Eleven States Represented at Market Opening in High Point
Buyers from eleven states and the District of Columbia converged on High Point as the Mid-Winter Southern Furniture and Rug Market opened. At noon 346 persons registered at the Exposition building with over 200 exhibits. Early buyers noted stronger floor coverings buying and a cautious optimism for a good show. A banquet will be held tomorrow night at 7 with humorist Edmund H. Harding as guest speaker.
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Itates
District of Columbia
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Exposition
Jacksons
W. E. Jackson
Neon
H. C. Jackson
Pond
W. P. Jackson
Hysi
Joe Reynolds
Pound
Smith Setzer
Eon
Sheraton Hotel
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Edmund H. Harding
Washington, N. C
Market Building
Sheraton
Elwood
British Halt Asama Maru and Seizure Of German Passengers
Tokyo reports Japan protests to Britain over halting the Japanese liner Asama Maru and seizure of 21 German passengers returning home via Japan and Siberia. Officials call the act a serious unfriendly move.
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Tokyo
Japan
Britain
Siberia
Masayuki Tani
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Robert
Yokohama
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company
Central
South America
Yukichiro Suma
Washington
State Department
United States
Futile Attempts Made To Destroy Finnish Defense
Helsinki reports hundreds of Russians killed in failed assaults on the Karelian Isthmus and eastern front. In Taipale the Finns counted about 120 enemy dead with hundreds more in front of their lines. Further north and northeast, Russians were repulsed with heavy losses and tanks destroyed. The army cited loudspeaker attempts to urge surrender and warn of German aid.
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Helsinki
High Command
Karelian
Karelian Isthmus
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Loimola
Viipuri
Arctic Circle
Broad Grand Jury Probes Christian Front Case
A broadened grand jury investigation was promised in the government conspiracy case against 17 Christian Front defendants. Arthur Charles E. Coughlin defends them as a friend. The 17, jailed on $50,000 bail each, claim innocence of any overthrow or sabotage. Attorney General Jackson said the Brooklyn grand jury would cover activities of any group aiding or directing the defendants and asked DAs Cahill and Campbell to cooperate. The inquiry targets supporters of any subversive group working with or alongside them.
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New York
Revolution
Christian Front
Charles FE. Coughlin
Robert H. Jackson
Washington
Grand Jury
Brooklyn
United States
John T. Cahill
William J. Campbell
Chicago
Jackson
Famed Silent Film Director Edwin Carewe Dies
Edwin Carewe, noted director of the silent era, was found dead in his bed in Hollywood. An ambulance surgeon cited a heart attack as the cause. Born in Gainesville Texas, he rose to prominence directing films like Ramona Resurrection and Revenge and helped launch stars Dolores Del Rio Gary Cooper and Wallace Beery.
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Hollywood
Edwin Carewe
Carewe
Gainesville
Tex
Lubin Film Company
Dolores del Rio
Francis X. Bushman
Gary Cooper
Wallace Beery
Dies Group Given Boost for Un-American Activities Committee
The House Rules Committee unanimously approved and sent to the House a one year renewal of the Dies committee on un American activities after a brief stormy hearing. Dempsey and Casey urged amendments to limit investigators procedures while Voorhis proposed closed hearings and restricted public statements pending full committee approval. At the White House, discussions on cuts in appropriations Finland relief and other topics continued without firm decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
House Today
Dies
Dempsey
DNM
Casey
D-Mass
Rep. Voorhis
Calif
Dies Committee
White House
Finland
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Hull
Duke of Windsor Leaves B E F for Business Trip
The Duke of Windsor returned from the British Expeditionary Force in France on business. His brother the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Buckingham Palace on leave. Windsor, a major general, stays at a West End hotel on his second visit since the abdication. The Duchess of Windsor did not accompany him.
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London
Duke of Windsor
France
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
Washington Pays Final Tribute To Sen Borah
Leaders of government, Supreme Court members, cabinet officials and diplomats attended a state funeral for William E Borah at the Senate chamber. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt sent flowers as Borah’s desk remained vacant. Borah, 74, Idaho Republican, died after a cerebral hemorrhage, with Mary Borah present and long time aides nearby.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho Statesman
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Phillips
Idaho
Grace Hileman
British Sea Losses Shake Week End War News
Four British ships were sunk over the week end including a destroyer Uren ville as mines or torpedoes blamed for the losses. 118 officers and men were saved while eight were killed and 73 missing. Survivors landed at an east coast port amid grim casualty figures and renewed naval anxieties.
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London
British Isles
Urenville
Admiralty
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Germany
United States
Washington
Five Killed as Transport Crashes Off Bali
A Batavia dispatch reports a transport plane of the Batavia Australian Service crashed into the sea after taking off from Bali. Five passengers and the crew of three were killed in the fatal accident.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Bali
Deane Burgin To Meet Again In 1940 Primaries
Rockingham Jan 22 Rep W O Burgin of the Eighth District and C B Deane of Rockingham will again vie for the seat in the Democratic primaries with Giles Y Newton also running. The 1939 dispute over votes led to arbitration in Burgin's favor after initial county returns showed Deane winner and court action followed before the general election.
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Rockingham
W. O. Burgin
Eighth
C. B. Deane
Deane
Burgin
Giles Y. Newton
Gibson
Burgen
State Board of Elections
Board of Arbitration
Rescue Ships Rush To Aid Of Burning Italian Boat
Italian officials said all 412 passengers aboard the burned motorship Orazio were rescued after a blast and fire off the south coast of France. A French auxiliary cruiser and two French destroyers, plus two Italian liners and a US liner, aided survivors.
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Marseille
France
Orazio
Italian Line
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Colombo
Recca
Panama
Firenze
Paul van Zeeland
United States
Washington
New York
Genoa
Hoey's Recovery Progresses Slowly
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, who had an operation for hernia at Duke Hospital on January 5, developed a slight respiratory infection but is now much better and on the road to recovery. The relapse may lengthen his stay beyond the three weeks, attributed to fatigue, though he has begun to perform some duties from his hospital bed.
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Durham
Clyde R. Hoey
Duke Hospital
Hoey
Browder Sums Up Own Case In Passport Fraud Trial
Earl Browder national Communist leader sums up his defense in a passport fraud trial before a nine member federal jury. He says he is a better lawyer than his attorney and claims the issues have been obscured by irrelevant details while motions to dismiss the indictment are denied. Browder does not testify and presents no witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Yale
New York
Earl Browder
Browder
George Gordon Battle
Coxe
Dutch Soldiers May Be Able To Take Up Leaves Wednesday
Amsterdam January 22 Dutch soldiers may resume periodic leaves on Wednesday unless unexpected unfavorable circumstances arise. Leaves had been cancelled last Sunday along with Belgium moving toward near mobilization due to less favorable symptoms in the international situation.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Belgium
Soap Boss Tops 1938 Corporate Salary List
F A Countway president of Lever Brothers earned 469713 in 1938, the nation’s highest pay. The Treasury released names over 75000, excluding dividends, with Thomas J Watson second at 453440 and Claudette Colbert at 301444. Many MGM figures omitted due to technicalities.
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Washington
F. A. Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Massachusetts
Treasury
Ford
Rockefeller
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Claudette Colbert
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Jessie Simpson
James Steward
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Miss Simpson
Gulf of Finland
Father Coughlin
House Committee
Sen. Borah
Ze Barney Phillips
James Shera Montgomery
Loew's Incorporated
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Louis B. Mayer
M-G-M
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Bette Davis
Paul Muni
Greta Garbo
Loretta Young
Fred MacMurry
Henry Fonda
George Raft
John Barrymore
Bob Burns
Joel McCrea
Marlene Dietrich
Charles Boyer
Fredric March
Tyrone Power
Roy del Rush
Samuel Goldwyn
Helen Hayes
Heron Productions, Inc
William Randolph Hearst
Countway
Watson
Edsel Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
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