Debt Limit May Be Boosted by Morgenthau Testimony
Secretary Morgenthau told a House committee that approving requested funds would force a rise in the public debt limit from 45 to 50 billion dollars. He warned against treating forecasts as safe, while noting concerns about bank holding company control and its impact on local interests.
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Retary Morgenthau
Ouse Committee
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McLeod
Mich
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Stansbury Named Full Time Guilford County Chairman
Guilford County has a full time chairman, George L. Stansbury, paid 350 dollars monthly since December 1 1938. The board of county commissioners adopted the resolution January 2 to regularize the post and raise compensation, with no prior public notice.
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Guilford County
George L. Stansbury
Guilford County Commissioners
Greensboro
Stansbury
J. W. Burke
Joe F. Hoffman
Hoffman
Enterprise
High Point
Burke
Dormitory plan approved at Davidson College
Davidson College trustees in their mid winter meeting approved construction of a dormitory to house 100 students by September 1 if plans materialize. The building is expected to cost 75000 to 80000 dollars and will be funded by the college.
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Davidson College
William C. Matthews
Noke
W. McConnell
Elmer E. Brown
Uate
Cornell Spring
Delayed twin birth reported at Ilby Hospital
Elby Feb 24 The Shelby hospital announced the arrival of a delayed twin at 10 15 p m. Doctors said X ray pictures confirmed the baby but the exact birth time was not given A half dozen twins have been born at the hospital in the past two days all girls
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Shelby
Arrivia
Dewey Attacks Jim Hines as Corrupt Politician
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey labeled James J. Hines a corrupt politician during a review of the case against the Tammany district leader. He urged conviction on policy racket conspiracy charges and rejected defense claims of frame-up and democracy framing. Dewey criticized Lloyd Paul Stryker and said most of the people's case is strong and uncontradicted.
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Fed
Thomas E. Dewey
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dewey
Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
Daladier presses for free hand to recognize Franco regime
Paris state dispatch reports Premier Daladier demanding a free hand from the chamber to recognize General Francisco Franco's Nationalist government as Spain’s legal regime. He vows to seek cabinet approval to recognize Franco, facing leftist opposition pushing for parliamentary debate before any move.
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Chamber of Deputies
Franco
Albert Forcinal
Socialist Republican Union
Britain Warns Dictators as War Clouds Gather
London reports Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax delivering a sharp warning to the European dictators. He cautioned that Britain would defend France if war erupts and urged restraint from Italy amid tensions over colonial demands. There is talk of a late truce effort in the Spanish Civil War and possible recognition of Franco's regime by Britain and France.
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Burgos
London
Great Britain
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Italy
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Franco
Burogs
Beery Divorces Arieta Gillman After Nearly Fifteen Years
Beverly Hills reports Wallace Beery and his second wife Arieta Gillman reached an amicable divorce after about 15 years of marriage. Beery said she will leave for Reno likely next Monday.
Hungary Act Against Nazi Party in Nationwide Raids
Hungary moved to outlaw the Hungarists, the main Nazi party, and joined Germany Italy and Japan against international communism. Police raided party offices nationwide, seizing literature as thousands were arrested, with 600 of Budapest’s detectives leading operations.
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Germany
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Japan
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Hajima Matsumiya
Omero Formentini
Hubay
Ferenc Szalasi
Hungarist Party
Greystone
Anddrassy Street
Bridgman Bars Visitors From Totalitarian States
Dr. Percy W. Bridgman of Harvard has closed his Cambridge laboratory to visitors from totalitarian countries. He said such citizens are no longer free individuals and may be compelled to aid that state, whose goals conflict with free nations.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Guam Defense Plan Defeated in U.S. House
Tokyo press highlights the U S House defeat of a Guam defense bill as Japanese officials await Senate action on Roosevelt defense plan. A spokesman called the Guam proposal not strategically important but an unfriendly gesture.
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Youth Confesses To Major City Crimes
Charles E. McMillan a 22 year old from 611 Cable street High Point confessed before city detectives to five safe breaking jobs in December and January plus the J C Penney heist. He admitted theft at Gibson Ice Cream E Hauser Grocery Garland Distributing Lambeth Grocery and Cut Rate Furniture with loot exceeding 3200 including about 800 in checks.
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J. C. Pengey
Baltimore
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J. L. Kivett
McMillan
Cable Street
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E. Hauser Grocery Company
Garland Distributing Company
Lambeth Grocery Company
Furniture Company
Poles protest Nazis in anti-Danzig demonstration
In Warsaw on February 24, Polish university students marched against German influence in the Free City of Danzig. Police blocked access to the German embassy as crowds chanted anti German and anti Danzig slogans and sang the hymn Rota. Polish reports cite a poster in a Danzig cafe denying entry to Poles.
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League of Nations
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Shaw insulted again by Hollywood over Pygmalion award
George Bernard Shaw vented wrathful terms at Hollywood for awarding the Motion Picture Academy a prize for the screen version of Pygmalion. He called the film good but blamed Hollywood for the insult, noting it would not have been made there and equating the honor to an award for being king in England.
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Pygmalion
Anthony Astor
Leslie Howard
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England
Immunization bill advances in the Senate
The North Carolina Senate passed the Long bill requiring diphtheria immunization for all children except religious objectors. The measure, approved by voice vote, faces House reception this session. Senators plan a Wilmington trip as guests of the city after adjournment.
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McCall Executed Today For Cash Kidnap Death
Franklin Pierce McCall was executed in the electric chair at Raiford Florida for the fatal kidnaping of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr at Princeton last May. The switch was thrown at 11 08 a m EST McCall admitted stealing Skeegie and collecting 10000 in ransom claiming the death was accidental. The execution followed a delay to seek a US Supreme Court stay. Sheriff D C Coleman of Dade county served the death warrant as McCall stood in the death house cell awaiting the sentence.
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Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
McCall
L. F. Chapman
United States Supreme Court
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Amos McCall
Jasper
D. C. Coleman
Dade County
Coleman
Senate panel okays 100 million for strategic materials
The Senate Military Committee approved a bill by Senator Thomas to spend 100 million over four years on strategic raw materials not all produced domestically. A 500 thousand four-year line finances development via the bureaus of mines and geological survey, with a war-supply context and a related House measure. Aluminum is listed among the materials.
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Utah
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Geological Survey
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Secret naval maneuvers in the West Indies continue
President Roosevelt sails from the Virgin Islands aboard the Houston as naval war games in the zero hour phase test defenses in the West Indies. Officials give no confirmation on a decisive battle while observers sense the critical stage may be near. The Houston halted at Charlotte Amalie to pick up mail and avoid harbor return during the cruise.
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Miami
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Key West
White House
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
V.1
Daniel J. Callaghan
Lawrence Cramer
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