FORBID BOYS TO WORK IN BEER CAFES
Raleigh july 10 youths under 18 may not be employed in establishments which sell beer and wine. Attorney General A A F Seawell ruled the drinks fall under alcoholic beverages and thus minors cannot work where beer and wine are sold. He noted licenses allow light wines and fortified wines to be sold but not to bring youths into contact with such drinks.
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Attorney General
Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
General Assembly
Seawell
Major A. L. Fletcher
James B. Volger
Mecklenburg
Charlotte Retail Grocers Association
Vogler
Volger
Robbery Suspects Clash With Police in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a gun battle with two patrolmen led to the death of Bert Brown 21 of Northside and wounding Patrolman Bart Flaherty 38. The other suspect Clyde Rowlands 23 was captured and charged with robbery. Brown allegedly fired first as officers approached a service station.
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Pittsburgh
George Puff
Bart Flaherty
Puff
Bert Brown
Northside
Clyde Rowlands
Rowlands
Brown
Land Of Promise Not So Promising
Los Angeles reports a relief conference planned for the week of July 19 with Governor Merriam to address a growing crisis. County supervisor Gordon McDonough warns of severe overburdening as about 70 000 displaced Californians, mostly families from the dust bowls of the southwest, face destitution and starvation in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Los Angeles
California
Gordon McDonough
Merriam
San Joaquin Valley
CCC to Accept 1186 Applicants from Carolinas
Col Talbot Smith announced 1186 applicants for the Civilian Conservation Corps would be accepted from the two Carolinas July 13 to 23.
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Charlotte
Talbot Smith
Civilian Conservation Corps
Carolinas
Profit Selling Features Mart
Stocks faced profit taking in a brief session with mostly small declines and muted activity. Wall Street favored general business and labor news, but traders sought to exit before the weekend. Transfers around 300000 shares as heat drove customers from boardrooms.
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New York
Wall Street
Navy planes still search for Earhart
Three navy planes were ordered to sweep the Phoenix Islands area to determine if Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are alive. Minesweeper Swan shore patrols, Canton Island refuges, and a rendezvous 15 miles south of Canton were part of the operation. If no traces are found, Lexington carrier planes may join the hunt.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Phoenix Islands
Amelia Earhart
Colorado
E.S.T
Enderbury
Phoenix
Birnie
Sydney Islands
Swan
Canton
Miss Farhart
Noonan
Lexington
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Itasca
Equator
Warning on paying fees by bogus social service agents
Raleigh reports Mrs. W. T. Best, chairman of the Board of Charities and Public Welfare, warns that individuals in several counties pose as board agents to collect fees from North Carolinians seeking social security benefits. The department denounces the practice and urges applicants to be aware.
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Raleigh
W. T. Best
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Mrs. Roosevelt Hopes F. R. Will Not Seek Third Term
Hyde Park July 10 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told the town club she hopes her husband will not run for a third term as president She addressed the question and answered with I hope not She also spoke on the national labor situation noting little communist activity in unions and American labor
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Sharp Rise in Automobile Deaths Across Major Cities
The census bureau reports a sharp rise in auto fatalities for the year. In 121 major cities, deaths from January 1 to July 2 totaled 4 545, up from 3 892 in the same period last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Mae West's Manager Faces Possible Alienation Suit
Los Angeles July 10. Attorney Avery M. Blount said Frank Wallace, Mae West's ex husband, plans to pursue alienation of affections if the marriage question remains unsettled. West admitted marriage to Wallace in Milwaukee in 1911 and denied living together for four years.
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Frank Wallace
Mae West
Los Angeles
James Tene
Avery M. Blount
Wallace
New York
Breezes Lure President Off For Week End Cruise
President Roosevelt leaves Washington for a weekend work cruise aboard the Potomac. He travels by motor to Annapolis with a small party including James M. Landis, Rep Rayburn, White House aides, and two secretaries. The trip aims to return to Washington tomorrow evening.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt
Potomac
Bay
White House
Annapolis
James M. Landis
The
Securities Commission
Landie
Rayburn
Suspect Held After Durham Laundry Holdup
Durham July 10. Bruce Shue of Alexandria Va formerly of Durham is held on a technical investigation charge in connection with yesterday’s one man holdup of the Durham Laundry. Three employees and a customer say the lone gunman herded them behind a counter as the cash register was rifled. About 115 dollars in cash and checks were taken and Shue was detained shortly after the incident.
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Durham
M. M. Thompson
Bruce Shue
Alexandria
Shue
Edna Cotton Mill Closed After Second Walkout
Reidsville July 10 The Edna Cotton Mill shut down after a second walkout in two months. Spinners and doffers quit yesterday, allegedly violating a May 19 contract with the Textile Workers Organizing Committee. Four hundred to six hundred workers affected as management cited immediate contract changes and a failed conference. A TWOC field worker from Danville, Va was en route.
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Reidsville
Edna
Doffera
Doffers
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Danville
Judge Sink Named To Hold Special Term In Guilford
Governor Hoey's office announced a special term of civil court with Judge Hoyle Sink presiding in Guilford county to begin August 23. Judge Sink was docketed for Macon county and will be replaced there by B. E. Bivens of the 21st district.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Hoyle Sink
Guilford County
Watermelon Shipment Ban Aims to Lift Prices
Raleigh July 10. U S Department of Agriculture bans shipping inferior watermelons from the Carolinas Georgia and Florida until August 1. The order prohibits melons except those labeled U S A 1 through July.
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Raleigh
Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
U. B. Department of Agriculture
Auto snatched by cop killer recovered near Cooper's Gap
Deputy Sheriff B F Scoggins said a Charlotte car owned by C H Stroupe stolen by a gunman who shot Patrolman Sowell near Lancaster was found near Cooper's Gap. A farmer reported taking a man and a red headed woman to Asheville and leaving them at a cafe. The car was found parked and locked. Lancaster officers will search it for fingerprints.
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Columbus
N. C
B. F. Scoggins
Polk County
C. H. Stroupe
Charlotte
Frank Sowell
Lancaster
S. C
Cooper's Gap
Asheville
Scoggins
Fred Ledbetter
Biltmore
Patrols Probe Car Linked to Lancaster Gunman Escape
Lieut. Leo Jenkins of the state highway patrol heads to Columbus, N C to examine a car tied to a gunman and his red haired companion who fled after shooting a Lancaster policeman. The vehicle is believed stolen from C H Stroupe of Charlotte.
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Columbia
N. C
Leo Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
Lancaster
Jenkins
C. H. Stroupe
Charlotte
President's Mother Receives Warm Welcome in Naples
Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt arrives in Naples aboard the Conte Di Savoia for a European vacation. She and her grandson pose for photographs as a Neapolitan crowd applauds, meeting American Ambassador William Phillips and Mrs. Phillips.
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Naples
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
United States
Conte di Savoia
Steel Shipments Set Record
U. S. Steel Corp reports June finished steel shipments at 1,268,560 tons the largest June total since 1929 though down from May by 35,489 tons. For January to June 1937 shipments reach 17,614,274 tons, up 51 percent from 1936.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
McCarran Challenges Democratic Leadership Over Court Bill
Senator McCarran of Nevada publicly defies Democratic leadership, threatening to leave the party if expelled over opposing the Roosevelt court reform bill. He warns Nevada’s electoral votes could later be needed to save the party as the senate debates the judicial restructuring plan.
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Nevada
Washington
McCarran
Dnev
Senate
Democratic
Wheeler
D.mont
Robinson
Accused Slayer Of Three Inglewood Girls
Albert Dyer, accused slayer of three Inglewood girls, was guarded by county jail staff after he sobbed over an open Bible in a religious frenzy and threatened a possible death by own action attempt.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Manchurian Troops Ordered Toward North China Move
Chinese officials report Japan began redeploying Manchurian troops to North China amid rising tension. Ten train loads of regulars left Mukden and two had already crossed the Great Wall at Shanhaikwan, signaling a broader movement of forces toward the trouble zone.
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Peiping
China
Japan
North China
Mukden
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Labor at a Glance Consolidates Industrial Forces
Washington reports the Committee for Industrial Organization calling a national convention in Chicago to unite the industrial maritime federation. Alcoa Tennessee plans to seek a governor’s closure of a plant after two workers were killed in a Wednesday battle. the governor in Nashville cites no justification for the meeting request. Detroit notes a riot related collapse at a hearing and a United Automobile Workers victory at a plant where the first Detroit sit down strike occurred. In steel news, Cox warns lawmakers against labor despotism as John L. Lewis and the American Newspaper Guild respond to AFL criticism of steel strike leadership. Pittsburgh mine leaders say the 10,000 workers in captive mills remain on strike indefinitely, with Philip Murray replying to Green. In Pennsylvania, strike sympathizers prepare for a Bethlehem Steel Cambia works ballot battle. Cleveland ministers face criticism over National Guard use in strike areas, and Akron reports troops withdrawn as tensions ease. Chinese forces report heavy fighting near Peiping with a village attacked and troop movements toward Shanhaikwan and crossings into Chinese territory amid Manchoukuo garrison activity.
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Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
Chicago
Industrial Maritime Federation
Alcoa
Tenn
Aluminum Workers Union
Nashville
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers
Washington—House
Representative Cox
D-Ga
John L. Lewis
American Newspaper Guild
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Green
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio
Heat Wave Persists Across Nation With Little Relief Foreseen
Chicago reports an ongoing scorching spell as temperatures rise into the nineties and reach as high as 108 in North Dakota. Officials warn no major break before Monday while scattered local showers offer brief relief and danger to residents from flooding and power outages continues.
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Chicago
Mercury
Belle Fouche
N. D
Oakes
Napoleonee Wishek
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Insurance collector missing from home in Wilmington
Police report Marvin Weeks a 24 year old insurance collector has been missing since Monday from his Wilmington home. Weeks left to go on his collection route and his car was later found abandoned on a Rocky Mount street with his license and papers inside. The car was in good running condition and the gas tank nearly full.
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Wilmington
Marvin Weeks
Weeks
Rocky Mount
Heat Wave Bakes Carolinas as Thermometers Hit Highs
The weather forecast calls for continued warmth with sunny skies. Rocky Mount tops readings at 102 degrees followed by Fayetteville 98 and Charlotte 98 as Greenville 90s and Raleigh 93 rise toward the 96 mark. The map shows Columbia 93 and Greensboro 95 with High Point at 93 noon readings.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Carolinas
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Charleston
Greenville
Spartanburg
Palmetto State
Anderson
Greensboro
Raleigh
Charlotte
High Point
Block 18 Appointed to Lead U. S. Aviation Delegation
President Roosevelt named Dr. Harry Block of Miami Florida as chairman of the United States delegation to the aviation congress in Lima Peru in September. The appointment was announced from Washington on July 10.
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BLOCK
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Block
Miami
Fla
United States
Aviation Congress
Lima
Peru
Drought Threat Looms Over Wheat Harvest Prospects
Washington July 10 government estimators reported the largest wheat crop since 1931 and the biggest five year production. unless weather remains favorable crop experts expect a much higher yield than in drought years with 882 287 000 bushels forecast, down from June's range of 825 000 000 to 850 000 000 bushels.
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Washington
Child marriage viewed as hindering Southeast culture
A UNC public survey presented at the University of North Carolina argues that a high share of brides under 15 in the Southeast slows rural development. Milburn Moore and Margaret Hagood note 61.7 percent of girls married before 15 live in the South, with 12.5 percent in the Southwest, summing to 73.2 percent nationally.
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Chapel Hill
Sou East
University North Carolina
Milburn Moore
Margaret Jon Hagood
Universe Institute For Research
Sei
South
Southwest
Col Samuel P Town Dies at 91 Former G A R Leader
Philadelphia July 16 Col Samuel P Town past national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic died today at age 91.
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Philadelphia
Samuel P. Town
Grand Army of the Repo
Fiermonte Faces Worries After Release From Rikers
Enzo Fiermonte former boxer and ex husband of the late Mrs Madeline Force Astor Dick released from Rikers Island after a five day sentence for a 1934 speeding charge. He faces a 210000 damage suit brought by John Drennan a newspaper photographer who alleged a collision in Jamaica Queens. A third degree assault charge and a charge of driving a car without a license are set for July 21 in Jamaica.
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New York
Enzo Fiermonte
Madeline Force Astor Dick
Riker’s Island Penitentiary
Fiermonte
John Drennan
Newspa
Tra Court
Jamaica
Queens
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Aviatrix
Mae
Breezes
Holy Land
Dé Ake Hale
Sea of Galhnee
British Palestine Commission
Jerusalem Ehem
Edna Miles
South Carolina
Throng
Youngting River
Yungting River
Wanpinghsien
Marco
No Hopet
Pei
Tientsin
H Chahar Political Council
Hig Chines Authority
North
Manchoukuo
Southeast
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