Local Weather Update for North and South Carolina
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in central and northeast North Carolina and coast Friday. South Carolina shows partly cloudy skies with local showers late today or tonight and cooler conditions Friday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville at moderate southwest, then variable near the coast with overcast and scattered showers.
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South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Memorial Service Planned at Callicutt's Grave Yard
A memorial service will be held at Callicutt's Grave Yard on Barnes Creek in Randolph county on Sunday May 8 starting at 10 30 in the morning and continuing most of the day Rev J E Shaw of Thomasville will lead with a program featuring well known quartets for singing
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Thomasville
Callicutt
Barnes Creek
Randolph County
J. E. Shaw
Democratic Precinct Meetings Set for High Point Saturday
Democratic precinct meetings planned for Saturday at 2 PM across High Point polling places. A five member committee per precinct will select chairmen and delegates to the Greensboro county convention May 14, with 227 delegates allocated based on last election results. Incumbent T C Hoyle Jr may seek re election. Walter Crissman notes meetings follow county committee directives.
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High Point
Walter BE. Crissman
Greensboro
T. C. Hoyle, Jr
J. Oscar Atkinson
Crissman
Jamestown Man Acquitted on Trespassing Charge
Greensboro May 5 R E Clinard of Jamestown was tried in Guilford county superior court on trespass charges for hunting on land owned by C C Mackey president of the Postal Telegraph company near Jamestown. Clinard was found not guilty on a directed verdict after presenting a written permit to hunt on Mackey property.
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R. E. Clinard
Jamestown
Guilford County
Cc. H. Mackey
Postal Telegraph Company
Clinard
Mackey
Oak Ridge cadets to stage dress parade Sunday
Oak Ridge Military Institute cadet corps will present a Mother’s Day dress parade at 3 15 p m. The event features rifle drill, a prize platoon performance, and manual of arms. An estimated 25 thousand attendees last year and about seventeen thousand expected this year. Mothers invited to viewing stands. State patrol will manage traffic and parking.
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Oak Ridge Military Institute Cadet Corps
North Carolina
Convictions Rise in Kansas City Vote Fraud Purge
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis tallies 187 convictions and pleas in a Kansas City vote fraud crackdown. Ninety five indicted workers, from Democrats and Republicans, appeared as Otis urged guilty or no defense pleas to speed trials stemming from the November 1936 election frauds. Eight maintained innocence.
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Tentative High Point Budget Proposed for Syphilis Eradication
The city proposes a 5925 dollar expenditure for a statewide syphilis drive in the coming fiscal year. Dr. R A Herring and Councilmanic committee member Logan Porter released the plan with Reynolds Foundation funds to finance clinical medical services, nurses, drugs, lab work, and a new space rent. Clinic operations include three weekly afternoons and follow up, with support from the Reynolds Foundation and local city county funding to be approved.
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R. A. Herring
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State Board of Health
Smith Reynolds Foundation
County Commission
Youths Take to Aviation, Insurance Traces Growth
At Asheville May 6 the American Association of Insurance General Agents heard W L Jack Nelson of New York report aviation insurance reached its best four months in history. He noted youths who reached maturity since Lindbergh’s flight have taken to aviation as auto use rose in prior generations.
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Lindbergh
Atlantic
Association
W. L. Jack Nelson
New York
U. S. Aviation Underwriters
Aviation Insurance
Ickes predicts demise of La Follette liberal third party
Secretary Ickes told reporters Roosevelt remains the true liberal leader and warned against a national third party movement. He said he does not see a future for the La Follette plan and would not support measures that hinder liberal progress.
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Ickes
Roosevelt
America
la Follette
Madison
Wis
Philip la Follette
Congress
Speedy Report Sought On ACCA Investigation Findings
Senate Agriculture panel pressed for a speedy report four weeks into an inquiry into the American Cotton Cooperative Association. ACCA general manager E F Creekmore said claims had cast a cloud over the marketing group that should be lifted. Testimony from heads of three agencies refuted charges of underclassed loans and pool cotton causing millions in farmer losses.
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Randolph County orders extended listing deadline and road plans
Asheboro May 5. The Randolph County board of commissioners extended the property listing deadline to May 10 with penalties thereafter. They approved several road improvement petitions and selected jurors for the May 23 special term court amid county budget considerations. Sheriff reports show April collections $13,600 with $71,196 in uncollected taxes.
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Randolph County Board of Commissioners
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Davidson County
Arthur Davis
Richland Township
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Spencer Mill Road
B. T. Loflin
Franklinville
N. A. Robbins
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F. T. Hughes
Concord
O. C. Brady
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Earl J. Beck
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Charles E. Beverhardt
Randleman
J. Egbert Barker
Trinity
Raymond Farlow
A. B. Ellis
Henry Miller
J. E. Davis
Carl F. Caviness
F. G. Robbins
New Market
J. M. Turner
W. A. Davis
W. W. Brown
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EB. A. Routh
Columbia
P. L. Walker
New Hope
I. T. Kearns
H. J. Fields
Providence
J. R. Welch
Pleasant Grove
E. Pugh
French Franc Stabilized At 2.79 Cents
Repatriations of capital totaling 4,000,000,000 francs, about 112 million dollars, were returned to Paris as officials announced a de facto stabilization. The action implies the franc may rise above the level but be kept from falling below it by an equalization fund, as Daladier pledged last night. Before the move the franc traded near 35.90 to the dollar and 178.95 to the pound, after opening at 35.75 and 178.8.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Scott Scores Delay In Crop Control Action As Main Trouble
Raleigh May 56 Dilatory action in Congress on enactment of the crop control program hinders orderly administration of the new act says Commissioner W Kerr Scott. He cites late congressional action preventing concrete legislation before year end and notes simultaneous allotment and planting hurting growers, with a referendum planned on control for various crops including tobacco and potatoes.
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Raleigh
Congress
W. Kerr Scott
Senate
Wineton-Salem
Elections Board Meeting Sets Primary Prep in Guilford
Guilford County Board of Elections met with registrars and judges for 52 precincts. They distributed registration books spanning three weeks of open registration and issued absentee ballots and transfer certificates. The board supported increasing judge and registrar pay from 3 to 4 dollars daily and formed a committee to pursue the raise. A resolution praised J Haynes former registrar of Manhead No. 5 precinct for notable service.
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Guilford County
Boa
Edwin W. Pearce
Louis Fisher
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Comer
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Next General Assembly
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WPA Seeks Skunk Tails for Iowa Centennial Pageants
The Works Progress Administration in Des Moines seeks six skunk tails to recreate a wolf and fox bristling headdress for Iowa centennial pageants. WPA officials say six tails are needed to duplicate the chief’s headdress for display by about 1,000 local workers.
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Des Moines
Lew Works Progress Administrati
Blai Hawk
WPA
Iowa
Britain rejects plans to alter sterling exchange rate
Sir John Simon told the house of commons there will be no adjustment of the pound. He said the franc devaluation is not a change in the tripartite agreement with the United States and France and that the 1986 agreement to keep currency stability remains in force. He noted Washington denied a lower dollar value.
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England
London
Sir John Simon
House of Commons
John
Washington
France
United States
Britain
Pepper Wins Large Victory in Florida Primary
Unofficial returns from 1,279 of 1,336 precincts show Senator Claude Pepper re nominated with a record Florida vote. Pepper secured 233,531 ballots, 69,140 more than the combined total of his four opponents.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Claude Pepper
Florida
Precineta
Pepper
Chinese Army Advances as Japanese Rally After Taierhchwang Defeat
Reinforced Chinese forces move toward Tancheng with foreign observers noting doubled fighting power since retreat from Shanghai and Nanking. Japanese counterattack aims to link seaboard conquests from Manchukuo to Hangchow Bay, but face an 800000 strong Chinese force now better equipped and commanded.
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Chapel
Shanghai
Nanking
Taierhchwang
Manchoukuo
Hangchow Bay
Lini
Lunghai
ATU Defendant Counter Attacks In Testimony
The defendant describes contacts with Harris and Lathem and claims Harris warned him to trap the suspect for government agents. He recounts delays in arresting Lathem for taking money while planning a visit to view the still. He says four searches of the woods did not locate the still and that arresting Lathem offered personal satisfaction.
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Lathem
Dempsey
Raleigh
I. M. Meekine
Tim
Dement
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