Last Minute Bulletins From June 9 Across Regions
Gov Hoey reappoints S. H. Hobbs Jr. and D. E. Purcell to four year terms on the State Rural Electrification authority. War risk insurance rates cut drastically for shipments to and from the United States. Highway and Public Works buys 30 acres in Greensboro for a $70,000 PWA prison camp housing 200 men. Kerr snubs King George VI reception in Washington. Compromises settle $120,750 in Blue Ridge Parkway suits for $46,500 in Ashe County. German ultimatum to Czechs expires without bloodshed. Lorillard Spencer, longtime aviation executive, dies at 56. British protest over Japanese killing of R M Tinkler in Shanghai.
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Raleigh
Hoey
State Rural Electrification Authority
H. Hobbs, Jr
Chapel Hill
D. E. Purcell
Reidsville
New York
United States
Highway and Public Works Commission
Greensboro
PWA
Alamance
Ashe
Cherokee
Durham
Franklin
Stanly
Greene
Stokes
Surry
Vance
Iredell
Wayne County
Charles Ross
Blue Ridge Parkway
Ashe Superior Court
Judge Blasts Jury After Acquittal
New York June 9 four men charged with grand larceny of 700000 in Continental Securities Corporation transactions were acquitted by a general sessions court jury. Judge Streit denounced the verdict as an outrage and miscarriage of justice. Defendants include George H Layton Vincent E Fertis Philip A Frear Tomas W Morris and S Leon Lomont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tvo
Continental Securities
Saul §Reit
George H. Layton
Vincent E. Fertis
Philip A. Frear
Ashington
D. C
Tomas W. Morris
Four Die in Bus Hold-Up in Mexico
In Santa Teresa, Queretaro, gunmen stopped a passenger bus and killed four men a woman and a four year old child authorities said. One of the dead was Efren Avedra a candidate for Con wae.
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Mexico City
Santa Teresa
Queretar
Efrenavedra
Conwae
Little Ward Leading After Second Round at National Open
Lawson Little and Bud Ward share the lead after 36 holes at Philadelphia Country Club. Ward shot 73 to go 142, Little followed with 74 for 143 while Denny Shute and Sammy Byrd sit at 146. Ralph Guldahl struggled with his putter as the field narrows toward the weekend.
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Philadelphia
Lawson Little
Marvin
Bud) Ward
Ward
Spokane
Wash
Spring Mill
Little
Denny Shute
Sammy Byrd
Ed Dudley
Gene Sarazen
Sam Parks
Byrd
Ralph Guldah
Ralph
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Byrd, Sarazen
Parks
Guldahl
Johnny Farrell
Springfield
N. J
Jag McSpaden
Vic Ghezzi
Matt Knowal
Ray Mangrum
Philadelphia Country Club
Andrew Szwedko
Allison
Park
J. C. Fondren
Memphis
Tenn
William Co
Cunningham
Richmond
Rader Jewett
Butler
Ben Hogan
White Plains
N. Y
Gene Kunes
Norristown
al Huske
de Kalb
Ill
Germans Seek Slayer Of Cop Near Prague
German authorities warn mass arrests in Kladno if the killer of police sergeant Wilhelm Kniest is not turned over by 8 p m tonight A Czech district council boosts the reward to 100 000 crowns and Czech leaders urge cooperation as martial law looms over the industrial town near Prague
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Prague
Kladno
Wilhelm Kniest
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Czech Unity Party
Bohemia- Moravia
Emil Hacha
Mrs Rubens Sentenced and Freed by Moscow Court
Ruth Marie Rubens was brought to Moscow city court and convicted of entering the Soviet Union with a false US passport. She was imprisoned 18 months but released after serving all but a day, while her husband Donald Robinson remains missing. US embassy officials attended and questions about possible future prosecution or repatriation remained unresolved.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Ruth Marie Rubens
Soviet Union
United States
Rubens
Adolph Arnold Rubens
Donald Robinson
Mrs. Rubens
Washington
Pickets Fail to Halt Work in Flint GM Plants
In Flint Michigan June 9 the CIO UAW aligned with the AFL crossed picket lines as Homer Martin UAW called a strike in GM Flint plants. Pickets did not stop workers and a Chevrolet No 2 plant clash caused minor injuries, with a tense forecast for Monday as plans to widen the strike threatened 20 000 idle workers and possible 12 000 Buick suspensions.
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Flint
Mich
United Auto Workers
CIO
Homer Martin
Martin
Arthur Case
Cio-Uaw
Chevrolet
Fisher Body Co
Buick
Fisher Plant No. 1
No Justification For Demonstration In Mexico City
Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay condemned anti U S demonstrations after the death of Francisco Sarabia the Mexican aviator The declaration called the protests pointless and it followed the stoning of the American School and the assignment of a police guard to the U S embassy Sarabia died when his plane plunged into the Potomac River en route from Washington to his home in Mexico The statement said sabotage could not have caused the accident.
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Mexico City
Eduardo Hay
United States
Francisco Sarabia
Federal Department of Press and Publicity
Hay
Sarabia
Potomac River
Washington
Mexico
International Talks Award 1944 Olympics to London
The International Olympic Committee awarded the 1944 summer Games to London and the 1944 winter Games to Italy. London would host the summer event at Wembley Stadium. Cortina d Ampezzo would host the winter Games. Site changes occurred for 1940 to Germany after Swiss officials refused to run the event.
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London
International Olympic Committee
Italy
St. Moritz
Swizerland
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Rome
Detroit
Lausanne
Switzerland
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Wembley Stadium
Children Needed for Rural Homes Conference Talk
Duke sociology professor Hart addressed the Older Youth conference at North Carolina State College. He argued rural families need conviviality, understanding, and cooperation to balance homemaking with farming and that children and religion support this. he noted seasonal farm tasks. Governor Hoey would attend a delegate dinner that night. Earlier, Merrill of the federal agriculture department warned that agriculture may lessen in national economic importance as machinery shifts opportunities to urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
Hart
Raleigh
Hornell Hart
Duke
N. C. State College
Doector Hart
Hoey
Eugene P. Merritt
Federal Agriculture Department
Du Pont Deals Face Inquiry
The Securities Commission announced it has begun an inquiry into discrepancies in du Pont common stock transactions by Pierre S. du Pont. Corrections to prior officer holdings show he owned fewer shares than previously reported, revealing substantial net long positions originally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
The
Securities Commission
du Pont Common
Pierre S. du Pont
du Pont
SEC
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Hhe
Governess Charged in San Francisco Kidnapping Case
A 19 year old governess, identified as Miss Graham Timms Gaylord, was charged with kidnapping for ransom after disappearing with 5 year old Krehe Osborne. Police traced clues to a San Jose hotel where both were found unharmed. The note demanding 1600 dollars was found, and arraignment was set for today.
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San Francisco
Krehe Osborne
Mabel Osborn
Graham Timms Gaylord
San Jose
Here
Miss Gaylord
Chicago
George Page
G. Lord
William J. Quinn
Reveres Man Who Wrested Colonies From George Third
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Mount Vernon and Washington Capitol in a ceremonial tour marking peaceful ties between Britain and the United States. The King laid a wreath on Washington's tomb, and the royal party greeted lawmakers in the Capitol rotunda.
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Great Britain
Roosevelt
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Washington
Union Station
King George
Watson
George
George VI
America
George Washington
Mount Vernon
George III
Elizabeth V
Potomac
Navy Yard
Capitol
House
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Pittman
Nev
Rotunda
Garner
Bankhead
Capitol Plaza
British Empire
A. E. Graham
Indianapolis
Amiens
Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson
Cairo
Ill
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Fence
Kerr
Representative Kerr
D-Nc
Congress
Wilhelm Kariest
Shanghai
R. M. Tinkler
Tinkler
Little’ Ward
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
President Roosevelt
General Motors
FDR
Securities Exchange Commission
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