Germany Supplying Romania Arms Despite War With Allies
Washington authorities report Germany is sending war supplies to Romania in return for oil. The shipments include 80 Heinkel bombing planes 70 Heinkel pursuit planes anti-tank guns and ammunition. Deliveries under Skoda arm plant contracts continue as Germany pledges more military goods despite the European war.
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Washington
Germany
Rumania
Balkans
Skoda
Europe
Unidentified Man Donates 20000 in Cash to Finnish Legation
An elderly white-haired man visited Minister G A Gripenberg at the Finnish legation and gave him £5000 in cash to help Finland but left without disclosing his identity.
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London
Gan
G. A. Gripenberg
Bine
Germanys World War II aims in Eastern Europe and Romania
The piece notes German activities in Czechoslovakia and Romania including submarines built under license, diesel engines, and periscopes at Galatz. It cites German-Romanian oil needs and analysts fearing supplies could aid Russia. It mentions Bessarabia claims and King Carol in Romania warning Soviet pressure. Analysts doubt a German attack on Romania soon, focusing on Balkans stability to keep raw materials flowing.
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Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Germany
Galatz
Russia
Bessarabia
Bolshevista
Carol
Balkans
North Carolina high schools invited to spring university contests
Accredite d high schools across North Carolina are invited to participate in spring contests in French Spanish Physics Latin and Mathematics conducted by the University Extension Division and university departments. Papers judged by university committees. only currently enrolled students may compete. Dates listed include Physics February 9 Latin February 16 Spanish March 22 and Mathematics April 26.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
University Extension Division
EK. R. Rankin
Rankin
Local Camera Club Plans Print Exhibition at Meeting
The High Point Camera Club will discuss a graphic print exhibition at a meeting in the Voorhees and Everhart office on North Main Street. Officers will be elected with George W. Campbell presiding. all members are urged to attend.
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High Point Camera Club
Voorhees and Everhart
North Main Street
George W. Campbell
Presbyterian Students Meet Second Intercollegiate Conference
Presbyterian students from colleges and universities in the Synod of North Carolina will hold a statewide conference February 16 and 17 at the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury. Dr James J Murray from Lexington Va will be principal speaker as about 150 participants discuss plans to strengthen spiritual life on campuses.
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Raleigh
Synod of North
Selina
First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury
Charles A. Heeter
N. C. State College
James J. Murray
Presbyterian Church of
Virginia Military Institute
Murray
Presbyterian Church of the United States
World Conference of Christian Youth
Amsterdam
Holland
Hunter
Hunter B. Blakely
Queen College
Charlotte
Wilminia Rowland
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
W. C. Pressly
Peace Junior College
Rachel Wyley
The
Flashes Of Life and Odd Local News Snippets
Mary Jane Donaghy and Elsie Lively found nearly $100 on a Knoxville sidewalk after a French class. a railway worker returned it and shared rewards. In Wabash divorce, Charles Gill cites misrepresentation before marriage and wins. In Rupert Idaho, a county clerk notes unusual coin payments for a marriage license. In Watson Lewallen Nebraska a grocery window break leads to arrest for burglary.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Jane Donaghy
Elsie Lively
D. F. Hopkins
Rupert
Idaho
Dorothy Hollenbeck
Watson Lewallen
Nebr
Joe Clay
Clay
Davidson Murderer Captured After 15 Years of Freedom
Burl Garrison of Davidson County Negro was recaptured after escaping from Cary prison farm in April 1925. He returned to Central Prison in Raleigh to complete a 12 to 15 year sentence for second degree murder imposed in February 1923. The capture occurred in Rock Hill South Carolina.
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Ralreigh
Burl Garrison
Davidson County
Central Prison
Garrison
Cary
Rock Hill
8. C
Bell Company Plans 1940 Carolinas Expansion
The Southern Bell Telephone Company announced a 1940 expansion totaling 3 984 million dollars, with about 2 500 million spent in North Carolina and the rest in South Carolina. The plan includes suburban development, hundreds of rural miles of lines, new toll lines and upgrading existing toll routes.
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Charlotte
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Legion Group To Meet February Fifteenth
Charlotte chairman Dick Young announced the American Legion's Boys State Commission will hold its first meeting in Durham around February 15. The commission includes Albert Coates Chapel Hill Amos Maynard Greensboro Roy L McMillan Raleigh Gordon Robertson Asheville Dave G Whichard Jr Greenville and Harry Symmes Wilmington alongside Young.
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Charlotte
Dick Young
American Legion's Boys’ State Commission
Durham
June Rose
The
Legion
Young
Albert Coates
Chapel Hill
Amos Maynard
Greensboro
Roy L. McMillan
Raleigh
Gordon Robertson
Asheville
Dave G. Whichard, Jr
Greenville
Harry Symmes
Wilmington
Lloyd George celebrates 77th birthday but doubts Europe situation
London January 17 David Lloyd George Britain’s World War prime minister marked his 77th birthday with a line about enjoying life but said he would have to withdraw that if he spoke frankly about today’s European situation.
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London
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Renan
Europe
Taft to Speak at Greensboro Republican Day Dinner
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio will deliver the principal address at the 11th annual statewide Republican Day dinner in Greensboro on February 12.
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Taft
Greensboro
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Real estate transfers across Guilford County townships
Guilford County records show multiple transfers including R B Gantt to O D Shephard and F M Jarvis to R L Rodden with parcels from Amos Regan and Dover Baker properties. Other listed deeds include Briles to Bow man in Spencer Heights and Morrow to Briles on Alec Wray land.
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R. B. Gantt
O. D. Shepherd
Amos Regan
F. M. Jarvis
R. L. Rodden
Dover Baker
Lillie Ann Riddick
Kaith Inman Sheppard
Catherine Aleen Sheppard
Archdale Methodist Church
C. L. Amos
T. M. Briles
Alec Wray
James Bowman, Jr
Spencer Heights
Deborahs. Morrow
Jamestown
S. D. Shelton
Baptist Temple Board of Trustees
Duke Baker
First steel made by Joseph Higby in Connecticut
A Early American note cites Joseph Higby of Connecticut producing the first steel in 1736 after refining iron in 1645. The record also mentions Johann Schmidt shot in the heart during World War and still working daily, with a bullet in his heart, and Thomas Jefferson smuggling the first rice seed from Italy to South Carolina to begin the region’s rice industry.
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America
Joseph Higby
Connecticut
Johann Schmidt
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Italy
South Carolina
South
Tax haul from motor vehicles tops 1.7 billion in 1938
Government records show more than 1.781 billion dollars raised in taxes on ownership and operation of motor vehicles in 1938. The figure reflects state and local revenue measures shaping road funding and transportation policy during the year.
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North Manchester
Byron C. Kennedy
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Earl Craven
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Paramount
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Serena F. Klein
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W. G. Lewis
Arlington Street
Hansel C. Beeson
M. Arlene Beeson
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Irving Park
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