Hull Condemns Selling of Bombing Planes to Japan
Secretary of State Hull urges halt to American made bombing planes to Japan using public opinion. He condemns ruther warfare and targets manufacturers, noting Japan as chief potential impact while stating neutrality acts limit actions against some sales. Government seeks moral pressure to curb such exports amid rising wartime demand.
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Hull
Washington
Hull Undersok
Japan
Spain
China
Anion
United States
Brazil
Embargo on War Materials Mirrors Italo-Ethiopian Context
The text notes a Friday junior high program echoing the Italo-Ethiopian conflict with an embargo on exports of certain war materials. The state department urged exporters to restrict sales of gasoline copper and other dual use items to formal levels. The effort failed due to lack of tools to enforce quotas on individual shippers.
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State Department
Airplanes Used to Spot Fish Schools for Fishermen
Airplanes are deployed to help the fishing industry locate schools of fish for boats, aiming to increase catch efficiency and reduce search time at sea.
Singing Class Concert at Oxford Orphanage Friday Night
The Singing Class from Oxford Orphanage will perform a concert at 8 o'clock Friday in the Junior High School auditorium. Numa F. Reid Lodge of the A F and A M announced the event featuring 14 students and touted as one of the school’s best. The Oxford Orphanage, founded 1872, has admitted over 6,000 children and is the only fraternity orphanage in the United States to welcome children beyond supporting members. John M. Mills, founder of Mills Home in Thomasville, was its first superintendent for 12 years. B N Duke and J B Duke helped fund multiple buildings. The plant and grounds are valued at more than $1,600,000.
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Oxford
Numa F. Reid
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. F
A. M
United States
John M. Mills
Mills Home
Thomasville
B. N. Duke
J. B. Duke
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Retail Sales Show Mixed Strength With Warmer Weather
Warm weather quickened retail activity across the country though overall industry remained weak. Steel showed slight gains while motors rebounded after Memorial Day, carloadings fell, electric power output declined sharply, and loans and new capital markets stayed sluggish. Analysts noted the downturn had slowed but not reversed and warned railroads must regain health to lift other sectors.
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Thomas E. Flanagan
Washington
Local residents visit via travels and family visits
Denton residents and relatives return from trips to Asheville Hickory Savannah and Harmony. Notable moves include Mrs Bill Cashett visiting Asheville and Rev George L Curry called to Indianapolis for his brother’s illness.
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Bill Cashett
Asheville
Hal Snyder
Joan
Hickory
Anderson Cole
Edmond Sexton
Mocksville
Harvey Snyder
Bill Campbell
Katherine Gilmore
Wadesboro
Ira Deaton
Thomasville
Roy Morris
Troy
B. L. Morris
George L. Curry
Indianapolis
Ind
C. Bisher
Jeff Ward
High Point
Lillie Deaton
Nell Plumer
Toll of traffic deaths eclipses six major wars
The article notes that over a 15 year span traffic accidents killed almost twice as many people as the combined deaths from wounds in six major U.S. wars. It emphasizes the high human cost of modern transportation compared to earlier conflicts.
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United States
Motorists used about 20 billion gallons of gasoline in 1937
During 1937 roughly twenty billion gallons of gasoline were consumed by motorists, reflecting extensive fuel use and transportation patterns of the era.
Stanback Gillespie Nuptials Announced In Greensboro
Mrs. Robert Robertson of 314 Taylor announces the marriage of her sister Miss Janie Stanback to John Gillespie in Greensboro on Monday June 6 1938. Rev R T Weatherby reading vows. After July the couple will reside in Greensboro.
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Stanback-Gillespie
Robert Robertson
Taylor Street
Janie Stanback
John Gillespie
Greensboro
R. T. Weatherby
Dedicatory park events and visiting officials noted
Mrs Irma Neal Henry WPA administrator visited with Dr and Mrs J J Wilson at 1405 Kiveti Drive. She represented George W Coan at the park dedicatory exercises and turning over the colored park to city officials. Also, John O Hughes of Jamaica NY visiting Rev H R Walden and Miss Mildred D Johnson honored at Day Street gathering. Final Scout Institute night set for Monday at William Penn High School.
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Irma Neal Henry
WPA
J. J. Wilson
Kiveti Drive
Henry
George W. Coan
John O. Hughes
Jamaica, Long Island
H. R. Walden
Coachie Trollinger
New York City
Marian Maston
East Washington Street
Scout Institute
Boy Scout Leadership and Training Institute
William Penn High School
Memphis Air Travel Sees 28 000 Annual Passengers
An estimate places annual airline passenger traffic through Memphis Tennessee at about 28 000, reflecting steady demand across carriers and routes serving the city.
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Memphis
Tenn
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