Southern Furniture Market Opens Strong On First Day
The 16th annual Mid Winter Southern Furniture Market opened with brisk trading and unusually large registrations. Southern State Exposition manager Paul W. Casey noted stronger ring activity than expected despite a muted Chicago market. Early orders signaled continued activity through the week as inventories run low after a rise in December sales.
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Southern Furniture
Southern State Exposition
Paul W. Casey
Chicago
Chicao Mart
Casey
Navy warns Navy faces risk delaying shipbuilding and aircraft programs
Admiral William D. Leahy told a House subcommittee that any delay in naval shipbuilding or aircraft programs would jeopardize U S security. He cited dangerous political conditions worldwide and said a Roosevelt naval construction push may exceed current limits. He noted battleships are aging and several require modernization.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
William D. Leahy
House Appropriations
United States
Europe
Far Wesr
Roosevelt
Leah
LaGuardia Seeks New WPA Relief and Spending
New York Mayor LaGuardia urged Congress to expand federal public works and push uniform work standards to revive the recession. He testified with Cleveland Mayor Harold Burton calling for WPA relief while opposing direct cash aid, and urged food from agricultural surpluses for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Laguardia
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Harold Burton
Cleveland
WPA
United States Employment Service
Social Security Board
New York City
Gold to Run for State Senate in Upcoming Election
The article notes T. J. Gold plans a bid for state senate. It covers Navy appropriations, shipbuilding funding, and hearings on tax reform. Mention of McCarran and Glavis references intrusions and investigations. Senate filibusteres on anti-lynching bill are noted with looming conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
McCarran
Interior Department Investige
Louis R. Glavis
M. L.man
Ys Board of Trade
Seidman
Pri
A and Means
Senate
Eliender
D.-La
Aga
Spanish Civil War Quiet as Fronts Tense on Fronts
From Hendaye France Jan 17 urgent air raids along the Mediterranean coast mark the Spanish civil war's only notable activity. Granada fronts see little fighting as insurgent planes bomb Cabanal near Valencia, killing five and wounding 40. In Teruel area insurgents rest after prolonged attempts to retake the city while government defenders hold.
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Hendaye
France
Granada
Cabanal
Valela
Teruel
Aragon
Home Break-In Reported at Montheu Avenue Residence
Police investigate a break in at Lucien Long's home at 224 Montheu Avenue last night while the family was away. Thieves entered through a bedroom window and departed by a rear door, taking two diamond stick pins a tie and other small items. No arrests or suspects yet.
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Lucienng
Montheu Avenue
Long
Mayor Buys First Ticket For President's Ball Night
Mayor C. S. Grayson purchases the first ticket to the President's Ball at the Sheraton January 29. Harriss Jarrell, ticket committee chairman, handles the sale for the infantile paralysis benefit. The sale was launched this morning.
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Grayson
Sheraton Hotel
Harriss Jarrell
Counter Attacks Halt Japs On All Fronts Say Reports
Reports from China say on the northern central and Yangtze fronts Chinese forces pushed back Japanese invaders in a series of counterattacks. Chiang Kai-Shek ordered troops not to retreat. Chinese units claimed heavy losses for Japan in Central Shansi, Yangtze outposts near Nanking, and a guerrilla capture near Shang hai with martial law declared in Pu-tung. Dr. H. H. Kung asserted China can continue the war for years amid peace rumors. From Nanchang Soviet-made gear noted.
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Yangtze Valley
Chiang “Kai-Shek
Eighth Army
Shansi
Yangtze River
Nanking
Wuhu
Chwansha
Pootung Peninsula
Shanghai
Pootung
Paotow
Suiyuan
H. H. Kung
China
Tokyo
Berlin
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Doctor Wanted At Hatteras Fishing Is Good
Hatteras. Jan 17. A fishing community of 900 has no practicing doctor after Dr. H. W. Kenfield died last August. Leaders appeal for a physician to move in and hang out his shingle, citing deep sea fishing and recreation. Nearest physician is in Buxton, 15 miles away.
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Hatteras
H. W. Kenfield
Buxton
Hosiery mill defense heard in Asheville case
John T. Rogers treasurer and general manager of the Asheville Hosiery company testified at a hearing before a National Labor Relations Board examiner. He denied charges of unfair labor practices filed by the AFL Hosiery Workers, a CIO union, stating a November 22 dismissal of George Baxter was for unsatisfactory work. The examiner overruled the motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and reserved judgment on the insufficient evidence challenge.
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Asheville
N. C
John T. Rogers
Asheville Hosiery Company
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Rogers
William H. Griffin
George Baxter
Griffin
Chautemps Struggles to Form New French Regime
Paris January 17 Ca mille Chautemps faced an anxious day as he sought to assemble a new people's front ministry to end France four day trials after his cabinet resigned. President Lebrun summoned him after Leon Blum failed to win support for a national union government. Opposition and hidden arms discoveries added to a tense atmosphere as Chautemps considered rebuilding a cabinet with remnants of his former government.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
People's Front
France
Albert Lebrun
Leon Blum
National Union
Chamber of Deputies
Surete Nationale
Lebrun
Chautemps
Blum
Kalinin Re-Elected Presidium Chairman in Soviet Reorganization
Moscow January 17 Michale Kalinin was chosen chairman of the presidium of the supreme soviet retaining the de facto presidency under the new constitution. Joseph Stalin named a member of the presidium, while Kalinin had been head as chairman of the central executive committee.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Japan
Michale Kalinin
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Kalinin
Central Executive Committee
Irish and British Leaders Meet for Peace Conference
Special police stood along Donwigg Street as Eamon De Valera arrived for a peace conference with Britain's leaders. The talks focused on De Valera’s plan to unite Ulster with the New Era and on trade tensions and Ireland’s role in Britain’s defense strategy.
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de Valera
London
Donwigg Street
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Britain
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Erie
Registered At The Market At Southern Furniture Expo
Lists names of attendees who registered today at the Southern Furniture Exposition building across many states including Edwin Tennessee and Virginia towns. The register includes J. T. DeArmond J. C. Rule R. Bulletichmongs Were Wal T L Staunton and many others from Georgia Florida West Virginia and more.
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J. T. DeArmond
J. C. Rule
Edwin
Tenn
R. G. Bulletichmongs
Wal T
L Staunton
Clark Chavers
Panama City
Fla
Penington
Appalachian
J. B. Baldwin
Columbus
Fred Gillette
B. M. Thornton
Kingsport
A Doughty
Greenville
R. H. Wilkinson
Elizabethton
J. A. Hellman
Winber
C. E. Almand
Griffin
J. A. Burris
FE. B. Goodin
Foy
Goodin
J. K. Goodin
Lincolnton
A. Hallam
John Henry, Jr
Thomas Hunter
Rockingham
J. W. Herring
Spartanburg
Stein
Tampa
Fila
Harry Kammer
Bluefield
W. Va
E. Kimbrall
BE. Kimbrall
Charlotte
R. A. Klinner
Gadsen
Ala
R. P. Henley
R. H. Kyle
J. M. Wells
Charleston
Clifton Forge
Dean Noe Vows Unbroken Faith In Quest For Immortality
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 17 Dean Israel Harding Noe 46 fasting leader of St Marys Episcopal cathedral says there will be no turning back in his quest for spiritual perfection and immortality. He has lived on water only since January 2 with communion water and a sip of wine thrice weekly. He recalls surviving 1936 on oranges and cashew nuts and now claims spiritual strength replaces food. His wife returned after a long separation and he warns the church must demonstrate that the gospel can be lived now or face closure.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dean Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
Dean Noe
Mr. Noe
Church of Jesus Christ
Agreement on cotton delays farm program
Washington January 17. A joint committee negotiating the senate and house farm bills hit a snag over the new cotton program. Conferees disagreed on whether the program would apply to the 1938 crop, compulsory marketing quotas at 18 million or 21 million bales, the program’s scope and penalties for non compliance, risking delay into the 1937 program continuation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Hartle Murder Trial Opens in Forsyth Court
Six jurors were selected for the murder trial of John A Hartle charged with killing Walter Lee Smith in Hartle home after church choir practice. Judge Donald F. Phillips presided as the packed Forsyth superior court heard opening proceedings. Mrs Hartle was absent and testimony from his estranged wife was not confirmed.
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Winston-Salem
John A Hartle
Walter Lee Smith
Hartle
Forsyth County
Superior Court
Donald F. Phillips
Jail Rooms Not For Rent in Greensboro
A man, unnamed, phoned Greensboro police requesting a room at the city jail for the night, saying he could not go home because his wife would beat his ears. Lieut. H. B. Pickard refused the offer, noting the man was still under the influence of a party.
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Greensboro
H. B. Pickard
Pickard
Roosevelt Vetoes Charworker Wage Increase Bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a House bill raising hourly wages for part-time post office charmen and charwomen from 50 and 55 cents to 55 and 60 cents. He objected on three grounds including unequal treatment among government branches and the impact on other classifications. He said the measure would give preferential treatment to one group and could not be justified.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Post Office Department
Congress
Vest
Gold to seek re nomination for 17th district state senate
Thomas J. Gold Sr announces he will seek re nomination in the Democratic primary to represent the 17th district in Guilford and Rockingham counties. He and Senator J Benton Stacy served in the 1937 general assembly, and Gold’s candidacy appears the sole assurance for the district’s continuity.
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Thomas J. Gold
State Senate
Guilford
J. Benton Stacy
Rockingham County
Senator Gold
Showman Slain and Wife Hurt by Axe Wielder
Henderson North Carolina January 17 AP Sheriff J E Hamlett said an itinerant show couple were found badly hacked. A youth listed as Marence Fairbanks, 20, admitted killing the man and wounding the woman, who officers said was his wife.
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Henderson
N. C
J. E. Hamlett
Marence Fairbanks
Intinerant showman dies in home attack near Henderson
Police report Steve Good died and his wife was in critical condition after an axe attack at their home. A youth, Clarence Fairbanks of Baltimore, was detained after discovery of the hacked bodies. Fairbanks claimed Good drove their truck trailer and performed a miniature circus act. no money was found. A robbery motive was suggested by Langston.
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Southern Furniture Market
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T. J. Gold
Kai-Skhek
NLRB
Denie
Stalin Stooge
Kelinin
Presidium of
The
Benham
John P. Cooney
Augusta
M. J. Whidden
Badcock
Mulberry
W. F. Dowdy
New Bern
W. K. Dunn
Atlanta
E. G. Price
P. H. Bradshaw
Rocky Mount
Irvin G. Harmon
I. Harmon
Elkins
West Va
A. 8. Lovitz
Roy W. Ortmeyer
D. Mayfield
W. S. Miller
C. D. Collins
O. E. Summerour
Winder, Ga
J. N. Batts
H. A. Rountree
Hampton, Va
C. M. Ep
J. F. Swindal
Jacksonville
A. EB. McCord
Ray Gallman
J. B. Tyler
Wagener
8. C
A. R. Hood
W. M. Hood
Waycross
F. T. Macon
J. D. Terry
Madison
R. H. Cottrell
Roy T. Wright
Roanoke, Va
Walter Smith
Winston
E, J. Gold
Showman
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