Revenue Receipts Rise As Senate Defers 1939 41 Appropriations
Raleigh march 16 ap the senate deferred action on the 1939 41 appropriations bill after revenue commissioner a j maxwell said income tax receipts likely exceed estimates by march 15 1939 receipts totaling 7 033 995 compared with 6 293 005 a year ago the body moved on health bills including a pure food act and blood tests for prospective mothers while the house advanced the biennial revenue bill and a tentative 154 million general fund budget for 1939 41 was seen the wage bill fate appeared sealed with a subcommittee vote favoring a maximum hours plan and a labor advisory board a state wide pension system for county and city workers was approved and a bill to coordinate extension and agriculture services was introduced a dog food sales license measure and beetle control funds were also discussed the Vogler primaries date bill moved to the senate for action on the house side on maxwell tax report remains page 2 section a
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Raleigh
Senate
A. J. Maxwell
Prince of Henderson
House
N. C. State College Extension Service
State Agriculture Department
Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Pension System Bank
Gurney P. Hood
C. C. Crittenden
The
Historical Commission
Wade Bruton
Oscar Pitts
George Adams
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Vogler
Maxwell
Fleeing Premier Escapes to Romania as Hungary Seizes Carpatho Ukraine
Premier Augustin Volesin of Carpatho Ukraine fled into Romania from Siget as Hungarian forces advanced into the eastern Czech Slovak region. Reports say fighting raged in Chust while Budapest announced annexation of Carpatho Ukraine. Volesin sought asylum and crisis widened with thousands of refugees at the frontier.
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Bucharest
Augustin Volesin
Siget
Volesin
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraine
Budapest
Chust
Volosin
Rumania
Signet
Czecho-Slovaa
Pardon Granted for Willis Clark and Raleigh Fatality
Governor Hoey grants a complete pardon to Willis Clark of Kannapolis who escaped from prison in 1932 and led a law abiding life. Clark was jailed in 1931 for larceny of an automobile and briefly imprisoned for cost payments. In Raleigh, William B. Snow, 66, a former city attorney, died after being struck by a car driven by M. D. Holt on Route Three. Snow had ties to Lumberton Hendersonville and Washington and leaves a widow two sons and two sisters.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Willis Clark
Cabarrus County
Kannapolis
Clark
Caledonia
William B. Snow
Roy M. Banks
Snow
M. D. Holt
Holt
Lumberton
McLean
Hendersonville
Department of Justice
Washington
Prisoners Escape Bluff County Camp During Thunder Storm
Penal division authorities said four Negro prisoners sawed their way out of the Bladen county prison camp during a heavy thunderstorm at eight o'clock this morning.
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Raleigh
Penal Division
Bladen County
Herring Chosen Immigration Subcommittee Chairman
Senator Herring of Iowa was named chairman of an immigration subcommittee to hold hearings on three immigration bills by Senator Reynolds of North Carolina. Other members include Senators Stewart of Tennessee and Holman of Oregon. Hearings begin next Tuesday morning.
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Herring
Washington
D-Ia
Reynolds
D-N.c
Stewart
D-Tenn
Holman
R-Ore
Medalist duo leads first round in National Pro-Am golf
In St Augustine Florida on March 16 the defending champions Frank Moore and Bobby Nunberger lost to Marvin Stahl and Chick Harbert one up after 19 holes in the first match play round of the $3000 National Pro Amateurs Best Ball. Moore from Mamaroneck and Dunkelberger from High Point are exempt from qualifying while Stahl from Lansing and Harbert from Battle Creek posted an 86 hole score of 127-17 under par yesterday.
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Dunkelberger- Moore
ST. Augustine
Fla
Marvin Stahl
Chick Harbert
Frank Moore
Bobby Nunberger
Stahl
Lansing
Mich
Harbert
Battle Creek
Moore
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Dunkelberger
High Point
N. C
State highway board approves bids on 11 road projects
The state highway and public works commission approved low bids today on 11 road projects and held up contracts on five others. Bids were submitted Tuesday. Three Nash county jobs were held up for soil issues, one in Guilford pending talks with High Point officials, and one in Mecklenburg Cabarrus awaiting a bid legality investigation.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Frank L. Dunlap
Nash
Guilford
High Point
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus
President backs shifting Guam harbor item from naval bill
Senate naval committee chairman Walsh said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt had no objection to removing a 5 million dollar harbor development item for Guam from the naval air base bill. The president favors placing it in a rivers and harbors bill, noting the project would move away from its military angle.
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Washington
Walsh
D., Mass
Senate Naval Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Naval Air Base
Pacific
Guam
Japan
Smith Named Administrator for Mrs. Sarah D. Smith Estate
E L Smith of Jamestown route 1 was today qualified as administrator of his mother Mrs Sarah D Smith's estate who died March 1. Heirs listed include H P Smith Lelia Modlin Jamestown route 1 J R Smith Kernersville and R B Smith Winston Salem with personal property valued at 3421 dollars.
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Greensboro
E. L. Smith
Jamestown
Sarah D. Smith
H. P. Smith
Lelia Modlin
J. R. Smith
Kernersville
R. B. Smith
Winston-Salem
Britain May Call Envoy From Berlin For Parley
In a Commons session Prime Minister Chamberlain said the government is considering recalling Sir Neville Henderson the British ambassador to Berlin to report on Germanys eastward move. He refused to rule out protest over Czechoslovak territory gains and noted steps to safeguard Czech gold.
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Britain
Berlin
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Neville Henderson
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Henderson
Neil MacLean
John Simon
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Affairs
Wage-Hour Bill Discarded By Sub-Committee
A North Carolina legislative sub committee dropped all minimum wage proposals for intrastate business and voted 6 to 2 to pursue an advisory labor board report in two years. The substitute would mostly extend current laws to retail while limiting retail work weeks to 55 hours.
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Raleigh
Senator Gregory
Rowan
McBryde
Cumberland
Uzzell
Thomas
Harnett
Bain
State Labor Department
Gregory
Hitler agrees to protect Slovakia under his rule
Berlin March 16 Reichsfuehrer Hitler agreed to take Slovakia under his protection after Dr Joseph Tiso proclaimed Slovak independence with Hitler's support. Tiso telegraphed Hitler from Prague asking for protection for the 14,600 square mile, 2,450,000 people state. Hitler confirmed he would assume protection.
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Berlin
Hitler
Slovakia
Joseph Tiso
Fuehrer
Tiso
Prague
Reichschancellor
Greater
Germany
Residence Permits Reported for Negrin and Del Yayo in Mexico City
A reliable informant said the government granted residence permits to Juan Negrin, former Madrid premier, and Julio Alvarez Del Vayo, ex Spanish foreign minister, now in Paris, with an understanding they will refrain from political activity.
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Mexico City
Juan Negrin
Madrid Spanish Republic
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Paris
ASK BUS FRANCHISE REQUESTED FOR LANSING TO HICKORY
Raleigh March 16. The Gray Rabbit Coach Company asked the utilities commission for a bus franchise to operate from Lansing in Ashe County to Hickory. Chief Clerk R QO Self of the commission said.
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Raleigh
Gray Rabbit Coach Company
The
Utilities Commission
Lansing
Ashe County
Hickory
R. QO. Self
Commission
Hungary annexes Carpatho Ukraine as fighting rages in region
In Budapest Premier Count Teleky announced Carpatho Ukraine becomes part of Hungary and will enjoy autonomy within the kingdom. Street clashes report current in Chust as Hungarian troops push toward the Poland border. Parliament moved to tighten Jewish occupations restrictions amid annexation debate.
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Budapest
Paul Teleky
Carpatho- Ukraine
Kingdom of Hungary
Chust
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Warsaw
Poland
Teleky
Hungary
Germany
Berlin
Slovakia
Rumania
Shippers Oppose Clause Repeals At Spring Convention
The Southeast Shippers Advisory Board voted to oppose repealing long and short haul clauses and any move to give interstate rate control to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Birmingham group will host the next joint meeting with about 400 attendees.
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Charlotte
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Traffic League
Birmingham
Ala
Music project opens Asheville district institute
The North Carolina Federal Music project opened its western district institute in Asheville today. It will close Saturday.
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Music Project
Asheville
North Carolina Federal Music Project
Western District Institute
Czech Forces Hold As Hungarians Press In Carpatho Ukraine
Trench fighting seven miles west of Chust as Hungarian forces push toward the capital of Carpatho Ukraine. A Hungarian officer says 100 Hungarians killed or wounded by noon, while Czech and Ukrainian troops defend trench lines amid snow and snipers. Dispatches report Premier Augustin Volesin fleeing to Romania and confusion in Chust.
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Carpatho-Ukraine
Chust
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Bucharest
Augustin Volesin
Romania
Hungarian Troops Join Polish Border Guards at Frontiers
Advance detachments of Hungarian troops joined Polish border guards early today at the new frontier created by Hungary’s occupation of Carpatho-Ukraine. They moved through a blizzard to posts at Lavoczne and Sianki, where Poles greeted them with food and drink.
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Warsaw
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Lavoczne
Sianki
WPA Rolls Could Be Cut in Half by July 1 1940
executive Col F C Harrington told a house subcommittee that WPA rolls probably could be halved by July 1 1940 while seeking an extra 150 million for operations through June 30. He said the agency is not permanent and might be liquidated, with wind down tied to private employment gains.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
House Appropriations
WPA
Harrington
Roosevelt
Hitler Extends German Protectorate Over Bohemia Moravia
Prague reports Adolf Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia an autonomous protectorate within greater Germany. Slovakia to be protected. Carpatho Ukraine absorbed by Hungary. German citizens privileged, others subjects. local army and policy controlled from Berlin.
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Associated Press
Prague
Adolf Hitler
Bohemia- Moravia
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hitler
Joseph Tiso
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bohemia
Moravia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Augustin Volesin
Mussolini
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Hacha
Emil Hacha
Czecho- Slovakia
Hradcany Castle
Bohemia-Moravia
Bohemia and Moravia
Neglected Man Spurs Urge for Socialized Medicine
F W Altwater of Duke Hospital told regional hospital executives that the neglected man, a relatively poor honest patient, helps drive interest in socialized medicine. He described a cooperative scheme with paid regular dues funding doctors on salary, and noted hospital rates trend upward while desires lean toward lower costs. He admitted unsure about feasibility.
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Baltimore
F. W. Altvater
Duke Hospital
Durham
N. C
American College of Surgeons
Altwater
Council to vote on banning public pool rooms
Gastonia officials scheduled a March 28 vote on an ordinance prohibiting public pool rooms, outlining penalties for operation without compliance. The move targets establishments serving patrons in pool room settings amid a broader public safety push.
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Gastonia
Marreh
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