Neutrality Law Expanded as Congress Passes Revised Measure
Congress approved a compromise neutrality bill to broaden U S trade powers with belligerent nations. The Senate vote 41 to 15 backed the plan, with Senator Borah as the sole Republican supporter. Senators Vandenberg and Johnson opposed. The measure grants the President expanded authority to manage foreign relations and carry out new provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Gulf Coast
Torrow
Presit
House
Borah
Idaho
Nators Vandenberg
Johnson
Calif
Enator Robinson
Ark
Sheriff testifies deputies shot colleague and faced no dismissal
Sheriff Theodore Middleton of Harlan County Ky testifies before the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee that deputies Wash Irvin and Frank White shot Deputy Hugh Taylor on February 28 and left him for dead. He says he knew of the crime but did not dismiss or arrest the deputies, citing investigation and lack of subpoenas.
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Washington
Theodore Middleton
Harlan County
Hugh Taylor
Taylor
Kentucky Coal County
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Wash Irvin
Frank White
White
Irvin
Middleton
Senator la Follette
Marshall A Musick
United Mine Workers
Musick
Bennett
Senate
High Pointers Hurt As Structure Falls In Virginia
In Martinsville Virginia a three story building remodeled by a High Point contractor collapsed around 2 45 PM injuring at least eight High Point men and trapping two others. Fire crews searched debris for Clem ent Edwards and Jesse Mabes as hospital treatment was given to six named workers plus two unidentified. Delk and Younts of High Point led the remodeling of the old Stultz Shumate building which was being readied for a department store and purchased recently by Dr J M Dillard of Spray.
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Martinsville
High Point
Clement Edwards
Jesse Mabes
J. O. Kennedy
Pete Bradford
John W. Brown
James King
D. M. Morgan
E. E. Younts
Delk
Younts
Stultz-Shumate
J. M. Dillard
Spray
Espana Sunk by Government Planes Off Cape Mayor
The Spanish insurgent battleship Espana was sunk by government bombers in Biscayan Sea four miles off Cape Mayor. About 110 crew were saved. 744 may be missing if at full complement. British cruiser Shropshire reported wreckage after aiding Velasco and Brora.
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Bilbao
Spain
Espana
Biscayan
Velasco
Santander
Cape Mayor
Brora
Shropshire
Royal Oak
Whitlow Breaks Fast With Wine in Tennessee
In Stooping Oak Tennessee Jackson Whitlow, a 45 year old faster, reportedly broke his daylong fast by drinking some juice and wine. His wife Mrs Standifer says he planned to stay with the doctor for advice as he recovers from the ordeal. The family lives in an isolated community with no telephone service and the elder Whitlow is said to be seeking medical guidance.
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Whitlow
Standifer
Pene Beard Set For Execution In Electric Chair
Dw ight Beard, 27 year old convict from Val N C, to die by electric chair after a death sentence for killing John Roberts, a retired police judge, while serving life for murder. Judge Adams approved the execution, date set in Dallas. Beard returned to Huntsville prison from a Texas cell.
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Intsville
Tex
Dwight Beard
Val N. C
Huntsville
John 60
Court of Criminal Appeals
Beard
Adama
Dallas
Roberts
Rocky Mount mayor and aldermen race described at polls
CKY MOUNT April 30 With a record registration books Rocky Mount voters went to the polls today for the mayoral race and five alderman seats. Railroad man Robinson sought the mayoralty while Mayor T W Coleman and two aldermanic contests were noted.
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CKY
Scouts Bet Camporee Postponed By Rain
Disappointed Caro Scouts learned Tar River swelled by recent rains and postponed their annual camporee. Officials said the encampment would be moved to next week provided conditions allow.
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Tar
Stock Market Rally Behind Rails Pushes Opening Gains
Rails led a market rally with steels and other industrials aiding the rise. Early trades showed fractional to 6 point gains, but volume fell and large advances faded by midmorning amid short covering, reduced foreign selling, and improving London and Paris markets.
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New York
London
Paris
Reappointment urged for state industrial commissioner
In Raleigh on April 309 chairman T A Wilson and commissioner J Dewey Dorsett urged Governor Hoey to reappoint Commissioner Baren Jurney as his term expires tonight. The Times reported this afternoon that Jurney would be reappointed.
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Raleigh
T. A. Wilson
J. Dewey Dorsett
The
Industrial Commission Today
Hoey
Baren Jurney
Jurney
the Times
Waynick Expected to Accept Purchase and Contract Post
Capus M. Waynick, retiring tomorrow as chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, is believed to accept the director of the division of purchase and contract post. Governor Hoey urged reconsideration after Waynick twice declined, with no formal announcement yet.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Baskerwill Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Division of Purchase and Contract
Hoey
Waynick
Highway Department
Huey
France and Britain to evacuate civilians from Bilbao
French foreign minister Yvon Delbos said Paris and London will evacuate thousands of noncombatants from Bilbao as soon as conditions allow. The two nations will also investigate the Guernica bombing to determine if German planes were involved, amid competing accounts of who caused the devastation.
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Intion
Bilbao
Senate Foreign Affairs Commission
Yvon Delbos
Mola
Emilio Mola
Delbos
Great Britain
Guernica
Spain
Bilao
Fate of burlesque shows in Gotham to be decided today
New York clergymen united against 14 Manhattan and Brooklyn burlesque venues as License Commissioner Paul Moss weighs renewals. A Cardinal Hayes backed crackdown while police raided three venues in Brooklyn arresting 11 performers and managers on indecency charges. Bail set at 600 dollars.
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Gotham
New York
United Front
Manhattan
Brooklyn
42Nd Street
Paul Moss
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Gypsy Rose Lee
Moss
Burleycue
Jacob I. Goldstein
State To Sell Bonds May 12
Raleigh April 30 State Treasurer Charlies M Johnson announced plans to sell 3 019 000 dollars in new state bonds on May 12 and to withhold issuance of other bonds authorized by the 1937 legislature Only bonds for permanent improvements at state institutions and a state office building will be issued while the state has funds to supply free books to elementary school pupils First plans were to sell 1 6 million dollars in bonds to purchase books.
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Raleigh
Charlies M. Johnson
Johnson
Negro Held in Automobile Fatality in Fayetteville
George Alford of Parkton, a Negro, appeared for a coroner’s inquiry in Fayetteville on Monday over the death of D. E. Roberts, 42, of Red Springs. Roberts died from a fractured skull after a collision on the Fayetteville Lamerton highway involving Roberts’ car and Alford’s vehicle.
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Fayetteville
George Alford
Parkton
D. E. Roberts
Red Springs
WPA Health Department
Roberts
Fayetteville-Lamberton
Alford
Moonshiners Targeted After Air Patrol Aids Probes
In Durham on April 30 federal alcohol tax agents announced a coast guard airplane has been secured to assist in spotting illicit whiskey stills. The move aims to track illegal distilleries and enforce tax laws.
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Durham
Federal Alcoholic Beverage Tax
Coast Guard
Soil Conservation Act Extension Approved by Senate Panel
The Senate agriculture committee approved a four year extension of the Soil Conservation Act through 1941. The measure has already cleared the House.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Soil Conservation Act
House
Notice to Enterprise Subscribers Carriers
Enterprise subscribers and carriers on the small merchant plan must have payments ready. Saturday is regular collection day. paying on call improves weekly service and avoids extra stops. Carriers may extend credit beyond two weeks at their own risk using their own judgment.
Experts say economies to save little for 1938 budget
Fiscal experts say Roosevelt is unlikely to trim the current year's budget below 7.78 billion as department heads rush to list savings by deferring nonessential expenditures. The revised budget cuts about 295 million, with leaders clashing on next year's reductions while Roosevelt weighs further actions.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Treasury
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Speaker Bankhead
D-Ala
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Retail trade shows pickup across the United States
Dun and Bradstreet reports a weekly improvement in nearly all branches of trade and business. Consumers were in a spending mood with wholesale demand rising and summer merchandise sought. Retail sales are projected 8 to 20 percent above 1936 and 2 to 6 percent over last week with regional gains ranging from 10 to 24 percent. floods lowered figures in some districts and buyers moved ahead in staples in anticipation of higher prices.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
New England
East
Middlewest
Northwest
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Staples
General Women's Club Federation Vetoes Court Plan
Tulsa April 20. Roberta Campbell Lawson president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs announced a national poll showing six to one against President Roosevelt's judiciary plan. The poll covered more than 1 000 clubs in 1 581 clubs in the state union, with 76 favoring the plan and 44 000 against. Wheeler warned there are not six men in the Senate who would vote for the court plan if political pressure were removed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mra
Roberta Campbell Lawson
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Council
National Mail
Roosevelt
State of the Union
Lawson
Burton K. Wheeler
Senate
Denhardt's Counsel Presents Expert Defense Testimony
In New Castle Kentucky April 39 Brig Gen Henry Denhardt's defense called witnesses to challenge the commonwealth case. A Washington FBI expert said the pistol was near the body supporting death by own action. A Cook County chemist argued paraffin tests can be negative even after firing a weapon.
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New Castle
Commonwealth
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Carr Taylor
Denhardt
Chester Woolfolk
H. H. Kinsolving
Woolfolk
Seth Wiard
Washington
FBI
Wiard
R. C. Eherberg
Chicago
Cook County
Busmen Threaten Strike In London
London faces a bus workers strike after 145000 busmen threatened action at midnight. About 25000 in central London and 120000 in surrounding counties would quit buses unless their demands were met by 4 PM local time.
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London
Steel Earnings Rise for Major U.S. Steel Firms
In New York on April 30, major steel companies show a 63.7 percent earnings jump in the first quarter of the year, boosting total net to 59,198,268 dollars from 9,280,691 a year ago. Bethlehem Steel President Eugene Grace predicts production at or above a high rate in the second quarter, with the industry near peak operations and expectations for a strong summer.
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New York
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
Bethlehem
Governor Names Personal Staff
Governor Hoey announced the appointment of his personal staff, all members are national guard officers. Named are Gen. Don E. Scott Graham Col. Hodge A. Newell Henderson Col. Royce B. McClelland Wilmington Maj. J. C. M. Vann Monroe Maj. Paul R. Younts Charlotte Mrs. Stephen B. Dolley Gastonia Maj. Pageton Mc Swain Shelby Maj. R. E. Gribben Asheville Capt. Henry B. Culbreth Wilson Capt. E. D. McGougan Lumber Bridge Capt. Wiley M. Pickens Lincolnton Capt. H. J. Hatcher Morganton. Earlier, Gen. J. Van B. Metts was named adjutant general and Col. Gordon Smith as assistant adjutant general.
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Raleigh
Hoey
National Guard
Don E. Scott
Graham
Hodge A. Newell
Henderson
Col
Royce
McClelland
Wilmington
J. C. M. Vann
Monroe
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
Stephen B. Dolley
Gastonia
Pageton McSwain
Shelby
Bloody Petersburg siege reenactment marks park dedication
In Petersburg Virginia on April 30 a reconnaissance reenactment of the Crater battle was staged for 6000 spectators to dedicate the site to the Petersburg National Military Park. Quantico Marines Virginia Military Institute cadets and Virginia guardsmen participated reenacting charges and counterthrusts from the 1864 assault.
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Petersburg
Grant
U. S. Park Service
Petersburg National Military Park
Burneside
Quantico
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia
Elliott
South Carolina
Lee
State Revenue Soars 10 Month Totals Reach $59.6 Million
Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell reports ten month receipts of $59,617,248.30, a 23.45 percent rise from the prior year. Income and inheritance taxes surge, highway gas taxes grow, and sales taxes show notable gains with April totals also up from 1936.
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Raleigh
A. J. Maxwell
Hull Opposes Cut In Cuban Sugar Quota To America
Secretary Hull urged maintaining the status quo on Cuban sugar imports before the Royal agriculture committee. He criticized a proposed 100000 ton cut to the American quota and backed reasonable competitive conditions in sugar refining as a replacement for the Jones Costigan act.
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Hull
America
Washington
United States
Roya Agriculture Committee
Jones-Costigan
State Department
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Mount Willick
England
General Women’s Club Federation
Wall Street
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