FDR WANTS NO EARMARKING OF PWA FUNDS
Hundreds of volunteers join a grim search in Princeton Florida for kidnapped Jimmy Cash as federal agents seize a suspect. FBI inspector Connolly directs posses and warns volunteers against weapons while the case lingers unresolved after a $10,000 ransom was paid.
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Princeton
Fla
Jimmy Cash
James Bailey Cash
G- Men
M. F. Braxton
Miami
Cutler
Cremoncery
Veterans Organizations
CCC
F. J. Connolly
FBI
Pp. Canama
Connolly
W. P. Cash
Cash
James Cash, &Sr
Communists Accused of Aiming to Control Transport in Mass
A Massachusetts commission after eight months of study says communists seek to seize transport and labor to paralyze the country in war. The report asserts the national maritime union on the Atlantic coast and in coastal Massachusetts is controlled by communists.
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Communistic
Boston
Communist Party
Massachusetts
National Maritime Union
Atlantic
S of Massachusetts
Highway bill progresses in Congress for federal aid
The House adopted a conference report on a bill authorizing a total $857.4 million in federal aid highways for two years, part of a $126.6 billion package. The Senate has not yet acted on the compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Jacobs Signs Armstrong In Exclusive Promotion Deal
New York June 1 promoter Mike Jacobs signed Henry Armstrong to an exclusive three fight promotional contract. The deal follows Armstrong earning a significant portion of the night’s gross receipts totaling 160 806. Ross received 84 005 and Armstrong 27 203 in the event’s gate.
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Ambers
New York
Mike Jacobs
Henry Armstrong
Lou Ambers
Valencia Aim Of Rebel Drive
Rebels led by General Francisco Franco push from Teruel toward Valencia in a major offensive. Air and ground forces strike coastal targets while infantry and artillery advance on government positions north of the highway from Teruel to Samato and Valencia. Casualty reports indicate hundreds killed or wounded from recent bombings near Keelona.
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Hendaye
France
Panish
Eruel
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Samato
Yestertye
Keelona
Harold Dahl
Edith Rogers Dahil
London
West End
Opposed Seaway Proposal Faces Senate Criticism
Washington reports a revised U S Canada St Lawrence Seaway plan drew sharp opposition from senators. Critics argued the project benefits Britain and risks water rights from the Mississippi while US costs exceed 233.6 million dollars and a future five hundred million funding frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Lawrence
Canada
Len- Wagner
D-Ny
Hull
United States
City to seek 597.50 for venereal disease clinic funding
High Point will seek an annual appropriation of 597.50 in its health budget to match funds from the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation and Guilford County for a venereal disease clinic. The plan, approved by the City Board of Health and endorsed by the city manager and welfare chair, aims to cover a year's program costs estimated at 5925 with clinicians and staff.
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High Point
Health Department
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Guilford County
City Board of Health
J. T. Mann
E. M. Knox
F. Logan Porter
R. A. Herring
Carl Reynolds
Sharp Note Demands Japan Restore American Property in China
The United States, via a Grew note to Japan’s Ugaki, demands immediate steps to return American properties in China to rightful owners. It cites interference by Japanese forces restricting Americans from resuming residences or visiting holdings in Shanghai and the Yangtze valley, including Nanking, with 300 Americans awaiting permission to return.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Joseph C. Grew
Ugaki
State Department
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Nanking
Czech Officer Wounds 2 Nazis in Self-Defense Case
Sergeant Wenzel Toman of the Czechoslovak army exchanged fire with about 35 followers of Konrad Henlein in HGER Czechoslovakia. Two leg wounds were inflicted when Toman fired at the floor, and he was taken into custody.
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HGER
Czechoslovakia
Wenzel Toman
Konrad Henlein
Toman
Youth On Trial For Slaying His Foster Father
In Wilson North Carolina on June 1 Jack Morgan 15 was brought to trial in superior court charged with murder in the death of his foster father Henry A Morgan 43 a Stanhope sharecropper. Solicitor Don Gilliam said he would seek a second degree verdict.
Mowing Machine Fatally Injures Nash County Farmer
In Rocky Mount on June 1 a mowing machine ran over 56 year old Nash County farmer W D Boseman. He fell from a tractor pulling the implement and could not roll clear, dying from the injuries.
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Rocky Mount
W. D. Boseman
Nash County
Boseman
Red Light Fatality In Lexington Claims Car Operator
Charles T. Brown, 34, of Greenaboro Motor Line, collapsed and died from heart trouble after stopping at a red light in Lexington yesterday.
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Lexington
Charles T. Brown
Greenaboro
Hopkins Urges South To Raise Living Plane
WPA administrator Harry L. Hopkins told the South to lift its living standard to match health and comfort levels elsewhere. Delivered by proxy at the University of South Carolina commencement, he urged action beyond toil and thrift to improve public health and equalize opportunities.
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Hopkins
South
Columbia
8. C
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Ehringhaus Endorses Hancock in North Carolina Primary
Former Governor Ehringhaus sends a telegram from his home town Elizabeth City praising Rep. Hancock as he campaigns for the Democratic primary. Hancock, challenging Sen. Reynolds, asks voters to judge his qualities as Ehringhaus notes his private citizen status allows him to favor a candidate.
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Raleigh
Frank W. Hancock, Jr
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Hancock
Robert R. Reynolds
Elizabeth City
Ehringhaus
Six Thousand Remington Rand Workers Strike Over Ruling
In a standup protest, about 6,000 Remington Rand employees in Syracuse Ilion Elmira and Middletown halted work after the Supreme Court declined to review a National Labor Relations Board reinstatement order. Union leaders say the stoppage is temporary and aims to press for recognition as the sole bargaining agent.
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Tlion
Remington Rand
United States Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Middletown
Conn
Lion
Syracuse
Elmira
N. Y
Remington Rand Employes Association
Ilion
Supreme Court
Murray
City Council Adds Insurance to Building Permits in High Point
High Point city council amended the license and privilege tax to include six and a half cents per hundred dollars of work cost for insurance on plumbing painting sign hanging and similar work. Coverage ranges up to 19000 20000 public liability and 1000 property damage. The council also requires sign registration at 1 per sign annually to fund insurance for damages from signs. They approved a 50 payment for Dr. W L Jackson operation and discussed jail badge increase. Petitions for beautification of a city triangular lot and street dust control were referred to committees.
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High Point
W. L. Jackson
Grover H. Jones
R. Melor, Jr
Parkway
Lindsay
Morris
Public Works Committee
Brevard Junior College Grants Largest Graduation Class
One hundred eight seniors received diplomas marking the largest graduating class in Brevard Junior College history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
Brevard Junior College
Woman Gets Year For Cow Rustling In North Carolina
Mrs. H. W. Brantley of Pittsboro pleaded guilty to stealing three cows. Judge J Fault Fristelle sentenced her to one year in prison. Her son Jack, 17, received a suspended year. daughter Onida, 14, was released after a not guilty plea. Buddy Ruffin admitted aiding the theft and selling to a Durham butcher and received a suspended sentence.
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Goldsboro
N. C
H. W. Brantley
Pittsboro
J. Fault Fristelle
Jack
Onida
Buddy Ruffin
Fire destroys Webb's tobacco warehouse in Greenville
Greenville N C June 1 Fire destroyed Webb's tobacco warehouse yesterday. The loss was estimated at 75000 dollars. The fire origin is unknown. Owners said the structure would be replaced in time for the market opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
N. C
Webb
Roosevelt urges flexible relief to curb rising unemployment
President Roosevelt intervened in the debate on a 3.247 billion dollar public works bill urging that no restrictions be placed on immediate project start ups. He warned unemployment has grown worse and emphasized emergency employment to fill the gap. Senators Walsh Pepper Thomas pressed for elastic wage hour standards amid bankruptcy fears.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Cole
Congress
Senate
Boat In Levine Case Is Hunted
New Rochelle New York June 1 police began a wide search for a boat believed to hold Peter Levine the 12 year old kidnapped victim. They will canvass 1 000 cabin cruisers near Davenport Neck in Long Island Sound and continue to drag portions of the sound for body parts while awaiting lab tests on the boy s clothing and tiny copper wire used to bind him.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Davenport Neck
Long Island Sound
Japanese claim Lunghai defense crumbling to air power
Shanghai dispatch says Japanese air strikes are crumbling Chinese Lunghai defenses while operations press toward Hankow. Japanese planes bomb Kanfeng and Lan feng area as Doihara’s division fate is uncertain with reports of encirclement and Chinese countermeasures near Kaifeng and Hankow.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lunghai
Kanfeng
Army of
Nippon
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Central China
Hankow
China
Ningling
Kweiteh
Lanfeng
Kenji Doihara
Doihara
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PWA
Carpenter
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
Vincent Bk, Ferretti
Merican
Lawrence Waterway
Copeland
Clark
D-Mo
Chicago Drainage
Mississippi River
Lawrence
Great Lakes
Smith Reynolds Foundation
U. S
S. C. University
Reynolds
NLRB
Joseph Murray
Council of
Remington Rand Employer’ Association
Gettysburg
William H. Jackson
Robert FE. Wilson
North Carolina
Thomas
Levine
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