Hoover warns convoy war pact could force US into total war
In a May 12 NBC address Herbert Hoover argued that using the Navy to guard Britain would push the United States into war and trigger postwar bankruptcy. He outlined three hard facts including a transformed war, Japan's axis alliance, and US unpreparedness, urging maximized aid to Britain without entering the conflict.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Britain
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National Broadcasting Company
America
Hitler
Suez
Iraq
North Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
England
Japan
Asia
U. S
Pacific
Western Hemisphere
Hoove
Car Fire Triggers Alarm at Philadelphia Home
In Philadelphia the continual car horn woke Dr. R. M. McClellan who found smoke from the garage. The car inside was on fire, and a short circuit apparently set off the horn as flames spread.
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Philadelphia
R. M. McClellan
General Marshall Urges Americans To Start Work Now
This profile details General George C. Marshall driver behind a US Army surge from 250,000 to 1,250,000, his discipline and work habits, and his plans as Chief of Staff. It notes his early career at VMI and the Philippines, Meuse Argonne success, and his leadership style. Tomorrow: Admiral Stark.
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Marshall
Gerry Dick
NEA
Washington
George Catlett Marshal
Gen. Marshall
America
U.S. Army
Congress
Continental
United States
Simon Bolivar
Gen
Phil Sheridan
VMI
Molly
Leesburg
Fire Island
Potomac River
General Pershing
George Marshall
Leonard Wood
Harvard
W U
Philippines
France
Meuse- Argonne
Gen. Pershing
New Orleans
Siis
George C. Marshall
Fort Benning, Ga
Y M C A Annual Dinner Meeting Tonight
A large turnout is expected for the High Point Y M C A annual dinner at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church starting at 6:30. Judge Earle Rives of Greensboro Municipal County Court will speak, with music and election of new directors. J Welch Harriss, Y president, will preside.
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High Point Young Men’s Christian Association
Wesley Memoral Methodist Church
E. Earle Rives
Greensboro
Masons Open York Rite Session in New Bern
The Grand Commandery of York Rite Masons opened in New Bern with the grand council to confer degrees this afternoon. Dr. William Moseley Brown of New York is billed to speak at tonight's banquet.
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Masons
New Bern
Grand Commandery of
York Rite Masons
William Moseley Brown
New York
Hamlet Doctor offers hospital to Richmond County
May 12 Richmond County considers a proposal from Dr. W D James of Hamlet to donate his hospital in Hamlet to the county. County commissioners review the offer and related implications for local health services.
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Rockingham
W. D. James
Hamlet
Richmond County
Seed Certification Focus Boosted by New Extension Seeding Specialist
Seedsman Dr Landis S Bennett joins North Carolina State College Extension Service as Extension seed improvement specialist working with the N C Crop Improvement Association. Bennett is a State College graduate with solid agricultural and educational background.
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North Carolina
State College Extension Service
Landis S. Bennett
N.C. Crop Improvement Association
Dr. Bennett
State College
Surgery Brings Sanity Restore to Some Insane Patients
Richmond May 12 The Special News Service reports a pioneering brain operation that targets involutional melancholia. Surgeons sever prefrontal lobe connections to isolate frontal brain halves, yielding weight gain improved mood and, for some, return to family work and normal life.
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Howard W. Blarkreslee
Richmond
The
Special News Service
Change in North Carolina conservation board shifts leadership
In Raleigh May 12 the Board of Conservation and Development changes its vice chairman from Josh Horne to Sanford Martin. Martin, a New Dealer ally and close governor ally, replaces a conservative long tied to anti-Democratic positions. The move elevates the presiding officer at meetings, though the post remains largely honorary after the death of J Q Gilkey.
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Raleigh
Board of Conservation and Development
Santford Martin
Josh Horne
National Democratic
Horne
Rocky Mount Telegram
Willkie
Martin
J. M. Broughton
J. Q. Gilkey
Marion
Glutton for Punishment It Seems to Make No Difference
A terse remark reflects a sentiment of futility as repeated attempts yield no change. The speaker questions whether efforts to endure discipline or hardship will ever alter outcomes, implying frustration with a perceived endless cycle.
Raskob's Fifth District Run As Republican Causes No Alarm
Winston-Salem observes Marshall Raskob pivot between parties and causes, now seeking the Fifth District House seat as a Republican. Historian note recalls that Raskob carried Forsyth against Len Folger in the 1938 GOP primary, underscoring his long campaign history and shifting affiliations.
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Winston-Salem
Marshall
Raskob
Willkie
John Folger
Lurry
Forsyth
Len Folger
Hoey Habits Shape Canton Alderman Race
Clyde R Hoey won a local election and his son joined the Canton aldermen board leading the ticket. The results tie into the Hoey family’s repeated political involvement in the community.
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Hoey
Clyde R. Hoey
Canton
For Exchange Ad Prompts Farm Run Trade
An Agricultural Review item discusses an exchange offer offering 80 dollars worth of commercial art course for 50 pure bred barred rock hens or 600 not sexed chicks. It also mentions 25 Frank Channing Had dock's psychology course or Power Books for 15 hens or 200 chicks of the same breed.
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The
Agricultural Review
Frank Channing Haddock
War and Tobacco and Cows and Defense Headlines
Two Greensboro Record editorials juxtapose war impact and home front production. The front page pair highlights how national conflict intersects with agriculture and defense needs, underscoring wartime economy pressures and civilian resilience in a single issue.
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Greensboro Record
Verb quiz stirs traffic safety chat with Easthalo remark
Highway safety director Ronald Hocutt explains the principal parts of the verb drink, noting the common forms are drink, drank, drunk. The remark, echoed jokingly by Halas, prompts a light aside about avoiding drinking and driving.
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Ronald Hocutt
Highway Safety Director
Alleged counterfeiter seized in Dunn area
Secret service agents arrested T. R. Wilson, a Sampson County farmer, on charges of counterfeiting while investigating the distribution of bogus $10 bills in the Dunn area.
Postman Becomes Tilt Rope Walker in Selkirkshire
A Selkirkshire mail carrier now crosses the Yarrow River on two parallel wires, shuffling along the lower line and balancing with the upper. In Switzerland a male must present for compulsory physical and mental examination at age nineteen.
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Selkirkshire
Scotland
Yarrow River
Switzerland
Women in Auckland hoard silk stockings amid shortages
Reported scenes of women storming Auckland stores to stockpile silk stockings as shortages rise. Other items described include Swiss military service exemptions shrinking, Russia cultivating lemon sorghum and eucalyptus, and African soldiers staging fights between scorpions and centipedes.
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Auckland
N.Z
Africa
LaGuardia’s possible third term and federal plum offers
National politics center on Fiorello LaGuardia who may reject Roosevelt era offers while seeking to influence the Board of Estimate. In New York he could pursue a third mayoral term and likely remain a key power broker, with the Roosevelt-Flynn Democrats backing his choices for city posts.
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United States
New York
LaGuardia
Roosevelt-Flynn
Board of Estimate
National Industrial Conference Board
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