North Carolina Delegates Bind to Roosevelt at State Convention
The North Carolina Democratic convention voted unanimously to bind 26 delegates to support Roosevelt and Garner at the Philadelphia national nominating convention. Governor Ehringhaus received an ovation as he entered, with about 3,500 in attendance. keynote speaker J Melville Broughton praised the Roosevelt administration and state leaders.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Warner
J. Elmer Long
Durham
Lindsay Warren
Garner
Robert L. Coughton
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina Bar Association
Ehringhaus
Pasquotank
Broughton
William B. Umstead
J O. Atkinson, Jr
Guilford
J. l Phipps
Orange
C. G. Shaw
G. C. Hampton, Jr
C. Brawley
R. H. Sykes
B. A. Hughes
M. Gattis
R. H. Marke
A. M. Carroll
Alamance
B. T. Ward
W. P. Renfrow
High Point
E. C. Brooks, Jr
Carl T. Durham
Coulter
Mra. d. Vernon
Louise
CCC Worker Drowns Near Polkton Camp
Ay Inaae J. Westbury aged 19 of Company 437 CCC drowned while swimming in a creek near the Polkton camp. He is listed as the son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Westbury of Jennings, N.C.
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Wadesboro
Ay Inaae J. Westbury
Company 437, CCC
Polkton
James M. Westbury
Jennings, Fila
Weather Outlook for North and South Carolina
Partly cloudy for North Carolina tonight and Saturday with showers in the south tonight and a cooler central northeast. In South Carolina partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the northwest this afternoon or tonight and possibly in the south Saturday.
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North Carolina
South
South Carolina
Dollars Fall In Form Rain Drops
Raleigh reports Frank Parker a federal state agriculture statistician says rains in North Carolina brought benefits across crops including corn tobacco cotton truck potatoes hay pastures and fruit. Dean I O Schaub estimated drought losses at over 50 million dollars before this rain.
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Raleigh
Frank Parker
North Carolina
Parker
Dean I. O. Schaub
N. C. State College
Chiselers Hit by Roosevelt in Texas Talk
President Roosevelt spoke at Texas Centennial Stadium accusing monopolies of making labor a commodity. He tied monopoly to reduced opportunity, urged democracy in government, and called for the good neighbor policy to extend to Mexico as a path to prevent war.
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Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt
Texas Centennial Stadium
Mexico
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Texas
Hhe
Landon Promises Aggressive Campaign For November Victory
Kansas governor Alt M Landon vowed to wage the most aggressive Republican campaign in years after Cleveland nominated him the party's presidential nominee. The Topeka crowd of about 65 000 residents and reporters watched as Landon gathered the reins of the party with a fighting stance and a new necktie.
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Topeka
Kas
M. Landon
Kansas
Cleveland
Negro Loses Leg in Freight Train Accident
June 12 report from Hickory notes William White of Gastonia, a Black man, was struck by a shifting freight train in Newton and lost his leg. No further details available.
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Negro
Hickory
William White
Gastono Negro
Newton
Increasing French Strikes Alarm Police Heads
Paris on June 13 reports fear of foreign elements amid widening strikes. Premier Leon Blum vows strong measures to keep walkouts under control as mobile guards and armed detachments reinforce patrols in the capital. Social reform bills pass the chamber and go to the senate, including paid vacations, wage increases, restored government pay cuts, and veterans tax exemptions.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Employers Workers
Furniture Manufacturers Insist On Single Market
Roaring Gap June 12 Special The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association closes a two day session focused on concentrating markets into one major annual market at snow centers. C C Prince High Point directs a golf tournament with prizes. Social security costs are debated as Hassler Thomasville Chair reports cost increases near fifty percent beyond federal income tax alone. President Lynch Winston Salem predicts brighter industry outlook and higher volume this year.
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Roaring Gap
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
C. C. Prince
High Point
F. D. Hassler
Thomasville Chair Company
Cost Accountants
James 8. Lynch
Winston-Salem
Southern Furniture Manufacturers association banquet
In Roaring Gap on June 12 the semi annual banquet of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers association heard Dr James M Matthews director of the group call for a new code for the industry. The address highlighted calls for reform and standards to guide furniture makers nationwide.
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Roaring Gap
Southern Furniture Manufacturer’s Association
James M. Matthews
Senator Reynolds Plans to Visit 96YearOld Hughes
CHAPEL HILL June 13 Globe trotting Senator Robert R Reynolds said he planned to go to New Bern to congratulate George Ingac Hughes the 96 year old man who became a father last week Reynolds paused here to visit his son Robert R Jr and to attend the state Democratic convention in Raleigh and said he would proceed to New Bern to morrow to call on the nonagenarian father.
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Chapel Hill
Globe-trotting
Robert R. Reynolds
New Bern
George Ingac Hughes
Reynolds
Robert R., Jr
Raleigh
Minister Dead At Ridgecrest
Dr. J Dan Moore 62 editorial staff member of the Southern Baptist Sunday School board Nashville Tenn died of a heart attack at Ridgecrest yesterday after serving in editorial work for the board in Nashville.
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Ridgecrest
J. Dan Moore
Southern Baptist Sunday Schol Board
Nashville
Tenn
Fifteen Named In Legion Conspiracy
Detroit reports prosecutor Duncan C. McRae named 15 men in warrants on conspiracy to murder a suburban newspaper editor and a village mayor. Arthur F. Lupp, Michigan commander of the Black Legion, was cited along with others tied to a blood pact.
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Detroit
Duncan C. McRae
Arthur F. Lupp
Michigan
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Parker
Highland Park
William W. Voisine
Ecorse
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
New York Stock Exchange Pauses After Sharp Rise
New York traders take a breather after a rapid upturn with the market easing in mid-session. Industrial news remains upbeat though profit-taking and scattered resistance appear near the fourth hour as corporate bonds rise slightly and commodities and currencies show uneven movement.
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New York
Two Naval Fliers Killed In Crash Near Guantanamo Bay
The navy department reported that a plane from the cruiser Memphis crashed into the sea near Guantanamo Bay Cuba killing Lieutenant R Larson 33 of Omaha Nebraska and Sidney L Harris 31 aviation machinist mate fleet class Brunswick Georgia.
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Washington
Navy Department
Memphis
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
R. Larson
Omaha
Neb
Sidney L. Harris
Fleet
Brunswick
Chamber of Commerce Attacks New Tax Bills
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States denounces both house and senate tax bills as conferees work to bridge differences with only three days left before Congress resumes session. Harper Sibley warns the house proposal would hinder industrial growth and recovery by imposing a 42 1 2 percent levy on undistributed corporate profits. The senate plan favors a flat 7 percent tax with penalties for retained earnings.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
House
Senate
Harper Sibley
Chamber
Sibley
Congress
North Carolina Delegates Leave Tonight for Landon Vote
North Carolina delegates depart Cleveland as GOP plans aim to deliver a strong state vote for Alf Landon in November. The delegation honors Federal Judge I. M. Meekins with a first ballot complimentary vote while pledging to back London on the first ballot. Col. Frank Knox leads sentiment for vice president, with Junius Harden among Knox supporters.
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Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
North Carolina
London
I. M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
M. W. C. Meekine
Hendersonville
Junius Harden
Burlington
Landon
Knox
Knox Nominated as Vice Presidential Candidate at Republican Convention
At Convention Hall Cleveland on June 12 Col Frank Knox was nominated for vice president by the Republican Party amid a landslide showing without opposition. The day featured drafts and urging to consider Vandenberg, with Michigan Senator asking to be kept in contention while Landon supporters push for November victory.
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Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Alf M. Idon
Kansas
Landon
Michigan Tor
Vention
Senate
London
Col. Knox
Vandenberg
Nomi
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Amba
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Kirkman Reconfirmed as High Point Merchants Head
O Arthur Kirkman general manager of the High Point Thomanville & Denton railroad was re elected president of the High Point Merchants Association for a second term. The slate of officers was re elected with O V Kester vice president and A Coke Cecil treasurer. Grace Baker was re elected executive secretary, now entering her seventh term, boosting the group to fifth in North Carolina.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point, Thomanville & Denton
High Point Merchants Association
Kirkman
O. V. Kester
A. Coke Cecil
Kester
Rose Furniture Company
Cecil
Cecil Drug Stores
Grace Baker
Miss Baker
High Point
North Carolina
Stammers Beats Jacobs as England Opens Wightman Cup
England begins the Wightman Cup defense with Ray Stammers defeating Helen Jacobs in the opening singles of the best four out of seven series. The match marks the start of the international tennis trophy tilt in England.
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Helen Jacobs
Wimbledon
Eng
England
America
Ray Stammers
France And Britain Seek End To Italian Sanctions
Paris reports Britain and France moving toward a united sanctions front with Geneva talks expected later this month. British ambassador Sir George Clerk outlined a plan to lift penalties on Italy and redefine the League Covenant. Mussolini would set Ethiopia’s status at Geneva, with regional sanctions to apply only where aggression occurs.
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Great Britain
France
Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
George Clerk
Leon Blum
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
League
Borah Declines to Say How He Will Vote for Landon
Senator Borah refused to say how he would vote for Governor Landon. He arrived in Washington after the Republican convention and told reporters he was not clear on Landon’s plans before the nomination.
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Borah
Washington
Borah Thah
Landon
Knox Vandenberg Withdraws Bid as Landon Nomination Emerges
The rostrum and delegates clash as Knox Vandenberg withdraws and the Landon night calls for unity after a 1,003 vote result. The Chicago Daily News publisher, 62, vows to fight the deal as he reflects on a career tied to Spanish American War and the Bull Moose era. The convention moves toward a compromise platform in Washington.
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Landon
Knox
Michigan City
Chicago Daily News
Teddy” Ovelt
Don
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