Municipal League urges $1,000,000 highway aid for cities
The North Carolina League of Municipalities asks the legislature for an annual $1,000,000 to maintain city and town highways. City Manager E M Knox of High Point chairs the committee urging relief, noting cities hold 5,533 miles inside limits and owe over $53,000,000 for construction. The group cites that cities pay most highway taxes yet receive no maintenance funds.
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Legislative Committee
North Carolina League of Municipalities
Int Committee On
E. M. Knox
High Point
J. B. L. Wade
George A. Iseley
R. W. Flack
Roy L. Deal
Virginia
France to send Laval to Moscow amid Franco British strains
France plans a rapid visit by Foreign Minister Pierre Laval to Moscow as Moscow talks proceed. The cabinet approved the trip fearing Hitler’s stance worsens Franco British relations and pledging to protect France prestige. French fascist leagues claim one million members and promise troop growth within six months due to German conscription.
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Great Britain
France
Hitler
Britain to Send Eden to Paris for Germany Rearmament Talks
London reports the British cabinet agreed to dispatch Captain Anthony Eden to Paris for a three-power conference with France and Italy on Germany rearment. Sir John Simon will not attend, aiming to avoid harming progress toward Germany rejoining the League of Nations.
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Copericht
Associated Press
London
Anthony Eden
Paris
France
Italy
Germany
Eden
Great Britain
Fulvio Savich
Pierre Laval
John Simon
Berlin
Capt
Sir John
Europe
Hitler
Europe Sees No Immediate War Despite German Move
Associated Press reporters survey Central Europe and the Balkans find officials believe war is not imminent. Analysts caution that failure to secure real peace and disarmament with Germany could raise the risk of war in three to four years.
Harlem Riot Sparks Gunfire and Stabbings in City
A Harlem riot led by a young Black man caused chaos as spectators urged firemen to let buildings burn. Seven men were shot and one stabbed, with Lyman Quarter, 34, in critical condition and an unidentified white man reported dying from a fractured skull. several others were seriously injured.
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Lyman Quarterman
Pravda Reports Britain Capitulates as Germany Presses Demand
The text describes Pravda’s summation that Britain will not unite with France against Germany, signaling English hesitation and compliance with German demands. It notes the German government’s insistence and compares this shift to the earlier move of introducing compulsory military service.
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Berlin
Hitler
France
Germany
England
Pravda
American Principle of Good Neighbor Pushed in Europe
The article reports President remarks urging the good neighbor policy toward Europe as part of ongoing debates over cotton loans and the Wagner labor bill. He avoids commenting on 1935 crop loans and notes no change to cotton policy, while addressing proposals to lift the processing tax and the need to raise funds by some means yet unspecified.
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Wagner
Kerr Smith Act Trial Near End
The Kerr Smith case nears conclusion with arguments that the act violates constitutional provisions on uniformity of the states, interstate commerce and reserved powers. Prosecutors and defense cite multiple decisions to frame the tax as a penalty and challenge its reach over moving goods across state lines.
Darrow Attacks NRA Riding Big Business
In a crowded hearing room, Darrow criticized the NRA for aligning with large wealth interests and warned of growing concentration of wealth during remarks led by Donald R. Richberg, recovery coordinator.
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Darrow
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Darrow recalls NRA review board in independent terms
The 77-year-old lawyer described organizing the board separate from the NRA to avoid criticism. He said funds were limited about $50,000 and that after reports to the President only a spoofing leaked to papers. He claimed the effort ended with $5,000 left and no grudges formed.
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NRA
Stors
NRA Review Board
Darow
Review Board
Washington
Johnson
NRA Board
Richberg
Darrow
House Still Debuts in On Bonus Issue
The piece reports on wartime surplus funds held by States Steel, Roosevelt’s push to cut war profits, a Swan son disapproval note for an aviation advisor, Alfred Hagg’s shipping board figures, and a Dietrich hint of an interstate commerce probe into railroad financing, with focus on limited public utility market access after liquidation.
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Naval Aircraft Procurement Officer
Alfred Hagg
The
Shipping Board
House Merchant Marine
United States
Rmmarine
Dietrich
D-Ill
Senate Interstate Commerce
Wheeler
Lawmakers Revise Chain Store Tax Provisions
The House rewrites chain store tax rates boosting brackets for nine to 30 stores and adds a new $225 per store over 200 bracket. Filling stations face a scaled tax, but one proposal was eliminated under Parker’s motion. Debate continues as the Senate weighs the Fenner bill and rabies vaccination provisions move forward.
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Parker
Durham
Bowie of
Ashe
MacDonald-Lumpkin
House
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Bailey
Washington
Hurley
Montgomery
Stacy
Rockingham
The
Utilities Commission
High Point Bird Sanctuary Nears Completion
The bird sanctuary in High Point is being hurried to completion with labor from the city, schools, Boy Scouts, and the Soil Erosion Service. Volunteers planted 8 004 seedlings of various species, 40 pounds of relief lespedeza seed covered 4 840 square yards, and over a hundred bird houses were built by students led by Ray Street School.
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High Point
Ray Street
Bunn W. Hackney
Stevens
Wildlife Department
Germany Jubilant Over Plans to Increase Army
The Reich celebrates rearmament as civilians crowd streets for a capital defense drill. Drafts begin September 1 and waves of volunteers and enthusiastic letters flood in. Economists warn funds diverted to armaments strain debt payments and could trigger inflation without a world recovery.
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Germany
Reich
Blomberg
Reichsbank
Hitler
Two Men Surprised In Big Hose Theft
Burlington officers surprised two white men at 11 o clock Saturday night as they robbed the Foster Hosiery Mill on Cameron Street. Full fashioned hosiery valued at 500 dollars lay piled behind the mill ready for removal and eighty five dozen of expensive hosiery were involved.
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Burlington
Foster
Cameron Street
Examination of Shq Children In Coin Reveals Many Defet
In Guilford County Greensoro this March 26, 186 children examined in rural school clinics found 117 with defects or diseases. Vaccinations were given to 69 of the 186. Reports list defective tonsils teeth decay and other conditions. County nurse Mrs Burba Jones assists Dr Bule in ongoing preschool clinics.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
R. M
Bwood
Madison
Mont Busick
Pleasant Garden
Rallamance
Nathaneal Gre Bessemer
McLeane
Bule
Union Hill
Summerfield Ridgefield School
Burba Jones
Versailles Pact Still Troubled by Revisions
The article notes persistent disputes over the Versailles settlement including demilitarization along the Rhine and German sovereignty. It reports gradual treaty revisions, trials of World War I leaders, and the Saar plebiscite as parts of ongoing adjustments after the war.
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Rhine
Germany
Kl Wilhelm
Saar
Four Arrests Linked to Looting Case Report
The article notes the arrest of men including Chick Findley and Frank Grove for a looting crime. Two others, L. H. Ker and Dink Warren, were later held for navigation related to the case. Barber, held on a $500 bond, remains jailed along with others.
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Chick Findley
Frank Grove
L. H. Ker
Dink Warren
Barber
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