Light business decline coming in early 1940
Secretary Hopkins warned that industrial activity in late 1939 matched a 1929 peak but a production decline was likely early 1940. He cited four factors resisting liquidation of inventories: slower price rises, firmer farm income, steady construction, and rising capital expenditures. Christmas sales were the strongest since 1929, with department stores up about 13 percent for the week ending December 23 and 5 percent over the four weeks before Christmas.
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Washington
Hopkins
Lnocomes Hopkins
Chicken Wagon Family at Rialto with Withers and Carrillo
The Rialto features the film Chicken Wagon Family starring Jane Withers and Leo Carrillo. Showings listed at 6:14, 7:55, and 9:36.
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Jane Withers
Leo Carrillo
The Terrific Thirties Decade of Cures and Machines
A survey of the 1930s highlights rapid scientific advances from sulfanilimide to atom splitting, larger aircraft, X rays, vitamins, plastics, and new energy sources. It notes Pluto’s discovery, Jupiter satellites, vast aerospace progress, and the era’s ethical worries as war loomed and science faced societal responsibilities.
Russia Claims Fantastical War Reports From Scandinavia
London dispatches report Soviet officials dismissing claims of war emanating from Scandinavian capitals and Helsinki as fanciful. The piece details diplomatic maneuvering surrounding Moscow, notes partial troop and aid movements, and cites Geneva league notes on Allied Finland aid amid rising tensions.
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Russia
London
Finland
Helsinki
Moscow
Soviet
Istvan Csaky
Italy
Balkans
Budapest
Csaky
Balkan
Romanian Bessarabia
Romanian Transylvania
Carpathian
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William Leeds
Burea
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Chung-King
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League of Nations
Germany
Berne
Man Victim of Shooting in Spartanburg Roadhouse
Sheriff reports W Clarence Ruff of near Pacolet under guard after roadhouse shooting on Spartanburg Union highway. Charles Freeman 37 of Pacolet died after nine to ten gunshots. Ruff wounded in the mouth by a shotgun. Eye witnesses say Ruff acted in self defense.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Sam M. Henry
W. Clarence Ruff
Pacolet
Charles Freeman
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Ruff
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T. L. Prather
J. P. Parham
Spartanboro Union Highway
Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission Plans Meeting
The Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission will meet in Raleigh to organize and discuss plans for a national seashore area on North Carolina banks. Members include A Bruce Etheridge and Van Campen Hilner. goal is to acquire 10 000 acres, with longer term aims toward 60 000 acres or more.
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Cape Hatteras
Heilner
Hoey
Etheridge
National Park Service
Higher Employment Blamed For Mishaps
Raleigh date four 1939 reports show 49 292 industrial mishaps in North Carolina, up 8 627 from 1938, attributed to higher employment across stores factories mills and mines. Secretary Massenburg notes accidents rise with jobs but severity has declined due to safety education.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. S. Massenburg
State Industrial Commission
Massenburg
Commission
Textile Kings Facing Trial in Sherman Act Case
Five South Carolina textile leaders J. E. Sirrine Fred Symmes Ellison D McKissick John B Harris and David W Anderson are charged in a federal information with violating the Sherman act by conspiring to restrain trade and keep print cloth prices high The government says the case stems from last summer's print cloth production control program and a April trial term may begin in the Western District of South Carolina Greenville court with readiness declared by U S Attorney Oscar Doyle.
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S. C
South Carolina
Western District of
U. S
Oscar Doyle
Justice Department
J. E. Sirrine
Fred Symmes
Ellison D. McKissick
John B. Harris
David W. Anderson
Senator Pittman Seeks Emergency Finland Aid
Senator Pittman and other lawmakers draft a calendar for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to consider loans to Finland ranging from 50 to 100 million dollars, debt relief, and removal of credit restrictions. House proposals include a 60 million dollar loan and debt payment suspensions as questions of neutrality and potential export bans to Japan loom. In a related note, 5 500 pairs of binoculars were sent to the British Ministry of Supply.
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Finland
Pittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Rep
Hook
Dmich
Rep. Smith
D-Wash
Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
China
Ministry of Supply
London
Honduras Ships Over One Million Bananas Abroad
Honduras shipped 1,062,205 bunches of bananas to foreign markets in the latest month. A Latin American Exposition of children literature planned for Geneva Switzerland will showcase regional authors and works. U S toys rose in popularity among Venezuelan consumers last year. Cuba forms a National Confederation of Students with nearly 50,000 members in its early organization phase.
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Honduras
Geneva
Switzerland
Cuba
Finland War Crisis Threatens Wider European Clash
Berlin hints at intervention if France aids Finland as Russia and Germany tighten their ties. Daladier confirms France’s readiness to help Finland, while reports of Alpine troops and Nazi warnings raise the prospect of a broader Euro upheaval and a potential shift in Russo German relations.
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Berlin
France
Russia
Finland
Land of A Thousand Lakes
Messrs
Stalin
Hitler
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Daladier
BlackBurn Qualifies as Executor of Father Estate
C B Blackburn of High Point qualified as executor of his father James F E Blackburn before the Greensboro clerk of court. The December 28 1939 death left an estate valued at 1500 in real property and 1850 in personal property. Heirship includes widow Susie C Summerfield and seven sons led by Russell R of High Point.
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Greensboro
C. B. Blackburn
High Point
James FE. Blackburn
Susie C. Summerfield
Russell R
Palestine Sees Over 5500 American Made Refrigerators
More than 5,500 household electric refrigerators in Palestine are American made, highlighting growing uptake of U S appliances in local homes amid expanding retail access and consumer demand.
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Palestine
Gly-Cas remedy touted with public demonstrations in High Point
Public interest rises as Gly-Cas, a herbal laxative, will be introduced and explained at Betts Drug Co. 109 N. Main St. beginning Thursday at nine. Mrs. J W Wheeler of Bristol Virginia Tennesseereports dramatic relief after constipation and body pains, improved sleep and digestion, urging others to try Gly-Cas with trial packages available during opening days.
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High Point
Betts Drug Co
N. Main St
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