Labor Holiday Paralyzes Michigan City as Unions Strike
In Lansing Michigan a second labor holiday called by AFL unions shut down auto plants stores and downtown districts. Mediators seek talks to resolve the clash involving IO pickets and building trades leaders amid arrests of eight organizers. Newton Steel plans to reopen tomorrow per a straw vote. about 73 000 workers idle statewide.
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Associated Press
Ansing
Mich
Laensing
United Automobile Orders of America
Michigan
Daniel A. Knages
Frank Murphy
Newton Steel Co
Republic Steel
Tomorow
Rebels Attack Madrid and Valencia Despite Peace Efforts
Police in Madrid report evidence of a German spy and propaganda center in the city before the Spanish civil war. The report notes ongoing British efforts toward peace as fighting and unrest continue in Madrid and Valencia.
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Madrid
Valencia
Judge Warlick Named Probation Body Head
Judge Wilson Warlick of Newton was elected chairman of the new state probation commission at its first meeting in Raleigh. Edwin Gill named temporary secretary as parole commissioner. About 25 applicants sought the director of probation post. Representative D L Ward discussed the law, and Frank L Dunlap attended briefly to approve expenditures.
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Newton
New State Committee
Edwin Gill
Raleigh
New
State Probation Commission
Wilson Warlick
Ing Edwin Gill
D. L. Ward
New Bern
Frank L. Dunlap
Highway and Public Works Commission
McKellar Seeks Post Office Data on Mail Charges
Washington June 8 Senator McKellar Democratic Tennessee said he will seek information from the post office department about charges by Senator Bridges Republican New Hampshire of interference with mails in Ohio strike area. Bridges asked for a full inquiry and said if no action is taken the matter would go to the Senate. Bailey of North Carolina supported investigation.
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Washington
McKellar
Tenn
Post Office Department
Bridges
N. H
Ohio
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate
Bailey
D N. C
Post Office
Five Degrees at Davidson Climax Centennial Commencement
Davidson College awarded degrees to more than ten graduates including Governor Hoey and two former presidents Dr Henry Louis ith and Dr W J Martin. The science and arts seniors honored included Dr Gordon Jennings Laing of the University of Chicago as alumni speaker. A pageant marking the centennial was cancelled due to heavy rain postponing events from last night to today.
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Davidson
Vidson College
de R. Hoey
David
Henry Louis Ith
W. J. Martin
Gordon Jennings Laing
University of Chicago
Ida Ship Canal Backed by Rivers and Harbors Panel
Washington June 8 The House Rivers and Harbors Committee told Congress the economic justification of the Ida Ship Canal is beyond dispute. Chairman Mansfield of Texas strongly urged completion of the cross state waterway despite railroads opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Mansfield
D-Tex
Rongly
Trading Is Slow On Stock Market
New York traders bought and sold with indifference as the tape moved slowly. Prices edged and hovered near the middle of the day, with activity lagging around the fourth hour.
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New York
Alleged Driver Held in Fatal Salisburg Collision
Astonia June 8 Sheriff Clyde Robinson charged Haywood Tate 30 with driving the car that fatally injured Mr and Mrs Robert F Gardner of Salisbury in South Gastonia last Sunday night.
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Astonia
Seriff Clyde Robinson
Haywood Tate
Robert F. Gardner
Salis
Gastonia
UNC to Award Degrees in Record 480 Class
Historic Davie Poplar hosts alumni day as the University of North Carolina prepares to award diplomas to a record graduating class of 480. Herbert Agar, Pulitzer winner, will deliver the commencement address at 7 pm in Kenan Stadium. Governor Clyde R. Hoey will confer the degrees. The program includes an organ recital and a reception.
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Herbert Agar
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of North Carolina
Kenan Stadium
Chapel Hill
Davie Poplar
Louisville, Ky
Courier- Journal
Clyde R. Hoey
George Stephens
Asheville
Insurgent Attacks Hit Madrid and Valencia as War Widens
From Madrid to Valencia insurgents opened new offensives with over 1000 shells striking Madrid and four planes bombing the port at Valencia. At least twenty people died in Madrid and dozens more were hospitalized. Germany retaliated with a bombardment of Almeria as authorities in Perpignan arrested an Italian tied to planned strikes on government targets.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Valencia
Spain
Germany
Italy
Almeria
Perpignan
Central Bank liquidation ends as dividends declared by Southern Furniture Exposition
The North Carolina state banking department completed liquidation of the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville once valued at 45 million dollars after failed operations in 1930. Bank president Wallace Burkhead Davis and ex Tennessee senator Luke Lea were convicted of violations of state banking laws and served prison terms. A 5 percent dividend was approved by the directors of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, bringing total paid dividends for the year to 15 percent. the meeting noted attendance by A. K. Tate and other officers.
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Raleigh
State Banking Department
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
Wallace Burkhead Davis
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Gurney P. Hood
Southern Furniture Exposition
Southern Furniture
A. K E. Tate
T. A. Finch
Paul W. Casey
J. P. Rawley
T. V. Rochelle
Continue Search For Drowned Man
Police and volunteers pressed the search for Kenneth Goodin a 20 year old from Maiden North Carolina who drowned while fishing three miles south of Fort Fisher An accompanying companion E C Marlow of Wilmington said a swift tide swept Goodin into the sea
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Wilmington
Kenneth Goodin
Maiden
N. C
Fort Fisher
E. C. Marlow
Goodin
Durham to Testify on Wage Bill at Congressional Hearing
Taylor Durham secretary of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers association departed Charlotte for Washington to testify tomorrow at a congressional hearing on the national wage and hour bill.
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Charlotte
Taylor Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
Washington, D. C
Amelia Earhart Sets Eastward South Atlantic Record Flight
Amelia Earhart arrived in Saint Louis Senegal after a record eastward crossing from Brazil covering 1 900 miles in 18 hours 22 minutes. She planned repairs before resuming her around the world flight with a next leg to Africa.
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Dakar
Senegal
Amelia Farhart
St. Louis
Stors
Mies
Brazil
Saint Louis
Africa
Florida Engineer to Succeed Riddick at UNC College
Dr Blake Ragedale van Leer will become dean of the consolidated engineering schools at the University of North Carolina at Raleigh when Dr Wallace Carl Riddick resigns effective July 1. Riddick will stay on as hydraulics professor.
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Raleigh
Blake Ragedale van Leer
School of Engineering
University of Florida
Consolidated Engineering Schools
University of North Carolina At
Aluminum Company To Build Dam On Yadkin River
A. Copp, superintendent of the Carolina Aluminum company, announced that work to construct the fourth major dam on the Yadkin river will start soon. The dam at Tuckertown will be 1,300 feet wide and 90 feet high, backing water on 3,050 acres mainly in Davidson and Rowan counties, with an estimated two years for construction.
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Badin
A. Copp
Carolina Aluminum Company
Yadkin River
Copp
Tuckertown
Montgomery County
Davidson
Rowan
Magicians Prepare for World Convention in High Point
Magicians from over a dozen foreign countries and all 48 states travel to High Point for the International Brotherhood of Magicians convention on June 16 17 and 18. The event includes business sessions and public demonstrations at the Paramount theatre with Amzy Lockwood of Lancaster Pennsylvania presenting a free child show on June 18. Dr Viola Lockwood Amzy’s mother will attend the convention along with Grady G Nicholson the Society Entertainer of Oklahoma City.
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High Point
International Brotherhood of Magicians
A Istill
Paramount Theatre
Amzy Lockwood
Lancaster
Martinsville
Viola Lockwood
Amzy
Grady 8. Nicholson
Oklahoma City
Hoey Presents State Diplomas to 280 Graduates
North Carolina State College conferred 280 degrees at a June commencement. Guest speaker Dr A E B Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority warned that violence takes possession of society, or society disappears. J W Sexton of Hamlet was elected president of the college alumni association.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
A. E B. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
J. W. Sexton
Hamlet
College Alumni Association
Pension Scheme Is Nipped By Police
Nine war veterans were freed from detention in Dayton Ohio after captors removed their artificial legs to pressure pension claims. Sergeant Todd Sloan said James Thomas 85 and Ada Williams 35 both Negroes were held for federal authorities. Five of the nine veterans were African American.
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Dayton, CO
Todd Sloan
James Thomas
Ada Williams
Talley Seeks Referendum On Liquor Store Question
Salisbury June 8 W J Talley of Spencer said he would file petitions to seek a referendum on the liquor store issue with Rowan county commissioners in the coming weeks.
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Salisbury
W. J. Talley
Spencer
Rowan County
Cashatt to decide on return as Pilot Consolidated principal
Davidson county board of education held their June meeting in Lexington to hear Pilot Consolidated school patrons about whether C E Cashatt, principal, should return for another term. About 40 patrons attended the hearing.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Board of Education
Lexington
Pilot Consolidated School
C. E. Cashatt
Deputy Sheriff Dies in Raid at Moonshine Still
Marked Tree Arkansas June 8 Deputy Frank White of Marked Tree was fatally shot during a raid on a moonshine still north of the town. A federal agent and state officers conducted separate raids and met at the site, where confusion left the deputy wounded. The body was taken to a Memphis Tennessee hospital where he died.
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Marked Tree
Ark
Arkansas
Memphis, Tenn
Frank White
Fears Rise Over Abduction of Blonde Didi Battye
London officials lead a nationwide search after the fiancé Michael Asquith reports a threatening note to abduct the missing society beauty Didi Battye. Scotland Yard orders port and airfield vigilance as Asquith plans to return from Oxford to discuss the letter.
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London
Didi” Battye
Scotland Yard
Farflung
Michael Asquith
Herbert
Cynthia Asquith
Yard
North Carolina Sheriffs Meet Planned for August
Between 300 and 400 sheriffs and deputies are expected to attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Sheriffs Association in Greensboro on August 16 and 17.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Sheriffs Association
German cruiser christened as bulk navy builds anew
Kiel Germany June 1940 Germany launched the second of three cruisers in its naval program with Vice Admiral Conrad Albrechts warning to strike first if war comes. The ten thousand ton ship carries eight 8 inch guns and is named for General Gerhard von Blucher and earlier ships. Admiral Erich Raeder and Albrecht attended the ceremony.
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Kiel
Germany
Conrad Albrecht
Gerhard Leberecht von Bluecher
Erich Raeder
Reich Navy
Albrecht
Rules On Sales Tax Collection To Be Tightened
New Bern June 8 The sales tax must be paid by the purchaser and not absorbed by merchants. Merchants must transmit tax collected each month amounting to 3 percent of gross sales. Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell in charge of enforcement told hundreds of merchants from across the state attending the annual con.
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New Bern
A. J. Maxwell
Funeral to Contrast Harlow's Spectacular Career
Jean Harlow death shocks Hollywood as burial plans stress simplicity against a career of platinum glamour. At 26 she died from uremic poisoning, prompting comparisons to La Marr Reid and Valentino while her mother and stepfather seek to curb crowds at the funeral.
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Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Hollywood
Barbara la Mar
Wallace Reid
Rudolph Valentino
Jean Bello
Marino Bello
Church Rift Looms Over Divorce Reform Demand
Birmingham bishop calls for reform of divorce laws fueling a rift in the Church of England. The insistence follows the church’s opposition to the marriage of Edward VIII to Wallis Warfield Simpson and the June 3 abdication event.
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Birmingham
Eng
Church of England
Edward of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor Gives to Monts Relief Fund
The Duke of Windsor donated 56 000 francs and 225 dollars to the Monta relief and unemployment fund as thanks to Monts France for hosting his wedding last Thursday. The act was announced in Monts on June 8.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Monta Relief and Unemployment Fund
Berry Festival Climaxes Friday With Mrs Roosevelt Visit
Wallace hosts the eleventh annual berry festival drawing about five thousand attendees. Governors Hoey of North Carolina and Johnston of South Carolina will join Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for the climactic events Friday.
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Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoey
North Carolina
Johnston
South Caro
Roosevelt
Bids Open July 12 for 20 Story First National Bank Building
Federal Judge E Yates Webb of Shelby ordered bids opened July 12 on the 20 story First National Bank building in Shelby.
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Charlotte
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
First National Bank
Senators Propose Government Monopoly on War Production
Washington reports a five senator group proposing government control of war pen and munition manufacture to curb profits. They favor a profitless enterprise with taxes offsetting gains and push a ration to supersede private profit. Separate committee acts discuss extending securities regulation and a new honest dollar index proposal from the Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
Bone
Clark
Missouri
Pope Idaho
Nyel Frazier
North Dakota
C Hill
House Interstate Common Committee
Senate Agriculture
Duke Grants Degrees to Record Class at Commencement
Duke university awarded degrees to a record senior class amid reunions and exercises in the village auditorium. Sir Wilfrid Lewis of London delivered the comment, with four honorary degrees to M. T. Plyler Durham A W Plyler Greensl basser of the North Carolinaian Advocate Judge Robert Winston and Dr. Charles Bass. Allen Gwyn Reidsville was elected alum association president with P Frank Hanes Winston Salem as first vice president, N E B Edgerton Raeford second vice president, Warner New York third vice president, and Henry R. Dwire Durham secretary.
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Durham
Duke University
Vnlage
Wil Lewis
I Don Times
M. T. Plyler
A. W. Plyler
Greensla
Ors
North Carolina
Total Eclipse Studied by Scientists and Amateurs
Washington observers used powerful scopes and smoked glass to study the sun’s total eclipse. Astronomers and amateurs awaited clear skies along the path across the mid Pacific as the event, the longest in 12 centuries, approached.
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Washington
mid-Pacific
Refugee Children Arrive in Veracruz After Mexico Journey
Four hundred and three child refugees traveled across Mexico by train seeking sanctuary in Morelia as civil war forced them to flee. They marched to the gangplank of the French liner Mexique amid cheers from hundreds who waited in the sun to welcome them.
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Veracruz
Mexico
Morelia
Mill Runs After Lumberton Strike Ends
In East Lumberton the Mansfield cotton mills resumed operations this morning under deputy sheriffs after a weave room strike. Labor and management offered conflicting statements but no disorder occurred as machinery began running. Pickets remained on duty at Mansfield and Jennings mills, which employ over 300 workers.
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Lumberton
Mansfield Cotton Mills
East Lumberton
Mansi
Jennings
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