Knudsen Seeks Confidence to Heal GM Sales Slump
General Motors President William S. Knudsen told the Senate unemployment committee that the nation needs broader confidence in the future to stabilize work. He noted GM cut 30,000 workers from January 1 after a sales decline, the steepest in company history, and attributed it to fear of slack demand rather than prices. The White House said Knudsen and unemployment census director John D. Biggers would dine with President Roosevelt. He did not endorse Roosevelt’s planned industrial production approach to steady employment.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Senate
Knudsen
White House
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
Chinese Join in Great War Mobilization
Hankow and Wuchang airfields were heavily bombed by 80 Japanese planes killing or wounding fifty Chinese noncombatants. The raids targeted airfields across the Yangtze on January 6, reported from Hankow by AP.
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Hankow
China
Wuchang
Yangtze
Southern Senators Fight Anti Lynching Bill After Filibuster Hope
Southern senators unite to stall the anti lynching bill hoping to push it aside for Roosevelt's agenda. Republican Leader McNary says southern group aims to talk until administration pressure grows and the measure is dropped, risking a longer Congress.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
McNary
Her Mother Missing in Soviet Spy Case
Ruth Delight Rubens reads a letter in Miami Florida as she and her grandmother seek news of her mother linked to the disappearance of Mrs Donald Robinson. Senator Van Nuys mentions delaying any economic or industrial programs. Continued on page 2.
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Russia
Ruth Delight Rubens
Miami
Fla
Donald Robinson
Sen. van Nuys
Fascism Spread Causes Concern
London and Paris show grave concern as Rome announces Romania will recognize Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. British and French diplomats lodge mild protests, with Sir Reginald Hoare delivering a courteous reminder of Romania’s 1919 treaty guarantees for minority rights.
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London
Rome
Rumania
Ethiopia
Paria
Ap Val
Berlin
Paris
Reginald Hoare
Bucharest
Roamania
Power Hearing Delayed In Santee Cooper Case
The fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals postponed the Santee Cooper power project hearing by three days to January 20, after rejecting a motion to delay until February. The case involves opposing companies challenging the project, with the original session set for January 17.
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Charlotte
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Santee-Cooper Power Project
Payne and Turner Lodged In Penthouse Jail Ahead of Trial
Payne and Turner, wanted for murder, are held in Buncombe county jail atop the courthouse in Asheville. They escaped Caledonia prison last February while serving terms for bank robbery and face trial for the slaying of highway patrolman George Penn near Asheville last August. Docketed for trial at the term beginning Monday, June 24.
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Asheville
Dan
Bill Payne
Wash Turnacer
North Carolina
Buncombe County
Ccriminals
Caledonia
George Penn
Payne
Turner
Cheaper Power Promised From Buzzard Roost Project
Dan C. Duncan, engineer of the Buzzard Roost hydro electric project, told residents at Greenwood that power rates could drop about 40 percent compared with Duke Power rates. He said a government loan of 2,858,000 dollars could be repaid in under 12 years after Sea Roost on the Saluda river project completion.
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Sea Roost
Saluda River
North Carolina Farm Writer Seeks Cotton Subsidy Increase
The Progressive Farmer editor Poe Bates urged President Roosevelt to add a two cent per pound subsidy for cotton to the farm bill. He argued aid is needed in the next two to three years via processing tax or other means and pressed gradual wage reforms and fair freight rates for the South.
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Washington
Jan G.joe Gatton Poser Bates C
Progressive Farmer
Roosevelt
Poe
Veterans Seek Funds for Eastern North Carolina Hospital
General Frank T. Hines urged Congress to provide 1.5 million dollars for a 300 bed veterans hospital in eastern North Carolina. The appropriations bill includes 4.5 million for new VA hospital construction and aims to start an 11.22 million construction program, including the North Carolina facility, by June 1939.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Congress
Veterans Hospital
North Carolina
Independent Offices
Veterans Administration
North Carolina Hospital
Hoey Opposes Road Fund Cut in North Carolina
Governor Hoey stated he wrote Secretary Wallace urging that any reduction in federal aid road funds would seriously disrupt North Carolina road plans. He noted the 1937 Legislature set aside 3.8 million dollars to match federal funds for 1938 39 and questioned legality if federal money does not arrive.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Clevernor Hoey
Henry A. Wallace
North Carolina
Methodists Mark Aldersgate Centennial Across NC
In Greensboro and Charlotte representatives from three Methodist branches met to celebrate the centennial of John Wesley's Aldersgate experience. Delegates from the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the Methodist Protestant Church gathered under the joint commission on Methodist cooperation led by Rev. M. T. Plyler and Rev. C. W. Bates.
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North Carolina
Greensboro
Charlotte
John Wesley
Aldersgate
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Joint Commission On Methodist Cooperation
M. T. Plyler
Durham
C. W. Bates
Brown Bumumitt
Windsors May Lease Home in San Francisco
The San Francisco Examiner reports agents of the Duke of Windsor negotiating to lease Leon F. Douglass’s 50 acre San Francisco peninsula estate near Menlo Park. If negotiations hold, the former king will bring his American born duchess to live in California during their U.S. visit.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Duke of Windsor
San Francisco Peninsula
Leon F. Douglass
California
America
Douglass
Menlo Park
San
China mobilizes vast war effort under Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow reports nationwide mobilization for war with Japan. China aims for 80 divisions by spring with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek holding full military and civil authority. Dr. H. H. Kung named finance head after touring Europe to recruit credit and munitions. General Ho Ying-Chin is minister of war.
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Hankow
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
H. H. Kung
Kung
Ho Ying-Chin
Hosiery Plant FACES CHARGES
C W Danenburg said the National Labor Relations Board cited the Jac Feinberg Hosiery Mill of Rock Hill to answer charges of unfair labor practices at a hearing January 15. The charges include discrimination against AFL workers, refusal to bargain collectively, and formation of a company union.
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Rock Hill
8. C
C. W. Danenburg
Charlotte
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Jac Feinberg Hosiery Mill
Danenburg
CIO
Refusas
Real Estate Commissioner Resigns. Phillips Named to Unexpired Term
In Raleigh on January 6, Ivan Clendenin resigns from the State Real Estate Commission. Governor Hoey appoints C. E. Phillips of Durham to fill the unexpired term.
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Raleigh, N.C
Ivan Clendenin
Raleigh
State Real Estate Commission
Hoey
C. EB. Phillips
Durham
Passport Angles Of 'Donald Robinsons' Case Cleared Up
Federal agents wrapped 13 hours of questioning in New York over the Donald L. Robinsons passport mystery. The long-sought Mr D or Louis Epstein was identified after a key informant disclosed his alias. Investigators traced passports through four Tammany contracts with several named intermediaries and await further developments.
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Donald Robinsons
New York
Federal Agenta
Donald L. Robinsons
Mr. D
Tammany
Rival Spanish Armies Near Decisive Battle
Franco-Spanish frontier reports say government and insurgent forces widened lines north of Teruel toward a decisive clash before the city gates. Insurgents captured ridges El Petron and El Pozuelo between Concud and Teruel as strategic moves mix with fog and snow hampering air support. Government gunners targeted reinforcements at San Bilas Coneud and Celadas. insurgent radio spokesmen acknowledged they did not control Teruel itself.
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Hendaye
Teruel
el Petron
el Pozuelo
Concud
Celadas
Alcohol Tax Unit raids reach across state in 1930s style
North Carolina alcohol tax agents conducted widespread raids reporting 1,153 whiskey stills seized and 1,254 defendants arrested for non tax paid liquor. Investigators seized 25,868 gallons of whiskey and destroyed 1,117,452 gallons of mash. Property valued at 230,725 was seized, leaving 71,371 intact. A total of 318 vehicles were seized.
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Charlotte
Alcohol Tax Unit
North Carolina
Court Reorganization Bill Not Needed as Roosevelt Faces Vacancy
The House Judiciary Committee urged Roosevelt to name Rep Sumners as chair of the committee after Justice George Sutherlands retirement Jan 18. Senators stressed careful scrutiny of the nominee and doubted a liberal majority would revive the court reorganization bill. Names ranged widely led by Solicitor General Stanley Reed amid speculation.
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Washington
Supreme Court of
George Suthersone
Bridges
Senate
Supreme Court
Copeland
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klus
Sutherland
Braniela
Stone
Cardozo
Roosevelt
Logan
D-Ky
dJvatiee
Willis van Devanter
Justice Sutherland
Stanley Reed
Justice Black
Exchanges May Force Control by Government
Chairman William O. Douglas told Congress exchanges should lead self-regulation but warned government takeover remains possible. He testified on appropriations seeking more personnel for margin inspections of members and policing nonmember accounts.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
Congress
House
Commission
Masked gunmen raid Kentucky post office messenger is killed
On the Kentucky Tennessee border three masked bandits fatally shot a Negro post office messenger Arthur Mimms 62 in Clerkeville Tennessee after seizing a mail line with 25000 dollars. Police Chief C C M Sherrod was wounded in both legs and recovering.
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Guthrie
Kentucky-Tennessee
CC. M. Sherrod
Arthur Mimms
Clerkeville, Tenn
Sherrod
House Appropriations Panel Proposes Independent Agency Outlays
Washington January 6 The House Appropriations committee proposes a $414,818,515 appropriation for over 30 independent agencies for the next fiscal year aiming to surpass the current year by about $118.5 million. The plan trims several items including a $2.9 million request by the TVA for a flood dam in Kentucky and reduces Civilian Construction Corps and veterans programs while boosting Social Security, Interstate Commerce, and Civil Service funding.
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Washington
House
Bud Treau
T Valley Authority
Gillville
Con Corps
Veterans
Railroad Retire Board
Social Security Board
Interstate Force Commission
Civil Service Retiree Fund
Cional
Parents to limit for girl in Newark holdup case
A Newark police report describes a 20 year old mother and her 17 year old daughter held for a $2.16 bus driver holdup. A grand jury will convene soon as Prosecutor Wachenfeld discusses possible first degree murder charges.
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Newark
N. J
W. A. Wachenfeld
Ethel
Man
Frank
Genevieve
Wachel
White Resigns As Head Of Student Federation
Judson White of Mt. Carmel, a student at East Carolina Jets College, announced his resignation as president of the North Carolina Federation agents. White said Miss Alma Ha of New Bern, a student at the University North Carolina, would assume the presidency.
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Greenville
Judson White
Mt. Carmel
East Carolina Jets College
North Carolina Federation
White
Alma Ha
New Bern
College of the
Univ
North Carolina
New Theory Links Women’s Skirts to Business Mood
Pittsburgh politician William N. McNair cites a 1838 book to claim business fortunes ride the length of women's skirts. He argues low MAT mood follows long skirts, while shorter skirts lift spirits, a theory tied to past eras and public perception.
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Pittsburgh
Jan
William N. McNair
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