France Concentrates Fleet Near Italian Libya
France moves Mediterranean fleet to Bizerta in Tunisia amid Franco Italian talks while King Vittorio Emanuele departs Sicily for Libya to oversee army maneuvers near the Tunisian border. Britain backs France and convenes a non intervention committee as tensions rise in Spain.
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Paris
France
Bizerta
Tunisia
Libya
Vittorio Emanuele
Sicily
Tunisian
Britain
Spain
Mussolini
Pyrenees
Japs Complete Capture Of Suchow Chinese Claim Flight Over Japan
Chinese air crews of two American made bombers returned to Hankow claiming a 2500 mile flight over western Japan dropping leaflets rather than bombs. Premier Kung and War Minister Ho Ying-Ching greeted the fliers as banners proclaimed the mission. Leaflets urged Japanese people to oppose the invasion of China and noted no enmity toward Japanese citizens or the imperial house.
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Suchow
Japan
Westenes
Story
Habe
Hankow
China
H. H. Kung
Ho Ying-Ching
Naval Base
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Sasebo
Great Naval Base
Tokyo
Osaka
Kung
Imperial House
Billion Dollar Flood Control Bill Heads to Senate
Washington May 20 AP reports a proposed flood control program cleared the House and moves to the Senate. The plan would authorize 375,000,000 projects over the next five years to create reservoirs and river walls, but it did not appropriate funds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Convicts Escape From Greenville Road Work
Three white convicts overpowered guard George Conwell on Buncombe road and fled in a county truck. Supervisors name Jewel Littlefield William Ferguson and Hugh Byce as the escapees.
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Greenville
8. C
George Conwell
Buncombe Road
John P. Ashmore
Jewel Littlefield
William Ferguson
Hugh Byce
Sayre Defends Reciprocal Trade Policy at Tennessee Farmers Meet
Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre spoke at the East Tennessee farmers convention in Knoxville. He called Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade agreements a nine-to-one bargain for the United States, saying they form a basis for lasting world peace and aid the Southern farmer, outlining strong support for the policy.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Francis B. Sayre
East Tennessee Farmers Convention
Cordell Hall
United States
Rescue team speeds to aid freighter near Cape Lookout
New Bern May 20 AP reports Coast guard boats raced to assist the Hungarian freighter Novgat Budapest after it ran aground on Cape Lookout Shoals this morning. Captain C G Gillikin of the Cape Lookout east guard station said the 20 crew were not in immediate danger but warned the situation could become perilous if weather worsened.
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New Bern
Coast Guard
Novgat
Budapest
Cape Lookout Shoals
C. G. Gillikin
Cape Lookout East Guard
Building activity in North Carolina climbs in April
Raleigh headed the state in April building permits with 1,274,276 dollars in valued permits including 1,114,201 for new residential work. Twenty one cities reported 8,139,626 dollars in building construction, 4.4 percent above April 1937 and 67.7 percent above March, with sixteen multi family dwellings authorized for 1,654,800 dollars. Winston-Salem followed with 585,005 and Charlotte with 245,203.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Northarolina
Labor Department
Arch
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Rent Is Due: Woman Found Dead With 26 Cents
New York report says Helen Willis 32, ex wife of a Columbus Broadcasting exec, was found dead in her Park Avenue apartment with only 26 cents on her. Detectives recovered a rent due note and a divorce decree dated June 25, 1934, dissolving her marriage to Frederick A. Willis from Newburgh, N. Y.
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New York
Lvne
Helen Will
Column Broadcasting Company
Execuve
Ee Park Avenue
Atewburgh
N. Y
Helen Thornton Andrederick A. Willis
Frank Hayes Faces Charges In Waterbury Corruption Case
In Waterbury Connecticut on May 2 a general bench warrant for the arrest of Frank Hayes the lieutenant governor and Mayor of Waterbury and 26 others was delivered to a special prosecutor. The warrant accuses a conspiracy to defraud the city of more than a million dollars and cites a grand jury report alleging corruption in city governance and lobbying at Hartford.
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Waterbury
Conn
Frank Hayes
Connecticut
Edward J. Hickey
Grand Jury
Hartford
State Capitol
General Assembly
Oregon Primary Vote Tests Ickes Hess and Lewis
In Portland Oregon 248000 Democrats vote in a test of strength for Interior Secretary Harold Ickes Senator Orrin (Ind Neb) and John Lewis CIO. The Oregon gubernatorial race features Governor Charles Martin and Henry L Hess in a Norris backed clash. More than half a million Republicans and Democrats choose candidates for governor, senator and three congressmen amid labor racketeering accusations and Bonneville dam energy disputes.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Pennsylvia
Harold Ickes
Orrig
Ind-Neb
Johan Lewis
CIO
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Mar
Ickes
Norris
Martin
Hess
Bonneville Dam
Columbia River
Quints Family To Live Together In New Home
The Dionne quints and their seven siblings will live under one roof for the first time. Olivia and mother plan a new Corbie home to house all Dionnes, ready by September, funded by earnings from movie and ad contracts. The house will be halved to isolate quints if illness occurs. The move ends years of resentment from older siblings’ side.
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North Bay
Olivia
Mamma
Quints
Dionnes
Dionne
J. A. Valin
Quintuplet Board of Guardians
Corbie
Callander
North Carolina Reformed church youth to start annual meeting
Greensboro N C May 20 The annual meeting of the young people of the North Carolina classis of the Reformed church will open here tonight with a banquet.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Classia of the Reformed Church
Furniture Makers End Sessions At Sedgefield Inn
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association finished its semi annual meeting at Sedgefield Inn. R H Simmons Martinsville Va urged cooperation with the National Retail Furniture association and the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers to cut furniture markets from four to two annually and approved standards of business practices with modifications. A separate incident near Casscoe Ark left Will Duke 38 dead when a squirrel dog discharged a rifle while Duke handed a squirrel to a fellow hunter.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Here
Will Duke
Casscoe
Duke
National Labor Relation Act
National Retail Furniture Association
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield
R. H. Simmons
Martinsville
Simmons
Southern Association
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
National Retail Furniture Associa
Japanese fishing boats sighted off Port Moller Aleutians
Anchorage Alaska May 20 Captain C E Throndsen master of the Starr reported seeing Japanese fishing boats about 10 miles off Port Moller on the Bristol Bay side of the Aleutian Peninsula. The ships had gear extended in the salmon area pledged not to operate. He did not give numbers. Earlier this week a 7 000 ton Japanese steamer and four tenders were reported in Bristol Bay. An aviator provided a similar report.
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Anchorage
Alaska
C. E. Throndsen
Starr
Alaska Steamship Co
Anchorage Times
Port Moller
Bristol Bay
Aleutian Peninsula
Throndsen
Probers Plan To Hear TVA Directors and Aide
Washington May 20 The TVA investigating committee announced it will hear TVA directors Harcourt A. Morgan and David E. Lilienthal at a public meeting next Thursday. Secretary W Heffernan said Arthur E. Morgan, ousted TVA chairman, was invited to appear next Wednesday.
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Washington
Tennesse Valley Authority
Harcourt A. Morgan
David EF. Lilienthal
W. ©. Heffernan
Joint Congressional Committee
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Kirkman Urges Thomasville Graduates To Be Curious
Thomasville May 20 QC Arthur Kirkman general manager of the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad delivered the commencement address to the Thomasville High School graduating class urging curiosity and citizenry. He urged graduates to learn by asking questions, study the community, and work with present resources to contribute to a better life. The diplomas were awarded to Edna Brinkley Nora Bryant Austin Clodfelter Doris Elliott Jessie Embry Letha Fouts Edna Gilliam Frances Glover Ruth Good Alma Hanes Jessie Harrelson Mary Hilliard Harry Jenking Royal Jennings Ruth May Dan Maddox Shuford Matthews Ethel McKain Moyer Mendenhall Margaret Palmer Dorothy Peace Josephine Pepper Hobart Perdue Mary Richardson Martha Royals Everett Russell Jamenr
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Denton
Kirkman
Edna Brinkley
Nora Bryant
Austin Clodfelter
Doris Elliott
Jessie Embry
Letha Fouts
Edna Gilliam
Frances Glover
Ruth Good
Alma Hanes
Jessie Harrelson
Mary Hilliard
Harry Jenking
Royal Jennings
Ruth May Dan Maddox
Shuford Matthews
Ethel McKain
Moyer Mendenhell
Margaret Palmer
Dorothy Peace
Josephine Pepper
Hobart Perdue
Mary Richardson
Martha Royals
Everett Russell
Jamenr
Paris Author Wounds Bourdet in Duel Between Notables
May 20 Paris veteran playwright and duelist Henry Bernstein wounded Edouard Bourdet in a sword duel at Neuilly a suburb of Paris Bourdet director of the Comedie Francaise was touched in the right upper arm by epees Bernstein a tall hooknosed survivor of eight prior duels and Bourdet battled in an affair of honor watched by a large crowd of newspapermen and cameramen The seconds had ruled Bourdet the injured party
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Paris
Henry Bernstein
Edouard Bourdet
Bourdet
Bernstein
Comedie Francaise
Neuilly
Aged Man Given Parole By Hoey
Raleigh May 20 A subernatorial parole freed Z H Duncan who in 1934 was sentenced in Harnett county to 15 to 25 years for manslaughter and second degree murder in the deaths of James Stephenson and Jeff Moore The governor said Duncan was nearly 70 and cited extenuating circumstances He granted eight other clemency requests and denied $5
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Raleigh
Z. H. Duncan
Harnett County
James Stephenson
Jeff Moore
Hoey
Duncan
Erie
FDR Seeks Conservation Plan for Phosphates and CDC Aid
President Roosevelt called for a congressional study to shape a national policy on phosphate production and exports. He urged a policy benefiting all life forms and requested 94 million dollars to restore the Commodity Credit Corporation's capital impairment due to losses on cotton loans. The CCC holds 1,670,000 bales of 1984 cotton from loan programs at 12 cents a pound.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
John D. Goodloe
Goodloe
Peace Reigns At Convention In Raleigh NC
North Carolina Democrats praised party leaders and records at their biennial convention. The platform endorsed Roosevelt era measures and the Hoey administration as Warren lauded the New Deal and state progress. A July meeting of the executive committee was anticipated and Gastonia’s Grege Cherry was tipped for re election as chairman. Hoey received a standing ovation with Ehringhaus offering the first cheer.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Io Advance
Roosevelt
Congress
Lindsay Warren
Hoey
Warren
Grege Cherry
Gastonia
Ehringhaur
WPA Relief Bill Boost Aims Eight Months Financing
Washington May 20 AP A Senate appropriations subcommittee tentatively boosts the WPA work relief appropriation from 1.25 to 1.425 billion dollars to fund eight months instead of seven. The House set 1.25 billion for July 1 to February 1 and seeks more time for a supplemental WPA. Southern senators push to eliminate regional pay differentials and consider standardizing WPA pay if the nationwide minimum wage is enacted.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Adams
Colo
House
Congress
South
WPA
Jury picked for Harlan trials in Kentucky
A jury of eight farmers two country storekeepers a book keeper and a carpenter was chosen for the trial of Harlan county coal operators peace officers and corporations charged with conspiring to deprive miners of labor rights. Before the 12 regular jurors were sworn in the government dropped charges against one corporation and one official, leaving 20 corporate defendants and 22 executives on trial. Also accused as conspirators are 22 former or current Harlan law officers.
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London
Harlan County
Harlan Law
Abutment Hit By Truck Killing Two Men Near Battleboro
A truck struck a bridge abutment two miles north of Battleboro killing one man by fire and badly burning another who was taken to a hospital in Rocky Mount. Both men were unidentified. The Florida license plate was noted on the truck.
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Rocky Mount
Battleboro
TVA Needs Stockholders' Okay In Private Utility Purchase
National Power and Light will sell its Knoxville area interests to Knoxville city and TVA for 7.9 million dollars. Directors approved the sale of Tennessee Public Service and a 400 thousand dollar increase over an earlier offer. Mayor Mynatt and TVA director David Lilienthal signaled acceptance. stockholder votes needed for completion.
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TVA
New York
National Power and Light Company
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Public Service Company
National Power and Light
Wommeeree
Tennessee Public Service
Tennessee Public
Walter M. Mynatt
David Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
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