Welles Report May Decide Roosevelt Third Term Fate
Washington dispatch notes Sumner Welles may return with information shaping Roosevelt's third term. Democratic leaders like Farley see Europe as the key to the term question. Welles, aged with Groton and Harvard ties to the President, may influence policy and potentially inform the July convention lineup.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Sumner Welles
Europe
Roosevelt
Farley
Welles
Beeson Hardware Sports Gear And Stainback Spring Fashions
Beeson Hardware offers a new stock of baseball and tennis equipment including gloves balls bats and tennis rackets for city court play at Plair Park. Also new golf jackets waterproof and foldable, new Flywheel-Action balls and trophy engraving services. Stainback's shows bright spring suits hats and a Doris Lewis led display. Baker's features Countr y Club sport oxfords in multiple styles and materials. Postwar economic planning is discussed in Australia.
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Beeson Hardware Company
Plair Park
Beeson Hardware
Stainback’s
Stainback'’s
Doris Lewis
Baltimore
Augusta
Jamestown clubs hear talks and elect new officers
Jamestown Modern Book Club heard Vera Idol of High Point College discuss almanacs, noting Poor Richard's and Blum's Almanac. Jamestown Hi Y elected new officers led by Jack Futrelle, and admitted several new members. Founder's Day activities planned for February 29 were announced.
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Jamestown
Modern Book Club
Gertrude Moore
Ora Sublette
E. 8. Armfield
Elizabeth Hanner
Vera Idol
High Point College
Richard
Blum
Valentine
Jefferson Roof
Robbins Tilden
Jamestown Hi-Y
Jack Futrelle
Clyde Johnson
Odell Carmichel
Raymond Skeen
Bobby Floyd
Basil Meredith
Howard Moran
Homer Hubbard
Arnold Kimsey
James Fink
Jamie Hester
Parent-Teacher Association
North Carolina Beta Club to Convene in Raleigh
The annual Beta Club convention meets in Raleigh March 9 with Senator Robert R Reynolds scheduled to speak. The event gathers Beta clubs from across the state to discuss activities and plans for the year.
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Reynolds
Raleigh
North Carolina
Beta Club
Robert R. Reynolds
Fair Tax Meeting Set in Greensboro Feb 27
The North Carolina Fair Tax Association schedules a Greensboro meeting on February 27 with speaker David Owens of Charlotte addressing tax policy.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
David Owens
Charlotte
Local Weather Outlook for Several States Tonight Into Tuesday
Forecasts show mostly cloudy and unsettled conditions across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with cooler nights and possible light rain in mountains. Virginia expects intermittent rain turning to light snow in extreme west. Coastal winds shift from southeast to northeast with moderate to fresh gusts.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Broadway Melody of 10940 at Center
Film listings announce Broadway Melody of 10940 starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell with showtimes at 1 22 3 20 5 18 and 7 16 9 14.
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Fred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
Dutch freighter Alkmaar abandoned after grounding near Cape Verde
In a Cape Verde Islands incident the 6,982 ton Dutch freighter Alkmaar ran aground and was reported a total loss. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up by the Portuguese destroyer Vouga that had rushed to aid them.
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Rotterdam
Alkmaar
Cape Verde Islands
Vouga
Bud Freeman’s 1899 homer record stood until 1922
Washington report notes Bud Freeman hit 25 homers in 1899, a mark that held for 23 years until Rogers Hornsby surpassed it with 42 in 1922. Greensboro report adds five dog show dates in the southeastern circuit with Charleston, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, and Roanoke venues scheduled in October.
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Ruth
Washington
Bud Freeman
Rogers Hornsby
Greensboro
Charleston
8. C
Charlotte
Durham
Roanoke
Tigers Pick Up Beaumont Recruit From Texas League
Detroit signed outfielder Ned Harris from Beaumont of the Texas League. He had never played professional baseball before last season.
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Detroit
Ned Harris
Tigers
Beaumont
Silk shipments from Japan rise 39 percent in 1939
Shipments of raw silk from Japan last year were valued at 39 percent above those of 1938, indicating a notable increase in export activity and demand for Japanese silk in 1939.
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Japan
Nazis Storing Oil From Soviet Supply In Romanian Tanks
Bucharest reports Germany stores tens of thousands of tons of Soviet oil in Romanian reservoirs awaiting spring thaw. Three more Soviet tankers docked at Constanta as Romanian tanks are leased to Germany. Danube barges will move oil once rivers thaw. Tankers from Batum fed by pipelines from Baku mark a new war fuel source for the Reich.
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Rumania
Bucharest
Germany
Danube
Constanta
Berlin
Batum
Russia
Black Sea
Baku
Reich
Balkans
Services At The Churches Calendar Sunday Sermon
Christian Science lesson-sermon for Sunday February 18 centers on the Soul theme. Golden Text from Leviticus and cited Bible verses frame the call to divine presence and life. The Science and Health text argues immortality of the soul and unity with God as essential proof of immortality.
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Mary Baker Eddy
F D R Heads for Pearl fishing trip amid security and plans
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, surrounded by admirers as he left, discussed contemplated improvements and additions to the canal defenses with military, naval and civilian officials. His ship the U S S Tuscaloosa and destroyer escorts Lang and Jouett were believed headed for Pearl or Cocos Islands for several days of fishing.
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Edwin M. Watson
Canal
U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
Lang
Jouett
Pearl
Cocos Islands
Russians claim deep advance beyond Mannerheim Line
The Russians reported piercing deep into the Mannerheim Line while Finland admitted only small losses of advance posts. Moscow claimed the capture of 475 defensive fortifications during the past week.
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Mannerheim
Finns Win funding questioned for Finland merchandise loan
The loan administrator testified that payment gating for already purchased merchandise would depend on shipping decisions. When asked about security for Export Import Bank advances to Finland, Jones said a $10 million loan relied on the assumption Finland would endure and was not secured by U.S. property.
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Finland
Jones
Hit and run driver hunted after Raleigh fatality
Raleigh officers hunted today a hit and run driver whose car struck and killed Willie F. Austin near the city Saturday night. Austin was employed by a bus line garage here.
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Raleigh
Willie F. Austin
Austin
Americans in Arctic War Remnants of a Forgotten Campaign
The article recalls 1918 19 American war volunteers who served in Archangel Murmansk and along the Dvina and Trans Siberian railways. About 12 000 allied troops faced Trotsky s Red Army in brutal winter campaigns and many Americans died and were buried in frozen fields.
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Finland
Arctic Circle
Archangel
Wisconsin
Michigan
France
Arctic
Russia
Murmansk
339Th Infantry
George Bee
Stewart
Ivan the Terrible
F. C. Poole
Trotsky
Trans-Siberian
Siberia
Red
Poole
William E. Ironside
Cavan
Vologda
Dvina
Tron
Tourgas
Mrs. Mattie Walker Dies in Winston-Salem at 72
Mrs. Mattie J. Walker 72 of 847 West End Boulevard Winston-Salem died after a three week illness in a Winston-Salem hospital. widow of J R Walker she was born in Winston-Salem June 24 1867 and lived there all her life. Survived by five sons including Dr Nat Walker and Phil Walker of High Point and Dr Robert N Walker of Winston-Salem a daughter Mrs J H Shore a brother Frank T White Sr 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Vogler Chapel Tuesday at 10 30 AM.
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Mattie J. Walker
West End Boulevard
Winston- Salem
Nat Walker
Phil Walker
High Point
Winston-Salem
J. R. Walker
Walker
John Simeon White
John Robert Walker
Fascist Rebellion Foiled in Mexico City
Mexico City February 19 Attorney General Genaro Quez announced a plot led by a Shirts faction to overthrow the government with a war rebellion had been thwarted Five leaders were taken into custody but released by President Cardenas to show confidence in Mexican public support.
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Mexico
City
Genaroquez
Shirts
Can
P Dent Cardenas
Latvia Places Locon Tractor on Government Rail Lines
Latvia has assigned a locon tractor and motor rail cars to state rail lines, integrating the vehicles into national transportation operations. The move signals a modernization effort and potential changes in maintenance and service delivery for state railways.
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Latvia
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