War Appropriations Approved For Army Air Corps Expansion
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 499,857,936 dollar war department appropriation. It funds Roosevelt's 300 million dollar expansion of the army air corps and buys 784 more planes including 400 single engine pursuit ships and 248 attack bombers. The package raises air corps funding to 94,737,281 with 30,494,012 immediately available from the emergency program to address production lag. Major General Henry H. Arnold testified the Army has only 879 combat planes in service and outlined new bomb production methods with private industry.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Department
Army
National Guard
Organized Reserves
AIR Corps
House
Henry H. Arnold
Budget Bureau
War Admiral Out Of Widener Cup Race
War Admiral is officially declared out of the $50,000 Widener challenge cup at Hialeah Park, to be run Saturday. Secretary Hull opposes a constitutional amendment requiring a public referendum before war actions abroad.
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Miami
Hialeah Park
British offer of asylum for Negrin and cabinet
Geoffrey Lloyd as under secretary for home affairs told the House of Commons a guarded offer of shelter in Great Britain for Spanish Republican Premier Juan Negrin and his ministers was made in response to Arthur Henderson demand for full asylum rights for Republicans seeking refuge from nationalist reprisals.
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London
Great Britain
Juan Negrin
House of Commons
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Affairs
Lloyd
Arthur Henderson
Labor
60 Hour Basic Work Week Extends to Interstate Truck Drivers
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules setting a 60 hour work week for truck drivers went into effect nationwide. The limits apply to for hire interstate operations but not to private company in house fleets. Drivers may not work more than 60 hours in a seven day period.
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Washington
Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Car Tragedy Near Rutherfordton Kills Shelby Woman
Mrs. H. B. Davis of Shelby died from injuries after her car collided with a Southern passenger train near Rutherfordton. Four others were badly hurt as the engine and baggage car derailed following the crash.
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Rutherfordton
Mar
A.P
H. B. Davis
Shelby
House Reverses, Approves 17 Million TVA Dam Funding
The House reversed itself and approved appropriations totaling 17,206,000 to continue work on the TVA Gilbertsville Dam project and to fund preliminary work on two additional dams.
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HOUSE
Washington
TVA
Gilbertsville
Cardinals Start Voting For Pope
Vatican City March 1 The 62 cardinals met in secret conclave to begin the election process for a new pope with most princes of the church already inside quarters. William Jdinal O'Connell of Boston was last to arrive joining two South American cardinals, completing the gathering. It was the first time in years the full college was present for a conclave as attendants rushed baggage for the journey into the sacred enclosure.
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Vatican City
Solmn
William Jdinal O'Connell
Boston
Rome
Cardaz
Dewey Grabs Man As Jury Fixer
Henry J. Ficke was arrested in the New York district attorney office on charges of attempting to tamper with the jury in the Tammany leader James J. Hines retrial. He allegedly urged juror involvement by contacting Mrs Maude Coon and offered rewards if the verdict favored Hines. Hines faces a 13 count indictment and could receive up to 27 years.
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New York
Henry J. Ficke
Thomas E. Dewey
Tammany
James J. Hines
Ficke
Maude Coon
Harry Coon
Hines
Coon
Charghe
U S Housing Authority approves $25.5 million in loans
The United States Housing Authority authorised an additional 25,474,000 in loans for slum clearance and low rent housing, bringing total commitments to 346,460,000. Cities receiving funds include Raleigh North Carolina 1,756,000 and Los Angeles 3,351,000 among others. contracts cover 56,573 family dwellings for more than 22,000 people.
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Washington
United States Housing Authority
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dallas
Daytona Beach
Fla
Harrisburg
Laredo
Tex
Los Angeles
Lowell
Mass
Miami
McKeesport
Mt. Hope
W. Va
New Bedford
New York
N. Y
Paducah
Perth Amboy
N. J
Phenix City
Ala
Raleigh
N. C
Rome
USHA
FDR Returns Aboard Houston After Caribbean Cruise
President Roosevelt heads home from sea aboard the Houston after ten days at sea. He will reach Charleston by Friday then travel to Washington to attend St Johns Episcopal services and the 150th anniversary ceremonies of the first Congress.
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Roosevelt
U. S. S. Houston
St. Thomas
V. 1
Admiral Leahy
Lawrence Cramer
Virgin Islands
Miami
Fla
United States
Caribbean
Houston
South Atlantic
Charleston
D. C
Washington
Navy Yard
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Senate
House
Culebra Island
Puerto Rico
Culebra
William D. Hasset
Key West
White House
Coral Gables
Guernsey Cow Sold to Eldridge in High Point
A registered Guernsey cow from J. P. Collett has been sold to J. M. Eldridge of High Point. The animal, Collett’s Ady 380564, is listed by the American Guernsey Cattle Club of Peterborough.
Plants Selected To Make Munitions When Needed
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson announced 10 000 American plants were chosen to produce munitions in emergencies. He noted current peace time activity, the need to train plants for war time, and to build a domestic reserve of strategic materials to last at least a year.
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Chicago
Louis Johnson
Army
Chicago Association of Commerce
Johnson
Court Rules Realty Act Unconstitutional
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled the 1937 real estate license act unconstitutional in a 4 to 3 decision. W. J. Dixon and O. G. Thomas, both from Mecklenburg, were involved in cases challenging the act which regulated brokers and salesmen and allowed a fee by the regulatory commission. The majority held the act local trade regulation forbidden by the state constitution.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Heriot Clarkson
W. J. Dixon
Mecklenburg County
O. G. Thomas
Mecklenburg
W. A. Devin
A. A. F. Seawell
Michael Schenck
M. Vened
Dixon
Charlotte
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Regulatory Commission
Clarkson
Rain sets February rainfall record in Raleigh area
Raleigh February precipitation totaled 9.73 inches, far above the 7.48 inch February 1899 record. Lee A. Denson of the weather bureau notes the heavy rain caused frequent floods in eastern North Carolina and damaged tobacco seedlings while clear weather returns locally and rain is forecast for eastern areas tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Lee A. Denson
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Positive recommendations for southeastern air base
Admiral A J Hepburn announced that new and positive recommendations for a southeastern naval air station would be made at the request of Rep. Carl Vinson. A board of naval officers and the House naval affairs committee inspected a proposed site on Biscayne Key in Miami as part of a multi city tour ending in Brunswick and Charleston.
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Miami
Fla
A. J. Hepburn
Southeastern Naval Air Station
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Hepburn
Biscayne Key
Key West
Lake Okeechobee
Jacksonville
Washington
Brunswick
Paris Island
Charleston
D. C
Kansas Citians Await Action on Grand Jury Indictments
Kansas City residents followed Judge Arlen C. Southern’s grand jury as 93 indictments were returned. Charles Carrolla and brothers face multiple counts for gambling, while county Judge David B. Long and J. W. Hostetter face charges of corruptly allowing $9,800 in claims tied to a political headquarters remodel. Co-owners of Fortune Bingo parlor face keeping gambling devices. All suspects were freed on bond.
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Kansas City
Kansas Citians
Arlen C. Southern
Charles Carrolla
David B. Long
J. W. Hostetter
Carrolla
Frank
Thomas Lacoco
Lewis Rabinowitz
John Carrolla
Rabinowitz
William Englander
Dale Thorp
Fortune
Louis Galento Fight Set For June Headline Bout
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced Tony Galento will meet Joe Louis in a heavyweight championship bout in June. Galento signed late last night and Louis is on board. Possible venues include New York Philadelphia or Chicago with specifics to be decided. Herman Taylor initially held Galento rights but agreed to let Jacobs stage the fight for a share.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Mike Jacobs
Tony Galento
Joe Louis
Tony
Jacobs
Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Herman Taylor
Galento
Taylor
Philadelphia Plays Delayed Pay Day For City Employees
Philadelphia 19 000 city and county employees faced a second delayed pay day as the semi monthly payroll due yesterday could not be issued. Council had not approved a 1939 budget, delaying funds until a budget is in place under the city charter.
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Philadelphia
Germany Will Maintain Lead In World Arms
Berlin March 1 AP Air Minister Field Marshal Hermann Goering declared Germany would keep its leading position among world military and aviation forces. He praised youth joining aviation and warned that international tension centers on international Jewry. He noted a developed air defense zone and cited armament fears driving steady air force growth.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Essen
National-Zeitung
Reich
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria
Sudetenland
Goering
Air Force
Workers Strike in Curtiss Wright Plant for France
St Louis March 1 Union workers at Curtiss Wright went on strike halting production on structural parts for 100 airplanes ordered by the French government. AFL Machinists official Lloyd Weber said about 600 men walked out over stalled contract talks for higher wages and a closed shop.
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ST. Louis
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Lloyd Weber
AFL International Association of Machinists
Bomb scare at Henry Conrad School in Wilmington prompts 15 minute recess
A bomb scare began with a woman's call warning of two bombs will go off at 11 o'clock, causing Henry Conrad School's 600 pupils to recess for 15 minutes. Police found a small box in a closet containing mud and concrete. no explosion occurred.
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Wilmington
Del
Henry, Conrad
FHA investigates North Carolina office in Greensboro
The Federal Housing Administration probes its Greensboro NC office amid shakeups and claims North Carolina has received only 62 percent of loan insurance applications approved versus a 75.5 percent national average. Rep. Kerr notes earlier criticism, while Rep. Doughton’s illness delays a congressional meeting on FHA operations.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
North Carolina
Greensboro
FHA
Stewart McDonald
Kerr
D-Nc
McDonald
North Carolina Building and Loan Association
North Carolin Congressional Delegaten
Robert L. Doughton
Doughton
Naval Hospital
A. D. Folger
Mt. Airy
Perkins to convene AFL-CIO peace committee meeting
Secretary Perkins announced she would call a meeting of the CIO AFL peace negotiating committee in less than a week. She said remaining conference details would be arranged and discussed with President Roosevelt on his return Saturday.
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Washington
Perkins
Afl-Cio
Nightwatchman Bud Allen Dies From Weldon Collision Injuries
Roanoke Rapids March 1 Bud Allen a 63 year old nightwatchman died in a local hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile collision near Weldon Monday night. The death was reported today by authorities.
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Roanoke Rapids
Bud Allen
Weldon
Europe Hopes Stalemate Signals Path To Peace
Britain boosts peacetime army budget for 1939 40 to 805 665 000 while the Spanish civil war remains stalled Europe views stalemate as a potential step toward lasting peace Prime Minister Chamberlain seeks approval for recognizing the Spanish Nationalist regime and the House of Commons backs the move Goering asserts Germanys air force threat and Warsaw police curb protests as Count Ciano visits Palestine Jewish leaders authorize a general strike if Britain plans Arab independence
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Europe
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Spain
Madrid
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Jerusalem
Palestine Jewish Assembly
National Council
Holy Land
Revolt To Kill Measure Fails By 64-45 Vote
In Raleigh on March 1 the house rejected a motion to kill the election reform bill 64 to 45. The measure was referred back to the election committee after a partial amending action requiring markers in general elections to wear party badges. The bill limits who may assist on marking primaries and caps ballots marked for multiple voters. The chamber also faced a crowded local calendar and discussed revisions to revenue and appropriation bills.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
Election Committee
Darden
Washington
House
Fenner of Nash
House Finance Committee
North Carolina State College
Bryson
Swain
Swain County
WPA
North Carolina
Building Permits Hit High in Fifth District January
The Fifth Federal Reserve Bank reports January building permits in 31 district cities totaled 10.27 million dollars, up 149 percent from January 1938 and the highest since April 1930. Washington led with 4.47 million, followed by Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown, Asheville, Richmond, and Norfolk.
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Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
U. S
Baltimore
Frederick
Hagerstown
Asheville
N. C
Norfolk
Fifth District
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