Louis Schmeling Weigh-in Sets Stage for 15-round Fight
Last minute weigh in at Madison Square Garden shows Joe Louis at 1084 pounds and Max Schmeling at 193. Nearly 700 reporters and photographers witness the event as Schmeling arrives late and Louis delays. The commission requires exact weights before newsreels resume.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Schmeling
Madison Square Garden
Louis
Tobacco crop damaged by rain in eastern sections
Raleigh reports Floyd a State AAA officer and tobacco expert says eastern tobacco crop damaged as much as 50 percent by heavy rains last week. He adds much of the crop can be saved if weather improves and growers farm fields promptly when soils dry.
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Raleigh
Floyd
AAA
Ployd
Protest over slapping of American missionary in Japan
Secretary Hull announced diplomatic representations were being prepared to Japan over a Japanese sentry slapping missionary Dr J C Thompson of New Brunswick connected with Nanking university while he tried to stop the sentry from beating his rickshaw coolie. Hull did not reveal details of the representations.
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Washington
Hull
Department
J. C. Thompson
New Brunswick
M. 4
Nanking University
Thompson
Hall
Monroe declines presidency at Lutheran Theological Seminary
Dr. P. E. Monroe, president of Lenoir Rhyne College, announced he will not accept the presidency of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S. C., to which he was elected.
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Hickory, N
P. E. Monroe
Lenoir Rhyne College
Lutheran Theoly Southern Seminary
Columbia
8. C
Roosevelt Signs and Vetoes Bills at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt signed 12 bills and vetoed 18 more at Hyde Park on June 22. Since Monday he has approved 57 and disapproved 18. The desk cleared of Washington measures was briefly filled again when a White House mail pouch delivered fifty additional bills.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Japs Bomb Swatow and Land Marines on Namoa Island
Shanghai and Swatow dispatches report Japanese planes bombing Swatow in Kwangtung province and landing hundreds of Marines on Namoa Island under cover of bombardment. The offensive signals a wider South China drive toward Canton with Japanese and Chinese forces clashing along the Yangtze corridor and river defenses under intensive bombardment.
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Shanghai
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Namoa
South China
Namca
Amoy
South Chine
U.S
Asheville
United States
Whitney Young
H. M
Duchess
Hongkong
Sawtow
Han River
China
Yellow River
Tientsin- Pukow
Suchow
Nanking
Hankow
Revere
Marehl
Yangtze
Wuhu
Poyang Lake
Hukow
Nanchang
Chiang Kak-Shek
Soviet Russia
Bandits Tie Up Cop In Robbery With Rain Help
Two masked men used heavy rain to cover a robbery in Franklinton North Carolina taking cash from Sterling general merchandise store and attempting to blow a mill safe. Policeman R D House 55 was bound gagged and robbed of gear. Raleigh fingerprint experts investigated prints.
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Franklinton
N. C
R. D. House
Sterling Cotton
Sterling General Merchandise
Raleigh
House
R. J. Rose
J. A. Dennis
Dowdy Heads N C Merchants In 1946 Vote
The North Carolina Merchants Association elected W. F. Dowdy of New Bern as president and set the next meeting for Durham. Delegates from three counties denounced the state sales tax as a burden on the poor and urged Governor Hoey to repeal it. They cited a $15 million state surplus as a reason merchants need not act as collectors.
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina Merchants Association
W. F. Dowdy
New Bern
Durham
Hoey
O. A. B Swaringen
Concord
W. R. Sellera
Burlington
Williard L. Dowell
Raleigh
T. C. Hinkle
Lexington
R. B. Tomlinson
Cary
Thomasville
Hamilton Revives GOP Appeal in the Deep South
At the Alabama Republican convention in Birmingham John D. M. Hamilton urged a union of real Democrats and Republicans as the sole champions of Jeffersonian principles. He argued the South can break its Democratic loyalty for free enterprise and criticized the New Deal as alien. He cited pressure on Southern Democrats voting their convictions.
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Birmingham
Ala
John D. M. Hamilton
South
Albania
Hamilton
Alfred F. Smith
Democratic Party
Saee
Congress
Final Appeal Denied for Two Cop Killers in North Carolina
Governor Hoey rejected clemency for William Payne of High Point and John Turner of Marion who were sentenced to death for the murder of Patrolman George Penn. The decision cites their escapes, armed preparedness, and explicit defiance of law, noting Penn’s bravery and the case as a clear example of public justice.
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Raleigh
Hoey
William
Bill) Payne
High Point
John Washington
Wash) Turner
Marion
George Penn
Patrounas
John B. Bray
Central Prison
Payne
Turner
Bray
Gas Chamber
Penn
Bill Payne
Wash Turner
Supreme Court
Clemency Office
Commissioner of Paroles
Caledonia
Sanford
Breakin and Larceny Reported in Local Home
Vernell Nicholson reports jewelry stolen from bedroom after a break in at 907 Walnut Street. Police say the thief entered the house and ransacked the room. no suspects at this time.
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Vernell Nicholson
Walnut Street
Fight Matinee At Enterprise For Louis Schmeling Bout
The Enterprise plans a Fight Matinee tonight for the Louis Schmeling heavyweight title clash. A blow by blow report from Yankee Stadium will be relayed by amplifiers to the crowd behind The Enterprise office. The main bout is set to start around 9 o'clock High Point time following an 8 45 start with anticipated color from the battle of the century.
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Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Brown Bomber
Jack Pempsey
Gene Tunney
Enterprise
Yankee Stadium
Alamance Primary Is Investigated By State Officials
W A Lucas chairman of the state board of elections said complaints from Alamance county citizens about the Democratic primary do not justify a recount. He asked Secretary Maxwell to investigate whether Republicans voted in the Democratic primary and if precinct officials acted improperly. The delegation claimed Republicans voted in both primaries and ballots were counted behind locked doors.
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The
State Board
Graham
Maxwell
Lucas
Civil War Veteran A J Wise Dies In Raleigh Home
Raleigh native A J Wise 95 living at the Old Soldiers Home died last night. He left Walter Barfield 96. Four others have died in the last year. The date is June 22 and the report notes Wise was the sole Confederate veteran remaining there.
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Raleigh
N. C
Old Soldiers
A. J. Wise
Asheville
Walter Barfield
Supreme Court grants new trial in Durham murder case
The Supreme Court, in a spring term decision, grants Ed Alston a new trial for the murder of Janie Wilson in Durham County. Justice A A F Seawell notes error in the judge's charge on premeditation and drunkenness, while disbarment of John M. Brittain for forgery embezzlement and false pretense is upheld. A separate zoning appeal by Dr H R Parker remains split.
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Raleigh
N. C
Supreme Court
Ed Alston
Durham County
Alston
Janie Wilson
A. A. FP. Seawell
Seawell
John M. Brittain
Alamance County
Council of the State Bar
Brittain
W. P. Stacy
Stacey
H. R. Parker
Greensboro
M. V. Barnhill
Chamberlain says Ouce not pulling empire from France
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House that Italy seeks to apply the Anglo Italian agreement on Mediterranean matters but denies Rome intends to drive a wedge between Britain and France. He noted no retaliation for the sinking of two British ships near Valencia and discussed efforts to urge Mussolini toward a Spanish war truce.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Italy
Mediterranean
Rome
Britain
France
Valencia
Thorpeness
Sunion
Mussolini
Commons
Arthur Anderson
Laborite
Il Duce
Europe
England
Spain
Francisco Franco
Mrs Martha Barkley Ryan Sues For Separation
Mrs Martha Barkley Ryan estranged wife of Basil A Pat Ryan filed a suit for separation from her husband in New York Supreme Court returnable Friday. Through attorney Abraham Halprin she charged desertion and noted she married the heir to a share of the Ryan fortune three days after meeting him last fall.
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New York
Martha Barkley Ryan
Basil A
Pat) Ryan
Supreme Court
Abraham 4
Halprin
Morganton
N. C
Ryan
Thomas Fortune
Negro Held For Questioning In Thomasville Robbery
Police arrested Joshua Black in Thomasville for questioning in the robbery of Pierce's Barbecue stand and assault on Henry Powell. Powell, hospitalized with head injuries, said two unnamed Negroes beat him during the early Tuesday attack and robbed the cash drawer and cigarettes. Bloodhounds traced to Black's home did not immediately explain the arrest delay.
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Thomasville
Joshua Black
Pierce
Henry Powell
Powell
Black
F. C. Smith
Moneda
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