China Reports Nanking Moves To Permit Japanese Influence
Canton reports that under Japanese military pressure, the Nanking government is negotiating to allow Japan to influence all China. It claims Manchukuo recognition is being prepared, Jehol to come under Manchukuo, and a neutral zone from the Great Wall to the Yellow River. The North China talks allegedly create a neutral zone and invite foreign domination.
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Canton
China
Nanking
Japan
League of Nations
United States
Soviet Russia
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Jehol
Political Council
North China
Great Wall
Yellow River
B and L Meeting in Winston-Salem
The Southeastern Building and Loan conference met in Winston-Salem on May 19 to discuss Roosevelt mortgage measures and the federal home loan bank system. Delegates noted that associations east of the Mississippi hold about 166000 mortgages funded by 18600 savers.
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Winston-Salem
Southeastern Building and Loan Conference
William 8. Quinter
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Masoon- Dixon Line
W. F. Stevenson
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Washington
Cheraw
D. C
Horace Russell
Atlanta
J. A. C. Chandler
William and Mary College
Federal Home Loan Bank Board of
Salem
George R Wooten
Hickory
United States Ba Lding and Loan League
Philip Lieber
Shreveport
Morton Bodfish
Chicago
The
Nation Organization
W. A. Biges
Durham
Labor backs public works bill with sales tax caveat
William Green of the American Federation of Labor testified before the house ways and means committee endorsing Roosevelt's public works and industry control measure with a sales tax funding option limited to the public works program. He urged safeguards against broad tax hikes and urged language clarifications on labor joining companies. The exchange followed Senator Wagner's assertion the bill would create millions of jobs and boost efficiency without destroying competition. A wartime prayer for peace closes the report.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wagner
D-N. Y
Green
Douglas
Labor
Labor Oe
Treadway
Mass
New Yorker
Congress
Berlin Delegate Gives New Hope To Geneva Meet
SKY HARBOR Tenn May 18 Dinner in Hollywood breakfast in Fort Worth lunch in Little Rock and dinner in professional humor wrap a light note on the Geneva meet. The writer jokes about funding via laughs and the appetite for humor.
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Berlin
Geneva
Sky Harbor
Tenn
Hollywood
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Baptists Begin Third All Day Convention in Washington
Washington hosts the Southern Baptist convention with a historic all day joint session with Northern Baptists after an eighty eight year rupture. Dr. M E B Dodd will preside replacing ill President F F Brown, and calls for budget balance and relief measures amid wartime stress. Germany accepts the British disarmament plan at Geneva, Nadolny says German and British drafts fit together, while Eden and Massign pledge cooperation. Henderson warns war risks collapse of social order. aim to reach disarmament before the London economic conference.
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Washington
Southern Baptist Shurch
Capital
Southern
Northern Baptiste
Tuesay
M. EB. Dodd
Shreveport
Southern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists
F. F. Brown
Knoxville
Tenn
Dodd
Geneva
Germany
Rudolf Nadolny
Herr Nadolny
Berlin
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Rene Massign
France
Roose-velt
Arthur Henderson
Hitler
Henderson
London
Truce Report in North China Amid Allied Positioning
Reports from Peiping indicate a virtual truce across North China with Chinese forces concentrating at Lutai and Tangshan area. Japanese and Manchukuoan spearhead hold west of Tangshan while allied main body sits at Kaping east of Tangshan. Chinese lines remain near Miyun city 35 miles north with several withdrawals and three days of fighting ceaseouts reported.
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Peiping
Miyun
Mrs Shubal Smith Dies In Asheboro
Mrs. Shubal Smith, 62, died at her home three miles southwest of Asheboro after an eight month illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM at Union M P church with Rev Joel B Trogden officiating. She is survived by her husband seven children three sisters and four brothers.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Smith
Union M. P
Joel B. Trogden
O. M. Andrews
Olin Fritts
Penn and Clarence
High Point
Bascom
Mrs Margaret Owens Dies Near Seagrove
Mrs Margaret Owens 48 died at her home near Seagrove and was buried at 11 o'clock at the Christian Union church. The Rev R C Stubbins led services. She leaves two daughters Mrs Annie Lee Chiscdi and Miss Annie Owens both of Elon.
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Asheboro
Margaret Owens
Christian Union Church
R. C. Stubbins
Seagrove
Annie Lee Chiscdi
Annie Owens
Elon
Bank grants unrestricted license to Union Trust Shelby
Raleigh May 19. Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood issues an unrestricted license to Union Trust Company of Shelby. The bank operates four branches with deposits around 1 million dollars. Branches are in Retherfordton Morris City Lawndale and Fallston.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Union Trust Company of
Shelby
Retherfordton
Morris City
Lawndale
Fallston
Soviet offer signals warm response to arms cut appeal
The Soviet government told President Roosevelt it believes his call for arms reductions will meet with a warm response from the peoples of the Soviet Union and its republics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Bomb kills or injures 100 at Tientsin railway station
Reports from Shanghai dated May 19 say a bomb exploded in a crowded station in eastern Tientsin. One hundred people were killed or wounded. Japanese dispatches attributed the blast to unknown perpetrators.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
Harriman Bank Ex‑Head Reported Missing in New York
Police broadcast an alarm for Joseph W. Harriman former head of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company who fled from an East 61st Street hospital this morning authorities said May 19 AP report states.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
McNair Confesses Before Execution in North Carolina
In Raleigh on May 19, David McNair a 23 year old Durham county man convicted of killing Mrs. J W McCown at a Guilford county filling station during an attempted robbery was electrocuted after confessing he fired first after Mrs McCown began shooting His claim that accomplices did the shooting was rejected by Rev T A Grady McNair entered the death chamber at 1028 and died at 1034 with a brief prayer and a final chant for mercy He was captured in Durham the day after the killing and returned to Greensboro for trial The other two suspects known only as Sam and Sam were never arrested
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Raleigh
David McNair
Durham County
J. W. McCown
Guilford County
State's Prison
T. A. Grady
Ebernezer Baptist Church
Durham
Grady
McNair
Jesus
Three Million Dollar Error Described Today In Trial
In New York on May 19 a $3,000,000 error in a ledger of Mrs. Charles E. Mitchell’s business transactions was described in federal court. The government says a fake stock sale by Mitchell to his wife created an apparent loss to evade income taxes for 1929 and 1930. Edward Barrett testified that the purchase price was entered as 879,600 though letters set the amount at 3,879,600. the ledger omission was labeled an oversight.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
Mitchell
Edward Barrett
National City Bank
Medalie
Barrett
Two Men Held In Boy's Death In Charlotte
Curtis Helms 31 of Union County was killed when a car zigzagged down a street striking him. G W Kenley was held as driver while others linked to the car were detained. An inquest was set for tomorrow.
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Boy
Charlotte
Curtis Helms
Union County
G. W. Kenley
Helms
Kenley
Jack Middleton
Middleton
Miss Kula
McFadden
Russell Padgett
Charley Kenley
Schoolboy gets 20 year term for fatal stabing
Harry Murch a Queens schoolboy was sentenced to 20 years to life in Sing Sing after being convicted of stabbing 12 year old William Bender to death for snitching. The murder followed Bender's disappearance on January 31 and grisly discovery in a vacant house. A 10 year old witness testified Murch tied the boy and stabbed him, prompting the judge to note the severity of the crime.
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New York
Harry Murch
Queens
William Bender
Sing Sing
Murch
Harry
Bender
John Miller
Thomas Donseg
Hunger Strike Breaks At Maryland Penitentiary
Eighteen prisoners remain in segregation as fourteen enter the fourth day of a hunger strike at the Maryland penitentiary. Among them are three lifers and national notorieties, with William Niemoth of Chicago not taking part. Warden Brady says they will be allowed to starve until they come to their senses.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
William Niemoth
Chicago
Nesmoth
Patrick J. Brady
Roosevelt Soong discuss silver and Far East war effects
A joint Roosevel t Soong statement calls for stabilizing silver prices to aid world trade and notes Japanese advances in China. It urges peaceful disarmament and highlights Far East conflict, aiming to restore political and economic peace. Senator Pittman outlines a six point silver rehabilitation plan with price stabilization and currency roles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
T. V. Soong
Far East
British disarmament plan at Geneva proposal outlines large volunteer armies
At the Geneva conference in March Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald presented a disarmament plan. It proposed a British domestic army of 200000 for France plus a colonial force of 200000, and lists allied forces for other nations along with a five year arms treaty.
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Ramsey MacDonald
Versailles
France
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Poland
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Bingham Begins On His New Duties as US Ambassador
London May 19 Robert W. Bingham started his post as United States ambassador taking over Andrew W desks at the embassy and meeting staff. He will be received in audience by King George next week.
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London
Robert W. Bingham
United States
John Simon
Foreign Office
Andrew W
George
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Bingham
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