Local Carolina Weather Forecast and Atlantic Coast Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions forecast with warmer tonight and fair, cooler in the northeast. Variable winds shift from south and southwest to north tonight and Tuesday, with strong southerly gusts in the north. Hatteras shows winds shifting west or north, overcast to broken clouds, then Tuesday fair. Official records note temperatures and rainfall across cotton regions with readings from early morning hours.
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Orth Carolina
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Cess
Jacksonville T
Andy Hook
Hatteras
Rumania faces German trade concessions amid regional pressures
Rumania contemplates German demands for half of its petroleum and agricultural output with fixed exchange terms and manufacturing concessions in the Danube Crested Delta. The unexpected German move in Czecho Slovakia intensified economic pressure on Romania along the Carpatho Ukraine frontier.
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Danube
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Rumania
France moves along Rhine in bold wartime tone
Daladier strengthens power in France with a cabinet backed push for strict laws to be submitted to President Lebrun. Paris debates a rapid implementation as Romania rises as the next potential danger in European tensions.
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France
Lebrun
Senate
Daladier
Elysee Palace
Romania
Paris
Move to lower Guilford County inventory taxes deferred
Merchants and manufacturers from High Point and Greensboro urge a cut in inventory assessments from 85 100 percent to the old 70 75 percent. The Guilford County Board of Commissioners defers action until a special meeting before April 1, citing possible general tax increases. City officials will report back with recommendations after meetings with the two city councils.
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Greensboro
High Point
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
W. M. York
Greensboro Merchants’ Association
Frank Sizemore
Adams- Millis Corporation
George L. Stansbury
H. L. Crowe
C. W. Smedberg
Joe Hoffman, Jr
Japanese air raid damages Chinese military bases
Japanese warplanes dropped about 200 bombs on Liangyang and Fancheng near Hankow causing heavy damage to major bases. Most residents fled so casualties were light, while a Chinese counter offensive along the Han River was crushed. An air attack on 500 junks carrying troops at Liangyang was reported as a great loss of life.
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Liangyang
Fancheng
Hankow
Han River
Hupeh
Han
Andrews Nominated to Regular Wage-Hour Post
Washington March 20 Elmer F Andrews wage hour administrator under a recess appointment was nominated by President Roosevelt today to a regular appointment. He must be confirmed by the Senate.
U S Orders Legation at Prague Close Amid Neutrality Debate
U S orders legation at Prague shut as officials weigh a protest over Czechoslovakia. In Congress, Sen Pittman pushes a bill allowing arms sales to warring nations for cash and shipments, while Borah and Capper urge broad bans. The Senate Foreign Relations panel faces a sharp clash over the neutrality act amid Roosevelt signals for revision.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Capitol Hill
Pittman
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
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Europe
France
Britain
Congress
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Utah
Capper
R-Kans
Filipinos Organize Against Fascism and Japanese Militarism
Manila March 20 prominent Filipinos moved to form an anti Japanese and anti fascist congress to promote democracy and collective security and to boycott Japanese goods. Moises Nicomedes, a Filipino attorney, announced the new organization.
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Manila
Philippines
Moises Nicomedes
Truckers Strike Rhode Island Area Halts Freight Movement
About 3,000 truck drivers in Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut walked off the job today over wage demands after talks on a new contract for 10,000 drivers broke down. Freight trucking was nearly blocked with few exceptions.
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Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Caffey Prominently Mentioned As New Speaker For the House
Raleigh dispatch notes no clear front runner as the North Carolina House of Representatives selects a speaker in 1941. George Uzzell of Rowan and John W. Caffey of Guilford emerge as leading contenders with other lawmakers weighing chances, commitments, and regional dynamics.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
George Uzzell
Rowan
John W. Caffey
Guilford
Appropriations Committee
National House of Representatives
North Carolina
Congress
Durham
W. E. Fenner
Finance Committee
Victor Bryant
Uzzell
Pat Kimsey
Transylvania
Spruill Thornton
Forsyth
Gordon Gray
Senate
Rupert Pickens
Pickens
Willie Lee Lumpkin
Robert Grady Johnson
Lumpkin
Libby Ward
Bryant
Mr. Bryant
Jack Morphew
Morphew
Washington
Moving Pictures Shown Monarchs by D W Hunter at Luncheon
D W Hunter entertained the High Point Monarch Club at a weekly luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel with a lengthy moving picture about mining and handling coal. The film, produced by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, traces coal from mining to burning in a consumer furnace. President E Z Jones presided. Frank Sizemore of the chamber of commerce attended as a visitor.
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D. W. Hunter
High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
E. Z. Jones
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina Firms Buy Tear Gas Equipment
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee reported that 0 corporations and individuals acquired 490598 dollars worth of tear and sickening gas and gas equipment from Jan 1 1933 to June 30 1937. Named purchasers include Cannon Mills Co Kannapolis and the Alamance County Manufacturers Association Burlington N C.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Cannon Mills Co
Kannapolis
Week Committee of Manufacturers
Alamance County
Burlington
N. C
Ancient Roman Children Played Jacks Ball and Rope
The article notes that Roman youths enjoyed simple games including jacks balls and rope jumping. It highlights childhood recreation and cultural habits of ancient Rome.
Britain seeks united front with Soviet Russia against Nazi drive
Britain engages Moscow and Warsaw as Cabinet plans blunt resistance to German eastward advance. Talks with Kennedy and Halifax signal possible bloc with Poland Yugoslavia Greece Romania and Turkey. Military alerts rise at Portland and Dover as global diplomacy accelerates.
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Dover
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London
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Joseph Beck
R. S. Hudson
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Georges Bonnet
Slovakia
Carpatho- Ukraine
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Italy
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Hitler
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Australia
Joseph A. Lyons
Lyons
Fire damages mill in Charlotte
Fire caused about $10,000 in damage to the Daxie Waste Mills in Charlotte last night. No injuries reported. The blaze damaged several processing areas and prompted a quick response from local fire crews.
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Charlotte
German Leaders Meet in Berlin on Baltic Memel and Naval Talks
Reports from Berlin detail a high level discussion among Hitler aides on Memel Diet timing March 25 and Lithuania's European role while denying any protectorate plan. The session covered Britain’s strained ties naval armament and air strength, plus propaganda focusing on alleged London obstruction of Romanian trade talks.
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Europe
Memel Landtag
Diet
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von Ribbentrop
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Lithuania
Hitler
Great Britain
Johannes Welczek
Paris
Robert Coulondre
Germany
Britain
Czzecho-Slovakia
London
Helmuth Wohlthal
Reichstag
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italian Riviera
Moravia-Bohemia
Italy
Mussolini
Reich
Income Boost Hinted By A. J. Maxwell
Tax receipts ran ahead of estimates as A. J. Maxwell suggested a definite picture of the financial situation. The Senate, awaiting his presentation, deferred action on the bill until Tuesday. A reform measure restricting absentee voting in primaries and tightening election rules was expected to be taken up next. The bill had passed the House.
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Tony
Senate
Work By Voorhees Chosen For Exhibit
Two Louis F. Voorhees paintings from this city were accepted for the North Carolina Professional Artists Club annual exhibit in Chapel Hill. The works titled Industry and Autumn were selected by a jury including UNC art head Russell T. Smith and critics William Mead Prince and Rosamond Niles.
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Louis F. Voorhees
North Carolina
Professional Artists’ Club
Chapel Hill
Person Hall
$10 000 Suit Filed Against Local Man
W H Warren of Greensboro filed a Guilford County Superior Court suit seeking 10000 damages from E R Gary and the Gary Bottling Company of High Point. He asks 5000 for character damage and 5000 for false arrest and malicious prosecution alleging Gary falsely accused him of unlawful filling. The case cites prior magistrate dismissal over disputed bottle ownership and Gary stamping bottles with acids.
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Greensboro
W. H. Warren
Guilford County
E. R. Gary
Gary Bottling Company
High Point
Warren
Gary
Gary Company
Piedmont Bottling Company
J. A. Parker
J. C. Strickland
Piedmont Company
Tobacco's Hold Shapes Trade in North Australia
A colonial-era report notes that aborigines highly prize tobacco to the point of selling their girls and women to Japanese pearl fishers for small quantities of trade tobacco. The somber account highlights the coercive exchange tied to commodity demand and cultural disruption.
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North Australia
Rice Rupture Experts visit High Point for free trial view
Rice representatives from William S. Rice Inc will be at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point North Carolina on Wednesday March 22 to demonstrate the Rice Method for reducible rupture control. The appliance offers a fifteen day trial with no charge unless kept after adjustment.
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Rice
William S. Rice, Inc
Adams, N. Y
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
N. Carolina
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