Local North Carolina Weather Outlook With Rain and Clouds
Cloudy and colder tonight with showers in the east and light mist in the northwest and mountains. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with rain possible Wednesday. Coastal winds shift from moderate to fresh northerly tonight and Tuesday. Southwesterly winds at Hatteras to Jacksonville become variable near the coast with partly overcast skies and local showers tonight.
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North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Japanese Arm y Seizes Nanchang in War Dispatches
Domei reports Japanese troops entered Nanchang after Chinese forces withdrew south of the bridge and blew its center span. Fire rose in the city as Japanese engineers mended bombed sections while Chinese evacuation used scorched earth tactics. Occupation purportedly severed the Chekiang-Kiangsi rail line, disrupting war material transport.
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Chang
Domei
Nanchang
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Week-end crashes claim six in North Carolina
Six deaths occurred in North Carolina from weekend traffic accidents. John Hoffman of Charlotte died when his car overturned into a small building in Marshville. Robert M. Henley near Asheboro died of injuries. W. G. Dodson near Madison perished in a car overturn. In Brunswick County near Leland, E G Elliott Robert Simpson and George Simpson died when their car overturned and burned after a collision with a gasoline truck driven by K W Godwin who escaped injury. Richard Simpson, a Negro, was seriously injured. All the Negro victims were from Council.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
John Hoffman
Marshville
Robert M. Henley
Asheboro
W. G. Dodson
Madison
E. G. Elliott
Robert Simpson
George Simpson
Leland
Brunswick County
K. W. Godwin
Richard Simpson
Wilmington
Britain weighs Romania trade pact with Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House that Romania has not ceded economic independence in its treaty with Germany. He said a British trade mission to Bucharest is still intended and that the accord contains no political clause. He declined to judge if Czech territories should be restored.
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Cal
Chamberlain
Rumania
Germany
Bucharest
Vyvyan Adams
Czecho-Slovakia
Adams
Chamberlaind
Britain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Chattanooga photographer released after grand jury conflict
Robert Brown, a Chattanooga News photographer jailed for refusing to disclose grand jury information about a cockfight he photographed, was released after stating the fight was not staged in Hamilton County. Also reported are a U S statement that no talks on boycotting Germany occurred with Britain, and the death of Eliot Keen, editor of Silver Screen, at age 60.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Brown
Chattanooga News
Hamilton
New York
Eliot Keen
Silver Screen
Still Fighting Blaze in Charlotte Waste Fire
The Charlotte fire department continued to battle a cotton waste fire at the Dixie Waste Company as crews fought the blaze started a week ago. Estimated loss stands at $10,000.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Fire Department
Dixie Waste Company
Roosevelt Plans Two-Week Southern Trip With Short Visits
President Roosevelt will depart Wednesday afternoon for a two weeks journey through the South. He will stop at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for a brief car speech, then visit Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn before proceeding toward Warm Springs via Opelika for a short greeting.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Warm Springs
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Opelika
Harvard Soph Claims Goldfish Eating Championship
Harvard sophomore Irving M. Clark of Seattle won the goldfish eating title by consuming 24 live goldfish in just over five minutes. He chased each fish with orange juice and said he could have eaten 50. Frank Pope of Franklin and Marshall bet him $50 on the challenge.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Irving M. Clark
Seattle
Wash
Clark
Frank Pope
Franklin and Marshall College
Pope
Hitler attends open air funeral for Nazi physician leader
Chancellor Adolf Hitler attended an outdoor state funeral in Munich for Dr. Gerhard Wagner, head of Nazi physicians. A district Nazi leader delivered a eulogy praising Wagner as a laborer for national health and the goals of national socialism.
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Munich
Adolf Hitler
Gerhard Wagner
Fuehrer
Wagner
Copper Roofs Replaced After World War Shell Production
In Germany during the war copper roofs on most buildings were stripped to make shells, with only two cathedrals spared. The roofs have since been replaced, restoring urban skylines after the conflict.
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Germany
Swiss Moves to Bolster Frontier Defenses
Berne reports the Swiss government extended the annual training of reserve border forces to two weeks and organized a one week course for territorial reserves. Troops were rushed to frontier points including the German border while authorities dismissed rumors of an immediate threat as unfounded.
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Berne
Switzerland
Basle
Zurich
Rudolphe Minger
Flood of New Bills Hits Legislature Today
A wave of proposed laws arrives in the legislature including a measure to raise election official pay. Senate bills cover highway accident insurance and coordinating services of the Agriculture Department and State College Extension Bureau. A state department of justice is debated with a bill moving to place the Bureau of Investigation under the attorney general.
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Senate
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina State College Extension Bureau
State Department of Justice
Folger Ofurry
Bureau of Investigation and Identification
Attorney General's Office
Clipper Plane Hops to Horta on Atlantic Survey Flight
Pan American cargo plane reaches Horta Portugal on a routine survey flight across the Atlantic. The clipper carries enough fuel for 5 000 miles and plans to visit Lisbon Marseilles Southampton Fornes and Ireland before turning back. The trip to Horta covers 2 800 miles the longest leg. Captain Harold K Gray reports 48 ships along the route with six within radio bearing distance.
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Atlantic
Horta
Lisbon
Portugal
Marseilles
France
Southampton
England
Fornes
Ireland
Harold EK. Gray
Baltimore-Horta
Supreme Court Approves Part of FDR Plan in Tax Immunity Ruling
Justice Stone writes that prior immunity from income tax on salaries of government workers is largely overruled while Justices Butler and McReynolds dissent in the New York case. The Utah case is remanded to its supreme court for state tax questions. Chief Justice Hughes concurs in New York.
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New York
Black
Utah
Utah Supreme Court
Butler
McReynolds
Stone
Collector
Hughes
Andrews Proposes Textiles Minimum Wage for Hearing
Atlanta March 27 Elmer F Andrews national administrator for the fair labor standards act announced a proposed minimum wage of 32 1 2 cents an hour for the textile industry is to be the subject of public hearings Final action will be delayed several weeks The recommendation came from a committee set to determine minimum standards for cotton silk rayon and other textile mills The deputy wage hour administrator said in Washington the group urged the new minimum take effect July 1
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Atlanta
Elmer F. Andrews
Paul Sifton
Washington
Goebbels Plans Budapest Visit for Informal Observations
German propaganda chief Paul Joseph Goebbels is set to visit Budapest on Wednesday for informal observations. The German legation organized a dinner for him that night.
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Goebbbels
Budapest
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Funeral services for Robert Henley in Asheboro
Funeral services for Robert M. Henley forty two were held at Hopewell Friends Church after he was killed by an automobile south of Asheboro around 10 yesterday. He is survived by his widow two sons Robert and Billy Ray and three daughters Irene Betty Lou and Margie Lee along with his father Will Henley of Clifton Florida a brother Ben Henley Thomasville a half brother Teem Hudson and a sister Mrs Ill Williams of Clifton Fla.
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Asheboro
Robert M. Henley
Hopewell Friends Church
Ed Shaw
Church
Robert
Billy Ray
Irene
Betty Lou
Margie Lee
Will Henley
Clifton
Fla
Ben Henley
Thomasville
Teem Hudson
Ill Williams
Clifton, Fla
Finally Put To Death After Fifteen Stays
Roy Lockard, 29, a former Altoona WPA worker, was executed in Bellefonte for killing three year old Matthew Karmendi with a railroad spike in 1936 after escaping 15 clemencies. He walked to the chair unassisted, smiling slightly, while his partner Mrs. Margaret Karmendi watched as she faced a prison sentence on a separate trial.
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Bellefonte
Roy Lockard
Altoona Wpa
Lockard
Matthew
Sonny” Karmendi
Margaret Karmendi
Sonny
Karmendi
Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Velva Freedle Morgan
Funeral services for Velva Freedle Morgan 25 who died at Guilford County Sanatorium were held Sunday at Koonce Funeral Home chapel with a later service at Volunteer Primitive Baptist Church near Pilot Mountain. The First Pilgrim Church pastor Rev O L Ruth led and a quartet sang Rock of Ages and Farther Along. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Velva Freedle Morgan
Guilford County
Koonce Funeral Home
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
Doris
Mattie Ruth Conally
Audrey Lilly
Alvin Brown
Marie Strother
Volunteer Primitive Baptist Church
Pilot Mountain
Bilder J. W. Brown
James Bottoms
Doyle Alexander
R. G. Callicut
Leroy Lumley
Claude Gordon
Walter Needham
Church Cemetery
Fraternal Duty in Indianapolis Arrests Brother
Indianapolis detective Ferdinand Holt arrested his brother James after presenting a warrant for pawning a radio before full payment. James, who had been living in Chicago, faced charges for the pawn.
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Indianapolis
James
Ferdinand Holt
Brother
Chicago
Large Number Of Liquor Violation Cases Heard Here
Numerous cases involving liquor were tried before Judge D C MacRae in Municipal Court this morning. Defendants faced fines ranging from 30 to 60 days with costs, plus suspensions or conditions such as leaving the city or moving residence. Additional offenses included drunkenness, assault, larceny, and lottery with varied penalties and cost payments.
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D. C. MacRae
R. G. Johnson
Verge Howard
Herman Britton
Downing Street
William Moore
Mattie Lou Dixon
Jule Hammett
Dorris Street
Press Young
W. D. Maner
Ben Crawford
Miles Douglas
Richardson Street
Curlee Simms
Ed Montgomery
Lee Massey
W. S. Hen
Smith Street
J. S. Lockabill
James Carroll
East Green Street
S. B. Royals
R. L. Pickett
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Wright dies in hospital
Friends mourn the infant death of Bill Wright's son who died soon after 8 PM Saturday at a local hospital. Survived by the parents of 312 South Hamilton Street and grandfather Will Henline of Marion NC. Graveside services were held Sunday at 4 PM at Oakwood Cemetery. Rugby rules note Yale's 1876 title over Harvard Columbia and Princeton.
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South
Hamilton Street
Will Henline
Marion
N. C
Oakwood Cemetery
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Princeton
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