Local Weather Summary for North and South Carolina
Generally fair weather with a slight warming trend in western and extreme southeast areas. North Carolina expects party cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with mild winds from the northeast. South Carolina shows fair to partly cloudy conditions and warmer near the coast tonight. Northeasterly to easterly winds become variable and partly overcast into Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bandy Hook
Hatter
Jacksonville
Payne Turner Ready to Die for Killing of Patrolman Penn
Payne and Turner, condemned for first degree murder in Buncombe County, faced execution by asphyxiation in Raleigh. They discussed their lives, crimes, and the Penn shooting, with Payne claiming the fatal shot was his first at a human being and vowing to meet his mother before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Bunker Hill
Hich Point
George Penn
High Point
Lonesome Mountain
Asheville
Penn
Caledonia
Sanford
Turner
Elizabethtown
Raleigh
Buncombe County
Supreme Court
Musician of Hamelin Puzzle Clues Unfold in Verse
A scrambled crossword style puzzle references Hamelin and the Pied Piper tale with clues spanning numbers from 13 to 59. It includes lines about legends, objects, and actions like luring away the rat problem and musical notes, hinting at an interconnected verse breakdown.
Pope Appeals 10 Japs for Mercy
Vatican news reports Pope Pius XII asked Japan to spare civilians in China during air raids. The appeal was sent via apostolic delegate Monsignor Paolo Marela and acknowledged by Tokyo as to be treated with consideration. The pope has also urged General Franco to temper Spanish bombings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Vaticanews
Pius
China
Tokyo
Paolo Marela
Francisco Franco
Spain
Japan
Vatican
President outlines survival values and education aid aim
The President argues that survival values for the United States and democracy offset large expenditures. He cites the western hemisphere’s good neighbor policy and the need to balance federal and local funding for education. He warns that narrowing the urban rural gap is essential, with federal help to lift the bottom rather than aid the top. He emphasizes freedom to learn and the protection of civil liberties and press freedom at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New New Deal Agencies Begin Payments to Unemployed
The compensation commission created in late 1936 expanded and issued first payments to unemployed individuals. The highway and public works commission underwent a reorganization to streamline operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensation Commission
Highway and Public Works Commission
Statewide expansions and new facilities under 1937 legislature
The 1937 legislature expanded state departments subject to commissioners approval. A $550,000 state office building and a $60,000 revenue building addition began. A new state bureau of investigation and a law enforcement benefit fund were authorized, along with a new probation system and expanded parole. Free textbooks for elementary students accompanied a high teacher allotment. All state employees received pay raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
State Bureau of Investigation
The
Highway Commission
Black Mountain
Supreme Court
High Court Saves Home Of Widow In Brooklyn Sale
A New York supreme court order delayed the noon sale of widow Sadie Monssen’s Brooklyn home after the Home Owners Loan Corporation moved to foreclose on a $7,000 mortgage. Monssen’s husband, a naval hero, died in 1930 after saving Missouri from destruction by extinguishing a fire with his bare hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Sadie Lesiie Monssen
Home Oowners Loan Corporation
Monagen
U.S. Missouri
Kiwanis Back Farm Program At International Convention
North Carolina Kiwanis clubs agreed at the Kiwanis International convention to sponsor a sericultural program in the state. Rural youths in 1938 39 would receive financial aid for farm projects and vocational agriculture in high schools. Aimed to curb unemployment and promote constructive citizenship through education in crafts and arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
North Carolina
Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanis International
Carolinas
T. Frank Jones
Goldeboro
Everett D. Mitchell
Asheville
Lafayette Mosteller
Hickory
E. C. Cridlebaugh
High Point
R. P. Holding
Smithfield
Earl BH. Hostetler
Raleigh
Carroll Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
W. M. Manning
Sumter
R. T. Dunlap
Clinton
Charles I
Henry
Madisonville
Devastating Quake Kills and Traps Hundreds Across Cities
Following the earthquake, reports confirm at least 100 deaths and many more entombed. Yokohama suffered a 490 foot cliff collapse burying five houses. Kobe miners died in a cable mishap as waterlogged earth toppled surface machinery. Tokyo homes flooded to second floors and 80,000 commuters were marooned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
China
Kobe
Tokyo
Ministry of Railways
Spain Demands Neutral Probe Into Insurgent Air Raids
Spain seeks an urgent neutral inquiry into raids on civilian centers. Pablo De Azcárate y Florenz presents the demand to Viscount Halifax as Hodgson arrives with Franco's reply to British protests on attacks against British shipping. Chamberlain hopes the reply eases political pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Pablo de Azcarate Y Florenz
Spain
Viscount Halifax
Barcelona
Paris
Italy
Robert M. Hodgson
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Chamberlain
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow to face London summons in estrangement case
Paris report says Count Haugwitz-Reventlow left his hotel to join Paris lawyers and travel tonight to London to answer a court summons obtained by his wife Barbara Hutton. Friends say his father-in-law Franklin L. Hutton may also depart Paris. The dispute centers on alleged threats toward Barbara Hutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
London
Barbara Hutton
Franklin L. Hutton
Hutton
Cotton Cheapest Farm Crop Price Report
Washington reports from the agriculture department show cotton farmers receive only 55 percent of what would equal other industries, while livestock prices stand at 94 percent. Other farm products varied with grain 62 percent, dairy 79, truck crops 80, meat 80, fruit 59, and overall farm prices at 74 percent of industrial levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Pal Cotton L. R
Atlanta
Auguste
Birmingham
Charleston
Galveston
Hatteras
Mpla
CA Spiller
Lebanon
Robt. Ripley
Adelard Gendron
Southbridge
Mass
National
Philadelphia
W. M. Simone
Chattanooga Tean
Hamelin
Jake
U. S
Palace Theatre
Salem Suzet Edurontans
Thomasville
Oming Tomorro “Idol OF
John Wayne
Noah Berry, JR
Paramount News
Rascals
Hudson—Hobt
Wilee Mi Ygren
Heathen
Robt. Montgomery
Virginia Bruce
Lewis Stone
Broadway
Chas, Winninger
Alice Brady
Tom Brown
Cartoon + Act & News
Carolina
Don Terry
Rialto
Boris Karloff
Hollywood
Helen Levemees
Grant Withers
Shemp Neward
Flash Gordon
High Court
Kiwanians Back Farm Program
Babs
England
Crystal
South Main
Goodyear West
Sam Sho
Aple Store
Ain Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!