Reynolds Seeks Uncle Sam Come Home In Senate Parody
North Carolina senator Bob Reynolds delivers three hours of humorous oratory in the United States Senate. He pleads for "Uncle Sam" to return home and fix domestic employment as he mocks international policing and praises motherhood and American homes while crediting allies and fellow lawmakers.
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Bob Reynolds
United States Senate
Washington
Bob” Reynolds
North Carolina
Sam
Senate
Reynolds
Uncle Sam
Asheville
Georgia
United States
George
D-Ga
John Bull
Great Britain
Charges of Lottery Hoisted on Negro Man Dock Jones
Officers arrested M. J. Dock Jones at 1211 Kivett Drive on a capias for alleged lottery operations. A woman, Katie Montgomery, and Jones were found with lottery tickets and a quart of what was described as Black Anttle corn whisky.
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M. J. “Dock” Jones
Kivett Drive
Jones
Capias
Katie Montgomery
Rain Records Fall in Baguio 46 Inches in 24 Hours
In Baguio Philippines on July 14 15 1911 a storm dropped 46 inches of rain within a day. The event set a remarkable rainfall record for the region and highlighted extreme weather conditions.
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Baguio
Philippines
Charlotte
Ficial Weather Bureau
L. R Wee
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Saeaus
Charleston
Teutewe
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Asheboro Monarch Club Chartered at Charter Night
Asheboro’s third civic club the Monarch held Charter Night at the Ashlyn hotel with about 150 attendees including charter members and officials from Greensboro High Point Durham and Winston Salem clubs. E Z Jones presided and N L Garner presented the charter. Ben Martin accepted as club president.
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Asheboro
The
Monarch
Ashlyn
Greensboro
High Point
Durham
Winston - Salem
E. Z. Jones
N. L. Garner
Ben Martin
Mr. Jones
S. L. Crawford
Joe Brunner
Foster Knight
Jake Derr
Rupert Trollinger
Ed Miller
Merchants Association
M. H. Birkhead
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Ross, Jr
Rotary
George Salisbury
Kiwanis
I. C. Moser
City of
Boney” Noone
Lawrence Sours
Ethel Johnson
George Ward
Bonnet Warns Italy Against Demands in War Mobilization
Premier War Minister Daladier announced a mobilization plan for all men aged 27 without prior service and those seeking postponed professional careers. The move, tied to Italy’s military demands, follows earlier debates to shorten service and possible conscription of foreigners under 30 in France, triggering international concern.
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Daladdier
Chamber of Deputies
France
Rome
Africa
Wilfe
Barcelona
Canada Seeks Defence Budget of 63 Million for 1939-40
Ottawa reports the dominion government asked for defense appropriations of 63,435,175 dollars to cover Canada's highest peacetime military costs since World War I. The 1938-39 appropriation was 35,966,524 dollars.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
North Carolina Farm Market Report Fruits and Vegetables
North Carolina shipping points and U S and North Carolina Department figures show lettuce from Brawley California demand slow and prices 1 15 to 1 25. strawberries Plant City Florida weaker. potatoes Presque Isle Maine light demand and dull market. Vegetables list cabbage sweet potatoes apples cucumbers lima beans snap beans peppers green peas squash and eggplants with varied prices across states and markets.
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North Carolina
U. S
Plant City
Fla
Presque Isle
Maine
Green Mountains
Fort Myers
Lower East Coast
Florida
Bliss
Rochester
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cleveland
South Carolina
Louisiana
Delaware
New Jersey
Jersey
Washington
Boston
Pittsburgh
North
Indiana
Texas
California
HGG
Cuba
Orion’s Stars Among the Heaviest and Hottest
In Orion the stars are described as the hottest and most massive, with surface temperatures reaching about 20 000 degrees.
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Constellation of
Orion
Senate fight over Amlie confirmation to Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington January 26 A broad conflict over Thomas R Amlie's nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission unfolds with senators split on his Wisconsin House proposals for government ownership of business and railroads. Senator Wheeler says Amlie will have full opportunity to explain his record while others urge a thorough committee inquiry.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas R. Amlie
Amlie
House
Wisconsin
Andrews
D-Fla
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Wheeler
D-Mont
Interstate Commerce Committee
Norrin
Ind-Neb
Austin
R-Vi
Government Defenders Withdraw Near French Border in Spain
Government forces pull back to northern Gerona province near the French line as Insurgent troops encircle Madrid and Valencia. Refugees flood toward the Mediterranean coast while Barcelona companies move supplies to aid a starving capital amid air and sea blockades.
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Gerona
Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Mediterranean
France
Spain
Burgos
Juan Negrin
Franco
Whitman Worked as Treasury Clerk After Leaves of Grass
Poet Walt Whitman served as a clerk in the U.S. Treasury Department from 1865 to 1873 following his dismissal from the Interior Department due to his poetry collection Leaves of Grass.
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Walt Whitman
Treasury Department
United States
Interior Department
Soil erosion in the United States measured by annual washout
A historic note states that enough soil is washed or blown from U S fields each year to fill a train of freight cars circling the globe about 19 times at the equator.
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United States
Flame throwers confessed guilt in Bucharest plot
Police disclosed that 29 people seized in Romania were tied to a flame throwing conspiracy. Several admitted pledging to pursue political reform via terrorism even if burning Bucharest. Iron Guard sympathies were claimed by some, with plans to bomb buildings including the American owned telephone building. One suspect died by his own hand and eight fugitives, including Horia Sima, were sought as warrants were issued.
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Bucharest
Corneliu Codreannu
Codreanu
Dimitrescu Nicholai
Military Court of Investigation
Iron
Railroads Authorized 26 Cent Rate for Ethylene Dibromide
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 26 cent per hundred pounds rate for ethylene dibromide from Wilmington North Carolina to Carney's Point New Jersey and a similar rate for denatured alcohol from Carney's Point to Wilmington. The move, justified by water competition, leaves higher rates for intermediate points. Existing Wilmington Carney's Point ethylene dibromide rate is 89 cents and denatured alcohol rate 52 cents. Shipped from Du Pont plant at Carney's Point to Ethyl Dow Chemical at Kure's Beach and onward to Ethyl Gasoline Corp at Carney's Point. Railroads that may participate include Atlantic Coast Line Sea board Air Line Fredericksburg and Potomac Baltimore and Ohio Reading Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines.
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Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilmington
N. C
Carney’s Point
N. J
IL du Pont de Nemours
Ethyl-Dow Chemical Corporation
Kure’s Beach
Ethyl- Dow
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Fredericksburg and Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio
Reading
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania- Reading Seashore Lines
Flower Shops Brighten Golden Gate Exposition Treasures
Outdoor flower shops will form a brilliant color contrast with the enormous exhibit palaces on Treasure Island at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
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Treasure Island
California to fete open ig of World Fair premiere
All California will fete an open invitation premiere of the World's Fair on Treasure Island over February 18 and 19. Officials expect a two day event with prominent figures and local celebrations across the region.
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California
Treasure Island
She Meant It Too: Man Guilty Of Concealed Weapon
Mary Vietz testified that Joseph Melisko proposed with a gun and she said no. Police were called and Melisko, 22, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and pled guilty to a six month sentence.
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Cleveland
Joseph Melisko
Mary Vietz
Miner retrieves four tons of coal from abandoned shaft
Anthony Mariello of Pittston Pennsylvania must descend into a mine to recover four tons of coal he had placed in his cellar when the bottom of the coal bin dropped through into an abandoned shaft.
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Pittston
Anthony Mariello
Man’s dog aids in forest fire defense in Marysville
James Bollinger’s dog detects smoke and helps battle fires in Marysville California. He digs a fire break and stomps out flames under guidance from Forest Ranger H E Boehm after a demonstration.
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Marysville
Calif
James Bollinger
E. Boehm
Old Freshman Doherty Starts College at 69
Joseph Doherty, 69, a former Chicago mail carrier, recently earned his high school diploma and begins college after finishing studies in the fastest time for evening class students. He retired four years ago and chose education to counter deadly inactivity.
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Chicago
Joseph
Doherty
Bassett Tops Test With Perfect Army Alpha Score
Minneapolis Marvin Bassett a St. Thomas College senior took the Army Alpha intelligence test at the National Youth Administration offices under protest. He finished in 55 seconds with a perfect score after four years correcting the test and explaining his views.
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Minneapolis
Marvin Bassett
St. Thomas College
National Youth Administration
Bassett
Guilford County Grand Jury Adjourns After Indictments
The Guilford county grand jury adjourned at criminal term of Superior court after acting on 36 indictments. It recommended X-ray equipment for the county sanitorium and roof repairs, reported other county property in good condition, and returned one not true bill with the rest true.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Grand Jury
H. Hoyle Sink
Filipinos in California raise funds for 1939 World's Fair
Filipino community groups in California gather to raise ten thousand dollars to support participation in activities at the 1939 California World's Fair. The effort highlights communal involvement and fundraising across local organizations.
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California
Weather Summary for North Carolina and Coastline
Noon today fair conditions continue with milder temps. East to northeast winds shift to northwest tonight. Friday mostly fair with increasing winds along the coast. Hatteras to Jacksonville shows moderate westerly winds becoming light and fair tonight.
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North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
South Tion
North
Jacksonville
North Portion
Dust Bowl shrinks as spring moisture changes four states
Desolate Dust Bowl areas in Texas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico have been reduced from about 51 million to around 9 million acres due to slow rains and January moisture. Agricultural agents report wheat prospects the best since 1932 as erosion threats ease and focus shifts toward crop prices. Ted Alexander notes the four-year drought’s waning impact while H. H. Finnell cites Soil Conservation Service data.
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Amarillo
Tex
de Tion
Middlewest
Texas
Oklahoma
San Colorado
New Mexico
Great Plains
Ted Alexander
Coll
Potter County
Eros
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conserva Service
Five-States
Dust Bowl
Justice of Peace Courts and Election Rules Placed Under Debate
Gov to appoint six special superior court judges and raise pay for election office while voting ticket rules may change. Senate proposes licenses revocation for criminal conviction and work hour exemptions for Christmas and Easter. House judiciary reports unfavorably on kissing oath provision and supports veterans preferences for state jobs. Finance and appropriations kick final drafting of money bills as unemployment compensation panel hints at merit rating for seasonal workers. Senate subcommittee works on contract law amendments.
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Mit
Senate
House
Sen
Curtis
Ate
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