Caballero Called To Form New Cabinet After Resigning
Premier Francisco Largo Caballero resigned his Spanish Republican government today and was called to form a new wartime cabinet. The extreme socialist, who steered the regime through eight months of fascist assaults, left his left coalition ministry at 10 a.m. Supporters urged him to stay, while Valencia remained calm amid rumors of a reshuffle. Caballero has led two of the five Republican governments since the war began last July 18.
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Valencia
Francisco Largo Caballero
Largo Caballero
Reggme
UGF
Spain
Insurgents Press Basque Front Near Bilbao
In Vitoria on May 15 insurgents reported heavy fighting along the Basque front. Gen Emilio Mola’s officers said Amorebieta, key to defending Bilbao, was virtually surrounded as attacks continued along the government line.
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Vittoria
Spain
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Amorebieta
Anarchists Suffer Casualties in Puigcerda Street Clash
Three of the rebellious anarchists who controlled Puigcerda near the Spanish border were killed in a street fighting with communists attempting to seize authority, as reported from Perpignan France on May 15.
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Perpignan
France
Insurgent Air Attack Reported Near Toledo
A column of government troops south of the Tajo river was reported to have been virtually destroyed by bombs and machine gun fire in an insurgent air attack.
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Toledo
Spain
Tajo River
Insurgent Cruiser Bombards Basque Lines Near Munguia
In Bayonne on May 15 the insurgent cruiser Almirante Cervera supported Gen. Emilio Mola’s forces as Basque troops fought to block the advance toward Munguia, seven miles northeast of Bilbao. A fierce clash unfolded on Mount Solubbe with bayonet charges failing to break Basque defense.
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Bayonne
Almirante Cervera
Emilio Mola
Mount Solubbe
Munguia
Bilbao
U S Exports Fall Short of Cotton Share This Season
The Agriculture Department reports world cotton exports for the first eight months of the season reached 9 750 000 bales, the highest in three years. The United States supplied a smaller share, with British India Egypt and South America boosting their portions. The U S share fell 30 percent below its long term average, while India and Brazil led a regional shift in the world total.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
British India
Egypt
Brazil
Peru
Lawrence cited before board on oath and dual unionism
Roy R. Lawrence state president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor and Carolina administrator for CIO textile activities is cited to appear before the federation executive board to answer charges of oath violation sponsoring dual unionism and treason. A telegram from George L. Googe southern AFL representative asks him to appear but he offers no comment on attendance.
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Charlotte
Roy R. Lawrence
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Carolinas
CIO Textile Organization
Lawrence
George L. Googe
Atlanta
American Federation of Labor
Wed 45 Minutes Bride Groom Die In River Crash
In Greenville Mississippi a newly married couple Mr and Mrs John L Wynn of Pickens drowned after their car went through guard chains of a barge moored at Slaters Ferry six miles from Darlove They were married last night and bodies were recovered today Both were adults with Mrs Wynn a school teacher at Lake Village Arkansas across the Mississippi from Greenville
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Greenville
Miss
John L. Wynn
Pickens
Sunflower River
Slater's Ferry
Darlove
Wynn
Funeral services set for Diggs fatally injured in wreck
Robert Edgar Diggs an 80 year old farmer died from injuries after a truck struck him in Wadesboro on May 15 funeral services were arranged locally today.
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Wadesboro
Robert Edgar Diggs
Dedication Planned for Caldwell County Agricultural Building
Lenoir May 15 Caldwell County officials announce the Caldwell County Agricultural building dedication set for June with a formal ceremony and community participation expected to attend.
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Lenoir
Caldwell County Agricultural Venoms
Five Die At Rail Crossing Near Milton Village
Five people die when an automobile transporting Milton School children to make up time collides with a train two miles south of Milton Village. Driver John C. Vasseur aged 97 and four Milton youths Rene Larochelle 11 Howard 13 Paul Murray 15 and Baril Fuller 14 perished. Investigators say the driver misread a car track and failed to notice the Washington New York Montreal express delayed 45 minutes.
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Milton
Milton Village
John C. Vasseur
Rene Larochelle
Howard
Paul Murray
Baril Fuller
Washington
New York
Montreal
Union Heads Assemble for War Council in Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis led the United Steel Workers organizing committee to call 100 delegates from three independent plants to a meeting in Pittsburgh styled a war council. They plan strikes against independents while seeking exclusive bargaining rights after a government supervised election at Jones and Laughlin Steel and a 36 hour walkout was halted as a victory. Independent plants include Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Crucible Steel, employing about 100000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Council of War
U. S. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
U. SS. Steel Corporation
Murray
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Crucible Steel Company of America
Former Solon Percy Gassaway Dies at 61
Percy L. Gassaway, Oklahoma's cowboy congressman, died at 8 a.m. while en route to Ada after a heart attack at his ranch near Coalgate. He was 61, succeeded by Lyle Boren last November, and was a regional Democratic leader and former district judge. He is survived by his widow, three sons, and three daughters.
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Coalgate
Okla
Percy L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Ada
Here
Gassaway
Washington
Lyle Boren
Seminole
Gasaway
Man In Jail May Face Murder Count
Rutherfordton May 165 Solicitor C O Ridings said Barzilla Fowler would likely be brought from Raleigh to face a murder charge in the slaying of his 40 year old wife whose bullet riddled body was found at the Fowler home six miles northwest of here. The wife had been dead at least six days per the examining physician. Fowler and a son were in state prison serving eight year terms for shooting into the Wilbur Rhodes home in February wounding five persons. Ridings said the pursuit of a theory that the wife died for refusing to testify at his trial last week.
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Rutherfordton
C. O. Ridings
Barzilla Fowler
State
Raleigh
Fowler
Here
Ridings
Wilbur Rhodes
Lattlemyre Seeks Mayors Post in Hickory
P J Lattlemyre recently elected president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association announced he will be a candidate for mayor in Hickory. He made the statement today as he entered the race.
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Hickory
P. J. Lattlemyre
The
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Strike Cripples Seven Big St. Louis Hotels
St. Louis hotels suffered a major disruption as bellhops cooks waiters and other staff walked out in a closed shop demand backed by the American Federation of Labor unions. About 2000 workers were idle with plans to expand to 21 more hotels unless an agreement was reached. Picket lines formed outside the buildings and service ground to a halt, with many guests dining elsewhere.
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American Federation of Labor
ST. Louis
Swanor
St. Louis Hotel Association
Duke of Windsor interrupts golf game in France
In Monts France May 15 the former king the Duke of Windsor cut short his two hour golf on the Chateau De Cande course by an urgent London telephone call. Spokesman Herman L Rogers said no details were given while sources note a June wedding to Mrs Warfield may be announced soon with a marriage likely this summer.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Chateau de Cande
London
Herman L. Rogers
Duke
Warfield
Twelve Capital Cases Set For One Court Term
In Lillington NC the May term of Harnett county superior court opens with Judge W C Harris presiding. Eight murder cases a criminal assault case and three arson cases are slated for trial. Mrs Lina Pope Godwin who was sentenced for killing her husband may be tried May 20 with a possible special May term for her case.
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Lillington
Harnett County Superior Court
W. C. Harris
Lina Pope Godwin
Estate Supreme Court
C. Cannady
UNC trustees to meet May 27 and June 4 at State College
The executive committee of the University of North Carolina board of trustees will convene Thursday morning May 27 to review routine matters and prepare for the full board meeting on June 4 at North Carolina State College.
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Raleigh
Board of Trustees
The
University of North Carolina
N. C. State College
Trio Held In Death Probe In Gastonia
C A Veitch and Banks and Everett Howell, brothers, are free on $1000 bonds each as an inquest investigates the death of T M Fayssoux 45 found dead on his mother's porch. Coroner Wallace ordered organ analyses and noted a prior robbery of $40 after a drinking party. Three men jailed pending an inquest.
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Gastonia
C. A. Veitch
Banks
Everett Howell
T. M. Fayssoux
C. C. Wallace
Wallace
Fayssoux
Tweedar
Retirement talk on Supreme Court nears a decision
Britain seeks peace in the Pacific as Washington battles the Roosevelt court bill.Reported retirements from the Supreme Court loom as opponents press President Roosevelt to drop his reorganization plan. Brandeis Van Devanter and Sutherland are named as ready to retire with Van DeVanter possibly stepping down soon.
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Washington
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Brandeis
van DeVanter
Sutherland
Justice van DeVanter
Senate
Plea for Non-Aggression Pact Aims to Preserve World Peace
In London a pacific non aggression pact proposal by Australia’s Prime Minister Lyons was seen as a move toward Anglo American cooperation to protect world peace. The plan includes Japan Australia Great Britain and the United States. Lyons and Hertzog visited Baldwin at his country home as imperial talks paused for coronation season. About 150 advisers prepared documents for the conference’s resumption next Wednesday in secret session.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Lyons
J. B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
North Carolinians Make News in Washington
William F. Dodd ambassador to Germany wrote about a billionaire dictatorship plot stirring U S politics. Robert Worth Bingham ambassador to Great Britain attended King George VI coronation. Bingham, born in Orange County, runs two Kentucky newspapers.
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Washington
National
William F. Dodd
Germany
United States
Dodd
University of Chicago
Clayton
N. C
Robert Worth Bingham
Great Britain
George VI
Bingham
Kentucky
Louisville Courier- Journal
Louisville Times
Orange County
North Carolina
Selected Rails Industrials Rise In Mixed Stock Trade
In fair May weather on May 15 the rails and industrials led the stock market gains while other categories drifted. Volume was light, near the lowest since June last year, with issues inching up fractions while steels motors and utilities failed to gain.
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New York
Another Victim of Zep Disaster Dies
Otto C. Ernst 78 a Hamburg cotton broker who was injured in the Hindenburg destruction died at Paul Kimball hospital Lakewood New Jersey. The death raised the disaster toll to 36 as Pirnat died after failing to rally from a blood transfusion. His wife remained hospitalized in good condition.
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Lakewood
N. J
Otto C. Ernst
Hamburg
Paul Kimball Hospital
Pirnat
Death claims English peer Philip Snowden
London May 15 Philip Snowden first viscount of Ickornshaw former Chancellor of the Exchequer and a guiding spirit of the British labour movement died at 4 a m at Tilford Surrey after ill health He was 72 years old The Socialist peer rose from Lancashire obscurity to lead the purse strings of the empire His widow Viscountess Snowden learned of his death on coronation eve and left for Tilford after attending a Buckingham Palace ball
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London
Philip Snowden
Ickornshaw
Exchequer
Eee
Lancashire
Tilford
Surrey
Viscountess
Snowden
George VI
Lord Snowden
Viscountess Snowden
Buckingham Palace
Ford Views on Unionization Stir Detroit Labor Battle
Ford Motor Company signals a union stance as 150000 U.S. workers face potential closed shops. Harry Bennett releases “Fordisms” urging workers to weigh the costs of joining unions amid auto strike tensions. Unions push to reopen talks at General Motors plants in Saginaw, Chevrolet foundry, and Malle iron division, idling about 7000 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United States
Henry Ford
G Motors
Saginaw
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Persnel
Ford
Homer Martin
Chevrolet Grey
G. M. Mal Iron
Eral Motors
Corpor
Baptists Report Growth in Southern Convention Membership
A 1936 totals report for the Southern Baptist convention shows membership at 4,482,315, up nearly 3,000 in the year. Churches reach 24,671, ministers 21,881, and Sunday schools 22,704, with gains in churches and Sunday schools offsetting declines in baptisms and total adherents.
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New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Re. P. Allsdredge
Nashville, Tenn
Department of Survey, Statistics and Information
Southern Convention
Baptista
Allredge
Southern Baptista
Baptiste
Southern Baptist
No Clemency Declined for Murderer by Parole Board
Raleigh May 15 Parole Commissioner Edwin announced Hoey declined clemency for Robert Glenn Brown 18 Craven County Negro scheduled for execution by gas for murder Brown was convicted in jur y of the robbery murder of B Peacock a 75 year old ally blind merchant The Governor will study the cases of Almond Early Reed Coffey and others with no intervention on the merits of the Brown case due to prison renovations and timing
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Raleigh
Edwin
Hoey
Robert Glenn Brown
Craven County
Gill
Brown
State
B. Peacock
Amond Early
Dummy M
Yadkin County
Echo
Anda
Merrill Plans Another Ho Opp Paris Air Race
Henry T. Dieck Merrill, the only man to fly the Atlantic four times, announced plans for the August air race to Paris to commemorate Lindbergh. Merrill and co-pilot John Jr. completed a second Atlantic crossing in 24 hours 22 minutes from Southampton to Floyd Bennett Field, leaving London last Sunday for photos of the corona.
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Henry T. “Dieck
Merrill
Atlantic
Paris
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ocean
John 8
Jack) Jr
Floyd 8 Field
Southampton
London
Corona Merrill
H Richman
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