Durham reaches court finals in South Atlantic prep tourney
Durham High School defending champions overwhelmed Greenbrier Military 43 to 22 to reach the South Atlantic Prep and High School tournament finals at Washington and Lee University. Danville Military Institute or Fork Union Military Academy await the winner in tonight's final.
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Durham
N. C
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
South Atlantic Prep
Washington and Lee University
Durham Cagers
Durham Five
Danville
Military Institute
Fork Union
Military Academy
Navy Secretary Swanson cites Caribbean maneuvers
Secretary Swanson said naval exercises in the Caribbean confirm the need for bases for submarines destroyers and airplanes in the Atlantic. He sailed aboard the Houston for a West Indies cruise and praised the fleet maneuvers as beneficial to national defense, noting no winner yet but the American people as the real winner.
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Charleston
S. C
Swanson
Caribbean
Atlantic
Maryland Jail Tragedy: Mary Cummings Falls to Death
Mrs. Mary Cummings, 44, jailed for the hammer slaying of her husband Joseph Cummings, 47, leapt from a third tier railing in the women's cell block. Police quoted her saying the couple quarreled for two years over minor matters and that Joseph was struck during a struggle over a hammer he allegedly threatened her with.
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Baltimore
Mary Cummings
Ambassador Bowers Returns to Washington From Spain
Claude Gernando Bowers United States ambassador to Spain is back in Washington and does not plan to return to the war torn country. Undersecretary Wells conferred with him yesterday and President Roosevelt is expected to see him today.
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Washington
Claude Gernado Bowers
United States
Spain
Welles
Roosevelt
Thousands of Jews face expulsion deadline in Rome
About 6 000 foreign Jews in Rome watch the midnight deadline to leave Italy as part of a fall expulsion decree. Two thousand have complied, others remain, risking arrest for violations. Approximately 200 American Jews in Rome seem temporarily safe after U S embassy interventions and treaty rights assurances.
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Jaly
United Sates
Italy
United States
Daughters of the Confederacy Meet in Rutherfordton
A district meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy will be held in Rutherfordton on March 22, per a report dated March 11. Local attendees expected to participate in the discussion and related activities.
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PDC
Rutherfordton
Daughters of the Confederacy
Miaja Battles To End Revolt By Communists
Madrid reports fierce artillery and street fighting as Nationalist General Franco's forces attack around the capital while Miaja's troops press to crush Communist rebels. In Independencia Square fierce gunfire drives rebels from the area, with some surrendering or retreating to new resistance sites.
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Madrid
Franco
Miaja
National Defense Junta
Independencia Square
O'Donnell Street
Jose Miaja
Bolivia Expropriates Standard Oil Properties
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said Bolivia's supreme court upheld expropriation of Standard Oil of New Jersey properties. The decision, the climax of lengthy litigation, comes amid U S negotiations over Mexico's seizure of American oil assets valued around 150 million dollars.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
State Department
Bolivia
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Welles
la Paz
Mexico
Pension Bill Reaches House
A retirement fund bill for about 40 000 state employees including teachers and government workers was introduced in the North Carolina House by Representatives Cherry and Hatch. The measure would apply to all state employees not already covered by other retirement plans, with certain officials exempted. The House held a brief session, passing eight bills and tabling a bill allowing Avery County residents to fish without licenses.
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Historical Commission
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Weights and Measures Division
University of North Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Renaming Debate Moves in Slovak Leadership Crisis
Slovak Parliament recommends reappointing Dr. Joseph Tiso as premier of autonomous Slovakia while talks of compromise with Prague prevail. Karl Sidor leads Slovak efforts, Hlinka guards parade amid national tension as Prague seeks a moderate cabinet list to ease separatist strains.
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Bratislava
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Prague
Karl Sidor
Czecho-Slovakia
Hlinka Guards
Hlinka
Tiso
Sidor
Emil Hacha
Federal Union
Welles Backs Open Shipyards For Latin Nations
Washington March 11 Sumner Welles acting secretary of state said the department favors a bill to authorize construction of warships in United States navy yards for Latin American governments. He added yards would be open to all Latin American countries and noted private shipyards today build ships for foreign powers. Senator Pittman leads support as the foreign relations committee studies the proposal.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States Navy Yards
Welles
Pittman
D-Ney
Foreign Relations Committee
Maglione Named Secretary of State by Pope Pius XII
Vatican City March 11. Pope Pius XII appointed Luigi Cardinal Maglione former nuncio to Paris as secretary of state. Maglione, 62, is a longtime friend and classmate of the Pope with extensive diplomatic background. He succeeds Eugenio Pacelli who filled the role under Pius XI and signals a peace oriented policy.
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Pius XII
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Paris
Vatican
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Pius XI
Cardinal Maglione
Capranica College
Rome
Maglione
Chinese Loss Mounts As Japanese Offensive Advances
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces claim 25 000 Chinese casualties over a two week advance through Central Hupeh with 3 500 Chinese dead on battlefields. Tokyo seeks Yangtze river cities Ichang and Shasi as raids continue in North China while Chinese guerrillas strike in Shantung and Taierhchwang. Currency war unfolds as Peiping regime pushes yuan notes.
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Han River
Hupeh
Liangyang
Fancheng
Hankow
Han
Yangtze River
Ichang
Shasi
North China
Taierhchwang
Shantung Province
Punkuu
Shantung
Peiping
Reserve Bank
China
Stalin says democracies betray allies and seek ruinous war
Stalin told the 18th All Union Congress that England France and the United States ceased resisting world aggression hoping a German or Japanese war would weaken Soviet Russia. He denounced Munich as a pretext for war and accused democracies of conniving as Germany shifts east then west for colonies.
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Joseph Stalin
England
France
United States
Russia
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Stalin
Munich
Germany
Sudetenland
Britain
Soviet Union
Caution Urged In Cold War Diplomacy
Rep. Shanley urged the nation to pause and listen in world affairs, urging care in diplomacy after Stalin indicted nonaggressor states. He warned that today’s allies could become enemies tomorrow, while Senator Johnson criticized taking sides in conflicts between fascist and Communist states.
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United States
England
France
Johnson
May Abandon Debt Boost Amid Senate Debate
Washington observers predict the Roosevelt administration may drop plans to raise the public debt limit from 45 to 50 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told a House panel the rise could be needed to cover budget expenditures, while some senators doubt the need this session. Debt for June 30 1940 was placed around 44.4 billion, near the current ceiling. The issue coincides with a Securities and Exchange Commission rule revision on short stock market sales.
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Congress
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Morsgenthau
House
Roosevelt
Schwellenbach
Wash
Treasury
Capitol Hill
The
Securities Commission
Hospital bids to open in Charlotte on April 3
March 11 report from Charlotte says bids will be opened April 3 for the construction of a new Presbyterian hospital in the city.
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Charlotte
Presbyterian Hospital
General Assembly Advances Toward Adjournment on Revenue Bill
RALEIGH March 11 The General Assembly focused on revenue and appropriations bills as the money measure moves through readings. The Senate and House clashed over tax changes, highway funding, and board increases while deadlines loom for adjournment and other key bills.
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General Assembly
Raleigh
House
Grindstone
Senate
Board of Health
Appropriations Committee
Advisory Budget Commission
Withrow
Rutherfordton
Cherry
City to Build Yadkin River Hydro Plant in High Point
Federal Power Commission approves High Point North Carolina plan for a city owned PWA financed hydroelectric plant on the Yadkin River. Project cost estimated at 6.5 million dollars with no opposition at hearing and 17 landowners dropping safety concerns. City Manager E M Knox, geologist Stephen Taber and engineers Henry Flood Jr Keith Kelsey and H A Martin attended.
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Federal Power Commission
High Point N. C
Yadkin River
High Point
Roy Deal
PWA
Stephen Taber
Theniversity of South Carolina
Henry Flood, Jr
Keith Kelsey
H. A. Martin
Labor Peace Remains Elusive After CIO AFL Talks
New York March 11. Negotiators from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor wrap up a five hour mid town hotel conference without a set agenda. They say they will meet again Monday at 10 a m to discuss proposals from the CIO and AFL and proceed from December 1937 negotiations point.
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New York
Labor Peace
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
AFL
Harry Bates
AFL Bricklayer
Rocky Mount May Take In Suburban Communities
Rocky Mount may enlarge its boundaries this year. City Manager L B Aycock says the aldermen will be told to seek inclusion of West Haven and Edgemont on the west and Willifordtown on the southwest in a legislative bill.
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Rocky Mount
L. B. Aycock
West Haven
Edgemont
Willifordtown
Jones elected president of Asheboro Merchants Association
Henry C. Jones was elected president of the Asheboro Merchants Association succeeding Ogburn Yates at a directors meeting. F. O. Yates named vice president and Leon Crawford treasurer. Jones was re elected to the state merchants association board.
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