Italo British Trade Talks May Reopen Under Agreement
INDON March 11 AP Minister Chamberlain announced the British Italian coastal dispute may reopen the way for resumed trade talks, aiming at mutual advantage. He warned discussions will focus on coal supply and noted Britain’s embargo on German coal while Italy relied on foreign coal for industry.
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INDON
Chamberlain
House of Comon
Amberlain
Britain
Italy
Bertain
TISH
Dazey Acquitted On Murder Count
Dr. George K. Dazey a Santa Monica physician was found not guilty of murdering his wife Doris four years earlier. The jury delivered its verdict after four days of deliberation. Dazey celebrated with his newly remarried status and marked his second wedding anniversary with Dorcas Darey.
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Los Angeles
George K. Dazey
Santa Monica
Doris
Dorcas Darey
Wayne Delk Receives 12 Month Suspended Sentence
Wayne Delk of High Point was given a 12 month suspended sentence in Supreme Court on a charge of abandonment and non support of her and children. Judge J A Rousseau announced the sentence.
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Wayne Delk
Greensboro
High Point
Supreme Court
J. A. Rousseau
Welles Hears More About Ulster Interview Request
Nationalist members of the Northern Ireland parliament seek an interview with the American envoy to press for uniting Northern Ireland with Ireland. The embassy could not confirm if the interview could be arranged amid Churchill’s dinner engagement.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
Fire
Irish Free State
Reich To Lessen
Neutrals warned that ships docking at British ports or moving in convoy without lights or with hidden movements would face attack. The rising tension proposes continuing measures against neutral shipping as authorities enforce contraband controls and restrict movement of vessels.
State infirmary appoints new head nurse in Raleigh
Miss Verna Harvard of Atlanta becomes head nurse at the North Carolina State College Infirmary in Raleigh succeeding Miss Ida Trollinger who resigned to pursue tubercular education work.
Brentwood Presbyterian Church Organized in Orange Presbytery
A new Brentwood Presbyterian Church was organized yesterday in Orange Presbytery with 26 charter members and three elders elected. Dr. O. C. Williamson chaired as moderator. The organization included formation of a Woman's Auxiliary, officers named, and plans for a future pastor. The church origins trace to a mission chapel on East Green Street begun two years ago.
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Brentwood
Orange
Woman's Auxiliary
E. R. Clodfelter
E. M. Foster
Ida Mae Hooks
L. A. Barrier
D. W. Parham
C. E. Hodgin
Orange Presbytery
East Green Street
East Green
Arch Street
Local High Point Students Attend Beta Club Convention
High Point High School sent Eloise Cecil Rachel Conrad Marie Workman Ruth Koontz Ruth Culler Doris Johnson Mabel McMurray Marvis Walker Wiley Biles and Max Collins to the National Beta Club convention at the Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh last weekend.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
High Point High School
Eloise Cecil
Rachel Conrad
Marie Workman
Ruth Koontz
Ruth Culler
Doris Johnson
Mabel McMurray
Marvis Walker
Wiley Biles
Max Collins
Vatican welcomes Ribbentrop as pope hosts German visit
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop called at the Vatican for a two hour 15 minute audience with Pope Pius presented by Diego von Bergen. The visit followed a ceremonial call on King Vittorio Emanuele, with von Ribbentrop and seven staffers riding papal cars and bowing thrice.
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Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Vittorio Emanuele
Vatican
Holy See
Diego von Bergen
President's Passionately Anonymous Aides Quiet
Three administrative assistants to the president hired for anonymity report a near perfect public low profile after six months in office. Based in discreet State Department offices opposite the White House, the trio include James H. Rowe Jr., Lauchlin Currie, and William H. McReynolds, each earning ten thousand dollars a year.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Mar
State Department
White House
Roosevelt
James H
Jimmy” Rowe, Jr
Lauchlin “Lock” Cuprrne
William H
Mac
McReynolds
Currie
Peace Hopes in Finland Moscow Talks and Western Pressure
Reports from Helsinki indicate a Finnish four man delegation began direct talks in Moscow to seek a ceasefire and peace. Moscow radio urged Finnish soldiers to revolt as attacks on the government continued. Sweden urged Finland toward peace amid possible pact with Germany while stock markets rallied on optimism. Aftonbladet said Russia dropped demands for a naval base at Hanko and sought guarantees against attacks via Swedish and Finnish territory. News also claimed a British cruiser converted to an aircraft carrier and two destroyers were seen off Finland's north coast.
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Risto Ryti
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Germany
Stockholm
Stock Exchange
Aftonbladet
Hanko
Uto
Aland Islands
Kirkenes
Calf Born With Two Tails Is Fire Safe
In Rochester Indiana a three day old purebred Durham calf on Wallace Morris’s farm has double protection against fires with an extra tail on the left hip. In Lincoln Nebraska a burglar in a copper wire warehouse caused an exploding bulb to blind him via hidden camera. He wrecked a live camera but police captured Mike Lutayn, 24, after he admitted the dummy image was his.
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Rochester
Ind
Wallace Morris
Durham
Lincoln
Mike Lutayn
Absent Minded Professor Lectures Nurses on Memory
Psychology professor Edgar Guthrie of Washington University visited Harbor View Hospital to lecture nurses on memory. A puzzled senior nurse surrendered the platform as he explained his early arrival and misaddressed audience.
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Seattle
Edgar Guthrie
Washington University
Harborview Hospital
Guthrie
Mussolini and Helsinki Pact Talks Stir International Reports
Foreign reports say Mussolini’s Italy showed interest in guaranteeing Finland's frontiers if Helsinki accepts Russian peace terms but Italian Fascists deem such a joint guarantee unlikely due to geographical constraints. Von Ribbentrop and the pope allegedly discussed seizures of church property and mistreatment of clergy in German-occupied areas. The article notes车 average automobile life now about 7.87 years with an extreme around 16 years.
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Mussolini
Finland
Helsinki
Italy
von Ribbentrop
Pope
Village Barn Dance and Judge Hardy and Son film listings
Broadhurst presents Village Barn Dance with Richard Cromwell and Doris Day featuring at 1 37 3 36 5 35 7 34 with a 33 cent price. Paramount shows Judge Hardy and Son with the Hardy family featuring at 25 7 25 9 25. Carolina presents The Rains Came starring Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy with features at 5 17 7 17 9 17.
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Tyrone Power
Myrna Loy
Brent
Broadhurst
Richard Cromwell
Doris Day
Paramount
Judge Hardy
Hardy
Carolina
Louise Caveness Dies. Colored School Leader
Mrs. Louise Gaylord Caveness wife of Vernell Caveness principal of the Trinity Colored School died Sunday morning at a local hospital. She was active in the First Baptist Church choir and auxiliaries. Funeral at First Baptist Church Thursday at 3 PM conducted by Rev. O S Bullock. Survived by husband, parents Dr and Mrs C J H Gaylord, one sister Thelma Bonner of New York City, and one brother C J H Gaylord Jr of New York City.
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Louise Gaylord Caveness
Vernell Caveness
Trinity Colored School
C. J. H. Gaylord
East Washington Street
Thelma G. Bonner
New York City
C. J. H. Gaylord, Jr
St Mark Brotherhood to Meet at Mayfield Leach Home
The Brotherhood of St Mark Methodist Church schedules a meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at 205 Underhill Avenue hosted by Mayfield Leach. William Penn P T A also planned to meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
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ST. Mark
William Penn P.T. A
Follies of 1940 at William Penn High School
The Follies of 1940 will be presented at William Penn High School Tuesday at 8 PM. It features continent themed costumes created by the vocational home economics department led by Mrs. R G Mason. This marks the first school musical in seven years.
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William Penn High School
Department of Vocational Home Economics
R. G. Mason
Charity fair joke sparks a playful sales line
A diplomat describes a charity fair table exchange where a girl asks a buyer to purchase. The man replies he only buys from homely girls noting they have a harder time making sales. The exchange ends with the man continuing to work the game down the line.
Dentists Host Greensboro Dinner Marking Dental Centennial
Greensboro dentists plan a 7 p m dinner at the O Henry Hotel in Greensboro to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. About 150 attendees include Dr S W Shaffer and Col Frank P Hobgood with Mayor Ralph L Lewis delivering greetings and a series of talks on dentistry s progress and future. An 8 05 p m Centennial program airs on NBC and a 10 15 p m CBS broadcast follows.
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High Point
O. Henry
Greensboro
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Guilford County Dental Society
S. W. Shaffer
J. H. Wheeler
Frank P. Hobgood
Ralph L. Lewis
Shaffer
Arthur H. Merritt
American Dental Association
J. 8. Betts
W. R. McKaughan
R. L. Underwood
S. F. Ravenel
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Roosevelt Pay From Federal Treasury Debate
Mead urged states to create merit systems for state and federal employees with Civil Service Commission approval. Senator Brown argued to bar political activity by stockholders and officers in corporations with tariff protection or federal benefits. The House shelved a resolution seeking War Department findings on department property used by delegates at the American Youth Congress.
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Treasury
Mead
Civil Service Commission
Brown
Mich
House
Hoffman
War Department
American Youth Congress
House Military Affairs Committee
Dog food fixes worry at local gas station
Police responded to an emergency call from a telephone operator reporting a dog barking at James Delleville's gasoline station in Watertown. They found Gypsy, a two year-old English setter, with her two puppies hungry and fed them dog food to soothe the situation.
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Watertown
Mass
James Delleville
Geopolitics overshadowing Finland in Baltic war balance
Analysis underscores Finland as a pawn in a larger struggle among Nazi Germany, the Allies, and Soviet Russia. It notes Allied desire to prolong Baltic fighting, German aims to secure supplies and avoid a northern front, and Sweden’s neutral stance amid pressure from Berlin and Rome.
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Sweden
Baltic
Hitler
Russia
Germany
Europe
Balkans
Near East
India
Baltic Sea
von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Pope Pius
Llauce
Berlin-Rome
Vatican
Fuehrer
Italy
Il Duce
Scandinavia
Norway
England
France
Weather Summary for Carolinas and Virginia Coastline
Cloudy with light mist and mixed precipitation likely interior freezing rain and snow in places. Coastal areas expect light rain this afternoon, tonight, and Tuesday with colder temperatures inland and along the coast. Marine forecasts show shifting northeast winds, increasing by Tuesday night, with overcast skies and rain along the southern waters.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
North
Georgia
Virginia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
South
Jacksonville
North Carolina Senate set for new committee chairmen in 1941
Enterprise Bureau report lists likely Senate committee leaders for 1941 as rotation and candidacy changes reshape the body. Names discussed include Willie Lee Lumpkin Fred Fogler Jack Morphew Pat Taylor and J H Lepark with potential moves involving John Larkins and pro tem plans.
Recreation of the Big Committees in a State Senate
The opening paragraph notes the top committees start with Agriculture headed by W. G. Clark of Edgecombe and hints that Cousin Willie will return to a favored post due to his knack for picking winners.
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Edgecombe
Senate
W. G. Clark
Willie
Shifting Campaign Moves Signal 1941 C and D Battles
Bill Rodman moves to Lieutenant Governor Horton’s gubernatorial HQ and will not seek the Senate this term Emmett Bellamy of New Hanover exits through a rotation accord The post will matter in 1941 with strong contests over conservation and development activities and related policy fights
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill Raleigh
Senate
General Assembly
Bill Rodman
Appropriations
W. P. Horton
Emmett Bellamy
New Hanover
Conservation
C and D
Congressional Districts Could Grow as Census Aids Reapportionment
The text suggests districts may become crucial if the federal census is finished timely and Congress reapportions House seats. It implies strategic importance tied to population data and political shifts pending official reapportionment.
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Congress
House
Will Graham Faces District Reapportionment Headache
Raleigh report highlights the looming reapportionment issue as Will Graham contemplates not serving in the Senate next year and the General Assembly grapples with district changes.
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Will Graham
Senate
General Assembly
Raleigh
Worth on Income Taxes
The piece muses that income taxes could be harsher if owed on true worth not taxable income and reflects on perceived fairness and the burden of taxation. It critiques how value assessments might distort tax liability and public policy implications.
Terbacker Bargain Sparks Curious Exchange
A brief exchange features a woman asking a boy if he smokes and the boy offering to share tobacco, highlighting a small, odd moment of interaction.
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