France Ready Back England in Sanctions
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum announced a push to negotiate three regional mutual assistance pacts to safeguard Europe. France would remove sanctions against Italy and seek a new security plan with Germany while maintaining a strong national defense.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Europe
Danube
Mediterranean
Blum
Senate
France
Italy
Yvon Delbos
Chamber of Deputies
Delhos
Convicted Nazi Dies In Prison in Poland
Stanislaw Dytko who faced a two year sentence for treason died of a heart attack in his Katowice cell. The death is the third among 113 Polish Nazis accused of trying to join Upper Silesia to Germany, with two others having died by their own hand.
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Katowice
Poland
Stanislaw Dytko
Dytko
Upper Silesia
Germany
Mussolini Cancels Order on Marble Plaques in Italy
Prime Minister Mussolini countermanded an order requiring all municipalities to place marble plaques in city halls commemorating Italy's sanctions fight. The measure was to honor the war effort and public devotion amid wartime authority.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Weather update for Carolinas with clouds and showers
North Carolina conditions expect cloudy skies with mist or light showers this afternoon and tonight, turning slightly cooler near the central and south coast. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and a touch warmer. South Carolina sees cloudy conditions with scattered showers in the north tonight and interior Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South
South Carolina
North Portion
King Edward Is 42nd Birthday Amid London Cheers
London saluted King Edward's 42nd birthday with cheers and flowers as crowds gathered to watch the monarch ride through the city. He took part in the colors ceremony with guards and celebratory pageantry marking the day.
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London
Edward
Smith May Speak for Alf Landon
New York June 23. Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican national committee virtually invited former Governor Alfred B. Smith to speak in the campaign for Governor Alf M. Landon. He said Smith is one of the finest Americans and the country should hear his views. He added he would be tickled to death if Smith campaigned for Landon.
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New York
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Alfred B. Smith
Alf M. Landon
Smith
Landon
Hamilton
Canton Leader To Head Armed Forces
Hong Kong reports Gen. Chan Chai Tong named commander in chief of the first army of the anti Japanese national salvation forces after a southwest political council meeting. Observers see this as signaling a showdown with Chiang Kai Shek's Nanking government. Chan swore to pursue national salvation through anti Japanese resistance exterminate communists and suppress dictatorial methods.
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Hong Kong
Chan Chai-Tong
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chan
Japan
Income Tax Collections Rise in First 20 Days of June
Secretary Morgenthau reported that income tax receipts for the first 20 days of June totaled 298,505,823 dollars, up 23 percent from the same period last year. The fiscal year through June 20 stood at 1,405,000,000 dollars, with projections to exceed the 1,434,000,000 estimate in Roosevelt’s budget.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
Disregards Warning Man Jumps To Death In Chicago
In Chicago on June 23 a 56 year old man, Thomas Baxter, climbed a ten story hotel fire escape and leaped to his death after ignoring pleas to stop. A note Baxter left indicated he planned to end his life. His wife and Major R. F. Kelker Jr. found the note and alerted staff as Baxter fled toward the roof.
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Chicago
Thomas Baxter
Tentory
Bond
R. F. Kelker, Jr
Baxer
Aloysius Kelmbachar
Baxter
Woman Achieves High Altitude Record At Maryse Event
Villacoulblay France reports Maryse Hiltz a French matix claimed a new women altitude record after a Merit event reaching 45 275 feet.
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Villacoublay
France
June
Maryse Hiltz
One Killed Four Wounded in Portsmouth Plant Gun Battle
In Portsmouth Ohio on June 23 a deadly shootout at Wheeling Steel plant left George Myers dead. Four others were wounded including two guards. Sheriff Oakes read the riot act as 200 300 shots rang out while guards moved a company train across New Boston streets.
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Portsmouth, CO
Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
George Myers
Arthur Oakes
New Boston
Clarence Highfield
Highfield
West Avenue
Franklinville Man Rescued After 40 Minutes in Deep River
Henry Cox a 55 year old watchman at Randolph Cotton Mills Franklinville slipped into Deep River while fishing Monday morning and drifted submerged about 40 minutes. He was revived with artificial respiration and taken to Randolph hospital where doctors said he should recover if no complications arise from exposure. Cox never learned to swim and crossed the mill race daily on a narrow footlog despite the hazard.
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Asheboro
Henry Cox
Randolph Cotton Mills
Franklinville
Randolph Hospital
Cox
Rainfall Breaks Drought Across North Carolina
Heavy rains swept Piedmont and eastern North Carolina ending a drought. Charlotte recorded 1.70 inches in 24 hours, while Smithfield saw 3.21 inches and Tarboro 1.13 inches. June total rainfall neared a record with 7.08 inches in the period.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Tyre
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Charleston
Bate
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Wille
Tae Ville
Lo West
Angeles
York
Antonio
Neisco
Raleigh
Piedmont
North Carolina
Lee A. Denson
Smithfield
Randleman
Tarboro
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Williamston
Strike of Printers Adds To Woes of Spain
Madrid June 23 printers who struck for higher wages intensified Spain labor trouble as sporadic disorders erupted in scattered sectors. A Socialist was killed by alleged fascists at Alcante others injured in leftist civil guard clashes. Miners in Magarron Murcia Province walked out to protest government aid failures. A church with valuable collections burned at Manilla.
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Madrid
Spain
Alicante
Magarron
Murcia
Manilla
Bar license examinations set for August 4 in Raleigh
Secretary Henry M. London of the State Bar announces 171 new licenses to be examined on August 4. The notice lists names and proceedings beginning from August 1933, reflecting ongoing licensing for Raleigh area legal professionals.
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Raleigh
Henry M. London
The
State Bar, Inc
WPA Security Wages To Be Continued By Hopkins
Washington June 23. Harry L. Hopkins directs state WPA officials to maintain the $19 to $94 monthly security wages and to implement relief funding changes. He tightens veteran relief rules, bars aliens from work relief, and allows make up time for weather interruptions while keeping 90 percent of workers from relief rolls.
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Hopkins
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Roosey
United States
Works Progress Administration
Turkish plan to fortify Dardanelles sparks criticism
At an international conference in Montreux on Turkey's demand to refortify the Dardanelles delegates voiced objections. The Turkish four point program seeks free passage for merchant ships, end to demilitarization limits, restrictions on warship tonnage, and submarine passage bans, drawing scrutiny over alleged concessions to Russia and unequal treatment of other nations.
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Montreaux
Switzerland
Turkey
Dardanelles
Seasions
Russia
Bosphorus
Sea of Marmora
Jury Selection in Wife Murder Case Gradually Advances
In Los Angeles on June 23, attorneys questioned prospective jurors as defense teams pressed the case against Robert James. They weighed testimony from Charles Hope, a former co-defendant who admitted guilt and described a plot involving rattlesnakes and a $20,000 life insurance payout. Hope faces sentencing next month.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Charles Hope
Hope
Mary Busch James
Veterans receive bonus bond payment in western North Carolina
The Asheville post office issues U S treasury checks totaling 2 856 300 dollars to six thousand five hundred fifty four World War veterans in western North Carolina as payment for bonus bonds.
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Asheville
U. S. Treasury
North Carolina
Roosevelt Signs New Tax Measure
President Roosevelt signed the new tax bill and a 100 million interior department appropriation. The tax act aims to raise 800 million through a major revision of corporate taxes and other levies, shifting corporation income to stockholders for taxation. Opponents warn it could harm corporate surplus.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Congress
House
Senate
Pseudo Salesman Caught In Atlanta
Detective Lieutenant J. A. McKibben said a man using the name C. W. Jones, 62, was released on $1,000 bond for selling unofficial Roosevelt campaign tickets and buttons in the Atlanta area. Seized literature claimed 25,000 members of the Roosevelt for President again clubs of Georgia with chapters statewide. Roosevelt headquarters and National Chairman James A. Farley denied any connection or knowledge of the operation.
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Atlanta
J. A. McKibben
C. W. Jones
Roosevelt
McKibben
Georgia
National
James A. Farley
Naval Commander Named in $20,000 Damage Suit
Lieutenant Commander A. C. McFall, commander of the air forces at the U S Naval Academy, named as defendant in a $20 000 damage suit over a fatal traffic accident. Be G Madison administrator of Newton Vance Madison estate filed the suit claiming McFall driven the auto that killed Madison. McFall was exonerated of criminal liability last week.
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Winston-Salem
A. C. McFall
U.S. Naval Academy
BE. G. Madison
Newton Vance Madison
McFall
N. V. Madison
American Capt. Jernigan Pushed From Sidewalk by Japanese Soldier
In Peiping a Japanese bayonet armed soldier forced Capt. Henry Jernigan of Hopkinsville Kentucky from a sidewalk to clear a path for civilians. Jernigan, a US cavalry captain attached to the embassy as a language student, escaped injury by deflecting the weapon. About 3,000 Japanese troops marched to a foreign embassies field as a regimental flag was presented by Emperor Hirohito.
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Peiping
Henry
Jernigan
Hopkinsville
United States Cavalry
Hirohito
Japan
Weipug
Burrus Box Yields 96895 in Cash and Bonds
The $96 800 found in Dr J T Burrus's Wachovia safety deposit box is largely designated for Mrs J T Burrus. The box was opened after Dr Burrus death from a heart attack on June 8. Contents include $95 600 in government securities and $1 200 in cash plus a $95 gold coin. No will shown and personal estate details were disclosed.
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J. T. Burrus
Owen Reese
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
United States
Guilford County
Burrus
General Assembly
Reese
Roberson, Haworth and Reese
Randleman Child Hurt In Tricycle Mishap
Anne Elizabeth Vickery six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Vickery near Randleman was injured when a tricycle handlebar pierced her groin. She was taken to Randolph Hospital treated by Dr J T Barnes and Dr B A Sumner and later sent home recovering though in pain.
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Asheboro
Anne Elizabeth Vickery
James Vickery
Randleman
Randolph Hospital
J. T. Barnes
B. A. Sumner
High Point
Favorable Trade Balance Reported in May
The commerce department announced that U S exports in May surpassed imports by 9 932 000 marking the first favorable balance since January For the five months ending in May imports exceeded exports by 3 292 000 Exports totaled 969 545 000 and imports 972 837 000 May exports were 201 042 000 and imports 191 110 000 with May 1959 figures cited for comparison
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Karpis and Pals Plead Innocence in Bremer Kidnapping
Alvin Karpis and two suspects in the 200000 Bremer kidnapping pleaded not guilty at federal arraignment in St Paul. Jack Peifer and Charles Fitzgerald joined him. The government sought an early July trial, citing health concerns for Edna Murray and another witness.
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ST. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Jack Peifer
Charles Fitzgerald
George Sullivan
United States
Edna Murray
Facial Operation Performed With Hoe
In Concord on June 23, Andy Parks a Black man, attacked Lewico More with a hoe following a quarrel. Parks was jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charges. More sustained severe facial injuries and was treated at Charlotte hospital.
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Concord
Andy Parks
Lewico More
Parks
Moore
Charlotte Hospital
Roosevelt Warns Democrats Against Overconfidence at Convention
At Convention Hall Philadelphia June, Roosevelt praised the New Deal while warning Democrats against overconfidence. Senators Wagner and Garner led discussions on platform issues as the party prepared for November.
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Roosevelt
James A
New Deal
Bob Wagner
New York
Cies
Rosevelt
Garner
Orphaned Pig Adopted by Dog in Kannapolis
A Kannapolis dog has adopted an orphaned pig into her litter. The pig eats with the puppies and behaves like a normal member of the group, surprising locals with this unusual cross-species companionship.
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Kannapolis
Tar Heels Oppose Two-Thirds Rule At Democratic Convention
North Carolina's delegation voted to abrogate the two thirds rule for nominating candidates. Nine opposed the motion but the unit rule was invoked and all 26 votes were cast for abrogation. Key supporters included Rep. L Doughton Gov Ehringhaus and Lt Gov Graham. Sen Reynolds opposed lifting the rule.
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Philadelphia
North Carolina
Rep. L. Doughton
Laurel Aot
Julian Price
Greensboro
C. L. Shuping
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Doughton
Ehringhaus
A. H. Graham
J. W. Winborne
Marion
Robert R. Reynolds
Price
Army Officer and 3 Children Drown
Brooklyn report of the drowning of First Lieutenant Lindsay M. Bawsel and his three young children after going overboard from the army transport Chateau Thierry near Cuba. Captain Gordon Arnes said the tragedy happened between 3 and 4 a m yesterday. details came from Major Gilmer Bell aboard the transport.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lindsay M. Bawsel
Chateau Thierry
Cuba
Gordon
Ares
Arnes
Gilmer Bell
Greensboro Man Is Absolved of Blame
A coroner's jury absolved Lonzo Baker of Greensboro of responsibility in the death of M. T. Cobb after an automobile collision. The jury held Harvey Ingle responsible for the crash that involved Cobb’s ride with Ingle's car, which also carried Miss Annie May Ingle and Coy Knox. Baker drove a truck owned by W. G. Fields of Chapel Hill, and all were injured.
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Union
N. C
Lonzo Baker
Greensboro
M. T. Cobb
Harvey Ingle
Cobb
Baker
W. G. Fields
Chapel Hill
Ingle
Annie May Ingle
Coy Knox
Peery Named to Succeed Glass on Platform Committee
Governor George C. Peery of Virginia was elected unanimously to succeed Senator Carter Glass on the 1936 Democratic national platform committee. Glass declined presentation at the initial caucus, with nomination coming from Senator Harry F. Byrd.
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Philadelphia
George Co. Peery
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Peery
Harry F. Byrd
Curley Open to Democratic Nomination for Vice President
Boston June 23 Governor James M Curley said in an interview he would accept the Democratic nomination for vice president if offered. He is currently a candidate for United States Senator.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Curley
United States
Farley Speech and Party Dynamics Highlight Roosevelt Era Rally
Dissenters lingered as Farley urged party unity amid a two thirds nominating dispute. He described the AmericanLi league as a DuPont backed bloc and praised the president as capable and courageous. The rally featured roars for Roosevelt while officials announced routine notices and Barkley prepared to speak.
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Alfred Smith
Smith
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Chicago
Farley
Democratic Council Replaces Talmadge in Georgia Politics
Governor Eugene Tal of Georgia, longtime gadfly to the Roosevelt era, exits the party’s national councils as Clark Howell Jr. is chosen to succeed him as national vice chairman. The move shifts Georgia influence within the Democratic ranks pending ratification by the national convention.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Tal
Georgia
Today
Roosevelt
Vo Tceman
Talmadge
Clark Howell, Jr
Churchill warns England unready to fight in modern war
In London Churchill chairs an agricultural meeting and says Britain faces a worse European situation than 1914. He claims defenses are lax, air power unfamiliar, and Britain's position is artificial with a fragile population in an island state.
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London
Winston Churchill
Exchequer
Great Britain
Churchill
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