Methodist Protestant conference elects Straughn president
Delegates at the Maryland annual conference elected James H. Straughn president, succeeding J. C. Broomfield after a close vote. Rev. Jesse M. Bader hailed the union of three Methodist bodies as a major achievement, while C. W. Bates, Eddins, and H. C. Staley were reappointed to key posts.
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Jesse M. Bader
D. D
Commission On Evangelism
Federal Council of Es of Christ In America
Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church
North
Balti- Md
J. C. Broomfield
Pitts Pa
John Williams
Columbus
John W. Haley
Uain
C. W. Bates
Lem
Eddins
Birmingham
Ala
H. C. Staley
Baltimore
Staley
W. Taylor
Ashe
Iso
First Methodist Protestant Church
General Conference
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Roads And Labor In Agreement On Merger Layoffs
The report notes a voluntary agreement between railroad management and labor to protect workers in consolidations. It sets a dismissal wage scale up to a year’s salary for those with 15 or more years of service, with option for partial payments over time. The piece also lists other Capitol developments including flood control debates and tax plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Townsend Committee
House Democrates
House Judiciary Committee
Assured $2,000,000 Tax Reynolds Estate
Leigh reports North Carolina is assured of a $2 million inheritance tax from the late Smith Reynolds Winston-Salem tobacco heir with no heir. Attorney General Lea says no objections have entered to a compromise settlement months ago and the state will receive the money once the estate settlement is completed and objections period expired May 12.
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Leigh
North Carolina
Smith Rey_ Winston-Salem tobacco
Jorney
A. A. F. Lea
Apa
Walter Raleigh Coin Gets House Approval
A bill from Representative Warren of Washington to mint a commemorative coin for the 450th anniversary of the Virginia Roanoke Colony passed the House. The Roanoke Memorial Association would oversee the issuance of not less than a portion of the pieces. Roanoke Island, famous as the Lost Colony site, anchors the historic venture and Virginia Dare’s notoriety.
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Shington
Sir Walter Raleolony
Roanoke Island
Aye. Warren
NW. C
Roanoke Memorial Association
Eo N. C
Roanoke Island Colony
Virginia Dare
Militants and Baptists Clash Over Militarism Debate
A Northern Baptist convention committee reports on military training expenditures and government policy. The discussion labels the nation as the most militarized in the world and debates impact on religious communities.
University of Carolina Hosts Safety Course Under Nation Council
A May program at the University of Carolina summer school will offer a safety course sponsored by the Nation ety council. The event aims to promote highway safety with an emphasis on practical training and public awareness.
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University of Carolina
Ety Council
Pamela Barton Wins British Women's Golf Final
The 19 year old Pamela Barton of London defeats medalist Bridget Newell 5 and 4 in the 36 hole final at Porth, England, as British golf fans celebrate a new champion.
Presbyterian merger plans gain strength
Augusta May 21 delegates at the Presbyterian church diamond jubilee hear proposals to unite the northern and southern branches into a nationwide church. Presbytery petitions from Kanawha Sewanee El Paso Central Mississippi and Lexington divisions urge immediate steps. Dr Joseph A Vance may address union hopes as Dr Henry A Sweets retires and a new moderator is to be chosen.
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Augusta
Presbyterian Church
United States
General Assembly
Kanawha
Sewannee
el Paso
Mississippi
Lexington
Joseph A. Vance
Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
America
Vance
Henry A. Sweets
Louisville
Pugh Elected President of North Carolina Burial Association
J T Pugh of Asheboro was elected president of the North Carolina State Burial Association at the closing session in Asheboro. H O Sumnerlin of Rocky Mount was chosen vice president and Wade Moody of Mt Airy, secretary and treasurer. The meeting focused on revising bylaws with 83 funeral directors registered. A dance closed Tuesday night and a banquet was held earlier at the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Asheboro
J. T. Pugh
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church
Planters Fight Cotton Strike Across Arkansas Fields
In Memphis Arkansas planters resisted a cotton workers strike as union leaders call for jail protests. About 3000 field hands in three eastern counties walked off for higher pay while large plantations reportedly retain labor. Selction of jail tactic prompts arrests and cross river picketing at the Harahan bridge with police opposition.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Cross, Crittenden
St. Francia
Earle, Ark
H. L. Mitchell
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harahan
Britain Warns Against Italian Interference in Palestine and Egypt
Prime Minister Baldwin told the House of Commons Britain will not tolerate foreign meddling in Palestine and Egypt. He spoke in response to a request for a clear stance on Italian interference in those two regions.
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London
Baldwin
House of Commons
Great Britain
Palestine
Egypt
Two Wounded in Prison Camp Break at Kinston
Jesse Moore of Kinston and Charles H Pope of Williamston, both Negro short term convicts, were wounded when guards fired during a break from the Kinston prison camp. The fugitives fled with injuries to arms and legs and were tracked by bloodhounds three hours later.
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Kinston
Jesse Moore
Charles H. Pope
Williamston
Hindenburg Heads For Home From transatlantic flight
The Hindenburg dirigible begins a return across the Atlantic aiming for Germany after delaying winds on the westbound leg. It will complete a planned ten round trips this summer, with a second South Atlantic crossing to Rio de Janeiro before a June 22 Lakehurst return. Aboard are 51 passengers and a racing plane. Captain Ernst Lehmann commands the airship as it logs position off Cape Sable and 365 miles from Lakehurst.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Germany
United States
Jimmy Haizlip
St. Louis
Zeppelin
Ernst Lehmann
Hindenburg
New York
Cape Sable
Canadian Tariff Officials Impressed With Southern Furniture Making
Canadian Tariff Commission officials M. N. Campbell and Huntley M. Sinclair visited Tomlinson plants in North Carolina, Thomasville Chair Company, and Ramseur Furniture, studying the region's efficiency to assess justification for restoring former tariff levels to shield domestic makers. They were joined by J. T. Ryan and had toured Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania centers before moving to Lenoir and Winston-Salem.
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Canadian Tariff Commission
M. N. Campbell
Ottawa
Canada
Huntley M. Sinclair
Tomlinson
Thomasville Chair Company
Thomasville
Ramseur Furniture Company
Ramseur
Lenoir
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Campbell
Sinclair
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Britain Not Ready To Talk On Debts
London May 21 Great Britain remains unwilling to initiate war debt discussions with the United States. Chancellor Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons he could add nothing to Britain's December 10 default note, noting the time was not ripe but expressing readiness when the situation warrants a satisfactory result.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
House of Commons
Britain
Only Democrats Allowed In Primary
Attorney General A. F. Beawell ruled that entrants to the Democratic primaries must be registered Democrats. Major L. P. McLendon, head of the state elections board, wrote that a registered Republican in Rowan County sought to enter the Democratic primaries.
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Raleigh
A. F. Beawell
L. P. McLendon
State Board of Elections
Rowan County
Roosevelt linked RFC to alleged robbery in railroad crisis
Philip J. Roosevelt testified before a Senate subcommittee accusing the Reconstruction Finance Corp of abetting investors' losses in the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. He said RFC promised a $4.75 million loan for reorganization but later withdrew it, urging sale to Northwest carriers.
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RFC
Washington
Philip J. Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Minneapolis and
Roosevelt
Peoria
Roosevelt & Son
Bondholders’ Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jesse Jones
France Protests Expulsion of French Priest in Ethiopia
Paris reports say Joseph Paul Boncour condemned Italy's expulsion of Monsignor Andre Jarousseau a 78 year old head of Roman Catholic missions in Ethiopia as unacceptable. France vows vigorous protection as Jarousseau, who served fifty years aiding native lepers, was ordered out over alleged hostile demonstrations.
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Paris
Joseph Paul Boncour
Italy
Ethiopia
France
Andre Jarosseau
Color Line and Foreign Troops Offer Problems
The Italian empire faces two issues in Ethiopia with color line policies and foreign troops. The Messagero opposes an empire of mulattos and urges restraint as France and Britain weigh legation guards in Addis Ababa. Badoglio departs Africa for a brief holiday amid a British investigation of a missing orderly treated for rabies.
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Ethiopia
Tl Messagero
Liblasses
Erate
France
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Haile Sqlassie
Paris
Leon Blum
Africa
Pietro Badoglio
Scrap Tobacco Act Declared Void by North Carolina Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the 1935 Scrap Tobacco Act imposing a $1,000 license fee on scrap tobacco dealers. Justice Heriot Clarkson called the act void for uncertainty and vagueness, noting no payment time, no license duration, and no penalty for violations. The ruling followed an appeal from Robeson Superior Court Judge Frank A. Daniels.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Frank A. Daniels
Robeson Superior Court
Heriot Clarkson
Office Seekers Busy Men Across North Carolina
North Carolina voters rush to register for the June 6 primary with Saturday as final day. Gubernatorial candidates tour Wake, Charlotte, Elon, Winston Salem, and other towns as speech making dominates the campaign. Senatorial hopefuls work in Alamance Orange Mooresville and other counties ahead of tomorrow night’s speech. Mrs Helen Robertson Wohl seeks state treasurer and Thad Eure plans a radio talk tonight.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Wake
John A. McRae
Charlotte
Lexington
Sandy Graham
Elon
Winston
Thad Eure
Dodd To Deliver Final Address At Woman's College
A. William E. Dodd ambassador to Germany will speak at the 44th commencement of the Woman's College University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Dodd, native of Clayton North Carolina, Virginia Tech 1895 graduate, holds a Ph D from Leipzig and law degrees from Alabama and Emory. He was named ambassador in 1933 while on the University of Chicago faculty.
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Greensboro
Sloan Fatally Injured In Freight Car Fall
Joseph Pleasant Sloan a 44 year old shipping clerk at the Hanes textile plant was killed in a fall between two freight cars in Pall Winston Salem on May 21.
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Pall Winston-Salem
Joseph Pleasant Sloan
Hanes
United Commercial Travellers of the Carolinas Meet in Greenville
The United Commercial Travellers of the Carolinas open their annual convention in Greenville tonight. Sessions run through Saturday with meetings and events scheduled.
Weather Update for North Carolina
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered activity along the South Coast. Forecast calls for unsettled pattern across the south and central portions with variable winds and mild temperatures.
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North Carolina
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