Far East Crisis Ominous As China Dig In
Japanese army leaders warn that Chinese troops in north China are not withdrawing quickly enough and are digging in for resistance. Duress over a failed withdrawal threatens peace as Japanese officials flag New tensions with General Hsiung Piao arriving from Nanking.
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Peiping
North China
China
Japan
Domei
87Th
Peiping-Hankow
Hsiung Piao
Chinese General Staff
Hsiung
Nanking
Chaing Kai-Shek
Sung Cheh-Tuan
Hopeh-Chahar
Johnston County Electric contract dispute grows
Governor Hoey declined to attend a Carmody proposed Smithfield meeting on Johnston County Electric Membership Corporation and Carolina Power and Light. he said directors of Johnston County EMC hold full responsibility and he trusts their handling of the farmers contract.
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Raleigh
John M. Carmody
Rural Electrification Administration
Hoey
Smithfield
Carmody
Johnston County
Electric Membership Corporation
Brunete Faces Heavy Fighting as Insurgents Enter Town
Spanish insurgents entered Brunete, 15 miles west of Madrid, after a day of fierce combat. Government reports say they reached the outskirts, then entered the town amid heavy shelling and machine gun fire. Casualties are high as forces struggle to drive defenders from Brunete.
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Madrid
Brunete
Francisco Franco
la Alberida
Quitorna
Jose Miaja
Defense Loser in Krochmalny Case as Bones Evidence Dies
Burraw, July 24. A defense motion to strike references to bones found on a farm near Adam Smith’s home was overruled in the murder trial of Pete Krochmalny, his son Paul, and Ervin Williams. Prosecutors say the trio killed their kinsman after he sold his Toledo home to keep money orders worth 1160. A private investigator testified that Krochmalny led searchers to the bone site and that the body was dumped into a dairy sterilizer furnace with Williams guarding the door.
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Burgaw
Paul Krochmaliny
A. A. Nelms
Adam Smith
Pete Krochmalny
Nelms
Krochmalny
Paul
Ervin Williams
Toledo
St. Helena
Nick Zuravic
Krochmanny
Williams
Union Promises Ease Food Blockade Around Buffalo
Dr. John P. Boland, new head of the state's labor board, secured an immediate pledge from both AFL and CIO leaders not to tighten the food embargo in Buffalo. Grocers report shelves bare as 44 wholesale houses stay closed and 1,000 truck drivers walk out. Boland held talks with union and employer representatives to settle wage and hour provisions while the closed shop remains the disputed point. Ten men attacked a meat truck in a brief violence incident as the strike entered its fourth day.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John P. Boland
Buffalo Parish
New Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Boland
New York City
New Labor Board
American Federation of Labor Organizations
A. F. of L
International Longshoremen’s Association
Longshoremen's Union
Japan to attempt nonstop Tokyo to New York flight
Japan plans a long distance nonstop flight from Tokyo to New York in an all Japanese designed plane. The aircraft, built at Imperial University Aeronautical Institute, claims 80 to 90 hours fuel with 14 wing tanks and 600 horsepower engine.
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Japan
New York
Tokyo
China
Aeronauuic Institute of Imperial University
Moscow
California
Kawasaki Engineering Company
Haneda
Six youths sought in South Carolina assault case
In Cheraw South Carolina an 18 year old farm girl was abducted by six youths while offered a ride and assaulted during a 20 mile trip. She was left by a road and later treated at home. Police reported the attack and are searching for the suspects.
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McKinnon
State Charity Board To Hold Meet Monday
Raleigh hosts a three day Social Security conference starting Monday directed by Mrs. W. T. Best the commissioner and Nathan H. Yelton head of the Division of Public Assistance.
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State Charity Board
Raleigh
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
W. T. Best
Nathan H. Yelton
Division of Public Assistance
Mt Airy Bank Depositors Receive 10 Percent Payment
Raleigh reports a 10 percent payment to Mount Airy Bank depositors, increasing total dividends to 75 percent or 448,888.56. The current payout amounts to 54,879.43 as the bank remains in liquidation after being placed into liquidation February 15, 1984.
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Raleigh
Bank of Mount Airy
Gurney P. Hood
Hood
Senate Judiciary Committee Pushes Six Point Plan
The Senate judiciary committee, skipping its weekend break, works on a six point program to speed actions of lower federal courts in Washington.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Strike Trouble Persists Across Cities As Strikes Quell Food Supply
AP reports food shortages loom as buffalo grocers face strike impact while philadelphia milk drivers arm for safety. clearest case shows coal mine protest alleging strip dances used to draw workers from meetings. company denies claim. five week cio sit down ends at rochester with national labor relations board election. discussions on supreme court powers and proposed constitutional amendments unfold in congress amid court reform talk.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Philadelphia
Senate
Supreme Court
House
Dies
D. - Tex
Congress
Representative Beiter
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Belter
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoey To Address Tobacco Growers Festival
Governor Hoey will be a principal speaker at the first annual North Carolina Tobacco Festival and Exposition in Wilson on August 19 and 20. Governors from South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee are invited to attend.
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Wilson
Hoey
North Caroline
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Army transfers Major Talley D Joiner to Spartanburg
Washington July 24 Army orders include the transfer of Major Talley D Joiner Infantry Philippine Department to Spartanburg South Carolina. The move affects personnel assignments in the theater and shifts command responsibilities as recorded in the dispatch.
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Washington
Talley D. Joiner
Inf
Philippine Dept
Spartanburg
8. C
Health Officers Launch Mass Attack on Syphilis
Chicago launches the nations first mass effort to curb syphilis by polling residents on free secret blood tests. Dr Louis Schmidt leads the campaign urging doctors statewide to volunteer time and allow the city and state health services to handle laboratory work.
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Chicago
Schmidt
Reward Offered for Earhart Fate Evidence
San Francisco July 24. A $3 000 reward was offered by Sydney Bowman friend of George Palmer Putnam for information that could definitively clear up the fate of Amelia Earhart and Noonan. Earhart and Noonan departed from British New Guinea July 2 in an $80 000 flying laboratory bound for Howland Island but disappeared after two weeks of search efforts.
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San Francisco
Amelia Earhart
Sydney
Bowman
Miss Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Frederick J. Noonan
Sea Level Highway Group Plans Meet
GOLDSBORO July 24. W A Stansbury secretary said the Sea Level Highway association would meet August 2 to plan the opening celebration of the Faison Clinton Cotton Road August 3. A program to popularize the sea level route for tourists will be mapped with representatives of cities from Washington to Jacksonville likely to attend. Robert Clark of Charleston Sr association president will preside.
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Goldsboro
W. A. Stansbury
Sea Level Highway Association
Faison
Clinton
Cotton Road
Washington
Jacksonville
Robert Clark
Charleston
Association
Hull favors liberalized economic peace move
Secretary Hull endorsed today any European sponsored move to stimulate economic education and promote world economic rehabilitation. He spoke after conferring with President Roosevelt and said he could not commit to the king's specific plan while stressing the need for sound economic foundations and impartial organizations.
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Washington
Hull
Leopold
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Brussels
Roosevelt
Roosevel
White House
van Zeeland
United States
London
Congress Moves Toward Quick Adjournment Amid Court Reform Debate
Amid pressure to adjourn soon after a modified court reform bill, Senator Barkley and President Roosevelt discuss salvaging the Roosevelt program. Rep Woodrum warns any rush to push a heavy agenda will meet strong opposition, while wage and hour bills edge toward Senate passage and House consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Potomac
Representative Woodrum
Virginia
House
Congress
Barkley
Senate
House Labor Committee
Auto Plunge Injures Three Near Hendersonville
Three men were injured when a tire blew out and their car plunged 150 feet down a steep embankment on the Greenville highway about 20 miles south of Hendersonville South Carolina. The critically injured are D H West of University Ridge Greenville and T B Ballard Jr of Tuxedo Henderson County. H D Phillips of Greenville is listed as serious with severe cuts and possible internal injuries. Ballard, the driver, suffered a fracture of the right leg above the ankle.
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Hendersonville
M. C
Greenville Highway
South Carolina
Patton Memorial Hospital
H. D. Phillips
Greenville
D. H. West
University Ridge
T. B. Ballard, Jr
English Divorce Law Change Prompts Court Expansion
Liberalizing English divorce rules will likely boost demand for judges and court staff. The new statute adds desertion without cause, insanity, and cruelty as grounds, expanding eligibility beyond adultery and signaling a surge in cases after January 1.
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London
England
House of Commons
A. P. Herbert
P. Haynes
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Bremen
Buffalo Priest
Dr. Boland
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Mt. Airy Bank
Cincinnati
State Labor Board
Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company
Clover Fork Coal Company
Kitts, Ky
United Mine Workers
Robeson Rochester Corp
Rochester
National Labor, Relations Board
Carhart
Sea Level Highway Group
King Leopold
F. D
Woodrum
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