Defense mood solid in United States says American Legion leader
Indianapolis February fifteenth. National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick reports strong public resolve for defense during National Defense Week. He cites lessons from Ethiopia China and Czechoslovakia and urges a ready reserve of trained manpower to deter aggression while avoiding entanglement. Chadwick notes many World War veterans are past service age and pushes youth recruitment to maintain readiness.
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Indianapolis
United
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Oday
Chadwick
Oll
Midwest
Lincoln
Ashington
Ethion
China
Czechoslovakia
Ople
Ople's Affairs.” Chadwick
Attle
Road bill push seeks extra four million for highways
Raleigh report notes lawmakers push to allocate four million more for roads matching last year’s amount. Debate centers on budget vs governor plans with opposition to divert highway funds to moral programs as part of a larger appropriations discussion.
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Balatine
Morse
Atdes
Budk
Morphew
Clarence Stone
Nazi to widen Kiel Canal to speed fleet
Berlin Feb 15 Nazi Germany moves to widen the Kiel Canal to enable parallel traffic for the Bismarck after its completion two years hence. Goering endorses a decree to mobilize labor across Germany for wartime tasks, prioritizing canal work under the four year plan.
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Eprlin
Nazirmany
Fuehrer
Reich
Illee
North Sea
Panama
Suez
Bismarck
Hitler
Kiel Canal
Field Marsh
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Ereby
Fed- 1
Germany
Nat Aus Deuutschland
Goering
Man Finds Extra Cash In Old Gas Tank
In Hanute Kansas A Cottrell discovered 25.75 dollars hidden in a torn gas tank after purchasing fuel and a new tank. He had previously found loose change while refueling, totaling the unusual amount.
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Hanute, Kas
A. Cottrell
Princes of the Church May Become Pope
The article outlines the careers of four cardinals Nasalli Rocca Fossati Piazza and Boetto with births in 1871 to 1876 and careers from archbishoprics to the College of Cardinals. It notes Boetto will be 68 in May and discusses paths toward papal succession as speculation.
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Maurizio Cardinal Fossati
Turin
Cardinal Fossati
Arome
Italy
Maurizio Fossati
Novara
Congregation of the Oblates of
Sts. Gaudentius and
Charles
Florence
Fossati
Sassari
College of Cardinals
Vigone
Pietro Cardinal Boetto
Society of Jesus
Glaveno
Chieri
Provence
Society
Aragon
Castille
Spain
Cardinal Boetto
General Curia
Sacred Congregation of the Religious
College of the Cardinals
Argentina orders sharp cut in purchases from America
Buenos Aires reports a government decision to reduce US imports to prewar levels, a move likely to shift business to Germany and Britain. Finance Minister Pedro Groppo says the cut, about 40 percent from 1938 figures, is by withholding import permits and aims to restore a favorable trade balance for Argentina as a debtor nation. Britain remains eager for more Argentine sales.
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Henry T. Johnston
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Pedro Groppo
Hull
Groppo
Britain
Duke Brings Harvard Dean Pound for Centennial Lecture
Dean Pound, Harvard Law School's 21 year dean, will deliver a Duke centennial lecture Friday on American juristic thinking in the twentieth century at the university campus. He is scheduled to appear as part of Duke's centennial lecture series.
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Dean Pound
Duke
Harvard
Trade tensions deepen as Argentina and Germany barter deals rise
United States importers fear losing ground in the Argentine market amid Germany's barter offers of wheat and beef for German manufactured goods. Observers cite renewed strains between Argentina and Germany over continental solidarity at Lima and a bilateral path to settlement.
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Germany
United States
Lima
Impres
Murphy Bill Wins As House Clashes With Caffey Motion
Raleigh observers note Walter Murphy presses his graduate schools for Negroes bill while John Caffey objects and the chamber rejects his motion. Moore county fair regulation bill draws tax-evading fears and moves to finance. Oscar Johnston, head of the cotton industry, to address a joint assembly session on cotton uses.
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Raleigh
Walter Murphy
House
Pete
North Carolina
John Caffey
Guildford
Mr. Murphy
Committee On Justices of the Peace
Caffey
Murphy
Joint Committee On Agriculture
Assembly
Oscar Johnston
Johnson
Scott, Miss
Virginia-Carolina
National Cotton Council
Young Monte's Son Becomes Honorary House Page
The House of Representatives added a new page yesterday as the son of J. H. Monte, a noted anti diversion advocate, was made an honorary page. He is officially J. H. Jr., but goes by Jake.
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House of Representatives
J. H. Monte
Young Monte
Jake
Hickory Contracting Bill Moves After Tie Vote
In the session clamor over urban expansion, the Ralph Flowers bill to contract Hickory in Catawba county advances after a committee approval. Flowers says current lines place about one third of a mill village inside the city and proposes moving all property out to the county.
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Ralph Flowers
Hickory
Catawba County
Representative Flowers
Committee On
Flowers
Senator Lumpkin Seeks FHA Funds for North Carolina
Senator Lumpkin says North Carolina has not received its fair share of Federal Housing Loans and that Congress members cannot obtain action in Washington. He offered and the Senate passed under rule suspension a resolution urging the congressional delegation to investigate the FHA and explain why more money isn’t accessible for North Carolina.
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Senator Lumpkin
North Carolina
Congress
Washington
Lumpkin
FHA
Ministers Institute Planned by North Carolina Wesleyans
The Eastern District ministers of the North Carolina conference Wesleyan Methodist Church will convene Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Hayworth Church for two days of Institute work. Leading ministers will discuss ministry topics in morning and afternoon sessions with Rev. E J Henderson delivering Evangelism messages at 7:15 p.m. each evening. Special music is arranged under choir leader Fey F B Denard.
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North Carolina Conference
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Hayworth
Fey
F. B. Denard
Columbus and the horse in Americas
The passage notes that when Columbus reached the continent there were no horses, yet fossil records show horses originated in America and once existed in various species across the land.
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Columbus
Ierica
Argentine foreign trade policy and U S tariffs discussed
Washington reports note continued U S tariff policy at odds with Argentina while offers of tariff reductions on some Argentine products are discussed. Imports from the United States rose to 20.3 percent of Argentine total in 1938, with a 255 million dollar balance of payments deficit. Argentina exported gold to cover the shortfall as Gropposald reports.
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Gropposald
United Statees
Ar.eutina
America's No 1 Hobby Growing A Home Garden
The essay extols gardening as America's top hobby for a 40 hour week era. It praises seed catalogs to spring dreams, personal and physical benefits, garden design as art, and gardening's emotional pleasures from planting to harvest. It invites readers to start with a window box seed packet this spring.
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America
Edward VIII
Fort Velvidere
Highway Patrol Bill Faces Labor Federation Opposition
C A Fink, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor, calls the Larkins bill highly dangerous. He fears expanding patrol power could turn the force into a strikebreaking agency while opposing labor unrest and political manipulation ahead of a 1940 governor bid. Critics warn of increased personnel as a political tool and recall 1932 patrol role in prior primary confrontations.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
N. C
Larkins
General Assembly
C. A. Fink
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Highway Patrol
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Decide Whether To Close Schools
Chicago faces a decision on closing public schools amid a flu outbreak. A survey shows 100000 pupils and 1200 teachers absent. Dr Robert A Black says the health board will decide. William H Johnson, the schools superintendent, is among the flu victims and several deaths are recorded.
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Chicago
Wiliam H. Johnson
Robert A. Black
Health Board
Black
Provincetown to test shorts law with arrest of teams
Irked by a summer ban on shorts, Provincetown residents plan to arrest high school basketball players who appear in uniforms deemed too short. The town meeting ordinance requires garments in public to reach at least to the knees.
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Provincetown
Mass
Reb
J Will Coble 63 Kept Final Rites in Asheboro
Final rites for J Will Coble 63 were held at Melanchthon Lutheran Church as the pastor Rev Carl Fisher conducted services. Burial followed at the church cemetery after he was found dead at his home on Julian route one Sunday afternoon.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
J. Will Coble
Julian
Route One
Melanchthon Lutheran Church
Carl Fisher
Death of A Querry Neely Prompted Funeral for Charlotte Resident
Mrs. J. W. Hunter and her son Neely Hunter traveled to Charlotte after the sudden death of A Querry Neely brother of Mrs. Hunter. He leaves a widow Frances Neely and three brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the residence in Charlotte.
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A. Querry Neely
Enterprise
Asheboro
J. W. Hunter
Neely Hunter
Charlotte
Hunter
Bicycle victim Charles Barnett dies after crash near Pink Hill
Charles Barnett 51 died from injuries after a bicycle collision with an automobile Sunday near Pink Hill. He resided in Kinston and died yesterday from the crash injuries.
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Carles Barnett Kinston
Charles Barnett
Pink Hill
Funeral for Robert E. Nifong Held at Rich Fork Baptist
Funeral services for Robert Edward Nifong who died at his home on National Highway Thomasville were conducted Tuesday at 2 pm at Rich Fork Baptist church. Rev T C Vaughn and Rev J D Newton led the service with pallbearers named as Robert Hundley Bill Hall Joe Russell Joe Riley Clifford Bailey and burial in the family church cemetery.
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Robert E. Nifong
Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
Robert Edward Nifong
National Highway
Rich Fork
Robert
Jack Hundley
Bill Hall
Joe Russell
Joe Riley
Clifford Bailey
Queen's Royal Regiment Guides Drill Music by Radio
In Guidford England the Queen's Royal Regiment has no band and uses radio for music during drill and parade duties.
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Queen's Royal Regiment
Guidford
England
Question Column Seeks Marjorie Mansfield Guidance
Maryorie asks readers to address problems to Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. Letters will be answered in these columns.
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Marjorie Mansfield
Dear Miss Mansfield Advice on a 19 year old's marriage choice
A nineteen year old writes about loving a 33 year old fiancé with a diamond gift. Her mother fears an older husband, while father supports the girl’s judgment. The advisor argues maturity and warns against marrying a much younger man, noting experts favor older husbands for stability.
Family Finances Strain Over Borrowing Conflicts
A speaker reports repeated borrowing requests from their father who earns three times their income and never repays. They plan to return home weekend after payday but fear harsh treatment when asking for a dress, recalling past punishment. The situation centers on trust, money, and family dynamics.
Unmarried Woman Seeks Guidance On Marriage Proposal
A woman writes that she has been dating an eighteen year old she mentions as unacquainted to others and asks for guidance on whether to marry him. She seeks thoughts on suitability and timing.
Advice on delaying marriage and choosing independence
The writer counsels Kathleen to postpone marriage for several years, suggests she can work and support herself, and warns that unhappy marriage with an unsuitable partner is worse than dealing with irksome families. She urges sticking up for her rights and careful choice.
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Jennie
Kathleen
Parents should allow children to choose their marriage partners
The article argues that parents should not control their children's marriages unless there is a clear reason to object. It urges confidence and open discussion between generations and suggests guiding the child with experience rather than dictating relationships.
Wise Choice Promises Hope for Jennie’s Future
A hopeful note says success and happiness await Jennie if she acts wisely and makes a good choice. The message emphasizes personal responsibility and the rewards of prudent decisions.
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Jennie
Savings Advice for Families in a Letter
The writer urges the sister to earn her own money and start saving. It recommends opening a savings account with a bank or postal savings, depositing before going home, and using a checkbook for safety. Small deposits build comfort and security against emergencies.
Waiting and saving for shared future plans
Advice on timing marriage and building independence by saving for clothes and home items. Encourages personal earnings to stay with the individual, urges pleasant relations with family, notes potential pressure from relatives and a sister who may want financial help.
Advice on money and marriage for Kathleen
A cautious note urges Kathleen to save money and seek life’s abundance without rushing into marriage as a quick fix for an unhappy home. It counsels careful choices and patience in forming a lasting, stable household.
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Kathleen
Tankers Pan Virginian and Chile Oil Grounded Off Cape Fear
The Pan Virginian ran aground at Reaves Point in the Cape Fear river Sunday morning and the Chile Oil, sent to aid, grounded off Orton Point four miles north of Reaves Point. The U S C G cutter Modoc and three tugs planned to assist. 4000 barrels of gasoline were moved from Pan Virginian to the Ohio OWT as it floated, but Chile Oil remained stuck as attempts continued to refloat both vessels.
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Wilmington
Reaves Point
Cape Fear River
Chile Oil
Orton Point
Southport
Modoc
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