Smith Resigns as Duquesne Football Coach
Pittsburgh March 15 John P Smith resigns today as Duquesne University football coach and athletic director with one year left on his contract. He previously coached at Trinity College North Carolina State Newark Academy and was an assistant at the town. He became coach in 1936 succeeding Flanagan.
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John P
Little Clipr
Smith
Athlec
Duquesne Unirsity
Trinity Cole
North Carolina State
Ewark
N. J
Academy
Thetown
Risty Flanagan
Flanagan
Plane crash near Inverness kills three on landing attempt
In Inverness Florida on March 15 three men died when their airplane crashed while attempting to land at the airport. The sheriff's office identified one victim as Barney Chepenik a Jacksonville produce buyer and porter filer. Identification of the other two men was not available.
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Inverness
Fla
Sheriff's Office
Barney Chepenik
Acksonville Produce Buyer
Portsman
Chepenik
North Carolina Income Tax Receipts Update
Raleigh March 15 AP The state reports income tax receipts totaling 5 558 726 39 through yesterday versus 5 870 054 44 for the same date last year R L Ward Jr accounts division chief said today The filing deadline is today and the division distributed instruction fliers Ward would not estimate this year's total The previous year set a record around 11 024 000 with a budgeted target near 8 750 000
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Raleigh
Mar
Yestern
R. L. Ward
Theivision
Lnst Nute
Ward
Hungary Halts Invasion After Volosin Reply
Budapest dispatch notes Hungary suspends its invasion of Arpatho Ukraine after Premier Volosin's conciliatory reply to the Hungarian ultimatum demanding surrender to military forces.
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Budapest
Hungary
Arpatho - Ukraine
Premierugustin Volosin
Carpatho-Ukraine
United States Likely to Scrap Czech Trade Agreement
A State Department official says the U S would probably drop the reciprocal trade deal with Czechoslovakia, even if a Czech region remains under German protection. He argues German control would force Czech imports to face Smoot Hawley tariff rates since Germany cannot access the reductions.
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Washington
Mar
State Department
United States
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Governor honors ex traditions on kidnap charges in Georgia
Governor Hoey cited Gov. Rivers of Georgia as saying Wyley Buster and Julius Coffey, both listed under arrest in Clay County jail, were wanted in Union County to face charges of kidnapping.
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Raleigh
Mar
Hoey
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Wyley Buster
Julius Coffey
Clay County
Union County
February Rain Sets North Carolina Record Weather
Weatherman Lee A. Denson reported 7.73 inches of rain in February, the heaviest for the month in 40 years, delaying potato and truck planting. He noted spring moisture. Windsor tornado on February 21 caused about 75000 dollars in damage and other wind damage totaled 15000 dollars that month.
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Raleigh
Lee A. Denson
North Carolina
Denson
Windsor
Dr Brewer Resigns From Meredith College Presidency
Dr Charles E Brewer after 24 years of service resigns the Meredith College presidency. The trustees executive committee accepted the resignation Monday night and the full board will meet next Tuesday to act. Brewer came to Meredith in 1924 after 26 years at Wake Forest College. Meredith is the Baptist women's college for North Carolina. No future plans announced.
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Brewer
Raleigh
Charles E. Brewer
Meredith College
Doctor Brewer
Meredith
Wake Forest College
Baptist Woman’s College For
North Carolina
WPA Allocates 11 New Units
Raleigh March 15 state WPA administrator allocated 384 360 for 11 projects including nearly 100 000 for Hickory and Conover sewerage work 140 759 for Leicester township Buncombe County school building water system and sewerage disposal plant and 74 747 for Hickory sewerage plant. Six relief projects to cost 137 342 60 employ 269 persons approved yesterday.
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Raleigh
WPA
Hickory
Conover
Leicester Township
Buncombe County
Cleveland County
Greenville
Salisbury
Hendersonville
Laurel Park
Mountain Park
Lee County
Jackson County
East Fork
Chattooga River
Chatham County
Architect Sully Dies at 83 in New Orleans
Thomas Sully, 83, famed architect behind many southern landmarks, died yesterday in New Orleans from pneumonia. He designed numerous large buildings across the region and contributed to civic landmarks over decades.
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New Orleans
Thomas Sully
South
Security Tax Slows Money Circulation
Massachusetts money totaling 120 million dollars left circulation last year for Social Security deposits, heard by the house ways and means committee. Bixby urged keeping old age pension taxes at current levels while exploring payroll tax reforms and reporting consolidations.
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Washington
William H. Bixby
William Filene’s Sons Company
Boston
Massachusetts
House Ways and Means Committee
Fifty-Nine Die on State Roads in February
North Carolina's Highway Safety Division reports February saw 59 road deaths and 618 injuries in 545 accidents, up from February 1938. Director Ronald Hocutt urged city and town officials to heighten municipal safety efforts, noting 34 highway deaths and 25 city deaths last month.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway Safety Division
Ronald Hocutt
North Carolina House approves mandatory child vaccination bill
The House authorized the Senate passed measure to require immunization against diphtheria for all children with an oral vote. The bill returns to the Senate to concur on an amendment allowing fines up to 50 dollars or 30 days jail for wilful violators.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
North Carolina
Cherry
Gaston
Page
Bladen
McNair
Richmond
Everett
Halifax
Jarvis
Buncombe
Wallace
Lenoir
Taylor
Caswell
Fenner
Nash
Fulghum
Johnston
Fayetteville
Cape Fear
Hitler's March In Europe Expands German Control
Adolf Hitler and German forces seize Czecho Slovakia Bohemia and Moravia moving into Prague and other cities. Hungary moves through Carpatho Ukraine while Franco plans conquest and Rome, London, Paris watch. Public and military leaders declare new borders and administrations as German dominance widens.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Hitler
Bohemia
Prague
Sudeten
Boehmisch-Leipa
Bohemian
Fuehrer
Wilhelm Keitel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Heinrich Himmler
Otto Dietrich
Germany
Pilsen
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraine
Johannes Blaskowitz
Blaskowitz
Konrad Henlein
France
Bohemia and
Moravia
Paris
Berlin
Foreign Ministry
London
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Caffey Attacked by Winston Man in Health Board Bill Row
In Raleigh on March 15 senators voted unanimously in the Health Committee against a bill to abolish regulatory boards for barbers dry cleaners and cosmetologists and place the trades under the State Health Board after a proponent of the bill attacked Representative Caffey of Guilford. Thrie Julian of Winston-Salem criticized salary levels for the regulatory board secretary and alleged Caffey sought a job as its attorney at 166 dollars monthly. Senator Bain moved to table the measure while Wellens and Lepark voiced displeasure at the remarks.
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Raleigh
State Health Board
Caffey
Guilford
Thrie Julian
Winston-Salem
Resumption of Labor Peace Conference Arranged
In New York on March 15 the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization arranged a resumption of labor peace negotiations in Washington after a nine day recess. The conferees, brought together originally by President Roosevelt, announced transfer to the capital but gave no progress details. They will meet again on March 23.
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New York
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress Industrial Organization
Roosevelt
WPA Cuts Target the Most Deserving, Tabs Says
House Appropriations Committee predicted cuts in WPA rolls would hit the most distressed to pressure Congress. Rep Taber charged the moves would harm widows in Ohio and New York, while Harrington denied area-specific reductions. The scene followed Roosevelt's appeal for 150 million dollars for WPA funding.
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Bixby
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Lee
D-Okla
Congress
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Barkley
Washington
Francis C. Harrington
Works Progress
WPA
New York
Harrington
House
Slovakia recognized by Poland as independent nation
Poland today recognized German dominated Slovakia as an independent country and appointed an envoy to Bratislava.
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Slovakia
Warsaw
Poland
Bratislava
Renewed attacks hit Shanghai port by Japanese planes
A British gunboat reported that Japanese planes renewed devastating raids on Shanghai on the Yangtze river, striking the port nearly miles upriver from the city. The report notes intensified aerial assaults affecting the Shanghai area.
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Shanghai
Shang
Yangtze River
Chamberlain Seizes Moment in Parliament Over Czech Move
In London March 15 Prime Minister Chamberlain expressed bitter regret over Germany's occupation of Bohemia and Moravia but pledged to stay the course toward peace by agreement. Halifax warned the action would shock confidence, and both stressed Munich's spirit while postponing a Berlin peace through trade visit.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Bohemia
Moravia
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Czech
Halifax
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Britain
Italy
France
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
R. S. Hudson
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Jury Deliberates Death Penalty in Wife Slaying Case
Forsyth Superior Court jurors consider L. C. Dula fate after Judge Clement's summation. Dula, a former Winston-Salem piano player, shot his wife during a family dispute last month. A son Richard was wounded but testified. defense cites insanity while the state seeks the death penalty.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth Superior Court
L. C. Dula
John H. Clement
Dula
Richard
America Faces Two Questions on Czecho Slovakia Breakup
Washington reports two pivotal questions for the United States after Czecho Slovakia’s breakup. What remains of the reciprocal trade agreement promised last year and who owes the U S about 165.6 million dollars from the postwar republic. Officials caution that answers may take time.
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Washington
Czecho- Slovakia
United States
Czecho-Slovakia
Republic
State Department
Germany
Austria
Vladivostok
Candidates for Mayor in Laurinburg
Laurinburg March 15. Peter D. McIntosh an insurance man and A L Bridgeman a grocer have announced their candidacies for mayor here.
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Laurinburg
Peter D. McIntosh
A. L. Bridgeman
Ruffin to Speak to Goldsboro Lions Club Saturday
Ben A. Ruffin of Richmond Virginia past international president will address the Goldsboro Lions Club Saturday night in Goldsboro North Carolina.
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Ruffin
Goldsboro
Ben A. Ruffin
Richmond
Goldsboro Lions Club
Mass Soviet Air Force Ready To Meet Aggression
War Commissar Voroshiloff told the 18th Communist Party Congress that the Red army and Red air force are vastly augmented and ready to swiftly punish any aggression against Russian territory. He cited fast bombers, high altitude capability, and a potential 6 160 tons of explosives per flight. He noted strength more than doubled since 1934 and referred to the Changkufeng clash with Japan as a frontier victory.
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Wade Werner
Moscow
Klementi BE
Voroshiloff
Communist Party
Red Army
Red
Czecho-Slovakia
Munich
Soviet Union
Europe
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Germany
Major Bids Opened On High Point Hydro Project
City council meeting reveals bids on the hydro project with Maxton Construction Co submitting 1 674 423 for dam power house and spillway and Allis Chalmers offering 292 100 for generators and 296 400 for an alternate proposal. Duke Power Company refuses proposals and a public meeting of taxpayers urged to weigh the project.
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Duke Power Company
John Ss. Pickett
Pickett
Maxton Construction Company, Inc
New Boston
Allis- Chalmers Manufacture Company
West Allis
Wis
Charlotte
E. C. Marshall
Marshall
Polls Revision Favored in North Carolina House
Raleigh March 15 The house elections committee reported favorably a bill to revise poll books and relist voters before the 1940 primary. Also favorably was Vogler’s bill to move primaries up one week. First primary would be last Saturday in May with a possible second in June. absentee voting in primaries prohibited and a purge of registration adopted.
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Raleigh
House Elections Committee
House
Kerr
Warren
Seeley
Caratret
Johnston
Ashelington
Iredell
Taylor Wayne
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