Last Minute Bus Rates Change in Raleigh Area
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne approves Carolina Coach fare cut of five cents Raleigh to Lexington and five cent increases between Lexington and Charlotte while Raleigh to Charlotte stays the same to align with Atlantic Greyhound rates.
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Raleigh
Utilities
Stanley Winborne
Carolina Coach Company
Lexington
Charlotte
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
Winborne
Farm payments passed by Senate on 212 million aid formula
The Senate approved a house-approved formula for distributing 212 million dollars in farm benefit payments under the spending lending bill. The action follows a house vote and sets the distribution method for farmers receiving aid.
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Washington
Senate
Government tightens Jewish commerce rules in Germany
Berlin June 16. The Nazi government announced stricter restrictions on Jewish business and finance. A Reichsgesetzblatt decree specifies which shops and commercial undertakings are to be regarded as Jewish and subject to the regime’s controls.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Reichsgesetzblatt
Harris and Sutter Reach Southern Town Tennis Semis
In Asheville on June 16 Charles Harris of West Palm Beach and Ernie Sutter of New Orleans advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Town Tennis tournament with easy victories.
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Asheville
Charles Harris
West Palm Beach
Fila
Ernie Sutter
New Orleans
Sheriff Killed In Confrontation Over Lunacy Papers
Jackson county Sheriff Charles C. Mason was shot and killed while serving lunacy papers on 44-year-old recluse Donald Ashe. A deputy was with him. Ashe was found dead later with a pistol beside him.
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Sylva
Charles C. Mason
Jackson County
Donald Ashe
Syrian Prof Sees No War Dangers
Dr Henry Rogere Soltau a professor of European history at American University Beirut told the Carolina Institute that there is no near term war among England France Germany and Italy but the United States would likely be involved if war occurs. He noted Germany and Italy lack raw materials for a long conflict and Western Europe faces drought and poor crops with Italy not conquering Ethiopia.
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Chapel Hill
Henry Rogere Soltau
American University
Beirut
Syria
Carolina Institute of International Relations
England
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Europe
Ethiopia
Clergyman Reports Firecracker Pranks At Oregon Church
The Rev. C. W. Frost told police pranksters have been driving past the church during services and tossing lighted fire crackers through open windows in Klamath Falls Oregon.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
C. W. Frost
Eloping society debutante Rosemary Webster mystery
Rochester reports that Rosemary Webster, missing debutante, may have eloped with Paul Gilson of Canton. A license was issued. Gilson’s aunt confirmed plans. Father of the girl, a surgeon, warned of heavy losses if the match stands.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rosemary Webster
Society
Paul Gilson
Canton
David H. Webster
Stamford
Rachel Gilson
Webster
St. Lawrence University
New York
Gilson
Hague faces courtroom wrangle over FBI crime records
Newark June 16. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City and opposing counsel clashed in a federal free speech trial over why Jersey City’s crime records were omitted from FBI reports. The dispute included interruptions by Nor man Thomas, then Hague defended his city’s record as the judge cautioned against personalities. In Berlin Hague drew praise from German outlets for standing against communism and was labeled a traitor by some American press reports echoed in Nazi-era coverage.
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N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morris L. Ernat
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Hague
FBI
New York
Ernat
John A. Matthews
Ayor Hague
William Clark
Matthews
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Ernst
United States
Berlin
Germany
DNB
C. I. O.-American Civil Liberties Union
America
Congress Delays Roosevelt Trip to Cape Cod Canal
Washington June 16 The delay in congressional adjournment keeps President Roosevelt at his desk signing bills. If Congress quits tonight he will depart by train or stay through Friday evening. He had planned to sail aboard the Potomac for the Nahant wedding trip, but the yacht will instead pick him up near Boston for the canal voyage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cape Cod Canal
John
Nahant
Maas
Seasion
Congress
New London
Roston
Coronation On Asheville Fete Show Tonight
The 11th annual Rhododendron Festival moves toward tonight's coronation ceremony with a grand parade seen by about 140,000 spectators including Governor Hoey and his wife. The two mile parade featured 18 bands and 1,200 musicians amid pageantry and floats. Last night's rhododendron pageant drew another large crowd.
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Asheville
Hoey
Young nursemaid threatens boss over ransom demand
In Easton Maryland a 13 year old nursemaid Betty Lou Tipton admitted sending an anonymous note to her employer D C Burroughs warning his three children would be dead by morning unless she received wedding clothes and money. State Policeman Paul Randall cited an interest in crime stories and a desire for clothes as motives for the threat.
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Easton
Paul Randall
Betty Lou Tipton
D. C. Burroughs
Ita
Congress Votes to Override Roosevelt Farm Loan Veto
Congress moves to continue low interest federal farm loans after the Senate and House vote to override President Roosevelt. The measure, challenged by Roosevelt, becomes law as part of the deficien cy appropriation package awaiting final adjournment.
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House
Senate
Roosevelt
Ogevelt
Washington
Reynolds
Bailey
Recount swings Johnston Senate winner in Democratic primary
A statewide elections board recount of Johnston county votes from June 4 shifts the nomination to E. J. Wellens of Smithfield over J. B. Benton of Benson. Canaday’s majority drops while Loung gains. Benton loses by 23 previously certified votes turning into Wellens ahead after 11 precincts were reviewed. The recount follows charges of illegal ballots.
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Johnston County
E. J. Wellens
J. B. Benton
Benson
Senate
Claude C. Canaday
State Elections Board
Benton
Wellens
Canaday
J. B. Loung
Dunn
Johnston Elections Board
State Board
Young
Flood Widened by Yellow River Deluge Hits Henan Front
Report from Shan hai indicates the Yellow River flood, fed by heavy rain, widened to 10 to 20 miles across and 90 miles long in Henan Province. Chinese and Japanese forces on the Peiping Hankow line retreated as floodwaters swelled, with up to 50,000 lives feared. Flood affected 2,000 villages, displacing half a million people. Japanese planes dropped bags to use as trenches and shelters.
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Yellow River
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Fukow
Kaifeng
Sunghai
Rebels Raid Valencia Anew As Franco Pushes Campaign
In surgent air raids within 25 minutes of Valencia after Castellon De La Plana capture, three raids destroyed 26 buildings along Suburban Nazaret El Cabanal and Malvarrosa. The third attack hit Valencia proper causing mass evacuations and bombs near an orphanage garden. The new defense line along the Jijares River held against infantry assaults.
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Valencia
Castellon de la Plana
Mediterranean
Nazaret
el Cabanal Y Malvarrosa
Mi jJares
Negro woman acquitted in white man slaying case
Lottie Kinsey, a Black woman, was found not guilty by a jury in Walterboro South Carolina of slaying J. Scott Padgett, a white man, on February 21. Kinsey testified Padgett advanced on her with a stick at her home and the verdict prompted commentary on racial justice in the South.
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Walterboro
Lottie Kinsey
J. Scott Padgett
Padgett
J. Henry Johnson
North
McCall Condemned To Electric Chair In Kidnaping Case
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, was sentenced to die in Florida for the kidnapping of Jimmy Cash Jr. The judge announced the date of execution would be set by the governor as McCall confessed to a $10,000 abduction in Princeton on May 28. McCall showed no emotion as the verdict and sentence were delivered.
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McCall
Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
H. F. Atkinson
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Jack Kehoe
Insurgents force government units across Franco frontier
Spanish insurgents trap and rout the government forty third division driving retreat across the Pyrenees into France. Franco orders campaigns to end the civil war while major battles unfold in Cordoba and on the Mediterranean coast near Castellon De La Plana and Valencia.
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France
Pyrenees
Francisco Franco
Cordoba
Pennaroya
Mediterranean
Castellon de la Plana
Valencia
Castellon
Chamberlain Says U S Open to Definite Disarmament Proposals
British Prime Minister Chamberlain told the Commons that the United States government has suggested making definite proposals toward world disarmament. He said Britain would cooperate with others in seeking a halt in an arms race and noted U S openness while avoiding elaboration. He referenced Cordell Hull’s remarks and indicated Britain favors substantial disarmament progress amid unsettled world conditions.
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Chamberlain
The
Commons Today
Washington
Arthur Hi
Labor
United States
Henderson
Arthur Henderson
Cord
Cordell Hull
Britain
Hull
Nashville
Tenn
Armam
Zefo
Payne and Tur Await Goveler Nor clemency After Supreme Court Ruling
In Raleigh on June 16, applications surged to witness the scheduled July 1 execution of Bill Payne and Wash Tur, convicted of murder. The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the death sentence, prompting appeals for clemency and a gubernatorial review.
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Bill Payne
Wash Tur
H. H. Wilson
State
Pris
State Supreme Court
George Penn
Ashey
High Court
Hodza to Negotiate with Hungarian and Polish Groups
Prague outlines talks with Hungarian and Polish factions after hours of debate on German minority demands. Preparations for war risk and a 35 million dollar voluntary contribution fund proceed, while shops sell gas masks and employers are urged to provide masks for workers. Sudeten German demands seek equal status with Czechs, recognition of separate Sudeten territory, Burten self rule, German political alignment rights, and reparations for past injustices since 1913.
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Czechoslovakia
Alan Hodza
Pali
Czeech
Bur
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