Frank Dunlap Likely New Head of State Highway Commission
Raleigh April 24 Frank L Dunlap assistant director of the budget was expected to be appointed chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission to succeed Capus M Waynick who was not expected to be reappointed by Governor Clyde R Hoey. Reports from Washington and close sources said Dunlap edged ahead as Waynick would not be reappointed.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
J. C. Baskervill
Hoey
Waynick
Dunlap
Washington
D. C
Highway Commission
Dunnegan elected new president of Collegiate Press
Charles Dunnegan of Elkin a NC State junior and business manager of the Technician was elected president of the North Carolina Collegiate Press association at the spring convention. Romeo Leforte of Greensboro was chosen executive secretary for three years to coordinate activities. The executive committee will include a representative from each member school. Other officers named include Warren Stack of Monroe and William Staten of Reids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunnegan
Raleigh
Romeo Leforte
State College
Elkin
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
Greensboro
Leforte
Sec
Warren Stack
Monroe
Duke University
Chanticlear
William Staten
Reids
Convict Woman of Mail Fraud Claims Gable Father
A tall English woman, Violet Wells Norton, is convicted of mail fraud in Los Angeles and insists film star Clark Gable is the father of her illegitimate daughter. Norton clings to the claim despite Gable testifying he never met her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Los Angeles
Violet Wells Norton
Frank Billings
Morris Lavine
Gable
Belgium Is Released From Locarno Mutual Aid Pact
In Brussels on April 24 Belgium was released from its promise to aid France or Britain if either faced aggression. Two documents were signed at the foreign office at 11 A M removing Belgium from mutual defense obligations under the Locarno pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Child Welfare Conference Ends in Charlotte
The American Legion child welfare conference closed after a two day session in Charlotte with delegates from 11 southern states and Panama and Puerto Rico. Notable speakers included Frank H. Samuel General James A. Crain and Roland B. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
American Legion's Child Welfare
Panama
Puerto Rico
Frank H. Samuel
Indianapolis
Legion National
James A. Crain
Roland B. Howell
National Child Welfare
Newport News High Leads In High School Golf Meet
Brisk winds test golfers as Newport News High School posts 162 after nine holes to lead the South Atlantic Interscholastic golf meet over Munici pal course. Virginia teams pace with 162, 164, and 167 as others chase low rounds and national contenders race for medals.
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Newport News
Virginia
Atlanta, Ga
Tech High
Newport
W. Spencer
J. Sterling
Paul Miller
Faytteville
Chuck Alexander
Durham
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Fayetteville
Chevy Chase
Raleigh Man Will Head Magistrates 1938 Meet
Henry A. Bland of Raleigh will again serve as president of the state magistrates association at its 1938 convention in Greenville. About 80 justices of the peace attended the 1937 meeting, Bland was elected to a third term with Berch C. Willard of Winston-Salem as secretary-treasurer. new vice-presidents are G. W. Denny of Charlotte H. H. Brown of Goldsboro H. L. Jenkins of Greenville and E. Fesperman of Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Magistrates Association
Greenville
Henry A. Bland
Justices of the Peace
Berch C. Willard
Winston-Salem
G. W. Denny
Charlotte
H. H. Brown
Goldsboro
H. L. Jenkins
Maddry Elected President of Rotary Club Chapel Hill
Robert W. Maddry director of the University of North Carolina News Service has been elected president of the Rotary Club in Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Chapel Hill
Robert W. Maddry
University of North Carolina News Service
Death Penalty Sought in Brooklyn Slaying Case
Salvatore Ossido, a 26 year old Brooklyn barber, was found guilty of killing nine year old immigrant Einer Sporrer. The jury recommended the electric chair, citing a brutal crime committed March 19 with the defense claiming mental illness. The verdict was read as Ossido wept inside the courtroom and his family sobbed outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alvatore Ossido
Brooklyn
Kings County
Einer Sporrer
Isside
May Irwin Fights Death After Stage Career Decline
New York April 24. Death loomed as a stagehand while May Irwin, once a beloved entertainer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fights illness after a long career that brought joy to America’s audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Harrison
New York
Jolly
May Irwin
America
John Drew
Otis Skinner
Brevard Teen Dies After Being Run Over
Richard Frady a 17 year old Brevard High School student died in a hospital after a car passed over him on the Hendersonville Brevard highway around 2 45 this morning. Doctors said there were no visible injuries and the cause of death remained a mystery. Harry Pickelsimer of Brevard said his car ran over Frady and Frank Morgan of Cherryfield corroborated the sequence as Frady lay in the road before Pickelsimer arrived. Morgan reported attempting to stop the driver. Frady died minutes after reaching a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
Richard Frady
C. L. Newland
Harry Pickelsimer
Frady
Hendersonville-Brevard
Frank Morgan
Cherryfield
Pichelsimer
Morgan
Bishop Kern Profiles Bishops Crusade Relief Plan
Winston Salem April 24 Bishop Paul B Kern of Durham presiding bishop of the Methodist church in the Carolinas argues in a speech that the Bishops Crusade can lift the church from debt incurred to fund missionaries. He says freeing the church from debt will enable new advances and missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Paul B. Kern
Urham
Methodist Church
Two
Carolinas
Board of Missions
Negotiations with Southern Railway Completed
City Manager E M Knox announced completion of negotiations with Southern Railway on the final contract for track work. City Attorney Grover H Jones prepared the communication and Knox will present the contract at tonight's special City Council meeting. Plans include four overhead bridges at Main, Wrenn, Oak and Kivett drive crossings with a possible fifth at Perry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Knox
Southern Railway Company
Grover H. Jones
Knox
Jones
Main Street
Wrenn Street
Oak Street
Kivett Drive
Perry Street
Smith elected vice president at North Carolina Education association
Durham April 24. B L Smith superintendent of Greensboro schools was chosen as vice president by the North Carolina Education association. He succeeds Dr W C Jackson who moves to the presidency. W B Halfacre North Wil and Mrs Aanna Mc Eveville named to the board of directors as officers for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
B. L. Smith
Greensboro
North Carolina Education Association
W. C. Jackson
W. B. Halfacre
Northwil
Aanna Mc
Eville
Association
Har R. Douglass
Minneapolis
Minn
Douglass
Newberry Paper to Become Daily Herald and News
The Newberry Herald and News will shift from tri weekly to a daily edition starting Monday. Published since 1865, the paper was purchased by 8. L Goodman of Martinsville Virginia who plans a weekday afternoon edition excluding Saturdays and Sundays.
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Newberry
8. C
Newberry Herald and News
Herald and News
8. L Goodman
Martinsville
North Carolina Holds First County Option Liquor Referendum
Dare county voters participated in the first statewide county option liquor referendum under the new law. The April 24 balloting marks a test of local option measures in the state.
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Manteo
North Carolina
Dare County
Clayton Plans 10 Percent Cut in Electric Rates
Clayton town commissioners announced a 10 percent reduction in electric rates today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Roosevelt Economy Plan Gains Senate Backing in Debate
In Washington on April 24 the Senate appropriations committee supported proposals to cut federal appropriations by 10 percent and trim Roosevelt relief estimates by 500 million dollars. Some members call the fixed cut unscientific but accept it as the only path to balance the budget by July 1938. Farm interests vow to press for continuing the Bankhead Jones tenancy bills, with agriculture spending pegged at 927,421,996 for the coming fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Madrid Falls Under Civil Rule As Siege Ends
General Jose Miaja loses civil powers in Madrid after a 12 day bombardment that claimed over 250 lives. An anti fascist city council assumes control of civil affairs as insurgent forces in the north are reportedly reinforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Francisco Franco
Denhardt Winner Important Point Judge Makes Ruling
In New York heavy industry shows a sharp upturn with the AP index rising to 105.8 from 104.9, aided by auto, freight and steel gains. In Kentucky Circuit Judge Marshall overruled a motion to strike a witness statement saying Henry H. Denhardt could not have killed Verna Garr Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denhardt
New York
Associated Press
Great Lakes
New Castle
Charles C. Marshall
Commonwealth
George Baker
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
H. B. Kinsolving, Jr
Here
Civitans Elect Winston Lawyer Governor at Greensboro Convention
The Carolinas district of Civitan International elected Forrest G. Miles of Winston-Salem as governor to succeed B. O. Black of Columbia. Vice-governors chosen were West Jacobs of Columbia, J. B. Smith of Charlotte, T. Settle Graham of Greensboro, and C. D. Deane of Rockingham. Deane and J. H. Crump of Charlotte were named delegates to the National Civitan convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Carolinas
Civitan International
Forrest G. Miles
Winston-Salem
B. O. Black
Columbia
West Jacobs
J. 8. Smith
Charlotte
T. Settle Graham
C. D. Deane
Rockingham
Deane
J. H. Crump
Civitan
Tulsa
Okla
Beaufort Doctor Elected Coastal Medical Leader
Dr. Weacoat A. Black of Beaufort was elected president of the coastal district of the South Ceretins Medical Association today at the annual meeting in Summerville. The session, held April 24, named Black to lead regional doctors for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
8. C
Weacoat A. Black
Beaufort
South Ceretins Medical Association
Toay
Goering Mussolini to Discuss Austria Spain Attitudes
Goering and Mussolini will meet Monday in Rome to map Italo German stance on Austria and Spain. The talks follow Mussolini’s Venice meeting with Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg and possible Nazi entry into his cabinet. Goering is on holiday in Capri. Spanish civil war outcomes remain debated among observers.
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Rome
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Benito Mussolini
Austria
Spain
I Duce
Venice
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Goering
Capri
Francisco Franco
Losses Pared on Stock Mart
New York April 24 stock market prices fell in early trading and then found mild support before the close. Leaders declined 1 to over 3 points at times, with some at new year lows, but many losses were pared in the final hour as offerings appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Automobile Crash Kills Woman. Seven Hurt in Bowville
An early morning crash near Bowman involved an automobile from Holly Hill returning from a dance. Manny Johnson, a Negro woman, died. Seven others were injured including Rudolph Kizer 22 Rhae Folse 18 Georgianna Folse 24 Doris Sloan 18 and Hilda Johnson. Folse sisters were listed in critical condition. A mule was also killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
8. C
Holly Hill
Bowesville
Bowman
Manny Johnson
Rudolph Kizer
Roche Boone
Rhae Folse
Georgianna
Doris Sloan
Folse
Hilda Johnson
Strike Front Tension Eases in California Disputes
Evacuation of a Ford plant by 600 sit down strikers at Richmond followed a protest over alleged discrimination in transfers of 12 unionists. Officials urged evacuation as a settlement was expected within days. In Stockton a cannery strike had a tentative wage and union recognition agreement in prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
California
Ford Assembly
Richmond
Calif
United Automobile Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Ford
Stockton
First Lady to Attend Wallace Strawberry Festival
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will visit Wallace for the June strawberry festival. Representative Graham A. Barden told Mayor Aubrey Harrell the First Lady would arrive June 11. Governor Hoey Senator Reynolds Representative Barden and Governor Johnston of South Carolina also accepted invitations to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Graham A. Barden
New Bern
Aubrey Harrell
Roosevelt
Hoey
Robert Reynolds
Rep
Barden
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
Harrell
Tornado Toll Rises Across South With Deaths and Injuries
A violent storm system tore through Benton Arkansas killing Herman Zinn 50 and his son Maxie 17 and injuring many others. Across Alabama and Missouri storms caused deaths and extensive farm damage including Albert Burrell and family injuries.
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Benton
Ark
Alabama
Herman Zinn
Maxie
Newport
Arkansas
Tariffs Force North South Economic Shift, Williams Warns
Ben J. Williams of New Jeans, head of the South Cotton Shippers Association, calls for a tariff policy linking agriculture and industry, urges subsidies for production, and warns that failing to adjust could reduce cotton markets as U S ports shrink and manufactured imports drop. The address cites a rise in manufacted goods exports and a fall in agricultural export volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Ben J. Williams
New Jeans
South Cotton Shippers Association
Williams
Raleigh’s Bank Clock Restored After Rain Delay
Officials report the Raleigh bank building timepiece on principal business street is running again after repairs. The historic clock, once stopped amid rain, will be controlled by a master clock starting Tuesday, ending weeks of public talk and even a convict offering repair help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Father Time
Fasting Man Weaker After 45th Day Fast
Jackson Whitlow a 49 year old mountaineer from Saoop ing Oak enters day 45 of a fast begun after a supposed call from the Lord His wife Mrs Whitlow says he grew weaker and fainted while attempting to rise from bed and may die if the Lord wills yet he says he is ready Authorities and family report he awaits a prophetic message to break the fast.
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Saooping Oak
Tena
Jackson Whitlow
Whitlow
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