Last Minute Italian French Crisis in Paris Border Incident
Paris orders immediate inquiry into wounding of French interne Jean De Lautre by Italian frontier guards near the Abries border in France. He was hospitalized in serious condition after a border shooting Monday. Vander Meer named starter for Reds in the All Star Game players selection.
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Paris
Jean de Lautre
Abries
Grenoble
Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Reds
Johnny Vander Meer
Vatican Defends Jews as Anti Jewish Propaganda Blamed
The Vatican paper Osservatore Romano denounces anti Jewish propaganda and asserts that abandoning gospel life leads to human loss. It says Christians must not be anti Christian or anti civil toward Israelites and urges mercy as Christ forgave crucifiers.
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Vatican
Vatican City
T Osservatore Romanos
Fire alarm box self-reports blaze at Sutter and Pierce
A fire alarm box at Sutter and Pierce streets activated by a fire alerted firefighters who promptly responded to the scene in San Francisco. The device’s own alarm helped notify authorities quickly and prevent a larger blaze.
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San Francisco
Sutter
Pierce Streets
Rufus Costner Sentenced to Twenty Years in Robbery Case
Rufus Costner received a 20 year federal prison term for his role in a $105,000 mail truck robbery in Charlotte five years ago. Detective Chief Frank Littlejohn testified Costner led officers to hidden cash and cited his cooperation. Costner and his brother Isaac shared $38,000. Ice Connors was killed in Chicago. Costner appeared calm with his wife and child in court.
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Asheville
Rufus Costner
Federal
Charlotte
Frank Littlejohn
Costner
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles
Ice) Connors
Hughes Plans Paris Flight After New York Stopover
Industrialist Howard Hughes arrives at Floyd Bennett Field after a cross country hop and plans a flight to Paris with four crew members. He states there will be no single captain, each crew member handles duties while Hughes controls the airplane with an automatic pilot for rest periods.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Millonaire
California
Paris
Europe
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Wiley Post
Hughes
Hollywood
Floyd Bennett
Burbank
Calif
Hiram Thurlow
Harry Connor
Richard Stod
Florida Sees First Tropical Disturbance Near Coast
Weather bureau reports first tropical disturbance of the season about 260 miles east of Jacksonville moving away from the coast. The center was at 7 a m EST and is expected to drift northeast or east-northeast with squalls near the center over the next 24 hours.
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Miami
Frs
Weather Bureau
Jacksonville
Congress Faces Choice Between Two Old Anti-Trust Plans
Washington July 5 Congress may choose between two 25 year old anti trust ideas. One would require federal licenses to trade in interstate commerce and supplement existing laws. The other would create or empower a federal commission to police business beyond state lines.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Elbert H. Gary
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Demoted NY Police Inspector Dies by Own Hand
New York Police Inspector Charles L. Neirdig age 52, recently transferred in a department shake up, died today by his own action. Neidig, a veteran since 1905, had been exiled from East Side Manhattan to Ozone Park Queens, a lower post, as part of the broader transfer by Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine. Four lieutenants and 14 patrolmen under him were also moved.
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New York
Charles L. Neirdig
New York City
Neidig
East Side
Manhattan
Orone Park
Queens
Lesa
Lewis J. Valentine
Deane Orders Ballots Held Hearing Today
Official returns from eight of twelve counties in the eighth district show W Burgin leading C B Deane by 48 votes for the Democratic congressional nomination. Burgin 19839 Deane 19201.
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Deane
Charlotte
W. ©. Burgin
C. B. Deane
Burgin
Burgin Narrowly Leads Deane In Eighth District Fight
Union county primary totals show W O Burgin ahead of C B Deane for the Democratic nomination by 49 votes on unofficial tallies. Deane lost 16 votes in one set of results as Monroe boxes were impounded and a hearing scheduled. Official returns from Hoke and Yadkin show Burgin leading or close, with Scotland tallying Burgin 1, - official 1,198 for Deane 1,194.
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Charlotte
Union County
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Congress
Deane
Burgin
Union
Monroe
Union Election Board
Hoke
Yadkin's Board
Scotland
Trial Of Cross Delayed In Fort Bragg Ranger Slaying Case
The trial of Bill Crosse and three co defendants for the Fort Bragg ranger killing was delayed as attorney differences prevented continuation. Judge Hamilton appointed new counsel, with Cross to confer. All defendants are from Asheboro.
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Fayetteville
Bill Crosse
Fort Bragg
Cumberland County Superior Court
Walter Siler
Cross
Luther A. Hamilton
Hamilton
W. Louis Ellis
James MacRae
J. 8. Mott
H. 8. Rush
Jesse Crofts
Walt Ruth
Asheboro
Countess Barbara Haugwita-Re yention Seeks Divorce Over Brown Suit
In Bow Street, Countess Barbara Haugwita-Reyention alleged Danish husband demanded 5 million and their two year old son Lance for a divorce. He faced charges of threatening to shoot a Mayfair socialite and laughed at a 250000 gift. Bail set at 2000 pounds. hearing adjourned to July 13.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haugwita-Reyention
Lance
Bow Street Court
Woolworth
France
William M. Mitchell
Guilford County Publishes 1938 39 Budget At 75 Cent Tax
Guilford County commissioners vote to advertise the 1938 39 budget setting a 75 cent per one hundred valuation tax rate. The plan proposes total budget 1 737 191 13 with 1 106 616 83 to balance by tax levy and 122 956 34 uncollectible. Key allocations include general fund welfare hospital old age aid and school debt service. The High Point township railroad bonds carry 5 mills.
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Greensboro
Board of
Guilford County Commissioners
High Point Township
General Fund
County Dove Service
Diplomatic Tension Over Islands Between France and Japan
Paris reports a new rift with Japan over France’s occupation of the Paracel Islands near Hainan Indo-China claims this as a routine colonial police action. Tokyo studies the issue as Japan protests possible Chinese ownership and broader sea lane concerns. France cites bases and defense prep work.
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France
Japan
Paris
Paracel Islands
South China Sea
Hainan
Tokyo
China
Indo-China
Foreign Office
Paracels
Fense
Britain
Hongkong
Singapore
Asheboro Bonds Sold in Winston-Salem Purchase
The local government commission sold Asheboro bonds totaling 42 000 dollars to William B Green Co of Winston Salem. A 10 000 dollar street improvement issue sold at a 7 ells premium with 4 percent interest. Proceeds from the 32 000 water and sewer bonds included 20 000 maturities and a 4 percent rate with a 334 percent premium on the remainder. Denton was granted permission to issue 48 000 dollars in water works improvements.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Local Government Commission
Asheboro
William B. Greene Company
Winston- Salem
Denton
Franco Likely to Accept British Non Intervention Plan
The full non intervention committee with 27 European nations approved the British plan to withdraw foreign troops from the Spanish civil war. The scheme calls for dispatching commissions to arrange aliens' evacuation and insurgent acceptance has been predicted.
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Tondon
Franco and Spanish government accept British plan on volunteers
London reports say Franco and the Spanish government forecast acceptance of a British plan to withdraw foreign volunteers from Spain. A 70 page document will be sent to Spanish factions for urgent review. Soviet Russia had reservations but major powers largely accept after a year of negotiations.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
European Non-Intervention Committee
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Burgos
Franco
Generalissimo
Soviet
Russia
Germans Leave Hankow After Nine-Year Military Ties
German General Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen and 28 aides depart Hankow for home ending a nine year link with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's army as German advisers.
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China
Hankow
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
Generalissimchi
Ang Kai-Shek
J W Sechrest Dies at 78 Founder of Local Funeral Home
Joseph W. Sechrest, age 78, founder of the J. W. Sechrest and Son Funeral Home and a longtime High Point native, died this morning at Burrus Memorial Hospital after a long decline in health. He was born May 15, 1860, in High Point to Reuben and Nancy Bolling Sechrest. He married Elizabeth Welch in November 1889. she died November 12, 1918. He is survived by two daughters.
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Joseph W. Sechrest
J. W. Sechrest and Son Funeral Home
High Point
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Mr. Sechrest
Reuben
Nancy Bolling Sechrest
Elizabeth Welch
Official canvass adjusts Guilford 8th District vote totals
The Guilford county canvass adds five votes to unofficial returns in the 8th district congressional race with Teague at 4856 and Barker at 4318, while Freeman leads coroner with 7570 to Simpson 5387. Orange County totals show Barker 940 and Teague 737. Durham delay follows absentee ballot review amid potential discrepancies and a record vote warning.
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Guilford County
Wallace G. Freeman
James M. Simpson
Orange County
Barker
Teague
Toll of American deaths as Fourth ends records 515 killed
AP reports the nation marked Independence Day with heavy highway crashes killing at least 256 people and widespread fires and accidents. New York led states with 239 deaths. Missouri and others saw casualties in fireworks and stray bullets.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Clinois
Missouri
Chunk Lee
Bryn
Rebels Drive Down Highways Near Sagunto Coast
Rebels marching along the Mediterranean coast toward Sagunto and Grao de Bu, occupying a highway point north of Sagunto and pressuring government lines south of the Teruel Mediterranean highway as thousands of government troops hold narrowed positions in the surrounding mountains.
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Hendayte
France
Ela
Sagunto
Grao de Bu
Burriana
Villarreal
Teruel - Medite
Sarrion
J Verale
Govern
Uni Sales
Japs Capture Hukow Aim Toward Hankow Along Yangtze
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces advancing 160 miles from Nanking after seizing Hukow on the Yangtze. The capture clears a path for a Hankow offensive via two routes, one up river and the other via a western detour to sever the Canton Hankow railroad.
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Yangtze River
Hankow
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hukow
Lake Poyang
Wuchang
Nancha
Yangtze
Chin
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J.W. Sechrest
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