North Carolina Economy Shows April Gains In 1938 Indices
A statewide survey reports April and first quarter improvements in building activity postal receipts gasoline tax and other business indices. Governor Hoey calls the state’s performance remarkable amid national recession with gains recorded in cities including Raleigh Charlotte Henderson and Durham.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hoey
Charlotte
Henderson
Kinston
Fayetteville
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Asheville
Durham
Greensboro
Morganton
Concord
Lenoir
Boone
Goldsboro
High Point
Rockingham
Secrecy Promises Action Against Foreign Spy Ring
In New York authorities moved to uncover alleged wide spread ramifications of a foreign spy ring accused of stealing U S army secrets. In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers union board condemned unauthorized strikes and said it would investigate three recent walkouts and punish violators.
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New York
Federalvernment
United States Army
Detroit
International Executive Board
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Utilities Cooperate With Government in Public Utility Accord
Fourteen major utility holding companies formed a five member committee to meet with the Securities Exchange Commission in Washington. They intend to cooperate to implement compliance with the Public Utility Act of 1935, responding to the act's stringent provisions described as a death sentence for noncompliance.
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New York
W. ©. Douglas
Securities Exchange Commission
Commission
Washington
Mississippi flood danger eases in La Crosse
Rain swollen rivers fall back from cresting levels as tributaries of the Mississippi decline. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial of the Weather Bureau announced the improvement today in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Senators consider resigning from lobby committee action
Senator Gibson of Vermont and Senator Frazier of North Dakota said they may quit the senate lobby committee. They criticized its refusal to let Dr. Glenn Frank testify on financing Rural Progress, calling the move an indirect attack on press freedom.
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Washington
Gibson
Rvt
Senate Lobby Committee
Frazier
R-Nd
Glenn Frank
Republican Policy Committee
Rural Progress
La Follette Warns New Deal Splits Weaken Roosevelt
Senator La Follette denounces Democratic factionalism as weakening and potentially destroying the New Deal. He accuses Roosevelt of relying on divided councils and not opposing reactionary Democrats strongly enough. He also criticizes the administration's spending program as insufficient.
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LA Follette
Washington
Roosevelt
Appropriations Group Opposed To Earmarking
The administration's 3.054 billion dollar spending bill aims to provide direct and indirect employment for about 4.14 million people. The House Appropriations Committee warns against earmarking funds to specific projects or localities to avoid bogging down the program and hindering the overall goal.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Works Progress Administration
Rieve Reelected Head of AFHW in Charlotte
Emile Rieve of Philadelphia was reelected president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers for a two year term at the Charlotte convention. He defended New Deal supporters, rebutted Gen. Johnson on dictatorial fears and cited North Carolina unemployment figures.
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Charlotte
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Emile Rieve
Philadelphia
Covention
Rieve
Hugh 5
Johnson
Roosevelt
Johneon
NRA
Gen. Johnson
New Deal
North Carolina
Air Force readies to defend two coasts in wartime drill
Harrisburg dispatch reports the U S Air Force mobilizing to 24 hour operations across Atlantic and Pacific defenses. Ground crews rush paint as 170 planes are prepared for a mock war with forces moving from Middletown Allentown Lancaster Comet and Aberdeen to northern New York and New England.
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Harrisburg
Headquarte Air Force
Ittre G. H. Q
Atlantic
Pacific
Hawaii
New England
Washington
Middletown
Army Air Depot
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Lancaster
Comet
N. J
Aberdeen
Pacific Coast
New York
Middle West
Long Island Fields
Perkins Defends Wage-Hour Bill at Convention
Labor Secretary Perkins addressed the Amalgamated Clothing Workers at Atlantic City urging quick passage of the wage and hour measure. She argued it protects both employers and employees, stabilizes industry, raises incomes, and strengthens purchasing power for future economic health.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Perkins
Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Convention
Anita Louise Sues For 100000 For Defamation
Anita Louise files a $100,000 damage suit in Los Angeles alleging defamation by Ernest N. White a finance official. She says White identified Mrs Jaccard in a suit as Anita Louise the film actress and asserts she was never married and was eleven at the time of the alleged property damage.
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Los Angeles
Anita Louise
Ernest N. White
Finance Company
White
Jack Jaccard
Chinese Delegate Demands League Aid Against Japan
Geneva May 10 Chinese delegate to the League of Nations Dr Wm Wellington Koo urged the league council to apply covenant provisions for China aid against Japan He cited October assembly and February council resolutions urging member aid and cooperation noting that all but one member had not helped China and calling for material aid and restraint of aggression
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Geneva
Wv. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations
League Council
China
Japan
League Assembly
Council
League
Soviet
Russia
The
Hitler Passes Through Austria on Homeward Journey
Hitler's special train crosses Brenner Pass into Germany at 8 25 am after a nine day visit with Mussolini. Austrian Governor Seyss-Inquart greets the Fuehrer at the frontier. He telegraphs thanks to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena praising Italian hospitality and demonstrations by Italian forces.
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Brenner Pass
Fuehlerer Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Fuehrer
Vittorio Emmanuel
Elena
Bridges Attacks New Deal Spending as National Swindle
Senator H Styles Bridges of New Hampshire denounced government spending under the New Deal as a vote buying scheme and a national swindle. In an address prepared for a Republican Women’s clubs gathering in Concord he said many New Deal measures aim to save President Roosevelt’s face.
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Concord
N. H
H. Styles Bridges
R.N. H
United States
Republican Women's Clubs of
New Hampshire
Bridges
Roosevelt
Doctors try to save right eye of baby Helaine Colan
In Chicago on May 10 physicians report progress after removing the left eye of 60 week old Helaine Colan to halt cancer. Dr Robert H Good notes the right eye may still be saved though glioma affected it. Family awaits further tests as mother and father express cautious hope.
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Baby Helaine
Chicago
Helaine Colan
Samuel A. Hoffman
Robert H. Good
Garfield Park Community Hospital
Morris Hershman
Estelle Colan
Herman Colan
Seven British And Five French Fliers Killed In Crashes
Seven Royal Air Force fliers died in three crashes today amid royal flying visits to air force stations. Five deaths occurred in two Wyton station crashes in Huntingdonshire and two more when a Helmsewell station plane near Lincoln fell.
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London
Royal Air Force
George
Wyton
Huntingdonshire
Helmsewell
Lincoln
Five French aviators killed in Lyon air crash
Five French army aviators died when a military airplane crashed shortly after leaving an airdrome near Lyon. The crash occurred May 10 and the victims were among the crew of the aircraft.
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Lyon
France
Roosevelt voices unshaken U S ideals at B nai B rith
President Roosevelt tells the B n a i B r i t h convention by his son James that the United States remains devoted to democracy. He warns against alien attempts to undermine U S institutions while avoiding concern over other nations domestic policies. Speaker Bankhead pledges confidence in democratic institutions against totalitarian attack.
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Washington
Roosevelt
B'nai B'rith
James Roosevelt
United States
Bankhead
Senator Burke Seeks Wagner Act Revisions in 1939
Senator Burke announces he is canvassing thousands of proposals to overhaul the Wagner act at the 1939 session. He has sent about 49 000 letters to employers and employees requesting ideas and has already received several thousand replies, mainly from business leaders industrialists and independent union representatives.
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Washington
Burke
D-Ned
Congress
Labor Relations Board
Rules Panel Backs Probe of Nazi Propaganda in U S
The House Rules Committee approved a Dies resolution to investigate un American propaganda in the United States. Chairman Dickstein said the inquiry, by seven members, aims to prevent riots while noting reports of Nazi camps and foreign funding sustaining Nazi activities.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Dies
D-Tex
United States
Dickstein
D-Ny
Immigration Committee
House
Siegfried
Long Island
Heil
Hitler
Fritz Kuh
Bund
Ingersoll Elevated to Rear Admiral Amid Naval Plans
Captain Royal E. Ingersoll, head of the navy war plans division, promoted to rear admiral. Roosevelt will sending his name to the Senate for confirmation. He will command the sixth cruiser division in California after approval. He aided talks in London with British officials on a future naval program.
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Washington
Royal E. Ingersoll
Navy
Roosevelt
Senate
Ingersoll
San Pedro
Calif
London
England
Captain Ingersoll
Blackbird dive bombs at Zoomer March Field parade grounds
A bellicose blackbird perched near the parade grounds at March Field dives on soldiers approaching the tree. One soldier sustains a split ear lobe as a souvenir from the bird’s bold attack.
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March Field
Calif
Army Air Base
Mine Disasters Kill Dozens in Duckmanton Wreck
In Duckmanton Derbyshire England two gas explosions trapped workers at the Markham coal mine. Seventy two miners died and many more were injured or entombed as rescuers searched the wreckage while families gathered at the pithead.
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Duckmanton
Derbyshire
England
Markham
H. F. S. Crookshank
House of Commons
Commons
Ellis Smith
Pithead
Courier For World Fair Greeted Here
J N Hoskins the official courier of good will from the 1938 World Fair visited High Point NC arriving from Winston Salem at 12 45 pm. He spoke at a Civitan club luncheon at the Sheraton with WMFR broadcasting the program. Mayor Grayson presided as Hoskins outlined fair plans and progress.
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High Point
North Carolina
J. N. Hoskins
Winston- Salem
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
WMFR
Wayne Nelson
Horace Haworth
Fred N. Tate
C. M. Waynick
Grayson
Courier
Hoskins
Japanese navy launches expedition against Amoy Fukien gateway
Shanghai reports the Japanese navy began an offensive against Amoy in Fukien province. Aerial bombardment and a landing followed by ground combat as leaflets urged foreigners to leave Kulangsu and Amoy. Japanese columns push north toward Sunghai railway with reinforcements en route.
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Jap Navy
Amoy
Fukien Gateway
Shanghai
Fukien
Kulangsu
Japan
University of
China
Chungshan Road
Sunghai Railway
Shantung
Fawning
Lunghai Line
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Gilbertsville
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Tennessee
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Tennessee River
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Hugh Johnson
U.S
Baltimore
Nannie Barton
Austria
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