Eighteen Navy Bombers Complete Record Nonstop Flight to Honolulu
Eighteen Navy bombers from California landed at Pearl Harbor completing a record mass flight. The first plane touched water at 8 48 a m Eastern Standard time 20 hours 40 minutes after takeoff from San Diego Calif The second plane landed two minutes later and the rest followed in quick succession The flight bettered the previous naval record of 21 hours 25 minutes set by a 12 plane transfer from San Diego nine months earlier About 100 spectators watched from Pearl Harbor as the squadron roared overhead toward the harbor heading into the night air
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Honolulu
California
Rl Harbor
Aviahistory
San Diego
Calif
Aadron
Diego
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Soldiers Entering Foreign Property In Nanking
American sources list more than a dozen incidents since New Year of Japanese soldiers entering American British and German property in Nanking. Protests have been filed with Japanese authorities in Nanking, with representations to Washington and to Tokyo by the British and German governments. Most events happened in the refugee zone housing 260000 Chinese, overseen by American missionaries and German merchants.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Washington
Tokyo
Tsingtao
Furniture Market Poised for Strong Second Week
Furniture trade in the Southern Furniture and Rug market shows renewed optimism as the event enters its third day. Despite earlier gloom, registrants flood show venues including the Southern Furniture Exposition building Tomlinson's five floor display George T Woods and other independent dealers. Attendees report trading and attendance approaching good levels, with skepticism fading in the industry.
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Forgotten Realms
the Mart
Southern Furniture Exposition
Tomlinson
George T. Woods
Senate Hearing Reveals Lax Interior Department Oversight
Senator Pittman disclosed to the Senate shocking claims of laxity and possible criminal carelessness in the Interior Department as hearings proceed on E. K. Burlew’s nomination for first assistant secretary. Testimony cited a clerk defrauding CCC funds worth 84 000 dollars and implicated Barlow in administrative powers within the department.
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Washington
Pittman
Dnew
Senate
Public Lands Committee
Interior Department
E. K. Burlew
Interior
Reno
CCC
Burlew
Ickes
Barlow
French Cabinet Faces Fresh Disruptions Amid Reform
Paris reports ongoing disturbances to the revamped government led by radical socialist Camille Utemps. Premier calls a ministerial conference as 18 of 20 cabinet members are radicals with no socialists, while Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos and Defense Minister Edouard Deladier remain in post. A municipal workers’ demand for higher allowances surfaces with a 27 deadline for negotiation before a general strike.
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Aris
Camille Utemps
Hisisters
Radical
Dical
Yvon Delbos
Edouard Deladier
Contrnof
France
Eaux Municipal
Comne
Bridges Signs With Detroit Detroit Star Confirms Amicable Deal
Tommy Bridges, Detroit pitching star, announced in Shville Tennessee that his contract with the club had been amicably adjusted and that he had signed anew, keeping him with Detroit.
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Bridges
Shville
Tenn
Tommy Bridges
Detroit
MacPhail Named Vice President Of The Dodgers
New York January 19 MacPhail was named executive vice president of the baseball club on a long term contract. He assumes duties immediately.
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Dodgers
York
MacPhail
Ative
Kign
Immedi
Three Mile Highway Plan Gaining City Support
Wilkes Barre a rock slide at Chauncey mine traps one man believed buried and injures two others. George Dorkavage is missing as rescue teams pull survivors from under rock. High Point moves to secure state and federal help to build a three mile belt around the city with federal aid and a 60 foot right of way, awaiting steps to proceed.
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Wilkes-Barre
Chauncey Mine
Pennsylvania
John Drahek
Manticoke
Anthony Witzek
Ashley
George Dorkavage
High Point
Greensboro
Asheboro
Fairfield
M. Knox
George L. Stansbury
Board of County Commissioners
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Knox
WPA Roll Hits About 1.86 Million On Relief
Aubrey Williams, acting WPA administrator, told President Roosevelt that about 1,860,000 people were on relief rolls. He said WPA funds could cover relief for up to 1,900,000 until around April 15, after which roll reductions would be needed to stay within the appropriation.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress Relief
Roosevelt
Williams
WPA
Illness of Wife Keeps Dean Noe From Convention
Memphis Tenn January 19 Prevented from attending the state diocesan convention of the Episcopal church at Knoxville the sudden illness of his wife caused Dean Israel Hard Noe to stay away. His brother Rev Alex D Noe said the Dean fainted at the Deanery and the strain of the fast may have contributed. The visiting vicar defended the Dean’s lengthy fast now in its 18th day arguing a spiritual life can be sustained without continued food and that the Dean can return to normal living while drawing strength from the Father.
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Memphis
Tenn
Episcopal Church
Knoxville
Israel Hard
Dean
Alex
D. Noe
St. Thomas Papiscopal Ch
Bath
N. C
Mire Toll May Top Forty Five
Five residents face toll increases as projections show Mire Toll could rise above forty dollars. Officials say revenue funds road repairs while critics warn of impact on commuters and local business.
Fire at Sacred Heart college kills, injures students
In St Hyacinthe Quebec a blaze consumed Sacred Heart college yesterday leaving seven deaths confirmed with thirty-five more feared missing and twenty one injured. Among the missing are four brothers including Xavier Le tournneau of Pawtucket Rhode Island and Paul Armand from Woonsocket.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Que
Sacred Heart College
United States
Xavier
Vincent Letourneau
Pawtucket
R. I
Paul Armand
Woonsocket
William O'Connell
Westport
Conn
Normand
Roger Poulin
Central Falls
R. 1
Rebels Advance on All Fronts Around Teruel
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco’s forces pushed along the Celadas range north of Teruel with heavy artillery bombarding government positions. A government counter-attack on the north of Teruel was repulsed.
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Teruel
Treuvel
Spain
Franco
Celadas
Insurgents Push Government Lines In Three Directions
Spanish insurgents renewed fighting on the Teruel front as they advanced from Concud toward the government ring around Madrid. Artillery was directed at the capital as forces moved in from the north south and east, tightening pressure on the government lines.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel Battlefelds
Madrid
Concud
Federal power commission criticized overreach on Yadkin dam
The North Carolina board of conservation and development charges the Federal Power Commission exceeded its authority by claiming jurisdiction over the proposed 6 million dollar Tuckertown hydro dam on the Yadkin river in Montgomery county. A resolution backing Governor Hoey’s stance was being drafted by a sub committee.
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Raleigh
Federal Power Commission
Tuckertown
Yadkin River
Board of Conservation and Development
Gox
Hoey
Commission
Montgomery County
Youth Held in Slaying Refuses Name in Showman Case
A 20 year old youth was jailed at Oxford, 12 miles from Henderson, after leading police to the hacked body of Steve Good, 46, of Austin. He refused to identify himself and first claimed to be Clarence Fairbanks of Baltimore. Police seek details from Mrs Good, hospitalized, to explain the bird show dispute that led to the axe slaying.
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Steve Good
Austin
Texas
Langston
Good
Mrs. Good
U S Continues Policy in China
President Roosevelt, advised by the state department, said Japan's withdrawal of its ambassador does not sever diplomatic relations and the United States would maintain its Far Eastern policy day to day. He indicated no current plan to invoke the neutrality law.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
State Department
Japan
China
City Council Approves Downtown Parking Lot Plan
The city council adopted a resolution to build a 150 car parking lot on school board land between South Main and South Wrenn streets near the post office to ease downtown parking. They also authorized proceeding to acquire similar lots elsewhere with minimal cost. Three objections cited expense 264 private lot competition and potential harm to a private operator. The issue was raised by City Manager EB Knox.
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School Board
South Main
South Wrenn
EB. M. Knox
Haworth Appointed Juvenile Judge in High Point
Byron A. Haworth, local attorney, was seen in the afternoon as juvenile judge of the city of High Point following the appointment.
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Byron A. Haworth
High Point
President Roosevelt to meet 50 members of advisory council
President Roosevelt gathers the 50 members of Secretary Roper's business advisory council for a wide ranging discussion on economic problems amid expectations of talks on recession. Harriman leads the council active since 1933 with broad national representation and behind the scenes influence on policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
W. Averill Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Trio Held for Killing Officer in Huntersville Case
Bruce Shue, his uncle Wade Shue, and Walter Lanning were jailed in Charlotte after two witnesses identified Bruce Shue as the killer in the New Year’s Day shooting of Police Chief J. A. Rape. Rape was shot in Huntersville. three men were indicted for murder in a warrant. The suspects were brought from Greenwood, South Carolina.
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Charlotte
Bruce Shue
Wade Shue
Walter Lanning
J. A. Rape
Huntersville
Henry Moseley
Mecklenburg County
Greenwood
8. C
Thomasville Woodmen Camp 206 to Meet Friday Evening
Thomasville Woodmen of the World Camp 206 will hold a meeting Friday at 7 30 after which a social hour will follow. All Woodmen are urged to attend.
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Thomasville W
Thomasville
Thomasville Woodmen of the World
Trains Collide Near Syracuse Minor Injuries Reported
Two New York Central passenger trains collided near Syracuse as they neared the new elevated railroad structure. Anthony Leone of Rochester, a railway mail clerk, was killed. Several others were injured and hospitalized. Rear coaches derailed and one overturned.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Anthony Leone
Rochester
Robert E. Lee Honored Today in Virginia
Richmond observed General Robert E. Lee on his 131st birthday with banks and state offices closed and schools shut across most of Virginia. North Carolina marked the day with routine local services.
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Richmond
Confederacy
Virginia
Southland
South
Robert E. Lee
Lee
North Carolina
Hartle waives doubt, pleads self defense in Smith murder
John A. Hartle, 63, grocer, testifies in Winston-Salem trial that he killed Walter Lee Smith while defending his wife Mrs Hartle after discovering Smith and Mrs Hartle together. Hartle says he fired when a man approached him in a darkened room and he did not recognize the figure.
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Winston-Salem
John A. Hartle
Walter Lee Smith
Smith
Hartle
Eastern Airlines carries tens of thousands in December
Eastern Airlines division of North American aviation reports 11,395 passengers in December, up from 8,072 a year earlier in December 1936. This reflects improved air travel demand and expansion across the carrier’s routes.
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Airlines
New York
Eastern Airlines
North American Aviation
Army Day Message Stresses Citizen Soldiers Aid
President Roosevelt reiterates reliance on patriotic citizens for national defense and the small regular army as the nucleus of an expanded force. He notes the National Defense Act and the National Guard as key citizen-soldier elements and endorses Army Day to heighten public awareness amid global tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Reno
Reginald R. Balknap
Congress
National Guard
The
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