Britain protests Madrid embassy bombing by Spanish insurgents
London demands factual recognition of the Burgos government and reserves compensation for damage after eight bombs hit the Madrid embassy and refugee housing. The admiralty plans to deploy the home and Mediterranean fleets to Spanish waters amid looming European crisis. France had warned Franco to keep Nazis out of Morocco.
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Morocco
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Africa
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North Carolina Assembly Opens With Push for Quick Work
In Raleigh on January 9 the 1937 assembly, with many new members, begins a session seen as energetic and well directed. Lt Governor Horton proposes six day weeks, supported by House Speaker Cherry, as committees organize and a swift budget process begins under Clyde Hoey.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
W. P. Horton
Gregg Cherry
Clyde Hoey
Roanoke River Falls At Weldon After Flood Peak
The Roanoke River, once 12 feet above flood stage, continued to recede at Weldon while rising downstream toward Scotland Neck. Officials expect Williamston to reach 13 feet with three feet over flood level by weekend. Minor damage reported as other eastern North Carolina streams rise.
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Weldon
Roanoke
Scotland Neck
Williamston
North Carolina
Roosevelt urges states to adopt child labor amendment
President Roosevelt asks 19 non ratifying states to place the child labor constitutional amendment high on their agendas as Kentucky likely to vote this session and several governors signal support or hesitation. The amendment would empower Congress to limit regulate and prohibit under 18 labor. States listed include New York Texas Nebraska Maryland and more. Governor Chandler says Kentucky session may ratify.
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North Caroline
New York
Texas
Nebraska
Maryland
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Florida
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Rhode Island
South Dakota
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Tennessee
Delaware
Georgia
Kansas
Missouri
Clyde Tingley
Richard Kirman
Nevada
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South Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
South Carolina General Assembly
Three Die in Highway Crash Near Benson
Lee Saunders 50 a Smithfield tobacco buyer and Willard I. Ross 70 and wife 65 photographers died in a three car crash near Benson. A coroner's jury blamed Ross for the collision saying he tried to pass the Silvernails and forced them off the road.
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Lee Saunders
Smithfield
Willard I. Ross
Great Bend
Ross
Lynn Silvernail
St. Petersburg
Fla
Saunders
Silvernail
Transportation Policy Split Over Auto Tag Reductions
Raleigh report details legislative divide over further auto tag cuts. Governors and lawmakers weigh highway funding impacts, with calls to protect revenues for trucks and heavy vehicles while favoring smaller cars. Dialogue notes not all support full reductions. concerns include cost shifts and equity among vehicle classes.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Clyde Hoey
Wilmington
Snow Weather Halts Traffic Across Regions
Virtually all transportation forms felt the pinch of adverse weather today with snow clogged highways and bitter cold halting motor traffic in the middle west and Rocky Mountain regions. Blizzards and fog disrupted air travel in northern states and thick weather slowed ships along the north Atlantic coast. train service was affected in several middle western areas.
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Chicago
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Pollard Criticism of NYA Violates Religious Liberty Debate
Virginia educator Dr F W Boatwright of the University of Richmond disputes former Gov John Garland Pollard's claim that the National Youth Administration threatens religious liberty. Boatwright says NYA aid to students is not a challenge to liberty nor a government subsidy to colleges.
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Richmond
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
National Youth Administration
Religious Liberty
F. W. Boatwright
University of Richmond
Hijacking Fear Drives Dr Mattson to Protect Son
Tacoma police report the abductor of 10 year old Charles Mattson has demanded 28000 dollars. Dr W W Mattson fears hijackers and imposters as snow falls. FBI agents rush to assist after a flurry of activity and unannounced moves by law officers.
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Wash
W. W. Mattson
Charles
Seattle Daily Times
Mable
Ann
Dr. Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tamoca
Lewis Is Slipping In Auto Strike Craft Unions Gain
In Washington on January 9 1937 General Motors Corp assured AFL craft unions it has no plan to enter any agreement interfering with the jurisdiction of international metal trades unions. H W Anderson Detroit Labor Relations mailed a telegram to AFL Metal Trades president John P Frey stating GM will not align with other groups to block craft unions. The move is part of the broader clash between craft unions and John L Lewis UMW leaders who seek industry wide worker control.
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General Motors Corporation
American Federation of Labor Craft Unions
H. W. Anderson
General Motors Labor Relations Department
Detroit
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
General Motors
Metal Trades Department of American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Selected Steels Surge Amid Stock Market Push
New York traders saw steels and specialties lead upward in today’s stock market while other groups slowed the advance. Efforts to settle the General Motors strike stalled with profits being cashed in by many, though selling was largely absorbed and transfers neared 1,400,000 shares.
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New York
General Motors
Hitler Spends Big in Spain to Back Franco
Private German sources claim Hitler urged General Franco to seize Madrid by January 15 and sent 15 000 to 25 000 volunteers plus 180 million dollars to aid the Spanish Fascists. They list three potential rewards: colonies from WWI losses, mining concessions, and economic aid from others. Counts vary by informant, with some estimates as high as 25 000 volunteers.
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Berlin
Spain
Death Sentence for Negro in Peacock Murder
Robert Glenn Brown, a young African American, was sentenced to death in the gas chamber on March 1 by Judge E H Crammer in New Bern after a superior court trial. He was convicted by a jury of nine white men and three Black jurors. defense counsel was granted 60 days to appeal.
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New Bern
J. B. Peacock
Robert Glenn Brown
E. H. Crammer
Short Session Passes Sunday Baseball and Movie Bills
Raleigh Jan 9 The lower North Carolina House passed bills to legalize Sunday baseball and allow motion picture theaters in Cherokee County. Budget, revenue and local bills to be considered next week as 45 of 170 members met for 27 minutes.
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Cherokee County
Senate
Cooper
Cherokee
Clay Counties
Hash of
Ashe
Ashe County
Revenue Bonds Sold By State
The Council of State sold 2250000 dollars in University of North Carolina revenue bonds at about 3.85 percent. The issue brought a $5152.50 premium with four percent interest, proceeds used to match PWA funds for a Chapel Hill physical education building and dormitory. Bids came from Lynchburg firm Scott Horner and Mason and Cincinnati firm Weil Roth and Irving, with other bids from Greensboro and Raleigh firms.
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T Council of State
University of North Carolina
PWA_ funds
Chapel Hill
Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
Lynchburg
Weil, Roth and Irving Company
Governor Hoey Receives Virginia Requisition Papers
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Hoey receiving from Virginia Governor Peery requisition papers seeking the return of Thomas Branson Gregory listed at Belcross to face charges of desertion and non support in Norfolk Virginia.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Peery
Virginia
Thomas Branson Gregory
Belcross
Norfolk
Resort To Arms Threatened Over Spanish Morocco
Paris reports France warned it will resort to arms if necessary to prevent a German occupation of Spanish Morocco. The note was issued as tensions rose over the northern African region and France prepared a firm response to any encroachment.
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Germany
Spanish Morocco
Paris
France
Spaish
Morocco
Roosevelt to let court and business shape policy
Washington reports say President Roosevelt will let the Supreme Court and business guide his second term, seeking liberal constitutional interpretations and employment growth to avoid immediate budget balancing. Congress debates wage, hour, and unemployment measures as foreign crises unfold in Morocco and Spanish affairs deepen.
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Capitol
White House
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Senate
House
NRA
AAA
Guffey
Moore calls war an adventure in death by own action
Acting Secretary of State R Walton Moore cautioned that a major European war would be an adventure in death by own action but expressed optimism that peaceable solutions could be found. He said reports of tension in Morocco should not cause undue alarm and does not believe such a war is imminent.
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Washington
R. Walton Moore
Moore
Morocco
Europe
Diplomatic Headquarters of Three Nations Bombed
Four people were killed and two British subjects injured in a night air raid by insurgent pilots targeting the diplomatic headquarters of Great Britain Germany and Finland in Madrid. The attack renewed as civilians were evacuated and embassies and legations suffered blast damage.
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Great Britain
Germany
Finland
Government Defense Council
Barreiades
University
Weather report for North and South Carolina
Mostly dry in northwest regions with occasional rain tonight and Sunday. North winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift southwest, and south winds in the south with overcast skies. Colder in extreme southwest tonight and into Sunday. scattered rain in extreme north portions tonight and northwest on Sunday.
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