Britain and France warn Franco amid foreign ship clashes
Associated Press reports that Franco used Italian colonial troops in Spanish Morocco as Britain and France issued a joint warning to keep hands off their ships. Tangier sources note repression while insurgents gain in Madrid region and battles rage along frontiers.
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Morocco
Associated Press
Francisco Franco
Spanish
Spain
Great Britain
France
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Italy
Madrid
Tangier
Rince Espagne
Cap Falcon
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Cabin Deaths Being Probed In Norfolk
Norfolk county officials investigated the deaths of Berry S. and Catherine Dail in a tavern cabin near Norfolk. A muffled gunshot was heard, the bodies were found in bed, and a pistol with two discharged cartridges was nearby. The couple, formerly of Ocean View, had recently been estranged and had dinner at the tavern before renting the cabin.
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Norfolk
Norfolk County
Berry
Dail
Catherine
L. C. Ferebee
Here
C. G. Bennett
H. W. Carr
Ocean View
New Warenton solicitor assumes duties at recorder's court
Warenton county recorder's court sees Joseph Pippin begin duties as solicitor on March 31 in War ren county.
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Warrenton
Joseph
Pippin
Warren County Recorder'’S Court
Japanese Parliament Dissolved in National Crisis
Tokyo reports the Japanese army accuses major parties of obstructing vital laws and forces the dissolution of parliament. Emperor Hirohito orders a general election on Premier Hayashi’s advice as the 70th Diet session ends amid military pressure and looming national defense bills.
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Tokyo
National R
Empire
Hirohito
Senjuro Hayashi
Navy
Britain Faces Indian Crisis in Gandhi's Shadow
In Bombay on March 31 British officials seek a bloodless path to semi rule, placing hopes on Mohandas K Gandhi. Police and 58,000 British soldiers stand by as the National Congress refuses to take office in six of eleven provinces.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
National Congress Party
Buyers Back Metal Stocks in Mixed Market Action
Stock buyers supported metals oils and special issues in today’s market with issues advancing fractions to two points. Steels motors and rails faced profit taking after yesterday’s sharp rally, remaining in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Ehringhaus Refuses Wisconsin Oil Case Role
March 31 report that former North Carolina governor J C B Ehringhaus rejects serving as chief trial counsel for Wisconsin oil cases. Attorney General Cummings notes Ehringhaus fears acceptance would hinder his new law firm's work. Ehringhaus offers to have an outstanding Wisconsin resident lawyer handle the cases.
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Washington
Wisconsin
J. C. B Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Cummings
Ehringhaus
Sit-Down Strike Opposition Rings In Legislative Halls
A labor dispute pauses talks to feature capitol debates over sit-down strikes. Gov. Frank Murphy sees a possible Chrysler settlement soon as Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis plan another weekend meeting. The clash over exclusive bargaining rights fuels congressional inquiry calls while clashes erupt in factories from California to Maine with arrests and guard interventions.
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Associated Press
Frank Murphy
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Walter P. Chrysler
Corporation
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers Union
Washington
House Rules Committee
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Lewis
Michigan Senate
California Conserving Company
Hayward
Calif
Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Hastings
Minn
A. Lund
Mito
Lewiston- Auburn
Maine
Textile Men Plan Meeting in Washington
Delegates from major textile nations gathered in Washington for a study of labor conditions in the textile industry. The meeting opens Friday with ILO and League of Nations affiliates, plus 19 nations attending. US participants include John G. Winant O. Max Gardner and Emil Rieve.
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Washington
Mar
International Labor Organization
League of Nations
Nations
United States
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Federal Social Security Board
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Emil Rieve
Philadephia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
U. S
Employer Shot Girl Questioned
Police questioned Irene Tadlock a 19 year old stenographer after McCauley a 32 year old moving company operator was shot in his office. Tadlock said her pay was overdue and he struck her before she grabbed a pistol and fired once.
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Washington
Mar
Irene Tadlock
Johns
McCauley
Miss Tadlock
Weed Tax Suit Set For Monday
Grensboro March 81 Trial of a suit brought by the R J Reynolds Tobacco company against C H Robertson collector of internal revenue involving tax of about 6000 on cigarettes allegedly hijacked in shipment will be held at the adjourned term of United States civil court convening here Monday.
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Grensboro
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
C. H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
United States Civil Court
Increased Wages Seen as Key in Miner-Operator Talks
Miners and operators resumed contract talks in New York as wage hikes emerge as the sole issue. The current pact expires at midnight unless extended. 400,000 miners threaten a strike after a holiday. The union scaled back demands on a 30 hour week two weeks paid vacation and 200 days of work per year.
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New York
John L. Lewis Y
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
van A. Bittner
West Virginia
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
I. T., Putman
Duncan Kennedy
Remodeling Program Faces New Superintendent in High Point
Charles F. Carroll Jr. will assume duties as High Point city schools superintendent and oversee a remodeling program estimated at 175000 dollars. He plans to survey the local situation upon arrival and return to begin permanent leadership around June 1 after duties in Bryson City and Swain County.
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Charles F. Carroll, Jr
High Point City
Carroll
Bryson City
Swain County
Senator Robinson Defends Judgeship in Court Bill Debate
Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, criticized Supreme Court Justice McReynolds over sportsmanship and a Roosevelt court bill. He argued sportsmanship means accepting judicial decisions after fair trials, while McReynolds defended the stance amid ongoing bill debates.
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Robinson
Justice McReynolds
Washington, Mar
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Roosevelt Court
Duke Endowment funds aid three High Point agencies
Three High Point agencies shared in the Duke Endowment annual appropriations for 1936 totaling 8336.86 to Burrus Memorial and Guilford General hospitals and the Methodist Protestant orphanage. Burrus Memorial received 4431, MP Orphanage 2387.86, Guilford General 1, and Mills Home 2331, Lexington National Junior Order Orphanage 5834.53.
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High Point
Duke Endowment Fund
Burrus Memorial
Guilford General Hospitals
Methodist Protestant
Burrus Memorial Hospital
M. P
Guilford General Hospital
Mills Home
Baptist Orphanage of
North Carolina
Thomasville
National Junior Order
Lexington
City Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Randolph County Hospital
Ince
Carolinas
Tax campaign opens in city Wednesday
The Guilford County tax office launches April listings led by A. C. Hudson with T. R. Short Banks Poston H. A. Woods George Taylor and E. H. Knight in charge. All persons firms and corporations must return taxes in April for holdings as of April 1 with no extension. Poll tax applies to males 21 to 50. Penalties for failure include $1 for not listing and 10 percent of tax for missing property listings. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on West Washington Street each weekday.
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High Point
Guilford County
High Point Township
A. C. Hudson
Greensboro
T. R. Short
Banks Poston
H. A. Woods
George Taylor
E. H. Knight
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Hudson
West Washington Street
Kidnapping victim Miller freed after ordeal near El Paso
Robert M. Miller, missing Safford Arizona, walked into the El Paso Natural Gas control station and said he was freed by his captors last night. Deputies took him to the sheriff and he described being abducted on the way to Globe Arizona last Wednesday after stopping to aid a supposed injured man.
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EL Paso
Tex
Robert M. Miller
Safford, Ariz
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Here
Fred Rosch
Sunrise Acres
Chris Fox
Miller
Globe, Ariz
Safford
Student Strike Ends as Walkouts Cease in Mississippi
In Ecru Guntown and Hickor y Flat Mississippi threats of criminal action ended a high school strike. Parents halted another walkout and negotiations began to reopen a third school after students protested staff reassignments. Fifteen Guntown students had blockaded the building for hours over faculty re election reports.
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ECRU
Miss
Mississippi
Guntown
Hickory Flat
Negro Burglar Sought By Cops After Richmond Shooting
In Richmond Virginia a 75 year old man was hospitalized with two chest wounds after a suspected African American burglar shot him. Police hunt a suspect described as a Negro burglar. a hat is a clue.
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Richmond
Lack Enforcement Blamed For Crisis
Washington March 31 enforcement of the Wagner act was urged as the key to ending sit down strikes and the economic warfare blamed on weak federal enforcement. Senators and representatives pressed for broader power to enforce labor rights and aid to tenants under a farm tenancy program amid constitutional questions about court reform.
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Washington
Senate
Ner
Dies
House
Wagner
Supreme Court
Ed Borchard
Yale
Senate Judiciary
Borchard
Supr
House Agriculture Comntee
Farm Ten
Fingerprints Key to Beekman Hill Murders Probe
New York detectives announced fingerprints from a bed sheet matched to a suspect in the Beekman Hill killings. Veronica Gedeon, 20, was slain along with her mother and Frank Byrnes, a bartender-waiter who lived with the family, in an Easter morning crime.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Veronica Gedeon
Department of Justice
Washington
Miss Gedeon
Mary Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Gedeons
Blaze Destroys Wilmingtion Beer Warehouse
Fire of undetermined origin leveled the Wilmington Beverage warehouse near Wilmington this morning. Loss estimated at 10 000 to 15 600 dollars. The building contained 2 000 cases of beer and tires valued about 2 090 dollars. A cash box of about 700 dollars was in the office, which burned. Bottles exploded as onlookers feared a gas storage tank could blow.
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Wilmington
Wilmington Beverage Company
Burns Fatal to Mrs Forsyth While Lighting Fire
Mrs Algia Forsyth a 29 year old mother of seven died from burns suffered while attempting to light a fire with kerosene Her husband and mother survive along with her seven children in the family.
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Honderson
Algia Forsyth
Hughes Letter Becomes Senate Topic In Court Plan Debate
Senator Minton told the Senate that a letter by Chief Justice Hughes to Senator Wheeler mixed facts fiction and dictum about court expansion. He argued the letter misstates petitions for forum and questions the advisory opinion as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Mar
Minton Dold
Senate
Hughes
Poli
Minton
Roosevelt
Ate
Wheeler D-M
Indiana
Sun
Mittee
One Held In Hit Run Ded In North Carolina
Dunn March 31 The sheriff said Carlisle Jackson held one man and sought another in the hit and run case involving 84 year old Miss Susan Barefoot. A Sampson County Negro confessed to being in the car while the other man Earnest was driving.
Friendly Strike Keeps Covington Rayon Plant Idle
A sit down strike at the industrial rayon plant in Covington Virginia continues with union leader Lloyd Mays describing the action as friendly while workers remain firm. Plant manager Charles Desher declined to comment and mediator William Craighead cited discrimination in promotions as the cause of the deadlock.
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Covington
Industrial Rayon Corporation
Lloyd Mays
Synthetic Yarn Federation
Charles Desher
William Craighead
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