Long range budget is balanced typhoon bears down on Japan
A deadly typhoon bears toward southern Japan after two days of devastation that left at least 100 dead and 200 missing. Tokyo and Yokohama suffered the worst landslides and rail disruptions as 12 inches of rain flooded 150,000 homes. Flood danger remains as rivers rise and more landslides threaten.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foxyo
Central Meteorological Institute
China Sea
Yokohama
Takakimi Mitsui
Payne Turner Ready to Die for Killing Patrolman Penn
Enterprise reports Bill Payne and Wash Turner on North Carolina Death Row in Raleigh. Payne says he is ready to die, while Turner expresses reluctance but accepts execution. Governor’s clemency remains a possibility as the men await Friday morning dates.
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State Prison
Raleigh
Bill Payne
Sanford
High Point
Wash Turner
Mother and sisters visit Payne before execution in North Carolina
In Raleigh on June 30 Bill Payne awaits execution by gas for the murder of highway patrolman George Penn as Wash Turner faces the same fate. Payne’s mother Emma Payne and his two sisters visited at Central Prison after parole appeals failed. Wiley Brice is scheduled for electric chair at 10 am for a 1926 Alamance county killing.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bill Payne
State's Prison
Wash Turner
Emma Payne
High Point
Payne
Edwin Gill
Hoey
Central Prison
Asheville
Turner
George Penn
Wiley Brice
Chester
D. C
Alamance County
Shelly Lea
Payne Baptized on Death Row Before Execution
Bill Payne facing execution at Central Prison tomorrow was baptized this morning in the presence of his mother Mrs. Emma Payne and two sisters. The Rev. A P Conrad of High Point officiated, baptizing Payne by immersion in a bathtub on death row. Payne spoke softly to his mother saying not to worry, then reunited with his family before returning to his cell.
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Payne
Raleigh
Bill Payne
Central Prison
Wash Turner
Emma Payne
High Point
A. P. Conrad
Bill
Wall Street Czar Named NYSE Chairman
William Martin aged 81 was chosen as the New York Stock Exchange's first salaried president in a historic move. The National Education Association urged a constitutional amendment to prohibit child labor, marking a continued commitment to the principle rather than specific legislation.
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Wall Street
New York
National Education Association
Stocks Tumble After Climbing
New York traders opened with strong gains as leaders surged in a rapid rise. Profit taking followed, rails and utilities steadied, and a wild morning saw blocks of up to 15 000 shares changing hands. By session end, declines erased earlier gains with 2 500 000 shares traded and several points lost.
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New York
Barker reports campaign expenditures in six race nomination
Raleigh dispatch notes Abner Barker in a second primary contest seeks the Democratic nomination for the sixth district. He states his campaign has spent 729.55 with a $100 contribution reported, as of June 30.
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Raleigh
J.abner Barker
Barker
Comb Foothills For Medill McCormick Missing Heir
Albuquerque June 30 as the search for Medill McCormick missing heir to a Chicago publishing fortune entered day eight. Relatives said the search would continue though forces would be reduced. Investigators hold he climbed Sandia foothills with companion Richard Whitmer then vanished possibly falling to his death from North Sandia canyons toward the Rio Grande valley.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Sandia
Richard Whitmer
North
Rio Grande Valley
Destructive Rebel Raid Hits Badalona. Casualties Foreseeable
Badalona near Barcelona suffered a heavy air raid believed to have killed at least 45 and wounded nearly 100 as insurgent forces dropped cargoes on crowded workers' housing. The attack marks the heaviest strike in the region since March and coincides with renewed rebel offensives toward Valencia.
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Badalona
Spain
Barcelona
Elona
Britain
Lir Junkers
Denia
Valencia
Rapid Jan
Willis Carries Indiana GOP Hopes in Senate Nomination
Raymond B. Willis, 62, owner of the Steuben County Republican, won the Indiana GOP nomination for the Senate after a close three ballot vote at the state convention in Indianapolis. Willis and 73-year-old James F. Watson battled neck and neck, with Willis pulling ahead on the second ballot and gaining support from reformist Republican editors angered by old guard leadership.
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Indianapolis
James FE. Watson
Raymond B&b. Willis
Watson
Frederick van Nuye
Willis
Antirsoia
Steuben County
Wil Me
Angola
Hoosier
Jap Drive Up River Slowly Gains Ground
Chinese military authorities admitted the Matowchen defense is yielding as Japan presses toward Hankow along the Yangtze river. Front lines have withdrawn to hills near Matowchen and Pengtseh while rear guards delay the advance. Rain and floods heighten risks as both sides continue air operations and China expects possible strikes toward Changsha and the Hankow Canton railroad. Guerrilla raids in Pootung force Japanese reinforcements.
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Shanghat
Japan
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Matowchen
Pengtseh
Yangtze
Canton- Hankow
Changsha
Poyang Lake
Nanchang
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Young Scientist Awarded Theobald Smith Medal
In Ottawa on June 30 Dr. Charles F. Code of the Mayo Foundation Rochester Minnesota received the Theobald Smith medal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The 28 year old Canadian is honored for discovering histamine is normally in blood and abnormal levels indicate tuberculosis or an allergic reaction to foreign proteins.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Charles F. Code
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Minn
Theobald Smith
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Code
Britain United States and France Agree on 45000 Ton Battleships
In London a three power accord caps battleship tonnage at 45000 with 16 inch guns after months of talks. The United States and Britain adjusted from higher or unlimited plans while Japan’s program loomed. Washington says four 24000 ton ships will be built before using the limit.
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London
United States
Britain
France
House of Commons
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Japan
Cooper
Washington
Hage
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Legion Chief Denies Gag Charge at NEA Meeting
Daniel Doherty national commander of the American Legion rejects claims of gagging at the NEA convention in New York. He says the Legion seeks harmonious relations with NEA and criticizes a Gellerman statement as the work of a small minded individual. Willard E. Givens states NEA disavows the statement.
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New York
Daniel Doherty
American Legion
Legion
William Gellerman
National Education Association
Madison Square Garden
NEA
Willard E. Givens
Gellermann
Teachers College
Columbia University
Givens
New Records For Spending And Collecting In North Carolina
North Carolina closes its fiscal year with new high records in expenditures and revenue receipts. Governor Hoey predicts a general fund balance near 5 million dollars and highway fund about 7 million. State appropriations reach a record 79,857,801 with federal road aid and social programs expanding. Income tax receipts exceed 11 million as the year notes social security for aged and children.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hoey
General Fund
Funds for Syphilis Fight Allocated Across 18 NC Counties
North Carolina health officials report a fiscal year budget of 249289 dollars to combat syphilis in 18 counties. Local funds of 127705 will be matched by 121584 from the Zachary Smith Reynolds foundation. Buncombe Asheville lead with 31240, others follow including Forsyth Stokes Yadkin Winston-Salem group at 31000.
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Raleigh
N. C
Carl V. Reynolds
North Carolina
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Board of Health
Buncombe County
Asheville
Reynolds
Forsyth
Stokes
Yadkin
Winston-Salem
Cumberland
Durham
Edgecombe
Green Counties
Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point
Mecklenburg and
Charlotte
Orange
Person
Chatham
Robeson
Rocky Mount
Wake
Wayne
Rowan
Gaston
Pharmaceutical Group To Meet Here Next Year
The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association closed its 59th annual convention with C. C. Fordham Jr. of Greensboro elected president. High Point was chosen as the 1939 meeting site. Mrs. H. L. Rose of Chapel Hill was elected head of the women's auxiliary.
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Asheville
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
C. C. Fordham, Jr
Greensboro
High Point
IL. W. Rose
Chapel Hill
Methodist unity map aims for 1942 unification plan
In Evanston Illinois leaders from the three Methodist branches met to map unification for about 76 churchmen. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will appoint committees to draft details. The consolidation is not expected before 1942 and would unite 8 million members.
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Evanston
Ill
United States
Commission On Interdenominational Relations and
Church Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Roosevelt predicts long range budget balance amid education speech
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the National Education Association at the New York World Fairgrounds. He argued history will judge his long range budget as balanced by survival values and democratic living, urged defense of free press and liberties, and backed state local control of schools with federal funds for poorer communities.
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New York
Roosevelt
National Education Association
Germany
Nye Victory In North Dakota Conceded
Fargo dispatch reports Gov William Langer conceded the Republican Senate nomination to U S Senator Gerald P Nye as 114 of 2 260 precincts remained. With Nye at 87 794 to Langer 81 438 Nye also said absentee ballots would be investigated in a few counties and warned of repeat voters. Langer’s running mate John N Hagan led Nye supported opponent T.
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Fargo
N. D
Willam Langer
Senate
North Dakota
U. S
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Langer
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
John N. Hagan
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