High Point to Seek Rehearing in Power Case
High Point will ask the North Carolina Supreme Court to rehear the Duke Power and J. Paul Williamson injunction suit over a municipally owned hydroelectric plant on the Yadkin River. The move follows a conference of attorneys and requests clarification of the court's opinion reversing a lower court ruling and allowing the $5,776,750 PWA financed project.
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High Point
North Carolina
Duke Power Company
J. Paul Williamson
Yadkin Ver
Associateustice Winborne
Grover H. Jones
Rupert T. Pickens
Royal
Winston-Salem
W. H. Hoyt
Jeff B. Fordham
Reed, Hoyt
Modified Blue Law Resolution To Be Presented In City
A committee was appointed to confer with High Point Ministers association to draw up a Sunday Blue Laws resolution with a reasonable chance of passing at a 400 person meeting last night at the First Baptist church.
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High Point Ministers Association
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist
J. F. Wood
Farriss-Andrews
L. H. Zimmerman
Roy Culler
E. A. Lockwood
John Lloyd
Dr. Conrad
City Lake Park
Conrad
City
Japs Poised for Giant Campaign in China
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan preparing a major six frontage push to encircle 400000 Chinese troops along the Lunghai railway and seize the Yangtze corridor. The move follows seven months of buildup with a communique signaling an approaching zero hour and stronger morale in the Japanese armed forces.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Lunghai Railway
Yangtze River
Gardner Hinted as Possible First Paid NYSE President
Reports on Wall Street indicate O. Max Gardner former North Carolina governor and Roosevelt ally may become the New York Stock Exchange first paid president. Supporters see his candidacy amid plans to reorganize exchange administration, with a new board to be chosen by members before Gay’s May term ends.
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North Carolina
Wall Street
Post
Securities Board
New York
O. Max Gardner
Roosevelt
Board of Governors
Roosevelt to seek large relief appropriation for five months
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress within days to appropriate between 200 million and 300 million dollars for five months of relief. The request targets February through April and backs the Works Progress Administration with a deficiency sum to cover unemployment in automobile cities. Key leaders and officials met at the White House to discuss relief needs and possible bill language.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Aubrey Willamas
WPA
Bell
Williams
White House
Capitol
King George II Visit to France Signals Anglo French Ties
London observers hail the June state visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Paris to meet President Albert Lebrun. The trip, planned for June 28 to July 1, is seen as a show of close democracy ties and Britain’s deterrent stance against potential European aggression.
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London
George
France
Europe
Hitler
Rome
Elizabeth
Albert Lebrun
Paris
Britain
The
Daily Express
Duke of Windsor
Edward
the Express
House Approves Crop Control Bill to Senate
Washington Feb 9 The House approved the revised crop control bill and sent it to the Senate after four hours of debate. The measure would extend the Soil Conservation Act machinery allowing farmers to follow marketing regulations for wheat cotton tobacco and rice with Senate House joint committee drafting from separable measures. Representative Rees Kans warned against expanded government control while Gilchrist urged farmers need for a substantial permanent relief.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rotary Wallace
Rees
R-Kans
Gilchristian
Laymen Oppose Methodist Union Sparks Regional Debate
Augusta, February 9. A laymen movement formed to block unification of the three Methodist branches ahead of the Birmingham general conference on April 28. Atlanta educator Jere A. Wells warns the merger would revive race tensions and harm the South. Nashville leader T. C. Keeling predicts financial loss and widespread unemployment from the union plan.
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Augusta
Mercer
Thorn Church
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jere A. Wells
Wells
Fulton County
Nashville
T. C. Keeling
Tennessee
Peanut farmers to confer with Wallace on crop controls
A committee of 200 former Carolina Virginia peanut growers met in N C to discuss with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace methods to control the peanut crop.
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Wallace Jackson
N. C
Carolina
Virginia
Wallace
Power Alliance to Prevent War Proposed at UNC
Soviet concept of the only way to avert a second world war is outlined by Alexander Troynavaky, the Russian ambassador to Washington, in a UNC address. He argues danger of war is greater now than before World War I and recalls Germany's lack of alliance with Japan in 1914.
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Chapel Hill
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Alexander Troynavaky
Ambasasdor
Washington
University of North Carolina
Germany
Japan
Capone Rumored to be Transferred to Federal Insane Hospital
Reports from Alcatraz indicate Al Capone may move from the prison ward to the Springfield Missouri Federal Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Doctors note possible paresis and discuss malaria treatment as a curable condition, while officials deny orders for any transfer.
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al Capone
Federal Insane Hospital
AN Francisco
Alcatraz Island Federal Prison
Federal
Springfield
Chicago
Edward Twitchell
Alcatraz
Capone
James A. Johnston
Florida bandits loot safe of bar on Biscayne
Three masked bandits entered the Arena bar on Biscayne Boulevard at 8 am while workers changed shifts. They pistol whipped eight employees and one customer, forced them upstairs, and pried open about 30 safe deposit boxes, fleeing with cash and jewelry estimated at 50 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Miami
Fia
Fed
Arena
Biscayne Boulevard
Rebels push toward sea in eastern Spain four day surge
In Hendaye on February 9, Spanish insurgents halted to bury dead and tally captives after a four day offensive that seized 230 square miles north of Teruel. Officials say thousands of prisoners and large munitions hauls were taken as aerial raids resumed along the Mediterranean coast near Sagunto and Carel De Fels.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Teruel
Mediterranean
Sagunto
Barcelona
Car’el de Fels
Berle Named Assistant Secretary of State by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt nominated Adolf A. Berle Jr. of New York to be Assistant Secretary of State. Berle will replace Hugh Wilson who has been reassigned to a post abroad.
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Adolf Berle
Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
New York
Berle
Hugh Wilson
Duke Power to Build Rural Lines Near Mount Pleasant and Mount Vernon
Raleigh reports the state rural electrification authority announced Duke Power will construct short rural lines near Mount Pleasant in Stanly County and in the Mount Vernon community of Rowan County.
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Raleigh
State Rural Electrification Authority
Duke Power Company
Mount Pleasant
Stanly County
Mount Vernon
Rowan County
Unemployed In State Receives $57 760 In Benefits
Raleigh February 9 The Unemployment Compensation Commission had sent out 9 580 checks totaling 57 760 in compensation to unemployed workers. Chairman Charles G Powell said the agency was about two days behind in processing payments but was operating around the clock to catch up.
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Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Charles G. Powell
Powell
Bids Open Feb 21 For Woman's College Modernization
Greensboro February 9 bids to be opened February 21 for modernization work on three units of the Spencer Building at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina here.
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Greensboro
Spencer Build
Woman's College of T
University of North Caroline
Nazis Name Own Attorney For Churchman's Defense
Berlin reports the Nazi state appointed a defense attorney for Rev. Martin Niemoeller, the Protestant leader accused of inciting disobedience. Niemoeller had dismissed his previous lawyers and demanded public proceedings, while the trial remained suspended awaiting the official attorney.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Niemoeller
Niemoelier
Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Crowd in Greensboro
Worth D. Henderson forecasts a large turnout for the ninth annual statewide Lincoln Day dinner. Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York will be the keynote speaker, introduced by J. Bennett Riddle Jr. of Morganton. Silas B. Casey of High Point toasts. State Chairman William C. Meekine to speak. state executive committee meets afternoon.
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Greensboro
Worth D. Henderson
Committee
Hamilton Fish
J. Bennett Riddle, Jr
Morganton
Silas B. Casey
High Point
William C. Meekine
Hendersonville
Maxwell Outlines State Objectives in Charlotte
Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell outlined six goals for North Carolina to achieve a more balanced state. They include greater industry and agriculture diversification, more farm and home owners, expanded North Carolina history in schools, and increased historical markings. He cited President Roosevelt’s praise of the state as the best balanced in the union.
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Charlotte
A. Jd. Maxwell
North Carolina
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Mannell
New Iberia Woman Faces Death Penalty Appeal
Honora Miguel, 21, condemned for the Sept 21 cafe murder of Evelyn Allen Crawford in New Iberia Louisiana, awaits a governor set execution date as defense attorney Prevost vows to appeal to the State Supreme Court. The jury had convicted Miguel last week for shooting the victim as she sat with her husband.
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New Iberia
Honora Miguel
Evelyn Allen Crawford
James D. Simon
Highway Department
Defense Council
C. Arthur Prevost
State Supreme Court
Miguel
Wineskie Re elected President Of High Point Hotel Co
Frank Wineskie was re elected president at the annual meeting of stockholders and directors held at the Sheraton. Officers W F Tate and R T Am were named vice presidents and C F Tomlinson secretary treasurer. Directors elected include R Amos C F Tomlinson Forrest Murray and others. From 1933 to 1937 gross income rose about 78000 with three years of improvements at the Sheraton and reduced indebtedness. Operations reported a steady rise in business and earnings.
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Frank Wineskie
High Poi
Ann
Sheraton Hotel
W F. N. Tate
R. T. Am
C. F. Toinson
R. Amos
C. F. Tomlinson
F. Tate
Forrest Murray
R. Terry
John 8. Pickett
Wineskie
Wescott Roberson
J. B
Dr W L Lambert Resigns as Randolph County Coroner
Dr W L Lambert resigned yesterday as Randolph County coroner in Heboro North Carolina. The official change follows his service in the county role and triggers a process to appoint a successor.
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Heboro
N. C
W. L. Lambert
Randolph Ty
Navy Bill Passes Narrow Path With Hull Denials
Secretary Hull denies any naval understanding with England or any country. Senate leaders say his statements smooth the route of the 880 million dollar navy expansion. Critics expect fireworks as neutrality bloc challenges the bill and shifts funding toward aircraft.
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Senate
Hull
England
Barkley
Kentucky
Secretary
Johnson
Calif
United States
Great Britain
Rosevelt
Chicago
Schwellen
Porter
Fiull
Nye
R-Ind
Neutrality Bloc
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