Plunge Into Wash Ravine on Stratoliner Test Flight
A Boeing Stratoliner test plane crashed near Adler Washington in dense terrain killing at least ten people. Boeing listed victims including Julius Barr and John Hylstra with possible aboard E B Kinneman. The craft was the first four engine high altitude airliner designed for 33 passengers and sea level pressure cabins.
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Itnesses
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John Hylstra
Ralph L. Cram
Aerodynamics
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Harry West
Ben Pearson
P Giulenaard
Royal Dutch Airlines
A. G. van Baumayer
Dutch Rim Line
Harlan Hull
Transcontinental and
Western Airways
E. B. Kinneman
Air Express
Woman Granted Leave From Prison In Man Slaughter Case
Lina Pope Godwin of Dunn, sentenced to three to five years for manslaughter in the death of her husband Furman E Godwin, is granted leave to visit her ill daughter. Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill says she has virtually completed her term with good time.
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Raleigh
Lina Pope Godwin
Dunn
Furman E. Godwin
Edwin Gill
Hungary Blocks Roads in Carpatho Ukraine Front
Hungarian troops complete occupation of eastern Carpatho Ukraine and begin blocking roads into Romania with trunks and barbed wire. About 200000 troops move into Ruthenia as Czech forces withdraw, while Ukrainian irregulars retreat from mountain pockets.
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Tivadar
Carpatho - Ukraine
Rumania
Romania
Baron Unger
Ruthenia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Hungary
Friends Observe Tense Situation at New Garden Church
The American Friends Service Committee held its March meeting in Greensboro at New Garden Church. The group reviewed work promoting peace and youth service, noted relief efforts in war and distressed US areas, and discussed refugee aid in Spain and Germany. Tom Sykes presided. Clarence E. Pickett directed the committee.
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American Friends Service Committee
New Garden Church
American Society of Friends
United States
Europe
Spain
Germany
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Thomasville
Clarence E. Pickett
Philadelphia
Service Committee
France And Britain Seek Soviet Aid To Halt Hitler
Paris reports indicate Daladier won unprecedented powers as France and Britain sought Soviet backing to counter Hitler’s pressure on Romania. Romania’s King Carol urged collective resistance and asked for rapid Western support, while Paris and London pressed Moscow to join Romanian export purchases to block Nazi advance.
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Romania
Adolf Hitler
Germany
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London
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Soviet Union
Rumania
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George Tatarescu
Rail executives study bold plan to avert nationalization
New York report states leading railroad executives and Wall Street bankers are examining a plan to let management run railroads for a trial period with government takeover if failures occur. The plan aims to curb arbitrary competition and allow rapid rate adjustments within fixed limits with stronger anti discrimination protections.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
Nine year old files suit over police arrest in Tarboro
Buddy Matthews aged nine through his father Lester Matthews filed suit for 10000 against Police Chief W Robert Worsley and Patrolman Harry Alderman alleging false arrest criminal whipping and abuse after they detained him on a charge of pilfering an automobile. The city commissioners investigated but delayed action.
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Tarboro
Buddy Matthews
Lester Matthews
W. Robert Worsley
Harry Alderman
Rifle Association to Hold State Matches in Gastonia
The North Carolina State Rifle Association will hold its annual matches in Gastonia on May 5 and 6. Secretary H. M. Van Steen announced the event, with more than 100 expert riflemen expected to compete.
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Rifle Association
Gastonia
North Carolina State Rifle Association
H. M. van Steen
Germany Faces 25 Percent Tariff Increase On Imports
The Treasury ordered an extra 25 percent countervailing duty on many German goods entering the United States, effective April 23, following the Czech occupation dispute. A Treasury spokesman tied the move to State Department opposition, noting it targets goods subsidized by Germany, with a substantial portion of German imports affected.
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State Department
Germany
Treasury
Reich
Czech Republic
Sumner Welles
Czecho-Slovakia
Roosevelt
Congress
Murphy
Danenberg Freed From Detention In South Carolina
Spartanburg S C March 18 A habeas corpus hearing scheduled for CIO organizer C W Danenberg was called off after release yesterday afternoon police detainment at Union ended without charges filed. Union county mass meeting with labor leaders planned for tomorrow at 3 PM at the Union courthouse.
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Spartanburg
S. C
T. S. Sease
Danenberg
Union County
Teachers Group Considers Employing Field Worker
The North Carolina Classroom Teachers' Association debated hiring a field worker at a Raleigh conference on March 18. Annie Swindell of Durham said the NC Education Association declined funding the worker, fearing funds were insufficient, while stressing the need to avoid hindering the profession.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Classroom Teachers’ Association
Annie Swindell
Durham
North Carolina Education Association
N.C.E.A
Britain and France denounce German moves over Czecho Slovakia
London reports Britain and France sent bitter notes over Germany's seizure of Czecho Slovakia and blocked a Nazi plan against Romania. Prime Minister Chamberlain chaired a special cabinet session as Daladier seeks dictatorial powers in France. Rom ani a reportedly faced an ultimatum over oil and grain access, denied by officials.
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Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Rumania
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Czecho-Slovakia
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Birmingham
Reich
Viscount Halifax
Cash and Carry Munitions Sale Proposed
Senator Pittman announced a plan to revise neutrality laws to permit only cash and carry arms sales to warring nations. He said a resolution would be submitted Monday to repeal existing rules and replace them with the new program. He noted Britain’s sea power would influence outcomes and stressed the proposal is not tied to any Stop Hitler effort.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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State Department
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Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Congress
Colfax Man Killed in Greensboro Area Auto Crash
Glenn Stafford of Colfax died after his car struck the rear of a vehicle driven by a Winston-Salem man identified as the Rev. Patterson. Patterson was cited to appear before Magister W S Lyon at 4 p.m. Tuesday on a technical charge of manslaughter.
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Glenn Stafford
Colfax
Winston-Salem
O. D. Apple
Stafford
Patterson
East 14Th Street
Apple
W.S. Lyon
Durham Man Named American Water Works Officer
R. S. Phillips a chemist in the Durham water department was named secretary treasurer of the North Carolina section of the American Water Works Association. The decision followed a board of governors meeting in Durham and the next convention was set for Charlotte in November.
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Durham
WN. C
R. S. Phillips
Durham Water Department
North Carolina
American Water Works Association
William M. Pratt
Board of Governors
Charlotte
Trade talks take on sharp significance amid Czech loss
In Bucharest on March 18 the talks between Romania and Germany gained urgency as Nazi moves in Czecho Slovakia dominated the session. King Carol consulted high army officials while Dr Helmuth Wohlt hat, Goering's economic adviser, pushed routine trade details that diplomacy sees as politically charged.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Carol
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Romania
London
Paris
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Wohlthat
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rumania
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Balkans
Germany rebuts British French condemnation over Czecho Slovakia
Berlin declares Britain and France lack political moral basis for condemning Germany’s actions in Czechoslovakia. Hitler calls home his London ambassador to report, action mirrored by Britain and France. Berlin government reports notes delivered, while Goering denounces English hypocrisy in new Sunday edition.
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Germany
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London
Herbert von Dirk
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Foreign Office
National Zeitung of
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Cer
Germa
Social Security Rise Predicted in House Hearings
Washington March 18 The House Ways and Means Committee heard a forecast that future Social Security costs will exceed estimates. Edwin E. Witte of the University of Wisconsin executive director of the President's Committee on National Social Security defended the program. He opposed any reduction of payroll taxes or increased benefits and warned that national defense needs and revenue demands require maintaining current taxation.
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House
Ways and Men
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The
Universe of
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Nomie
Witte Vigorou
Amu
United States
Witn
Tax Revenue To Determine Fate Of Compromise Plan
Raleigh March 18 AP Twenty clerks in the revenue building tally seven figure totals from income tax payments due last Wednesday for 1938. Final totals may decide if Governor Hoey's compromise appropriations plan passes Senate and allows adjournment in weeks. R L Ward Jr notes uncertainty but expects numbers by Monday as large returns require many checks. The plan seeks a biennial increase of about 500 000 within a 154 361 292 budget, boosting public schools and the state college system.
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Senate
General Assembly
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Division of Accounts
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Legislati
Carolina Teachers College
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