High Point Yadkin River hydro project faces no major opposition
At a federal license hearing in Washington the High Point North Carolina plan for a 6.5 million dollar public hydroelectric plant on the Yadkin River drew minimal opposition as 17 landowners withdrew their intervention. City representatives led by E M Knox defended the project noting War Department approval and NC Supreme Court victories. The package includes a 3.571 million dollar Public Works loan and a 2.921 million dollar grant to supply domestic commercial and some industrial power.
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Washington
Yadkin River
North Carolina
Power Commission
High Point
W.W. W. Gatchel
Commission
Roy L. Deal
North Carolina Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Deal
War Department
Chief of Army Engineers
E. M. Knox
Stephen Taber
University of South Carolina
Henry Flood, Jr
Murray and Flood
Keith Kelsey
H. A. Martin
Public Works Administration
Winston-Salem
Knox
North Carolina House Rejects Higher Late Advertising Funds
Raleigh March 10 The house voted 3 to 29 against boosting the late advertising allotment in the biennial appropriations bill from 90 000 to 115 000 early or to 100 000 yearly. Representative Cherry led the effort facing opposition from Ward Craven and Mull. The session also rejected increase for the adjutant general funds from 77 121 to 84 519 for 1939 40 and 88 639 for 1940 44.
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Raleigh
House
Cherry
Gasa
Czech Police Fire In Bratislava Clash Killing Guard
Reports from Bratislava say Czech police fired during an incident wounding three and killing one member of the Slovak people's party guard. A Slovak broadcast from Vienna claimed Dr. Joseph Tiso sent a communication to German Chancellor Hitler, though Prague informants said Tiso could not have communicated while under police supervision.
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Budapest
Bratislava
Slovak People’s Party
Vienna
Joseph Tiso
Hitler
Prague
Tiso
Hacha
Woodrum Expects Roosevelt to Seek Additional Relief Funds
Representative Woodrum said the President would renew a request for 150 million dollars for relief, likely Monday or Tuesday, after a conference with the deficiency appropriations sub-committee and with President Roosevelt confirming the January estimates remain valid.
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Washington
Woodrum
D-Va
Roosevelt
Taylor
D-Cole
House
Lanier signs with Cardinals tied to Red Birds training camp
Max Lanier, the Denton southpaw, accepted terms with the St. Louis Cardinals as announced by A. L. Banister of the Columbus American Association farm club. Lanier, who pitched for the Cardinals and the Columbus Red Birds last season, will likely be optioned to the Double A club again. He and the Red Birds left for Winter Haven Florida for spring training.
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Max Lanier
Denton Southpaw
Louis Cardinals
A. L. Banister
Columbus American Association
Lanier
Cardinals
Columbus Red Birds
Winter Haven
Fla
Red Bird
College students urge tax exemption for fraternity workers
William W. Stifler Jr. of Amherst College presented a brief to the House Ways and Means Committee on behalf of about 100000 college students. He argued that exempting student employees of fraternities and educational institutions from the social security payroll tax would aid students pursuing higher education, which he called the best security in old age.
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Washington
Congress
William W. Stifler, Jr
Amerst College
House
Ways and Means Committee
Power Rates Slashed in Tidewater Territory
Raleigh March 10 The Utilities Commissioner Stanley Inborne announced Tidewater Power Company agreed to cut about 81000 annually in residential and commercial electric rates in its territory. The new rates take effect from April 15 meter readings after January negotiations.
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Hpower
Raleigh
Stanley ‘Inborne
Tidewater Power Company
Students Protest Sutherland Resignation at Pittsburgh
A noisy crowd of about 50 students from dental and engineering departments staged a campus demonstration at the University of Pittsburgh today against football coach Jock Sutherland's resignation. They paraded through the campus and urged recruits to join, gaining about 200 supporters.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Jock” Sutherland
No Force Between FDR And War Claims Bone
Senator Bone of Washington argued that no force stands between the president and pushing the nation into war and urged a referendum on any declaration. He contended propaganda could override Congress, while Senator Walsh noted the referendum momentum and Senator Gillette warned about external pressures.
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Washington
Bone
D-Wash
White House
Bove
Senate Naval Committee
Legislative Branch
Congress
Walsh
D-Mass
Gillette
Iowa
House Committee Opposes Cotton Bill in Hearings
In Washington on March 10 the House Agriculture Committee heard strong opposition to Senator Smiths plan to release lean cotton at 8 cents a pound. Rep Cooley questioned if such a move would leave nonparticipating growers holding the bag as the government weighs loan and surplus cotton disposal options.
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Washington
Smith
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Ransom Aldrich
Michigan City
Miss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jones
D-Tex
Trade tensions rise over Siberian fishing rights
Tokyo dispatches decisive instructions to Ambassador Togo warning Moscow to renew Japan’s Siberian fishing privileges or face free fishing. Cabinet approves plan and signals possible counter actions toward Britain over currency support in China. Fishing grounds once allotted by the 1905 Portsmouth treaty to Japan will be auctioned next Wednesday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Moscow
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Britain
China
Shigenori Togo
Soviet
Russia
Siberian
Hachiro Arita
Togo
Portsmouth
UTW Locals Seek Dues Paid TWOC
Francis J. Gorman, president of the United Textile Workers, said Southern UTW locals will demand return of property seized by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee and pursue court action to recover dues and payments since 1937. He plans to issue UTW charters and align with AF of L, citing a Rhode Island ruling against TWOC authority.
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Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Textile
Gorman
A. F. of L
UU. T. W
A. F
Rhode Island
Rebels Crushed as Madrid Forces Enter Plaza Manuel Becerra
In Madrid on March 10 mechanized units under General Jose Miaja surged into Plaza Manuel Becerra with tanks and armored cars. Officials say 14 000 rebel soldiers surrendered since yesterday as Miaja’s supporters claim major communist nests were uprooted and hostages released.
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Madrid
Jose Miaja
Plaza Manuel Becerra
Miaja
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Varios
Negrin
Casado
Juan Negrin
Defense Council
Segismunund Casado
Plaza Mancual Becerra
Reuters
Calle Alcala
Segismundo Casado
Justice department to probe tobacco industry for antitrust violations
Washington March 10 Justice department officials said an investigation of the $1 billion tobacco industry would start within two weeks to determine possible antitrust violations. Tobacco is grown on about 400000 farms, with output concentrated in North Carolina Virginia Kentucky New Jersey and California. The NRA prepared a 1936 report on the industry is under review by the antitrust division.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
California
Justice Departments
NRA
President Hacha Fires Slovak Premier Amid Autonomy Crisis
In Prague on March 10 President Hacha dismissed Slovakia’s premier and two ministers and sent Czech troops to Bratislava to curb radical elements seeking independence. The move follows a family feud between central Prague and provincial Bratislava over autonomy won after the Munich partition.
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Prague
FHA Chief In WN C Defends Position
North Carolina members of Congress reviewed a statement by J L Suiter director of the Federal Housing Administration in Greensboro. Suiter said he supervised but did not dictate to underwriters or appraisers and reviewed cases only on request as controversy over benefits under the insured home loan program continued.
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Washington
North Carolina
Congress
J. L. Suiter
Federal Housing Administration
Greensboro
Suiter
Folger
D-Nc
Sutter
Canal Starts Now Sparks Florida Canal Clash in Congress
An administration bid to revive the $200,000,000 Florida ship canal triggered a fresh clash among state members of Congress. Rep Peterson of Florida led opposition in the House Rivers and Harbors Committee, delaying canal hearing conclusions until next week.
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Washington
Florida
Congress
Representatives Peterson
Dfla
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Reorganization Seen As Weapon To Cut Costs
Washington March 10 The economy group in Congress views a new government reorganization bill as a tool to trim costs and modernize agencies. It traces reforms from Cleveland to Taft Wilson Roosevelt, noting past vetoes and modest savings, with ten departments and 84 independent agencies in scope.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury
White House
Taft
Budget Bureau
Accounting Office
Treasury Department
Wilson
Harding
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Roosevelt weighs relief needs and possible WPA boost
President Roosevelt said his early January relief estimates remain valid and declined to confirm a $150 million supplemental WPA request. He noted about 50 thousand people are on waiting lists, up about 100 thousand since January 3, with total on rolls or waiting around 3.85 million. He cited figures from WPA administrator Harrington and emphasized local governments, not federal officials, control relief lists.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Harrington
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Appropriations
White House
Rep
Taylor
D-Cole
Meriwether County
Dutchess County
New York
Reward Offered for Mystery Roanoke Stone Find
Dr. H J Pearce president of Brenau College Gainesville Ga offers 500 reward to Chowan county residents to locate a stone linked to the lost Roanoke colony. The find would clarify the 1587 hardships and relate Eleanor White Dare and a trek up Albemarle Sound into the Chowan river with graves buried on small hills near the river.
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Edenton
H. J. Pearce
Brenau College
Gainesville
Roanoke
Pearce
Chowan County
Brenau
Chowan
England
Eleanor White Dare
Albemarle Sound
Chowan River
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Pyera
Frat Rothers
Sutherland
King
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House Committee
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Secretary of Agriculture
Aldrich
Rep. Fuller
Agriculture Committee
AAA
UTW
Carter Glass
Washington, D. C
FHA
WN. C
Stone
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