European Powers Seek Truce in Spain and Peace Talks
European powers renew efforts to curb the Spanish civil war. Britain weighs a truce while Rome and London push to invoke the April 16 Rome accord. France hints at informal mediation and arms embargo shifts, as a non intervention committee prepares to meet on foreign troop evacuations.
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Associated Press
Europe
Spain
Britain
Rome
Italy
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
House of Commons
Richard Austen Butler
United States
Butler
Commons
Guilford Retains 1938 Tax Rate At 75 Cents Per Hundred
Guilford county keeps the 1938 tax rate at 75 cents per $100 of property value. The move supports a $60,000 transfer from current revenues for new school buildings while barring major salary cuts. Officials consider WPA land for a State highway patrol HQ and await July budget formalities.
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Guilford
Greensboro
Guilford County
State Highway Patrol
Commission
Last Minute Indict 18 for Spying
Three indictments naming 18 persons were returned today by the federal grand jury in New York. The cases arise from the government espionage inquiry and followed four weeks of closed hearings and months of investigation.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Reds Move to Second in National League Pennant Race
President Ford Frick ruled the May 14 game between Cincinnati and St. Louis a tie after protests, and the Reds moved into undisputed second place in the National League pennant race as of June 20.
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New York
Ford Frick
Cincinnati Reds
Frick
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York Times Opposes U S Participation in 1940 Tokyo Olympics
The New York Times editorialized against the United States taking part in the 1940 Olympic Games in Tokyo, arguing the country's involvement should be reconsidered amid global tensions.
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New York
The
New York Times
United States
Tokyo
Three Win In Harlan Trial
London Kentucky June 20 Federal Judge H Church Ford sustained a government motion to dismiss charges against three Harlan County Coal operators and three companions in the anti-labor conspiracy trial. Defendants freed include Elmer P D Hall Three Point Coal William H Sienknecht Blue Diamond Coal WR Burchfield Black Star Coal. 40 individuals and 17 coal companies remain defendants.
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London
H. Church Ford
Harlan County
Elmer PD. Hall
Three Point Coal Company
William H. Sienknecht
Blue Diamond Coal Corporation, and Co. WR. Burchfield
Black Star Coal Company
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Contractors Begin Repair On Catawba Mill Building
Costner and Bean Cherryville contractors started work today to repair the old Catawba Mill building for Mt Holly Hosiery mills in Mount Holly North Carolina. The project is to be finished by August 1.
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MT. Holly
N. C
Costner and Bean
Cherryville
Catawba
Kannapolis Man Is Electrocuted
Kannapolis, June 20. Robert Beasley a 24 year old textile worker was accidentally electrocuted when a companion says they climbed a power pole and Beasley touched a live wire causing his fall. Rescue attempts lasted two hours without success.
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Kannapolis
Robert Beasley
Robert McLean
Beasley
Quick Start For Huge Spending Program Pledged By Government
Washington reports five government spending agencies pledged a rapid start on the 3.75 billion relief and public works program with outlines for bridges sewers roads schools airports housing dams harbors flood control and more awaiting the president's signature. Officials cited aims to employ labor, stabilize prices, and begin numerous projects immediately in a radio forum led by WPA head Harry Hopkins and others.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
WPA
Howard A. Gray
Public Works
Nathan Straus
United States
John J. Kingman
Chief of
Army Engineers
Wallace
Present Administration Nearing National Socialism Under One Man
Anderson county officers sped to a textile community to investigate a report that a Negro man shot and fatally wounded a white woman near here. A posse was said to be formed and mob violence was feared as details about the woman identity were not immediately available.
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Iva
8. C
Anderson County
Attack Upon the Democratic Process at Colby College
Senator Josiah W. Batley criticizes the current Democratic administration as favoring national socialism under a single leader during a Colby College commencement. He urges graduates to defend the republic and face a world-wide peril while embracing an epoch in history.
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Waterville
Matin
Josiah W. Batley
Colby College
Bailey
Conservators Gather for International Game and Fisheries Convention
Delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico attend the opening of the 32nd annual International Association of Game Fish and Conservation ceremonies in Asheville. The event continues to Tuesday followed by the 68th annual American Fisheries Society meeting. J Ross Bakin of Great Smoky Mountain National Park will outline development plans and Arthur Stupka will discuss regional wildlife.
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Asheville
United States
Canada
Mexico
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation
American Fisheries Society
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
U. 8 Bureau of Fisheries
International Association
J. Ross Bakin
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Arthur Stupka
Kennedy Denies 1940 Presidential Bid
U S ambassador Joseph P Kennedy aboard the Queen Mary stated he has no intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. He called such ambition a breach of faith with President Roosevelt while returning from Europe to New York.
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New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. 8
Court of St. James
Europe
Roosevelt
Yates Gets Huge Welcome Home
Crowds greet Charlie Yates, British amateur golf winner, in Atlanta. Mayor Hartsfield pledges to name a golf course after him. Bobby Jones, Dorothy Kirby, and Negro cadets join the arrival parade at East Lake after Yates’ victory at Troon on May 28.
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Atlanta
Charlie Yates
William B. Hartsfield
Bobby Jones
Dorothy Kirby
East Lake
Yates
Troon
Scotland
Foreigners In China Warned By Japanese Minister
Tokyo reports that Japan warned neutral powers that the China war zone may expand greatly and advised precautionary measures for a broad inland area about 700 miles from the coast. General Kazushige Ugaki, foreign minister, conveyed the warning in a circular to all governments.
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Tokyo
Japan
China War Zone
China
Kazushige Ugaki
Charlotte Police Hunt Missing Boy
Charlotte police and other officers search for 12 year old Dicky Matthews who disappeared yesterday morning while riding a bicycle en route to his grandparents home in Charlotte. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Mack Matthews and was last seen near his home.
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Charlotte
Dicky Matthews
Mack Matthews
Roosevelts Seek Secluded Honeymoon on Campobello Island
John Roosevelt youngest son of the President and his bride Anne Lind say Clark arrive at Campobello Island cottage, following Franklin Jr and Ethel in seeking seclusion. The couple plan to spend a month there before sailing to Quebec City to board the Lady Somers for a West Indies cruise.
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Campobello Island
Roosevelts
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Franklin, Jr
Ethel du Pon Roosevelt
Passamaquoddy Bay
John
Quebeck City
Lady Somers
Presbyterian Camps Open July 1 In North Carolina
The summer camps and conferences of the Southern Presbyterian churches will open July 1 at Montreat North Carolina and run through August 28. Local churches and groups may attend sessions during this period at the Montreat site.
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Montreat
N. C
Southern Presbyterian Churches
Berlin Jews barred from Aryan stores in wave of anti Semitic raids
In Berlin a new wave of anti Jewish intimidation sees Jews forbidden to shop in Aryan stores in Weissensee and central districts. Red painted pleas reading We don't sell to Jews cover windows of Jewish and some non Jewish shops. Nazi authorities label the activity as an influx of asocial Jewish elements amid ongoing raids and arrests.
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Germany
Berlin
Leite
Figer
Frieerith
West End
Democracy is Safe In U S Bankers Told
Representative Harold D. Cooley told bankers aboard the S S Reliance en route to Nassau that American democracy will weather the storm. He said he has no fear for the country’s future despite wars in Asia and Europe and domestic problems and stressed he remains an unterrified American.
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S. S. Reliance
Nassau
Harold D. Cooley
D-N. C
North Carolina Bankers Association
Asia
Europe
Cooley
Thomasville Banker Elected NC Bankers Association President
R L Pope executive vice president of the First National Bank of Thomasville was elected president of the North Carolina Bankers association. He succeeds Frank Spruill of Rocky Mount as the new leader during a Nassau bound journey dated June 20.
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Reliance
Nassau
R. L. Pope
First National Bank of
Thomasville
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Frank Spruill
Rocky Mount
Democracy's path and threats to liberty voiced by Rep Cooley
Rep Cooley warns against dictatorship and extremism as democracy faces subversive campaigns and competing ideologies. He urges steadfast leadership discipline and courage to keep the nation on an even keel amid pressures from both far left and far right.
Two States Hold Primaries Today
Maine voters chose candidates for governor and national House seats with Gov. Lewis Barrows and Sen. Roy Fernald in a key Republican contest while Louis J. Brann ran unopposed on the Democratic ticket. In Minnesota, Gov. Elmer Benson and ex Gov. Hjalmar Peterson vied for the Farmer-Labor nomination as party leadership, with six Democrats and four Republicans running for governor and nine districts voting for Congress.
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Associated Press
Maine
Minneoota
House of Representatives
Lewis ©. Barrows
Roy Fernald
Louis J. Brann
Minnesota
Elmer A. Benson
Hjalmar Peterson
Farmer-Labor
Congress
Hendersonville Horse Show Set For August Events
Hendersonville announces its annual horse show scheduled for August 4 through 6 with events across multiple arenas. Organizers expect exhibitors from the region to compete in harness and saddle classes, with combined exhibitions and prize offerings.
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Hendersonville
WN. C
Heroes Get Praise For Rescues
Solicitor H L Koontz said no transcript yet from Guilford County Elections Board findings on the June 4 High Point primary. A report claimed the Guilford grand jury would review the election case that afternoon, while Norman A. Boren of Greensboro denied knowledge of any grand jury action. News of the report spread through the courthouse by noon.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
H. L. Koontz
Guilford County Elections Board
High Point
Koontz
Guilford County
Norman A. Boren
J. Oscar Atkinson, Jr
Investigation of Gov Earl Authorized by State Supreme Court
A grand jury investigation into political graft and coercion charges against Governor George H. Earle and 13 other Pennsylvania Democrats was authorized by the state supreme court. Judge Paul M. Schaeffer of Berks County was named to sit, with Dauphin County judges superseded. The petitions allege a conspiracy among administration affiliates to defraud the state for political and other gains.
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Philadelphia
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Paul M. Schaeffer
Berks County
Dauphin County
Charles J. Margiotti
Earle
Carl B. Shelley
Tragic Milwaukee Olympian Train Crash in Montana Flood
Seven bodies recovered from the wreck of sleeper B of the Milwaukee Olympian after the train plunged into Custer Creek near Miles City. The disaster, described as the nation’s worst train tragedy in years, left nearly 40 dead with many more injured as floodwaters carried away cars and hindered salvage efforts.
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Railroad
Here
Custer Creek
Milwaukee
Yellowstone
O Fe
J. J. Oslie
Maukee
St. Paul
Senators defend monopoly probe as business friendly
Senators O Mahoney and Borah say the federal inquiry into monopoly practices will be cooperative and valuable to business. They reject Rep Snell’s fear of a witch hunt and outline a 12 member committee with hearings possibly in fall and a report for Congress in January.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Borah
R-Idaho
Monopolitshc Prentices
Rep
Snell
Resent
House
Department of Justice
Comerace, Labor, Treasures
Oral Trade Commission
Cornties Commission
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