Car Plunges From Bridge Into River Near Orange
Fire Chief E H Rouse said a car with four or five boys plunged into the Robinson River nine miles north of Orange after the bridge approach washed out. Firemen searched four hours without finding the vehicle as rain-swollen river waters moved through the area. A nearby witness spoke of a Negro who reported the crash and the car’s 15 foot chasm drop.
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Orange
E. H. Rouse
Robinson River
Rouse
Hoys
George Harrell
George Beattie
Culpepper
Roosevelt Signs Guffey-Vinson Bill To Stabilize Soft Coal
President Roosevelt signed the Guffey-Vinson bill to stabilize the soft coal industry through price fixing. The act takes effect June 1 for four years as a replacement for the blocked Guffey act. Appointments to the new commission include C. F. Hosford Jr of Pennsylvania as chairman and several others from West Virginia Ohio Iowa Kentucky Indiana Missouri Michigan and a consumers' counsel appointment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
C. F. Hosford, Jr
Pennsylvania
C. E. Smith
West Virginia
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
John C. Lewis
Iowa
Thomas S. Haymond
Kentucky
Pleas E. Greenlee
Indiana
Walter Maloney
Missouri
John Carson
Michigan
Senator Couzens
Consumers’ Counsel
Canadian Auto Strike Ends at Oshawa Plant
Oshawa Ontario April 26 seven General Motors employees returned to work after a 16 day strike ending with an agreement for pay raises and shorter hours The accord covers General Motors of Canada and the Oshawa employer and notes union recognition by the company Watch on June 11 termination of the pact remains possible as per the US agreement terms posted by CIO organizer Hugh Thompson
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Oshawa
Ont
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors of Canada
Company of Oshawa
Hugh Thompson
Committee of Industrial Organization
General Motora Corporation
United States
Waynick Declines Comment On State Post Offer
Raleigh April 26 Capus M Waynick retiring chairman of the Highway and Public Works Commission had no comment on Gov Hoey s offer to become director of purchase and contract He planned to confer with the governor before stating his position Frank L Dunlap of Wadesboro will take over as chairman of the state highway and public works commission replacing Waynick Dunlap will earn 7500 a year for six years Robert G Deyton will replace Dunlap as budget director assistant for 10 years The 10 commissioners to serve with Dunlap were named for the expanded panel continued on page two.
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Raleigh
Frank L. Dunlap
Wadesboro
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Hoey
Dun
Waynick
Division of Purchase
Dunlap
Robert G. Deyton
Budget Bureau
Guffey-Vinson coal bill becomes law with Roosevelt signature
Washington April 26 President Roosevelt signed the Guffey-Vinson bill to stabilize the soft coal industry. The act depends on price fixing and becomes effective June 1 after the Supreme Court struck down labor provisions in an earlier version. Roosevelt also opposed stock speculation by government workers in a letter to Civil Service Commission head Harry Mitchell.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Wool Prices Seen Strong Again This Season
Earl H. Hostetler a livestock research specialist at North Carolina State College said wool should bring a good price again this season or be exchanged for attractive blankets. He urged farmers to shear carefully and tie wool properly and to form pools to handle lamb sheep and wool sales.
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Raleigh
Earl H. Hostetler
N. C. State College
Congressmen Weather Chesapeake Bay Storm On Peninsula Tour
A congressional party aboard the District of Columbia docked safely after braving a violent Chesapeake Bay gale. Captain Eddie Beaton reported 65 mile per hour winds and 30 foot waves, with dining salon damage and several minor injuries among the 85 diners. Vice President Garner led the procession ashore as seas eased.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Virginia Peninsula
Chesapeake Bay
Columba
Jce
Garner
Neary
Old Point Comfort
Ilies
Eddie Beaton
Andrew J. May
Ken
President Roosevelt halts New York strike with emergency board
President Roosevelt acts to end a 25 000 strong strike by railroad and shipping workers in the New York Metropolitan area appointing a three member emergency board. The walkout by Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks freight handlers and express workers was set for noon but postponed for mediation. the union seeks a 20 cent hourly wage increase. The move cites potential disruption of interstate commerce in New York and eastern states and essential transportation service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Brotherhood
Eibar Reported Razed by Fire in Franco Insurgent Advance
Government militiamen burned the town of Eibar and evacuated as Franco forces push on Bilbao. Insurgents say Durango linked to Bilbao cut off, and they hold Zaldivar and Asconarrieta heights. Mola reports over 3,000 prisoners taken in two days.
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Hendaye
Eibar
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Spain
Verriz
Durango
Zaldivar
Asconarrieta
Emilio Mola
Jobless Census Urged by Advisory Council
Commerce officials said they forwarded to the White House a council report urging an unemployment census. Secretary Roper announced he would seek 15 million dollars to conduct it.
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Washington
Commerce Department
White House
Business Advisory Council
Roper
Labor chiefs hail actions as victories in unions
The Carnegie-Illinois Steel unit and International Harvester Corp abandon employe representative plans. Labor leaders call it a first major victory after the Supreme Court upholding the Wagner act. The Harvester move followed by a notice to withdraw recognition from the employee representation plan opposed by the CIO steel workers organizing committee.
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Washington
Carnegie-Illinois Steel
International Harvester Corporation
Supreme Court
Harvester Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
Labor Board
John L. Lewis
C. I. O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Transfer of Dr. Stallings to SCS Washington D C
Dr. J. H. Stallings long time North Carolina Soil Conservation Service coordinator is reassigned to national SCS offices in Washington D C. Burlington’s B B Garrett named acting state coordinator and expected to arrive soon to assume duties. Stallings had organized North Carolina's soil conservation program since 1934 and Garrett brings experience as Burlington project supervisor with an agriculture degree from NC State.
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J. H. Stallings
SCS
Washington
E. B. Garrett
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
National
D. C
B. B. Garrett
Burlington
Stallings
Garrett
High Point
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
13 Year-Old Boy Loses Fingers In Dynamite Cap Accident
Rocky Mount dispatch reports 13-year-old George Narron, son of Mr and Mrs Jim Narron, near Rocky Mount, suffered the loss of the tips of three fingers and his left thumb when a dynamite cap exploded while he was cutting it with a knife. He was hospitalized with powder burns but expected to recover.
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Rocky Mount
George Narron
Jim Narron
Near Here
George
Supreme Court to Hear Test Case On Security Act
The Supreme Court agreed to review a test case challenging the constitutionality of the old age pension provisions of the federal social security act. It postponed a final ruling on the unemployment insurance provisions and state supplementary legislation, with some observers noting a possible unified decision after further arguments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
London Busmen Threaten Coronation Congestion
The British government moves to avert a bus strike by London’s 40 000 busmen that could paralyze coronation crowds. Conciliation talks with the Transport and General Workers Union aim to secure a truce until May 12. Officials warn a bus walkout could spread to streetcars and subways, threatening the capital’s transport plan for the coronation.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Conciliation Department
Traffic and Transport Board
Transport and General Workers Union
George
The
Supreme Court invalidates Georgia and Alabama laws in two rulings
The court struck down an Alabama 1927 franchise tax law for business privilege and an 1871 Georgia sedition statute used against Angelo Herndon. Justice Roberts upheld the Georgia decision 5 to 4, deeming the law violative of the 14th amendment, with a dissent by Van Devanter and three others.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Georgia
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Justice Roberts
Justice van Devanter
McReynolds, Sutherland
Butler
Moore Assumes Chairmanship on Liquor Group
Cutlar Moore of Lumberton was sworn in as chairman of the state's new alcoholic control board. F Webb Williams of Elizabeth City and Thomas J. Murphy of Greensboro joined as board members. Murphy took his oath shortly after. Associate Justice George W. Connor administered the oaths in Governor Hoey's offices. The board plans an informal meeting to discuss office space and a date for its first regular session. Under the 1937 liquor control law the board controls all county liquor stores.
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Raleigh
Cutlar Moore
Lumberton
New
Alcoholic Control Board
F. Webb Williams
Elizabeth City
Thomas J. Murphy
Greensboro
George W. Connor
Supreme Court
Moore
Williams
Hoey
Murphy
Board of Commission
Hitchhiking Law Violated in Greenville D C
South Carolina's new hitchhiking ban was openly violated here yesterday afternoon. Officers reported no arrests.
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Greenville
D. C
South Carolina
Compromise Reported Over Court Question
Senators not named said an administration spokesman discussed adding four new justices to the Supreme Court and rejected proposals for only two. No agreement appeared on the eve of the Senate judiciary committee’s first closed session to vote on the court bill allowing six new justices if those over 70 do not retire. A decision from the high court seemed possible.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Flood Warnings On N. C. Rivers Issued After Heavy Rain
Raleigh April 26. Lee A. Denson director of the weather bureau issued advisory flood warnings for the upper Neuse Tar and Roanoke rivers saying they are already out of their banks in the upper reaches. Rainfall since Saturday totaled 2.88 inches statewide with higher amounts in Fayetteville Graham Goldsboro and Rocky Mount.
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Raleigh
Lee A. Denson
Weather Bureau
Neuse
Tar
Roanoke
Denson
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Graham
Goldsboro
Kenly
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Weldon
Reidsville
Williamston
Floods Swell Rivers Driving Residents From Homes
Heavy rainfall swells rivers in Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia flooding lowlands around Johnstown and Cumberland. Ohio River hits 25 feet, Potomac rises above flood stage, and Pittsburgh area rivers threaten roads and rail lines as towns evacuate and commerce stalls.
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Associated Press
Pen Maryland
West Vire
Ohio
Alleghany
Gahela
Pitts
Potomac
Cumberland
Co River
Stony Creek
Johnstown
Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
T Row
Sylvania
West Virginia
Somerset County
Flood Waters Sweep Johnstown Streets
Johnstown Pennsylvania endures heavy floodwaters washing through streets inundating homes as waters rise and residents seek safety. Emergency crews respond as residents brace for continued high levels and possible damage assessments.
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Johnstown
Children Under 16 Illegally Confined in County Jails
Raleigh report states 149 children under 16 were confined in 39 counties during March. Many jailed for drunkenness or liquor law violations. several as young as eight. The state attorney general warns against holding minors in jail for felonies or nonfelony charges.
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Raleigh
Port Said
At General
Baby killed by Seaboard train near Middleburg
Eighteen month old Ru Gupton, son of Frank Gupton, was struck and killed by a bound Seaboard Air Lines train in Middleburg area while playing in the yard at his home.
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Baby
Henderson
Ru Gupton
Seaboard Air Lines
Middleburg
Here
Frank Gupton
British Exiled King Book Pulled At Duke's Demand
London dispatch reports the publisher of Coronation: Commentary pulled the best seller from English shops after the Duke of Windsor demanded amends via his attorney. The move came as Wallis Simpson’s divorce finalizes post six month probation and ahead of royal events. Edward reportedly read passages at St Woolfgang, angered by content.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Toy
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Ipswich
Ernest Anc Simpson
Edward
Sim
George VI
Corona
St. Woolfgang
Austria
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