Defense bill funds critical equipment for Army and defenses
The House Appropriations Committee approved a defense package totaling 185.7 million dollars in direct appropriations and contracts, with 116.5 million earmarked for Army equipment modernization including rifles artillery tanks anti air craft guns and gas masks. The panel trimmed 27.9 million from Roosevelt recommendations and deferred civilian aviation training proposals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Memel crisis deepens as German troops seize frontier
Nazi troops halt Jewish refugee flight in Memel as Lithuania withdraws forces under a state of emergency described as martial law. German occupation spreads with frontier guards disarmed and refugees blocked. Lithuania evacuates equipment. cabinet announces Memel's return to Germany.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
Lithuanian Defense Ministry
Skirvyte
Memel
Germany
House finalizes compromise on teaching certificates
Senate education committee approves bills to add courses at Fayetteville and Elizabeth City state normal schools to grant graduates an A teaching certificate and rename the schools as teacher colleges.
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Senate Education Committee
House
Fayetteville
Elizabeth City State Normal Schools
Martin Manton pleads guilty to two conspiracy charges
In New York on March 22, Martin T. Manton former senior judge of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals pleaded guilty in federal court to two indictments charging conspiracy and acceptance of money from litigants in cases he heard. Bail was set at 10000 by Judge John W Clancy, despite US Attorney Cahill urging 25000.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John W .Clancy
United States
John T. Cahill
Air Base Will Be Open To Civil Aviation
The Coast Guard air base at Elizabeth City North Carolina will be available for civil aviation in addition to Coast Guard use. Rear Admiral Russell B Waesche told the House Appropriations Committee that the field, certified as an emergency landing site by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, requires 334000 more to complete a land plane field and WPA funds to clear the site.
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Army
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Germany
United States
Sunnyvale
Calif
Langley Field
Great Plains
Puerto Rico
Washington
Coast Guard
Elizabeth City
N. C
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House
Warren
D-Nc
WPA
Waesche
Works Progress
Admiral Waesche
Treasury Department
Johnson
D-Okla
Jacksonville Again Chosen for Southeastern Naval Base
The Navy reaffirmed Jacksonville Florida as the best site for the Southeastern air base. The Hepburn Naval Board selected the North Florida location over bids from Miami and other Southeastern cities, and the decision was read to the House Naval Committee. It boosts the base's chances in the omnibus Naval Base Bill before the Senate Naval Committee.
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Washington
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Hepburn Naval Board
North Florida
Miami
House Naval Committee
Senate Naval Committee
Youth given suspended sentence for extortion
Shelby reports John Eaker an 18 year old Cherryville youth pleaded guilty in federal court to sending a threatening letter demanding 250 dollars to Gaston County mill owner and legislator Carl Rudisill. Judge E Y Webb suspended the sentence and placed him on three years probation.
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Shelby
John Eaker
Cherryville
Eaker
Carl Rudisill
Gaston County
E. Y. Webb
Aging Soldier Captain Jack Lloyd Recalls Seven Decades Of Adventure
Captain Jack Lloyd a 70 year old sojourner of the West known as Burning Daylight visited High Point today. He recounts frontier life from 1874 including meetings with Wild Bill Hickok Buffalo Bill Cody Calamity Jane and Gunfights at Tombstone Bisbee and in Nevada. Lloyd says he rode with Pancho Villa in Mexico helped Sandino in Nicaragua and fought in Cuba the Boer War and World War I. He predicts Russia as a pivot in future global tensions and notes North Carolina mining revival.
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Rio Grande
High Point
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Abilene
Kansas
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Col
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Buffalo Bill"’ Cody
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Hitler Off on an Other Glory Jaunt
Ancient Memelland is free again and German reactions praise a time for great recompense. A single cry of jubilation sweeps Germany as the Fuehrer is thanked. The press attacks Western democracies over alleged encirclement and US notes on Czecho Slovakia Bohemia Moravia. Hitler, returning from the theater, learns Italy’s Fascist Grand Council supports his move.
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Memelland
Germany
United States
Bohemia and
Moravia
Hitler
Italy
Grand Council
Czecho-Slovakia
Reconciliation Talks Reported Between France and Italy
Reports claim France and Italy pursued secret diplomacy while denials came from both capitals. Paris sought to split Rome from Berlin with early overtures, while Italy reaffirmed loyalty to the Rome Berlin axis as Daladier weighs new decrees to strengthen the Maginot Line and reserve call ups.
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Lagridelle
Italy
Berlin
Rome
Germany
Rome-Berlin
Andre Francois-Poncet
Paris
France
Britain weighs anti aggression pledge to curb Hitler advance
Britain debates a formal anti aggression declaration with France Russia and Poland to deter German expansion while considering commitments beyond moral support. Memel transfer complicates plans as Lithuania capitulates and Rome Berlin pact backs anti aggression bloc amid mounting opposition to Chamberlain.
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Britain
Russia
Poland
Rumania
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Denmark
Hoare
Richard Austen Butler
London
Memel
Reich
Germany
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Lithuania
House of Commons
Greece
Bulgaria
Bailey proposes early adjournment to save Congress money
Senator Bailey of North Carolina argued Congress could save about 9.5 billion dollars by adjourning early. He estimated the session would run 750 hours and noted the administration's budget would limit potential savings, but many appropriation bills would fail without extra time.
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Bailey
Congress
Washington
D-Nc
Franklin village marks second day of spring with 12 below
The Franklin county village nicknamed the ice box of New York state recorded a temperature of 12 degrees below zero marking the second day of spring. Local residents noted the unusual cold as signs of lingering winter.
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Owls
Head
N. Y
Maron
Franklin County
New York State
North Carolina Weather Fair Tonight and Thursday
Fair conditions continue overnight with somewhat colder air in the northeast and extreme north areas and along the extreme southeast coast Thursday. Moderate southwest and west winds along the coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift to easterly as fair weather persists tonight and Thursday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
E Franklin Spivey 68 Dies In Worthville
E Franklin Spivey died at his Worthville home after eight months of illness from heart trouble. Funeral services will be Thursday at 3 pm at Union Church Worthville with interment in the church cemetery. Survived by one daughter Mrs J L Wiles of Worthville seven sisters and four brothers.
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Asheboro
E. Franklin Spivey
Worthville
Union Church
J. L. Wiles
Wiley
Wilbur
Enoen
Orthville
R. Poole
Jack Sink
Greensboro
R. M. Owens
Addie Spivey
Cicero Hill
Wade Pickett
Eva Presnell
Randleman
Rev George F Milloway Dies At 78 In North Carolina
Rev George F Milloway 78 a retired Methodist Protestant minister died at his home near Greensboro after a long illness. He served churches in Greensboro Randolph County Burlington Winston Salem and Concord. Surviving are his wife five sons R C Milloway Charlotte B K Milloway Winston Salem E D Milloway Burlington and F M Milloway Greensboro. Funeral service set for 3 o clock Friday at Mt Pleasant church Randolph County.
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George F. Milloway
Greensboro
Randolph County
Burlington
Winston-Salem
Concord
R. C. Milloway
Charlotte
B. K
T. C. Milloway
E. D. Milloway
F. M. Milloway
Mt. Pleasant Church
Rockingham Rep Seeks Change in Highway Patrol Tactics
Clarence Stone of Rockingham urged the North Carolina House on March 22 to require highway patrolmen to patrol on highways rather than camp at stations or courthouses. He warned the patrol is a costly child and should focus on road duty. Other lawmakers argued patrols also generate revenue, while motorists complain officers rarely appear on open roads.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Clarence Stone
Rockingham
Highway Patrol
Wayne
Frank Taylor
State Highway Patrol
Foreclosure Sale of Welborn Trust Property in High Point
Trustee Co N Cox will offer for sale on April 15 1939 at 11 a m at the front door of the Guilford County Courthouse High Point the property described as Lot 6 Block A and Lot 11 Block B from W C Welborn and related plats in Guilford County. The deed of trust secures the one half undivided interest of W B Welborn with Susie Welborn and Ella H Gantt as grantors.
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W. B. Welborn
Susie Welborn
R. B. Gants
Ella H. Gantt
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
High Point
High Point Township
North Main Street
W. ¢. Welborn
Office of
Co. N. Cox
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