Reynolds Stirs Filibuster Against Anti Lynching Bill
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina led a filibuster against the anti lynching bill arguing against foreign propaganda. He proposed two new measures to punish naturalized citizens who advocate subversive doctrines and to criminalize teaching or promoting government principles opposing or discriminating against any race or creed. He said the bills were backed by the Army and Navy Union and warned against Nazi influence in the United States.
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Washington
Thoratory
Tony
Reynolds
D-Nc
Ro’ly
America
Army and Navy Union of
United States
Turner Confesses He and Payne Killed Patrolman Penn
Asheville patrolman George Penn was shot on a country road last summer. Sheriff Lawrence Brown said Wash Turner and Bill Payne, longtime outlaws, confessed and will face murder charges in the Penn slaying. Guns were buried in the Biltmore forest and later identified by Turner and Payne.
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Asheville
Wash Turner
Bill Payne
George Penn
Here
Lawrence E. Brown
Payne
Turner
Caledonia
G-men
Sanford
N. C
Penn
Brown
Oteen
Biltmore Forest
Sherif
Protests by Shanghai Officials Over Japanese Attacks
In Shanghai, Japanese guns fired into the French concession as police battled to keep Japanese troops from crossing the boundary into Nantao. The Shanghai municipal council protested the assaults, led by American chairman Cornell S. Flin and French officials considered formal action. Major General A. D. Telfer-Smoller warned of grave consequences if violence continued.
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Shanghai
Cession
Suemasa Okamoto
Cornell S. Flin
Bir
A. D. Telfer-Smoller
Paris
Crew of Hoover Answers Charge
The San Francisco inquiry into the wreck of the President Hoover heard crew members deny intoxication and rioting among passengers. Sam Cohen, steward, said the ship’s crew evacuated 166 men in under nine hours from Manila, while critics claimed poor food and service on the voyage.
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San Francisco
Hoover
Manila
Department of Commarine
Foreclosures Decline in Early 1937 Compared to 1936
A Federal Home Loan bank card reports non farm estate foreclosures for the first months of 1937 were 17 percent lower than the same period in 1936. There were 141,717 foreclosures last year, down from 170,822 the year before, with North Carolina rising from 844 to 2,684 cases.
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Federal Home Loan Bank
Washington, Jan
North Carolina
Japs Plan Four Year War Aim With Cabinet
Tokyo report says Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye sought an understanding with his cabinet to extend the war against China by four more years. A four year replenishment plan was being prepared for presentation to parliament.
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Tokyo
Domei
Fumiro Konoye
China
Dynamite murder probe in Elizabethton kills three children
Eight jailed in Elizabethton Tennessee in a dynamite blast that wrecked the Harmon Gouge home killing Sonia Gouge nine Leuna Gouge seven and Roma Jean Gouge five. White Tollett and Lee Walker are charged with murder and Crave Tollett faces a murder warrant. A $500 reward is offered for those guilty. The blast may link to a 1936 slaying involving Gouge.
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Elizabethtown
Tenn
Pikesville
J. M. Moreland
Hem
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Crave Tollett
White
Moreland
Harmon Gouge
Here
Gouge
Sonia
Leuna
Roma Jean Gouge
Councilman Davis Resigns From Salisbury City Council
Henry W. Davis, serving on the Salisbury city council since 1933, resigned after accepting a post with the North Carolina Employment Compensation Commission, saying the new role prevents continued council duties.
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Salisbury
Jan
Henry W. Davis
N.c. Employment Compensation Commission
Foes Draft Own Labor Standards Bill Amid Wage-Hour Debate
Southern lawmakers who helped block the administration wage hour bill say they are drafting their own labor standards measure. Rep McReynolds proposes a system letting major industries set hours and conditions, with regulation limited to selected sectors. The Southeastern Governors Conference backs the goal to end starvation wages and long hours, signaling shifting opposition.
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Washington
Prome
Congress
McReynolds
D.-Tenn
McReynold
Southeastern Governors’ Conference
Roosevelt
Lister Hill
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Indiana Governor Townsend Interviewed At Hunt Club
Governor Clifford Townsend of Indiana spoke at the Thomasville Hunt club guest gathering. He answered questions on wages and hours bills and the farm problem but relaxed when discussing farm outputs such as alfalfa, corn, hogs, and quail in North Carolina. He owns a large prairie farm in northern Indiana.
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M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Virgil M. Simmons
Oscar R. Ewing
New York
Kenneth Kunkel
C. M. Smith
Clifford Townsend
Thomasville Hunt Club
North Carolina
Townsend
Indianapolis
Democrats Hold Dinners Tonight Across Nation
Thousands of Democrats will pay 25 to 100 dollars for dinners honoring Andrew Jackson to cut the party deficit of 211 295 dollars. The Democratic National Committee aims to wipe the red ink as leaders, including President Roosevelt, speak at the New Orleans anniversary event. Roosevelt’s address will be broadcast at 9 30 P M EB 8 T.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson
Democratic National Committee
Jackson
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Hoey Paroles Man After 10-Year Term
Governor Hoey pardons Jesse Richardson who was sentenced in 1928 to 25 to 30 years for manslaughter and frees him after a decade. Hoey also released nine other prisoners and denied 31 clemency requests.
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Hoey
Raleigh
Jan
Jesse Richardson
Vance County
Cold Weather Moves Toward Southern Area
Sub freezing weather spread from the Great Lakes toward the south with lower temperatures forecast tonight. The cold wave reached Pensacola Florida Shreveport Louisiana and Dallas Texas, with readings around 32 or lower in many spots. Snow fell in Montana and North Dakota while Winnipeg and Huron showed extreme subzero readings. Frost and 26 to 32 degree temperatures were forecast for northern Florida with fair weather and a warming trend expected in parts of the south Sunday.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Pensacola
Fila
Shreveport
Dallas
Tex
Montana
North Dakota
Winnipeg
Canada
Huron
D. C
Morehead
Minn
Hoffman to Announce Lindbergh Reward Distribution
TRENTON N J Jan 8 Governor Harold G Hoffman will announce at 2 30 this afternoon how the 25 000 Lindbergh kidnapping reward is to be distributed He gave no hint on how many of the 31 claimants will receive shares approved by the legislature last year
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Loyal Army Agan Takes All Teruel
Madrid reports the Teruel garrison surrender after 17 days of siege amid guerrilla street fighting. About 2,000 insurgents with women and children faced hunger and thirst while a relief force failed to reach them. 230 insurgents were captured near Muela De Teruel. Lieutenant Colonel Rey DHarcourt led 1500 troops.
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Madrid
Teruel
Asuncion Hospital
Santa Clara Church
Muela de Teruel
Rey D'Harcourt
Wheat farmers oppose control in Midwest states
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana wheat producers, dominating hard red spring wheat, unite against limits on production. They say no surplus exists now and no guaranteed surplus is likely in 1938, despite talks of crop control in a congressional conference.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Ed Kubale to Lead Southwestern Football
Ed Kubale former Centre College star “Praying Colonels” will become head football coach at Southwestern College in Memphis Tennessee starting March 1. The move aligns with Southwestern’s effort to strengthen its gridiron program after Centre’s era of fame.
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Southwestern
Memphis Tenn
Ed Kubale
Centre College
Praying Colonels
Southwestern College
Bowman Gray Stadium Completed in Winston-Salem
The Bowman Gray Memorial stadium was completed today in Winston-Salem funded by a gift from Mrs Bowman Gray with WPA assistance.
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Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray Memorial Stadium
Mrms
Bowman Gray
WPA
Farm leaders aim to finish compromise granary bill soon
Congressional farm leaders said they expect an ever normal granary bill within a week to 10 days. They reported near agreement on rice and tobacco after last week’s conferences and noted remaining disagreements over planting and marketing controls for corn wheat and cotton.
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Washington
Congressional
House
Senate
Smith
Senate Agricultural Committee
Thousands Return To Motor Industry Jobs
Detroit January 8 Thousands of auto workers expected to resume duties after holiday layoffs. Chrysler Corp announced 55 000 employees from its plants as of December 23 will return Tuesday. It did not specify if normal 40 hour weeks or the 32 hour schedule will be used. The Hudson Motor Car Co.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Hudson Motor Car Co
Italians to Work on German Farms in March
Thirty thousand Italian farm workers will travel to Germany in March under a government accord to absorb surplus Italian labor and supply German farms with needed hands. The organized work army plan replaces individual migration, aiming to boost Reich food production.
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Germany
Rome
Oday
Italy
Ialy
Europe
New Tax Yields Early Revenue for Raleigh
Raleigh reports early tax receipts totaling 1067 dollars as payments near the March 15 due date. The measure showed gains before the filing deadline.
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Raleigh
Weather Outlook For Week In South Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week of January 10 in the South Atlantic states. Warmer conditions during the early period with rain around Tuesday. Midweek will be fair and colder with additional rain later and temperatures rising toward the end of the week.
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South Atlantic States
Trade Pact Nears Between U S And Britain
The United States and Great Britain moved toward final stages of a substantial commercial accord under Hull's foreign trade program. The agreement would cover Britain, its colonial empire, and Newfoundland, excluding only India, the Dominions, and Ireland. Negotiations will start once American interests identify target items for tariff concessions including whisky, dressed furs, tin, rubber, footwear, gloves, leather goods, textiles, and salted fish.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Hull
Britain
Newfoundland
India
Dominion
Ireland
Hood vows fight for share of $7.2 million estate
Cla B. Hood says he will continue to contest for a portion of the estate left by Dorothy Sunshine Brown. Surrogate Dele ruled that Mrs. Hood has no claim to the money and upheld the bequests to the Edward W. Browning charity.
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Donn
Cla B. Hood
F ' Dorothy
Sunshine) Brown
James A. Dele
New York
Roosevelt to Outline Business Plans in Tonight Talk
President Roosevelt may use his Jackon Day dinner address to clarify government policy toward business. No subject is confirmed but speculation centers on further remarks about monopoly and a push for business government round table discussions to spur production and employment. Senator Byrnes backs friendly conferences to aid unemployment relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Congresse
Byrnes
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