Franco Opens Offensive On River Front
News from the Spanish border reports General Franco began a major push on the Ebro river front south of Gandesa with thousands of government militiamen captured and several thousand killed. insurgent forces move heavy troops including Italian divisions toward Catalan fronts as preparations for broader campaigns intensify.
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Franco
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Offene
Ebro
Uth
Gandesa
Barcelona
Valencia
Spain
Excellent grade weed predicted for new bright belt markets
Raleigh August 20 Unusually good quality tobacco to be offered at 14 new bright belt markets opening next Thursday say experts led by E Y Floyd AAA official The crop is light yet splendid for cigarettes and should fetch high prices Prices at border belt average about 25 dollars per hundredweight Market sites include Wendell Smithfield Goldsboro Wilson Greenville Washington Tarboro Rocky Mount Ahoskie Williamston Robersonville Wallace Farmville and Kinston last year there were 62 auction warehouses in the area.
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Raleigh
N. C
E. Y. Floyd
AAA
Wendell
Smithfield
Goldsboro
Wilson
Greenville
Washington
Tarboro
Rocky Mount
Ahoskie
Williamston
Robersonville
Wallace
Farmville
Kinston
Escapee Prisoners Recaptured Near Edenton
Edenton August 20 George Saunders one of three Black prisoners who escaped from a prison camp near Edenton Thursday was recaptured yesterday He faced 18 to 130 years for robbery with firearms in Forsyth county The other two inmates Thomas Madden 26 already in Surry county to 12 28 years for second degree burglary and Jinny Walker 87 serving five years for second degree burglary in Guilford county remain at large
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Edenton
George Saunders
Forsyth County
Thomas Madden
Surry County
Jinny Walker
Guilford County
Dutch Schultz Painted As Vicious Gangster In Hines Trial
In New York the jury in Jimmy Hines's trial heard a picture of Dutch Schultz as a violent, profane crime boss. Alexander Pompez testified that Schultz’s racket funded campaigns in 1933 and warned him with threats during the Harlem numbers era.
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Dutch Schultz
New York
Tammany District
Jimmy Hines
Schultz
Alexander Pompez
Harlem
Schults
Pompez
Pompes
Schulte
Julius Ae
Thomas Dewey
James J. Hines
Tammany
Williams
Hines
Grand Jury
Wooderson Breaks Half Mile World Record in London
Sydney Wooderson, Britain's famed middle distance runner, set a new half mile world record at Hotspur Park in London with 1 minute 49.2 seconds in a handicap race. He also holds the outdoor mile record of 4:06.4 and shaved 0.4 seconds off the previous half mile mark of 1:49.6 set by Elroy Robinson in New York on July 11, 1987.
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London
Sydney Wooderson
Great Britain
Hotspur Park
Wooderson
Elroy Robinson
San Francisco
New York
Budge Retires Wood For Newport Tennis Bowl Victory
Don Budge won the Newport Casino tennis bowl with a 6-3 4-4 2 victory over Sydney Wood in his first American singles event since Europe. Budge had prior wins at Newport in 1935 and last year.
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Newport
Don Budge
Newport Casino
Sydney Wood
New York
Budge
Fascists Reach Agreement with Catholic Action in Italy
In Rome on August 20 the Fascist party announced a pact with Catholic Action to conform to the 1931 accords. The conference between Achille Strace and Marquess Lamberto Vignoli resolved friction by limiting Catholic Action to religious matters. Catholic Action had faced criticism from fascist circles.
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Rome
Fascist Party Today
Fascism
Catholic Action
Catholic Church
Fascist Party
Achille Strace
Lamberto Vignoli
Italian Catholic Action
Italy
Wound Proves Fatal To Raleigh Man in Myrtle Beach
John B. McLean 32 of Raleigh died from a gunshot wound received in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday night. Police booked Jimmy Roberts 28 of Miami as the shooter, claiming Roberts killed McLean over his attentions to Roberts' bride of six weeks. Roberts surrendered and admits the shooting. Mrs. Roberts formerly lived in Raleigh.
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Myrtle Beach
N. C
John
McLean
Raleigh
Conway
A. G. Russell
Jimmy Roberts
Miami, Fla
Russell
Roberts
Chinese Claim Japs Checkmated On All Fronts In China
Chinese forces assert they checked Japanese advances on all fronts. Japanese say a large drive against Shantung guerrillas near Tsinan scattered 10 000 irregulars. Chinese insist 42 000 fight and run troops in Shantung remain active and campaigns elsewhere succeed. Guerrillas near Nanking and battles around Kiukiang are reported with uncertain fate of 100 Allied refugees at Kuling.
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Shanghai
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Shantung
Nanking
Kiuktang
Shansi
Yellow River
Central China
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Kuling
Howard Hughes tests new oxygen mask in flight
Howard Hughes arrived at Floyd Bennett airfield at 7 56 a m after a high altitude hop from Los Angeles to test a new light oxygen mask. The trip took 10 hours 34 minutes and used a shared ship used in his globe girdling flight last month. Present were Glenn Oderick Harry Connor and Charles Perrine as the crew wore two ounce gum and rubber masks.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennett Airport
Los Angeles
Glenn Oderick
Hughes’ Airplane Company
Harry Connor
Hughes
Charles Perrine
Filer
Richard Lovelace
Mayo Foundation
Lindberghs Visit Moscow Industrial Plants
Col Charles A Lindbergh visited industrial plants outside Moscow while Mrs Lindbergh toured museums in the capital. The couple arrived Wednesday and are expected to stay at least until next week as Soviet papers note their presence.
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Moscow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jealous Husband Gunfire Shocks Hollywood Street
In Hollywood California a 30 year old husband Charles E McDonald shot Emila Krueger wife of conductor Karl Krueger outside a dancing studio as her eight year old daughter Theresa waited nearby Mrs Krueger a Chicago socialite was hospitalized in critical condition and McDonald confessed to the shooting claiming she broke up his home McDonald had a lengthy divorce custody dispute with his wife and had long troubled the Kruegers.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hollywood Boulevard
Emila Krueger
Karl Krueger
Krueger
Lucy McCormick Jewett
McCormick Harvester Family
Chuck McDonald
McDonald
Ohio Old Age Pension Hearing Set to Determine Federal Aid
The Social Security Board fixed August 29 as the hearing date to decide if Ohio will lose federal funds for old age assistance. A letter to Henry Berrodin, Ohio public welfare official, states investigations show substantial failure to comply with Title One provisions of the Social Security Act.
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Washington
Social Security Board
State of
Ohio
Henry J. Berrodin
Division of Aid For
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Nazi Gestapo Frees Captain Kendrick in Vienna
Captain Thomas Kendrick a British passport officer in Vienna was ordered out of the city by a German state statement claiming proof of espionage. He had been held at the Hotel Metropole Gestapo HQ with no formal charge communicated to Britain. Mrs Kendrick said the couple planned to return to England soon as a government warning and release were issued.
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London
Thomas Kendrick
Saishdng
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Kendrick
Vienna
Meropole
Gestpo
Kurt Schuschnigg
England
Austria
Germany
Reuters
Neville Chambriain
Yorkshire
Babs and Count Swim Together in Venice
In Venice at the Lido Count Court Haugwitz Reventlow and his wife Barbara Hutton swam together amid rumors of reconciliation after a six week court battle that ended their separation. The pair, seen with friends, later visited a bar for snacks as Barbara wore a bright yellow suit and the count wore black trunks.
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Venice
Italy
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Lido
Woolworth
Barbara
Austrian Jews Lose Sugar Supply Under Nazi Edict
Berlin reports that Jewish bakeries candy makers and sugar dealers in German Austria will be cut off from sugar after August 25 under a Nazi commissioner's order. Jewish coffee houses and businesses using sugar for manufacturing face disruption. Jewish-owned autos in Berlin are identifiable by license numbers above RHK.000.
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Berlin
Austria
Latimer Defends Roosevelt Era Social Legislation
J Austin Latimer special assistant to the postmaster general spoke to South Carolina Young Democrats in Charleston Aug 20. He argued there is general agreement the Roosevelt era victories remain but could be challenged, noting power resides with the people and praising social legislation to ensure equal opportunity for all.
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Charleston
S&l. C
J. Austin Latimer
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Young Democratic Club
Latimer
America
Young Democratic Clube
Democratic Party
Telephone Rates Cut In 3 Cities Cut In North Carolina
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne said Winston-Salem Greensboro and Charlotte will save about 75000 annually after Southern Bell reduced intrastate long haul tolls and extended base rate areas. The changes take effect October 1 for long distance and October through November for flat rates. 663 Winston-Salem 814 Greensboro and 70 Charlotte urban subscribers receive flat rates while 2700 nearby customers gain lower mileage rates.
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Raleigh
Stanley Winborne
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
The
Utilities Commission
Winston-Salem
Green and Roosevelt discuss labor law changes in Hyde Park
William Green of the American Federation of Labor says he and President Roosevelt are in accord on the need to make changes to national labor relations law to address board actions. Green cites cases where the board departed from the spirit of the law and mentions possible curtailment of the board’s powers. He also notes discussions about Donald W. Smith’s impending reappointment and calls for judges with a judicial temperament.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Kiam Green
Ameri Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Labor
Labor Relations Board
Gre
A. F. of L
Bridge
Nurb
Committee Industrial Organization
Smith
Donald W. Smith
Labor Board
Marion Dickerman
The
Com
Farmers urged crop diversification at Carolinas congress
At the Greater Carol Farmers Congress in Charlotte speakers including Gov. Hoey former Gov Cameron Morrison and Senator B D Smith urged diversification from cotton and tobacco. Morrison said the movement is non political while praising Hoey and urging farmer led governance.
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Charlotte
Greater Carol Farmers Congress
Gov. Hoey
Cameron Morrison
B. D. Smith
South Carolina
Carolina
Morrison
Hoey
North Carolina
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