U S Could Make 12000 Planes Year
Washington January 18 The House military committee heard that within three years the nation can turn out air planes at a rate of 12000 yearly General Henry H Arnold head of the army air corps said the industry could double or quadruple its present capacity of about 500 planes a year The committee also heard Senator Kennedy reported Germany could produce 200 warplanes monthly and debated the $300 million expansion of the air force with plans for four new bases two on the mainland one in Puerto Rico and one in Alaska to strengthen defenses.
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Washington
Houseilitary
H. H. Arnold
Sef
Army Air Corps
Memts
Army
Joseph P. Kennedy
Mbassador
Britain
Gerany
Embers
Malinraig
Reed
Cp. Short
R-Mo
Arold
Craig
Short
T Tme
Congress
Rosevelt
Arnold
Mainland
Perto Rico
Alaska
United States
Rector urges 150000 for 10 year unemployment loans
The Rev. David, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, urged a Senate appropriations subcommittee to add 150000 to the relief bill for 10 year loans to the unemployed. He said the House's 725000000 relief appropriation is sufficient but the extra funds would move people off relief into self supporting ventures.
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Washington
Senate
David ‘S
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
House
International Cotton Conference Consideration Discussed
Secretary Wallace and Senator Bankhead said the administration is considering an international conference to dispose of surplus cotton stocks. They met with President Roosevelt on a serious problem facing the South’s principal crop and noted no decisions, but a conference of cotton-growing nations is tentatively considered, as with wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan
Wallace
Bank‘head
D-Ala
Roosevelt
South
United Auto Workers to Settle Faction Fight by Convention
The UAW plans a special convention in Cleveland starting March 20 to decide the status of President Home Martin after an anti-Martin executive board declaration. The meeting will elect international officers and board members and run indefinitely until business is completed. Martin faces long opposition from rivals who call him a dictator and have urged the rank and file to weigh his leadership.
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Detroit
Nk and File
United Auto Worlds Union
CIO
Home Martin
Leveland
Martin
First execution in 1939 set for North Carolina
Raleigh January 18 King Solomon Stovall a 24 year old Granville County Negro convicted felon will be North Carolinas first execution of 1939 He is to die Friday in the state’s electric chair Governor Hoey has decided not to intervene in the case of R T Moore an elderly storekeeper murdered years ago by the same man
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Raleigh
Solomon Stovall
Granville Negro
North Corona
Hoey
Healf
R. T. Moore
City adopts budget fixing tax rate at 1.50
City council approves long delayed budget with a 1.50 tax rate per 100 valuation and total expenditures of 1,195,903.21. The 1938 39 budget calls for 789,200 in city operations and a 593,500 levy while projected revenue includes 1,902,483.81 income and 200,000 street assessments.
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PWA
High Point
Hopkins Granted Further Senate Approval as Commerce Secretary
The Senate Commerce Committee approved Harry S. Hopkins for Secretary of Commerce. Hopkins, longtime Roosevelt adviser, faced questions on WPA management and conceded some mistakes. William A. Harriman supported his nomination, with final Senate action likely the next day.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Harry S. Hopkins
Commerce
Hopkins
Roosevelt
WPA
William A. Harriman
New York
Business Advisory Council
Senate
Congress
House Orders Public Hearing on Roper Abolition Bill
Raleigh January 18 The House judiciary committee ordered a public hearing set for February 1 on the Roper bill to abolish capital punishment in North Carolina. Other actions include a veterans job preference bill advancement and minor judiciary bills recommending extensions, abolitions, and probate validation.
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Raleigh
House
Roper
North Carolina
Tompkins
Jackson
Register of Deeds
Davidson
Avery
Bost
Cabarrus
Pickens
Guilford
Payne
Alexander
Kimzey
Kings Mountain
Inland Waterway Improvement Recommendation Reaches Congress
Secretary Woodving forwarded a report by Major General Julian L. Schley chief of army engineers recommending modification of the inland waterway project from Norfolk Virginia to Beaufort North Carolina. The plan aims to protect canal property near the Great Bridge lock from storm tide flooding.
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Washington
Woodving
Congress
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
Norfolk
Beaufort Inlent
North Carolina
Great Bridge
North Carolina election laws to be discussed at meeting
Raleigh January 18 The legislative elections laws committees led by Representatives Phillips and Morphew will begin considering proposed reforms next Wednesday Eight bills to amend voting laws—four state wide and four local—have already been filed amid demands for tighter absentee voting rules Public hearings will be held with testimony invited from the state board of elections and others Phillips studies the board report recommending amendments to restrict absentee ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Phillips
Onslow
Morphew
Graham
General Assembly
Hoey
State Board of Elections
Volger
Mecklenburg
Lumpkin
Ranklin
Burke
Alexander
State Board
Far Reaching Shakeup Rumored in Germany
Berlin rumors of major changes in the Nazi leadership mention Hermann Goering as likely vice chancellor and war minister, with Paul Joseph Goebbels returning to his propaganda post after illness. Official sources did not confirm the reports, which cite Goering’s expanded roles as signaling a move toward greater power.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paul Joseph Boebbels
Goebbels
Goering
Exemption Removal Could Raise Revenue
John W. Hanes, former Winston-Salem executive, tells the Senate committee that ending tax exemptions on state and local salaries and bond interest could yield up to 300 million dollars annually. He argues it would curb tax avoidance by the wealthy and spur private industry investment while noting federal taxes might rise to as much as 337 million dollars annually if exemptions end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Hanes
Winston-Salem
N. C
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Hanes
Senate
Wall Street
Ilanes
Adams challenges FDR on WPA money and relief cuts
Senator Adams contends that spreading WPA relief reductions over four months could limit layoffs to about 600,000 instead of a million if Congress funds relief at 725 million. He notes winter load could raise losses beyond a million. The President seeks 875 million to run WPA to June 30, warning House cuts would end relief for up to 5 million people.
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Washington
Adams
D-Cole
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Senate
House
Adams’ Subcommittee
Here
Aliens Forced to Leave U S Rise to 18553 in year
Commissioner James L. Houghteling reported that 18 553 aliens were forced to depart the United States last year. Of these 9 275 were deported on warrants and 9 278 left after being adjudged deportable, up from 17 000 the prior year.
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Washington
James L. Houghteling
United States
Houghteling
Perkins
Once Rich Man Now in Poverty
George Liftchild a former Wall Street broker who earned about 100000 a year for 20 years and his son Frank 55 spent a night in a police station after they barricaded their Brooklyn ten room home to resist eviction by Home Owners Loan Corporation over an 11676 loan. They agreed to leave with help finding lodging. Liftchild partially blind and tied up equity in a 36000 Brooklyn property amid tax lien litigation.
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Frank
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Brooklyn
HOLC
Liftchild
Walter Ramer
Aging Mason Barney Pearson Dies at 85 in North Carolina
Barney Pearson, 85, Nash County farmer near Bailey, died in Wilson today from a stroke. He was claimed the oldest Mason in service in North Carolina and was initiated into the Hatch er lodge of Wilson County on April 20, 1878.
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Wilson, N. C
Barney Pearson
Nash County
Bailey
North Carolina
Hatcher Lodge
Wilson County
Court orders halted Books demands court order before opening records
The Associated Gas and Electric System refused to submit records or have officers testify without a Supreme Court ruling. The federal power commission sought subpoenas to review charges and relations within the Associated System's 14Pennsylvania utilities, while the witness C A Dougherty declined to identify himself. The hearing proceeded as Examiner Hampton allowed testimony to continue with counsel advice.
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Washington
Associated Gas and Electric System
Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court
Far-Filung Pennsylvania
C. A. Dougherty
H. C. Hopson
Supreme Court of the United States
Walter B. Saul
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Associated Gas and Electric
Saul
Commission
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Frank A. Hampton
Evanston Policeman To Receive Junior Chamber Award
Lieutenant Frank M. Kreml of the Evanston police department will be awarded the 1938 distinguished service award of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce for his noted traffic safety work. The diamond key honors the man 35 or younger judged to contribute most to society in the preceding year.
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Chicago
Frank M. Kreml
Evanston,r
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kreml
Senators Seek White House Help To Relieve Cotton Dilemma
Southern senators led by Bankhead press President Roosevelt for a plan to manage $500 million in loan cotton and 11.9 million bales. They discuss selling loan cotton back to growers below loan price or compensating growers to cut production under the crop control program. They plan another White House meeting with Secretary Wallace.
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Senate
Bankhead
McKellar
D-Tenn
White House
France bets on neutrality while Spain crisis roils deputies
Paris reports indicate the French cabinet will seek a confidence vote on a policy of nonintervention in the Spanish civil war while defending French interests. Bonnet pressed neutrality and keeping the Pyrenees closed to aid to the Spanish government as Britain backs the policy. Labor groups push for military help to Republican Spain and a broader debate continues in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Lebrun
Spain
Georges Bonnet
France
Pyrenees
Britain
Chamberlain
Bonnet
Great Britain
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
General Confederation of Labor
Spanish
Confederation
Elysee Palace
National Aeronautic Association backs air defense plan
The United States largest civilian aviation group including Lindbergh Hughes and Wright supports government air defense. It promotes air education private flying and a civilian pilot reserve as key to a wartime footing. Col. Louis Johnson calls aircraft psychologically significant in international affairs. The group endorses President Roosevelt’s plan to train 20 000 college students to fly.
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LT. Louis
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Howard Hughes
Orville Wright
National Aeronautic Association
Association For Buttressing National Defense
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George Liftchild
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