Feller Seeks Bonus Clause in Indians 1938 Contract
At Metcalf farm Bob Feller returned his Indians contract unsigned and said he does not consider himself a holdout. He is satisfied with a 17 500 salary and asks for a bonus provision tied to victories. Slapnicka’s illness blamed for lack of contact. Feller reportedly earned 15 000 last year.
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van Meter
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Feller
Indians
Slapnicka
Cy Slapnicka
Roosevelt Faces New Problems After First Year
Roosevelt completes the first year of his second term facing a business recession and a packed Supreme Court. Historians may note two turning points: industrial decline in its final months and a pivotal clash over broad Supreme Court interpretation of the Constitution. The bitter campaign over the court reorganization bill influenced Congress to shift stance since wartime days.
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Shington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Senate
Japan
China
Panay
FDR Faces Court Fight and Industrial Strife
The article traces President Roosevelt's push to expand the Supreme Court a year into his term, the political hurdles, and the rise of sit-down strikes in the auto industry. It notes court rulings on minimum wage, the Wagner Act, and Social Security, and a compromised plan that failed to gain broad support.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Hot Judicial Races Point To North Carolina Contests
Raleigh dispatch notes heated campaigns for superior court judgeships in at least five North Carolina districts. The piece outlines potential candidates in First Second Sixth Eighth and Tenth districts with possible contenders in Fifth Ninth Twelfth Fourteenth Sixteenth Nineteenth and Twenty first districts, plus background on judge incumbents and political tensions. The article also touches national political shifts and a tidbit on early motorcycle concepts and tobacco etymology.
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Enterprise Burrau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Jan
J. Paul Frizzelle
Snow Hill
N. A. Sinclair
Fayetteville
H. Hoyle Sink
Lexington
W. F. Harding
Charlotte
Wilson Warrick Newton
A. Hall Johnston
Asheville
E. C. Bivens
Mt. Airy
Walter L. Small
Elizabeth City
Herbert Leary
Small
Walter J. Bone
Nashville
Clyde R. Hoey
Voice of the People
Stimous Valentine
Spring Hope
M. W. Barnhill
Supreme Bench
Judge Bone
R. C. Maxwell
Election Board
Harold D. Cooley
Congress
Valentine
Ralph W. McDonald
Bone
Edge
Shareholders Meeting At High Point Building and Loan Association
The annual meeting of The High Pointual Building and Loan Association Inc will be held at 310 North Main Street High Point NC at 7 30 p m Thursday January 27 1938 for electing a Board of Directors to the ensuing year receiving the annual report of the Secretary Treasurer and other business as may come before the meeting B F Johnson Secy Treas
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High Pointual Building and Loan Association, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
BC Quick Acting Aid Relieves Headachy After Bad Nights
After a rough night, a jittery morning is eased by BC, a quick acting prescription type formula. It promises fast relief from the headachy feeling and general discomfort, offering a helping hand.
BC Patent Medicine Tone Prescription Ad
An old advertisement touts BC as a fast acting remedy free of opium. It claims relief for headaches neuralgia and muscular pains plus nervousness with 10 cent and 25 cent sizes available.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
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Colby Chester
General Foods Corporation
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Lewis Brown
Johns-Manville Company
Mr. Sloan
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Uden’s
Fea
Ray Oglesby
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lucky Strike
Mr. Oglesby
Swoon
NBC
CBS
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American Tobacco Company
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Harrison
Mississippi
Barkley
Senator Black
Dala
Sares
Black
Ku Klux Klan
Sutherland
Stanley F. Reed
Combe
Martin
Nash
Washington
Wilson
Henry A. Grady
Clinton
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
American Legion
Grady
Cyclops
Lina Pope Godwin
Harnett
Stevens
Duplin
Lenoir
Onslow
Sampson
E. H. Cranmer
John Jay Burney
Wilmington
Jay
New Hanover
Pender
Brunswick
Columbus
Isaac C. Wright
Burney
Marshall Spears
Leo Carr
Luther Carlton
Parsons
James R. Patton
Durham
Alamance
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Orange
Person
W. W. Austin
Winthrop, Mass
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Chambry
Yanp
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Secy-Treas
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