Revenue Soars as North Carolina Posts New High Totals
State revenue for the fiscal year rose to a new peak with the general fund and highway fund showing gains. Act ing Revenue Commissioner Lee O Gregory reported strong performance in taxes including sales and gasoline duties, with June receipts up from the prior year and projections indicating only minor diversions from highway funds.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Cortoner Lee O. Gregory
Ate
Aseline
Nutt Dedicates W State Park at Morrow Mountain Site
ALBEMARLE June 29 Officials including V McNutt of Indiana and Governor will dedicate Morrow Mountain State Park in the Uwharrie Mountains west of town. A parade, barbecue, water carnival and bathing beauty contest are planned. About 1.5 million dollars has funded development with CCC and WPA support for the 686 acre recreation area seven miles east of town.
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Albemarle
V. McNutt
Indiana
Social Unity
Toy
Morrow Mountain State Park
State Department ,Conservation and Development
McNutt
Almarie
Uwharrie Mounns
CCC
WPA
Fecrackers 8100 In Cash Statesville
Fecrackers obtained 100 in cash from the safe of J. M. Ostwalt at a flour mill near Trout in Statesville on June 29. The incident is reported as a theft with details limited in available text.
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Statesville
J. M. Ostwalt
Trout
Green Wants Reds Outlawed
Washington June 29 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor calls for congressional action to outlaw the Communist Party and the Nazi Bund. He says permitting these groups to operate harms the United States and notes AFL did not oppose relief roll purges nor checks on resident aliens.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
Communist Party
William Green
Genger
Nazi Bund
United States
Congress
Biterly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mosley’s Wife Arrested by British Policemen
Lady Diana Mosley wife of Sir Oswald Mosley and sister of Unity Freeman-Mitford was arrested at Save tay Farm Denham Buckinghamshire this afternoon by plainclothesmen under defense regulations. Her husband Sir Oswald Mosley leader of British Fascists was jailed in May. Freeman-Mitford an admirer of Adolf Hitler returned from Munich in January with a bullet wound in her neck.
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London
Diana Mosley
Oswald Mosley
Unity Freeman-Mitford
Savetay Farm
Denham
Buckinghamshire
Diana
Sir Oswald
Oswald
Miss Freeman-Mitford
Adolf Hitler
England
Munich
Defense aide sought from Owen D Young in U S efforts
President Roosevelt asked retired General Electric chairman Owen D Young to assist Sidney Hillman in training workers for national defense. The call covers youth programs and the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of emergency plans. Young visited the White House yesterday and is expected to comply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Sidney Hilman
CIO
Stephen Early
Young
Hillman
White House
Early
United States
Democrats Speculating On Nominees For Race
Washington speculation centers on a Roosevelt Willkie presidential match with likely running mates considered for balance. Debate surrounds Roosevelt's third term and possible vice presidential choices from Byrne to La Guardia, with Hull also floated.
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Byrne
D-Sc
Hull
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Fusion
Roosevelt
Willkie
Willkie Delays Acceptance After Democratic Convention
Wendell L. Willkie said he would delay his formal acceptance of the Republican nomination until after the Democratic national convention in Chicago. He noted no fixed date for his Elwood Indiana address and planned a brief vacation before returning to New York after a yacht trip with Roy Howard.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Willkie
McNary
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
William B. Ardery
Philadelphia
Elwood
Ind
John D. M. Hamilton
National Committee
Charlier L. McNary
Oregon
Balbo Killed in Tobruk Bombardment in Libya
Marshal Italo Balbo governor general of Libya died yesterday when his plane crashed during an enemy bombardment over Tobruk. The high command reported Balbo and the crew perished. flags were lowered in his honor. Balbo, a leading Fascist figure and transatlantic flier, was once seen as Mussolini's possible successor.
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Rome
Italo Balbo
Libya
Tobruk
High Command
Italy
Mussolini
Musolini
Balbo
Galeazzo Ciano
Balbo’s 1933 Mass Flight Highlighted in The Wage Two
In 1933 Marshal Balbo led a famed mass flight, a notable event covered as continued material on Wage Two. The article notes Balbo’s aviation display and the broader fascist era context without graphic detail.
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Balbo
Britain Faces Threat If Germany Seizes French Battleships
British naval experts warn Germany could gain a 6 to 3 edge in fast armored ships by seizing four French vessels, the Richelieu Jean Bart Dunkerque and Strasbourg, shifting sea power against Britain's grand fleet.
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Drew Middleton
London
Germany
Britain
Richlieu
Jean Bart
Strasbourg
Scharnhorst
Greisenau
St. Nazaire
Gneisenau
Richelieu
Dunkerque
Hood
Three-Way Peace Front Is Planned
A neutral source envisions a British Russian Turkish alignment to bargain with Germany and Italy in a peace move. France's colonies and fleet response to De Gaulle determines Britain's stance, while Spain and South Africa show shifting hopes. Soviet Russia could join the Allied side if Britain backs a leftist government.
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London
Germany
Italy
England
Britain
France
Charles de Gaulle
Eugene Mittelhauser
Syria
Berlin
NBC
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Vernon Bartlett
News-Chronicle
de Gaulle
Bartlett
Gibraltar
Pantellaria
Sicily
Tunis
Spain
Franco
Tangiers
Mediterranean
Union of South Africa
Russia
Adolf Hitler
United States
Roosevelt set for 24 hour Potomac yacht cruise
President Roosevelt arranged to leave Washington this afternoon for a 24 hour cruise on the presidential yacht Potomac. He planned to cruise on the Potomac River within easy return distance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Potomac River
Romania Mobilizes as Soviet Advances Reported in Bessarabia
Bucharest reports say Germany and Italy assured Romania of land and air support if the Red Army pushes beyond the agreed frontier. Romania orders general mobilization aiming to muster two million troops as Soviet forces reportedly invade territories ceded earlier.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Germany
Italy
Romania
Carol
Rome
Berlin
Rumania
Russia
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Rurania
Red Army
Dorohio
Botoshani
Moldavia
Prat
Hungary
Bulgaria
Destruction of Twenty British Planes Confirmed
Rome reports all twenty British aircraft destroyed in a camp attack south of Marsa Matruh on the Egyptian coast. The Italian high command says troops were machine-gunned, submarines sunk, and an armed steamer of 16 000 tons was damaged while returning all planes.
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Rome
Alll
Marsa Matruhe
Mediterranean
High Command
North Africa
Marsa Matruh
Berlin Warns Americas On Eve Of Conference
Berlin publishes a warning to North and South American republics that Europe may redefine its economic ties depending on whether the Americas remain friendly or hostile. The piece, issued under foreign office aegis and sanctioned by Joachim von Ribbentrop, ties cooperation to Havana talks set for July 17 with 20 American republics and U S officials.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Europe
Americas
Joachim von Ribbentrop
America
United States
Havana
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
Axis Moves To Maintain Production In Balkans
Budapest reports say Germany and Italy push to keep Hungary and Bulgaria at peacetime production while pursuing wartime aims on Romania. Axis consultation grows as Russia mobilizes in Moldavia and Hungary readies Transylvania border actions with support from Berlin and Rome.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Geremany
Italy
Hungary
Niceria
Romania
Europe
Bulgaria
Russia
Moldavia
Rumania
Germany
Transylvania
Carpathian Mountains
Balkans
Adolf ‘‘Itler
East Asia warned against upsetting regional status quo
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Arita warned Western powers to avoid moves that could destabilize East Asia and the South Seas. He spoke of an Oriental Monroe Doctrine with Japan as a stabilizing force and said China conflict aims to create a new order of just peace. He urged foreign nations to refrain from actions aid Chiang Kai Shek.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hachiro
Arita
East Asia
South Seas
Japan
Empire
China
East
Chiang Kai Shek
Avita
Germany
Italy
France
Britain
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