Disarmament Conference urged as farm bill faces critics
Representative Fish urged the House to call an international arms conference to curb world armament and seek naval parity with the United States. A Utah senator pressed Congress to instruct the President to convene a global arms talks. The debate linked rising arms spending to burdens on people, industry, and trade, referencing Japan's naval limits.
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Representative Fish
House Committee
D-Uteah
Congress
Evert
Fish
Japan
Great Britain
Supreme Court endorses South Carolina truck limits
The Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina rules capping truck gross weight to 20 000 pounds and width to 90 inches can apply to vehicles using interstate commerce on state roads. The decision rejects claims of unconstitutional interference with federal authority and upholds regulatory power over highways.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Stone
South Carolina
Resident Signs Smoky Park Bill
Washington February 14 President signed a bill authorizing 743000 for lease by the Interior Secretary of additional lands in Tennessee to complete Smoky National Park Representative McReynolds said an early appropriation would be sought to carry out the authorization.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Interior
Tennessee
Smoky National Park
McReynolds
eReynolds
Nash voluntary non suit in $5,000 suit against hospital
Special to The Enterprise reports M W Nash filed a voluntary non suit in the Superior court at Greensboro on February 14. He had sought $5,000 against Burrus Hospital Inc and Dr Flagge of High Point claiming he did not receive adequate treatment while confined there with illness. Judge EB C Bivens presided.
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Eensboro
Rising Sun Warriors Drive Toward Key China Battle
In Shanghai on February 14, Japanese forces advance toward Kaifeng along the Lunghai and Yellow rivers. They press south from the Pinghan and Taming highways, clashing with Chinese troops as bridges are blown to slow the advance. General Chiang Kai-Shek leads resistance amid five Japanese field offensives toward central China.
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Henan
Asia
Lunghai Railway
Yellow River
Pinghan
Taming
Kaifeng
Sunehai Line
Central China
Hwai River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Clinard Milling President J W Clinard Dies in Duke Hospital
John Wilson Clinard head of Clinard Milling Co and a real estate figure in the city died at Duke Hospital around 2 35 am from pneumonia after an automobile accident in Durham Friday. He was born August 27 1880 in Davidson County, son of William Martine and Victoria Thomas Clinard. He attended Oak Ridge Military Academy.
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Clinard Milling Company
Duke Hospital
Durham
Mr. Clinard
Davidson County
William Martine
Victoria Thomas Clinard
Oak Ridge
Hoey Sees Patriotism and Religion United in Solving Civilization
Governor Clyde Hoey of North Carolina, en route home from Chicago, said patriotism and religion will unite to solve the nation’s problems. He spoke on Lincoln Day, calling Lincoln “the supreme example” of both patriotism and faith, and expressed confidence in the United States amid social changes.
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Chicago
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Hoey
Henry Horner
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Reynolds wary on speaking in North Carolina primary
Raleigh Feb 14 AP Senator Robert R Reynolds said he is not at all certain he will make speeches on his behalf in the June Democratic primary in North Carolina. He is opposed by Rep Frank W Hancock Jr of Oxford and Rev A A Johnson of Buncombe County. Reynolds noted favorable signs after a swing through southeastern North Carolina last week.
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Raleigh
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Frank W. Hancock, Jr
Oxford
A. A. Johnson
Buncombe County
Wright in New Freedom Fight
Paul A. Wright, convicted of manslaughter for the slaying of his wife and John Kimmel, sought another bid for freedom as a four women and eight men jury considered whether he was insane when he shot Mrs Wright and Kimmel in his Glendale living room on November 9.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimmel
Wright
Baby dies in house fire near Trinity Road
Four month old Ronald Patterson Dillon died when a fire swept the family home on old Trinity road route two about 3 1/2 miles from the city center this morning around 8 o'clock. The mother had left to fetch medicine for the sick infant leaving a six year old in charge. She returned to find the small frame house burning.
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City
Trinity Road
Route Two
John Dillon
State Highway and Public Work Commission
Ronald Patterson
Gordon
Struc
Newell Willing to Be Chairman of State GOP
Jake F. Newell of Charlotte a longtime Republican leader said he would accept the chairmanship of the North Carolina state executive committee if the party desires it. The Charlotte Observer notes Newell, a 1932 U S Senate candidate, emerged from Greensboro meeting as a certain nominee and likely will be unopposed at the March 16 state convention.
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Charlotte
Jake F. Newell
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Newell
U. S. Senate
Republican Committee
Greensboro
California Stormcontinues unchecked in west coast weather siege
Frigid Pacific storms persist from California to Michigan with widespread flooding. In northern California floods threaten 25 000 acres of farmland while Bridgeport reports another storm fatality Tony Sparcevich crushed in an avalanche. Michigan floods force hundreds from homes. Mt Clemens sees 100 000 dollar losses as Clinton River runs wild. No deaths reported in statewide tally though rescues occur.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Bridgeport
Tony Sparcevich
Sacramento River
thelusa-Sacramento
Detroit
Michigan
Mt. Clemens
Donald R. Westendorf
Clinton
O. O. McIntyre dies at 53 after long Day by Day career
Oscar Odd McIntyre renowned New York Day by Day columnist died in his Park Avenue apartment. The Ohio native had a quarter century of city reporting and his column appeared in nearly 400 newspapers. Cause of death was not disclosed.
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New York
Oscar Odd McIintyre
New York City
Park Avenue
Ohio
McIntyre
Request To Rehear Power Case Ready In High Point
The city of High Point files with the North Carolina Supreme Court for a rehearing of the Duke Power case to reverse or modify the court’s decision. City Attorney Grover H. Jones and local attorney James B. Lovelace travel to Raleigh with the petition seeking a stay of the judgment until final disposition on the rehearing.
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High Point
North Carolina Supreme Court
Itsydro-Electric
Duke Power Company
J. Paul Williamson
Grover H. Jones
Raleigh
James B. Lovelace
H. R. Kyser
Thomasville
Supreme Court
Mr. Lovelace
Cannon Will Be Buried in York
J W Cannon the third 2 year old son of a prominent textile family died in a plane crash 35 miles southeast of Aitken South Carolina He will be buried in York South Carolina tomorrow His father a York manufacturer and his grandfather founder of Cannon textile interests are named in the report.
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8. C
J. W. Cannon
Southrn
Here
York
Cannon
Orlando
Fla
Barnwell
Northern Cotton Mill Wages Show Northern Advantage
The U S Labor Department reports northern cotton mill workers earned about 10.2 cents more per hour than southern workers in July 1937. Tolles notes wage gaps varied since NRA invalidation, with regional productivity and product mix affecting costs. New England mills averaged 49.9 cents per hour, while southern states ranged from 38.5 to 40.6 cents. About 22 percent of textile workers were in New England and 75 percent in four southern states.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Supreme Court
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Tolles
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Rhode Island
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Maine
Alabama
Georgia
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South Carolina
United States
Doctor to Speak on Heart Tonight in Charlotte
Dr. Paul D. White of Massachusetts General Hospital will deliver the first of seven medical lectures in Charlotte tonight under the University of North Carolina Extension Service and Medical School. He will address the heart topic for the audience.
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Paul D. White
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Ofth
University of North Carolina Extension Service and Medical School
Stalin Calls on Workers of All Nations to Unite
Moscow February 14 Joseph Stalin in a Pravda letter urged strengthening ties between Soviet workers and foreign working classes to secure the final victory of socialism by safeguarding the USSR from attack. The message did not specify collaboration with foreign parties or advocate overthrow of capitalism in other nations.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
Noe Leaves Bed Gains 40 Pounds in Weeks
Memphis Tennessee February 14 The Rev Israel Harding Noe former fasting dean of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral prepared to leave his hospital bed He will go to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for further treatment with the approval of Bishop James M Maxon Friends say Noe has made extraordinary progress weighing over 140 pounds now up from 100 pounds three weeks earlier
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
James M. Maxon
Tennessee
Revolutionary farm bill nears Roosevelt signature
Washington February 14 AP reports the administration's new farm program cleared Senate approval after weeks of controversy. The bulky measure now proceeds to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
McAdoo calls farm bill reform a Revolutionary measure
Senator McAdoo labels the administration crop control bill revolutionary and predicts it will provoke a loud backlash leading to repeal after the next congress. He critiques a provision freeing certain farm products from penalties and warns of bureaucratic control angering farmers.
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Washington
McAdoo
Dcalif
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burke
D-Neb
National Labor Relations Board
Barkley
Kentucky
Guilford Man Sentenced Thirty Years In Robbery Case
Jerry Shetley aged 36 received a 30 year state prison term for complicity in a Rest-A-Bit station robbery and deadly assault on Tommy Pierce in Guilford County. Three men, including Horace Nichols and Marvin Cannady, were implicated and given ten years each. Pierce was shot five times, lost an eye, and was critically wounded.
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Greensboro
Jerry Shetley
Guilford County Superior Court
J. Will Press, Jr
Marion
California
Marvin Cannady
Tommy Pierce
Pierce
Shetley
Sam Davis
High Point
Marion Johnson
Willie Douglas
Caplas
Boy 16 Shoots Man After Dispute Over Sister
In Goldsboro on February 14 Walter L. Jones, 41, died from a pistol wound believed to be self inflicted by Jack Ward, 16, after Jones allegedly struck Ward’s sister Belette Ward in a dispute over a former filling station partnership. Ward claimed he shot Jones in response to the attack. Deputy Sheriff Roy Pereise reported the account.
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Walter L. Jones
Roy Percise
Jack Ward
Pereise
Jones
Betelle Ward
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