Japanese Troops Withdraw From Shanghai Parade After Grenade Blast
Chinese student hurled a grenade during a Shanghai victory march and Japanese troops in the American guarded sector retreated after Col Price of the Fourth Marines cited the line. The blast killed the thrower. three Japanese soldiers and officials faced the panic before withdrawal.
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Shanghai
United States Marine Command
International Settlement
Nanking Road
Jessfield Park
Hongkew
International City
Charles F. B. Price
United States
Fourth Marines
Yuyaching Road
Gnat¢E
Navy plane wreckage found as search for two airmen continues
Norfolk, Va. December 3. Coast guardsmen and two plane squadrons scoured the Atlantic for Aviation Cadet J. J. Jones of Washington and Chief Machinist's Mate Troy W. Blanton of Lafayette, Ala., after wreckage was recovered near Virginia Beach. Hope for parachutes dimmed as signs of the missing fliers faded.
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Norfolk
Coast
Virginia Beach
Atlantic
J. J. Jones
Washington
Troy W. Blanton
Lafayette
Ala
Empty Stocking Fund Launched In Newport News
Michael Ritter 77, a former shopkeeper, is ordered held for grand jury on murder and felonious shooting in the deaths of 12 year old Sue Stokes and wounding of Mary Ellen Coleman. The Empty Stocking Fund kickoff includes a $50 gift from the High Point Kiwanis Club. Mrs. M. J. Wrenn reappointed chair of the general committee. Red Cross room hosts a Community Chest meeting to aid local families.
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Newport News
Michael Ritter
Sue Stokes
Mary Ellen Coleman
Ritter
Magnolia
High Point Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Community Chest Committee
Red Cross
M. J. Wrenn
Three Branches Of Methodism Plan Central Meetings
Representatives of the three branches of Methodism announced a central meeting on January 6 in Charlotte Asheville and Greensboro. The joint commission on Methodist cooperation expects about 24 area gatherings to follow.
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Methodism
Greensboro
Branches
Charlotte
Asheville
Joint Commission On Methodist Cooperation
Graham Plan Faces Attack in Southern Conference Session
The Raleigh Times reports Virginia Polytechnic Institute leads a push at the Southern conference annual session next Friday. Eight teen amendments and one constitutional change are placed with member reps. VPI proposes eliminating key bylaw sections on eligibility and aid.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Times
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Vv. P. I
Duke
Maryland
Clemson
District of Columbia
Clamaon
Body hunted in murder case near Augusta
Deputy Pete Saunders searched for the body of Joe Spann allegedly murdered months ago and buried in a shallow grave north of Augusta Georgia. Buncombe County Sheriff Laurence Brown arrived to probe the report as Spann faced an Asheville robbery warrant and a five year old post office break in case. John Thomas Lane, earlier arrested in Haywood with liquor, was linked to Spann's case.
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Aiken
8. C
Pete Saunders
Joe Spann
Augusta
Laurence Brown
Buncombe County
North Carolinas
Spann
Asheville
Oteen
John Thomas Lane
Haywood County
Spain
O Wen
Scott Named Member Civil Service Board
Claude M. Scott, local real estate man, was sworn in by Judge Lewis E. Teague as a member of the High Point Civil Service Commission to fill the post left vacant by Ed H. Smith’s death. Scott, born in Randolph County in 1899, has lived in High Point since age 12 and built large real estate holdings. He will serve the unexpired term and recently moved to Ferndale Drive.
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Claude M. Scott
Lewis E. Teague
High Point Civil Service Commission
Ed H. Smith
Scott
Mr. Smith
Randolph County
High Point
Pickett Cotton Mills
Smith
Civil Service Act
Commission
Ferndale Drive
Payroll Stolen in Lockport Postal Robbery
Five men armed with sawed off shotguns and machine guns robbed the Lockport post office outside the building as clerks were moving a $24,800 payroll to the First National Bank. They shot a postal clerk and abducted Police Chief Fred Linder before fleeing in a truck.
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Lockport
Ill
First National Bank of
Fred Linder
Moore Murder Trial Heads to Jury in Louisburg
The Otis Moore case, charged with first degree murder in Wilson Sykes death, was expected to go to the jury this afternoon. Sykes body was found in a shed at his home near Louisburg with head battered in.
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Louisburg
N. C
Otis Moore
Wilson Sykes
Sykes
Dual unions studied by labor heads in talks at Washington
William Green and John L. Lewis pressed four hours of talks on industrial merger options with about 7 million workers under the CIO and AFL banners. The leaders, with aides Phillip Murray and George M. Harrison, returned tonight without a peace pact.
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Green
Lewis
Washington
William Green
John L. Lewis
C.i.co
Phillip Murray
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
C.I.0
A.F. of L
I.C
Lewis-Green
Willard Hotel
Passenger Fares On Western Railroads Get Large Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a $2,500,000 fare increase for western railroads. Effective in ten days, Pullman car fares rise from 2 cents per mile to 2 1/4 cents per mile, boosting transcontinental travel costs between New York and San Francisco due to western rate changes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
San Francisco
Brooks acquitted in embezzlement case against patrolman
Laurinburg December 3 4 A superior court jury acquitted R M Brooks former state highway patrolman of embezzling 149 60 of state funds The case went to the jury yesterday afternoon after deliberations in the courtroom today.
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Laurinburg
R. M. Brooks
LaGuardia Signals Presidential Ambition With Slogan
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia hinted at a national bid at a 25th anniversary dinner speaking on the need to balance the population. He joked about William Allen White calling him a presidential possibility as he urged prioritizing national policy over city affairs. Present were William Allen White, Secretary of Labor Perkins, RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones, and Gov. Frank Murphy.
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New York
Fiorello
H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Tammany
Survey Associates
UN Research and Publishing Organization
New York City
William Allen White
Kansas
White
Labor
Perkins
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Italian Press AttacksBritain France And United States
An Il Popolo d Italia editorial denounces Britain France and the United States as economic strangu lation targets accusing them of pressuring Italy Germany and Japan. The piece, likely by Mussolini, targets ongoing Britain US trade talks and marks a second such editorial in the week.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
United States
Il Popolo d'Italia
Mussolini
Milan
Italy
Germany
Japan
Atlanta PWA Approves High Point Hydro Electric Contract
City Manager E M Knox received notice that Atlanta Public Works Administration offices approved the contract among High Point, PWA and Murray and Flood Engineers. The deal provides a $144000 advance grant for preliminary hydro electric work and the check is expected to arrive within days as the contract moves to Washington for final approval.
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E. M. Knox
Atlanta
Public Works Administration
High Point
PWA
Murray
Flood
Washington
Relocation Contract Approved for High Point Freight Station
The Southern Railway, State Highway and Public Works commission, and the City of High Point authorize a revised plan to relocate the freight station between Reid and Perry streets north of Commerce. The city to lease the brick portion to Southern for 20 years at one dollar yearly, sublease to Southeastern Express up to 2000 annually, and later build an overhead Willowbrook Street bridge if desired. The agreement includes site transfer upon payment not exceeding 17000 dollars, perpetual tracks rights, and city street, drainage, and ramp works. Bids were opened with R K Stewart and Son as low bidder. award expected weeks later.
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Southern Railway Company
State Highway and Public Works Commission
High Point
Highway Commission and Railroad Company
Reid and
Perry Streets
Commerce Street
Southern
Southeastern Express Company
Willowbrook
North Carolina Railroad ‘Company
R. K. Stewart and Son
FBI Dividends to Taxpayers Highlight Hoover Talk
J Edgar Hoover told the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that the FBI returns more than seven dollars for every dollar spent. He cited four year operating costs of about 18 million and returns of over 135 million in savings fines and recovered goods. He criticized parole systems police data sharing and jail conditions while noting 94 of every 100 charged are convicted and 50 percent of prisoners are paroled. He cited parole among the country s most dangerous criminals as a repeated clemency pattern.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
Strong Tide Washes Sound Full Of Fish
A strong tide flooded Topsail Sound with dead fish, filling the banks and hindering boat operation. Fishermen reported heavy numbers of menhaden washing ashore, noting they are typically used for oil and fertilizer rather than food.
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Wilmington
Topsail Sound
Menbaden
FDR's Plans Delayed by More Debate in Special Session
Congress neared week three of its special session without completing Roosevelt's program. Farm bill debate persisted in both chambers delaying a final vote this week. Senator Borah attacked the measure as increasing bureaucratic control while wage hour reform faced new opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Borah
Ida
Themerican Federation of Labor’ Executive Council
Senate
Bankhead
Labor Standards Board
Jones
Bombardment of Madrid by Rebel Artillery Opens
Rebels begin heavy artillery fire on Madrid as streets empty in central district. Frontier reports say casualties not yet estimated and damage is heaviest in the besieged city.
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Madrid
Hendaye
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Uvaide
St. Marys
Guffey
Hs. Club
Graham
Civil Service
E. H. Smith
Brooks
William
FBI
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Fdr
Holland
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