Japan probes Panay attack as U S protests grow
The United States protested the Panay air attack and alleged killings of survivors as Japan’s government studied the incident. Ambassador Grew delivered a formal note to Tokyo while Emperor Hirohito received a detailed report from Premier Konoye. Vice Admiral Hasegawa reportedly offered to resign amid inquiries by American and Japanese boards.
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Associated Press
Japan
Foreign Office
United States
Yangtze
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Emperor Hirohito
Panay
Fumimaro Konoye
Roosevelt
Konoye
Naval Board of Inquiry
Shanghai
Oahu
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
China
Nanking
Wrights praised for aviation pioneering at New York honors night
Orville Wright, age 65, attends the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences honors night in New York to mark the Kitty Hawk first flights. Dr. William F. Durand lauds the Wright brothers for pioneering experiments, noting they conducted over 100 glider flights to study air currents before a powered flight.
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New York
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Institute of Aeronautical
Wilbur
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wright
William F. Durand
Stanford University
Wright Brothers
GOP Committee To Rewrite Principles Nears Completion
In St. Louis on December 18 the Republican party announced 25 more members joining the new committee on program led by Orval W. Adams of Salt Lake City. The expands the panel to 182, with work unfinished and fifteen states, including North Carolina, still lacking representation.
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ST. Louis
Republican
New “Committee
Orval W. Adams
Salt Lake City
American Bankers’ Association
North Carolina
Teruel siege tightens as government forces surround rebel stronghold
A Madrid war communique says Teruel, Franco's southern Aragon front, is ringed by besieging government troops and a battle rages inside. Reports claim 15 surrounding positions fell, despite insurgent claims of progress, as cold, snow hindered assault on the city 136 miles from Madrid.
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Teruel
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Franco
Buecees
Republic
Ie Oar
Iself
Six Guardsmen Die In California Auto Crash
Six young National Guardsmen from Stockton died in a December morning crash near Lodi California after leaving a Christmas party. The victims were John D. Plumb 27 David A. Connard 21 Joseph N. Green 20 Raymond Meadow 21 Anton Dee Bray 29 all of Stockton and Gail Border Lewallen 22 of Isleton. The car skidded hit a tree and split in two with five bodies found crushed in the rear section. Plumb’s body was found some distance away.
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Lodi
Calif
National
Here
Stockton
John D. Plumb
David A. Connard
Joseph N. Green
Raymond Meadow
Anton Dee Bray
Gail Border
Lewallen
Isleton
Plumb
French Czech Foreign Ministers Reaffirm Broad Accord
December 18 French and Czechoslovakian foreign ministers Yvon Delbros and Dr Ka mil Krofta stressed complete agreement between Paris and Prague on major policies. Delbros said Czechoslovakia is an extension of France and both nations oppose world division into blocs and back broad appeasement.
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Praha
Yvon Delbros
Kamil Krofta
Delbros
Paris
Czechoslovakia
France
Justices Study Kerr Smith Act Review
The Supreme Court gathered to decide if it will review litigation over the Kerr Smith tobacco act, repealed Feb. 10, 1936 after the AAA. Government appeals from Kentucky grower Dc H Smith seeking refunds of 607 and states $4,446,255 collected, with 33,016 refund claims totaling 1,970,268. Courts found the act unconstitutional under state rights principles.
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Washington
Supreme Court
H. Smith
Fayette County
Kentucky
Ford plant violence stalls after gunfire and gas clashes
In Kansas City the Ford assembly plant sustained injuries from gunfire and gas during a strike dispute. Police reported five wounded, two constables among victims, and returned 104 sympathizers released as fifteen UAW and CIO members were detained for investigation amid union tension and rehiring allegations.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
Ford
United Automobile Workers Union
Flood danger in Rome eases after week of rain
Rome reports a drop in the Tiber river after days of near cresting flood levels. Officials fear a renewed rise unless the trend holds as sunny weather returns. Damage estimated at 3 million dollars with thousands displaced, shelters and soup kitchens set up for victims.
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Rome
Tibet
WPA To Add 4500 To North Carolina Roll
Raleigh NC December 19 1937 George W Coan Jr state WPA administrator announced 4500 workers will be placed on WPA rolls in North Carolina during the first three months of 1938 By January 15 about 27000 persons will be on relief and the current quota is 2260 The action aims to provide jobs for a growing list of applicants.
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Asheboro
Clyde R. Hoey
D. B. McCrary
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Hoey
North Carolina
W. Vance Baise
L. &. Whitfield
Charles Ross
Highway Department
J. @. Redding
Franklin Dunlap
State Highway Commission
Washington
McCrary
Raleigh
George W. Coan, Jr
WPA
Counsel Continue Arguments Today In Supreme Court
In Raleigh today the Supreme Court heard the High Point hydro electric case over two days. Duke Power represented by W S O B Robinson Jr argued for 129 minutes with city and other plaintiffs adding input on the legality of revenue bonds and covenants. Justices questioned the act’s constitutionality and the plant’s impact on rates, while the technical points of the law and revenues were debated.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
High Point
W. S. O'B. Robinson, Jr
Duke Power Company
Rupert T. Pickens
R. L. Deal
Grover Jones
L. J. Fisher
J. P. Williamson
Pickens
Yadkin River
George Connor
Pennsylvania Faces Flood Threat From Rising Rivers
Rivers rose across western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia threatening lowlands as 60 hours of rain and snowmelt push the Allegheny and Monongahela toward a predicted 27 foot crest in Pittsburgh. The confluence at The Point stood at 22 feet at 11 a.m., rising steadily.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United States Weather Bureau
Golden Triangle
Alleghany
Monegahela
Ohi
Hydro-Electric Project Survey To Begin Monday
Ground breaking for the citys proposed 5 776 750 hydro electric project will start Monday with Murray and Flood engineers drilling at the Styers dam site on the Yadkin river 11 miles east of Winston Salem. The work follows a conference with city federal public works administration and Murray and Flood representatives.
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Murray and Flood, Incorporated
New York City
Styers Dam
Yadkin River
Winston Salem
Federal Public Works Administration
Murray and Flood
New York
Winston-Salem
Fh. A. Martin
J. B. Skinner
G. C. Rothrock
Martin
Hobson
Murray
Flood
PWA
Army Engineers
Charleston
War Department
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States This Week
The South Atlantic states forecast a fair and cool first half of the week with unsettled conditions north on Monday. Temperatures rise midweek, a rain period late week, then colder weather.
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South Atlantic
Tobacco Leader Carl Wainwright Harris Dies
Carl Wainwright Harris, 56, vice president and board member of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., died today in a New York hospital, according to word received in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Carl Wainwright Harris
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
New York
Disputed Wage Hour Bill Sent Back by House
A tense House session sent the wage hour bill back to the labor committee by a 216 to 198 vote. The defeat marks a major setback for Roosevelt program goals as Senate approval of the farm bill stood apart. Labor leadership faces renewed questions on how to proceed, with adjournment planned by April.
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Washington
House
Labor Committee
H Rayburn
D.tex
Senate
Taylor
R.tenn
Congress
Billys
White House
Bankhead
Norton
D-Nj
Inter
Investigation Of Five Power Plants On Yadkin Ordered
The U S Federal Power Commission ordered on its own motion investigations of five existing hydro plants on the Yadkin Pee Dee to assess their impact on navigability. The move follows a dispute over Carolina Aluminum and North Carolina rights amid the Tuckertown project contest.
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Yadkin
Power Commission
Tuckertown
Washington
Carolina Aluminum Company
North Carolina
Yadkin River
Aluminum Company
Carolina Power and Light Company
PeeDee River
South Carolina
Bailey
D-Nc
Commission
Senate
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