Madrid Warplanes Attack Rebels As Miaja Tightens Grip
Madrid under siege as Republican planes bomb Communist nests on the outskirts while General Jose Miaja orders loyal troops from trenches to crush insurgents amid a city engulfed by a civil war. Nationalist forces mass near the capital and surrendered rebels are tallied in a broader effort to restore order.
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Madrid
New Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Miaja
Defense Council
Carabineros
Miaja Council
Francisco
National Defense Government
U S and Brazil sign broad credit and exchange accords
The United States and Brazil signed far reaching agreements to extend U S credits to Brazil. They also release the Brazilian exchange market from official control, establish a Brazilian National Bank, and resume payments on dollar debts. The Ex-Im Bank will extend up to 19.2 million dollars to the Bank of Brazil to remove official foreign exchange control.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
Hull
Aranha
Bank of Brazil
Labor committee splits on wage-hour reform proposal
In Raleigh on March 9 the joint labor committee rejected by one vote a plan to split into separate senate and house groups for wage hour legislation review and then sent the pending bills to a 12 member sub committee for redrafting.
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Raleigh
Joint Labor Committee
Senate
House
Prisoner Jack Freeze Dies in Prison of Myocarditis Pancreatitis
Warden H. H. Wilson of the State Prison announced the death of 62 year old Jack Freeze who died yesterday from myocarditis pancreatitis. Freeze entered the prison last year from Cabarrus county to serve a 30 to 30 year term for second degree murder. His body was turned over to a Raleigh funeral home and relatives were notified.
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Raleigh
H. H. Wilson
State's Prison
Jack Freeze
Freeze
Cabarrus County
Jury Finds L C Dula Sane In Slaying Case
In Winston Salem a superior court jury ruled L C Dula sane after hearing testimony from Richard Dula 21 who was wounded and three other sons as well as George Howell a brother-in-law who said he knew Dula for over 25 years. The trial on charges of killing his wife and wounding a son was set for March.
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Winston-Salem
Superior Court
L. C. Dula
Sane
March
Richard Dula
Dula
WPA
George Howell
Germany gives France and other nations assurances on delaying attack reports
Paris reports Germany has given France formal assurances that alarmist claims of Nazi plans for an attack via Switzerland and the Netherlands are false. Similar assurances were said to have been shared with London Berne and The Hague amid circulating rumors in French papers.
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Paris
Germany
France
Foreign Ministry
Switzerland
Netherlands
London
Berne
The
Hague
Britain
Pentecostal Church of God in Jesus Christ Chartered
The Pentecostal Church of God in Jesus Christ Inc of High Point and the Realty Investment Corporation of Charlotte received charters today from Secretary of State Thad Eure. Incorporators from High Point include Rena A. Whitsett J. M. Baldwin and J. J. Sawyer.
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Social Church
Raleigh
Pentecostal Church of God In Jesus Christ, Inc
High Point
The
Realty Investment Corporation of
Charlotte
Thad Eure
Church
Rena A. Whitsett
J. M. Baldwin
J. J. Sawyer
Roosevelt Urges Clear Foreign Policy Statement
Col Theodore Roosevelt told the Senate Naval Committee that Congress must demand an administration foreign policy statement and align national defense plans with its conclusions. He warned that without a clear policy Congress was shooting in the dark while a $65 million naval air base bill debated includes a $5 million Guam improvement item the House struck from the harbor project over fears of fortification.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Naval Committee
Philippines
Roosevelt
Oswald G. Villard
Peace Organization
Naval Air Base
Guam
House
Japan
Vermont village funds from receipts power and water works
Lyndonville voters decided the municipally owned electric plant and water works will cover 1939 expenses. The plant can build an $8,000 reserve toward a $50,000 improvements fund and allocate $5,000 for this year's hard surface road work.
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Lyndonville
Japanese Air Attacks Kill And Wound In Ichang China
Reports from Ichang say 1500 people were killed or wounded in two days of heavy bombing by Japanese warplanes. About 120 bombs struck the city center on the Yangtze, destroying the north wall and many buildings while 100 foreigners, mostly missionaries, were uninjured.
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Shanghai
Ichang
China
Yangtze River
Han River
Yangtze
Fukien
South China
Amoy
Kulangsu
International Settlement
Rotary Charter to be Presented in Rockingham Banquet
Rockingham's new Rotary club will receive its charter at a banquet tonight. J Mack Hatch of Belmont district governor is expected to attend.
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Rotary
Rockingham
Rotary Club
J. Mack Hatch
Belmont
Shuford Urges Favorable Action On Wage-Hour Law
Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford urged favorable action on pending wage and hour bills before the joint labor committee in Raleigh. He cited testimonies from workers and CIO advocates and argued a wage-hour law would curb unfair competition and boost purchasing power, noting North Carolina’s strong labor laws attract industry.
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Shuford
Raleigh
Forrest H. Shuford
Joint Committee On Labor
CIO
Business Andes
North Carolina
FDR Objection Delays War Materials Purchase Plan
The House Military Committee delays action on a proposed $100 million War Department reserve of strategic materials after President Roosevelt signals he will not approve more than $10 million at this time. Uncertainty lingers whether the objection targets total size or the initial year’s $25 million outlay.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
German general blasts America in Lima and Latin America shift
Berlin March 9. General Wilhelm Faupel denounces the Monroe Doctrine as U S dominance in the Western Hemisphere. He assails the Pan American conference at Lima as a grand scale attack on totalitarian states and urges Germany to expand cultural influence in Latin America.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Faupel
United States
Paupel
Germany
Latin America
North America
Faupel
Lima
Pan-America
South
Central America
Spain
Portugal
Hughes Improves After Grippe Attack at Home
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, aged 76, shows appreciably improved condition after a mild grippe episode. He has been confined to his home since a weekend illness and is receiving care locally.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Britain Questions Italian Troop Movements to Libya
Rome report states Britain sought particulars from Italy on large troop shifts to Libya and Tunisia. Sir Noel Charles, envoy, talked with Count Galeazzo Ciano and found the discussion satisfactory. Butler told Parliament Italy plans to boost Libyan forces by 30 600 men.
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Rome
Libya
Tunisia
Britain
Italy
Noel Charles
Count Galeazzo Ciano
France
North Africa
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Egypt
Noel
FDR Press Dinner Cancelled by Capital Strike
The White House Correspondents Association dinner for President Roosevelt was called off as the capital hotel strike disrupted service at the Mayflower and other venues. Over 600 journalists and guests were affected, with many officials and lawmakers among those tied to the picketed hotels.
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Washington
Capital
Roosevelt
White House
Hull, Wallace and Woodring
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Robert H. Jackson
William B. Bankhead
Capital Society
Legion Leader Dies at 55 in Indianapolis
Grover William Workman 55 longtime purchasing agent for the American Legion at national headquarters Indianapolis died last night after an appendectomy complications. His widow survives.
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Legion
Indianapolis
Grover William Workman
The
American Legion
National
Baptist Women Hear Stirring Messages At Session
About 1 200 delegates and visitors attended the 49th annual session of the Missouri Baptist Woman's Missionary Union at Green Street Baptist Church. Mrs F W Armstrong urged members to turn love into deeds and highlighted leaders and memorial funds. Delegates heard reports on stewardship personal service hospital funds and training school with musical interludes and a Jew focused open forum by Irene Hanley.
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F. W. Armstrong
Plattsburg
Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
Green Street Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Union
Annie Armstrong
Wesley N. Jones
Raleigh
State Union
Irene Hanley
East Saint Louis
South
Oro Alford
J. G. Boomhour
Edna Harris
C. E. Greaves
Baptist Hospital
J. J. Roddick
Winston-Salem
Margaret Fund
T. M. Pittman
J. G. Feezer
Rachel Leonard Smith
John Miller
Richmond
M. A. Huggins
State Baptist Convention
City Councilman Finds Hidden Cash After Break-In
In Hickory on March 9, City Councilman Eulan Shook recovered a lead pencil and uncovered a bag containing $165 beneath his drug store safe, the site of a break-in reported about a week earlier.
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Eulan
Henry Sechrest Dies at 90 in High Point NC
Henry M. Sechrest 90 of 318 Howell Street High Point died at 12 45 PM after three weeks illness. He was born October 27 1848 and lived his life in High Point where he kept Oakwood cemetery for over 40 years. Surviving are three sons a daughter a brother and three grandchildren. Services at 2 PM Saturday at First Methodist Protestant Church with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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Henry M. Sechrest
Howell Street
Henry
High Point
Mr. Sechrest
Matthias
Tise
Rebecca Cole Sechrest
Oakwood
Mary Jane Welch Sechrest
The
Enterprise
Aigh Point
Henry Sechrest
W. A. Sechrest
Washington, D. C
J. M. Sechrest
J. E. Sechrest
Merchantsville
N. J
Delton Sechrest
Charles Causey
Robert Bulla
City
M. Frank Sechrest
Halifax vows retaliation over submarine attacks on blockade ships
London bulletin reports Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax stating the navy is instructed to retaliate against any submarine attacks on British vessels attempting to run the nationalist blockade of Republican Spain.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Spain
Big Business Accused of Fixing Milk Prices
Dr. Frederick C. Howe testifies before the federal monopoly committee that powerful milk firms and allies dominate the industry from farm to consumer. He cites price ranges and control of distribution and pasteurization, with Detroit cited as an example of profits and farm payments in the milk trade.
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Washington
Frederick C. Howe
Consumers Counsel
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Monopoly Committee Today
Howe
Federal Trade Commission
Howes
Standard Oil Company
New York City
Detroit
Chicago
North Carolina House passes revenue bill 104 to 11 on third reading
The North Carolina House approved the biennial revenue bill by a 104 to 11 vote and sent it to the Senate. Protesting votes from Vogler, Ritchy Mecklenburg, Johnston of Ashe, and Moore of Pitt highlighted objections over exemptions for fresh produce. The measure funds a 1939 41 spending program of 154 300 000 and includes amendments on tax scope and education funding.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Vogler
Ritchy Mecklenburg
Johnston
Ashe
Moore
Pitt
Page
Bladen Sai
Becau
Genral Fund
Mull
Clerland
Wilson Forsyth
Vogler Mecklenburg
Wallace
Lenoir
Arette
Thirteen Democrats Indicted in Pennsylvania Corruption Probe
Thirteen Pennsylvania Democrats including four former cabinet members of Governor Earl face indictments from a special grand jury. Charged with payroll padding at the highway department, conspiracy over highway contracts, coercion of state workers, and improper political contributions, the group includes Warren Van Dyke, Ralph Shore, Roy Brown, and other former Dauphin County Democrats.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Warren van Dy
Vid L. Lawrence
the Commonwealth
Ralph M. Shore
Land Industry
Roy E. Brownmer
van Dyke
Dauphin Cou Democratic Committee
Craigie Calls On Tokyo Office Amid China Fund Talks
The British ambassador Robert Leslie Craigie met Japan's foreign office in Tokyo as sources cite Britain plans a 10 million pound fund to stabilize China's currency. In London officials expect a formal protest over a Japanese bombing of a British mission hospital in Sian, China, with a Chinese nurse killed and hospital damage reported.
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Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Britai
China
London
Sian
WN Mally Craigie
Shanghai
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Col. Roosevelt
Vermont
Elizabeth Mercandelli
Arrow
Brescia
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Balks
America
Western Hemisphere
Hughes
England
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Protestant Church
J. M. Hilliard
Oakwood Cemetery
Bulletin
Forrest Shuford
State Federation of Labor
Cogburn Haywood
Uni
DEMOS
Earle
Craigie
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