High Point Council Cuts Residential Electric Rates
High Point City Council approved a new residential electric schedule reducing rates by about 2 percent starting May bills. City Manager E M Knox said further cuts may come if the Ike Power Company dispute settles in the city’s favor and hydro plant becomes operative. Estimated lost income is 42000 to 46000 annually, offset by anticipated increased appliance use. The minimum drops from 75 to 70 cents, with stepped charges for kilowatt hours and a Duke rate outline included. The council also approved installment sales deals for ranges and heaters, funded by electric deposits and dealer agreements, up to 90 percent of the purchase price.
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Knox
Ike Power Company
Hager
Duke
Hichint
Condi
Inter
Kirkman Elected Mayor as Recount Ordered in High Point
Arthur Kirkman Democrat won the High Point mayoral race over Willis H. Slane by 1 003 votes with seven Democrats and one Republican on the council. Arnold J. Koonce Republican to become first GOP member since 1931. Board orders full recount of all ballots due to split ticket counting concerns.
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Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
Edward Yurley
Mr. Kirkman
Willis H. Slane
Municipal Board of Elections
Republcan
Walter L. York
York
Arch K. Schoch
Officeias
Roosevelt Sends Telegram to Polish Leader on National Day
President Roosevelt sent a telegraph of friendship to Polish President Ignace Moscicki amid rising Pol-German tension in Europe. The message marked Poland’s national day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Poland
Ignace Mosciki
Europe
Miner death and deputy attack prompt Kentucky patrol warning
In Harlan Kentucky on May 3 a miner was killed today and lawmen clashed with rioters last night in coal fields. Governor A B Allen warned the state highway patrol is prepared to keep order, asserting they can and will act if needed.
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Harlan
Rff
Arian
A .B. Dier
Highay Patrol
British Warship Accused of Firing on Refugee Ship
London reports the Irish government told the House of Commons a British warship fired on a Greek refugee vessel bound for Palestine, killing one and injuring two. Lt Col J J Llewellyn of the Admiralty denied the allegations, saying no Royal Navy ship fired on a Greek or any other vessel.
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London
House of Cemons
Alestine
J. J. Liewellin
Admiralty
Josiah Mement Wedgewood
Marty
Senator Lodge doubts textile loan for Spartanburg plant
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts said he is certain a 1 250 000 reconstruction-finance corporation loan for establishing a new textile plant in Spartanburg D C could not be granted. He spoke after conferring with the President today.
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Washington
Lodge R-Mass
Fice Corporation
Spartanburg
D. C
Britain Would Study Assurances By Nazis
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain would consider proposals for reciprocal assurances with the German government. He denied encircling Germany charges and noted Roosevelt and Hitler proposed non aggression assurances rather than reciprocal guarantees. The cabinet also reportedly rejected a British French Russian Baltic and Black Sea guarantee and urged rein insurance of Poland and Romania commitments.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
Poland
Will
Commons
Russia
Rumania
Britain
Italy
Philip J. Noel-Baker
Fuaran
FDR Recommends Cash and Carry to Counter Hitler
Washington May 3. Administration proposals for a new Cash and Carry neutrality law would be Roosevelt's sole reply to Hitler's Reichstag speech. Hull backs Pittman neutrality plan to extend Cash and Carry to arms and munitions, allowing Britain and France to pay and control seas, with modifications to the bill.
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Andrue Berding
Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Stephen Early
White House
Early
Congress
Hitler
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ing
State Department
Pittman
Great Britain
France
Dnew
Roosevelt Advances Federal Reorganization Plans
Washington May 3 President Roosevelt moved to complete new federal reorganization plans. He convened Budget Director Smith and his committee at the White House to finalize shifts among agencies. Congress would receive the proposals by Friday or next week as House Democrats brace for a clash over Taber’s disapproval resolution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Smith
White House
Congress
Rep. Tabor
R-Ny
Mr. Roosevelt
Taber
Romania Offers To Settle War Debt To United States
Rumania presented a formal note offering settlement of its war debt of about 64 million dollars to the United States. Rumanian Minister Radu Ivi minutescu delivered the note to Secretary Hull and discussed it for half an hour as officials review recommendations for Congress. President Roosevelt is expected to send the note to Congress with comments.
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Washington
Rumania
United States
Radu Ivimnescu
Hull
State
Treasury Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Search for Two US Aviators Underway After Rio Flight
Brazilian aviation authorities said search operations began for United States aviators Carl O. Chader and Alexander Garofol missing for more than 24 hours after a 440 mile coast flight from Caravellas to Rio de Janeiro. They took off at 10 45 a m yesterday in a private plane and have not been heard since.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Carl O. Chader
Alexander Garofol
Here
Caravellas
Hungary Enacts sweeping controls on Jewish participation
Budapest May 3. Hungary's parliament passed a landmark law limiting Jewish participation in business and professions to six to twelve percent, with many occupations barred and public service barred. The upper and lower houses approved, awaiting signatures from Premier Teleky and Regent Horthy. The law also caps Jewish parliamentary representation and restricts land ownership and voting to Jewish candidates.
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Budapest
Paul Teleky
Europe
Berlin
Nicholas Horthy
Negro Vote Nearly Identical To White In Miami Primary
In Miami on May 3 unofficial returns show Negro citizens who ignored hooded warnings voted nearly the same as white voters for city commission candidates. A separate Negro-only booth recorded 616 votes with parity except for John T. Christiansen who saw 23 votes there after calling to disqualify any Negro votes for him.
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Miami
Fla
City Commission
John T. Christiansen
Frank J. Kelly
Christiansen
Italy and Albania establish customs union pact
Italy and Albania form a close customs union under a treaty published today. The pact, negotiated at Tirana on April 20 after Italian occupation, was approved by the Italian cabinet on April 29.
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Rome
Italy
Albania
Tirana
Power Commission Board Reappointed Amid Political Moves
The City Council reaffirmed three Democratic members of the hydroelectric board and added two Republican members J N Wright and John C Sheloff to avoid legal issues. Reappointed officials include E L Briggs chair for ten years F L Porter eight years and R B Terry four years. The board will take oath within three days and a school board vacancy will be filled.
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Power Control Board
J. N. Wright
John C. Sheloff
Sheloff
Wright
E. L. Briggs
F. L. Porter
R. B. Terry
Willie H. Slane
D. A. Dowdy
O. Arthur Kirkman
Elmer Mack to Return to Finish Sentence in North Carolina
Akron Ohio May 3 Elmer Mack 22 WPA worker agreed to return to Raleigh North Carolina to complete a five to seven year term in a state prison camp from which he escaped two years ago He had served two years at the time of the escape Mack was convicted of stealing 12 cartons of cigars from a freight car at Robinsville North Carolina He has married since coming here and has a two month old daughter Relatives had appealed to Governor Bricker to halt extradition but withdrew their request Mack's DUI conviction showed he was a fugitive.
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Akron
Elmer Mack
WPA
Raleigh
N. C
Mack
J. Braswell
North Carolina
Robinsville
John W. Bricker
Bunch Reelected Asheboro Mayor After Record Vote
Mayor W A Bunch secured a consecutive term in Asheboro defeating C C Crawford 1172 to 934 in a historic election. Four incumbent commissioners were reelected and W H Grimes led the new board with 1595 votes amid an unprecedented turnout.
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Asheboro
W. A. Bunch
Bienceh
Cc. C. Crawford
Board of Commissioners
John M. Nelly
O.L. Presnell
W. F. Redding
J. F. White
W. H. Grimes
Bunch
Enterprise
C. C. Crawford
J. CC. Hammond, Jr
D. W. Holt
John M. Neely
John M. Presnell
O. L. Presnell
Hitler seeks northern neutral bloc with six nations
Berlin reports Hitler aims to form a neutral northern Europe bloc with Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Latvia and Estonia while excluding Lithuania. The move targets Poland isolation and counters British French encirclement, signaling peaceful intent despite pressures. Hungary backs Germany and Poland rejects Hitler's offer.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hitler
Europe
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Poland
Hungary
Germany
England
France
Telegy
Csaky
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland Celebrates Constitution Day Amid Tense German Straits
In Warsaw crowds along an eight mile parade route cheered Polish troops while cries of Down with Hitler rang out. President Moscicki extended reserve officer maneuvers from four to ten weeks as Foreign Minister Beck prepared a reply to Hitler’s denunciation of the non aggression pact and German demands for Danzig and a road across the Polish Corridor.
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Warsaw
Hitler
Poland
Danzig
East Prussia
Germany
Reich
Ignace Moscicki
Joseph Beck
Sejm
Adolf Hitler
United States
Beck
Scandinavians Discuss Answer to German Nonaggression Offer
Four Scandinavian foreign ministers Denmark Norway Sweden and Finland held long telephone talks on Germany s non aggression pact proposal and planned to respond after further negotiations A face to face meeting might occur but no details were released Denmark maintains a land border with the Reich.
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Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Stockholm
Britain
France
Poland
Romania
Greece
Scandinavia
Reich
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