North Carolina Weather Forecast Cloudy with Rain Likely
Cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional rain. Warmer in extreme west and extreme north portions tonight and Saturday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville northeast and east. Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift north to northeast or east, increasing by Saturday. Overcast with rain over extreme north and extreme south portions late tonight into Saturday.
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Debate on Public Foreign Policy Commission Sparks War Reference
The House Naval Affairs Committee advances a $238,524,000 naval public works bill covering 44 projects. Debate focuses on a proposed public commission to consult with the President on foreign policy and a Guam harbor plan seen as potentially provoking Japan.
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Senate Munitions Committee
Congress
Regishenbush
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Japan
Gillette
Walsh
State Department
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Naval Affairs Committee
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Schoch Elected Chairman Of Municipal Board Of Election
Arch K Schoch a local attorney was elected chairman of the High Point Municipal Board of Elections at an organization meeting. J F Powers was named secretary while Willis Slane was absent on a European tour. Registrations open April 4 to 17 for the May 2 election with filings due by April 11.
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Arch K. Schoch
High Point Municipal Board of Elections
Mr. Schoch
J. F. Powers
N. M. Cates
Willis Slane
Mr. Powers
Louis J. Fisher
Guilford County Elections Board
Greensboro
Schoch
Hacha fires premier to halt move in Czecho Slovakia crisis
Premiers ousted and ministers under police supervision as Slovakia seeks independence. Officials report Prague may deploy troops to restore order while Slovak leaders clash with central government over autonomy. Demonstrations turn anti Jewish in several towns.
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Jan Prugsinski
Ferdinand Durchansky
Andore Henke
Frantisek Chavikavsky
Rudolf Beran
Karl Sidor
Josef Teplansky
Sivak
Rome
Pius XII
Prague
Slovakia
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Sano Mach
Mach
Tiso
Hacha
Malacka
Edgar Allan Joe Lives On Boiled Dandelions Nine Days
Edgar Allan Joe endured nine days with no money and surviving on boiled dandelions as his sole sustenance during that period.
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Edgar Allan Joe
Beittel Addresses Kiwanis on Democracy and Fascism Risks
Dr. A. D. Beittel of Guilford College spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Elwood Hotel about dangers to American democracy from fascism and war prep. He linked postwar German hardship to fascist rise, urged economic fixes, liberties preservation, and keeping the U.S. out of war. Guests included A Larder, Paul Bundy, John Rodey, and A P Mulligan. a new Kiwanis flag debuted.
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Guilford College
Kiwanis Club
Elwood Hotel
Beittel
America
Germany
United States
John Sheloff
G. H. Kearns
A. Larder
High Point
Paul Bundy
Jamestown
John D. Rodey
Charlotte
A. P. Mulligan
Greensboro
House Debates Budget and Local Bills Amidling Economy Push
The North Carolina House balked at a proposed advertising lift while approving line items for the utilities commission insurance commissioner labor and development agencies. Senate panels moved to repeal absentee voting rules and tighten elections with split-ticket voting likely. judges backed a whisky transport ban in counties. Ralph W. McDonald honored after Craven Ward motion as Bry ant chairs.
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Bryant
Durham
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Roosevelt pushes relief cuts and WPA funding fight
The president urged $150 million more for WPA to run until July amid pressure to trim relief costs. Senate and White House economy advocates argued for reductions while Col. Harrington warned of deep WPA roll cuts absent new funding. Byrnes and Harrison pressed for broader tax shifts to sustain revenues.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Byrnes
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Department of Public Works
Revenue Department Aid for Income Tax Returns
A representative of the internal revenue department will be in room 209 at the local post office on Tuesday March 14 to help residents complete their income tax returns. Postmaster S C Clark said the request came from C H Robertson Greensboro collector of internal revenue. Citizens may call at room 209 on March 14 for assistance.
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S.C. Clark
C. H. Robertson
Greensboro
Internal Revenue
Ex-German convict goes on trial for murder for profit
Eugene Weidmann, a former German convict, enters court in Versailles on March 10 to face trial for the death of American dancer Jean De Koven of Brooklyn and five other victims. He has confessed to five slayings. The courtroom fills with lawyers, judges, jurors, reporters, and spectators as Judge Edouard Laemle presides.
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Eugene Weidmann
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Weidmann
Edouard Laemle
First Hand Impressions Of Germany By H Jarrell
High Point attorney Harriss H. Jarrell sends a Nuremberg letter to The Enterprise describing Nazi Germany. He praises Berlin’s dynamic capital and notes harsh Nazi decrees against Jews, including a Dresden Jewish host's losses and cultural losses, and comments on Hitler’s leadership and the 1939 Autoschau.
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Nuremberg
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Dresden
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Berlin
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der Fuehrer
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Hindenberg
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A. P
Vehicle Deaths Rise and Lives Saved Compare 1938
In 1938 the United States recorded 32000 motor vehicle deaths, while advancements saved 7640 more lives compared with 1937, reflecting a net improvement in road safety efforts.
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United States
Poll of Democrats on Townsend pension plan ordered
Washington March 10 A poll of Democratic Congressmen on the Townsend old age pension plan was ordered today by House leaders as a possible prelude to a vote. Democratic whip Bo lands assistants will survey sentiment next week on support or opposition to a 2 percent tax to fund pensions up to 200 dollars a month.
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Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Report
Chicago March 10 Butter 939049 unsettled creamery specials 93 score 2214 percent extra 92 22 percent extra firsts 90 91 21 percent firsts 88 89 21 percent seconds 84 87 21 standards 90 centralized carrots 22 Eggs 21739 greatly prices unchanged
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Vuncannon Seeks Public Hearing After Discharge
Paul Vincannon a discharged High Point city employee filed with the Civil Service Commission to request a public hearing on his dismissal effective March 7. Secretary Wade P. Renfrew said a hearing was granted but a date remains unscheduled likely for next week. Vincannon, a truck driver in Public Works, was removed after arrest on four warrants including three for assault and one for malicious damage to property. The civil service law grants such employees the right to a hearing.
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Paul Vinecannon
High Point City
Civil Service Commission
Wade P. Renfrew
Department of Public Works
Vincannon
Sam H. Strickland
Civil Service
George W Wade Dies at 74 in Greensboro Area Home
George W Wade, 74, died after five days illness at his High Point route 38 Greensboro road home last night at 7:50. Born February 22, 1865, he was married to the former Miss W Leonard who died in 1910. No nearby relatives survive. Funeral plans pending.
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George W. Wade
High Point
Greensboro Road
Mr. Wade
Miss W. Leonard
Skeleton Found In Fire Remains Near Raleigh Station
A charred skeleton is found in the ruins of a Raleigh Rockingham highway filling station hours after an early fire. Graham Stevens 29 reports bones at about 1 AM. Deputy Sheriff Partin names Clyde B. Hildreth as operator, but Hildreth seen at another station two hours after the blaze.
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Raleigh
Here
Raleigh - Rocky Mount
Graham Stevens
Joe Partin
Clyde B. Hildreth
Hildreth
Wake Forest Road
Funeral at Red Hill church burial at cemetery
A funeral will be conducted at Red Hill church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. E. W. Jones Wesleyan Methodist pastor. Burial will follow at Red Hill cemetery. The body will be carried to the home this afternoon.
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Red Hill Church
E. W. Jones
Red Hill
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