General Conference of Methodist Protestant Church Begins
Delegates to the quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Protestant church gather at First Church for union discussions. Education sessions feature leaders from Westminster Seminary and the International Council on Education. The morning worship is led by Pr J C Broomfield with a communion service to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First M. P. Church
Mt Methodist Protestant
F. L. Knapp
International Council of Its Education of Chicago
C. B. Forlines
Westminster Theological Sem
Westminster
Will K
Jesus
W. Taylor
Asheboro
High Point
Marioe Sloan
Webe
C. Madison
Lurch
Grayson
R. M. Andrews
North Carolina Confervee
Broomfield
Board of Christian Edition of the Church
Ickes Cites Sabotage Delay in PWA Power Grants in Court
Secretary Ickes told a District of Columbia court that clever sabotage may have slowed municipal electric project loans and grants under the PWA. He said a power division created July 1, 1936, would expedite applications and defended the program against four utility firms seeking to block allotments.
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Secretary of Interior
PWA
Washington
Ickes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Electric Power Board of Review
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
WPA
Alabama Power Company
Texas Utilities Company
Oklahoma Utilities Company
Iowa [Ight and Power Company
Quiet Front on UTWA Strike in Spartanburg
Spartanburg May 19 quiet on the UTWA strike front with similar worker turnout as before. arrests were made today about eighty taken into custody earlier, two remained jailed while others were discharged or released on own recognizance. Warrants not issued. Most jailed are said to be mill sympathizers. the mill has operated only fitfully since the strike call.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Spartan
UTWA
Bailey Speaks At Closing of Campbell College
The 49th commencement season at Campbell College ends with an address by Dr. Luther Little of First Baptist Charlotte at the Sunday service. Senator Josiah W Bailey will deliver the literary address on May 25 and diplomas will be awarded to nearly 100 graduates. The Rev Charles H Stevens of Salem Baptist Winston-Salem will give the alumni address.
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Ruin's Creek
Campbell College
Luther Little
First Baptist Church
Charlotte
Josiah W. Bailey
Dimas
Charles H.evens
Tor
Salem Baptist Arch
Winston-Salem
Waynick Opposes Tariff Increase In Asphalt
Raleigh May 19 airman C M Waynick of the Ahway and public works commission said he would appear before the House Ways and Means committee in Washington tomorrow to oppose the proposed tariff increase on imports. He warned the rate would raise asphalt costs for the state by about three percent.
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Raleigh
C. M. Waynick
Ahway and Public Works Comssion
House
Ways and Feans
Washington
Ymorrow
Ynick
Herriot Praises Trade Treaty in Paris
Former Premier Edouard Herriot declares the way is open to settle the war debt misunderstanding between the United States and France via the new trade treaty. He praises Leon Blum's speech before the American club and notes Blum seeks him as foreign minister.
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Paris
Edouard Herriott
United States
France
Leon Blum
Blum
Herriot
L’ere Nouvelle
Germany
May Aid China In Stabilizing Money
The United States moved to help China stabilize its currency by agreeing to substantial silver purchases from China. Secretary Morgenthau signaled willingness to engage in bilateral talks to exchange views on money matters as part of the approach.
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Washington
United States
China
Morgenthau
United States Treasury
Southern Newspaper Publishers elect leaders at meeting
Asheville May 19 J B Chappell of the Birmingham News and Age Herald was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers association K Gaylord of the Oklahoma City Oklahoman and Times was reelected chairman of the board and Walter P Johnson of the Chattanooga News was reelected treasurer
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Asheville
J. B. Chappell
Birmingham News and Age Herald
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Bk. K. Gaylord
Oklahoma City Oklahoman = and Times
Walter P. Johnson
Chattanooga News
South tenants seen as seed bed for social threat
Dr W W Alexander of the federal resettlement administration warned Asheville publishers that landless farmers both black and white could fuel radical movements. He cited more than 6 percent of the population as tenants and urged action to stabilize conditions to prevent future violence. The meeting opened with nominating committee reports and officer balloting.
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Asheville
W. W. Alexander
Federal Resettlement Administration
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Huey Long
Huey
Alexander
South
Union
Clark Howell, Jr
Atlanta (Ga
Constitution
Parks
Fort Smith
Non-Suit Granted In Action By A. J. Bell
Greensboro May 19 Special The City of High Point was granted a non suit in a $2000 damages action by A. J. Bell after Bell presented evidence. He alleged foot injury from stepping on a nailed piece of crating in front of the Denny Bell and Panel company on November 7 1935 with snow on the ground. Trial continues this afternoon as to the Denny Roll and Panel company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Denny Roll and Panel Company
A. J. Bell
Bell
Denny Bell and Panel Company
Opponents Seek Court Order To Reopen School Vote
In Raleigh on May 19 opponents of the recently voted school supplement claim non resident teachers voted illegally and announce they will seek a court order to reopen the ballot boxes.
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Raleigh
Farm Strike Leaders Denied Court Injunction
MEMPHIS Tenn May 19 Union leaders were denied an injunction to stop police from halting picketing on the Tennessee Arkansas bridge tied to a cotton choppers strike in three eastern Arkansas counties The strike call by H L Mitchell sought relief for about 4000 choppers and 2000 other workers in Crittenden Cross and St Francis counties Planters reported normal work and police said no bridge picketing would occur chaired by Memphis Police Chief Will D Lee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
H. L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Crittenden
Cross
St. Francis
Will D. Lee
Mexican Rail Strike Ends After Government Action
Mexico City May 19 A strike by 48000 railway workers collapsed under President Lazaro Cardenas administration pressure. Strikers returned to posts after a government call and warning of contract loss and the railways hiring new staff. Military zones were ordered to enforce the anti strike decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexican National Railways
Lazaro Cardenas
War Department
Declines On Stock Market Trade Opens With Unease
New York May 19 stock market fell with losses of fractions to over two points as investors reacted to the Supreme Court voiding the Guffey act. The day opened with selling then turned dull with scant recoveries. Bonds trailed stocks and commodities mixed while foreign gold currencies firmed against the dollar.
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New York
Supreme Court
Japanese Goods Flooding North China Amid Smuggling Surge
Chinese sources report continued Japanese contraband influx into North China despite anti smuggling efforts. The Nanking Nationalist government is said to have lost nearly 15 million dollars in nine months from sugar rayon gasoline kerosene rubber tires and cosmetics smugglings.
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Tientsin
China
Nanking
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Greenwood County Project
The Supreme Court will decide next fall if the Buzzards Roost power project in Greenwood County, D C, is constitutional. It reviews a $2 852 000 loan and grant to Greenwood County for Saluda river plant, sought by Duke Power which lost in the appeals court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Greenwood County
D. C
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
Saluda River
Duke Power Company
Court of Appeals
Newton D. Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Ickes
PWA
Wrong Way a Little Too Good Demonstration Mishap
Sherwood Brockwell North Carolina Fire Marshall demonstrated the right and wrong methods to remove items from trucks at the South Carolina Firemen's college. In the wrong method he slipped fell and broke an arm.
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Columbia
N. C
Sherwood Brockwell
North Carolina
South Carolina Firemen's College
Brockwell
Townsend plan leader denies cash grab charge in hearings
Dr F B Townsend testified before a House investigating committee that the Townsend old age pension movement was not started for money. James R Sullivan questioned Townsend over claims of pursuing profit and a national magazine scale, reading Townsend letters about expanding the venture and revenue.
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Washington
F. B. Townsend
House
James R. Sullivan
California
Representative Tolan
Dcal
Townsendite
Bell
Dmo
Sullivan
Dr. Townsend
Johnson Placed on North Carolina Planning Board
Theodore B. Johnson, Raleigh engineer and NC State College faculty member, appointed consultant to the state planning board by Secretary of the Interior. Capus M. Waynick says Johnson will lead six month studies with water resources emphasized, using WPA funds totaling 42,000 dollars.
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Raleigh
Theodore
Johnson
N. C. State College
North Carolina State Planning Board
Secretary of the Interior
Sckes
Capus M. Waynick
State Planning Board
North Carolina Board
WPA
Waynick
Order Restored in Harlem After Protest Violence
More than 100 police restored order in Harlem after a disturbance began as a protest against Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. Three patriamen were beaten and a Black man was shot during the unrest.
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New York
Harlem
Italy
Ethiopia
Blue Bell Plant to Resume Operations in Greensboro
Officials of the Blue Bell Over all company’s number one plant announced operations would resume Monday, restoring work for 1,200 employees after a suspension caused by the April 2 tornado.
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Greensboro
Blue Bell Overall Company
Wayne County Wake Forest Alumni Back Dances Rule Change
The Wayne County Wake Forest Alumni Association voted to abrogate the old rule against dances at the school during its meeting in Goldsboro on May 19.
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Goldsboro
Wayne County Wake Forest Alumni Association
Hoover Ends Speculation on GOP Candidacy in Chicago
Former president Herbert Hoover declares he is not a candidate and concentrates on placing critical issues before the country. He says his talks with senators and congressmen concerned only the Republican platform and he opposes no aspirants.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
California
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Maryland
Washington
Italy May Change Staff At London Embassy
London sources say Italy may be invited to reshuffle personnel at its London embassy amid the Italo Ethiopian British dumdum bullet scandal. Parliament debates Eden’s remarks on alleged fabrications of evidence about arms to Ethiopia and probes the embassy’s ties to Colonel Pedro Lopez, described as a purveyor of forged documents.
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London
Italy
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Ethiopia
Pedro Lopez
Eden accused of sliming Italy over Dumdum charge
Fas cist authorities said Eden's suggestion that Col. Pedro Lopez acted as a provocative agent for Ethiopia was unconvincing likening the claim to a page from a dime novel.
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Eee
Rome
Anthony Eden
Eden
House of Commons
Italy
Col
Pedro Lopez
England
Zeppelin May Arrive Tonight on Transatlantic Flight
The airship Hindenburg, commanded by Captain Ernst Lehmann, speeds toward New York on its second Germany to America flight. A squall yesterday briefly tilted the nose and frightened some tigers aboard, but officials say no danger is present as the voyage continues.
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Hindenburg
America
Atlantic
New York
Germany
Ernst Lehmann
Death of Jones Macon Found With Poison and Gunshot
In Aberdeen May 19 Jones Macon 45 was found dead in bed with a bullet wound to the head a discharged pistol and a bottle of poison nearby. Police report the scene as a possible suicide or foul play investigation pending autopsy results.
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Pound
Aberdeen
Jones Macon
State Will Save On Court Ruling
Raleigh May 19. A. L. Brower director of the state division of purchase contracts says voiding the Guffey Coal act by the Supreme Court will save the state about 2 million dollars and avoid higher coal prices the state would have faced.
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Raleigh
Brower
State Division of Purchase
Supreme Court
Roosevelt to Get New Mexico Votes
In Socorro New Mexico on May 19 officials announced New Mexico's six Democratic national convention votes were secured for President Roosevelt. Gov Clyde Tingley led pro Roosevelt delegates with a full control of the state convention the day before.
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Socorro
N. M
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Clyde Tingley
Weather outlook for the Carolinas and Georgia
Partly cloudy with cooler temperatures across North and South Carolina and Georgia. Local thundershowers are possible on the coast this afternoon or tonight, followed by generally fair conditions Wednesday with cooler air in the east and interior regions.
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North Carolina
South
Carolina
Georgia
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