Governor asks session to authorize state bonds for PWA projects
Governor Hoey urges extraordinary session to authorize 4.62 million in state bonds to secure PWA funds for two new state office buildings and to finance new facilities for state institutions. He also seeks revenue bonds for municipalities to join the PWA program and proposes a 75 thousand dollar kickoff for participation in the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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PWA
Raleigh
N. C
Hoey
General Assembly
Budget Commission
Highway Commission
Sarrow
Justice
Department of Justice
Caswell Square
Unemployment Compensation Commission
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
N. C. State College
Woman's College
Greensboro
Greenville
Negro Agricultural and Technica College
W. Cc
T. C
Cullowhee
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Cherokee Indian Normal School
Pembroke
Winston- Salem, Teachers College
Winston-Salem
Elizabeth City State Normal
Elisabeth City
Fayetteville State
Transatlantic Queen Mary sets new westbound speed record
The Queen Mary steamed 2907 miles Bishop's Rock Ambrose Lightship in 3 days 21 hours 48 minutes at 30.99 knots, regaining its record from the Normandie and posting the fastest westbound day at 790 miles 31.60 knots. In High Point the DeMolay conclave opened with opening meetings, tournaments, and ceremonies, naming 126 representatives by noon.
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New York
Robert B. Irving
Bishop's Rock
Ambrose
Ambrose Lightms
Commodore Irving
Carolinas Association of the Order of DeMolay
First Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
Reginald Hinshaw
Bill Snow
Blair
DeMolay
High Point
Astor
Princess Cafe
Carolinas Association
Lloyd Hughes
Arthur Dickens
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Dickens
North
South Carolina
Dickens
Hughes
Charlies R. Fogle
Association
North Carolina
Charlies B. McFee, Jr
Asheville
Attorney Testifies Dwyers Confession Result Of Threats
In Maine a lawyer for Paul N Dwyer says the youth pleaded guilty to fear for his life and his mother s safety. He claims Dwyer said Carroll threatened them and that the same threats recurred before the trial. The testimony ties Dwyer s confession to coercion by Carroll during the doctor Littlefield killings.
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H. BE
Farnham
Paris
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Dwyer
E. Walker Abbott
Superior Court
Francis M. Carroll
Abbott
Carroll
Dr. Littlefield
Lydia Littlefield
Barbara Carroll
Fernando F. Francis
Red forces open fire on Japanese near Siberian frontier
Japanese reports say Soviet forces bombarded positions on the Siberian Manchoukuoan frontier as of August 8, with intermittent cannonading and claims the Soviet left flank was pulled back several hundred yards while Japan maintained defense.
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Yuki
Korea
Siberian
Siberian-Manchoukuoan
Senator Ewing Pushes Repeal Of Absentee Ballot Law
Cumberland Senator Wall Ewing announced a bill to repeal the absentee ballot law and said he would introduce it as legislators consider a resolution to limit their work to Governor Hoey s recommendations.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wall
Ewing
Cumberland
Hoey
Bell Tapped as Senate President Pro Tem in North Carolina
The General Assembly convened at 12 01 pm with Senator James A. Bell of Mecklenburg elected president pro tempore of the Senate by unanimous vote. He succeeds A Hall Johnston of Buncombe, who resigned after being named a superior court judge by the governor at the close of the 1987 legislature.
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Bell
Prexy
Senate
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
James A. Bell
Mecklenburg
A. Hall Johnston
Buncombe
Johnston
Hoey
Quintuplets' Public Appearances Cancelled By Illness
Callander Ontario report notes the Dionne quintuplets suffer a mild throat infection leading to the temporary cancellation of their daily public appearances until full recovery, expected within a short period.
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Quints
Callander
Spencer Girl Dies In Auto Crash Near Salisbury
Daisy Morgan, 17, of East Spencer, was killed when a car she slept in at the back seat was struck by a Greensboro driver at a highway intersection near Salisbury. Ledford is under bond pending a Friday hearing. Miss Morgan rode with Minnie Duncan of Kannapolis and others returning from an all night trip to South Carolina to bring home a sick relative.
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Salisbury
Daisy Morgan
East Spencer
Here
B. F. Ledford
Greensboro
Ledford
Miss Morgan
Minnie Viola Duncan
Kannapolis
South Caroline
Highway System Needs Improvement in North Carolina
Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell told the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Dealers Association that a progressive highway program is vital for safety. He cited unfinished roads with dirt shoulders, urged crushed stone bituminous shoulders, widened bridges, and clearer markings at dangerous crossings to reduce accidents and fatalities.
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Greensboro
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
North Carolina Motor Vehicle Dealers Association
Maxwell
Revenue Commissioner
Highway Safety Division
Mazwell
Flying 'Crate' is Back Again from Ireland Flight
Douglas Corrigan’s improvised crate is unloaded at the New York harbor from the S and Lehigh. The aircraft, missing wings and secured, will be moved to Roosevelt Field for assembly and a test flight on Thursday supervised by Steve Reich.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
S. &. Lehigh
Corrigan
Hudson River
Lehigh
Roosevelt Field
Steve Reich
Thomas I. Thomasen
Thomasen
Reidh
Floyd Bennett Field
Labor backs George Washington endorsement
Aug 8. William Green, AFL president, said the American Federation of Labor endorsed Senator George (D Ga) for renomination, calling him a 100 percent labor record.
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LABOR
George Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
George
D-Ga
Ohio Primary Fights Reach Zero Hour Amid Party Fissures
Ohio braces for a pivotal primary with Taft vs Day for the GOP senate nomination and Governor Davey against Sawyer for the Democratic gubernatorial seat fueling intra party ruptures. National interest centers on Bulkley's race against White as 1.45 million voters expected.
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John H. Colburn
Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Supreme Court
Arthur H. Day
U. S
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Robert J. Bulkley
George White
Bulkley
Roosevelt
Taft
Day
Senate
William Howard Taft
Sawyer
Davey
Social Security Board
Senator Bulkley
Labor
Soviet Rebuff of Tokyo Incidents Intensifies Frontier Clash
Two new border clashes widen the rift between Soviet Russia and Japan on the Manchoukuoan Siberian frontier near Suifenho and Changkufeng. Litvinoff rejects frontier incident framing and warns of drastic measures. Japan claims repulse as talks stall. In China, Yangtze air battles continue with ships sunk or damaged. Canton's civilians suffer in air raid. Spanish front sees major insurgent push with heavy government losses claimed.
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Associated Press
Manchoukuoan - Siberian
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Suifenho
Changkufeng
Manchoukuoan
Siberian
Litvinoff
China
Yangtze River
Canton
Yangtze
Japan
Hankow
Spain
Francisco Franco
Les Auts Heights
Fayon
Chandler Concedes Seat To Barkley in Kentucky
Governor Albert B. Chandler conceded the Democratic senatorial nomination to Alben W. Barkley. He sent a Telegram saying he has no excuses or regrets and pledged active support in the November general election for Barkley’s renomination to the Senate.
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Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Alben W. Barkey
Barkley
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
Kentucky
Bombing in Tiberias Leaves One Dead Eight Wounded
An Arab man was killed and eight people were wounded when a bomb exploded at a vegetable market in Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. A curfew was ordered in the town following the incident.
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Jerusalem
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Almost 12 Million Bale Cotton Crop Forecast for 1938
The Agriculture Department projects a 1938 U S cotton crop of 11 988 000 bales based on August 1 crop condition of 7.0 percent of normal and July 1 cultivated area of 26 347 000 acres after abatements. Indicated yield per acre 217.9 pounds, down from last year’s 266.9 and the 1927–36 average of 179.8.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Lower
Old Mexico
United States
German catapult plane makes flight from Azores
The German Norwind landed at the International airport in Port Washington at 10 50 a m BST after a 15 hour 50 minute flight from Horta Azores. Capt Hans Werner Von Engel commanded the fastest eastward crossing in three years of exploratory flying across the North Atlantic. Nordwind sister ship Nordmeer will be catapulted from Friesenland mothership at 6 p m EST on the return trip to the Azores.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Norwind
Horta
Azores
Hans Werner von Engel
North Atlantic
Nordwitd
Nordmeer
Friesenland
Norris Endorses Felix Frankfurter for Supreme Court
U S Senator George W Norris urged President Roosevelt to appoint Felix Frankfurter Harvard law professor and adviser as Justice of the United States Supreme Court to replace the late Benjamin Cardozo. Norris praised Frankfurter as the likeliest to carry forward Holmes Cardozo philosophy and serve the public faith in Roosevelt.
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Waupaca
Wis
Roosevelt
U. S
George W. Norris
Ind-Neb
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
United States Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardozo
Nebraska
Justice Cardozo
Frankfurter
Sen
Norris
Bare Revolutionary Plot In Azerbaijan
Moscow reports a Bakinski Rabotnik indictment revealing a disbanded group within Azerbaijan’s agriculture ministry plotting to secede from the Soviet Union. Twelve of fourteen officials confessed to plans to spread disease among livestock and disrupt mating to weaken military readiness.
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Moscow
Azerbaijan
Unit of Soviet Socialist Republics
Baku
Bakinski Rabotnik
Russia
Caspian Sea
Commissariat of Agriculture of
Bourgeoie
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Rockingham
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