Industry plea for 25 billion plan to create 3 million jobs
Lammot Du Pont proposed a 2 to 10 year plan to generate 3,000,000 jobs via private investment of 25 billion dollars. He outlined three aims: develop new products, broaden markets by lowering costs, and ensure fair returns. Government pledges include tax and labor stabilizations and clear legal rules.
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New York
Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
National Association of Manufacturers
du Pont
Eaheen
NLRB Finishes Case Against M J V Mills
The National Labor Relations Board rested its prosecution of anti union charges against Mack Judson Voehringer Hosiery Mills in Greensboro after four motions to strike evidence were rejected. Testimony then began to refute board witnesses from Monday.
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Greensboro
National Labor Relations Board
Mack- Judson-Voehringer Hosiery
Three Killed as Cold Grips Southern States
The cold wave hit the South hardest with at least three deaths and widespread property fears. Fatalities included a man near Hendersonville North Carolina and a Tennessee man found in a flimsy shack in New Orleans. Sub-freezing temps extended into Florida with Mount Mitchell registering 14 below and Tennessee 10 below on a nearby peak.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Minneapolis
Hendersonville
N. C
Middle Tennessee
New Orleans
Florida
Mount Mitchell
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Finland Ready to Pay War Debt Installment
Finland notified the United States it would promptly meet its $232 142 war debt installment due December 15. It is the only debtor among 13 wartime obligations not to default. Total payments due from all debtors this month amount to $1 680 170 447.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Baltic Republic
Man Killed During Fire In His Home
Morganton reports the death of M. H. Mull a 90 year old retired suburban grocer and farmer after a house fire. He died early today soon after the home was found ablaze with unclear cause including possible burns suffocation or a head injury from a fall. Fire damage estimated at about 500 dollars.
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Morganton
M. H. Mull
Desperate High Point Family Seeks Christmas Help
A widow and her two daughters, ages 14 and 10, in High Point face a bleak Christmas after the father’s death. With irregular work and a tiny four week earnings total of 16.40, the family relies on the Empty Stockings Fund run through The Enterprise. Citizens are urged to donate, no amount is too small, to bring some holiday cheer to this needy household.
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High Point
Solon P. Schweger
Five missing in typhoon sector near Lu zon Island
Philippine army chief of staff General Paulina Santos and four others are missing after a typhoon swept toward the China Sea. A transport plane with parachuted crew vanished amid storms in Tayabas province, while two deaths and a dysentery outbreak were reported in the central Philippines. Lieutenant Wi Yam Lee, US Army, a noted pilot, commanded the air unit.
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Philippine Army
China Sea
Paulina Santos
Tayabas
Luzon Island
Santos
Wi- Yam Lee
Trasport
Basilio Valdes
Philippine Archipelago
Sorgoson
Weather Bureau
Chine Sea
Calionteland
Lieut
Lee
US. Army
Philippine Army Air Corps
Manuel Quezon
Madlar
Rebel Bombardment Hits Madrid and Other Cities
Insurgent forces bombarded Madrid for a heavy half hour and struck east coast centers. Reus near the Mediterranean and southern Madrid were attacked, with casualties reported as several killed and wounded.
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Madrid
Reus
Mediterranean
Lowa
Franco and Xavier Plan Unity For Spain
Prince Xavier of Bourbon Parma and Francisco Franco reportedly agreed on uniting Spaniards of “national and traditional principles” despite harsh Aragon front conditions. Dispatches from Salamanca note a conference held yesterday to discuss current and future events.
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Hendaye
Xavier of
Bourbon-Parma
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Spain
Salamanca
Xavier
Franco
Government Defends PWA Power Loans Before High Court
Government attorneys argued before the Supreme Court that Public Works Administration loans and grants for publicly owned electric plants were lawful to relieve unemployment. Solicitor General Reed and Jerome Frank defended the program against claims of unconstitutional federal overreach, with Alabama Power opposing. The Duke Power case seeks to block financing of a Buzzard Roost plant.
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Washington
Dec
Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Stanley Reed
Jerome Frank
William H. Thompson
Alabama Power Company
Frank
Thompston
Thompson
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pson
Duke Power Company
Buzzard Rost
Europe moves to remove foreign fighters from Spain
The European hands-off Spain committee began the technical phase of its plan to withdraw foreign fighters. A Salamanca insurgent and Madrid Barcelona government reply was deemed acceptances in principle, with steps to remove many foreigners, grant silencer rights to General Franco, and final removal of all foreign troops.
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London
Europe
Spain
Salamanca
Madrid-Barcelona
Franco
Floods Hit Greece Cause Wide Damage and Loss
Torrential rains trigger floods across central and northern Greece with undetermined fatalities. Villages in Thrace face severe damage as weather worsens and a gale hinders rescue efforts along a coastal railway route.
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Athens
Greece
Thrace
Atras
Senate Defeats Three Year Farm Bill Limitation
The Senate rejected Senator McNary of Oregon’s amendment to cap the farm bill at three years 1938 40 by a 61 to 25 vote. McNary called the measure an emergency trial while Pope said it would injure the program and breach a pledge for permanent legislation. House debate on cotton marketing quotas resumed as opponents sought to delay compulsory planting until 1939.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Pope
D-Ida
Congress
House
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Furniture Building Men Reelect Mr. Tate
A. E. Tate was reelected president of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building at the annual meeting. A 7 percent dividend was declared. O. Arthur Kirkman was named to the board to fill the late J. P. Rawley’s seat. Officers reelected include Tate, T. A. Finch, R. B. Terry, Paul W Casey, and C. F. Tomlinson. Directors listed include T. V. Rochelle, Thomasville. F. A. Fogle, Winston-Salem. J. Lynch, Winston-Salem. J. Maresh, F. H. Murray, A. Parker, R. R. Ragan, S. Tomlinson, Mebane. and Mrs. M. J. Wrenn.
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A. E. Tate
O. Arthur Kirkman
J. P. Rawley
T. A. Finch
R. B. Terry
Paul W Casey
C. F. Tomlinson
T. V. Rochelle
Thomasville
Fred A. Fogle
Winston-Salem
C. F. Lambeth
J. 5
Lynch
J. E Maresh
F. H. Murray
Parker
R. R. Ragan
Wescott Roberson
S. H. Tomlinson
Seven Paroled from New Hanover Manslaughter Sentences
Governor Hoey announced that Luther Hargrove and James B. Lewis, who were sentenced in New Hanover county in June 1936 to 10 to 12 years for manslaughter, were among seven prisoners paroled.
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Raleigh
Luther Hargrove
James B. Lewis
New Hanover County
Hoey
Tax board cuts Mellon tax claim from 3 million to 700 thousand
The United States Board of Tax Appeals reduced the Mellon estate's 1931 tax claim from 3 075 108 to about 700 000. The decision upholds that the treasurys fraud charge was unjust and follows a Pittsburgh grand jury finding.
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Appeal Board
Mellon
Washington
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Andrew W. Mellon
Donald D. Shepard
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trast
Mr. Mellon
Treasury Deparment
Pittsburgh
Tax Board
Treasury
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Western Public Service Company
A. W. Mellon Charitable and Educational Trust
Disappearance Of Fried Still Kept a Mystery
Arthur Fried a New York businessman vanished from his Westchester County home. Police chief William Miller said Fried remains missing as investigators pursue possible kidnapping leads and other theories.
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White Plains
Arthur Fried
New York
Westchester County
William Miller
Fried
Greyhound hears charges of NLRB in Raleigh case
In Raleigh on December 7, two bus drivers and a labor organizer testified as the National Labor Relations Board pressed its case against Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. The firm is accused of Wagner Act violations including firing J B Lee for union activity. Lee testified he was discharged after meetings with a labor organizer.
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Raleigh
National Labor Relations Board
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc
William A. Nolan
J. B. Lee
Lee
D. D. McAfee
Brotherhood of Railroad
John H. Dietz
W. O. Hartman
R. W. Baker
8. D. Wright
Brotherhood
Nanking Braces as Japanese Force Masses Before Fall
Chinese troops in Nanking form a last stand against 75 000 Japanese forces near the historic capital as advance units surround gates and residents evacuate. Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chou head for interior province, while Japanese air raids strike military targets and surrounding towns along the Yangtze valley.
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Shanghat
Nanking
China
Chiang Shek
Madame Ch
Nan
Dhe
Yangtze Valley
Wnking
Anhwei
Kyin
Pusiy
Eight Convicts Still Sought In North Carolina
Sanford December 7 A wide search continued for eight of nine men who escaped from the Lee prison camp last night. One convict Joe Hendrick, held in Mecklenburg county for a three to ten year sentence, surrendered to officers near Iina yesterday as a 50 man posse directed by state prison official Pitts pushed the search.
Christmas Superstitions About Fasting Before Feast
A Finnish superstition says a bachelor who fasts for a day before the Christmas feast will have his future spouse appear at the table during the meal. The belief ties the act of fasting to a sign of forthcoming companionship.
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Wall Street
NLRB
M-J-V Mills
Lindberghs
U. S
Charles A. Lindbergh
James E. Roberts
Hardin
Southampton
England
South
Poland
Krakow
Minis Joseph Beck
Toal
Philippine
Prince Xavier
PWA
Eleanor MacDonald
Mr. Tate
Southern Furniture Exposition Building
Greyhound
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