City Manager Knox Answers Questions On Hydro Project
City Manager E M Knox answered three editorial questions on the hydroelectric project after consulting with the utilities committee chair LeRoy Briggs and city attorney Grover H Jones. He said final commitment hinges on three resolutions including bond authorizations and rate setting before a binding agreement with the PWA.
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E. M. Knox
Enterprise
Utilities Committee
Leroy Briggs
Grover H. Jones
Knox
John S. Pickett
Charlotte
E. C. Marshall
Duke Power Company
Pickett
PWA
Hydro
Last Minute Bulletins: Asian siege and U.S. crime note
Shanghai reports Japanese forces surrounding 2 500 Chinese troops in Kiangsu as Nanking and Shanghai area battles loom. In Georgia a young Black servant missing after alleged abduction by two white men while testifying in a murder case. Florida citrus groups oppose a $200 000 Florida ship canal plan citing risk to fresh water. Goering abruptly ends Italian vacation and returns to Berlin.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Nanking
Sylvania
Herbert A. Williams
Hattie Moore
W. D. Veal
John Sherman Harris
Clellian Chalker
Gibson
Washington
Florida Citrus Growers
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Florida
Marvin H. Walker
Florida Citrus Producers Trade Association
Randall Chase
Growers and Shippers League of Florida
Senator Reynolds seeks Monroe Doctrine action on Guatemala dispute
Senator Reynolds proposes a Senate inquiry to the State Department about any measures under the Monroe Doctrine to protect Guatemala in its territorial dispute with Great Britain. He asks for a report if it is not incompatible with the public interest.
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Washington
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate
State Department
Guatemala
Great Britain
Ambassador 10 Panama Chosen
President Roosevelt nominated William Dawson of Minnesota to be ambassador to Panama and Laurence A. Steinhardt of New York to be ambassador to the Soviet Union. Dawson, 53, is a career diplomat of 30 years with service in St Petersburg Barcelona Frankfurt Rosario Montevideo Danzig Munich and Mexico City.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William Dawson
Minnesota
Panama
Dawson
Uruguay
Senate
Laurence A. Steinhardt
New York
Soviet Union
St. Paul
St. Petersburg
Barcelona
Frankfort
Rosario
Argentina
Montevideo
Danzig
Munich
Mexico City
State Department
Panama City
Frank P. Corrigan
Venezuela
Latin America
Colombia
Panama Canal
United States
Sumner Welles
Congress
Revised wage rules delayed to April 1 for homeworker records
The Wage-Hour Administration said revised regulations on keeping records for industrial homeworkers will not take effect until April 1. The original date was March 15.
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Washington
Employment Service Representatives Form Regional Group
Greensboro, March 13. North Carolina Employment Service representatives met here yesterday and formed a late chapter of the International Association of Public Employment Services. Officers to be elected by mail later. a committee will draft by laws for approval. Organization planned by about April 1.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Employment Service
International Association of Public Employment Services
Wheeler Calls for Economy in Government Spending
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged creation of special congressional committees to study fiscal and administrative policy to boost economy and efficiency. He warned that lack of business confidence could lead to a Republican 1940 shift, and urged a coordinated agency to support unemployment relief while Roosevelt seeks a 150 million emergency WPA funding.
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William B. Arder
Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Europe
Orient
Congress
Roosevelt
WPA
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Willis Claims Election Fraud in Indiana Senate Contest
Raymond E. Willis of Angola Indiana told the Senate he was defrauded of the Indiana Senate seat won by Frederick Van Nuys in last November's election. Willis who lost 788 386 to 783 189 filed a petition contesting the result urging fair elections and remedies to prevent repeat fraud.
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Washington
Raymond EK
Willis
Angola
Ind
Senate Today
Senate
van Nuys
D-Ind
House
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
North Carolina Legislators Split Over 1940 Nominee
A random sample of North Carolina legislators shows broad division on the 1940 presidential nominee with no strong support for any New Dealer. Clyde Hoey leads with 14 votes, John Garner gets 12, and Hull and Roosevelt receive scattered support as the state considers its choice.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Holy
Clyde R. Hoey
Tar Heels
Hoey
Cactus Jack
Eason
Northern storm cripples power lines and roads
Heavy rain sleet snow and floods crippled power lines across the northern half of the country, leaving at least 27 dead. The storm disrupted travel, with icy highways and grounded planes in Detroit and other cities, while New England and New York experienced deep snow and multiple fatalities.
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Middle West
Plains States
Rocky Mountain Area
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
Boston
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Detroit
Indiana
Food Stamp Relief Plan Considered by Retail Distributors
Washington March 13 Representatives of the nation s retail food distributors studied an experimental Stamp program proposed by the agriculture department to aid relief families. The plan involves orange stamps for any food and blue stamps for department designated surplus items. Trial cities to be selected by geography.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
National Food and Grocery Conference Committee
Wallace
Department
Middle West
Far West
Einstein reports solved gravitation riddle
In a birthday interview Albert Einstein claims a new solution links gravitation with electricity matter and magnetism and suggests a single law explains universe structure. He tested the idea via experiments and keeps the result secret pending verification.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Einstein
L. E. Levick
National Association of Science Writers
Association
Levick
New York Journal
American and International News Service
Quintuplets to Meet King and Queen in Toronto
Oliva Dionne accepted Ontario government invitation to take his quintuplet daughters to Toronto on May 22 to meet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The plan included two special railway cars for the trip, though Dionne earlier questioned why the royals could not visit Callander.
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Ottawa
Ontario
le Droit
Oliva Dionne
Toronto
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dionne
Harry Nixon
Callander
Massachusetts Wins Inheritance Tax Case Over Green Estate
The Supreme Court ruled Massachusetts was the legal domicile of Col Edward H R Green at his 1936 death, allowing the state to collect about 4.95 million from the 36.1 million estate left by the son of Hetty Green. Justice Stone authored the majority opinion.
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Supreme Court
Hetty Green
Washington
Massachusetts
Edward H. R. Green
Green
Justice Stone
Johns
Flannery
Texas
New York
Florida
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Black
England
New York City
Round Hills Farm
South Dartmouth
Mass
Star Island
Miami
Weidman Admits Killing Dancer in Paris Trial
In Versailles France on March 13 Eugene Weidmann confessed before a jury that he killed 22 year old American dancer Jean De Koven of Brooklyn after meeting her July 21 1937 in a Paris hotel. He and others were killed for profit and he described taking De Koven to La Voulzie villa and strangling her before taking her money.
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Versailles
France
Eugene Weidmann
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Weidmann
Miss de Koven
Paris
la Voulzie
Celle-Saint Cloud
Early settlement seen in hotel workers strike
An early settlement appeared likely today in the hotel workers' strike which has seen 12 downtown hostelries picketed since last Wednesday.
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Washington
Minstrel Shows and Boll Weevil Case Reach Supreme Court
Texas filed suit seeking the Supreme Court to decide Green's domicile in a litigation involving minstrel shows and the private life of the boll weevil, marking a pivotal jurisdictional question.
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Boll Weevil
Texas
Supreme Court
Green
Pope Praises Roosevelt on Religion During Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII expressed admiration for President Roosevelt's stand on religion during a private audience in Vatican City with Joseph P. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Kennedy noted the Pope rose to greet them and gave rosaries, recalling past visits including Hyde Park. The Pope blessed the ambassador and all Americans. Cardinal travelers to the United States were mentioned as preparing for sea voyages.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
London
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Joseph P., Jr
Madrid
Holy Father
Margaret Lehand
Hyde Park
William Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Naples
Vulcania
Fear Of New Tension In Central Europe Grows
Official Nazi disclosures claim Germany would intervene in the Czecho Slovakia issue stirring fear of renewed tension in Central Europe even as signs of peace return in Spain. Berlin Foreign Office spokesman cautions that even a diplomatic move would be sharp and unequivocal.
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Germany
Europe
Spain
Foreign Office
Berlin
Prague Crisis Gathers Steam Over Czech Slavic Tensions
International dispatches report Czechoslovak government planning a protest against German agitation and anti Czech broadcasts from Vienna. Berlin hints Germany may intervene in the Prague crisis over Slovak demands. Madrid says the Miaja regime crushed a Communist revolt and replaced civil officials. Hendaye notes Miaja seeks immediate peace with France to avert nationalist aggression. Vatican reports Pius XII opens summer estate to foreign envoys and commends Roosevelt on defending religious liberty.
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Prague
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
Madrid
Miaja
France
Vatican City
Pius
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Nazi Troops Moving Southeast for Vienna Parade
The speaker noted Nazi Brownshirts and Blackshirts plus army detachments heading southeast to take part in a Wednesday Vienna parade where Reich leader Hitler would appear for the celebration of Austria's annexation, dated March 13, 1938, with press echoing Czech crisis rhetoric.
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Vienna
Reichfuehrer
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Church Group Fights Union Over Methodist Split
Columbia C S March 13 The Southwide executive committee of the layman’s association for the preservation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South authorized hiring lawyers to protect congregational property and rights amid looming unification talks among the three branches. The group plans to fund legal steps to resist transfer of church assets to the merged denomination. The committee meets after a five hour session drafting the plan.
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Columbia
8. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
M.E. Church
Methodist Epicopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Churc South
Methodist Prov Tant
Uniting Conference
Kans City
B. W. Crouch
Saluda
Carolina
Asociation
Ray Money
L. A. Manning
Latta
G. G. Pike
W. M. Wilson
Greenvill Ss. C
James W. Lipscomb
Columbus
Miss
T. C. Keeling
Nashville, Tenn
J. A. Manget
Atlanta, Ga
Frank J. Dulley
Columbus, Ga
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Italy
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International
N.C
New Dealer
Cordell Hull
The
Associated Press
Upstate
Connecticut
Ohio
Iowa
Howard W. Blakesleer
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Weidman
Bronxville
N.Y
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Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
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