Local Weather Summary for Southern States
Partly cloudy conditions with local showers forecast along the south coast. North Carolina expects showers near the coast, with generally fair conditions Wednesday. South Carolina and Georgia showery chances mainly on Wednesday, with overcast periods and winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville and shifting coastal winds on the Atlantic stretch. Weather bureau notes rainfall data for the 24 hours ending at 7:2 A.M. in cotton growing regions.
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Worker on Tracks Project Suffered Shock
Ralph Murray of 117 Forbis Street Greensboro was found on the rails near William Penn High School after a shock while working on a project along Washington Street. He was taken to Guilford General Hospital where officials said his condition is not serious.
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Guilford General Hospital
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Races Goofy Fun at Greensboro Courier Reports Goofy Race Day
The writer recounts a rainy trip from High Point to Greens boro for racing at the Fairgrounds. Grandstand free seating and crowd humor mix with misread race cars and mistaken cheers as spectators argue and leer at judges. The day ends with puzzled chatter as the racers stop mid eve.
Rain halts race as sports fan describes misadventure
In a rambling reminiscence, the writer notes Soc Chakales discovering the race had ended while a rival with a sign on his car won. Rain then cancels the next race. The narrator and his wife’s cousin drive to Greensboro, then back to High Point after a failed attempt to call. She was furious at the turn of events.
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Flying ships complete North Atlantic hop in record time
Donia led Cap tain A Wilcockson and a four man crew aboard the Caledonia as spectators cheered the landing after a projected 16 to 17 hour crossing. The Clipper averaged 156 mph and Caledonia 132 mph as pilots plan Montreal then Port Washington with Britain and the United States leading this year’s North Atlantic experimental flights. France and Germany prepare similar runs.
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Congress Weighs Wage Hour Revisions Amid Deliberations
Congress resumes deliberation on wage and hour legislation as committees study proposals. Senate labor committee focuses on the bill daily while the House labor committee plans its initial review this week. A substitute erasing a proposed board’s discretionary wage standard power is under discussion. Senator Robinson pushes a reorganizing measure splitting the program into several bills to empower Roosevelt aides.
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National Guard Ensures Safety as Steel Plants Reopen
In northeast Ohio a back to work movement reopened Republic Steel facilities amid picket lines. National Guard numbers plus 384 city police and 75 deputies enforced calm near plants including Upson Nut division. About 700 workers entered the site as tensions persisted at the 1,500 yard danger zones.
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Japanese Army Reports Win In Russian Battle
Moscow reports renewed hostilities with Russia as Soviet troops attack near Chienshan. Japanese and Manchukuoan forces repulse the assaults while claiming two Soviet deaths and multiple wounded. Moscow protests alleged occupation of Bolshoi Island amid evacuation talks.
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Fourth Death Toll Greatest Fourth Death Toll Greatest
Neighbors in Utah found a woman fatally burned in her yard. Howard Co. Marsh, 48, Roxboro Mass, fatally injured tamping powder into a home made cannon. Firework handling caused many injuries. Metropolitan New York listed 846 fatalities. New York 49, Michigan 36, California 84, Pennsylvania 26, Ohio 25, Texas and Missouri 21 each. Vermont had one death from violence. Traffic deaths reached the highest Independence Day toll in a decade with 228, up from 64 ten years ago.
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Society formed at Vickrey M P church Sunday
About 25 young people gathered at Vickrey Methodist Protestant church near Jamestown Sunday night and organized a senior Christian Endeavor society. Officers elected for six months include Paul Armfield president and Mildred Kirkman secretary. The group will meet Sundays at 7 30 PM with Rev C B Way assisting in the formation.
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High Point Man Re-elected by Letter Carriers
In Asheville on July 6 the North Carolina Association of Letter Carriers re elected W G Earnhardt of Charlotte as president, succeeding L L Edwards of Durham who became delegate-at large to the national convention at Kansas City. The banquet featured J Austin Latimer and Edward J Gainor as speakers, with W F Owens and R E B Smith also named to officer roles.
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County Delays Action On Plan In Guilford County
Guilford county commissioners adjourned session delaying a decision on a county-wide Bang’s disease elimination campaign proposed by dairymen and veterinarians as critics spoke. They approved $900 for an assistant to the home demonstration agent and $250 for the firemen’s jubilee in Greensboro in August, and discussed road improvement petitions near High Point on Prospect Street to Highland Avenue and Bundy Road with no action yet.
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Pension Board Holds Routine Greensboro Meeting
The Guilford county pension board met in Greensboro in the office of A Wayland Cooke to transact routine business. The pensioner list was approved and four widows were advanced from Class 2 to Class 1. Mrs Josephine Baker, 90, recently moved from Virginia, sought a pension. decision deferred.
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Virginia
Purvis to Visit Timmonsville This Week
Melvin H. Purvis Jr former G man and Dillinger nemesis is expected to visit relatives in Timmonsville this week after a trip abroad.
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John Dillinger
State Executive Names And Reelects Leaders
New Bern hosts the executive committee meeting with F. E. Hauser of Winston-Salem named secretary treasurer. J. W. Hopkins of Greensboro and C. B. Cornelius of High Point were reelected to the state executive.
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Meteor lights sparked flare misread on long Pacific drift
A sea chase story describe how a heat flash sighting by a cutter crew near Tiny Howland Island was later deemed probably a meteor. Authorities concluded the mysterious lights from a missing plane were not flares but natural celestial events during a prolonged mid Pacific drift.
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Colorado Ships Not Ready To Search Earhart
The battleship Colorado reported at 11 a.m. today that it would not be ready to send planes in search of Amelia Earhart until noon tomorrow Eastern. the ship’s position was about 300 miles east and 450 miles north of Howland Island.
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Roosevelt May Yet Take Part in Court Fight
The line up on the new court bill remains fluid as opposition senators floated a plan to limit applicability to current justices and avoid immediate changes. A constitutional amendment could accompany a settlement. The judiciary panel backed a six extra justices cap, while the administration proposes one appointment per year for justices serving past 75, temporary rather than permanent.
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