Balbo Killed in Libyan Crash in Fascist Era Mystery
Rome reports Marshal Italo Balbo of the Fascist movement died when his plane was shot down by a British aircraft over the Libya region. Nine others perished including Balbo’s editor and relatives. Mussolini ordered mourning as flags were lowered and the high command paid tribute to the Alpine veteran and air pioneer.
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Rome
Arshal Italo Balbo
Eer
Moveit
Libya
Visi
Tripoli
Ediff
Balbo
Corriere Idano
Bal
Signor Ferrara
Florio Gino
CIED
Italy Broadcasting System
Spe
Armed Forces
Hemand
Italo Balbo
Ibya
Icago
York
Mussolini
Galeazzano
Duce
Piazza Venezia
Soviet Forces Enter Bessarabia Amid Mixed Reactions
Reports describe Soviet units crossing into Bessarabia near Kishinev as heavy fighting followed by fast advance. Eye witnesses mention supply trucks indicating long-term occupation plans while locals react with mixed emotions among Rumanians, Jews, Ukrainians, and others as Red flags are raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NKS
Mania
Red Army
Bessarabia
High Pointers Attend Chicago Furniture Market
Among the attendees in Icago for the Summer furnishings market are J Ryan secretary of the South Furniture Association and Paul Casey manager of the Southern Furniture Inon Building. Market will last two weeks and open this week in the city.
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Icago
J. Ryan
South Furniture Manufacturers Assation
Paul Casey
Southern Furniture Inon
H M Taylor Jr to Join Boston Firm After College Honors
H M Taylor Jr son of Mr and Mrs H M Taylor of 411 Centennial Ave leaves High Point this week for a position with W F Sturtevant Co in Boston Massachusetts. He graduates from State College in Mechanical Engineering with high honors and held multiple honorary society memberships and ROTC rank as he prepared for his career.
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H. M. Taylor, Jr
H. M. Taylor
Centennial Avenue
High Point
W. F. Sturtevant Company
Boston
Massachusetts
State College
H. M
Phi Eta Sigma
Companion
St. Patrick
State
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Pi
Raleigh
North Carolina parade honors McNutt and park gift
A peace themed celebration in Albemarle featured a grand parade, a barbecue for thousands, dedication ceremonies, and a water carnival. Governor Hoey presented the park to North Carolinians and visitors, with remarks on reforestation and conservation. Miss Wilhelmina Efird led floats by the Chamber of Commerce. Miss Tony Richardson was named Miss Morrow Mountain and Miss Betty Honeycutt runner up.
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America
Albemarle
Albemarle Armory
McNutt
Robert L. Doughton
Park
Hoey
North Carolina
United States
Department of Conservation and Development
R. R. Ingram
Fred Cohn
WPA
Wm. R. Obenhour
U. S. Army
CDC
R. Bruce Etheridge
Chamber of Commerce
Wilhelmina Efird
Yadkin River
Betty Honeycutt
Charlotte
New Fiscal Relief and Tax Increases Detailed
The plan projects 1.84 billion in relief with a drop to 1.4 billion next year as reductions hit non-defense costs. Higher revenue stems from old taxes and new defense levies, with old taxes up about 385 million and new taxes at 715 million. The four year revenue from new taxes totals 994.3 million annually, with timing shifts for 1940 income. Changes include excise rises 10 to 50 percent, estate and gift 10 percent, income 10 percent, corporate 16.1 to 18 percent, and a cut in personal exemptions from 2500 to 2000 married and 1000 to 800 single. Estate taxes began last Tuesday. excises start next Monday. income taxes due on 1940 income.
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Roosevelt
National drive to register and fingerprint aliens unveiled
The plan calls for 60 day registration and four month completion with 3 500 000 aliens to be processed by the Justice and Post Office departments under Solicitor General Francis Biddle. Postmasters in about 45 000 offices will collect cards and fingerprints while education campaigns reach through 1 000 foreign language papers and clubs.
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National Defense Industries
Young
National Police Academy
William Green
AFL
Congress
Communist Party
Nazi Bund
Justice and Post Office
Francis Biddle
Census Bureau
Biddle
Mr. Roosevelt
Potomac
Jesse Jones
Federal Loan
The
Lions
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
American Legion
Postoffice Department
Immigration Service
Department of Justice
Almazan Campaign Braces for Expected 3 Million Vote
The article notes Camacho supporters label Almazan as the candidate of reactionaries and capitalists while both men seek US cooperation and Pan American unity. Almazan accuses the administration of machine politics threatening voter credentials, as action groups prepare for the September tally and the Chamber of Deputies sets tabulating committees.
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Camacho
Almazan
Cardenas
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Planes Suspend South America Service by Air France
Lisbon June 29 report that weekly air France service to South America has been suspended indefinitely.
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Lisbon
South America
Air France
Stock Market Shows Slight Gain For 3rd Successive Week
New York report notes the market closed with mixed gains and losses after a faint session. The Associated Press average held at 41.3 for the day, up slightly for the week and month. Volume was light with sectors like rails and oils showing varied moves amid broader rearmament optimism.
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New York
England
United States
Associated Press
General Motors
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Great Northern
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Texas Corporation
Sears, Roebuck
Boeing
Sperry
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
International Mercantile Marine
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
Glenn Martin
American Can
Westinghouse
General Electric
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
J. C. Penney
Loft
Chicago
Aluminum
America
American Gas
Brewster Aero
Electric Bond & Share
Republic Aviation
Bath Iron Works
New Jersey Zinc
American Cyanamid “B
Central States Electric
Vargas Urges American Solidarity In Address
Rio de Janeiro June 29 President Getulio Vargas urged American solidarity based on mutual respect and freedom for each country to shape its politics. He affirmed Monroe Doctrine and rejected choosing sides in Europe, speaking before Brazil's maritime workers union during his long dictatorship.
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Rio
DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Maritime Workers
Brazil
Europe
Armored Corps Announced by Army in Transforming Move
Washington reports the War Department instituted an armored corps of two divisions on an experimental basis to field about 1,490 tanks 600 artillery pieces and over 13 000 rifles. The unit will centralize light and medium tanks with other armor, reshaping US tactical doctrine in response to European mechanized warfare.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Louis Johnson
Europe
Johnson
Roosevelt
Funeral rites set for A L Sizemore 85 in Greensboro
A L Sizemore 85 died early Friday at his home on Greensboro route four. Funeral services will be held at Tabernacle Methodist Church at 2 PM Sunday with Rev. O C Loy and Rev J M Millard presiding. Burial follows at Fairfield cemetery. He was a Forsyth county native and survived by seven sons and two daughters.
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A. L. Sizemore
The
Enterprise
Greensboro
Tabernacle Methodist Church
O. C. Loy
J. M. Millard
Pairfield Cemetery
Sizemore
Forsyth County
Lucy Johnson
Sallie Sulley
C. F
Red"’ Sizemore
W. G. Sizemore
Julian
Paul Sizemore
Baltimore
Earnest Sizemore
Asheville
Howard Sizemore
John Sizemore
High Point
Ed Stinson
Ranaleman
H. D. Cox
Adjournment Talk Circulates as Congress Returns
Washington June 29. Senators debate adjournment as lawmakers return from recess for the Republican convention. Senator Ellender of Louisiana, usually aligned with the administration, says sentiment grows for Congress to quit. He cites no real reason to stay and notes public hysteria is quieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Senator Ellender
D-La
Congress
Ellender
Newsman Henry L. Rennick Dies After Long Illness
Chicago June 29 veteran newspaperman Henry L. Rennick aged 49 and former Associated Press correspondent in Russia died yesterday after a long illness.
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Chicago
Henry L. Rennick
Associated Press
Russia
Gifford Elected To Head Press Group
North Carolina Press Association selects L. C. Gifford editor and publisher of Hickory Daily Record as president. Horner of Sanford rounds out executive slate with Manning, Cobb, Griffin, Miller, McCullough, Anderson, Hoyt, Peele and others. Dr. Clarence Poe urges South to boost livestock and timber with a 10 year plan amid shifting world conditions.
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Hendersonville
North Carolina Press Association
L. C. Gifford
Hickory Daily Record
Gifford
W. E. Horner
Sanford
W.C. Manning, Jr
Williamston
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
Clarence Griffin
Forest City
Horner
Julian Miller
Charlotte Observer
E. F. McCullough
Elizabethtown
Ed M. Anderson
West Jefferson
W. K. Hoyt
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
Herbert Peele
Elizabeth City Daily Advance
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
South
Dr. Poe
Britain Faces Naval Challenge From German Expansion
The article notes Germany could gain a six to three edge in fast craft if it adds the 35000 ton Richelieu and Jean Bart and the 26500 ton Dunkerque and Strasbourg to its Scharnhorst and Gneisenau battleships. De Gaulle forms a French legion for Britain but French support wanes. Vernon Bartlett predicts French defections as South Africa debates peace with Germany and Italy. Anti air defenses engage in Southwest England as German bombers are shot down. An Italian destroyer is sunk near the Central Mediterranean and six thousand Polish troops cross into Palestine to join British forces.
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Germany
Britain
Richelieu
Jean Bart
Strasbourg
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
de Gaulle
Vernon Bartlett
The
News-Chronicle
Gibraltar
Pantellaria
Sicily
Tunis
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Italy
England
English Channel
Cairo
Mediterranean
Palestine
Convivial Couple Reunited In Jail
Arthur Martin and his friend David Boyd, both Negro residents of Hulda Street, were jailed on drunkenness charges after Boyd visited Martin at police headquarters and lingered around the building. They spent the night together in the same cell.
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Arthur Martin
Hulda Street
David Boyd
Martin
Boyd
Sam Pattley
The Lost Colony Opens Fourth Season at Roanoke Island
MANTEO June 29 The 353rd anniversary celebration of Roanoke Island settlement opened with the first performance of Paul Greene's The Lost Colony The ceremony featured a prayer by Bishop W W Peele and a remarks by Greene on the production amid the international situation The opening night crowd included notable figures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manteo
Roanoke Island
Paul Greene
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Methodist Church
Virginia
North Carolina
Greene
Raleigh Mass Meeting Plans to Keep America Out of War
Raleigh will host a citizens’ mass meeting Monday night to protest entering conflict. Speakers include Dr. Clarence Poe editor of the Progressive Farmer Jonathan Daniels editor of the News and Observer Dr. A T Bonnell UNC economics professor and Mrs W T Best head of the State Welfare Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Citizens’ Mass
America
Clarence Poe
The
Progressive Farmer
Jonathan Daniels
News and Observer
A. T. Bonnell
University of North Carolina
W. T. Best
State Welfare Department
Danseuse Gambarelli Plans Fall Tour After Busy Summer
Maria Gambarelli, premier danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera, will tour the United States and Canada after a summer of engagements. She appears at the Berkshire Festival Pittsfield, with Promenade Symphony Toronto, and Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, while considering a lead role in Cinderella at Clinton Conn. She returns to New York before cross country 1940 41 tour and is organizing fall rehearsals.
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Maria Gambarelli
Metropolitan Opera
Canada
Pacific Coast
Pittsfield
Promenade Symphony Orchestra
Toronto
Hollywood
Hollywood Bowl
Alexander Kirkland
New England Festival Theatre
Clinton, Conn
New York City
Connecticut
Miss Gambarelli
High Point
Community Concert Association
Ariste Plans August Return After Dance Program
Artiste features twenty two numbers for dance groups and concert program. During August she will return to her Connecticut home to rest, a rest that signifies more time to dance to those who know her energetic style.
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Connecticut
Balkans Power Politics Drawn Across Southeast Europe
The article notes major power plays in the Balkans with 3,000,000 soldiers as pawns. Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria mobilize their forces, heightening risk of incidents. Control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus remains central to the struggle.
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Europe
Turkey
Romania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Edgehill Torpedoing Report Not Confirmed
A report of the torpedoing of the American steamship Edgehill remains unconfirmed. London and Washington naval sources say they have no official information, despite a Mackay Radio flash from Excalibur claiming Edgehill identified itself before torpedoing roughly 500 miles southwest of the British Isles. The Edgehill reportedly became Cremar after a 1 change last year and is docked in Baltimore.
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New York
Edgehill
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
London
Washington
Mackay
Excalibur
British Isles
Cremar
Baltimore
State's Lumber Industry Is Checked by Inspectors
Wage and hour inspectors in North Carolina have completed about a quarter of their three week information and enforcement campaign in the lumber industry. Restitution has been made by seven companies as others calculate back wages owed. inspectors operate from Rocky Mount and Washington and will move to Goldsboro and New Bern.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. L. Fletcher
Rocky Mount
Washington
N. C
Goldsboro
New Bern
Authorities Restore Order in Netherlands Cities
German and Dutch authorities restored order in Amsterdam The Hague Utrecht and Haarlem after protests that marked the 29th birthday of Prince Bernhard. Nationalists wore black uniforms as socialists dressed in white carnations while police and blackout measures kept crowds home.
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Amsterdam
Hague
Utrecht
Haarlem
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Juliana
State Sets Record for Internal Revenue Money
Greensboro reports a new all time high for North Carolina internal revenue collections totaling 329 120 726 58 for the past fiscal year. The sum tops the previous high of 326 046 571 78 by 2 174 154 89 and shows an increase of 18 565 451 59 over the 1938 39 year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina
Charles H. Robertson
Japanese speech promotes new world order and peace plea
Arita signals move from status quo in Eastern Asia toward stabilized spheres of related peoples as a path to permanent peace. Washington opposition hints loom against Oriental Monroe Doctrine projection and Western colonies in East Asia and the South Seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Eastern
Asia
Washington
Empire
East Asia
South Seas
Interventions on Delegates Weigh New Convention System
A subcommittee led by Senator Theodore F Green was formed after the 1936 national convention abolished the two thirds rule. Southern delegates seek a fairer apportionment that challenges the current system of two delegates per senator or representative, plus six for DC and territories except Virgin Islands. Some favor a bonus system similar to the Republican method rewarding states with big presidential vote majorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Congress
District of Columbia
Virgin Islands
Insurance executive George Bulkley dies in Springfield
George Grant Bulkley aged 69, long time president of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co and its affiliates, died at his home in Springfield tonight after 16 years in the post.
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Springfield
Mass
George Grant Bulkley
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company
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