Local Northeast States Forecast For Weekend
North Carolina and South Carolina: Fair and cold tonight with Sunday fair and gradually rising temperatures. Georgia: Fair and cold tonight with frost in the south. Sunday fair and warming. Virginia: Generally fair tonight and Sunday with slowly rising temperatures. Winds From Sandy Hook to Hatteras light to fresh west or northwest, diminishing by Sunday. Hatteras to Jacksonville NW winds with partly overcast skies tonight and Sunday.
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England's Resolve in War Risking All to Preserve Sea Mastery
Churchill declares no turning back in the struggle against aggression. Britain must bear a relentless toll to protect shipping as the Royal Navy and RAF push to deny the enemy. He details the enemy's war on commerce, disregarding humanity and wartime conventions to starve Britain into submission.
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Hitler
Weather Disputes Over Temperature Readings Persist
Reports describe widespread weather disputes as thermometers allegedly show two degrees below zero while official records cite two degrees above. Snow remains largely unmelted after a cold spell with few clear roads and many icy, snow packed side streets.
Carolinas Endure Deep Freeze With Record Low Readings
The cold wave across the Carolinas drove temperatures to record lows from Greensboro to Mt. Mitchell with readings as low as 16 below zero atop peaks. Salisbury Charlotte and Anderson also fell below zero while Asheville stayed just above. Officials warned of continued cold with slow warming expected tomorrow. Brevard reported the French Broad River frozen for the first time since 1918.
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Associated Press
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Anderson
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Mt. Mitchell
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Asheville
French Broad River
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Theatre Blaze Averts Panic in Goldsboro Fire
Projectionist Dan Trueblood earns praise for directing a calm orderly exit as a boiler room fire at the Carolina Theatre prompted evacuation of about 400 patrons. Flames damaged the cooling system and stage gear, forcing a new roof.
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Dan Trueblood
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Trueblood
Cold Wave Smashes Into Carolinas Here and Along Coast
Durham reports one above zero while Raleigh sinks to seven below the coldest night since 1924. Coastal readings drop to 14 in Wilmington and 19 above in Cape Hatteras as interseason chill grips the region. Relief agencies report a spike in aid requests and retail business slows as residents stay indoors. Other low numbers include Spartanburg five, Columbia twelve, Rock Hill eighty five, and Brevard minus ten in North Carolina.
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Deep South Sees Weather Moderation After Massive Cold
Shivering southerners welcomed hints of moderating conditions after a four day severe cold that froze streets and hit crops and commerce. The nation counted 366 deaths from the cold, with ice disrupting Mississippi River traffic from Vicksburg to the Gulf, and Red Cross distributing fuel and food to thousands.
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Young Democrats Clubs Meet Postponed by Weather
The mid winter meeting of the North Carolina Young Democrats Clubs executive committee was postponed in Greensboro because of weather. It will be held next Saturday.
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North Carolina Young Democrats Clubs
Hines Counsels Plan New Appeals To Avoid Prison
New York January 27 James J Hines former Tammany leader faces a 4 to 8 year sentence for protecting the Dutch Schultz policy racket Attorneys led by Martin W Littleton plan to seek a Court of Appeals review The appellate division affirmed a February jury verdict Capshaw the former city magistrate received no appeal due to outside influence in policy cases Hines was out of town when the decision was announced and remains free in a 35000 bail.
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Hulan Capshaw
Group Named To Conduct Negro Study In North Carolina
Raleigh January 27 A commission named by Governor Hoey to study employment among Negroes will first survey domestic servants and building and custodial staff. The group includes state labor chief Forrest H. Shuford UNC educator Roy M. Brown and others from News and Observer Winston-Salem Journal Bennett College and Durham business circles.
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North Carolina
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Roy M. Brown
University of North Carolina
State Junior Chamber to Meet in Greensboro
The North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its quarterly meeting in Greensboro at the King Cotton Hotel tomorrow. President Wisner Chamblee said directors will consider proposals for a state-wide tax association a roadside beautification program and laws mandating triennial driver license reexaminations and periodic vehicle safety inspections.
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North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro
King Cotton Hotel
Wisner Chamblee
Public utilities in the Philippines placed under government control
Government announces control of public utilities in the Philippines as part of a wider policy shift. Authorities state oversight will ensure essential services remain available to residents amid economic strains and regional instability.
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Philippines
Japs Pay Treaty Abrogation and Senate Debate on Embargo
The article notes that Japan failed to secure a new treaty and sought a stop gap agreement. A Senate Foreign Relations Committee member suggested the State Department be given power to impose restrictions. Senator Gillette urged applying the neutrality act to the Sino Japanese conflict, arguing China gets little US war material. No action accompanied the treaty's expiration.
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Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
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Sprinkler Alarm Triggers False Alarm at Adams-Millis Plant
An automatic sprinkler system at Adams-Millis Corporation on East Washington Street was set off today by a burst water pipe. Firefighters responded quickly, identified the cause, and returned to stations.
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Sculptress Suzanne Silvercrays Shaping Church Art for Fordham
Miss Silvercrays, a sculptor in New York, works on ecclesiastical sculptures from a Catholic church tabernacle door to the Stations of the Cross. Her busts include figures like Jack Dempsey and Herbert Hoover, recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum. Fordham University will exhibit the works, marking an official Catholic arts sponsorship.
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THAT'S THE QUESTION BELGIAN SCULPTRESS ASKS AMERICANS
Miss Silvercrays born in Belgium, mother a Baroness, father head of the Supreme Court, says she preferred 1930s America to the 1920s. She notes the 1920s' moral stagnation and wealth worship, while distress brings higher spiritual qualities.
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Supreme Court
America
Lull on West Front Dampens Congress' Defense Drive
In the run up to Europe’s trials, debate over defense spending heats Congress and the nation. The President seeks 2.23 billion for defense, with Navy and Army asks totaling over 2.23 billion, plus air power and tax plans, amid split views on need and scope. The piece contrasts General Experience with General Expediency and notes looming European crisis.
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Jitterbug Contest Sparks Fire at Beaufort Center
In Beaufort on January 27 the jitterbug contest at the Community Center Auditorium triggered a fire that threatened a $45,000 structure. The Beaufort Fire Department with Morehead City firefighters evacuated attendees and saved the building and a 50 pound birthday cake destined for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball raffle.
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England Introduces Black Out Wear for Men
Light fawn overcoats off white macintoshes and white dinner jackets are being introduced in England as men adopt a new black out wear for formal and semi formal occasions.
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Sardinia Paves Multiple Highways Transforming Travel
Sardinia has completed several paved highways along its 160 mile length, expanding travel scope from donkey paths to modern roads and reshaping regional mobility.
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Rayon thread production resumes in France
Production of rayon thread is being resumed in France. War has thrown many dress makers in Paris out of work.
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Paris
Medieval Italian bookbinders granted noble titles and estates
The Middle Ages saw master bookbinders in Italy honored with nobility and large estates as rewards for their craftsmanship. American automotive taxes are about 24 percent higher than those in Wugland.
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Italy
Wugland
Student to Lead Religious Week at Greens boro College
Frank L. Robertson of Emory University will lead Emphasis Week services at Greens boro College January 20 to February 2 with the theme Choose Ye. He will discuss I Choose Christ High Religion Majoring in Minors Right and Wrong Taking It On Yourself at 6 45 each evening in Odell Memorial Auditorium. Open house will follow in the new Y hut for informal student交流 with Mr Robertson.
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Frank L. Robertson
School of Theology
Emory University
Greensboro College
Y Hut
Robertson
Japan Responds to End of Trade Treaty With Resolve
Tokyo reacts to the U S termination of the 1911 trade treaty with a social mass party resolution pledging not to yield to threats. Markets stay steady while shipping disputes with Britain draw attention amid China tensions and barbed wire barricades in Tientsin and Shanghai.
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Finns report gains near Lake Ladoga amid stiff Russian resistance
Finnish sources say two divisions stranded beyond help near Kitela on Lake Ladoga’s north shore. They claim Lake Kianta victory with hundreds of Soviet dead after a week long assault on eastern Ladoga fortifications. Russians suffer over 100 dead in a mass attack on Mantsin island forts as artilery quiets north of the Arctic Circle.
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Officials discuss alleged plan by reformers in Roosevelt era
Fragmentary text indicates Norris Would ock and Oscar L. Chapman connected to a scheme linked to John L. Lewis and others targeting the attorney general and western progressives for a "secret" objective. Details remain undisclosed in the article.
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Roosevelt
Robbing the Cat Franklin Police Find Rat Frozen to Death
Police Chief C D Baird reported a rat found frozen to death in a kitchen as temperatures plunged to 17 degrees below zero overnight. Aircraft manufacture growth noted in Australia as a related item.
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C. D. Baird
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