Proposal For Reapportionment In North Carolina Legislature
Raleigh dispatch reports a plan to add one representative to Buncombe Mecklenburg and Guilford and remove one from Nash New Hanover and Rockingham. Gov Hoey urged reapportionment from the 1930 census with both houses considering measures.
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Raleigh
Buncombe
Mecklenburg
Guilford
House of Representatives
Nash
New Hanover
Rockingham
House
Hoey
Supreme Court
Senate
Bryant
Durham
Wake
Forsyth
Gaston
Halifax
Johnston
Pitt
Robeson
Rowan
Wayne
Pickens
Craire
Siler
Chatham
8Entelle
Brunswick
Murphy
Jones
Swain
Tredel
Blount
Beaufort
Ward
Craven
Hell of
Mecklenbure
Gold
Martin
Stanley
Wittman
Lee
Rodman
Gravely
Cooper and Hobbs
R. Gress Cherry
20 000 More Workers May Go Out On Strike
Associated Press reports new strikes threatening 100000 idle workers. Cadillac Motor Car Co in Detroit sees a sit down stoppage forcing 4800 layoffs and LaSalle division suspension. Chevrolet units in Flint Saginaw Bay City Michigan to halt adding 19875 unemployed. About 40000 seamen strike Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In New York over 3000 maritime workers vote to lift tanker strike. Gov Murphy and federal officials attend talks with United Auto Workers as police end a Flint jail protest with tear gas.
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Cadillac
Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car Company
LaSalle
Chevrolet
Flint
Saginaw
Bay City
Mich
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
Frank Murphy
Michigan
G. M
United Automobile Workers of America
WPA Allocations Made City by City in North Carolina
WPA allocated funds today for several North Carolina projects. Pasanotank county will gain a school building and site work, Edgecombe for Lake Craig improvements, Swain for Bryson City water line, Hoke for school projects, and Guilford for county records upgrades.
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Raleigh
WPA
Pasanotank
Edgecombe County
Lake Craig
Asheville
Swain County
Bryson City
Hoke County
Guilford
Police eject protesting Wisconsin students at governor’s office
About 1,000 University of Wisconsin students demonstrated to demand the ouster of President Glenn Frank. Police were called when marchers moved from campus to Governor LaFollette’s office and disrupted a press conference. Heavily armed officers cleared the ante-room as the crowd dwindled.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
Philip F. LaFollette
LaFollette
Madison Police Department
D. Col
Charles Dow
William McCormick
Hoey Inaugural Address Draws Mixed Reactions At High Point
Washington reports say a arms embargo on Spain became law signed by President Roosevelt with Vice President Garner. In Raleigh Governor Clyde Hoey's inaugural address drew varied reactions at High Point with many favoring points on labor but criticizing lack of concrete measures including hours and wages controls.
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Washington
Spain
Roosevelt
White House
Garner
Senate
United States
Clyde R. Hoey
Raleigh
High Point
Hoey
North Carolina
Wright Appointments Sent to Senate for Confirmation
President Roosevelt sent the first batch of nominations to the senate at the start of the new session. Most nominees had recess appointments. they must be confirmed. Among them is Justice Miller of North Carolina, a board of tax appeals member, and Stanley H. Wright of North Carolina as director of public works administration.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Justice Miller
North Carolina
Board of Tax Appeals
Public Works Administration
Stanley H. Wright
Government to Sell Mecklenburg County School Bonds
Raleigh January 8 The local government commission announced it would sell 1 073 000 worth of Mecklenburg County school bonds here on January 1.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Mecklenburg County
Investment Trusts Face Push for Broad Regulation
The securities commission urged Congress to pass comprehensive legislation governing investment trusts and companies. The preliminary report cites investor losses totaling about 3.0 billion dollars through December 31, 1935, after deducting 2.4 billion dollars in trust assets as of December 1, 1935, from public investment.
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Washington
The
Securities Commission
Congress
Commission
Power Project Rehearing Discussed by South Carolina Officials
A Greenwood county delegation met with Public Works Administration attorneys in Washington to map a course for a possible rehearing of the Buzzard Roost power case. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a mandate altering lower court procedures. Duke Power challenged the project as unconstitutional and not in the public interest.
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Washington
Jan
Greenwood County
South Carolina
Public Works Administration
Supreme Court
District Federal Court
Buzzard Roost
Duke Power Company
Distri Federal
Kidnap Break Nears After Tacoma Federal Move
Federal agents in three cars seized through Olmpta Washington and headed toward Aberdeen as rumors of a ransom and a kidnap plot grew. Additional autos fled from Tacoma toward Mount Rainier while police claimed no knowledge of the movements. A vigil on American Lake island and reports of the $28,000 demanded payment added to the tense scene surrounding 10 year old Charles Mattson.
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Tacoma
Wash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Olmpta
Aberdeen
Charles Mattson
Mount Rainier
American Lake
Charles
W. W. Mattson
Flood Waters Rise Across East North Carolina
Swollen rivers spread across eastern North Carolina with thousands of acres inundated. The Roanoke crested at Weldon and rose again at Williamston while the Neuse and Tar rivers also topped banks, causing road damage but no reported loss of life or property. Rivers are expected to stay high through next week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Roanoke
Weldon
Williamston
Smithfield
U. S. Weather Bureau
Goldsboro
Kinston
Greenville
Judge direct acquittal in tobacco warehouse theft case
Judge Henry A. Grady directed a verdict of acquittal in Henderson on January 8 in the Warren county case of A. T. Stewart and two African American defendants Willie Durham and Robert Lee Currin charged with stealing tobacco from warehouses.
Britain and France push plan to curb foreign intervention in Spain
French officials state they will not allow Germany foothold in Spanish Morocco as Ceuta fortifications rise. Britain supports urgent consultations of neutral powers to halt foreign intervention amid Italo German acceptance of a Franco British proposal to stop international volunteers.
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Associated Press
Gibraltar
Great Britain
France
Spain
Germany
Spanish Morocco
Britain
Ceuta
Straits
Third Reich
Dope Peddler Executed in Peiping Drug Campaign
Lu Ju-Usin a 32 year old Chinese narcotics peddler was shot in Peiping as the first execution in the crackdown on habit forming drugs. He was arrested riding a bicycle with 60 ounces of narcotics and executed before about 10 000 by order of Gen Sung Cheh Yuan after a public procession and warnings to residents.
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Peiping
Lu Ju-Usin
North China
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopeh-Chahar
TVA Appeals Injunction Block on New Lines
Attorneys for the Tennessee Valley Authority filed an appeal with the U S circuit court of appeals from an injunction issued by U S District Judge John J Gore. The injunction barred TVA from building new transmission lines and substations not underway or serving new customers except in limited rural areas.
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Covington
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
John J. Gore
Middle Tennessee
Gore
TVA
Strikebreaking Charge Is Made Against Danish Vice-Consul
Striking seamen filed charges with Secretary Hull and the Danish ambassador accusing Valdemar Anderson, Danish vice consul at Newport News, of violating a federal ban on interstate transport of strikebreakers.
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Norfolk
Valdemar Anderson
Newport News
Cordell Hull
Rural power line expansion in Guilford county 1936
Approximately 100 miles of rural power lines were constructed in Guilford county during 1936.
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Greensboro, Jan
Guilford County
Pneumonia And Flu Cases Sweep the Nation
A nationwide surge in influenza and pneumonia deaths and cases prompted health officials to warn of a lingering outbreak. Reports from major cities including New York and Chicago show rising tolls, while Minnesota and Iowa describe a mild epidemic with rising absenteeism and hospital strain in several locales.
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Health Department
Chicago
Atlanta
New Orleans
Miami
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Spokane
Wash
Minnesota
Milwaukee
John P. Koehler
Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuge
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
British Cabinet Meets In Hurriedly-Called Session
British cabinet ministers held a special session at 10 Downing Street to discuss German activity near Gibraltar and the Spain non intervetion issue. Foreign Secretary Eden and Prime Minister Baldwin briefed King George VI about developments as reports cited German fortifications and long range guns at Ceuta across the Straits. More than 3000 armed Germans reportedly in the Moroccan zone, with 2000 at Ceuta, spurred plans as the home fleet prepared to join Mediterranean forces. France and Britain considered direct action to isolate the Spanish war.
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London
Straits
Gibraltar
Spain
Anthony Eden
Downing Street
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
George VI
Sandringham
Ceuta
Morocco
France
Great Britain
Reichstag to meet January thirty for Nazi policy
Berlin reports say Reichstag members were called to convene January 30 to discuss the future of national socialism. Officials cite the empowerment law due to expire and a possible firm statement by Der Fuehrer on domestic and foreign affairs.
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Berlin
Oday
Hitler
Reich
der Fuehrer
Nation Faces Mixed Weather Across the United States
Balmy temperatures snow and sub zero cold plus rain mark the weather map as eastern and western states report winter storms. Seven deaths are linked to the weather in Texas Minnesota and California while icy highways and heavy snow paralyze travel.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Texas
Minnesota
California
Arizona
Nebraska
Maryland
West Virginia
Meacham
Ore
Williston
N. D
Buttle
Mont
Havre
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Crookston
Minn
Sheridan
Wyo
Jamestown
Valentine
Neb
Moorhead
Huron
Alexandria
Minneapolis
Boise
Denver
Sioux Falls
S. D
Good Land
Kan
Reno
Nev
Selected Stocks Edge Higher on Wall Street
Selected stocks resumed the up swing in today’s market with many shares advancing fractions to a point. Activity was brisk in the forenoon with over 800000 shares traded in the first hour. Near the fourth period turnover dwindled appreciably as market momentum eased.
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New York
North Carolina Auto Sales Decline In 1936 Total
The motor vehicle bureau reports 1936 new car sales in NC at 49 409 and new truck sales at 14 293, down from 1935 figures of 55 950 cars and 18 835 trucks.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Carolina
Mexico Opens Ports for Reshipment of U S Arms
Mexico City reports that ports reopen for reshipment of United States arms to Spain. Ernest Hidalgo states policy shift aims to aid U S neutrality and allows licensed shipments valued at 4.607 million dollars through Mexico en route to Spain, pending license validity and origin country approval.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Spain
Ernest Hidalgo
Hidalgo
Roosevelt urges balanced budget and private relief cooperation
A bulky message from President Roosevelt to Congress urges a balanced federal budget and calls for private relief efforts. He says business cooperates in aiding those on relief and stresses the need for balanced spending.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
7 Congress
Budget clashes and defense push dominate Washington
The 1938 budget debate centers on a near billion defense fund and new armaments while Roosevelt urges renewed navy readiness. Congress edges toward neutrality law changes and NRA ratification as Capitol Hill eyes quick budget action amid auto labor strife and talks with John L. Lewis.
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National Defense Fund
Roosevelt
Folowers
Congress
White House
NRA
Capitol Hill
Bankhead
Ward F. McGrady
Labor
John L. Lewis
Postmaster Appointments Announced in Washington
Postmaster General Farley announced the appointment of acting postmasters Galusha Pulliam Andrews C and J Francis McCall in Rock NC and other offices in Washington today.
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Washington, Jan. Se
Farley
Galusha Pulliam
Andrews, C
J. Francis McCall
Rock, N. C
Weather Update for North and South Carolina
Cloudy to foggy conditions with warmer temperatures in parts of the two states. Expect rain in central areas tonight and Saturday with cooler readings in the afternoon or night. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville remain moderate and easterly with overcast skies.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Gente
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