Local showers and mild temperatures across the Southeast
Weather forecast shows showers this evening and tonight across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with a likely end by morning. Temperatures remain moderate and winds are light to moderate.
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Court battle dominates national capital as presidents taps five new justices
Logan claims four votes for a compromise on the plan to appoint five new justices and warns opponents that the majority can be counted against any sidestepping amendment. Senator Wheeler leads the opposition, vowing to block the original proposal and possibly delay a vote through two weeks of debate or refer the measure to the judiciary committee for study, with an unlimited filibuster if needed.
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Wheeler
D-Mont
Judiciary Committee
Flying Boat Poised for Unusual Transatlantic Flight
The Caledonia prepares for a 16 hour hop from Shannon to Newfoundland as crowds gather at Foynes and Limerick for the takeoff. Weather delays and final prep followed its Southampton to New York leg, with De Valera hosting the crew before the trans Atlantic route proceeds without passengers on this exploratory run.
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Limerick
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New York
Eamon de Valera
Pan American Clipper III Eyes Eastward Atlantic Crossing
Capt Harold E Gray plans a 4 p m EST start from Botwood for the Pan American Clipper III on a 1995 mile eastward crossing to Foynes. The crew of six aims to follow the weather map with variable forecasts including sun snow and fog, coordinating with Imperial Airways flight from Foynes to Botwood and on to New York.
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Harold E. Gray
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Foynes
Cross
New York
Roosevelt Aids Church In Drive During Quiet Fourth
President marked the Fourth of July with a peaceful observance spent with family and friends while addressing a drive to aid a local church. He reflected on the Constitution’s aims and the nation’s future, noting the small agrarian nation context and the enduring relevance of founding principles.
Baby Drowns In Inch Of Water In Idaho
An 8 month old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Ross Mares, drowned after rolling from a blanket into an inch deep stream near Twin Falls Idaho. This incident is noted as Idaho's only reported Fourth of July fatality.
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Ida
Idaho
Ross Mares
WPA worker admits part in killings in confession
Dyer told investigators he joined the assault that killed Madeline and Jeanette Sanderson and Melba Everett after luring them with a rabbits hunt in nearby hills. He described choking Madeline and Jeanette, then knotted a rope around Madeline to ensure death, with Melba slain in the same incident.
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Dyer
Sanderson
Merle O. Everett
Everett
Inglewood Park
Williams Here To Spend Holiday Then Return Today
Lewis E. Williams city police investigator arrived in High Point to spend the Fourth of July holiday. He is in Washington D C taking a special criminal investigation course sent by the city and will return today to resume duties. He expects to finish July 24 and then return to Washington.
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Lewis E. Williams
High Point
Washington
D. C
Williams
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Shipment Of Ores To Great Britain Is Given Approval
London reports that Francisco Franco approved verbally the resumed iron ore shipments to Great Britain from Orconera mines near Bilbao held by insurgents. The 1936 mine produced about 1,000,000 tons. Bilbaos blockade had halted shipments, affecting South Wales coal output. British mine staff were allowed to return from France.
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France
Picket Line Forces Seattle Star Closure
The Seattle Star shut down when 50 to 60 American Newspaper Guild sympathizers picketed the plant, blocking workers including managing editor Rod Brink from entry. The management said the Guild and the teamsters' union dispute jurisdiction over the circulation department.
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Seattle Star
American Newspaper Guild
Rod Brink
Star
Newspaper Guild
Teamsters’ Union
Third Child Dies After Poisonous Food In Family Meal
Five year old Mary Louise Raub died today becoming the third victim in a family at Glenwood farm where two siblings died yesterday after an isolated meal. Physicians suspect poisonous fungi mistaken for mushrooms may be involved in the deaths.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mary Louise Raub
Raub
Glenwood
Earhart Voice Reported Heard Across Pacific Radio Nets
Officials tracked a possible Earhart distress signal about 150 miles south of Howland with carrier waves recorded near midnight and again at 1 a m. radio observers in Santa Paula and Honolulu reported hearing voices believed to be Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan, while coast guard teams hunted for the source of the transmissions.
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Frederick Noonan
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Wake Islands
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Honolulu
Phoenix Group
Steel plants near reopen as talks of peace fade
Troops on alert as Bethlehem Steel Johnstown plant prepares to restart with near normal staffing while Indiana Harbor ministers report surveys showing 86.8 percent favor return to work with safety and 18.2 percent want to stay on strike. Ohio troops guard Cleveland amid fears of violence as Calumet area plants remain closed.
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Congress
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Johnstown
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Townsend
Calumet
Illinois
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Sheet & Tube Company
East Chicago
Ind
Ieland Steel
Ohio
Cleveland
Harold Burton
Martin O'Donnell
Mystery in Superstition Deepens with Sheriff Visit
Stuart meets Tex Leatherwood the Mari copa county sheriff to seek counsel about near tragedies in Superstition. The talk leans on ghosts, lions, and locals with decades of frontier memory as Stuart weighs Colter family involvement.
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Colter
Carolee
Arizona
Phoenix
Superstition Lodge
Maricopa County
Tex Leatherwood
Tex
Jacob Walz
State Begins Second Half With Optimism Across North Carolina
Bank clearings in Asheville reached 76.1 million for six months, up from 62.8 million a year ago. Fiscal year clearings totaled 161.6 million, up 31 percent from the prior period. Greensboro and Winston-Salem posted higher building permits and tax receipts. Henderson saw active real estate at 289 deeds, marriages rising to 130. Greensboro sold 1,629 cars in six months, while Charlotte and Durham banks distributed dividends totaling 227, to be precise 138,750 and 88,?
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Henderson
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Woman Prefers Jail To Firecracker Noise
Portland residents report Maud Leach, 70, asked police to lock her up to escape the noise of fireworks. She said the planned explosions would drive her toward collapse, preferring confinement to the disturbance.
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Ore
Maud Leach
Death Notice of Larry Ward in Thomasville
Funeral services were held for Larry Ward two year old son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Ward near Thomasville. Rev J A Palmer and Rev W R Jenkins led the service at Pine Woods church with pallbearers Elmer Ward Erin Ward Grady Berrier Ervin Berrier. Music by Perry Hilton Gladys Craven and Everett Hilton. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Emmett Ward
Pine Woods Church
J. A. Palmer
Hiedelberg Reformed Church
W. R. Jenkins
Elmer Ward
Erin Ward
Grady Berrier
Ervin Berrier
Perry Hilton
Gladys Craven
Everett Hilton
Orville Swicegood Funeral Rites Held in Thomasville
Orville E. Swicegood prominent Thomasville merchant died recently and funeral services were held Sunday at 3 30 p m from Mt Pleasant Methodist Church near Thomasville. Rev C M Pickens and Rev D F Helma led the rites with pallbearers named Green and Reid families. Music included Trust in Him No Tears in Heaven and In The Land Where We'll Never Grow Old. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Orville EB. Swicegood
Thomasville
Orville E. Swicegood
Mt. Pleasant
Joseph Reid
Albert Reid
George Reid
Roanoke Island Colonists Recalled by State Official
Rep Lindsay Warren of North Carolina notes that the Roanoke settlers vanished after a brief period of governance and law, suggesting further exploration of their fate and the colony's historical significance to Jamestown and Plymouth Rock.
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Lindsay Warren
North Carolina
Jamestown
Plymouth Rock
Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh
Lessons on Liberty and Civilization From Anglo Saxon History
Warren argued that Anglo Saxon history shows repeated failures that strengthened the race. He claimed the first settlement reflected a people devoted to freedom and English customs. He urged that civilization endures as long as liberties of the people are protected and linked world peace to mutual understanding among English speaking peoples.
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Warren
Not single death attributed to fireworks on Fourth
A child and another person were killed last night when their car was struck by a train near Williams town Kentucky. Six people drowned near Valparaiso Florida when a motor boat carrying 42 passengers capsized. Fishing boats rescued the survivors.
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Williamstown
Valparaiso
Fla
Legends of Superstition Mine and a Missing Colter Brother
In the Arizona hills old Tex Leatherwood recounts Don Miguel Peralta’s gold expeditions and Apache ambushes that plagued the Shamrock mine era. Stuart learns superstition’s lure through these tales while a phone tip about a missing Colter brother shifts the focus to a new hunt for gold near Apache Junction.
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Priest
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