Moore Heads State Liquor Board Appointment Affair
April 23 report from Sir Walter Hotel indicates Cutlar of Lumberton was named to a state liquor board term by Governor Hoey for six years. F Webb Williams and Thomas J Murphy of Greensboro were chosen for three year terms as terms expire. Moore’s expected chairmanship and Williams’ possible promotion were discussed, with naming of Murphy later deemed possible.
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Serprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Baskervill Leigh
Cutlar
Lumberton
Robeson Ty
R. Hoey
F. Webb Williams Ember
Thomas J. Hy
Greensboro
Moore
Williams
Murphy
Proposals To Cut Federal Spending At NC Press Meet
The North Carolina Collegiate Press association opens its spring convention at High Point college with about 60 delegates. Proposals for by law changes include appointing a three year executive secretary and restricting contracts to members only while speeches by A M Beck and H M Herzog cover advertising and photography. A luncheon and group discussions follow, with a banquet tonight at the Sheraton and final sessions tomorrow morning.
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A. M. Beck
Edwards and Broughton Company
Raleigh
H. M. Herzog
New York City
High Point College
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
James Mason
Wake Forest College
Association
Frank Curry
North Carolina State College
Beck
C. B. Owens
M. L. Patrick
High Point High School
Sherman Shore
Greensboro Daily News
Leader
Herbert Hitch
Charlotte
Wm. C. McNeal
National Advertising Service
Sheraton Hotel
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
G M Official Praises Press Cooperation In Crime Fight
J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI urged New York newspaper publishers to publish front page crime reporting to aid justice. He praised the press for cooperation honesty and forthrightness noting a small faction harms public trust by distortions and misstatements.
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York
Ar Hoover
United
Ameri- Newspaper
Ver
The
Child Fatally Struck by Truck in Joldsboro
Five year old An Marie Anderson was fatally struck by a truck near Joldsboro as she ran across the road from her home. Driver Hilton Dauthry 21 of Fai posted $1000 bond after being released by State Highway Patrol official W. D. Kinsey.
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Joldsboro
An- Marie Anderson
Here
Jerday
Hélton Dauthry
Fai
Paan
W. D. Kinsey
Tennessee
Homer Peel
Epperson
Labor fronts tighten as AFL nears action against CIO
Peace in the Longshoremen dispute and a new stop work flare in a motor plant mark sharp labor front developments as the AFL moves toward active action against the CIO committee. The ILA announced settlement of its Cunard-White Star and Furness strike after opposing rival group employment.
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American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
International Longshoremen's Association
Cunard-White Star and Furness
Music Contest Ends Tonight In North Carolina Festival
The annual state high school music contest at the Woman's College of UNC ends tonight in Durham. Dr. Wade R. Brown directs the event with 4,789 participants this year, down from 43,697 last year as part of North Carolina’s public education centennial celebration.
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Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Wade R. Brown
College
Durham
North Carolina
Elaine Barrie Granted Divorce From John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie, 21, the Ariel to John Barrymore's Caliban, won a divorce in Los Angeles. The brief trial lasting just over four months ended with only Elaine and her mother testifying. Barrymore and his counsel were absent.
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Los Angeles
Elaine Barrie
Ariel
John Barrymore
Caliban
Elaine
Edna Jacobs
Barrymore
Norfolk Senator Vivian Page Declares Virginia Governorship Bid
Norfolk State Senator Vivian Page announced her candidacy for Virginia governor subject to the Democratic primary in August. Page, from Norfolk, seeks the party nomination as part of the 4th District elective slate.
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Norfolk
Vivian Page
Virginia
Trade activity steady as weather aids 1937 retail outlook
WYRK reports varying divisions in trade show continued movement though distribution lagged seasonal action. Dun and Bradstreet cites favorable weather as stimulus yet wholesale buying slow and future commitments reduced. Industrial operations broaden as labor disputes settle. Retail sales for the period reach 8 to 18 percent above 1936.
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WYRK
Dun & Brad
Baity Seen as Likely Choice for Road Job
Raleigh April 23 Dr Herman G Baity head of the UNC Chapel Hill engineering department and former Public Works Administration administrator in North Carolina is viewed by many as a probable new chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission if Governor Clyde R Hoey does not reappoint Capus M Waynick Observers say Hoey has offered the post to Baity and has conferred with him at least twice this week
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Raleigh
Herman G. Baity
University of North Carolina At
Hoey
Bally
Baily
May Probe Considered Over Labor Split in Georgia
Georgia Federation of Labor factions split over CIO alignment. A Steve Nance, president, hints at seeking a senatorial inquiry. Resolution asks Senator La Follette to investigate coercion and intimidation of delegates by threats of expulsion to secure Green’s demands.
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Atlanta
Georgia Federation of Labor
C. IL. O
A. Steve Nance
Georgia Federation
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Nance
Robert la Follette
Civil Liberties Committee
Groce Is New Head Burial Association
W C Groce of Asheville was chosen as president of the North Carolina State Burial Association at its fourth annual convention in Rocky Mount. Asheville will host next year’s meeting. Officers include F A Gardner of Kinston as vice president Wade C Moody of Mt Airy as secretary and treasurer. Directors are W C Hardin of Scotland Neck A K Miller of Sanford A A Ellwanger of Greenville Ed Needham of Pilot Mountain and Dave Warlick of Lincolnton.
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Rocky Mount
W. C. Groce
Asheville
North Carolina
Sanford
A. A. Ellwanger
Greenville
Ed Needham
Pilot Mountain
Dave Warlick
Lincolnton
Fire destroys residence of former congressman in Dunn
Fire swept through the large home of Hannibal L. Godwin in Dunn. The structure was described as the town’s finest and valued at $50,000 or more, though no firm loss estimate was given.
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Dunn
Hannibal L. Godwin
Man in Norfolk Jail Hangs Self in Cell
Isaac Henry Bosman 38 who faced life for the murder of Katherine Elizabeth Ewell 21 a waitress hanged himself with his belt in his Norfolk jail cell early today authorities said.
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Norfolk
Isaac Henry Bosman
State Penitentiary
Katherine Elizabeth Ewell
Bilbao Nourished As British Food Ships Reach Besieged City
British freighters Macgregor Hamsterley Stanbrook and another vessel deliver about 6100 tons of provisions to Bilbao amid 60 plus insurgent air raids. Basque guards and warships assist as refugees push population toward 400000 while Madrid endures a 12th day of bombardment with heavy casualties.
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Bilbao
Bay of Biscay
Macgregor
Hamsterley
Stanbrook
Almirante Cervera
Galerna
Gijon
Madrid
Market Advances In Quiet New York Session
Selected stocks gained ground but the market showed little overall recovery. Dealings remained unusually slow and prices were mixed near the close with no clear trading rhythm.
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New York
Woman Insists Gable Is Father in Fraud Trial
Violet Wells Norton, 47, testifies she is certain Clark Gable is the biological father of her 13 year old daughter, seeking support from the actor under the alias Frank Billings while recounting prior encounters in England.
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Violet Wells Norton
Clark Gable
Los Angeles
Mrs. Norton
Fifteen Injured in Stockton Cannery Strike Battle
Fifteen injured, including a woman, as a strike-bound cannery opened in Stockton California with tear gas and blazing guns. Shots fired, tear gas shells burst, rocks thrown. one man shot in the face and 14 others taken to an emergency hospital. Three more men collapsed but were moved by companions.
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Stockton
Calif
Government sues Aluminum Company of America over monopoly
Attorney General Cummings announced a 46 page petition in the southern district of New York seeking complete rearrangement of Aluminum Company of America property. The suit names 26 subsidiaries and 86 officers directors and stockholders alleging price fixing and conspiracy to restrain competition in violation of the Sherman act. Andrew W Mellon named among company's major interests.
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Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
New York
Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Company
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate and House Seek 10 Percent Budget Cuts
In Washington on April 23 lawmakers debated slicing the federal budget by ten percent, with Rep. Tabor proposing a 10 percent cut on 1938 appropriations still pending, and Sen. Byrnes signaling broad support for the same reduction. The day also focused on the Roosevelt court bill hearings, agriculture department funding, and pending Senate judiciary committee splits over expanding the Supreme Court. Governor Chandler of Kentucky offered to testify on county conditions, and the panel weighed options from two to six new justices, with decisions likely two weeks to two months away.
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Washington
Senate
House
Representative Tabor
N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Byrnes
8. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Agriculture Department
Civil ‘Liberties Committee
Harlan County
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Supreme Court
Jackson to head North Carolina Education Association
Durham April 23. W C Jackson dean of administration at the Woman's College UNC was slated to become president of the North Carolina Education Association. Nominations at the annual convention named three vice presidential candidates and district representatives, with W F Warren elected president of the Durham city schools unit.
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Durham
W. C. Jackson
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Education Association
Jackson
Association
W. B. Greer
Gastonia Public Scheola
Junius H. Rose
Funeral today for Peabody College president Bruce Payne
Funeral services for Dr. Bruce R. Payne 63 longtime president of Peabody College for Teachers were set for this afternoon in Nashville. Honorary pallbearers included Dr. James Kirkland Vanderbilt Dr. J L Cunninggim Scarritt College and Dr. Thomas Elsa Jones Fisk University. Active pallbearers were college faculty and staff.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bruce R. Payne
Peabody College
Payne
James H. Kirkland
Vanderbilt
J. L. Cunninggim
Scarritt College
Thomas Elsa Jones
Fisk University
Workers End 16 Day GM Canada Strike in Ontario
In Oshawa Ontario 3700 General Motors of Canada workers voted to end a 16 day strike. United Automobile Workers local president C H Millard announced the mass meeting backed an agreement among union representatives GM Canada officials and Premier Mitchell Hepburn. Workers will return to work Monday with higher pay and shorter hours after signing the deal in Toronto.
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General Motors of Canada
Premier Hepburn
Oshawa
Ont
Cc. H. Millard
United Automobile Workers of America
Mitchell Hepburn
Contorio
Millard
Toronto
General Motors
Hepburn
Arrest of Father Divine Sparks Harlem Protests
Police arrest Father Divine on a felonious assault charge after a stabbing of Harry Green, a white contractor from Weehawken, NJ, near his Harlem heaven. Hundreds of followers gather at police HQ and the criminal courts building, chanting They cant jail God, while authorities deploy officers to maintain order.
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New York
God
Father Divine
Lafayette Street
Criminal Courts
Baltimore Handyman
Harry Green
Weehawken
N. J
Harlem
Heaven
Milford
Stahlman Named Prexy of American Newspaper Publishers
James G. Stahlman publisher of The Nashville Banner was named president of the American Newspaper Publishers association at the golden jubilee convention. John S. McCarrens of The Cleveland Plain Dealer was elected vice president. H Harrin of The Richmond Palladium Star was re elected secretary and Walter M. Dear of The Jersey Journal was re elected treasurer. Jerome D. Barnum of The Syracuse Post Standard retired president was named to the board of directors replacing McCarrens.
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New York
James G. Stahlman
Nashville
Jersey City
N. J
Jerome D. Barnum
Syracuse
N.Y
Post-Standard
McCarrens
Denhardt Fired Pistol as Death of Verona Taylor Probed
In New Castle Kentucky on April 23 the commonwealth announced tests after the death of Verona Garr Taylor showing Brig. Henry H Denhardt had fired a pistol and that blood spots were found on his coat Kinsolving the Commonwealth's Attorney said tests on Taylor showed negative results and that 20 to 30 blood spots were found on Denhardt's coat with witnesses set to prove he did not approach the body after its discovery in a roadside ditch last November 6.
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New Castle
Commonwealth
Verona Garr Taylor
Henry H. Denhardt
H. B. Kinsolving
Kinsolving
Denhardt
Bank Liquidation Nears Completion for Morris Plan Bank
The State Banking Department completed liquidation of the Morris Plan Bank of Greensboro in Raleigh on April 23. Depositors received 79.35 percent of the total, with assets listed at 453 118 dollars and collections at 232 742.51 dollars, or 48 percent.
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Raleigh
State Banking Department
Morris Plan Bank of
Greensboro
Coalition government forecast for Austria allied with Nazis
Venice April 23. Giornale Italia reports from a Mussolini Schuschnigg conference that a coalition government in Austria including Nazis is foreseen. Italy reportedly approves while Germany to participate in Danubian affairs settlement. Nazi involvement framed as a first step toward shared responsibility with the Fatherland Front.
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Venice
Austria
Giornale
Italia
Mussolini
Kurt von Schuschnigge
Virginio Gayuda
Italy
Schuschnigg
Germany
Danubian Basin
Gayda
Schuschniger
Fatherland Front
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Ebb Williams
Elizabeth Iy
Thomas J. Murphy
College Press
W. C. Saunders
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G-Men Praises Press
Edgar Hoover
Pubers
Bldsboro
Gable
Hex
Ohio
Associated Press
BAITY
Waynick
PWA
Enterprise Bureau
Baskerwill
Georgia
Groce Is New Head Burial Association
Basque City
Woman's College of U. N
Stahlman
Prexy
American Newspaper Publishers Association
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