Insurgent Advances Near Barcelona Pressed by Government Forces
Reports say Spanish Nationalist troops pushed toward Barcelona from Igualada and Manresa while Villanueva y Geltrú and Vilafranca del Panadés fell or were encircled. Government defenses drew a line from Villanueva y Geltrú to Manresa as Franco's forces renewed pressure on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endave
France
Nish
Barce
Villanney Geltru
Illaneuva Y Geltra
Tterranean
Barcelona
Villafranca del Panades
Caps
Igualada
Lada
Villaneuva Y Geltra
Villafranca Delades
Manresa
Igufia
Villafranca del Pana
Officommunique
Franco
Lerida
Comdat Burgos
Garri
Administration Relief Faces Setback in Relief Bill Vote
Senate appropriations committee rejected a proposal to add 150 million dollars to the WPA bill keeping relief at 725 million. Roosevelt sought 875 million, warning 150 million cut would drop over a million people from relief rolls. Lawmakers brace for floor fight as administration strategizes to regain funds.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations
Roosevelt
Senate
Police Chief Wounds Negro in Kernersville Clash
William L. Dawkins the newly appointed Kernersville police chief shot and wounded Howard Friend 22 in an altercation during an attempted arrest on a drunkenness charge. Dawkins said he grappled with Friend after stopping in a Negro section. Friend is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot twice. Mose Johnson and Cliff Friend were arrested. Friend charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Dawkins
Kernersville
Howard Friend
Dawkins
High Point
Friend
Winston-Salem
Mose Johnson
Cliff Friend
Germany Builds Vast Shadow Army Amid Nazi Reorganization
Berlin reports Hitler directs a broad rearming program expanding military training for all men over 17 excluding Jews and criminals. New decrees create a reserve force for Germany as Schacht is ousted from the Reichsbank and Brinkmann takes the vice presidency. Weidemann named consul general at San Francisco with officials denying political significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Hitler
Hjalmarecht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Dr. Walters
George Rublee
Intergovernmentefugee
Downfeld
Herman Wil@oering
Rubbe Y
Germany
National Socialist Storm Troops
NSKK
NSFX
Friedrich W. Dreyse
Ernst Huelse
Reichsbank Directorate
Rreyse
Dolf Brinkmann
Huelse
Brinkmann
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Wiedemann
Landon warns of economic war between democracies and totalitarians
Alf Landon told the Kansas Press Association that democracies and totalitarian regimes wage an economic war, with debt and deficits eroding defenses. He cited Pan American talks in Lima, urged balanced budgets, and warned of propaganda and economic invasions by Nazi, Communist, and Fascist powers.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
The
Kansas Press Association Tonight
United States
Lima
Peru
Landon
South America
Sheriff’s Brother Sought For Robbery
Five young men from the Hickory area were implicated in an attempted armed robbery near a Longview cabin. Ralph Pitts was already arrested while Luther Pitts and two other Hickory men, Jimmy Thornburg and Francis Huffman, were detained. Fred Thornburg and Fred Smith were shot. Mrs Smith was treated for a head blow and released.
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Hickory
Ray Pitts
Fred Smith
Longview
Ralph
Luther
Pitts
Oscar Pitts
Raleigh
Jimmy Thornburg
Francis Huffman
Fred Thornburg
Hickory Memorial Hospital
Celler Proposes Liability Exemption for Radio Stations
Representative Celler proposed a bill to exempt radio station owners from liability for slanderous statements aired, contingent on proof the operator exercised due care to prevent violations. The measure targets broadcasts and seeks safeguards for broadcasters while maintaining responsibility standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RADIO
Washington
Representative Celler
D-Ny
Not Married Woman Denies Kernersville Gossip
In Kernersville on January 21 a bulletin board notice signed Miss Addie Teague proclaims she is not married and dislikes rumors that she is marrying an elderly local man. Postmaster Harmon Linville called it a rare公告 noting the unusual post office lobby display.
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Kernersville
Addie Teague
Harmon Linville
Postoffice
Wheat for Nazi Arms Report From Toulouse
Depeche de Toulouse reports American wheat and flour sent to Insurgent Spain to relieve suffering was exchanged by the Insurgents for German munitions. German freighters unload war materiel at Pasajes as wheat shipments are loaded for Germany, with delays awaiting payment in wheat.
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Toulouse
France
Depeche de Toulouse
Spain
Albert Sarraut
Nazi Germany
Pasajes
San Sebastian
Germany
Francisco Franco
American Aid Committee
Baldanzi to Speak at North Carolina TWOC Conference
George Baldanzi of New York, president of the United Textile Workers of America, will give the principal address at a statewide TWOC conference in Greensboro. R R Lawrence of Atlanta, Seth P Brewer of the Carolinas, and Henry I Adams of Charlotte are among speakers with about 200 delegates expected. Officials from labor agencies were invited. This is the first North Carolina TWOC conference since its 1937 formation.
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Greensboro
George Baldanzi
New York
Thhe
United Textile Workers of America
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
R. R. Lawrence
Atlanta
Southeastern
TWOC
Seth P. Brewer
Carolinas
Henry I. Adams
Charlotte
State Department of Labor
The
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Prisoner and waitress wed in county jail ceremony
William M. Gillen 25, under life for murder, married Mrs. Roberta McGuffey 23, a Louisville waitress, in the county jail with women prisoners watching. Gillen may seek parole in eight and a half years as he faces six armed robbery charges that could carry the death penalty.
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Louisville
William M. Gillen
Roberta McGuffey
Virginia Reed
Newspaper Institute backs white paper mills in the South
At Chapel Hill the North Carolina newspaper institute urged the General Assembly to fund the Herty foundation laboratory, signaling support for developing white paper mills in North Carolina and other Southern states. Donald R. Brewster outlined plans for mills, pledging expansion of Southern pulp production and lower newsprint costs for newspapers.
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Chapel Hill
Herty Foundation
South
North Carolina Newspaper Institute
General Assembly
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Donald R. Brewster
Herty Laboratory
Brewster
Lufkin
Texas
F. F. McCulloch
Bladen Journal
North Carolina Press Association
Today
W. Carey Dowd, Jr
Charlotte News
W. C. Lassiter
Raleigh
New York Bermuda Luxury Plane With 13 Aboard Falters
The Cavalier carrying 13 aboard was forced down between New York and Bermuda. Ten survivors were pulled from the sea, while three are believed drowned, according to a coast guard report via the Esso Baytown tanker.
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New York
Bermuda
Esso Baytown
Coast Guard
Chameplain
Esso Bay
Esso
Baytown
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Port Washington
Long Island
Hamilton
Cape May
U. S
Erie
Canal Zone
New York Navy Yard
Murder Trial Goes To Jury
The Georgia murder case against George Cleyborn and co defendants reached the jury as closing arguments and testimony wrapped up. The trial centers on a suspected hire of Cleyborn to kill Dr. Charles H. Lee, with H J and W H Cofer awaiting trial on similar charges.
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Brunswick
George Cleyborn
Charles H. Lee
Cleyborn
H. J
W. H. Cofer
St. Simona Island
Cofers
H. J. Cofer
Mba. Cofer
Henry
Carrie Stevens
Invasion Stalled as Chinese Hold in South China
Chinese military reports say Japanese forces are halted in South China despite intensified offensives. A renewed push to cross the West River near Samshui was repulsed, while Chinese wedges prevent Japanese joining near Samshui. Coastal shelling by warships was blocked by land batteries. Farther west, Fuyang and Yuhang were recaptured, ending deep Japanese penetration near Hangchow since December 24, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
South China
West River
Samshui
Canton
Canton Railway
Pakhoi
Kwangtung Province
Indo-China
Fuyang
Hangchow
Yuhang
Controversies Loom In General Assembly in 1939
Raleigh dispatch reports three major 1939 General Assembly topics to draw scrutiny next week. Liquor tax rise from seven to ten percent will be reviewed by Alcoholic Beverage Control officials and the joint finance committee. Tuition for the Greater University units may increase about fifty dollars annually at hearings before the joint appropriations committee. Elections reform bills including potential absentee ballot repeal will be examined by the legislative elections committee with possible testimony from the state board of elections on 1938 primary frauds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Gilbreth
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
University of North Carolina
Joint Appropriations Committee
Frank P. Graham
The
Greater University
Legislative Elections Committee
State Board of Elections
State Merchants Association
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Atlantic
Nsurgents
Econd Keyoint
Townsends
Ecelona
Igua
Inent
Ture
United States Naval
Paris
Francis Ogswell
Alsoiliar
Situa
Omaha
Villafrance
Alben Barkley
Charles McNary
Millard Tydings
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Sec‘ary
Commerce
Barkley
Dealbaiter Holt
Kentucky
Howard
London
Baldanzi
Standard Oil
Cape Henry
Army
Navy
Pn American Airways
Naval Air Base
Lakehurst
N. J
Langley Field
N. Y
Norfolk
Cavalier
Tompkins
Jackson
Sylva
Mecklenburg County
Patton
Macon
Rodman
Beaufort
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