madrid
Bulletin
N.C
Hancock
Olin Johnson
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