Roosevelt backs Black for Supreme Court amid secrecy
President Roosevelt said Attorney General Cummings informed him the nomination of Senator Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court is legal and constitutional. A six member judiciary subcommittee favored confirmation rejecting delay. New opposition emerged from Senators Burke and White as eligibility questions under a retirement act surfaced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Judiciary
Austin
Senate
Senator Black
Rosevelt
Iff
Stephen T. Early
Early
Congress
Burke
White
Thirteen Face Assault Counts In Greensboro Strike
Thirteen persons will face assault charges in Greensboro police court tied to the strike at the Greensboro Manufacturing pajama mill. About 3300 International Ladies Garment Workers' Union members, allied with the CIO, are on strike. Officials said the mill shut down after pickets harmed non strikers. The union seeks a $12 weekly minimum for 40 hours and a 12.5 percent raise for workers earning above $12. A preferential shop is also being demanded.
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Greensboro
Internamal Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Two Of Eight Escaped Convicts Caught As They Breakfast Off Apples In Orchard
Eight inmates escaped from a prison and two were recaptured after authorities trapped them in an orchard where they were found breakfast eating apples. Officials reported the capture as part of ongoing manhunt operations in the area.
Two prison escapees captured near Raleigh
Carl McKnight and William Ralte were caught by a bloodhound unit at an apple orchard after tunneling to freedom from Central Prison. They refused to speak about remaining escapees as authorities pursued others: Rowland Allen Edwards Lowder Proctor and Cobb among names listed.
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Raleigh
Eendrom
Carl McKnight
William Ralte
Norman Harte
McKnight
Forsyth County
Ralte
Davidson
H. H. Honeycutt
Rhamkatte Road
Central Prison
Rale
Rowland Earl Allen
Rowan County
Paul Edwards
Robeson County
James Everett
James Eberts
Wake County
John Henry Lowder
Mecklenburg County
Worth
Tick) Proctor
Eddie Cobb
Kannapolis Man Fatally Injured in Highway Crash
Aug. 13 report from Mooresville says Ray Thompson, 34, of Kannapolis, died instantly when his car skidded and overturned on the Mooresville Landis highway near here. Companion Roy Miller read of Kannapolis was hospitalized with a crushed skull and other injuries.
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Mooresville
Ray Thompson
Kannapolis
Mooresville Landis Highway
Roy Milleread
Hill Be Candidate For Black's Senate Seat
Representative Lister Hill of Alabama announced in Paris he would seek the Senate seat of Hugo Black if Black is confirmed to the Supreme Court. Hill spoke while in Paris with the American Battle Monuments commission, stating there is no question of confirmation.
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Paris
Lister Hill
Ala
Hugo Black
Supreme Court of the United States
American Battle Monumente Commission
FR Agrees To Cotton Loans
A Senate delegation reported from the White House that President Roosevelt agreed to immediate federal loans on cotton for farmers who commit to a future surplus control program. Senator Bilbo said a plan to pass early 988 cotton legislation would be moved in the Senate today. He said loans would peg price at 12 cents per pound with unspecified loan amounts and possible 2 cent subsidies if volumes meet program rules. Senator Hilender said subsidies would be withheld until compliance with the forthcoming program.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Press- Roosevelt
Bilbo
D. Miss
Conan Record
Hilender
Stocks Rally In Slow Mart Market Amid War Clouds
Stocks rallied slowly in New York trading as aviation and specialty issues led gains while steel shares followed. By mid session fractions to over two points dominated as brokers noted earnings optimism yet traders held back on commitments due to congressional developments and Sino-Japanese war tensions near Shanghai.
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New York
Shanghai
Purina Mills to Build Feed Plant in Charlotte
Aug 13 report says Purina Mills of St Louis will construct a $50,900 feed plant in Charlotte. Work will expand local production capacity and create jobs for area residents amid regional economy optimism.
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Charlotte
Purina Mills of
St. Louis
Russians Roar Toward Alaska On Four Motor Plane
A four motor Russian plane pursuing a commercial air route above the Arctic is reported to have crossed the pole and flown toward Fairbanks Alaska. The Fairbanks signal corps intercepted a message confirming the polar crossing at 12 45 a m Fairbanks time with a tail wind aiding the voyage.
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Seattle
North Pole
Fairbanks
Alaska
U. 8 S. Army Signal Corps
Pole
German Plane Is Safe In Azores
The German seaplane Nordmeer reached Horta Azores to end the second leg of a transatlantic survey flight from Luebeck to New York. The ship arrived about 4 30 p m local time six and a half hours after departing Lisbon. From Horta it will continue to Port Washington New York.
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Horte
Azores
Nordmeer
Luebeck
Germany
New York
Frm
Lisbon
Portugal
Horta
Port Washington
N. Y
Great Smoky Project May Be Finished
The House Public Lands Committee approved a Senate bill to buy 26 014 acres in Tennessee for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The land would cost about 743 265 dollars, expanding the park to roughly 436 000 acres. Representatives Mc Reynolds and Weav er spoke of federal endorsement and North Carolina support. The bill likely goes to the calendar tomorrow.
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House Public Lands Committee
Washington
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains
Sam D. McReynolds
Chattanooga
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
McReynolds
Zebulon Weaver
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Rene L. Derouen
Public Lands Committee
Mother Poisons Her Small Son In Hotel
In St. Louis a 27-year-old mother, Mrs Lenore King of St Clair Missouri, allegedly poisoned her six year old son in a hotel room. She planned to kill her five year old daughter Jeannine and herself by spreading poison on three sandwiches. The woman checked into the hotel with her two children last Monday after separation from her husband.
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ST. Louis
Claude Adams
Lenore King
S&j. Clair
Jeannine
No Failures In North Carolina Furniture Industry
North Carolina reported no failures in the furniture industry last month, contrasting with two in July of last year. Nationally there were 28 industry failures in the latest month, down from 31 in July 1936, per Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency.
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North Carolina
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency
Lord Runciman Dies at Age 90 in Newcastle
Lord Runciman aged 90 and father of Walter Runciman former president of the board of trade died today in Newcastle news from London dated August 13 reports his death at the age of 90 and includes his relation to Walter Runciman.
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London
Lord Runciman
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Newcastle
Electric Chair Back in Use for Two Executions
In Raleigh two condemned men, James Mac Neill aged 23 and Leroy McNeill aged 18, were executed by electric chair and gas chamber respectively for capital offenses. McNeill confessed to poisoning Mrs. Andrew Cox in Robeson county, while McNeill refused last words. The return followed a 1935 law change and a prior 1936 incident.
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Raleigh
James MacNeill
Hartnett County
Leroy McNeill
Robeson County
James McNeil
Sadie Eason
G. 8
Coleman
Leroy
Scotland County
Andrew Cox
H. H. Honeycutt
John Pressley
Gaston County
Hoey
James McNeill
Resolution May Be Offered To Bring Wage-Hour Bill Up
Washington August 13. The rules committee backed a plan to bring the administration wage hour bill to the house by suspending rules if two thirds vote is reached. Majority Leader Rayburn said no shenanigans. Mrs Norton noted action unlikely before mid September.
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Washington
Rules
House
Rayburn
Dtex
Bankhead
Norton
D-Nj
Rules Committee
Evans long-serving Edenton pioneer dies at 76
Zachariah Winborne Evans, 76, a prominent landowner and longtime church leader from a pioneering Methodist family, died after a lengthy illness in a Suffolk Virginia hospital. He formerly served as Chowan County commissioner and county treasurer and rarely missed church. He is survived by his widow and six children from a previous marriage.
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Edenton
Zachariah Winborne Evans
Suffolk
Evans
Chowan
Board of Missions
Senators Named to Dare Affair
Vice-President Garner named Senators Josiah W. Bailey and Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina to a special Senate committee to attend the Virginia Dare celebration August 18 at Roanoke Rapids. They replace Senators Carter Glass and Charley L. McNary who said they could not attend. Prent Roosevelt is slated to attend the 350th anniversary event.
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Washington
Garner
Josiah W. Bailey
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate
Virginia Dare
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Carter Glass
D-Va
Charley L. McNary
R-Wash
Prent Roosevelt
Tourney Greeted By Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rainfall in Wichita delays the National Semi Pro baseball opener between the McCrary Eagles of Asti Borough and the Kansas City Police.
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the Enterprise
Wichita
Kans
McCrary Eagles
Astieboro
Kansas City Police
Second Child Is Victim Assault In Staten Island
The four year old Joan Kuleba, missing 24 hours, was found dead in a swamp shack near South Beach Staten Island where she lived with her parents. Police say she was assaulted. a rope around her neck and bricks on her back were found. This marks the second such slaying in greater New York in two weeks, following Paula Magagna's murder in Brooklyn on July 31.
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New York
Joan Kuleba
South Beach
Staten Island
Harry Elmore
Paula Magagna
Brooklyn
Expulsion Reason Asked Of Germany
The Foreign Press Association asked German officials to justify charges of misconduct against foreign correspondents in Berlin after Norman Ebbutt of The London Times was expelled. The association, representing 107 journalists from 238 countries, sent the letter to Joseph Goebbels and to Der Angriff seeking proof.
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Berlin
Foreign Press Association
Norman Ebbutt
London Times
Joseph Goebbels
der Angriff
School Commission To Take Up Salary Increase
RIGH N C August 13 The State School Commission will discuss salary increases for teachers authorized by the General Assembly and the allotment of new school buses at a meeting next week.
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Righ
N. C
State School Commission
General Assembly
Shanghai under siege as naval and land forces clash
The fighting around Shanghai intensifies as Japanese and Chinese forces exchange heavy shelling along the north fringe and near the international zone. Reports say Japanese warships shell Woosung forts and Kongkew area while Chinese units man defenses near the Whangpoo river.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Sung
United States Asiatic “Area
Woosung
Whangpoo
Shan
Woos
Shanghi
Jaese
Oth
Kongkew
Japan
Kongkew Park
Hongkewa
Byrd Freed of Murder Charge in North Carolina Case
In Burnsville North Carolina on August 1 Nealy Byrd was freed from a murder charge against Mrs. Ruth Phillips after the defense obtained a directed verdict. Witnesses, two daughters, testified they recognized Byrd near the wood where the woman was slain. The judge granted a non suit due to insufficient evidence.
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Burnsville
N. C
Nealy Byrd
Ruth Phillips
Jo Felix E. Alley
Waynes
Byrd
Thirteenth Jinx Is No Jinx In West Virginia Club
In Wheeling West Virginia members of the Anti Superstition society met before dawn on Friday the thirteenth feasting on rituals. Karl Sailer Ohio county assessor was elected grand smasher to lead the group now at 18 members. Henry Fueg a druggist became keeper of the club mascot the black cat. Court Reporter William Zimmerman will record the weird doings in a black book.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Anti- Superstition Society
Bank
Edward McKee
Grand Smasher
McKee
Karl Sailer
Ohio County
Henry Fueg
William Zimmreman
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John Nance Garner
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Carolinas
Associated Press
North Carolina- South Carolina
C. B. Stafford
Fairmont
Dillon
Darlington
Lake City
Hill
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Great Smoky
Tientsin
North China
Pioneer Family
Dare
East
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