Roper Named Minister to Canada in Roosevelt Shuffle
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Daniel C. Roper former secretary of commerce to be minister to Canada. Roper, long in government service since 1894, would serve as Canada envoy amid ceremonies for King George and Queen Elizabeth.
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Roosevelt
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Daniel C. Roper
Canada
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Commerce Department
Harry Hopkins
Marlboro County
South Carolina
Trinity College
Duke University
Census Bureau
Post Office Department
Tariff Commission
Internal Revenue
Norman Armour
Chile
King George
Queen Elizabeth
England
Hitler Presses to Isolate Poland Over Danzig Crisis
German Reichsfuehrer Hitler claims Germany as the most heavily armed nation as Nazi diplomats push to isolate Poland amid a Danzig corridor dispute. Soviet May Day features a massive Red Square display with threats, while Fascist editor Gayda cites a joint German Italian plan to counter an Anglo French encirclement. Paris and London discuss air power and conscription as British pressure on Soviets continues. Poland contemplates Danig control to block further moves.
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Associated Press
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Berlin
Red Square
Klementi
Voroshiloff
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Germany
Italy
Walther von Brauchit
Gayda
Paris
Daladier
Guy la Chambre
France
Britain
London
Viscount Halifax
Hitler
Russia
House of Commons
Warsaw
New North Carolina plumbing and heating board appointees named
Governor Hoey selected R. V. Sisk of Charlotte and L. L. Vaughan of North Carolina State College to join the state examining and board for plumbing and heating contractors under a 1939 law. The move comes as part of ongoing professional regulation in Raleigh.
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Hoey
R. V. Sisk
Charlotte
L. L. Vaughan
N. C. State College
State Examining and Board For
Governor Hoey to reappoint Ward to highway commission
Raleigh May 1 Governor Hoey announced upcoming state high way commission appointments as terms expire. He said he had decided to reappoint T Boddie Ward of Wilson for a six year term and that other appointments would be announced within 24 hours.
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Raleigh
Gove Rnor Hoey
T. Boddie Ward
Wilson
State Highway Commission
Death by own action note found in executive’s car
A note indicating death by own action was found today in the automobile of Edward L. Schneider, secretary treasurer of seven corporations. The car was parked on the axle bridge over the Missouri River near Kansas City, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kas
APA
Edward L. Schneider
T. J. Pendert
Ax Bridge
Misouri River
Mecklenberg Officials Accused Of Exceeding Authority In Liquor Seizures
EXCEED AUTHORITY CHARLOTTE May 1 P W N Blanton a federal revenue collector said today Mecklenburg county authorities had exceeded their authority in requiring holders of federal liquor licenses to surrender them. More than 89 persons were arrested in Charlotte and its vicinity late Saturday by orders to Solicitor Hugh Mey, who announced charges of liquor law violations against all holders of such licenses.
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Charlotte
P— W. N. Blanton
Mecklenburg County
Hugh Mey
Farm leader Ambers Owens killed in Plymouth crash
Ambers Owens, 60, prominent Washington County farmer and business man, was killed today in an automobile collision near Plymouth North Carolina. A trailer became unattached from a vehicle, leading to the fatal wreck.
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Liamston
N. C
Ambers Owens
Plymouth
Goodrich Announces New Mechanical Rubber Plant in Tennessee
The Goodrich Company said it would immediately start construction of a new plant in Tennessee to manufacture mechanical rubber goods, signaling expansion and job creation in the region.
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LD Tennessee Plants
Y York
Goodrich Company
Congress Faces Major Problems as Session Advances
Washington May 1 Congress in its fifth month still must pass most bills aside from routine appropriations. National defense and government reorganization are largely settled while the administration aims to polish New Deal laws. Principal work includes neutrality, social security, wage hour revisions, tax changes, and monetary powers expansion.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Burke
D-Ned
Puerto Rican Department Formed To Defend Caribbean
Secretary Woodring announced a new Puerto Rican department to defend the Caribbean. Beginning July 1 Puerto Rico and nearby islands join under Brig. Gen. Edmund Lealey with headquarters at San Juan. Uncle Sam’s defense outlay for the year may total 1.804 billion dollars.
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Washington
Woodring
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Keys
Virgin Islands
United States
Caribbean Sea
Edmund Lealey
San Juan
Uncle Sam
Wilmington Plans Pageant For 200th Charter Anniversary
Wilmington hosts a mass meeting tomorrow to discuss staging a pageant commemorating the 200th anniversary of Wilmington's chartering. The event aims to organize community participation and highlight local history.
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Wilmington
AFL's Green faults NLRB as oppression instrument
President William Green of the AFL tells the Senate Labor Committee that the National Labor Relations Board has distorted the Wagner Act to favor certain unions. He urges replacing the three member board with a five member Federal Labor Board and backs AFL amendments to expand court appeals, limit contract invalidation, and allow employer elections to choose representation.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Green
Federal Labor Board
AFL
Senator Walsh
D-Mass
Burke
D-Neb
Five Die In North Carolina Auto Crashes This Weekend
In North Carolina five people were killed in auto crashes over the weekend. Vaughn W. Klutte, 24, of Salisbury, died when his motorcycle and a truck collided on Dunn's Mountain Road. William Lawrence Anderson, 23, died when his car overturned near Mocksville. Jeff Easter, 41, a furniture worker near Mt. Airy, was struck and killed. S. L. Smith, 75, died near Walnut Cove after being hit by a car driven by Claude Southern on his way home from church. W. W. Akins, 67, at Fayetteville, was standing on a sidewalk when a car ran him over.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Vaughn W. Klutte
Salisbury
Dunn's Mountain
William Lawrence Anderson
Mocksville
Mt. Airy
Jeff Easter
L. Smith
Walnut Cove
John Taylor
Claude Southern
Smith
Fayetteville
Coal Price Soars as Appalachian Mines Idle
J Benton Stacy, director of purchase and contract, says shutdowns in Appalachian mines push state coal costs to 3.75 dollars per ton for absolute emergencies, up from five cents a month earlier. He notes shipments are limited to one or two cars at a time, causing an additional strain of about 180 dollars per car.
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Raleigh
J. Benton Stacy
Appalachian
Stacy
North Carolina Mills Lead Cotton Use in Fifth District
North Carolina textile mills consumed 474,780 bales of cotton in the first quarter of 1939, over half of the 869,141 bales used in the Fifth Federal Reserve District. March figures show 169,147 bales in NC, up from 135,218 a year ago, with district mills totaling 310,642 bales in March versus 251,149 in March 1938.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
States
District of Columbia
Federal Reserve District
District Bank
Richmond
Earthquake disrupts traffic across Northern Honshu
A powerful quake, described as the strongest in 25 years, rattled Akita and northern Honshu on May 1. The 27 second shock disrupted traffic and communications with the center believed in the Japan Sea, causing widespread damage.
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Japan
Akita
Honohu
Japan Sea
Standard Oil of New Jersey Declares Stock Dividend
The board declared a stock dividend of 2 shares for every 200 capital shares, plus the regular 50 cent semi annual dividend per capital share. Payments due June 15 to records as of May 16.
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Dhoclare
New York
Standard Oil Company
North Carolina Revenue Shows Decline in Overall Collections
North Carolina total revenue through April reached $59,525,799.90, 2.25 percent below the previous year’s level of $69,894,585.14. Income tax receipts for the period stood at $9,473,735.29, down from $10,376,599.67, while motor vehicle and gasoline taxes posted gains.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Revenue Division
Six On Trial For Obstructing Press In Mobile
Six defendants faced trial in United States District Court in Mobile charged with conspiracy to interfere with press freedom. The group includes Bart B. Chamberlain Jr and Sam B. Powe plus John Powe Peter V. Crouch and George and Miriam McKenzie. The case centers on an alleged plot against Henry P. Ewald former Mobile Press Register editor who exposed lottery activity. Ewald was reportedly trapped beaten and photographed in a Mobile house on February 13 leading to his resignation.
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Mobile
Ala
United States District Court
Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr
Sam B. Powe
John Powe
Sam Powe
Peter V. Crouch
George
Miriam McKenzie
Henry P. Ewald
Mobile Press Register
Francis H. Inge
Ewald
Supreme Court Adjourns for Summer May 29
The Supreme Court announced it will adjourn for the summer on May 29 unless unexpected developments occur. The announcement was made from Washington on May 1.
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Washington
Supreme Court
President Anastasio Sam Nicaragua Visits U.S. New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 1 a visit by President Anastasio Sam Nicaragua is noted as part of a month’s trip to the United States. The report mentions ongoing talks and scheduled engagements during the stay.
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U.S. New Orleans
Anastasio Sam
Nicaragua
Unite
Russian Nazi Jap Tie Up Is Predicted
Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee that an arrangement among Russia Germany and Japan was perhaps an immediate possibility. He warned such a lineup would arise from Russia's power politics and the Germany Japan alliance, and urged the United States to pursue a policy of real neutrality. He noted Britain might negotiate peace within Hitler's Reichstag framework as midnights Cash and Carry neutrality provisions neared expiry.
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Philip Marshall Brown
American Peace Society
Senate Foreign Affairsommittee Today
Russia
Germany
Japan
Brown
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
George
Nye
Great Britain
Hitler
Reich
Japan Struck by Earthquake Hits Akita Coast
Akita Japan May 1 sixty thousand residents fled to Open Spaces as a series of shocks described as the most severe in 25 years damaged Funakoshi and shattered glass shop windows. No casualties reported but parts of Oka Peninsula and southern Akita coastline may have sunk. First tremor lasted 27 seconds and shocks continued through the night.
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Akita
Japan
Oka Peninsula
Japan Sea
Funakoshi
Three White Men and Negro Hold Up Filling Station
Three white men and a Negro robbed Wooten Hobbs filling station near Walstonburg at dawn. An undetermined cash amount was taken while patrons were searched at pistol point. the Negro remained outside in a car with a shotgun.
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Wilson
Wooten Hobbs
Walstonburg
Wayne Speight
Speight
Surrenders in Poison Ring Murders Reach Philadelphia
Morris Bolber known as Louis the Rabbi surrendered to detectives amid a sprawling eastern seaboard poison ring probe that officials say may have claimed up to 160 lives over a decade across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware. Police plan indicate Bolber as a principal in the scheme while a dozen others remain under homicide charges as investigators seek additional figures including a widow named Mrs Rose Cerina and a man alleged to have supplied poison in wholesale lots. Cesare Valenti is reported to have admitted aiding a poisoning case tying several prisoner disputes to the broader investigation.
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Philadelphia
Morris Bolber
Louis the Rabbi
Eastern Seaboard
Bolber
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Rose Cerina
Polce
Cesare Valenti
William J. Connelly
Valenti
Charles Ingrao
Bishop Denny Far Behind Times Opposes Methodist Merger
Wilmington May 1 Bishop Collins Denny a veteran bishop is criticized by Dr W A Cade presiding elder Wilmington district for opposing the merger of the three Methodist branches. Cade says Denny remains emotionally 75 years behind the times and clings to Civil War era views.
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Wilmington
Collins Denny
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. A. Cade
Cade
Denny
Deadlocked coal dispute reopens talks in Appalachian region
An eight member subcommittee resumes negotiations on a new basic soft coal contract for the Appalachian area as operators reportedly submit a compromise plan. The United Mine Workers rejects the operators’ offer to recognize the union, insisting on a closed shop and removal of strike penalties, leaving 350,000 miners idle and threatening 100,000 more in surrounding states with walkouts if no deal is reached.
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New York
Appalachian
United Mine Workers Union
CWU
UMW
Alabama
Opposed to Independence Advocates Delay for Philippines
The Commonwealth Association plans a nationwide campaign in the Philippine Islands to warn of unnecessary dangers of early independence. It advocates postponing independence beyond the 1946 schedule.
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Manila
The
Commonwealth Association, Inc
Philippine Islands
Association
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