Horton Withdrawal Triggers North Carolina Political Speculation
Raleigh June 4 Lieutenant Governor Ilkins Horton’s decision to skip a second primary with Melville Broughton fuels wild speculation on motives. Observers focus on finances and strategic considerations, including possible deals with figures like Allen J. Maxwell, as the gubernatorial race narrows and party tensions rise.
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Henry Averill Raleigh
Ilkins P. Horton
Melville Broughton
Horton
Brooklyn Man Testifies Against Burglary Assault Suspect
Morris Appel testified in Brooklyn court that at 5 a.m. Nicholas Rilik battered his door and shouted Nazis are coming, dragged him down stairs, leading to charges of burglary and assault. The article identifies Rilik as a suspect in the case.
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New York
Morris Appel
Brooklyn
Nicholas Rilik
Paul Revere
Appel
Rilik
Second primary questions shadow Horton in North Carolina race
The piece questions who blocked Burgin Pennell and Ronald Wilson from seeing their chief before Horton's second primary declaration and notes Horton headquarters backed gravely changing support before the final vote. It argues the governor won with less than a third of Democratic primary voters, marking a historic result.
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Burgin Pennell
Maxwell
Ronald Wilson
Horton
Lee Gravely
Raleigh
Gravely
Broughton
North Carolina
Painter Hurt In Fall From Ladder At Woodrow Avenue
H. S. Price a contract painter of Princeton Street fell six to seven feet from a ladder while painting a house at 300 Woodrow Avenue. He landed on his feet and was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital for ankle injuries. Yow's ambulance transported him at 11 40 a m.
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H. S. Price
Princeton Street
Woodrow Avenue
Mr. Price
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Yow
Canal Blocked By Sinking Of Loaded Ships
A British eye witness describes blocking the Bruges Canal at Zeebrugge by sinking concrete laden ships. Blockships and escorts faced German fire and air attacks but formed a serious navigation obstacle with two ships sunk inside the canal gates. The second mission ended with a ship exploding after ramming a sunken dredger. The U S Army cavalry at Fort Russell, Texas, has been motorized.
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London
Bruges
Zeeburge
Canal
Heinkels
U. S
Fort Russel
Texas
United States
British Losses At Sea In Week Total 18 Ships
British sources report 18 ships sunk in the week ending May 26 totaling 45 225 tons. Among them 10 British vessels 10 913 tons four Allied ships 12 999 tons and four neutrals 21 513 tons. Brighton and Maid of Kent hospital ships were sunk in Dieppe harbor. German losses unchanged at about 830 000 tons.
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London
Brighton
Maid of Kent
Dieppe
Davidson Concludes 100th Commencement Honors 119 Seniors
Davidson closes its 100th commencement weekend with 119 graduates. Pres. Dick Kenyon of Gainesville, Ga., lowers the class flag as the ceremony moves from the Philanthropic Literary Society Hall to Chambers Auditorium. Academic procession, service, and campus ritual follow.
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Davidson
Dick Kenyon
Gainesville
Philanthropic Literary Society
Chambers
Allied Agents In Americas
Germany informs the United States it has information that Britain and France sent agents to South America and the Panama Canal Zone to create an impression of many German agents. The memorandum offered no details or sources. Berlin says Britain and France plan to sink US liners Washington Manhattan and President Roosevelt with secret service plots.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Panama Canal Zone
State Department
Hans Thomsen
Berlin
DNB
Britain
France
Manhattan
Roosevelt
Europe
London
Ceremony Highlights Graduates From Local College
The ceremony included graduates receiving bachelor of science degrees, among them Oscar Lorenzo Joyner Jr of Kernersville. The event featured flag lowering ceremonies as part of the proceedings.
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Oscar Lorenzo Joyner, Jr
Kernersville
Byrnes May Be Roosevelt Running Mate In Roosevelt Ticket Talk
Washington reports indicate a Roosevelt Byrnes ticket is under discussion after their Potomac weekend cruise. Byrnes hints nothing while friends suggest he would accept the vice presidency if Roosevelt seeks a third term. Other Democrats name potential Roosevelts running mates including Garner Bankhead Rayburn Wheeler and McNutt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
Potomac
Capitol Hill
Democratic Delates
Resolutions Committee
Connecticut
Roosevelt-Garner
Garner
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Chicago
Democrats Mentioned Here For the Vice Presidential Nomination If Mr. Roosevelt
Speaker Bankhead
Alabama
House
Rayburn
Texas
Wheeler
Montana
Paul V. McNutt
Federal
Burdett War Reporter Racks Early Nordic Scoops
Winston Burdett, a 26 year old former UNC student now head of the Transradio Press Service in Stockholm, is praised for firsthand war reporting from front lines in Norway and Sweden. He reported British landings at Andalsnes and Namsos and witnessed German aerial bombing, earning wide praise for daring, language skills, and swift dispatches.
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Chapel Hill
Europe
Winston Burdett
University of North Carolina
New York Dispatch
Scandinavia
Richard Harding Davis
Floyd Gibbons
Winston Aganda
Proppeanda
Burdett
Transradio
Stockholm
Andalsnes
Namsos
Norway
Carolina Burdett
Harvard
Columbia
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Trend
The
Eagle
Germany
Mrs Sarah Jackson Serves Church Organist 72 Years
Mrs Sarah Jackson of Nether thong England has played the organ at one church for seventy two years, marking a remarkable long tenure in local worship.
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Sarah Jackson
Netherthong
England
Rooms Sought For Legion Convention Delegates
The American Legion state convention will draw many attendees June 23 24 25. A housing committee asks locals with spare rooms to contact 2918 or mail the attached card to the Legion convention office at the County Building. Include name address and number of persons.
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the American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion Convention Office
Plan Celebration Of Road Opening
A meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winston Salem will discuss plans for celebrating the opening of the High Point to Winston-Salem highway. Civic clubs from both cities will send representatives. High Point committee members include J. W. Van Loan H. A. Cecil Hazel P. Harden George V. Denny George B. Craven Charles Kellam W. A Tomlinson Hugh Smart J. W Poole Capus Waynick R. T. Craughan and Frank J. Sizemore.
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High Point
Winston- Salem Highway
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Winston-Salem
Civic Club
J. W. van Loan
H. A. Cecil
Hazel P. Hardin
George V. Denny
George B. Craven
Charles Kellam
W. A Tomlinson
Hugh Smart
J. W Poole
Capus Waynick
R. T. Craughan
Frank J. Sizemore
Lions International Meet to Convene in Durham
The annual district 31 Lions International convention set for Sunday through Tuesday in Durham will feature Governor Hoey and international president Alexander T. Welles of New York as principal speakers. About 1,000 attendees are expected. Brazil bans export of wild-grown oil-bearing nuts to protect domestic supplies.
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Durham
Lions International
Governor Hoey
Alexander T. Welles
New York
Brazil
Germans Using Concrete Bomb
German air force deploys a reinforced concrete core bomb to damage French airports by digging deep craters rather than surface blasts. Germany also uses false ground towns of lights to mislead French night fliers and complicate navigation.
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