Tragedy Strikes Family In Smith and Snow Streets Fire
Three people died in a blaze at a Smith Street residence with Frank Carroll and Clyde Lanier named among the victims. A four year old daughter was rescued after the father hurled her from a second story window into a teen neighbor’s arms. Whiskey found in the home and investigators suspect Lanier’s room sparked the fatal fire.
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Frank Carroll
Clyde Lanier
Lanier
Ingram
Smith and
Snow Streets
Carroll
James Cargal
Exclusive Enterprise
Finland Refuses Concessions as War Flares in Petsamo Fight
Finnish troops report heavy losses to Red Army as they retreat along the Karelian frontier. Pet s amo port recaptured after night march. refugees say Soviet casualties exceed 150. Finland plans to present the case to the League of Nations while seeking peace and independence.
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Kirkens
Norway
Petsamo
Arctic Ocean
Great Britain
Russia
Finmark
Finland
Salsalmijarvie
Helsinki
League of Nations
Karelian
Red Army
League
Risto Ryti
Geneva
League Council
Vaino Tanner
United States
Suojarvi
Lake Ladoga
Jappinen
Maitonen
Sirklal
Saaroinen
Terijoki
People's
Tass
Mannerheim
Baron Gustaf Mannerheim
Boy Scout Hero in Tragic Smith Street Fire
James Cargal, a 17 year old neighbor, awoke to a blaze at the Smith Street home and ran in to help. He alerted the street and smashed a door to reach the dining room as the fire raged, saving lives amid a deadly house fire that claimed three residents.
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James Cargal
Smith and
Snow Streets
Carroll
Carga
Boy Scout
Smith Street
Power Conference Ends In Deadlock
In Asheville three days of talks between striking electrical workers and Carolina Power and Light ended in a deadlock. Meetings adjourned until Monday while Local 1390 of the IBEW warned no blackout guarantees after 5 pm. Arthur Bennett proposed a joint committee to arbitrate grievances for the year.
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Asheville
Carolina Power and Light Company
BOOT
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Arthur Bennett
The
International Brotherhood
Roosevelt Expands Moral Embargo On Warplane Sales
President Roosevelt announced a moral embargo on selling warplanes to nations bombing civilians, citing recent unprovoked aerial attacks and Helsinki damage near the American legation in Finland. Secretary Hull released dispatches confirming the incident and urging American manufacturers to heed the condemnation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Finland
Russia
Hull
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
Helsinki
VDR
Ing
Britain Declares Navy Maintains Seas Despite Losses
London reports that Britain’s navy kept 21,000,000 tons of shipping at sea with only four percent loss in three months of war. It cites the sinking of the San Calixto tanker and the Watussi liner, German vessels captured, and beached or scuttled ships. A German submarine was sunk by an admiralty trawler crew, with oil patches indicating success.
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London
Britain
San Calisto
Eilbek
Sophie Busse
Watussi
Admiralty
Cape Point
Union of South Africa
Germany
Germans Plan Massive Transfer of Jews to Polish Reservation
Berlin reports that nearly two million Jews in greater Germany and Poland will be moved to a Jewish reserve around Niako on the San River in eastern Poland under SS Chief Heinrich Himmler. About 1.5 million Polish Jews are to be forcibly evicted from homes as cities and villages join Hitler’s new Polish state, with local Jewish communities tasked to organize funding and logistics.
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Berlin
Germany
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Niako
San
Heinrich Himmier
Protectorate
Bohemia-Moravia
Vienna
Posen
West Prussia
Hitler
Gestapo
Fascists Stage Anti Red Demonstration in Rome
Uninformed fascists gathered before the Soviet embassy and the Finnish legation in Rome to denounce the Russians and show support for Finland. About three thousand demonstrators, many students, cheered the Finns while hoisting Finnish Minister Eero Jarneleft on their shoulders. The protest occurred a week after Nicolai Gorelhin arrived as the new Soviet ambassador to Rome.
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Rome
Russia
Finland
Little Republic
Eero Jarneleft
Nicolai Gorelhin
Moonshine Raider Shot From Ambush in Virginia Hills
Deputy Sheriff Walter Willis 45 of Patrick County Virginia was mortally wounded by a pursuit ambush while attacking a disturbance at a Blue Ridge distillery. He died en route to Mt Airy hospital after walking a mile and collapsing in Dewey Inscore’s yard. A suspect, Walter Collins 22 of The Hollow Va, was arrested hours later by L E Thomas the Virginia State patrolman.
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MT. Airy
Blue Ridge
Walter Willis
Patrick County
Virginia
Willis
Dewey Inscore
L. E. Thomas
Walter Collins
the Hollow
Five State Societies Meet This Week in Joint Session
Southern authors and critics will speak in Raleigh for the 39th annual session of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Four cooperating groups the North Carolina Folk Lore Society the North Carolina State Art Society the Archaeological Society of North Carolina and the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities will also meet.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
The
North Carolina Folk Lore Society
North Carolina State Art Society
Archaelogical Society of North Carolina
North Carolina Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
Mother seeks to adopt youth who killed son
A couple asks to adopt Buford Loney 15 who killed Art Combs Jr. 16 in a hunting accident after a boyish dispute turns tragic. The Combs family hopes adoption could heal, while Buford remains a ward with probate court consent needed from Buford’s mother and the court. The story notes grief on both sides as Buford visits the Combs home and speaks with Mrs Combs in jail.
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Hepburn
Buford Loney
Art Combs, Jr
Buford
Combses
Pearl McClaren
Combs
Petition Seeks Higher Support From Carey Wilson
Mrs. Nancy Wilson filed a petition in Los Angeles seeking a larger child support claim arguing Carey Wilson, former husband and screenwriter, earns a weekly salary rising from 1060 to 5500 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Nancy Wilson
Screen
Carey Wilson
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