Neutrality policy test shadows Congress at cross roads
Washington reports that rapid events in Central Europe push toward a decisive test of Roosevelt's neutrality stance. Welles denounces German aggression in Czecho Slovakia while hints of policy revisions surface as balanced action moves beyond words.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
Rooseelt
medho-Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Paris
London
Daladier
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Spain
Ashington
de Welles
Roosevelt
Bids To Be Discussed Gain On Monday Night
City engineers recommended the low bidder for dam work with Allis-Chalmers and generators while Maxon Construction Co faced scrutiny. The panel noted the tabulation was mostly advisory and several milestones remain before project reality, including PWA bond action and license approvals.
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Hough
Allis-Chalmers
Maxon Construction
Comany
Murray
Flood
H. A. Martin
PWA
Federal Powerommission
Curative Drug Sulfapyridine Praised as Pneumonia Breakthrough
Doctors hail sulfapyridine as a universal pneumonia remedy effective against all 32 pneumococcal types. The drug also treats meningitis and peritonitis, while its parent sulfanilamide fights septic sore throat to scarlet fever and other infections. Local physicians note its recent arrival after a year of use elsewhere.
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Germany
Attorney General vows crackdown on crime at regional meet
South Carolina Attorney General John M. Daniels told the Southern Interstate Crime Conference that the government will stay on top of crime and aim to translate complex issues for the general public. Federal Judge Gaston Porter also spoke on cooperative crime laws enhancing state sovereignty.
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5. C
Jacksonville
Fla
John M. Daniels
South Carolina
Southern Interstate Crime Conference
Daniels
Gaston L. Porterfe
Louisiana
National Association of Attorneys General
Attorneys General Association
Interstate Commission On Crime
Identified Train Victim Clay Ballew An Escaped Convict
Morristown Tennessee FBI agents identified one of two men killed by a Southern Railway train as Clay Ballew an escapee from Raleigh North Carolina police said fingerprint analysis confirmed the name Ballew home near Marshall North Carolina. The two men were buried.
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Morristown
Tenn
Southern Railway
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clay Ballew
FBI
North Carolina
Ballew
Raleigh
Marshall
N. C
Heva
Britain and France issue sharp notes over German moves
Britain and France send formal notes to Berlin denouncing Germany's actions in Czechoslovakia as illegal. Britain weighs shifting policy toward Russia, considering conscription and Romania's protection. Cabinet eyes faster rearmament and a tougher stance amid crisis atmosphere.
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Bucharest
Press Association
London
Foreign Office
Romania
Britain
France
Germany
Viscount Halifax
Downing Street
Russia
Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Admiralty
Alfred Duff Cooper
Winston Churchill
Birmingham
Poland
Europe
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Charles Corbin
Ivan Maisky
Lord Halifax
Eden
Soviet Russia
Robert S. Hudson
Warsaw
Moscow
Hudson
Maisky
Joseph Beck
Minneapolis Halfway Between Pole And Equator
Minneapolis Minnesota lies roughly midway between the North Pole and the equator according to geographic latitude references. The statement places the city on a global scale, highlighting its position relative to extreme latitudinal points.
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Minneapolis
Minn
North Pole
Equator
German Tariffs Hit German Imports and Czech Crisis Tactics
German imports faced higher duties with 1938 shipments to the United States dropping to 64.5 million dollars from 92.5 million the prior year while U S exports to Germany reached 107.6 million. Treasury said Ruthenian goods will be treated as Hungarian made for trade purposes under MFN policy. Sumner Welles indicated the United States would respond to Germany and halted plans for a broad conference on Nazi expansion while awaiting a formal note and Carr status.
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China
Germany
Barer
United States
Ruthenia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Vladimir S. Hurban
Hurban
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Europe
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Welles
Wilbur J. Carr
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Benin
Great Britain
France
Soviet Russia
France and Britain Press for Soviet Help to Stop Hitler
Daladier wins multiple confidence votes as France moves to grant decree powers until November 30 enabling dissolution of parties and censorship. Britain and France dispatch notes to Berlin and prepare rapid arms production and mobilization.
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Eric Phipps
Jacob Surits
Daladier
e¢Daladier
Senate
France
Chamber
Finance Committee
People’s Front
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Britain
Germany
Munich
Funeral Held For Miss Kath ryne Praigg
Funeral services were held in Bloomington for Miss Kath ryne Praigg daughter of Noble T Praigg of this city. She died yesterday afternoon on a Southern Railway train en route to Manteno Illinois after illness began in Lexington Kentucky. She was born May 1 1912 in Indianapolis and studied at Indiana University and St Vincent's Hospital training. Her father Noble T Craigg and step mother survive. her mother had died years ago.
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Kathryne Praigg
Noble T. Praigg
Bloomington
Ind
Miss Praigg
Lexington
Southern Railway
Manteno
Ill
Danville
Hazel Johnson
Indianapolis
Noble T
Katherine Blakely Praigg
Indiana University
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indiana
Greensboro
Noble T. Craigg
Senate to oppose selling cotton to foreign buyers below cost
Senator George of Georgia said he would ask the Senate to record opposition to foreign sales of American cotton at reduced prices. He will introduce a resolution Monday. Secretary Wallace was reported to be considering export subsidies to keep markets, while President Roosevelt noted efforts to dispose of the large surplus held under government loans totaling over 11 million bales with $500 million invested.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
Georgia
Wallace
Osevelt
Republican Leader Will Speak At Hill
John D. Hamilton, chairman of the National Republican party, will speak at Chapel Hill Wednesday night at 8 30 o clock. A state Republican delegation will attend led by National Committeeman Charles A Jonas of Lincolnton state Chairman Jake Newell of Charlotte and Attorney Odell Sapp of Winston Salem Virginia G? no such data.
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Winston-Salem
woji—Woit Gilmore
Winston- Salem
Carolina Political Union
John D. Hamilton
National Republican Party
Chapel Hill
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
Jake Newell
Charlotte
Odell Sapp
German claims on Bohemia Moravia and British reaction
The article reports Nazi assertions over Bohemia Moravia tying it to pan German aims while British envoy Henderson returns to London amid protests over Hitler’s moves. It notes German denials of Munich violations and describes cautious responses from Romania Poland Lithuania and Hungary as tensions mount.
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Voelkischer Beobachter
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Benes
Eduard Benes
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Nevile Henderson
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Czecho-Slovakia
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Hungary
Helmuth Wohlthal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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Rumania
Foreign Office
Munich
Central
Chamberlain
Police arrest N C couple and daughters for larceny
A North Carolina couple T. H. Hutchinson alias Hudson and wife Jennie and their two daughters Hazel Lee 12 and Margaret 10 were arrested on petty larceny charges after being found in a store cloakroom. Clerk pockets had about 20 dollars stolen earlier and $1,160 in currency was found during a search. The family reportedly lived on the Statesville highway just outside Charlotte.
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Aiken
N. C
J. E. George
North Carolina
George
T. H. Hutchinson
Hudson
Jennie
Hazel Lee
Margaret
Hutchinsons
Statesville Highway
Charlotte
Parliament MPs Guard Special Jail in Clock Tower
Members of Parliament maintain a unique jail located inside the Clock Tower of the House of Parliament, a historic facility used for disciplinary confinement.
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House of Parliament
Massachusetts Bakery Shelf Lounging Law Noted
A Massachusetts note states it is illegal to lounge on bakery shelves. The quirky ruling highlights strict local safety and public order expectations in retail spaces.
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Massachusetts
Red Cross Expands Home Hygiene Classes in City
A city wide committee from every school district advances home hygiene courses funded by the Red Cross. Classes have been held at the High School for N Y A program workers and at Highland Mills with Lend a Hand Club, and more sessions are planned.
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Red Cross
Garden Club Tour Expands to 25 Cities and Historic Sites
The Garden Club's spring tour in North Carolina spans 25 cities, visiting Durham and Bath and New Bern with Colonial plantations and antebellum homes. Highlights include the John Wright Stanly house now a library with Washington as guest in 1791 and Bath’s St. Thomas Church dating to 1734. Proceeds support church restoration as tours gather data for a forthcoming volume.
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Durham
Gastoffia
Kings Mountain National Park
Bath
New Bern
Baron der Graffenreich
Bryan-Asheford
Hancock-Lee
Donald Hughes
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
North Carolina
England
Garden Club
Troops Block Rumanians in Use of Roads
Reports say Hungarian forces patrol the Carpatho Ukraine frontier as Hungary mobilizes. Hungary recently received over 5000 trucks from Germany and Italy and is short of motor vehicles. Thousands of pack horses are requisitioned and peasants’ carts move toward the border.
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Hungary
Germany
Italy
Tax Revenue Shapes Fate of Compromise Budget
North Carolina budget talks show increases for vocational education and agencies raising appropriations to about 155 million dollars. Senate oppose boosts as revenue reports indicate income tax receipts exceed estimates, potential larger surplus for 1939-41. A continuing revenue bill passes to become law after proof-reading.
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University of North Carolina
North Carolina College
Durham
Health Department
Department of Weights and Measures
Kinston
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
A. J. Maxwell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Balkan Talks Move Amid Balkans Economic Tensions
The Balkan region shows resistance to German economic influence as France and Britain may increase purchases, while Romania reports satisfactory military and diplomatic measures. The crown council urged continuing these steps with strengthened border points and cancelled leaves.
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Balkans
Germany
France
Britain
Balkan
Crown Council
Romania
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