Judge Hayes Remands High Point Hydroelectric Case Back to State Court
The High Point hydroelectric dispute returns to Superior Court as Judge Hayes resumes hearings tomorrow on the six and a half million dollar plant project. The case involves J W Melvin and others with Duke Power as intervening plaintiff against Adams Millis Corp and taxpayers. Earlier actions saw efforts to move to Federal Court stalled and notices filed, with ongoing maneuvers in both state and federal courts.
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Highoint
H. Hoyleink
J. W. Melvin
Duke Power Company
Aintiff
Adams-Millis Carson
Johnson
United States Middle Court
Winston-Salem
de Hayes
High Point
Hayes
Judge Sink
J. W. McGuinn
Adams-Millis Corporation
Lpuse
Ing
United Sates District Court
Lerk of Superior Court
A. Wayne Cooke
Wilson Denies Embezzling Funds in Oney Loan Case
Winston-Salem May 13 W T Wilson former mayor denied in Superior Court that he embezzled 611.52 and testified the sum was repaid as funds loaned to public guardian accounts for his care He said on August 7 1937 he loaned 650 to the joint guardian fund and on June 14 1938 sold notes totaling 611 52 credited to his account The defense objected to the timing of the guardian account loan and note sales in the Charles case
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W. T. Wilson
Winton-Salem
Subor
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Wiln
Ewning
Joint Guardian Unt
Treasury
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Charles Nnt
Charles H. Mons
J. Erle McMichael
Gardner Hudson
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Guardian
Polish Protest Warns Danzig Nazis Over Pilsudski Observance
Warsaw reports a Polish protest to the Free City of Danzig Senate and protests in Polish press as a warning to Germany that Poland will safeguard its rights in Danzig. The move followed the Danzig Senate denial of a public observance for Marshal Pilsudski’s anniversary and a Polish critic of a window breaking tied to a black draped photo of Pilsudski.
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Warsaw
Senate of the Free City of
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Free City
Joseph Pilsudski
Arthur Greiser
Senate
Marion Chodacki
Pilsudski
Hitler Sets Western Front Tour For Fortifications Display
Berlin reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler plans a demonstrative inspection tour starting in Godesberg to showcase Germanys western frontier fortifications and eastern lines, with top Nazi leaders in attendance. Goering returns from Italy as Ribbentrop and Speer travel between Berlin Milan and Bavaria.
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Berlin
Hitler
Godesberg
Rhineland
Germany
Fuehrer
Poland
Munich
Nuernberg
Albert Speer
Godesber
Chamberlain
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlinz
Italy
Mediterranean
Farler Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Saarbruecken
Aachen
Daladier
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Milan
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Bavaria
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Leghorn
North Carolina Medical Society votes in Bermuda voyage
On a Bermuda cruise, Dr. William Allan of Charlotte was installed as president of the North Carolina Medical Society with Dr. Hubert Haywood of Raleigh as president elect. Dr. Webb Griffith and Dr. Frank C. Smith were named first and second vice presidents. The group discussed health reform and proposed 100 conference committees to coordinate across counties. The Queen of Bermuda docks at Norfolk next morning.
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Queen OF
Bermuda
Norfolk
North Carolina Medical Society
William Allan
Charlotte
Hubert Haywood
Raleigh
Webb Griffith
Asheville
Frank C. Smith
G. G. Dixon
Ayden
John L. Ward
State Board of Health
Carl V. Reynolds
Reynolds
North Carolina
Economy Advocates Balked In Congress
Congress faces stalled economy drive as advocates warn total appropriations may top 9 to 10 billion dollars. Already 6.446 billion approved or pending with relief, department, and miscellaneous sums. Senate adds 383 million to agriculture bill, House adds 50 million for rivers and harbors. Senator King criticizes agricultural boosts amid apathy toward fiscal policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
War Department
King
Utahb
Farm groups threaten defeat of Wagner Act amendments
Five farm organizations launched a last minute campaign to defeat proposed wage hour law changes set for a House vote on Monday. They argue the amendments would strip exemptions for agriculture and criticize the intended suspension of rules procedure. Chairman Norton plans a Monday passage under a 40 minute limit and a two thirds majority.
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Washington
House
Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Wreck Leaves Teenager Critically Hurt Near Blair Farm
An unidentified youth about 20 was critically injured when a stolen car careened from a bridge on the old Trinity road near Blair's farm. Fred King of 424 Mangum Ave faces auto theft charges after witnesses identified him as a car jumper.
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Trinity Road
Blair
Holder’s Food Store
Russell Street
Fred King
Mangum Avenue
King
Guilford General Hospital
Burrus Memorial Hospital
F. W. Miller
King Street
R. R. Holder
Paul Ensley
West Broad Street
Thomasville Road
Bennett’s Crossing
Ensley
Nazis Rap Turkey Berlin Pact Draws Criticism
Berlin dispatch reports the German foreign office mouthpiece saying Turkey’s entry into the mutual assistance pact with Great Britain worsens the country’s chances for world peace and is not advantageous to Turkey or the peace process.
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Berlin
Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Turkey
Great Britain
France Prepares Forces as Tension Grows in Europe
Paris reports France deploying land and sea forces amid heightened tension with Germany and potential Italian moves. Daladier discusses naval matters as a Mediterranean squadron heads to Tunisia and Mussolini threatens.
Mussolini May Climax Tension
France faces intensified fascist pressure as Mussolini leaves for Turin to address a mass meeting that could affect future Franco Italian relations. Diplomats note Italian claims on Djibouti Tunisia Suez and a demand to settle open problems before it is too late. Goering’s surprise departure from Leghorn to Germany adds Western military attention.
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France
Mussolini
Turin
Italy
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Europe
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Gulf of Aden
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Suez Canal
Il Duce
Piedmont
Hitler
Germany
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Mediterranean
Spain
Leghorn
Goering
Britain Poised to Concede in Bid to Win Russia
Britain lines up concessions to Soviet Russia as Turkey’s gain heightens need for a British French front. Chamberlain weighs terms while Russia criticizes counterproposals and Spain and Japan loom as moderating factors in the Danzig crisis.
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Great Britain
Russia
Turkey
Britain
Germany
Poland
Spain
Japan
Danzig
Chamberlain
Five Southern coal groups sign UMWA contract end dispute
In New York on May 13 three hundred thousand coal miners will return to work under the first union shop contract signed by John L Lewis and a majority of Appalachian conference operators. Fifteen of 21 unions signed, six Southern associations withdrew amid tensions, and Governor Chandler moved National Guard troops to Harlan County as others anticipate broader wage talks with the anthracite operators.
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New York
John ‘L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Hazard
Harlan County
Kentucky
Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
Southern Appalachian Coal Operators’ Association
Tennessee
Virginia
Kanawha Coal Operators’ Association
Lewis
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
National Guard
John R. Steelman
U. S. Labor Department
L. C. Gunter
Knoxville
Puerto Rico to Be Air Base Fortress
President Roosevelt taps Admiral William D. Leahy as Puerto Rico governor as the United States plans more than 30 million dollars to turn the island into an air base fortress. Army and navy would base bombers and patrol planes to intercept threats to the Panama Canal and U S borders. The plan surpasses Congress approved San Juan airbase funding and aims for wide scale installations. Also White House recommends handing aviation mechanics training facilities to the limit of peacetime practicability.
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Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Puerto Rico
Army
Navy
Caribbean
Atlantic
Hawaii
Pacific
Europe
Panama Canal
Continental
United States
South America
Congress
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Emile Bertin
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Philadelphia
National Racing News Service
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Frank Murphy
John L. Lewis
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