Senate Committee Probes N D Primary Absentee Ballots
Senate campaign investigating panel plans a North Dakota county auditor survey to gauge absentee ballots in the recent primary. Chairman Sheppard says Roosevelt speeches fall outside the committee’s remit and Nye’s request aims at evaluating election integrity and possible ballot box stuffing.
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Washington
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
North Dakota
Roosvelt
Nye
R-Nd
William Langer
Workers Alliance
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Roosevelt
Committee
Atiance
Budge Reaches Wimbledon Final After Puncece Win
Don Budge, holder of the world’s four major titles, defeated Ferenc Puncece of Yugoslavia 6-2 1-6 6-4 to advance to the All England final. He will face England’s H. W. Austin, who beat Henner Henkel of Germany 6-2 6-4 6-0 in straight sets.
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California
England
H. W
Bunny) Austin
Austin
Hener Henkel
Germany
Non-sectarian anti Nazi league reports bets on Louis
The group that boycotted the Joe Louis Max Schmeling title fight last week announced 825 was received from members who won bets on Louis.
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New York
anti-Nazi League
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Louis
Pipe makers cut prices on cast iron pipe in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on June 29 price cuts of four dollars per ton were announced by two manufacturers for cast iron pipe. A third firm said it would have a new price scale immediately following last week’s four dollar per ton cut in pig iron and the recent drop in steel prices.
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STHEL
Birmingham
Ala
Dissolved Raleigh Law Partnership Planned AfterJuly First
Kenneth Royall a Raleigh lawyer announced the dissolution of his law partnership with former governor J C B Ehringhaus effective after July 1.
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Raleigh
Kenneth Royall
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Bailey to Rest in Duke Hospital for Rest
Senator Bailey of North Carolina announced in Charlotte that he would enter Duke Hospital in Durham for a period of rest. The decision comes amid travel and recovery considerations for the veteran lawmaker.
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Bailey
Charlotte
D-N.c
Duke Hospital
Durham
British Destroyers Ordered to Mallorca in Routine Move
Two British destroyers the Imogen and the Isis were ordered from Gibraltar to Mallorca today as part of routine Nyon anti piracy patrol duties, according to the Admiralty in London.
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London
Isis
Mallorca
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Nazis Close Down Last Monarchist Organ In Germany
Berlin reports that Der Aufrechte, a semi monthly paper preserving monarchist tradition, has been forbidden until further notice and will cease publication. It had been suspended briefly in December but the Gestapo allowed a return. publisher Ernst Pfeiffer says this suspension is final, leaving the Hohenzollern house without a mouthpiece.
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Berlin
Germany
Ernst Pfeiffer
Gestapo
Pfeiffer
Hohenzollern House
Kelman Piriie Gomo Commissioned in Army Reserves
Kelman Piriie Gomo of 404 Howell Street High Point has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the army reserves and assigned to the Infantry according to a War Department announcement today.
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Washington
Kelman Piriie Gomo
Howell Street
High Point
Infantry
War Department
Paul Green Play Debuts This Season at Fort Raleigh
Paul Green's The Lost Colony opens this season on Sunday at the restored Fort Raleigh site in Manteo North Carolina. The event marks the first presentation of the season.
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Paul Green
Manteo
N. C
Fort Raleigh
Japan Suffers Worst Rain in 20 Years Across Islands
Twenty one people are confirmed dead and 15 missing as severe rains flood all main Japanese islands. In Yokohama a cliff collapse crushed five homes killing 12, many believed Koreans. seven killed at Mito and Kokosuka. About 50,000 Tokyo houses flooded. rail and power lines disrupted.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yokohama
Mito
Kokosuka
Spending Drive to Gain Full Speed by July First
President Roosevelt said the $3.75 billion relief campaign would reach top speed by July 1. He noted ongoing efforts to find a permanent unemployment solution without large armament spending and cited Sweden as a model for paying off public works debts. Agencies including PWA WPA and CCC were enacting rapid hiring and program expansion.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Sweden
Fumde
United States
PWA
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corpa
FDR Signs Flood Control Bill with Reluctance
President Roosevelt announced he signed the omnibus flood control bill worth 386.5 million dollars with reluctance. He said erosion reclamation reforestation and navigation improvements are needed but the bill does not fit the general government planning.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Nye Leads N. D. Senate Election in Primary
Fargo June 29 Gerald P Nye led the Republican primary for U S senator over Governor William Langer as returns came in. Nye 36667 Langer 23645 from 595 of 2260 precincts. Thoresen led Hagan for governor on the Progressive Republican slate. details show a split in state government issues.
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Fargo
N. D
Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Nye-Langer
Nye
Langer
T. H. H. Thoresen
John Hagan
Thoresen
Hagan
Rain Causes Heavy Damages To Crops In North Carolina
North Carolina State College agricultural experts report heavy crop damage from recent rains heat and wind across multiple counties. The News and Observer cites potential losses exceeding 12 million dollars with tobacco and cotton most affected. Good farming practices with soil-building crops and drainage relief are noted as aiding remaining crops.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
North Carolina
John W. Goodman
News and Observer
Johnston
Nash
Beaufort
Halifax
Franklin
Goodman
Second Of Quads Taken By Death
At Pequean Arkansas a second of the quadruplet girls born Monday night to a 98 pound wife of a peach orchard worker died today. The first died yesterday. Dr G L Kimball who delivered the babies said the two survivors probably would pull through. The 27 year old mother is getting along satisfactorily.
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Pequeen
Ark
G. L. Kimball
H. T. Valentine
Frederick W. Vanderbuilt Dies at 83 in Hyde Park
Frederick William Vanderbuilt, 83, capitalist and railroad director, died at his Hyde Park country home after a weeklong illness. He followed his family into railroading, serving as director of several railroads and firms, yet led a quiet, home‑oriented life unlike his famed relatives.
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Hyde Park
Frederick William Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt
Cornelius
William K. Vanderbilt
Watch Dog Finds Wrist Watch In Dog's Stomach
Genuine Seneca Falls report notes Spot a three year old wire haired terrier that acted as a watch dog after an X ray showed the dog swallowed a wrist watch. A veterinary surgeon may operate.
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Seneca Falls
N. Y
North Carolina Cotton Mill Workers Increase June Hours
Raleigh June 29. The North Carolina Department of Labor reports 32 948 mill workers across 139 plants logged longer hours in a June week than in May. Average 31.7 hours per week at 37.1 cents per hour versus 31.1 hours at 37.9 cents. Total man hours 1 044 in June compared with 984 in May.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Sandys Ordered to Appear Before Military Court
Duncan Sandys, son in law of Winston Churchill, told the House of Commons he had been ordered to appear before a military court. The inquiry concerns a leakage of secret information and the army court was set up to investigate the matter, with the prime minister proposing a pause until a Privileges Committee decision.
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London
Britain
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
Sandys
Winston Churchll
Commons
House
Territorial Army
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Army Council
House Committee On Privilewes
Clement R. Attlee
James C. Ede
Germany
Percy Harris
Army Court
Hore-Belisha
Hore
Death Decree for Spies in France
Paris June 29. The French government issued a decree establishing the death penalty in peacetime for certain espionage acts and making life penal servitude applicable to peace time offenses. The move follows a rise in espionage arrests, with 250 convictions near Strasbourg in 1937 and nearly four per week in the current year.
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Paris
France
Germany
Rcent
Strasbourg
Nazi Authoritiy Removes 7126 Vienna Jews From Law Practice
The Voelkischer Beobachter lists 7,126 Vienna Jews temporarily barred from practicing law. Permission granted to 1,050 Jewish war veterans to continue legal work. The June 29 report notes officials restricting legal practice under Nazi policy.
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Vienna
Voelkischer Beobachter
Negro cab driver pays first part of relief debt
Eugene W. Casey 82 a New York Negro taxi driver paid the first installment on a 70.70 debt to the city for relief money received during illness. He sent a 85 money order to the city treasurer, noting his cab earns 25 to 30 dollars weekly and that he will continue to pay in small sums, usually with a spare dollar or two at week’s end.
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New York
Eugene W. Casey
Nero
Casey
Plans Go Ahead For Executions
RALEIGH June 29 Preparations moved forward at State's prison for the Friday executions of Wiley Brice a Negro and the gas executions of Bill Payne and Wash Turner desperadoes all convicted of murder Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill said pleas this week would not grant any respite Warden H H Wilson said Brice would die first about 16 oclock The slaying occurred in 1926 in Alamance county of Shelly Lea Payne and Turner were sentenced for the slaying of highway patrolman George Penn under a 1935 law No passes to witness the executions will be granted to the public About 1500 requests were received but only 10 passes were allocated five to each division east and west
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Raleigh
State
Wiley Brice
Say
Bill Payne
Wash Turner
Edwin Gill
Payne
Turner
H. H. Wilson
Brice
Alamance
Shelly Lea
George Penn
Wilson
Highway Patrol
U S. Vows to Press on Against Civilian Bombings
Washington June 29 Secretary Hull said the United States would continue efforts to discourage the bombing of civilian populations by belligerent forces. He wrote to Representative Beiter that such attacks are contrary to law and humanity and that the government will persist in restraining and improving influence under non intervention policy.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Representative Beiter
D-Ny
Fascist Editor Denies Responsibility for Bombings
Rome June 29 AP A spokesman for the Fascist regime said Italy advised Franco to use moderation to keep British ships from Spanish ports but approved bombing of contraband ships. Editor Gayda disclosed a Perth Ciano conversation and asserted Italy bears no responsibility for bombings while stressing Spanish independence.
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Rome
Gene Francisco Franco
Spain
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Traband
I Giornale D'Italia
Gaydard
Earl of Perth
Britain
Coun Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Perth
Franco al
London
Gayda
France
Franco
Turnout and Expenditures Reported in 12th District Primary
Raleigh dispatch notes campaign spending in the June 4 Democratic primaries. Candidates Thomas Turner Jr acting as judge candidate reported 215 receipts and 266.45 expenditures with gifts of 90 and expenses 137 earlier. Wooten running for solicitorial post in the sixth district spent 311.40 with gifts 48. E J Wellens seeking state senate nomination claims 439.10 spent after recounts.
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Raleigh
Wooten
Thomas Turner, Jr
E. J. Wellens
Johnston
Jap official assassinated in Shanghai crackdown list
Shen Teh Ling director of the shipping control bureau for the Shanghai puppet government was slain this morning in Shanghai. The hit marks the fifth political killing in ten days amid anti Japanese elements targeting the puppet regime.
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Shanghai
Jap Textile Curtailment Sparks Frantic Buying Rush
Tokyo June 29 Jap textile curtailment order triggers frantic buying as agents scramble for last raw cotton shreds after government decree bans 47 textile types from July 1 to boost exports amid China's war. Exporters cheer while retailers fear shortages as stocks are urged to last through the year.
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Hy Relman Mokin
Tokyo
Japan
Seihin Ikeda
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