City budget details wage boosts and capital plans
The document outlines moderate wage increases for select city employees and a comprehensive budget for supplies, current charges, school needs, and major capital outlays. It covers debt service, interest reserves, and new or continued capital programs including street widening, sewer and water extensions, and park improvements.
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Supro
High Point
National Guard
North Carolina Employment Service
Blair Park
WPA
R. D. Evans
G. H. Jones
W. F. Bailey
Parks and Recreation and Boys
William Forster
Parks and Recreation Division
Ossie Davis
Japan braces for firm measures amid China tensions
After a three hour cabinet session Japan announced it would take firm, resolute measures to influence the Nanking government and the Kuomintang. Navy reports said China grew increasingly arrogant and that evacuation of the Yangtze valley was intended to prevent wider hostilities. Refugees and shipments faced peril as typhoon season nears.
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Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Koomintang
National People's Party of China
Manchukuo
Japan
Mitsumasa Yamai
Koki Hirota
Navy
Peiping
Yangtze Valley
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Mitsumasa Yonai
Yonai
Imperial Navy
Yokohama
Yangtze River
Hsu Shih Ying
Stock Market Gains Fractionally on Saturday
New York stocks climbed modestly with gains in steels oils and specialties as investors booked profits. After a morning surge on large blocks, top gains narrowed but the market held a higher level with 467000 shares traded and the Associated Press average up to 70.6.
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New York
Congress
Wall Street
Associated Press
Postman Kodak
Steel
Bethlehem
Westinghouse
American Telephone
Standard Oil
N.o
Pure Oil
Barnsdall
Zenith Radio
Baldwin
U. S. Rubber
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Electric Power& Light
du Pont
Spicer Mie
International Paper & Power
General Motors
Chysler
Anaconda
Kennecott
United Aircraft
Deere
Continental Oil
Chicago
France
Faint Messages Hint Fliers Near North Pole
Reports say a Soviet six ton plane or six filers may be near the North Pole amid drifting ice and open water. Russian agents A. Smirnov and M. Beliakov accompanied the craft, aiming to service it and send it toward Oakland, California.
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Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Crosson
8. A. Smirnov
M. B. Beliakov
Oakland
Calif
Mother moccasin and ten young caught on Winston Salem road
Charles W. McCann and wife captured a female highland moccasin and her ten newborns on Winston Salem road after the mother emerged from a seed squash in McCann’s garden. He reported the incident after moving the reptiles from a bee gum into a wire cage.
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Charlies W. McCann
Winston Salem Road
Mr. McCann
Reynolds Tobacco
Dionne
Forsyth
Guilford
Byrnes Bill Proposes Reorganization of Agencies
Byrnes introduces a bill to authorize department heads to appoint officials in confidential roles and to permanently establish a National Resources agency. The National Association of Manufacturers opposes reorganizing agencies with quasi judicial powers, urging a functional study to reveal inefficiencies and potential consolidations for better service.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Hatteras Island May Finally Become Coastal National Park
Conservation reporters note Hatteras could become the South’s first Coastal National Park, preserving a 85 mile barrier beach from Oregon Inlet to Ocracoke. The region remains sparsely developed with few roads, busy shoreline patrols, and a history of inland security, yet plans focus on protecting dunes, wildlife, and the island’s hardy communities.
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Hatteras Island
Coastal National Park
Conservation and Development Bureau
Raleigh
Hatteras
North Carolina
Oregon Inlet
Ocracoke Island
Atlantic
Seaboard
Cape
Carolina
Strand
Grand Bar
Park Department
Bar
Kitty Hawk
Uncle Sam
Park Service
Hardihood
Blackbeard
Diamond Shoals
Ocracoke
Bul Hatteras
Whiteville Man To Face Charge Here
Roscoe C. Shaw of Whiteville was arrested in Columbus county on a High Point warrant charging him with obtaining 700 dollars by false pretense from R. B. Gantt and the South land Finance and Insurance company. Gantt signed the warrant claiming Shaw misrepresented a deed of trust as a first lien on property in Columbus county, which was already encumbered. Shaw posted a 250 dollar bond for appearance in municipal court here on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Shaw
Whiteville
Columbus County
High Point
R. B. Gantt
Southland Finance and Insurance Company
Gantt
Shaw
Senate Expected Vote On Black Early This Week
Local IAM workers and the American Defense Society of New York urged hearings on Hugo Black’s fitness for the Supreme Court seat. J Edward Mucklow of Philadelphia charged Roosevelt with Court packing through the appointment.
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Senate
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
American Defense Society of
New York City
Hugo Black
J. Edward Mucklow
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hulls Plea For Self Restraint Approved By Three Nations
Secretary Hulls appeal for international self restraint drew formal accord from Italy Germany and Japan as well as 31 other nations. China Spain Canada Costa Rica Czechoslovakia Egypt El Salvador Finland Greece Honduras Iraq Ireland Free State Lithuania Mexico Norway Panama Poland Romania Siam Switzerland and others echoed the policy promoting no use of force and noninterference in internal affairs.
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Washington
Hull
Italy
Germany
Japan
America
China
United States
Ita
Spain
Canada
Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador
Egypt
el Salvador
Finland
Greece
Honduras
Iraq
Irish Free State
Tiberia
Lithuania
Mexico
Norway
Panama
Poland
Rumania
Siam
Switzerland
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Ray Nance
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Reece Snyder
Thomas H. Elder
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Claude E. Smith
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