Foray Loots Hit Downtown Businesses In Night Robberies
Thieves made four sensational raids in uptown High Point last night draining thousands from stores and offices. J C Penney's loss nears 2400 dollars while the county building and revenue office also suffered. A money bag with 113.25 in silver was recovered near North Street. A patrolman heard a light scuffle and observed a fleeing suspect, leaving the scene with others continuing the hits unseen.
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High Point
J. Coney Department Store
English Motor Pany
Lew's
Willowbrooks Street
Sheriff's Office
North Carolina Revenue Detment
Ding
Penney’s
North Street
Winston-Salem Way
Ted
Wrenn
High Jets
Calef W. G. Frinsaid
Penney
Great speed doubts on Buffalo airplane test
Federal aeronautics experts pressed doubts today about a Buffalo test dive. They said the actual speed of the airship approached 500 miles per hour and a shock wave formed, effectively stopping the flight at one or more points.
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Washington
Federal Aeronautics
Buffalo
N. Y
Tually
Laboratories of
National Advisory Committee Aeronautics
Dunkelberger Sees Pro Golf as Too Tough for Him
Youth High Point golf star Bobby Dunkelberger said professional golf is out of the question. He and his mother were in town on a shopping trip. The young shotman began serious golf in 1935 and capped his career in 1989 by winning the French National Tour championship at Dieppe.
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Bobby Charlotte
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Dunkelberger
Dieppe
Jury retires in fatal shooting case in Goldsboro
Superior Court jury retired at 1:24 p m today to deliberate the fate of Leslie Cox 26 of Wayne county a Negro charged with fatally shooting Highway Patrolman Ike O Moore the night of June 17 1937.
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Goldsboro
Superior Court
Leslie Cox
Wayne County
Ike O ‘Moore
Attendance records and Rome protests at the market week
At the Southern Furniture Market in its first week dealers reached 1569 registrations surpassing the 1487 July 1936 mark. In Rome students and Fascists clashed with police over the French embassy while Mussolini appeared on the balcony and celebrations spread to the embassies of Spain.
Guerrillas Claim Major Victory Near Shanghai
Chinese guerrilla forces report defeating about 1000 Japanese and Manchukuoan troops at Sinlo on the Peiping Hankow railway, a claim noted from Shanghai Jan 27.
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Shanghai
China
Sinlo
Peiping-Hankow Railway
Nazi agriculture chief condemns American economy in Berlin
Walther Darre, German Minister of Agriculture, opening the annual agricultural fair, portrays the United States as a land of plenty with millions starving amid abundance. He says NS policy favors protecting the nation from hunger over allowing widespread hunger among the unemployed.
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Berlin
Walther Darre
United States
Germany
NLRB to Order Ford to Halt Anti CIO Campaign
The National Labor Relations Board said it would direct Ford Motor Co to stop discouraging CIO United Auto Workers organizing at Dearborn plants and reinstate 29 workers with back pay unless Ford proves it is not at fault within 30 days. The proposed order also bars recognition of Ford Brotherhood of America and cutting off vigilante activity.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Dearborn
Ford Brotherhood of America, Inc
Ford Company
Supreme Court
Agricultural Department
Ford
Service Department
Sales Tax Challenge Opens in North Carolina Court
Winston-Salem hearing marks the first court test of the sales tax act as the North Carolina Fair Tax Association sues to recover 3.13 dollars paid under protest. J. Paul Leonard operates a Winston-Salem store and claims the act is unconstitutional. The state seeks dismissal via demurrer.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Forsyth Superior Court
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
Luther Jamilton
Association
J. Paul Leonard
Leonard
L. D. Gregory
Harry McMullan
Gregory
Study of Charges Will Be Lengthy
The House Judiciary Committee began a lengthy examination of a Perkins impeachment request. They will study court and department reports and may recommend articles of impeachment, issue a formal exoneration, or pass a censure resolution ending the matter. There are accusations against Perkins immigration commissioner Houghteling and Labor solicitor Reilly over deportation actions involving Harry Bridges.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Perkins
Rep
Thomas
R-Nj
James L. Houghteling
Gerard D. Reilly
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
CIO
House
Senate
Airlines Air France Crash Kills Six Near Cologne
Six people died when an Air France plane en route from Paris to Cologne crashed in fog into a smokestack four miles southwest of Cologne. The crew and four passengers were killed in the crash reported today.
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Berlin
Air France
Paris
Cologne
Diversion War Intensifies in North Carolina Budget Fight
North Carolina legislators face mounting pressure as the budget commission proposes using up to 7 million dollars of highway funds in 30 months for general purposes. Governor Hoey plans a statewide radio address and a joint session to press for gas revenue use for schools. Opponents, led by highway users groups, press ads and letters across the state urging legislators to reject diversion.
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W. Jaynes MacFarlan
Raleigh
North Carolina
Budget Commission
Hoey
Joint Finance Committee
Chambers of Commerce
League of Municipalities
M. K. Blount
Greenville
North Carolina Highway Users Conference
P. D
McLean
Good Roads Campaign Committee
State Rural Letter Carriers
State Grange
The
Carolina Motor Club
North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee
Portland Cement Association
Travel
French Move Toward Conference on Peace Amid Tense Europe
Paris reports Daladier and Bonnet signaled readiness to call an economic and disarmament conference if backed by other nations. No formal plan yet, awaiting reaction to speeches and diplomatic inquiries. France maintains contact with Britain over Spain and insists on protecting Mediterranean routes amid fascist pressure.
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Paris
Europe
Daladier
Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Office
Hitler
Reichstag
Mussolini
Great Britain
Spain
France
Permanent Committee of National Defense
Insurgents Capture Barcelona Drive North To French Frontier
Insurgents led by General Franco extended their advance from Barcelona seizing Badalona six miles northeast as they push along the coast toward the French frontier. Government forces retreat while Franco’s troops maintain the mop up across Catalonia with Moroccan and Navarrese units in the streets of the capital. Municipal offices restore order as authorities confiscate firearms from citizens.
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Larry Allen
Barcelona
Badalona
Catalonia
Gerona
Figueras
France
Thomas M. Casey Dies in Salisbury From Pneumonia
The body of Thomas M. Casey, a prominent Salisbury electrical contractor and appliance dealer, arrived from Durham. He died of pneumonia at Duke hospital early today. Burial will be here tomorrow afternoon after services at the home.
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Salisbury
Thomas M. Casey
Durham
Duke Hospital
Roosevelt asks Congress for fifty million defense aid
President Roosevelt urged immediate appropriation of 50 million dollars to buy 565 Army airplanes and related gear for the national defense program. He asked quick spending through the current fiscal year and into the next, citing idle plants and rising aviation needs. A separate committee hearing on Guam defense policy faced stiff opposition from Republicans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Speaker Bankhead
Air Corps
Signal Corps
Hull
Guam
House Agriculture Committee Sets General Hearings on Act Changes
The House agriculture committee decided to begin general hearings in about two weeks on all proposals to amend the agricultural adjustment act.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
United States Plans to Supply France With Aircraft
President Roosevelt said U S aircraft manufacturers agreed, with government knowledge, to supply France with an undetermined number of airplanes. He noted idle factories and a need to start orders before the broader U S air program begins, while denying government financing for the French orders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
France
Barkley Sees Senate Pass Include 875 Million Relief
Senator Barkley predicted the Senate would approve President Roosevelt s request for 875 million dollars for relief by a narrow margin. The debate centered on raising the House 725 million appropriation to 875 million with possible emergency additions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
GOP
Adams
D-Cole
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Commerce
Wisconsin Progressive
Congress
Roosevelt in Fine Physical Shape Ahead of 57th Birthday
President Roosevelt is reported in good health by Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire as he nears his 57th birthday. The Surgeon General notes only a possible pound or two difference in weight since last year, with weights around 184 to 188 pounds during six White House years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
the Navy
White House
Admiral McIntire
Himpr
White Hous Pool
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