Japan Blacklisted From Buying Aircraft in U S
The United States lists Japan for bombing civilians in China and bans further purchases of airplanes or bombs. The 1938 report shows U S munitions sales abroad rose to over 94 million dollars, with Lockheed and Glenn L. Martin as top exporters.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Spain
National Munitions Control Board
Senate
Hull
Lockheed Aicraft Corporation
Glenn L. Martin Co
Navy planes begin first leg of 1939 Atlantic maneuvers
Eighteen navy planes left San Diego on the initial leg toward the Atlantic Caribbean theater of the fleet maneuvers. In Washington, cotton growers pressed Congress to widen crop reduction benefits, seeking 11 million bales loaned by government be returned to growers instead of new production.
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San Diego
Calif
Dan
Washington
Congress
Governor Saltonstall Secures Move of Perishables Amid Strike
Governor Leverett Saltonstall pledges to feed the people and care for hospital patients as he negotiates with truck operators and strikers to begin immediate transport of perishable goods halted by a strike involving over 5 000 drivers.
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Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Roosevelt oversteps on TVA board appointment dispute
Senator Bridges argued in the Senate that President Roosevelt had no right to name former Senator James P. Pope to the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Bridges said there was no vacancy after Roosevelt ousted A. E. Morgan last spring, with Morgan now in court over the seat.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate Today
Roosevelt
James P. Pope
Idaho
Tennessee Valley Authority Board
Briggs
A. E. Morgan
Morgan
Complete Hearings On Roosevelt WRA Funding Option
Washington January 9 a house appropriations sub committee completed hearings on President Roosevelts proposal for an 875000000 option to finance the Works Progress Administration until June 30.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Barton renews push to abolish national emergency council
Rep Barton of New York renewed his campaign to repeal what he calls bad laws and proposed today the abolition of the national emergency council in Washington.
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Barton
Washington
National Emergency Council
Asheboro Motor Company Chartered in North Carolina
Asheboro Motor Company of Asheboro secured a charter from Secretary of State Thad Eyre. The firm will deal in motor vehicles and farm implements with founders H. R. York C. W. Edwards Jr and R. F E Hodgin all of Asheboro and C. W. Edwards of Greensboro subscribing 400 of 100000 authorized capital.
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Raleigh
Asheboro
Thad Eyre
Asheboro Motor Company
H. R. York
C. W. Edwards, Jr
R. F E. Hodgin
C. W. Edwards
Greensboro
Racially charged check fraud case bound over in Raleigh
A Black man named King Bryant was bound over to the superior court in Raleigh on a $500 bond after attempting to cash a $400 check allegedly forged in the name of Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy of the state supreme court.
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Raleigh
King Bryant
Superior Court
Walter P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Matt Raymond Missing After Durham Visit
Matt Raymond left Durham last night for his Mount Carmel home after spending Christmas with friends. He had been in Durham since December 20, according to his manager Tommy Loughran.
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Matt Raymond
Durham
CTM
Tommy Loughran
Mount Carmel
Raymond
Ohio Escapees Captured After Armory Heist Attempt
Two Nebraska National Guard officers captured one of three escaped Ohio convicts in an Omaha armory Saturday night where they sought guns and ammunition. Willard Brucks 34 of Hamilton Ohio murderer remains jailed. His companions Frank Haines 36 of Chicago and William Blatz 32 of Taine were sought across the Midwest after escaping Lima Ohio state hospital for the criminally insane New Year’s day.
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Omaha
Neb
Ohio
Nebraska National Guard
Willard Brucks
Hamilton
Frank Haines
Chicago
William Blatz
Taine
Lima, O
Hallenbeck Makes Third Hole-In-One At Emerywood
Fred H. Hallenbeck of High Point achieved his third hole-in-one at Emerywood Country Club yesterday. He aced the 186 yard sixteenth hole after previously sinking aces at Durham in 1915 and Emerywood’s sixth hole in 1936.
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Fred H. Hallenbeck
High Point
Emerywood Country
Durham
Emeryood
NLRB seeks Supreme Court review in clothing firm case
The National Labor Relations Board won Supreme Court review of its claim to jurisdiction over Somerset Manufacturing Company of Somerville New Jersey. The case concerns whether the Labor Relations Act applies to a firm not engaged in interstate commerce. The NLRB also deferred ruling on TVA act constitutionality and child labor amendment ratification, and will consider FPC’s challenge to a utility merger order.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Somerset Manufacturing Company
Somerville
N. J
Tennessee Valley Authority
the Power Commission
Pacific Power and Light Company
Inland Power and Light Company
Franklin County Sends Johnson to Assembly
Franklin County voters, with nearly complete returns from Saturday's special election, chose A. F. Johnson, a Democrat, for the state House of Representatives. Johnson led 1,120 to 249 over Republican O. W. Hicks in eight of eleven precincts, in a race to fill the vacancy caused by C. T. Nicholson's death.
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Louisburg
Franklin County
A. F. Johnson
State House of Representatives
Johnson
O. W. Hicks
C. T. Nicholson
Johnson Reports China Road Aid as He Ends Far East Tour
Ambassador Nelson Johnson, returning to the United States from Europe, describes a 2100 mile China to Burma land journey and a 7000 mile air leg to France. He calls China's new road magnificent and says he will travel to London then New York aboard the Ile De France, planning two months back in the U.S. with his family already in Wyoming.
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Paris
Nelson T. Johnson
United States
China
Roosevelt
Johnson
Chungking
Burma
Malaya Mountains
Sinkiang Province
Rangoon
France
Japan
London
New York
Southampton
Ile de France
Washington
House Committee Appointments To Be Named Tonight
Raleigh report says Speaker Ward will unveil the advisory budget report tonight likely revealing the largest budget on record. The move marks a key step in legislative activity as committees are named and budget figures released.
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Raleigh
Legislative Mill
One Day NC Legislature Session Set for Mecklenburg
Charlotte reports a one day meeting of the North Carolina legislature penciled in for February 15 pending lawmakers approval. City and county officials have agreed on the date with Raleigh’s word awaited. A resolution for the single session in Mecklenburg was adopted on the General Assembly’s opening day.
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Charlotte
Jan
North Carolina
Raleigh
Mecklenburg
General Assembly
North Carolina Legislature Eyes Budget as 1939 41 Plan Outlined
House committee appointments are expected tonight by Speaker D L Ward of Craven. Senate committees began last week and both money panels will draft revenue and appropriations bills to balance the budget. Governor Hoey’s message hints at a high taxing program with no retrenchments and seeks a 12th grade in public schools, higher teacher pay, and 50 highway patrolmen, adding about 3.2 million to the budget.
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House Committee
D. L. Ward
Craven
Senate
Finance
Appropriations
Budget Commission
Hoey
State Highway Patrol
Planes Set for Fleet Test Flight Across Americas
A force of 66 war planes sails from San Diego to the Atlantic Caribbean for the Fleet 1939 test. Eighteen amphibians led by Commander Allen J. Price depart at 6 am with two groups foreshadowing a 48 bomber mass flight tomorrow to Aru ba via Coco Solo. The route includes El Paso San Antonio Pensacola Mi ami and Guantanamo Cuba with naval ships guarding the miles ahead.
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San Diego
Calif
U.S
Allen J. Price
el Paso
San Antonio
Pensacola
Miami
Guanatanamo
Cuba
Tuccson
el Faso
Midland
New Orleans
Tampa
Camaguey
Guantanamo
VP-7
VP-9
VP-12
Fleet Patrol Wing 1
Aruba
West Indies
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Navy
Saratoga
Cape San Lucas
Milwaukee
Manzanillo
Cummings
Salina Cruz
Wright
Condition Unchanged for Wrestler Eli Fischer in Hospital
Greensboro report notes Eli Fischer heavyweight wrestler and former Rutgers athlete remains in critical condition at a local hospital with a streptococci infection. No new developments reported today.
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Greensboro
Eli Fischer
Rutgers University Athlee
WPA Budget Too Low Says La Guardia
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia told a House appropriations subcommittee the WPA request of 875 million dollars to June 30 is 40 million short of needs. He urged 915 million for the year ending June 30, bringing total relief outlay to 2.34 billion as proposed by U.S. mayors. He appeared with WPA officials and labor leaders as relief debates continued in Congress.
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Washington
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Roosevelt
la Guardia
House
United States Conference of Mayors
WPA
Senate
F. C. Harrington
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Ralph Hetzel
CIO
Capitol
Senate Commerce Committee
Harry Hopkins
Snell Attacks Administration On Spending and Hopkins
Former Rep Bertrand H Snell attacking federal spending Hopkins cabinet appointment Wagner act and national defense program in a speech to the Women s National Republican club He calls spending reckless and predicts national bankruptcy while labeling Hopkins as a money spender and a symbol of defiance.
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New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Bertrand H. Snell
R-Ny
House
National Republican Club
Snell
Congress
Hopkin
Commerce
Hopkins
Europe Faces Turbulent Week as Leaders Weigh Peace
Europe watches a week of high stakes with Chamberlain visiting Rome to gauge Italian positions while Daladier and Mussolini clash over anti fascist demonstrations. Italy, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia tense over borders as fascist and democratic blocs seek peace on costly terms.
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Associated Press
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Rome
Daladier
France
Britain
Italy
Tles
Spain
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Budapest
Chamberlain
London
Paris
Hull Commends Pan Am Parley Charter for International Conduct
Cordell Hull praised the Lima Pan American conference as a charter for international conduct based on equality justice and freedom He said the declaration of continental solidarity for defense marked progress beyond prior accords and that international law and order are needed to protect rights and avoid military alliances The United States will cooperate with all nations.
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Andrue Beading
New York
Cordell Hull
World
United States
Lima
Peru
Hull
Two Fatal Week End Crashes Hit North Carolina
Charlotte dispatch reports at least two people dead and five injured in North Carolina weekend crashes. Mrs. Mary Cox of Leaksville died when a car plummeted into a river bridge. Her husband Henry and friend Mary Gouldin were critically injured. In Concord, T C Tucker of Midland died in a two car collision at an intersection. Alvin Tucker Pratt Quinn and Claude Chambers were injured but expected to recover.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Mary Cox
Leaksville
Henry
Mary Gouldin
Concord
T. C. Tucker
Midland
Alvin Tucker
Pratt Quinn
Claude Chambers
County seeks restraining order against High Point dam project
Yadkin County commissioners authorized attorney David Lee Kelly to file for an injunction to stop High Point from proceeding with its 6.5 million dollar hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River. The move follows a state supreme court ruling allowing the city to continue its modified plans while indemnification talks with the county proceed.
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Yadkin County
High Point
Yadkin River
D. A. Reynolds
Yadkin
Mr. Reynolds
Enterprise
David Lee Kelly
Yadkinville
North Carolina Supreme Court U. K
Guilford Court
State Supreme Court
Pinball Machines Disposed In Astoria Tavern
Flashes Of Life reports in Astoria Oregon that an anti gambling law and a federal court order led to the removal of pinball machines from Sven Lonberg’s tavern. Yet customers still have nearby access to gaming while Lonberg replaces the machines with a beer mug inscribed Drop your nickles in this cup. You will be as well off as before.
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Astoria
Ore
Sven Lonberg
Lonberg
Gale Damages Home In Dallas Neighborhood
A Texas weekend gale battered an area in Dallas causing the top of a nearby house to blow loose and officers report the roof caved in. The 66 mile per hour southwest wind drove debris into the dwelling and lightning struck starting a fire before heavy rain inundated interiors.
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Dallas
R. D. Morris
Texas
Prank Gone Wrong Ends With Fraternity Pledge Master Abduction
In Champaign Illinois a bound and gagged man was dumped from a car at a campus intersection. Passersby called police after mistaking a gangland murder. He later freed himself and identified as a fraternity pledge master, saying pledges revolting during house cleaning staged the stunt.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Justice of Peace Ends 18 Year Wait to Marry Pair
Gretna Green records show Brock Nebraska justice Hugh Norton who served 18 years without a wedding finally performing a marriage. He tied the knot for Charles H. Doty and Mildred Waggoner of Vesta Nebraska.
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TVA
Russell Holderman
New York-Miami
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Ward
Conference of Mayors
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Senate Unemployment Committee
Relief
South America
N. C
Yadkin Board
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