GOP Invites Opposed Democrats to Join Party
Washington April 22 AP a GOP invitation to anti administration Democrats sparks 1940 campaign talk. Taft says Roosevelt called dissidents disloyal while welcoming them to Republican councils as Hamilton urges anti New Deal Democrats to join the march to Americanism.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
John Hamilton
Ellender
Guffey
Pepper
Fla
Senate
Treasure Hunters Seek Lost Merida Treasure Off Virginia Coast
The 1939 treasure hunt resumes as Cavalier Luigi Faggian and Dr. Mario Silvestri lead an Italian expedition to the Merida wreck 65 miles off Cape Henry in 225 feet of water. Aiming for silver bullion and possible jewels, they arrive in Norfolk aboard the vessel Falco ahead of the planned dive. Estimates of the treasure range from 500000 to 6000000 dollars amid decades of failed expeditions.
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Norfolk
Merida
Neptune
Luigi Faggian
Mario Silvestri
Davy Jones
Falco
Virginia
Spezia
Italy
Cape Henry
Farragut
Mayor and Town Clerk of Spring Hope Dies at 58
John Joseph Proctor longtime mayor and town clerk of Spring Hope died in Park View Hospital after seven weeks illness. Funeral set at First Baptist Church Spring Hope at 3 pm Sunday with interment to follow. Survived by his wife and daughter Mrs Turner Moon of Philadelphia. Proctor active in church and fraternal work.
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Rocky Mount
John Joseph Proctor
Spring Hope
Park View Hospital
First Baptist
Lexington Approves Ninth Month School Supplement
Lexington voters in the city administrative district approved a ninth month school supplement with a special tax of 12 percent on $100 property valuation. The measure passed at yesterday's election in Lexington.
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Lexington
Licenses Revoked for Several North Carolina Drivers
The State Highway Safety Division announced license revocations for Elmer George Garris of High Point and Jonah Allman, James Garner, P. H. Green, Guy Hamilton, and Earl Jordan of Asheboro.
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State Highway Safety Division
Elmer George Garris
Park Street
High Point
Jonah Allman
James Garner
P. H. Green
Guy Hamilton
Earl Jordan
Asheboro
Dynamite Find Triggers Sabotage Alarm in Sault Ste. Marie
In Sault Ste. Marie Ontario a 50 pound box of dynamite was found hidden beside a power canal near the Great Lakes Power plant, 1000 yards from the ship canal and international bridge. Mayor Jack McMeeken and Police Chief George Harbottle warned of possible sabotage as authorities planned precautions. Forty Ontario Hydro-Electric workers were sworn as watchmen at plants in Leaside and Niagara Falls.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Power Company
Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canal
Canada
Great Lakes Power Company
Jack McMeeken
George Harbottle
International Bridge
Michigan
McMeeken
Ontario
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Commission
Leaside
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Thomasville Market Building Under Construction on Randolph Street
Construction has begun on the Randolph Street site for a two story brick supermarket by Thomasville Store Company. W. E. Founts is the contractor and Tyson T. Ferree of High Point is the architect. Occupancy is expected about three months.
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Thomasville
Randolph Street
Thomasville Store Company
W. E. Founts
Tyson T. Ferree
High Point
Teeth Last 132 Years Fakir Dies at 132 in Bengal Village
Bhidu Fakir a Moslem resident of Phillipnagar Bengal died aged 132. He was famed for his teeth and kept them all his life and retained all faculties to the end.
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Bhidu Fakir
Phillipnagar
Bengal
Our Bob Reynolds noted as a colorful senator and more
The piece sketches Bob Reynolds as a man of varied roles from actor to lawyer and photographer, hints at a romance with a Ziegfeld Follies beauty, and mentions a Turk ish bath photo. It also salutes State Highway Patrolman T R Burdette who left for Wwan County and may face death, praising police as decent people despite public knock, and recalls Trinity College centennial events and Judge Frank A Daniels death.
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Ken
Bob Reynolds
University of North Carolina
New York
Senate
Jean Harlow
Bob
Frank Ryhlick
Allen A. Michie
T. R. Burdette
High Point
Rowan County
Burdette
Spencer
Southern Railway
Grand Old State
McLeod
Old Trinity College
Trinity
Continued Hearing on Aiding Prisoner’s Flight
Magistrate J B Danieley adjourned the case against A H Davis of near Raleigh until May 4. The charge alleges Davis aided in the escape of Sam Lineberry, an escaped Central Prison convict, who fled April 11 in a state owned car that wrecked near Raleigh and was recaptured.
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Raleigh
J. B. Danieley
A. H. Davis
Central Prison
Sam Lineberry
NLRB Orders Marshall Field to Bargain with TWOC Union
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the Marshall Field Company to bargain collectively with the TWOC at five North Carolina mills in Leaksville Spray and Draper. The plants employ about 3,000 workers.
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NLRB
Marshall Field
Twoc Union
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Marshall Field Company
TWOC
North Carolina
Leaksville
Spray
Draper
Pilot Weds Then Flies During Honeymoon Flight
Captain J Annesley Hawkins wed Miss Sheila Lockwood in Kirkwall Orkney. He continued his routine flights over the northern isles of Scotland and joined his bride on the outward mail for a five day airborne honeymoon. Both hail from the Annesley Irish family.
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J. Annesley Hawkins
Sheila Lockwood
Kirkwall
Orkney Island
Scotland
Aberdeen
Annesley
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Clarence Elkins
W. O. Elkins
Denny Street
Clarence
Burlington
Hoey
Trinity High School
Mr. Airy
Frank A Daniels
Goldsboro
Parllee
Flarllee
Jlarilee
Darwin
Harllee’s
Jarniee
Harner's
Sen
Kenworth
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