Democrats Fire Opening Guns Of Campaign In Large Rally
In Raleigh on April 30, a large Democratic rally marked the formal start of the city campaign to retain power. Mayor O. Arthur Kirkman urged supporters to vote straight for the ticket, while Grover H. Jones warned against split tickets. New candidates for city council were introduced, alongside reelection hopefuls, as party leaders stressed unity and turnout.
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High Point
Walter S. Crissman
O. Arthur Kirkman
Kirkman
Grover H. Jones
Jones
Crissman
J. G. Groome
W. L. Hunt
W. R. Grant
Amos R. Kearns
Horace G. Iderton
Edward Godlevy
C. A. Lewis
R. H. Sechrest
War Department will not seek draft age changes
General George Marshall testified to House Appropriations subcommittee that the War Department has no present plan to ask Congress to extend the one year training period for selectees or to change the 21 to 35 draft ages. Subcommittee Chairman Snyder quoted Marshall noting no proposals to alter currentSelective Service law.
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Washington
George Marshall
Army
House Appropriations
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Snyder
D-Pa
War Department Appropriations Subcommittee
Marshall Nas
Marshall
Department
Tiremy Arrives Chungking for Talks on Africa Campaign
Pi-Capt. James Roosevelt and Maj. Gerald C. Thomas arrived at Chungking by plane for conferences with government leaders. They announced plans to proceed to Cairo to observe the British Axis African campaign.
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Tiremy
Chungking
China
James Roosevelt
United States Marines
Gerald C. Thomas
Cairo
Strike hearing date moved for GM plants
William H. Davis, vice chairman of the defense mediation board, announced that the hearing on a threatened strike by 160,000 GM workers has been advanced from Friday to Thursday, changing the schedule for the dispute.
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Washington
William H. Davis
The
Defense Mediation Board
General Motors
Commission Meets Rome Under Three Powers Pact
A German Italian Japanese commission tasked with implementing the three powers pact met in Rome to address military political and economic issues under the alliance. Bugs sent to Indian soldiers in England are repurposed as prayer carpets when beds are not large enough. A caterpillar consumes six to eight times its body weight in a day.
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England
Army Comforts Depot
Indian General Hospital
Reading
Oceanic fish puzzle with word clues
Pictured oceanic fish appears with a beak like word clue. Across clues include musical dramas imitation pearl and many other definitions. Down clues cover sheep coat jewel rot flax arid musical sound small island and more.
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Virginia
No deferment in selective service for state workers says governor
Raleigh April 28 There will be no deferment in selective service classification of any man because of state employment. If the request for such deferment depends on the governor's endorsement he has declined to request it for state highway patrol men and will not ask it for any other group. “We are all subject to call,” he stated to newsmen.
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Raleigh
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Robert Love Thompson
Clyde Hoey
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Asheville
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Hiden Ramsey
Bob
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Ramsey
Western News Bureau
Clyade R. Hoey
North Carolina farms grow in size but value drops
Census figures show the average North Carolina farm this year at 67.7 acres, about 3.25 acres larger than a decade ago. Despite growth, value declined from 1940 to 1930 era figures, with 67.7 acres valued at 2647 dollars while 63.4 acres ten years earlier carried 8018 dollars, an acreage value drop from 46.75 to 39.09 dollars per acre.
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North Carolina
North Carolina to receive 10000 Japanese beetle traps
About ten thousand beetle traps, furnished by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be placed in North Carolina over the coming weeks. The traps mainly gather data to map a future control program under State Entomologist C H Brannon. Brannon calls the beetle a costly pest of more than 300 agricultural plants.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
C. H. Brannon
Silk Cocoon to Cloth tale from ancient China
Uncle Ray explains how caterpillars spin cocoons and become moths, then tells the old Chinese tale of Si ling chi discovering silk. The story places silk’s origin about 4600 years ago with Emperor Huang ti, though may be lore to explain the fabric. Readers can request a leaflet titled Seven Wonders of the World.
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China
Royal
Siling-chi
Huang-ti
Uncle Ray
Names in sports teaser puzzle and small crime note
A sports trivia item asks to match names to sports for Lou Nova Lou Gehrig Bobby Jones Bobby Riggs Sir Thomas Lipton Tom Harmon Eleanor Holm Eleanor Tennant Hank Luisetti and Hank Greenberg. A separate Richmond Indiana blurb reports two men hang a sign inside a filling station to deter thieves but a break in still occurs taking 24 cartons of cigarettes and a 336 gold watch.
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Lou Nova
Lou Gehrig
Bobby Jones
Bobby Riggs
Sir Thomas Lipton
Tom Harmon
Eleanor Holm
Eleanor Tennant
Hank Luisetti
Hank Greenberg
Richmond
Indiana
Herb Meier
Art Bode
North Carolina Women Meet in Nashville to Rally Party
Heirs C W Tillett leads NC figures in Nashville with southern delegates seeking renewed Democratic focus. Speakers include dignitaries and Mexico’s Senor Luis Quintanelli as Carolina delegates aim to influence the party’s future. Atmosphere in state offices shifts as new board appointments loom and job talks rise amid political tension.
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North Carolina
C. W. Tillett
Charlotte
Democratic Party
Nashville
Tenn
Don Luis Quintanelli
Mexico
Mabel Penny
Carolina
Department of Conservation and Development
U S Auto Parts Sales Hit High in 1939 Report
In 1939 Americans bought 170,674,395 piston rings, 78,200,520 sparkplugs, 12,352,256 storage batteries, 3,216,617 heaters, 2,739,688 lamp bulbs, and 1,359,876 radios in a strong year for automotive and home equipment.
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United States
Hitler vows troops to shield embattled officers in Berlin
In a Sports Palace rally before 9,000 officers from the army navy air force and SS Hitler declared that wherever a German officer stands he can be sure musketeers will be at his side. He stressed that protectors would be constant as long as officers remain embattled.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hitler
Nazi audience to be promoted in defense forces report
An excerpt notes that the audience, all slated for promotion, are in the Nazi defense forces. No additional parts of Hitler's address were released.
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Hitler
Oil trade pact favors Soviet Russia in Bucharest
Bucharest reports the foreign office approved a clearing agreement with Soviet Russia. In the deal Russia will receive petroleum valued at four million dollars in exchange for cotton and metal deliveries worth four million dollars.
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Bucharest
Romania
Foreign Office
Russia
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