New County Managers Named for Horton Gubernatorial Campaign
The Department of five new county managers for W. P. Horton’s gubernatorial campaign announced a three member county campaign committee. New managers include Frank Howell in Columbus County, John W. Fouts in Yancey County, Grov Williams in Yadkin County, George W. Phil in Onslow County, and Roland H. Hayes in Davie County with others directing campaign efforts. Detective Talley reports a purse snatching in Manorville.
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Leigh
W. P
Horton Waighton
Y County
Broughton Camra
Orton
Yancey County
Frank Well
A Mountain
Columbus Coun- Howell
Green Mountain
Columbus Nty
John W.ll
Whiteville
Davie
Roland H. Hayes
Nearksville
Yadkin County
Grov. Williams
Booneville
Low County
George W. Phil
Jacksonville
Fouts
Gover Hoey
Yancey
Ransom Higgins
Jenee Byrd
North Carolina Weather Outlook and Winds
Fair today with frost tonight and colder air into Saturday. Increasing clouds in the mountains and unsettled conditions in the east with slightly colder temperatures. Hatteras to Jacksonville expects moderate to fresh north and northeast winds shifting westward, rain by night and Saturday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras sees strong northwest winds diminishing tonight with broken clouds tonight and Saturday. Charlotte area notes official 24 hour temperature and rainfall records through 7:30 a.m.
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North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
British Raids Honor RAF Flyers and Question Submarine Claims
The admiralty disputed German claims of nine ships sunk in the Wednesday air raid on a convoy, confirming five damaged. Britain’s raid on the German base at Sylt on Tuesday night and Wednesday earned three Royal Air Force members decorations for gallantry.
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Admiralty
Britain
Sylt
Royal Air Force
Good Friday Worship in Jerusalem Amid Holy Land Peace
Pealing bells and sunny weather drew thousands of natives and pilgrims to Jerusalem for a Christ's Passion procession along the Via Dolorosa. Soldiers in khaki mingled with Latin clergy as worshipers filled the Holy Sepulchre, though repairs limited civilian entry.
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Jerusalem
Mar
Holy Land
Pontius Pilate
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Palestine
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Pope Pius Performs Good Friday Rite in Sistine Chapel
In a special mass at the Sistine Chapel Pope Pius and thirteen shoeless cardinals performed the customary rites. Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's personal representative, watched among the diplomatic corps as Cardinal Rossi led the service in Vatican City.
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Taylor
Vatican Vatican City
Mar
Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius
Rafaele Cardinal Rossi
Sacred College of Cardinals
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Peace After Victory Reflected in French Good Friday Services
Paris reports Good Friday services across predominantly Catholic France with prayers for peace after victory over Germany. Jean Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Paris, framed the day as the nation’s calvary toward a regenerated world in which lasting peace will be assured.
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Paris
Germany
France
Jean Cardinal Verdier
Pais
Quiet Good Friday Observed in Berlin Amid War
Berlin observes Good Friday in quiet as offices and stores close. Sermons lack war influence though many Nazified churches push a fight to victory tone. Clergy have avoided sermons judged political, a sore point with Nazis since the war began.
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Berlin
Mar
Germany
Senate Farm Bill and Trade Program Debate Shapes 1930s Election
The Senate considers a $922 million farm bill with cane grower aid and quotas suspended previously. It also approves surplus disposal funding of $85 million, Rural Electrification loans of $40 million, and farm tenancy loans of $50 million. Republicans warn of partisan divides over extending the reciprocal trade program for three years amid ongoing debate.
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McNary
Senate
Congress
Harrison
Miss
House
Ellender
Rural Electrification Administration
Taft
Ohio
A. E. Tate Led High Point Furniture Groups
A. E. Tate prominent High Point furniture figure and former president of the A. E. Tate Furniture Company led multiple industry groups including the A. E. Tate firm and the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Born in Ontario in 1865, he moved to High Point in 1888 and held leadership roles in insurance and real estate before his death. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, two brothers, and two sisters. Funeral services at First Baptist Church with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Niture Manufacturers Association
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Tate
J. T. Ryan
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Europe
Canada
Mr. Tate
Kilsythe
Ontario
Edward
Mary Hall Tate
Hull
England
Armour
Ireland
Jamestown
Durham
High Point
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Tate Furniture Company
John H. Tate
A. E. Tate
J. J. Cox and Company
Home Furniture Company
Southern Chair Company
High Point Development Company
Southern Furniture Exposition Building, Inc
Bessie Vernon Tate
Alice Cottam
This City
Isabel King
Walter Sheely
Delray Beach
Fla
Fred N. Tate
William Tate
Phoenix
Ariz
A. L. Holton
Roanoke
Mattie Smith
Charlotte
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
I. G. Greer
Mills
Thomasville
Oakwood
G. H. Callicut
Marcus Thomas
Alton Beeson
Earl Bundy
Lester Myers
Commodore Muse
James Weaver
Will Giles
Mills Home
Southern Furniture Exposition
Kiwanis Cdub
C. F. Grissom
C. H. Cecil
A. G. Rutledge
Charles Bolling
B. C. Page
A. G. Linthicum
D. A. Stanton
George T. Wood
I. T. Mann
Frank Wineskie
O. E. Kearns
H. N. Williard
C. P. Moffitt
R. B. Terry
C. E. Sheloff
J. Everett Marsh
S. C. Clark
R. R. Ragan
Joseph D. Cox
W. B. Farr, Sr
W. B. Farr, Jr
A. Wayland Cooke
Greensboro
Move to Slash Educational Munitions Orders
The Allies deem only the latest aircraft viable. older types risk obsolescence before delivery. Army budgets face cuts as probes consider trimming or eliminating the educational munitions program. Congressional action is eyed by the House Military Appropriations Subcommittee while past appropriations and estimates around 40 million total spark debate.
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War
Navy
Army
House
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Mrs Roosevelt backs La Guardia for any path
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told foreign correspondents that Mayor La Guardia could do almost anything he wants. She said he could even win the vice presidency if elected. She added she would not consider a presidential nomination under any circumstances.
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New York
la Guardia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Southerner Dies In CCC Accident Near Hayes Hill
Ivan Lee Pursell 23 of Yorkville Tenn died from a spinal fracture after a truck overturn near Hayes Hill on the Redwood highway. Ten of 15 injured were hospitalized in Grants Pass. Driver Percy Kinkade 20 of Shelby Miss said he dozed at the wheel.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Ivan Lee Pursell
Yorkville
Tenn
Hayes Hill
Redwood Highway
J. F. Williamson
Oak Park
Camp Gasquet
Calif
Percy Kinkade
Shelby
Miss
Reynaud Faces War Parliament as France Joins Full Conflict
France’s new premier Reynaud spoke to the Chamber of Deputies amid a split ruling coalition. Radical-Socialists abstained, while Louis Marin pressed for a war government and against the Daladier cabinet. Reynaud vowed decisive action and unity to win and crush treason.
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Vincent Badie
Galimand
Louis Marin
Reynaud
Marin
Daladier
France
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Parliament
Elysee Palace
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Senate
Jean le Cour Grandmaison
High Point Citizens Gather For City Clinic On Progress
A city clinic in High Point featured Geo A Cooper urging proactive civic effort and residents proposing actions. Suggestions covered diversified industry, local purchases, play grounds, youth delinquency, beautification, welcoming newcomers, and vocational training for non college graduates.
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G. L. Rankin
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Companyl
Horace G. Ilderton
High Point
O. W. LeBaron
R. D. Tillson
H. M. White
Koonts and
White
I. T. Mann
M. J. Wrenn
J. W. Poole
Chamber of Commerce
City meeting calls for labor capital harmony and civic watch
Vari ous speakers at yesterday afternoon's session urged cooperation between labor and capital with a goal of slum clearance and better housing. Rev J Clay Madison proposed a nonpartisan citizen's committee to monitor local government and taxes while others pressed local hiring, street numbering reforms, hospital needs, and stronger merchant cooperation.
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J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Church
M. W. Nash
R. C
Mike) Boyce
Capital
Labor
F. R. Taylor
Gus Brice
Taylor
Two women linked to Brooklyn murder-for-hire case
New York District Attorney William O Dwyer says he is holding two young brunettes described as gang molls who provided information on at least three new murders by the Brooklyn murder-for-hire syndicate. The three new killings add to 30 linked assassinations and eight indictments.
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New York
William O’dwyer
Brooklyn
Kings County
Crime Combine
American correspondent given suspended term in Japan for rumor mongering
James R. Young, International News Service correspondent, was convicted in Tokyo district court of spreading false rumors and given a six month suspended sentence. Judge Sanehiro Hotta noted extenuating circumstances as an American and news transmitter. Young returned to jail for a seven day appeal window.
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Tokyo
James R. Young
International News Service
Tokyo District Court
Sanehiro Hotta
Young
Son Born to Kaiser’s Grandson and Duchess Kira in Berlin
Berlin report states Prince Louis Ferdinand and the former Grand Duchess Kira welcomed another son today. He is the first male great grandchild of Kaiser Wilhelm. Louis Ferdinand, son of former Crown Prince Wilhelm, previously worked as a Detroit factory mechanic and now serves in the air force.
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Berlin
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kira
Wilhelm
Detroit
Air Force
Controversial Oklahoma Dam Gates Closed Move Sparks Action
Oklahoma City March 22 Gov Leon C Phillips disclosed the dam gates were closed during the night closing the Grand River dam in north eastern Oklahoma Waters began backing up in the 52000 acre reservoir after a civil suit was filed against the PWA over highway replacements.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
National Guard
Grand River
Oklahoma
Phillips
PWA
Vatican Says Soviet Attitude Signals Aggression
Vatican City newspaper L Osservatore Romano says Russia views the Finnish Swedish Norwegian defense pact as hostile to its interests and predicts Moscow will act after bolstering the Hanko naval base and the Baltic railway links to the Swedish border. It warns of consequences from Scandinavia’s provocations.
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Vatican City
Russia
Soviet Union
L'Osservatore Romano
Baltic
Hanko
Finland
Moscow
Civil action threatened in Shelby over cotton penalties
U S District Attorney Lamar Cau dle said his office might begin civil proceedings to collect cotton marketing penalties the government contends have not been paid.
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Shelby
U. S
Lamar Caudle
Train Crash Kills Sixteen near Rio de Janeiro
Sixteen people died and over 100 were injured in a collision between two passenger trains near Mage junction outside Rio de Janeiro. Authorities tentatively blamed signal confusion during the Easter weekend travel rush.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mage
Rio de Janiero
High Point Leaders Call for City Unity and Growth
Hagler's chain leader praises High Point and urges faith in the city. Diffendale urges a united spirit to curb factionalism and serve the whole community. Ruth Carter of the High School faculty pushes more friendliness, a recreation center, and wider newspaper circulation. A student favors tearing down unsightly shacks.
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Hagler
High Point
Charles E. Diffendale
Ruth Carter
High Point High School
Bombing raid damages crane and hangars on Sylt island
American refugees hid in a cellar as a small target range structure sustained heavy damage. Incendiary bombs struck a steel crane lifting seaplanes, though sputtering ended on an iron platform. Three civilians were wounded by bomb fragments. A civilian population segment remains on Sylt tending farms and lobster pots. German reports claim the hangars and crane were allied targets while bombing was from excessive height. Three British planes were shot down, one near Hornum. A lone officer's insignia-free body was found at sea and a military funeral was held. There was no censorship observed.
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Sylt
Hornum
Thomasville man arrested for drunken driving
Thomasville police report a warrant issued for Adam S S Roach of High Point for drunken driving. Patrolman John Crowell of the State Highway Patrol arrested him and he was released on bond. Trial set in Thomasville court on March 29.
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Thomasville
Adam S&s. Roach
North Main Street
High Point
John Crowell
State Highway Patrol
Roach
Notice of Land Sale in High Point NC
Public auction will sell Lot No 5 in Block B of the High Point Real Estate and Insurance lands in Guilford County NC. Sale at the Municipal Building High Point on Friday April 12 1940 at 11 a.m. cash. 5 percent required as good faith. Trustee Owen Reese lists tax and deed details.
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Jesse Crawford
Alma Crawford
Owen Reese
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
Guilford
City to auction Lot 31 in Sherrod Park April 1 1940
By order of the City Council O A Kirkman mayor the city of High Point will sell at public auction for cash at the east door of Guilford County Building at 11:00 a m on April 1 1940 the Lot No 31 of Sherrod Park plat recorded in plat book 7 page 107 Guilford County North Carolina The city reserves the right to reject any bids
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City of
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
Wrenn and Howell
Jordan
Wrenn
W. P. Grady
Millis
Wrenn Street
E. Green
Ragan and Harmon
Bell Lands
Office of the Register of Deeds
N. C
Brentwood
Office of Register of Deeds
A. Kirkman
Sherrod Park
O. A. Kirkman
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