High Point Hears Backed Hydro Plant Controversy
High Point City Council in special session adopts a resolution to clarify the citys legal rights on a proposed 5 766 750 hydroelectric plant and method of financing The move aims to address state court objections before further court actions By J Paul Williamson taxpayer the next steps include contempt proceedings and possible suits with Duke Power and the city council notes the feasibility and pricing will be studied before any project proceeds
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High Point
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
J. Paul Williamson
Council
Supreme Court
Duke Power Company
Purof
State bids seek 100000 tons coal to cut costs
Raleigh April 27 announced by the division of Purchase and Contract that bids will be opened May 12 for supplying the state with about 100000 tons of coal at an estimated cost of 475000. Assistant director James Potter said potential savings of 830000 to 850000 could come from buying before the National Bituminous Coal commission fixes minimum prices. delivered price is about 4.75 per ton including freight.
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Raleigh
James Potter
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Potter
Press Freedom Urged Despite Abuses by Small Sector
Up to date, M. W. Atwood associate editor of the Gannett papers urged readers to insist on freedom of the press even in the face of abuses by a small sector of the press.
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Freedom OF the Press
Ithaca
N. Y
M. W. Atwood
Gannett
Montanez Out of Fight With Wallace at Hippodrome
Pedro Montanez welterweight contender from Puerto Rico was ruled out of the ten round main bout with Frankie Wallace at the New York Hippodrome after weighing in with a streptococcal throat infection and a torn left wrist ligament. Doctors ordered bed rest and possible hospital transfer.
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New York
Pedro Montanez
Puerto Rico
Frankie Wallace
Cleveland
New York Hippodrome
New York State Athletic Commission
William Walker
Vincent Nardiello
Montane
Roosevelt Aministration Public Works Viewed as Capital Asset
Keenan told the Southeastern conference of Democratic women that spending by the Roosevelt administration for public works should be viewed as a capital asset rather than a liability, since it increases public wealth.
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Columbia
8. C
Roosevelt Administration For Public Works
Keenan
Southeastern Conference of Democratic Women
Two Men Die In Gas Blast At St Clair Mine
Pottsville Pennsylvania April 27 UP two miners were killed and twenty to thirty burned in a gas explosion at the St Clair Coal company mine three miles north of Pottsville. Water rushing into workings and limited access hindered rescue efforts as ambulances and undertakers lined the highway.
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Pottsville
St. Clair
Mrs Davis Trial Opens in Guilford County for Fatal Shooting
Mrs Walter V Davis a High Point white woman faces trial in Guilford county superior court for the February 15 fatal shooting of her husband. State seeks second degree murder or manslaughter. witnesses Odell Skeens and Evelyn Myers testified about the events at 215 Willowbrook Street using house photographs to locate the shooting.
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Greensboro
Walter V. Davis
High Point
Guilford County
Odell Skeens
Evelyn Myers
Davis
Willowbrook Street
Koontz
Skeens
Tomlinson
Davis House
Governor Hoey Visits Thomasville for Banquet
Governor Clyde R. Hoey addressed about 200 fathers and sons at a Thomasville banquet while Mayor Dave Long welcomed him at the event held last night.
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Dave Long
Clyde R. Hoey
Thomasville
Governor Hoey Speaks at First Fathers and Sons Banquet
In Thomasville a crowd of two hundred fathers and sons heard Governor Clyde R. Hoey at the first annual fathers and sons banquet in the new Women’s club building. He urged sympathy for youth and spoke on preserving democracy through the heritage of pioneers, urging fathers to meet their sons’ challenges with understanding.
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Woman's Club
Thomasville
Fathers and Sons
Clyde R. Hoey
Woman’s Club
Hoey
Name J. E. Millis As Director of Hosiery Makers
Austin H. Carr of Durham North Carolina was elected chairman of the board of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers at its 34th annual meeting in Philadelphia. Board officers named include R. O. Huffman Roy Tilles Earl Constantine Ernest Blood and Reuben G. Ball. J. B. Millis of High Point North Carolina was listed as a director.
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Philadelphia
Austin H. Carr
Durham
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
R. O. Huffman
Morganton
N. C
Roy Tilles
New York
Earl Constantine
Ernest Blood
Reuben G. Ball
J. B. Millis
High Point
Landon’s Father Dies in Kansas City
John M. Landon age 81 father of Alf M. Landon dies of heart disease in a hospital. He built an oil business in western Pennsylvania before moving to Kansas. Alf Landon, former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee, was at his bedside. Funeral will be in Topeka.
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Kansas City
John M. Landon
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Topeka
Industrialists Offer Aid to Roosevelt as Ford Meeting Arranged
Washington April 27 16 top industrialists and financiers pledged to cooperate with the administration to aid business signaling a push toward government business teamwork. President Roosevelt to meet Henry Ford at a luncheon to discuss economics and measures to end the recession with Ford and Ford executives including Edsel Ford and W J Cameron present.
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Ford
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Mr. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
General Electric
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Marriner
Edes
Edsel Ford
Italian Police Ready for Hitler Visit in Rome
Rome swarmed with detectives and secret agents as wartime vigilance tightened for Reichsfuhrer Hitler’s May 8 to 10 visit. Railroad Police questioned travelers and recorded IDs while agents searched rail hubs across Italy for any threat to the visiting chancellor.
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Rome
Hitler
Italy
P. m
Change In Zone Ordinance Delayed Again In Greens bor o
A North Carolina site tour for a Veterans Administration hospital will be conducted May 11 in High Point Winston-Salem Greensboro and Burlington as part of a delayed zoning amendment to permit “AA” apartment districts in Residence A and B zones. The city council extended the public hearing with mixed support and objections from residents and contractors.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Hospitalization Board
North Carolina
Veterans’ Hospital
Hith Point
N. C
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Burlington
Veterans Administration
F. Logan Porter
C. S. Grayson
T.J. Gold
B. M. Knox
Council Porter
George T. Wood
Roy Shelton
Fred Barbee
James 8. Moffitt
L. B. Dutton
Grayson
W. C. Jones
Jones Street
W. L. Wireless
Chas. L. Ragan
Hillcrest Drive
Freedom in rail policy urged by Southern president
Ernest E. Norris of Southern Railway told a Charlotte audience that railroads must be granted freedom to operate like a business and warned that rigid controls keep the industry from keeping pace with rising costs. He blamed rate inflexibility and taxpayer subsidies for many railroad difficulties.
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Charlotte
Ernest E. Norris
Southern Railway
Daniels Confers in Washington on Latin American Affairs
U S ambassador to Mexico Josephus Daniels met with Latin American division officials in Washington. He returned from New York and planned a White House talk with President Roosevelt then with Acting Secretary Sumner Welles before heading to Raleigh to celebrate his 60th wedding anniversary with Mrs. Daniels.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
United States
Mexico
State Department
Daniels
Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Sumner Wills
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Descendent Becomes Queen Of Albania In Royal Marriage
North Carolina born Countess Geraldine Apponyi married King Zog of Albania in a civil ceremony. The event was marked by guns, church bells, and Muslim call to prayer, with Geraldine described as having American Southern charm from Raleigh ancestry.
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North Carolina
Albania
Queen
Raleigh
N. C
Geraldine Appony
Hungary
Zog
Virginia Harding
Baron de Strade D'Elina
Austria
D'Elina
George P. Pell
Old State Corporation Commission
Madame D'Elina
Geraldine Apponyi
Ahmed Zog
Tirana
Heymet del
Roosevelt Announces Record Peace Time Naval Budget
President Roosevelt approves a record peace time naval appropriation of 546,866,494 dollars for the fiscal year. The measure funds two cruisers eight destroyers six submarines one mine layer one submarine tender fleet tug and one oiler with further allocations for extended shipyard and carrier work. Senate opponents push to curtail the expansion while administration leaders urge debate limits as Nye and Borah argue about imperialism and world peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Nye
A.m
Borah
R-Ida
Ate
Yest Borah
Franco Calls On Fleet For Aid At Spanish Front
In Henday France on April 27 General Franco appealed for naval support as his forces attacked Spanish government positions near Cala de Chivert and Alcala Chivert. General Jose Miaja's defense held the town's western edge while insurgents pressed along the coastal road. The battle shifted with the fleet bombarding the heights to secure the Lata and Palacio Point positions and command the valley over the highway and railway.
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Henday
France
Franciscoco
Cala de Chivert
Jose Miaja
Teruel
Medinean
Alcala Chivert
State Students Protest Against Last Dance Cancelation
In Raleigh North Carolina April two a noisy parade through the business district climaxed with the burning of effigies on the square. The protest targeted Dean EB L Cloyd and the faculty council over canceling the final dance of the year. A mock Nazi salute accompanied the demonstration as banners depicted a swastika and the caption Hell Der Fuehrer Cloyd. Cloyd said four dances during commencement week would be permitted, but the night of June six remains tied to the commencement program.
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Raleigh
N. C
Rade
EB. L. Cloyd
Hell
Cloyd
Ers
Mugsolini
Mayor Harry Wooding Celebrates Birthday in Danville
Danville Va April 27 64 year old Mayor Harry Wooding longtime city chief of 46 years marked his birthday today. Wooding believed to be oldest mayor in the United States will be honored with a community event tonight.
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Danville
Harry Wooding
Wooding
Fh. States
Homer
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