Strikes Strain Auto Plants Amid Labor Unrest
Sit down strikers at multiple auto plants trigger closures affecting about 11,000 Chrysler workers and 3,000 more idle at Packard. A Michigan lumber plant clash leaves one dead and several injured as workers resist efforts to force overtime and job suspensions. A peace conference opens as unions and management seek a settlement.
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Aichigan
Chrysler Corporation
Trost
Packard Motor Company
Detroit
Newberry
Mich
Chemical Company
Munsing
Corny
Bells Toll for Gen Emilio Mola as Insurgents Reshape Spain
The article reports the death of Gen Emilio Mola after a fogbound plane crash as insurgents mourn in Bilbao while Basque refugee children in England cheer a possible end to the conflict. Major powers including Russia France Germany and Italy weigh Spain interests and propose united action against intervention.
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Spain
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Mola
Burgos
North Stoneham
England
Russia
France
Germany
Italy
Moscow
Third Communist International
Second Socialist International
Count Galleazzo Ciano
United States
William Phillips
Europe
Beard Executed in Texas Chair After Final Appeals
Augustus Dwight Beard, 27, once sentenced to death in North Carolina and Texas, was executed in Huntsville Texas for shooting John R Roberts a former Dallas detective during a garage holdup. Beard claimed another man was guilty and offered religious remarks to Warden Ward before the electric chair was administered.
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Texas
Augustus Dwight Beard
North Carolina
State Penitentiary
John R. Roberts
Dallas
Beard
W. W. Ward
Augustus Bounos
Defies Church Ban To Marry Edward And Mrs Warfield
Roosevelt predicts congress will pass a federal court system reorganization bill this session. He comments on provisions and indicates a stern, compromised stance may be necessary, while noting delays in supreme court hearings. He also backs wage hour standards and regional river system authority. Senate inquiry opens into steel industry bargaining interference claims.
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Mrs. Warfield
Washington
Roosevelt
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Supreme Tri
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Ypterday
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Tion
Perkins Tised
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Youngstown
Ohio
Auestimera
Page and Hemphill Reach Finals in Greensboro Golf Tourney
Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Pens Hill faces Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia S C in the finals of the Women s Fine Golf Association tourney at Greensboro. Page rallied on the inward nine to take a one up lead over Mrs John Degener of Charlotte while Hemphill built a comfortable lead to defeat Alliene Hoo of Thomasville 5 and 4.
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Estelle Lawson Page
Pel Hill
Chamion
Kathryn Hemphill
Jumbia
S. C
Page
Ohn Degener
Charlotte
Miss Hemphill
Alliene Hoo
Thomasville
Tiger leader is improving from skull fracture
New York June 4. Doctors reported Mickey Cochrane, Detroit manager known as Iron Mike, is improving after a beaning. He suffered a fractured skull but doctors say he is not out of danger yet and are taking precautions against infection as a possible development is watched.
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New York
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit
Emmet Walsh
Bombs injure postal clerks in Paris dispatch
Bombs exploded at three district post offices in Paris wounding two postal clerks. Investigators traced one package to a tall young man seen dropping it in a post office slot, reviving memories of the 1934 Three Edges of Hell terror.
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Edges of
Hell
Duke Edward May Drop Royal Title After Windsor Wedding
British sources suggested the abdicated monarch Edward of Windsor might drop the title Royal Highness after his wedding to Wallis Warfield. The wedding omissions and simple addressing hint at Windsor relinquishing the royal designation sought by Wallis who is American born and twice divorced.
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London
Edward of Windsor
George VI
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Windsor
Edward Duc de Windsor
Farm tenant aid bill expected to be approved
Senator Bankhead said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt would approve a tenant farmer aid bill authorizing 10 million dollars for 1937-38, 25 million for the next year, and 50 million annually thereafter. He noted the bill in committee sets 50 million annually for ten years but the President aims to cut appropriations for economy.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Stocks Slip Further Amid Slow Market And Gold Fears
In New York on June 4 the stock market drifted lower in another very slow session. Aside from a few specialties, buyers could not spark a recovery as larger influences remained stalled by a strike deadlock and uncertainties surrounding the international gold situation.
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New York
Duke and Wally In Italy On Windsor Honeymoon Express
Edward and Libby celebrate their marriage aboard the Windsor Honeymoon Express touring Europe. From a Milan stop to Lake Maggiore views, American tourists call out Wally as the couple shares breakfast in their locked compartment.
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Milan
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Libbride
Nine Die As Greyhound Bus Overturns Near Redding
At Shiloah Springs California a Greyhound stage rolled over trapping nine passengers who were burned in the wreck. Coroner Roy Duggins reported finding nine bodies and the driver Al Wilson among the victims. Passengers included men women and a child but names were not recorded by the company.
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Shiloah Springs
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Roy
Duggins
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Church split looms over liquor abstinence stance
A split in the Presbyterian church of America emerged after the General Assembly rejected a resolution to require abstinence from anything intoxicating. Chicago Presbytery led the push, California delegates showed sympathy, and talks of forming a Free Presbyterian Synod followed a caucus.
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Presbyterian Church of America
General Assembly of
Chicago
Prayer for Judgment in Berrier Case Continued
An urgent plea led to a municipal court continuing prayer for judgment in the May 30 breaking, entering and larceny case against C. L. Berrier Jr. of Thomasville. Berrier testified he had been drinking, prayed for forgiveness, and pledged to reform. he was allowed bond and will return June 25 for final judgment.
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Thomasville
Daweetae Ia
Haven An
Berrier
Lewis EB. Teague
Nazi Execute U S Citizen in Berlin Trial
Helmut Hirsch an American citizen described as a Jew without citizenship was executed at Ploetzensee Prison at dawn for high treason. He was sentenced March 20 after a treason trial tied to explosives law violations, with U S authorities including Ambassador William E. Dodd notified.
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Berlin
Helmuth Hirsch
Germany
Ploetzensee
Hirsch
State Department of the
United States
William E. Dodd
Earhart Reports Flight Over Fort Alexa Airport
Pan American Airways was advised Amelia Earhart flew over the Fort Alexa airport in Brazil at 2 26 P M EST today on a hop from Paramaribo Dutch Guiana without stopping.
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Amelia Earhart
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Dutch Guiana
Five Railroad Crossings Blocked To Traffic Today
Blythe Brothers of Charlotte continued work on a temporary track for the Southern Railway line as five crossings were closed. East side closures affected Hamilton Perry Beamon streets and Kivett drive, with Wrenn street remaining passable. West side only Tomlinson Chair company crossing closed. Perry and Beamon may stay closed longer while Kivett drive work is hurried.
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Blythe Brothers
Charlotte
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Tomlinson Chair Company
State College Gets New Deal In Athletics
Raleigh June 4 The board of trustees of the Greater University of North Carolina approved a 15 member athletic council for N C State college to stop confusion in the state’s athletic situation The board met at N C State college since consolidation with Chapel Hill unit and approved administration recommendations Cameron Morrison of Charlotte former governor urged sending reports to the trustees ahead of time to speed action
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University of North Carolina
N. C. State College
State
Chapel Hill
Greater University
R. B. House
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Rose
Morrison
Amelia Earhart Starts Leg Toward Natal From Paramaribo
Amelia Earhart lifted off at 5 10 am EST from Paramaribo heading toward Natal Brazil on the next leg of her round the world flight. Weather reported clear.
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Amelia Earhart
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Amelia Fearhart
Natal
Brazil
Earhart Unreported After Early Paramari Takeoff
At 3 pm AP reported Amelia Earhart had not been heard from since her Paramari takeoff earlier today. No information on whether she was overdue was released at that time.
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Associated Press
Miss Earhart
Paramaribo
Charges of lynching the wrong Negro debated in Alabama
Attorney General A. A. Carmichael offered to prove beyond doubt that a Henry county mob lynched the wrong man on February 1 in the impeachment trial of Sheriff J. L. Corbitt. Chief Justice John C. Anderson ruled testimony incompetent on whether the sheriff was negligent or at fault.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry County
Alabama Supreme Court
A. A. Carmichael
J. L. Corbitt
John C. Anderson
Mule dealer sues railway over starving mules
A. Boles of Yadkin County filed suits totaling 1440 against the Southern Railway alleging mules shipped on the railway suffered starvation en route and chewed off their tails due to lack of food.
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Winston-Salem
A. Boles
Yadkin County
Southern Railway Today
Gold floods London mart sets all time high
London shoppers faced a surge as an all time record 4 200 000 in gold entered the market amid fears of a gold price drop. The metal slipped about four pence an ounce to 140 shillings five pence, about 35 19 dollars, as hoarders rushed to sell.
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London
Bids Open for New Post Office Building in Southern Pines
Bids for a new post office building in Southern Pines will be opened on June 11 as part of the town project announced today. The event will occur at the local post office with bidders required to submit by the specified deadline.
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Southern Pines
Gerard Received By King George at Buckingham Palace
Jas. W. Gerard special United States ambassador to the coronation of King George VI last month was received by the sovereign in a half hour audience at Buckingham Palace in London on June 4.
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London
Jas. W. Gerard
United States
George VI
Buckingham Palace
39 Are Drowned As Ship Wrecks
Manila report states 39 people drowned when the sailing boat Rosario sank near etuntet Island in the Babuyan group north of Luzon. Captain of Cuatro Hermanos reports 12 sailors and 27 passengers among the victims, all Filipinos or Orientals, May 11.
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P. L
Abulug
Cagayan Province
Cuatro Hermanos
Rosario
Etuntet Island
Babuyan Group
Luzon Island
Textile Dangers Cited By South Textile Leaders
High Hampton North Carolina June 4 A call to the South to rally to defend its textile industry warned of heavy taxation and foreign competition. 8 M Beattie president of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina spoke at the opening session urging action as cotton manufacturing expands in South America and the Orient. The past decade shows fewer epicidies in New England while Southern spindles hold steady.
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N. C
8. M. Beattie
Cotton Manufacturers Association of
South Carolina
Beattie
South
England
New England
South America
Orient
Gold Flows to United States Hoarding Billions Move Home
New York June 4 report shows further millions of gold returning from abroad to the United States. The nation’s hoard climbs above 12 billion dollars as London offerings are accepted, signaling more shipments to New York. This week about 40 million dollars has already been transferred, mainly from London.
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New York
Uncle Sam
London
United States
Sewage Plants Being Probed In North Carolina
Warren H. Booker, head of the division of sanitary engineering, announced investigations of sewage disposal plants at Henderson and Hickory. Court orders followed damage suits by residents near streams cited as contaminated by sewage, prompting a health board inquiry and possible remedial action.
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Warren H. Booker
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Henderson
Hickory
Booker
Superior Court
Henry A. Grady
A. Hall Johnston
State Board of Health
P. D. Refuses Food Cartons At Warren
Harry Dickson acting postmaster refused four cartons of food from Lewis L. Guarnieri attorney for Republic Steel Corp addressed to men at the picket surrounded plant. Steel officials see potential test case in federal court. Attorney says packages refused by post office as irregular mail.
College Board Meets Davidson in Semiannual Session
Davidson college trustees convened in semiannual session to receive the report of Dr. Walter L. Linse president and conduct additional business.
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College Board
Davidson
Davidson College Board of Trustees
Walter L. Linse
Petition Needed For Liquor Referendum In Catawba
Carl V. Cline chair says Catawba county commissioners will not call a liquor store referendum unless a petition demanding it is presented. The note sets a threshold for voter action in Hickory dated June 4.
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Hickory
Carl V. Cline
Catawba County
Pins Gone From Throat Turns Child's Health Around
In Goldsboro on June 4 Lynda Smith daughter of Dr and Mrs Smith of Warsaw was reported normal after Dr A G Woodward removed a safety pin from her throat. The pin had been lodged since the previous nine days and the boy had deteriorated until the pin was extracted.
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Goldsboro
Lynda Smith
Strikers Block Path Of Train At Republic Plant
A crowd of Republic Steel strike pickets and supporters halted a Baltimore freight train near Warren Ohio. Police watched as workers chained and blocked the tracks, delaying the train until officers intervened.
Dallas Man Freed After Self Defense Verdict
GASTONIA June 4 L Mobdre 28 of Dallas was exonerated by a superior court jury who found he killed G B Mauney in self defense The defense argued Mauney struck Mobdre with a clock and Mobdre stabbed Mauney after a debt dispute ending in a fatal confrontation The story notes the weapon and sequence of events tying the fatality to the debt dispute
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Gastonia
L. Mobdre
Dallas
G. B. Mauney
Mauney
Frick Lifts Dizzy Dean Suspension Amid Controversy
New York June 4 Frick president Ford Frick of the National League ordered the lifting of Dizzy Dean’s suspension within 24 hours despite Dean’s refusal to sign a statement denying alleged controversial remarks. The ban followed a chaotic conference at league headquarters and centered on attacks toward the league’s chief executive and umpire George Barr.
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Dizzy Dean
Cardinal
Ford Prick
National League
Frick
George Barr
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