Flood Ravages Kobe Striking Port City, Many Feared Dead
AP reports floods sweeping Kobe, Japan, threaten hundreds of Americans and locals. Estimates place deaths from 400 to 1,000 as water and mud wreck homes, with foreigners among the dead and Western reporters describing the city’s devastation.
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Tokyo
Kobe
Japan
Frederick Taylor
Sacramento
Calif
Taylor
Home Ministry
Domei
Osaka
Asia
Europe
Kernersville Boy Found In Florida
Russell, a 15 year old boy missing since February 15 1938, has been located in Florida. His parents Mr and Mrs Beauford Thomas conducted an extended search and were informed of his whereabouts, with plans to bring him home soon.
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Kernersville
Russell
Beauford Thomas
Florida
Indictment Names 39 In $3 Million Disability Fraud Ring
A 638 count federal indictment charges thirty nine people over a life insurance disability fraud scheme in New York. Accused include three lawyers ten doctors three alleged chasers and claimants. The case centers on conspiracy to defraud life insurance companies.
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New York
Cross Jury Picked for Fort Bragg Reservation Case
Fayetteville July 6 A jury was chosen after six hours of challenges by both sides to hear the trial of Bill Cross Walt Rath Hal Rush and Jesse Crofts Asheboro men indicted in the October assault on Sgt J F Mott on the Fort Bragg reservation.
FHA Insurance Doubling 1937
President Roosevelt received from Stewart McDonald federal housing administrator a forecast that FHA would insure one billion dollars of new building this year, more than twice last year. McDonald also noted FHA did a 96 million dollar business in home mortgages, with charts illustrating rising home construction trends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stewart McDonald
Federal
FHA
McDonald
Franco's Drive Gains Momentum in Spanish Civil War
Franco forces press along a twelve mile front as insurgents fan into Sierra de Espadan foothills and attack Valencia defenses. Reinforcements rush to the front amid defeats forcing militiamen to fall back at multiple points near Nules and Segorbe, with Galician troops closing in from the west and north.
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Hendaye
France
Sierra de Espadan
Valencia
Franco
Miguel Aranda
Nules
Segorbe
Chinese Forces Fortify Yangtze Fronts and Win Local Victories
Chinese troops broaden defenses along the Yangtze from Hukow to Wusueh and thrust mines to deter a Hankow offensive. They claim gains on the Yellow River front near Yuanku and Puchang with 700 Japanese casualties, and report coastal captures at Fawning and Yenchens while Japan gears for a renewed push toward Hankow.
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Lloyd Leheras Bhanghai
Japan
Yangtze River
Hukow
Hankow
China
Yangtze
Wusueh
Tienkiacheng
Kiukiang
Yellow River
Yuanku
Puchang
Shansi
Nanking
Kiangsu
Fawning
Haichow
Yenchens
Tunetai
Kiauklang
Yantze
Lake Poyan
Nanchang
Hinese
China Capital
Yrmachoa
Refugees Conference Opens With Warning on Forced Migration
Myron C. Taylor leads U S delegation at Evian opening session. He warns 32-nation conference that forced movement of political and racial groups can cause catastrophic suffering, stressing discrimination harms civilization. Henry Berenger lauds Roosevelt initiatives and urges practical action for political refugees.
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Evian Les-Bains
France
Myron C. Taylor
United States
Conference On Refugees
Roosevelt
Taylor
Germany
United States Steel
Henry Berenger
Senate
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Hae
Jobless Helpers Name Advisers in North Carolina
The unemployment compensation commission in Raleigh appoints an advisory council for the state unemployment insurance law and a personnel committee to conduct merit examinations for applicants to unemployment offices. Members include W. C. Dowd and W. B. Rodman Jr among others, with Col. J. W. Harrelson and Mrs. E. L. McKee leading the personnel group.
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Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
W. C. Dowd
Charlotte
W. B. Rodman, Jr
Washington
Harry L. Wilson
Morganton
Clarence Stone
Stoneville
Don Elias
Asheville
Marion W. Heiss
Greensboro
W. A. Edgerton
Enka
Grady Rankin
James II Miller
Wilson
T. A. Finch
Thomasville
G. CC. Shaw
Durham
C. A. Fish
Salisbury
Charles Ruffin
A. M. Hughes
Wilmington
Capus M. Waynick
High Point
Col
J. W. Harrelson
N. C. State College
E. L. McKee
Eight Arabs Die in Clash on Esdraelon Plain
In Jerusalem on July 6 a fight last night left eight Arabs dead and a British soldier wounded near the Iraq pipeline on the Esdraelon plain, a Biblical era site. Troops and Jewish constables clashed with Arabs in the area.
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Jerusalem
Esdraelon
Gideon
Iraq
Chamberlain Declines Quick Action On Italian Peace Pact
Prime Minister Chamberlain refused to hasten the Anglo Italian agreement or set a definite date for its operation. He said conditions, including settlement of the Spanish civil war, were not fulfilled despite Britain sending special envoys to Spain to seek approval of the nonintervention plan. The government would not grant full effect until these conditions are met.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Rome
Britain
European
WPA Strike at Charlotte Ends After One Hour
WPA workers at the Charlotte municipal swimming pool walked out accusing foreman Co. BE. Earnheart of inhuman treatment. After a conference with officials, they returned to work within an hour and agreed to an immediate return while promising to seek an investigation into working conditions.
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WPA
Charlotte
BE. Earnhardt
Hoey and Erwin to speak at North Carolina Adult Education meet
Governor Hoey and Clyde Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction, will be the principal speakers at the North Carolina Adult Education conference in Manteo this Friday.
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Manteo
Hoey
Clyde Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
North Carolina Adult Education
Fight For Reorganization Bill May Be President's Main Issue On Trip
President Roosevelt signals a government reorganization bill may be the central theme of his cross country tour. He says the executive branch should run on a business basis and a new measure could reach Congress in 1939, blending Senate and House ideas. Senator Byrd predicts action next year amid party differences.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Byrd
Brownlow Committee
VanderMeer Leads All-Stars To 4-1 Charity Triumph
National League pitchers dominate as VanderMeer and Brown contribute in a 4-1 win over the American League at Crosley Field before 28 000 fans. Medwick and Hack score on a third inning hit. early miscues and sharp defense highlight the contest.
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Crosley
Cincinnati
Kreevich
Ott
Gehringer
Vander
McCormick
Averill
Herman
Hack
Cronin
Goodman
Medwick
Aerill
Fox
Vandy
Vander Meer
DiMaggio
Hopper
Hungary's Hitler Sent to Prison
Ferenc Szalasi, once Hungary’s strongest Nazi leader, was sentenced to three years in prison for incitement after a three-judge appeals court upheld a lower court verdict of ten months. Szalasi and his followers cheered as he was led away, while prosecutors warned of a putative dictatorship in Hungary’s postwar government.
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Budapest
Ferenc Szalasi
Hungary
Hitler
Court of Appeal
Bela Imredy
Szalasi
Rural Carriers Elect Officers
Durham dispatch notes the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers association installing C. P. Lawrance of Mooresville as president and planning a year meeting at Shelby. Mrs. Kenneth Taylor of Magnolia is re elected president of the auxiliary.
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Durham
North Carolina
New Romance Hinted For Barbara Haughton Hearing
London July 6 Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow faces a Bow Street adjournment in a divorce case. Her lawyers say the husband demanded 5 million dollars and threatened three years of headlines. Gossip links Barbara with a London society gentleman amid talk of duels and headlines.
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London
Barbara Haugwitz- Reventiow
Court Haugwitz-Reventiow
Bow Street Court
Hinta
West
Pickets Close Maytag Plant in Newton Iowa
In Newton Iowa on July 6 a CIO picket line surrounded the Maytag Washing Machine factory after Governor Kraschel urged a return to work. Two Maytag workers attempting entry were turned back. one was struck and another had a shirt torn though injuries were not serious. Police observed and did not act as four men from the back-to-work movement arrived later.
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Newton
Iowa
Maytag
CIO
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag Company
Step Taken 7 Fight Against Economic Ills
A committee of 23 Dixie delegates and educators endorsed a point diagnosis of the nations economic ills as the first step toward the emergency plan urged by Roosevelt. The survey covers water resources ownership and wage standards with focus on the new wage hour law and is to be sent to the President and Congress for action.
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Washington
Welt
Tional
Dixie
Lowell C. Mellett
NEC
Roosevelt
Mellett
Congress
France Holds On To Spanish Gold
Paris reports the first chamber denied both Spanish governments and Spanish insurgents control of about 30 million in Spanish gold with the Bank of 1931. The court said the issue was too delicate for a ruling without full count and would require a higher judgment.
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Paris
First Chamber
Burgin Extends Lead as Protests Over Election Arise
In North Carolina a revised count increased W C Burgin's lead over C B Deane in the eighth district Democratic congressional race to 85 votes. Deane protested irregularities and sought ballot box impoundments in Union and Davidson counties and a recount in Montgomery, prompting postponement of canvass until Friday.
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Charlotte
Hoke County
W. C. Burgin
Lexington
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
Oscar Barker
Durham
Burgin
Deane
Union
Davidson
Montgomery
Davidson Board
Terday
the and the Union Board
Richmond
Sixth Judicial District
J. Barker
Roseboro
F Johnson
Warsaw
Barker
Johnson
Ing
Sampson B
R. J. Scott
Allen D. Ivie, Jr
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Hudson River
Erwin
VanderMeer
Lee
Brown
Twirl N. L
Babs
Barbara Hutton
Enterprise Today
South
Hamilton Pou
John D. M. H
Republican National Mittee
Cal
Huey
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