Weather notes for regional states and coastal winds
Cloudy with possible rain across North and South Carolina and Georgia. Temperatures slowly rise tonight into Tuesday. Winds shift from northeast to southeast along the coast with scattered showers. Overcast skies and rain expected Tuesday in exposed areas.
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Tax revision need voiced to senators continues
Discussion in a senate session cites business uncertainty from debt and changing rules. Du Pont officials use their firm as a case study noting employment rose to 69,800 in 1937 before falling to 51,600 by year end. The executive argues high wages exist but employer share of income is unusually high and calls for a reasonable hire policy.
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du Pont Company
du Pont
Livestock Market Advisor Urges Early Cattle Purchases
North Carolina livestock men are urged to buy feeder cattle between now and February 15 as prices purge inflation from drought highs. Paul L. Fletcher of the State Department of Agriculture notes rising beef prices expected in March and April and cites low production costs and ample feed as reasons to invest now.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Ral
North Carolina
Paul L. Fletcher
State Departes of Agriculture
Toay
Fletcher
Department of Agriculture
Randal B. Etheridge
Division of Markets Said
Du Pont Discusses Venture Capital Shortage and Investments
Du Pont notes a shortage of venture capital due to several causes while detailing substantial spend on plant extension and modernization. He cites $53.9 million in 1937 and $194 million over eight years as evidence of private industry faith in American enterprise and contribution to employment and progress.
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du Pont
Chinese Fall Back as Japanese Advance Threatens Lunghai Route
Chinese reinforcements rush into southern Shantung to block Japanese advances toward Lung hai Railroad, a vital east–west corridor. Japanese forces push toward Suchow while transports land overseas to reinforce inland drive. a wider clash looms as Shanghai notes a hand grenade incident against Italian troops.
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China
Suchow
Klangen Province
Haichow
International Settlement
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K. Kana
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London Dispatches
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France
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Tientsin
Nippon
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Modern dairy plant to rise near North Carolina school for the deaf
Dr. Carl B. Rankin, superintendent, announced a new dairy plant at the North Jarmina School for the Deaf in Morganton would be completed soon. The facility aims to be among the souths most modern dairy operations and will serve the institution.
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DEAP
Morganton
Carl B. Rankin
Jarmina School For the
Raisins Packaged Cheap in China for Export
A tiny Chinese package sells 15 to 20 raisins for about one-twelfth of a cent, the lowest price among packaged goods in foreign trade.
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China
Roosevelt Letter Warns Against Constitutional Bill
The document quotes Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that an amendment would curb presidential foreign policy and invite violations of American rights. Bankhead then opposes the referendum, calling it a radical attack on representative democracy and urging Congress to trust the framers of the Constitution.
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United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bankhead
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Iam
Poland Not To Leave League Despite Criticism
Foreign Minister Col. Joseph Beck told Poland's foreign affairs committee that the country would not quit the League of Nations. He criticized the league's record but said Poland would keep conducting foreign relations through direct bilateral negotiations.
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Joseph Beck
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Italy
Geneva
State coal conference slated for June in Wrightsville Beach
The 1938 state coal conference sponsored by the North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association will be held in Wrightsville Beach on June 17 and 18.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association
New Mayor Puts Duquesne On CIO Union Wages And Hours
Elmer J. Maloy, new Laborite mayor of Duquesne Pennsylvania, orders a 40 hour five day week for city workers. Seventeen more hires and wage increases raise laborer pay to 75 cents an hour while tax savings are planned through traffic-light eliminations tag singleization and job mergers. Police and firemen receive reduced monthly pay but gain shorter hours under the CIO program.
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CIO
Duquesne, Pa
Elmer J. Maloy
Pittsburgh
Maloy
Chinese Women Ready to Fight Japanese Invaders
In Hankow, a 150 member Kwangsi Women’s Battalion arrives after a 600 mile march from Kweilin to join the northern front. The young recruits, some as young as 16, face the Japanese with bold resolve and no fear, saying they are not afraid of death.
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Hankow
China
Kweilin
State Prepares to Pay Jobless Benefits in January
In Raleigh on January 10 extensive preparations are under way in the unemployment compensation division to pay weekly benefits to eligible unemployed workers as soon as due late in January. A claims division checks work records. over 85 000 claims were received in the first week. If workers return to work before the two week waiting period ends no payment is made. If unemployed for the third full week, benefits are due and checks are sent by January 28 or soon after.
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Raleigh
N.res
Man with $20 a week job seeks lost inheritance
Henry Klid da from Newark with a $20 weekly income claims $87,000 was lost when a bill fell from a pocket into trash. He would pay $10,000 for the return of the fortune left by his father.
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Henry Klidda
Newark
Torch death ruled self-inflicted in park incident
Winston Salem coroner ruled the torch death of Miss Augusta V Hubbard age 75 a magazine writer as death by her own action. The investigation showed she bought gasoline at a filling station Saturday night went to a public park saturated her clothes and struck a match. Hubbard was a teacher for most of her life and wrote short stories and articles in magazines.
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Winston-Salem
Augusta V. Hubbard
W. N. Dalton
Father Coughlin Pleads For Cooperation With U S
Detroit January 10 The Rev Charles E B Coughlin returned to radio broadcasting with a plea to finance industry and labor for cooperation He urged listeners to start the new year by hating hate and opposing unwarranted opposition He said we should pledge to cease sniping at our Democratic form of government
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Detroit
Charlies
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Arctic fox color variation across its range
The Arctic fox remains snow white year round in northern areas. In southern regions it is white in winter and bluish brown in summer, while the southernmost range yields a dark all year fox known as the blue fox.
Imperial Conference Sets Policy on China for Japan
Tokyo reports say an imperial conference, to be attended by Emperor Hirohito and top ministers, will formalize Japan's unshakable China policy. The cabinet and military leaders discuss measures, with a possible declaration of war against China and withdrawal of recognition of Chiang Kai-shek's government. Germany and Italy halt arms shipments via Hong Kong as the session proceeds.
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China
Fumimaro Konoye
Imperial Conference
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Nobumasa Sugetsucu
Bright Sayings Heard on Broadway
George Ross collects quips from Broadway figures on entertainers and performers. Notable lines feature H. L. Mencken on Roosevelt, Moss Hart on Kaufman, Richard Watts Jr. on Arliss, Laurel and Hardy, and Paul Robeson, among others. Concert notes cite a busy Carnegie Hall season and the evolving Hebraic song Bet Mir Bist Du Schoen in multiple languages.
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New York
H. L. Mencken
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fulton Oursier
Charles Marthur
McArthur
Moss Hart
George 8
Kaufman
Arthur Kober
Continente
Fire Island
Manhattan
Richard Watts, Jr
George Arliss
Maxie Rosenbloom
Noel Coward
Coward
Seventh Avenue
Carnegie Hall
Helsinski University
Yliphilaskunnan
Lauljat
Finland
Second Avenue
Sholem Secundah
Eddie LeBaron
Sheriff Held in Dynamite Case Near Elizabethton Tenn
Elizabethton Tenn Jan 10 AP Sheriff J M Moreland said Sheriff W L Wallin of nearby Bledsoe county was charged as an accessory after the fact in the dynamite blast that killed three children Friday Three men from Pikeville Tenn White Crave Tollett and Lee Walker were charged with murder in connection with the blast Harmon Gouge father of the victims is free on 10000 bond awaiting trial next month for the 1936 slaying of Arnold Tollett Crave and White Tollett brothers of the slain man were named in connection with the earlier case.
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Tenn
J. M. Moreland
W. L. Wallin
Bledsoe County
Here
Moreland
Wallin
Ase White
Crave Tollett
Lee Walker
Pikeville
Harmon Gouge
Liberty
Arnold Tollett
Crave
White Tollett
Judge Sam Bratton and Stanley Reed Meet in Legacy Row
The 1933 Rooseveltx appointed Sam Gil bert Bratton to the Tenth Judicial Circuit bench after service as New Mexico supreme court justice and U S senator. He is a lifelong Democrat and New Deal champion noted for Wagner Act and AAA cases. Elititor General Reed, 53, served under Hoover and seeks to align New Deal laws with constitutional limits.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Supreme Court
U. S
Noble
Stanley F Reed
Hoover
Sile
Capital Short Shots Reflects Trades And Regional Politics
Raleigh reports show Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott recalling his boyhood trading, including a $55 deal with Guy Hargett involving hogs and a mule colt. In First Senatorial District politics Merritt Evans is mentioned as a possible candidate while W S Halstead's highway promises draw scrutiny. The Rural Electrification authority schedules its January 24 meeting with Dudley Bagley as chair and a Farmville project revision on the agenda. New farm agents will tour the agriculture department during next week’s conference.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Guy Hargett
Richlands
Board of Agriculture
Hargett
Currituck
Camden
Pasquotank Gates
Hertford
Chowan
Perquimans
Jerry Hughes
Elizabeth City
W. S. Halstead
Hughes
Halstead
Merritt Evans
Ing
State Rural Electrification Authority
Dudley Bagley
Farmville Cooperative
W. M. Sherard
Hendersonville
Department of Agriculture
World War Records Show Massive Losses Across Nations
Records from 16 nations indicate 8,461,596 men killed and 27,008,086 wounded in World War I, reflecting vast human cost and global involvement.
Tornadoes Form From Air Mass Confluence
A brief note explains tornadoes arise when air masses of widely different temperatures meet. Also, a fact states Lake Michigan covers 22,460 square miles, highlighting its rank among world lakes. The text oddly claims a captive wild mallard duck is a prolife breeder.
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Lakes of the World
Lake Michigan
Ancient Babylonians Used Marbles of Spherical Pebbles
The North Sea, ranking fifth largest, averages 300 feet deep. Babylonians historically used spherical pebbles as marbles.
Deep wells near Kettleman Hill and global trade shifts
The Welle near Kettleman Hill California reaches 8,000 feet in depth. Providence Rhode Island is identified as the world's largest jewelry center. The Panama Canal reduces San Francisco to Liverpool distance by 5,666 miles, cutting two fifths of the former voyage.
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Calif
Providence
Panama Canal
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Liverpool
North Carolina Fair Group Opens Fifth Annual Meeting
Special to The Enterprise reports the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs opening its fifth annual meeting in Raleigh. Commissioner Kerr Scott delivered the standout address while President J. Dorton presented the big annual report. A repeal of the privilege on shows exhibited with fairs was discussed and 4 H leaders L A Ha and Rural Electrification expert Dr Dan Weaver spoke. An afternoon program included Earl Hostette Dr Fred Miller Roy Thomas and officer elections with a banquet planned for the evening.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Association Agricultural Fairs
Kerr Scott
J. &. Dorton
L. A. Ha
Dan S. Weaver
State College
Earl Hostette
Fred Miller
Roy H. Thomas
Slayer of N. C. Man Is Hunted
Carthage report says Deputy Grimm confirms a search in New Eagle for an alleged accomplice in the slaying of J. E. Carraway, Pinehurst camp proprietor. Victim’s body was found after he drove away with two men who invited him to travel to the Pinehurst area.
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Norman Grimm
Eagle City
J. EB. Carraw
Robert Svendsen
Hamilton
Ont
Grimm
Carraway
Pinehurst
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