Last Minute Bulletins Fight Disrupts British Meeting
London reports recount a brawl in Limehouse town hall sparked by Sir Kingsley Wood praise of Premier Churchill. Balloons and fireworks flew as insults rose and a conservative member was shouted down while Wood sang God Save the King. Officials blame Mosley followers for the disturbance. Radio London also notes BBC plans to ignore Hitler warnings and continue news broadcasts. In Galveston four baby girls were born weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces to 4 pounds 9 ounces. Mother Mrs Bad 36 and father a construction foreman recover. one transfusion given at St Mary’s Zero hospital.
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London
Apritain
Kingsley Wood
God Save the King
Oswald Mosley
Limevuse Town Hall
Ingsley
Premier Champlain
Kingsley
Radio London
British Broadcasting Oorration
Hitler T
BBC Nightly News
Hellas
Galveston
Tex
W. FE
St. Mary's Rriary
W. J. Jinkins
Te Rth
Flue Cured Tobacco Exports Rise Amid 1938 Trend
Washington reports that flue-cured tobacco exports and usage in the last half of 1938 reached 256,562,823 pounds, up 23 percent from 1937. The bureau warns demand may ease next months, notes larger foreign sales to China, and projects total flue-cured consumption and exports for the season near last year’s 783.6 million pounds.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Ecorted
China
United States
Last Son
Refugee talks to remove Aryans from Germany stalled
Berlin February 1 The international refugee committee delegation led by Dr George Rublee planned to fly to London that night but offered no statement on the result of its discussions aimed at removing Aryans from Germany.
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Dtvr
George Rublee
London
Germany
North Carolina Philathea Union Sets April Convention Dates
Goldsboro Feb 1 The North Carolina Philathea Union fixes the annual convention dates for April 14 15 and 16 and the executive committee members are announced directing plans for the gathering.
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Goldsboro
Bers
North Carolina
City Overpays Street Assessments After Clerk Error
A clerical mistake in High Point led to the city releasing a property from street assessments totaling just over 1000 dollars. The error stemmed from misinforming buyers that assessments were paid due to poor record keeping. The council ordered improved records, held the city liable for the loss, and released Boyce's property while approving related assessments with conditions.
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High Point
Unce
Tax Department
C. 8. Grayson
J. B. Lovelace
R. C. Boyce
Cable Street
L. J. Fisher
Henry V. Koonts
Lewis Bennett
Bennett
Boyce
Morton
West Green Street
Charles Barrier
A. F. Taplin
Woodlawn
R. L. Lewis
H. 8
King
South Main
South Wrenn Streets
R. F. Kearns
Green and
Russell Streets
Crisis Nears In Fight On Budget Issue
In Raleigh on February 1, the senate finance committee reported the good roads bill unfavorably, risking its death. Only Hatcher and Umstead opposed, with Umstead hinting at a minority floor fight. The senate also set three unemployment law tweaks for debate and moved forward election law revisions, absentee voting limits, and tax relief for employers. A capital punishment abolition hearing was postponed, and the Gardner motorist accident bill became law as opposition to fireworks sales at Christmas failed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate Finance Committee
Assembly
Senate
Joint Finance Committee
Larkins
Jones
Hatcher
Burke
Umstead
Orange
Tompkins
Jackson
Cml
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joint Agriculture
Joint Appropriations Committee
Budget Commission
Gardner
Bain
No Agreement Reached In Farm Help Conference
Secretary Wallace said a two hour session with Southern senators and representatives failed to produce a solution to the cotton surplus. He planned to meet again with Senate and House agriculture leaders to draft legislation while seventeen senators opened public hearings on their cost of production bill as a substitute for the crop control act.
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Washington
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House Agriculture
Smith
D-Sc
Representatives Jones
D-Tex
Capitol
Peanut research briefs planned for legislative session
Raleigh Feb 1 Officers of county farm bureaus and the Peanut Stabilization Corporation will meet in Ahoskie at 2 pm tomorrow to prepare briefs for a legislative committee on peanut research needs. ER F Arnold said growers will appear before legislators February 7.
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Raleigh
Peanut Stabilization Corporation
Ahoskie
ER. F. Arnold
State Farm Bureau
Forced to arm in defense of world order says Johnson
Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war, told a radio forum that the United States was forced to arm to deter nations determined to dominate world affairs by military power. He cited a vast coastline, overseas possessions, and Monroe Doctrine duties as reasons for a powerful navy and air force. He stressed the air force as a psychological shield and a step to curb hysteria in danger.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
United States
General Federation of Women's Clubs
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnson
Small Orders Dominate At Furniture Market Show
By noon today 144 buyers, with many more expected in the afternoon, participated in steady trading focused on small orders. Exhibitors anticipate a strong day tomorrow but expect a tapering tone Friday as the winter show nears closing on Saturday. Attendance through noon lifts two week registrations to over 2,250.
Tax plan would tax salaries of government workers
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee previews a Roosevelt suggested reciprocal tax on salaries of federal state municipal and county employees. The plan aims to tax about 16 million annually from roughly 182000 government units, with most workers exempt due to salary payments and exemptions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Treasury
Commerce Department
Hoey Defends Taking Fund From Roads
Raleigh February 1 Officials brace for a clash as Governor Hoey defends diverting seven million dollars from the highway fund to the general fund over 30 months. He argues the move protects schools and the aged, while opponents insist gasoline tax revenue should stay with roads. He warns against broad tax shifts and says current sales tax policy limits diversions.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Commonwealth of Human
Trade Likely To Take Nazi First Place
Berlin reports that Hitler’s push to expand German trade may temporarily sideline political demands. A Feb. 28 German British trade meeting is planned in Duesseldorf, with Funk and Czech ministers discussing exports. Possible Schacht appointment as sales agent fuels talk of improving Latin American ties as Chamberlain’s peace terms draw cautious official response.
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Berlin
Hitler
Economics
Duesseldorf
Moscow
Funk
Juan F. Agcarate
United States
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Trade peace hint rises from Reich stag speech
London dispatch reports a hint that Hitler may seek a German British trade peace as Parliament weighs Chamberlains proposal to limit world armaments. Robert Spear Hudson, overseas trade secretary, urged ending trade warfare while Germany and Britain battle for Southeast European markets. Hitler warned nations must export or die.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
And
Hudson
Belk stores taxed under North Carolina chain law ruling
The state supreme court ruled Belk stores fall under the NC chain store tax rule as expanded in 1933, affecting $3,620 paid under protest for 1933-34 and likely taxes for subsequent years. The court also granted a new trial for Glenn Maxwell, convicted of murder, as it adjourned its fall session.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Belk
North Carolina
T. Wade Bruton
Glenn Maxwell
Charlie Shepherd
Alleghany County
Idaho Senator Borah Enters Emergency Hospital
Washington February 1. Senator William E Borah entered Emergency hospital today with a very severe case of grippe. The 1-year old dean of the senate was carried in by attendants, wrapped in blankets, as Mrs. Borah and Dr Worth Daniels, his physician, accompanied him.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Senate
Justice Trial Draws 100 Strong Mountain Folk Crowd
In Rockland County a 100 member mountain clan gathered at the courthouse for the first degree assault trial of Albert Allen of Mattawa New Jersey. The accused allegedly targeted Mrs Lottie Conklin mother of five during a gun point attack two months ago in a log cabin near Suffern New York. District Attorney George W Dorsey noted Allen was captured after complaints.
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New City
Lottie
Rockland County
Albert Allen
Mattwah
N. J
Lottie Conklin
George W
Fred Conklin
Simple ceremony marks fascist militia anniversary
In Rome on February 1 Premier Mussolini paid homage to Fascist black shirt fighters in Spain and reviewed 20000 militiamen. He gave medals to survivors of the Spanish and Ethiopian wars at the national monument beside Piazza Venezia, then watched troops march past in Via Nazionale, marking the th anniversary of the militia's organization.
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Charles H. Guptill
Rome
Mussolini
Spain
Il Duce
Piazza Venezia
Via Nazionale
Cortes meet in secret to vow continued resistance
In Figueras Spain the Cortes convened in secret behind the northeastern battlefront to display resolve against the Insurgents. The session aimed to affirm government resistance after last week's rout from Barcelona, with insurgent air raids threatening leaders and disrupting proceedings.
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Figueras
Spain
Parliament of
Cortes
Catalonia
Battelfront
Barcelona
Schiffner espionage sentence ends with harm in Berlin
Heinrich Schaffner, previously sentenced on November 18 for espionage, was severely harmed today in Berlin. The incident occurred amid ongoing coverage of the case and raises questions about security and court proceedings.
Roosevelt hints U. S. to sell war planes to democracies
President Roosevelt’s remarks on selling war planes to France and other democracies sparked partisan calls for full publicity on foreign policy. Senator Lodge urged public light on stabiliz ation funds while Senator Austin demanded open hearings on neutrality and defense. Debate split over how far the president outlined U S policy and whether frontiers would lie in France in a wider war scenario.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Lodge
KR Mass
Treasury
Austin
R-Vi
D-Nc
Civilian Conservation Corps
Germany
Italy
France
England
Labor Act Under New AFL Pressure
Miami February 1 The American Federation of Labor announced a campaign to mobilize affiliated unions behind revising the National Labor Relations Act. William Green indicated unions with claimed memberships over 5,000,000 would be urged to support the revision in Congress. Green planned to testify before Senate and House committees to justify curtailing the Labor Board’s powers amid rising AFL criticisms of bias toward CIO.
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T. F. Coman
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
William Green
ALF
Congress
Green
Senate
House Con Ites
Federation
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
CIO
France Uses Spanish Refugees for Hard Labor at Camp
At Argeles Sur Mer France begins forcing 200 Spanish government deserters to build the concentration camp facilities. A guard captain explains they will be fed adequately but must work under French military discipline as long as they remain in France.
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Peerpignan
France
Spain
Argeles-Sur-Mer
Argeles
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