Britain Keeps Firm Stance After Hitler Speech
London reports Britain's official stance remains unchanged as aside from a cabinet summons to discuss Czechoslovakia and the Soviet question. Viscount Halifax engages Moscow envoys while Britain, France and Russia weigh a possible military alliance amid talks on arms and Palestine. The foreign office instructs broadcasts to deny encirclement and notes no naval pact to replace the 1935 agreement.
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Thamberlain
Far East
Britain
France
Foreign Office
British Broadcast Corporation
Germany
Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Times of London
Herr Hitler
Rmany
Paris
Grigore Gafencu
Rome
Belgrade
London
Berlin
Gafencu
Georges Bonnet
Russia
Rumania
May Queen Crowned At Oman's College In Colorful Celebration
More than 5 000 people crowded the athletic field and grandstands at Oman's College as Miss Margaret Hill of Greensboro was crowned May Queen in one of the most colorful May Day celebrations in the college's history.
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Greensboro
Oman's College
Margaret Hill
Ofreensboro
Soviet Fliers Refuse To Discuss Ill-Starred Flight
Soviet airmen Brigadier General Vladimir Kokkinaki and Major Mikhail Gordienko, injured in a Moscow to New York non-stop attempt, stay aboard their monoplane on Miscou Island New Brunswick. They avoid talking about the crash as rescuers assist and arrangements are made for their removal.
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Miscou
N. B
Moscow
New York
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Mikhail Gordienko
New Brunswick
Peter Baranov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Louis §. Specter
Baranov
Washington
Kokkinaki
Gordienko
Miscou Island
Specter
General Kokkinaki
Moncton
Joseph Anderson
Anderson
Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax
N. 8
John Bird
Canadian Mounted Police
National Honor Society selects Asheville for 1940 convention
Wilmington report notes officers for the coming year were elected and Asheville was chosen as the site for the 1940 state convention of the National Honor Society, concluding the gathering.
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Wilmington
Asheville
National Honor Society
New York World's Fair Opens with Navy Fleet Welcome
The New York World's Fair debuts as 28 vessels of the U S Navy Atlantic squadron arrive to greet the event. Officials and guests, including Meyer La Guardia, welcome the flotilla while preparations mount for President Roosevelt to officially open the fair tomorrow with a televised address to about 100 000 guests.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Els
Hud
Ameri
Can Newspaper Publishers Association
Tennessee
Meyer la Guardia
Fair
WPA Provides Medical Care For Over 300000 In Need
In Washington on April 29 the WPA announced it is supplying medical dental and nursing services to 300000 persons unable to obtain care through ordinary channels. Two thirds are children and many more benefited by WPA health related activities.
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Washington
WPA
North Carolina Patrolmen Win Pistol Shoot
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol won the second annual pistol contest of the Law Enforcement Association of the Carolinas in Sumter South Carolina. NC scored 930 points to SC 926 with high scorers B G Hines and R S Moore among others, in a tournament led by FBI official T F Baughman.
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R. E. Ervin
W. E. Huggins
South Carolina
R.S. Moore
L. N. Henderson
C. H. Bailey
C. E. King
J. C. Adams
B. G. Hines
North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Cc. H. Bailey
State Highway Patrol
R. S. Moore
S. L. Willard
To K. Hardee
Durham
J.C
Byrnes Pushes End to FDR Relief Control and New Formula
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina seeks legislation to end discretionary relief fund control and require states to cover part of relief costs. He proposes a formula split evenly between state population and unemployment, with local contributions to relief projects at least one third. Roosevelt signals some flexibility but opposes fixed percentages. Appropriations Committee may include provisions in the WPA budget.
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Washington
Byrnes
D-Sc
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Unpopular Gathering of Tax Administrators in Asheville
Officials of the National Association of Tax Administrators will meet in Asheville for a three day conference starting tomorrow. About 200 delegates will discuss tax collection costs accuracy in revenue estimates and cooperation between state and federal governments.
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Asheville
United States
National Association of Tax Administrators
Norris Backs Cash and Carry Plan to Revise Neutrality Act
Senator Norris of Nebraska supports Pittman’s bid to amend the Neutrality Act to allow cash and carry sales of arms to belligerents. Chairman Pittman warns failure to act could drag the U S into another European war. Norris favors keeping the U S out of war while aiding England and France if neutrality is preserved.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
Pittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
United States
England
France
China
Japan
Pacific
Germany Frees Danzig From Treaty Ties, Eyes Return
Berlin reports Nazis claim Hitler’s denunciation of the German Polish nonaggression pact frees Germany from treaty limits on Danzig. Reichstag notes say Danzig is German and may become part of Germany. Hungarian leaders visit as Berlin signals shifts in central Europe.
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Berlin
Poland
Britain
Hungary
Germany
Europe
Paul Teleky
Stephen Csaky
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Danzig
Free City
Danziger Vorposten
New Army Combat Planes Begin Shipments
The War Department announced deliveries have started of a new model combat plane for training neophile pilots in the expanding army air corps. Louis Johnson said the first of three planes made by North American Aviation in Inglewood California was delivered at Wright Field Dayton Ohio.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Will Crack Down On N. C. Speeders
Raleigh April 29 State highway patrolmen will crack down on speeders with a 60 mph limit in force earlier this month but enforcement delayed until drivers adjust. Previously no max limit existed, 45 mph was unsafe in accidents and motorists must exercise caution when over 45.
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Raleigh
Daylight Saving Time Begins in New York Area
More than 30 million people will set clocks one hour ahead to conform with daylight saving time. The change becomes effective at 2 a m tomorrow in parts of 15 states and runs until 2 a m on September 24.
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New York
Reynolds Named Lead Speaker for BPW Convention
Senator Robert R. Reynolds was announced as the main speaker for the 20th annual convention of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Winston-Salem. The event runs June 15 to 17 with Reynolds addressing attendees on opening day.
No Repeal Will Suffice Says Manufacturer
The National Association of Manufacturers proposes a five point recovery plan including lower business taxes labor law amendments industrial financing and a sound currency plus no immediate rise in social security taxes. President Howard Coonley warns no single change will revive growth while urging government support for private enterprise to restore progress after a nine year slowdown. The group backs deferral of a 50 percent old age pension tax hike and calls for a 20 percent cut in ordinary government expenses to boost tax revenue through growth. They also seek reform of the Wagner Act to curb one sided administration and industrial disputes.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Howard Coonley
House Ways and Means
Association
Congress
Damages Denied in Burkhardt Stock Suit
A Superior Court jury in Winston Salem denied damages to T. H. Burkhardt of Shelby in a $159 200 suit against Burlington Mills Corporation and president J Spencer Love. Burkhardt had alleged fraudulent misrepresentations on stock value and announced an appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Winston-Salem
T. H. Burkhardt
Shelby
Burlington Mills Corporation
J. Spencer Love
Burkhardt
Love
Supreme Court
Burlington Mills Company
Methodist Unification Declared Accomplished Fact
Bishops from the three Methodist branches say unification is accomplished and plan a joint consecration service. Dr James H Straughn and Dr John Calvin Broomfield will be installed as the first bishops of the united church. Delegates begin shaping a government for the new church as controversy and legal action rumors swirl.
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Kansas City
G. Bromley Oxnan
Omaha
The
United Church
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
John Calvin Broomfield
Pittsburgh
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Conference Judiciary Committee
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