Rebels Nearing Bilbao N. C. Legions Plan Hospital Request
Major A L Fletcher reports North Carolina American Legion members will meet the Veterans Bureau in Washington to seek a neuro psychiatric veterans hospital in the state. He says the project would place an NP hospital with general facilities and notes 367 NC veterans in such facilities elsewhere. The delegation planned talks with congressional leaders.
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Raleigh
A. L. Fletcher
North Carolina
American Legion
Veterans Bureau
Washington
Fletcher
Southern States Seek Lower Freight Rates
Southern state executives gathered in Washington to push for lower freight rates they say are discriminatory against the South. Governors Rivers Browning Johnston Cone Graves Leche Hoey White may attend or send representatives to press the issue before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
South
E. D. Rivers
Georgei
Rivers
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
Fred Cone
Florida
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Chandler
Kentucky
Leche
Louisiana
Hoey
North Carolina
White
Mississippi
State Transportation Board
Georgia Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Basques Retreat as Insurgents Close on Bilbao
Basque defenders in Bilbao retreat under pressure from Gen. Emilio Mola’s northern army. Insurgent forces took Eibar, advancing toward Durango while bombardment and fires cripple the defense. Reports say mutiny among Basques may have affected resistance as insurgents push toward the city.
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Associated Press
Spain
Bilbao
Yorktown
Bay of Biscay
Emilio Mola
Eibar
Durango
Three-way labor dispute in New York tied up carriers
A presidential committee of three men named by Roosevelt under the Railway Mediation act seeks a settlement within 30 days for wage and working condition demands of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and a jurisdictional dispute with the International Longshoremen's Association over about 10 000 freight handlers. Officials welcome the intervention as railways and the unions endorse the move.
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New York
New York City
Frank M. Swacker
W. H. Davis
I. L. Schufman
University of Michigan
Roosevelt
20 Millions Slashed Off Deficiency Bill By House Committee
Speaker Bankhead announced the House appropriations committee tentatively cut 20 million dollars from the deficiency appropriation bill, reducing the 100 million dollar estimate. He said aggregate appropriations for the session will show a substantial reduction and noted public demand for national defense amid international crises. The committee also approved a 25 million dollar 1938 Army appropriation, above the prior year.
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House
Washington
Bankhead
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Woodmen of the World pick Elizabeth City for 1939 convention
The state convention of the Woodmen of the World voted today to hold the three day 1939 meeting in Elizabeth City starting April 27, with Hendersonville serving as a nearby reference point for the event.
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Hendersonville
the Woodmen of the World
Elizabeth City
Waynick Faces Decision on State Purchase Post
Capus M. Waynick, retiring chairman of the Highway and Public Works commission, says he will decide within 48 hours whether to accept Governor Hoey’s offer to become director of the Division of Purchase and Contract. Officials note the $6,000 salary, but supporters stress service to the state and the Democratic party.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
Highway and Public Works Commission
Hoey
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
J. C. Baskerwill
Division of Purchase and Contract
Clyde R. Hoey
Waynick
State
Kentucky Governor Accused of Covering Up Sheriff
Senate investigators accuse Governor Chandler of Kentucky of dismissing Middleton malfeasance charges while claiming records were lost. The January executive order nullified charges from Ruby Laffoon era amid allegations of hiring ex convicts and collusion with coal operators to suppress miners. Witnesses describe Harlan county as a separate realm with limited civil rights.
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Washington
Senate
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky Today
Theodore Middleton
Harlan County
la Follette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chandler
Middleton
Ruby Laffoon
Laffoon
Harlan
Split Looms On Court Bill
The Roosevelt court bill advances to the voting stage in the senate judiciary committee amid an 18 member lineup suggesting a possible division. A survey shows at least nine members oppose the bill which would add six Supreme Court justices.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Two U S Solons Forecast Bigger 1938 Deficit
Washington April 27 two prominent congressmen predicted the 1938 deficit would exceed the 418 millionita estimated by President Roosevelt Rep Bertrand Snell of New York House Republican leader warned the government could near two billion dollars in red unless spending policy changes Senator Harry F Byrd chairman of a committee studying government reorganization said next year's deficit would approach the figure.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bertrand Snell
New York
House
Republican
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
President Warns Against Undue Advance In Prices
President Roosevelt warns against undue advances in prices in a letter to Vice President Garner and asks the senate to drop the Tydings price maintenance bill. He argues the timing is wrong to legalize practices that would keep prices high for trademarked goods in interstate commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vincent Garner
Senate
Tydings
Senator Tydings
D.md
State Soil Conservation Office to Move Headquarters
The Office of the State Coordinator of the Soil Conservation Service is ordered moved from High Point to North Carolina State College at Raleigh. E. B. Garrett named successor to Dr. J. H. Stallings may relocate with headquarters to Raleigh, while general state offices might stay in High Point. PossibleTransfers of local staff were not confirmed.
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Soil Conservation Service
Department of the Interior
High Point
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
E. B. Garrett
Burlington
J. H. Stallings
General State
Federal Building
Rivers Reach Crest Today In South Carolina Floods
Columbia April 27 The Pee Dee and several other South Carolina rivers lifted to flood stages by weekend freshets were forecast by weather bureau observers to crest today or tomorrow The Pee Dee was expected to reach about 34 feet at Cheraw according to the Charleston bureau
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Pee Dee
Cheraw
Two Denton Men Killed In Truck Bus Collision
Charlot te April 27 Troy Calhoun and T C Russo ll, both of Denton, were killed instantly in a wreck near here. The Carolina Coach bus was en route Greensboro to Charlotte. A truck loaded with granite from Denton Stone Works caused the crash. ten tive identifications were made from pocket documents. Eleven others were injured, all treated and released from area hospitals in Concord Kannapolis Salisbury and Concord.
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Charlotte
Troy Calhoun
T. C. Russell
Denton
Here
Carolina Coach Company
Greensboro
Denton Stone Works
Stone Works
A. V. Gross
Salisbury
J. M. Kelly
Kannapolis
Katherine Mauldin
J. B. Carl
Bertie Yarborough
Lester Cook
F. M. Gray
Eugene Gray
Concord
Alma Trull
James Hilton
Johnnie Ruth Dillard
North Carolina Rivers in Flood Stages
Eastern North Carolina rivers rose up to 10 feet in flood, flooding thousands of acres but causing little damage. The Roanoke at Weldon reached 40.7 feet, with crest expected near 42 feet, and the Neuse at Smithfield stood at 16.8 feet as floods continued to rise.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Weldon
Roanoke
Lee A. Denson
Weather Bureau
Neuse
Smithfield
Civil Service Recommends City Staff Dismissals and Transfers
The first civil service commission report to City Manager E M Knox proposes dismissals of Brown police officer Thomas M Bell and volunteers Homer L Best and Frank M Houser, plus pump station operator Tom C Buie. It also urges Lieutenant Waiter George Wilson’s demotion and transfer, and the resignations of J R Patterson and Harry.
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Civil Service Commission
E. M. Knox
Knox
Thomas M. Bell
Police Department
Homer L. Best
Frank M. Houser
Tom. C. Buie
Lexington Avenue
George Wilson
Leutenant
J. R. Patterson
Harry
Duke of Windsor sues over Coronation Commentary
London April 27 Edward of England files libel suit against Geoffery Dennis and William Heinemann to halt publication and protect Wallis Simpson. American publisher Dodd Mead says US edition will still be released. San Antonio April 27 Melvin Purvis loses fiancé Miss Janice Jarratt as wedding postponed. she leaves with friends.
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Duke OF Windsor
Frank King
London
Edward of
England
Wallis Simpson
Allen
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
Melvin Purvis
Janice Jarratt
San Antonio
Tex
John Dillinger
Miss Jarratt
Floods Grip Six States as Roosevelt Leads Relief Effort
President Roosevelt announced relief measures as floods from swollen rivers drive thousands from homes across six states and Ontario. The death toll rose to ten with five missing while morale fights back amid receding waters and widespread property damage in Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia Maryland West Virginia and Ontario.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Ohio
Ontario
Johnston
Parker trial widens Lindbergh case to federal charges
In Newark the Parker group faces conspiracy indictments under the Lindbergh kidnapping law. Ellis Parker, 64, and associates are alleged to profit from sensational material and a false confession linked to prior Lindbergh crime events. Prosecutors plan to present preliminary proceedings in federal court.
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Newark
N. J
Wendel-Parker
Lindbergh
Ellis Parker
Richard Hauptmann
Wendel
Hawmann
Weel
Parker
Ellington
President Roosevelt Heads South On Fishing Trip Tonight
President Roosevelt will depart tonight for a week or more of tarpon fishing off the Texas coast aboard a voyage totaling over 80000 miles. He will travel by train to New Orleans and then depart for the Gulf of Mexico with four naval vessels and armed crews of 417 officers and men aiding the expedition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mexico
New Orleans
Wwen
Texas
Galveston
Mac
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I. T. Mann
Veterans Hospital
Guernica
Committee
Allan Rosenberg
U. S
Madrid
Gran Via
Broadway
SCS
State College
N.C
Commission
Dillinger
United States
Parkers
Hoa
Wendell
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