UNC Tennis Team Aims for National Intercollegiates
Chapel Hill May 23 UNC earns invitation to the National Inter-collegiate Tennis at the Merton Cricket Club Haverford Pa June 22 27 Led by Bryan Grant and Wilmer Hines the Tar Heels may send a four man team with Ed Ymans and Hinkey Hendlin as possible additions Renfield may enter and the squad could seek early grass court exposure with Eastern Intercollegiates prior to the Nationals
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Eost
Merton Cricket Club
Haverford
Bryan Grant
Wilmer Hines
Carolina
John Renfield
Tar Heels
Ed Ymans
Hinkey Hendlin
Grant
Hines
Collees
Muelheiser
Mifench
Berkeley
University of California
Cliff Sutter
Tulane
Pla
Sutter
Pinehurst
Endeemon
Mangin
Georgetown
Ryan
Yale
Col Luke Lea Trial Set For July 13
Trial of Col Luke Lea of Nashville his son Luke Lea Jr and ER Charlet on charges of violating state banking laws will open in Asheville superior court July 13. Attorneys asked Gov Gardner to call a special term to finish cases linked to the fall failure of Central Bank and Trust Co with about 1.3 million alleged defraud.
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Asheville
Col
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea, Jr
ER. P. Charlet
Lee
Albert Cox
Raleigh
Tenneseans
Zeb V. Nettles
O. Max Gardner
Central Bank and Trust Company
Leas
Cherlet
Wallace B. Davis
J. Charles Bradford
Lea
Buncombe County
Ministers Denounce Labor Defense in Scottsboro Case
Chattanooga Tenn May 23 The city interdenominational ministers alliance denounces the International Labor Defense for aiding eight negro youths under death sentences for a railway attack near Scottsboro Alabama. White attorney S R Roddy reports threats to quit amid alleged communist propaganda claims. A new trial motion for June 6 looms as defense calls the verdict a frameup and legal lynching backed by one accuser of questionable character.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Interdenominational Ministers’ Alliance of Negro Divines Today
International Labor Defense
Scottsboro
Ala
S. R. Roddy
Alliance
Labor Defense
South
Ee Ee
Roddy
Stocks Show Mixed Values Across Major Firms
The list of New York stock quotes includes numerous firms with varied performance. Notable entries show modest gains for some blue chips and mixed results for others, reflecting a fluctuating market with no single clear leader.
Cotton Opens Steady After Weekend Selloff In New York
In New York on May 23 cotton prices fell 6 to 8 points on weekend realizing with local selling as weather hopes rise in the south. Active months slid with July at 9.16 and December near 9.65 while Japan buying helped absorb some offerings. Whitsuntide holidays kept Liverpool cables from guiding sentiment and 70 000 bales awaited clearance at week end.
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New York
Liverpool
P. C
Carolina Deaths in Henderson and Elizabethtown
Henderson scene notes the death of Mrs. Rols Ann Roberson, 84, a Granville County native. Elizabethtown reports Betty Brinton Clark, the young daughter of John J. Clark register of deeds, and Mrs. Clark.
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Henderson, N. C
Rols Ann Roberson
Granville County
Elizabethtown
N. C
Betty Brinton Clark
John J. Clark
Weaknesses of Tobacco Group Analyzed In Receivership Report
Final report from receivers in Raleigh details mismanagement and member disloyalty as major factors in the old Tri State Tobacco Growers cooperative marketing association's failure. Receipts totaled 12.43 million with $9.06 million from tobacco sales abroad. Disbursements include notes payable 6.7 million, Baltimore Bank advances 869k, interest 459k, payroll 234k, storage 507k, re drying 51k, and legal/attorney fees 273k.
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Old Tri-State Tobacco Marketing Association
Raleigh
Cooperative Marketing Association of Virginia
North Carolina
South Caro
U. S. District Court
I. M. Meekins
James H. Poll
Hallett
Ward
Washington
Merton L. Corey
Richmond
Co- Operative
America
Europe
China
Baltimore Bank
Quiet session in stock market drifts lower
Stocks edged down in one of the year's quietest sessions as liquidity dwindled in the holiday short week. Rails led the drift with early gains erased. Allied Chemical and Air Reduction fell about two points. New York Central, Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific slipped. Union Pacific fell three points amid light turnover.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Rails
Chemical
Allied Chemical
Air Reduction
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Central
Union Pacific
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easier on Warmer Belt Weather
In Whitsuntide holiday absence of Liverpool cables the market eased as traders liquidated unsettled business. May fell to 8.86, July to 8.96, October to 9.32 with declines of 27 to 30 points, closing steady above the day’s lows. Pilot license exams reach 8,459 in three months, 110,225 since inception. U.S. Commerce aeronautics division reports.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Gene Low
P. C
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange Formed in Raleigh
Enterprise Bureau reports a nationwide effort to market fruits and vegetables cooperatively. The National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange Inc will act as a central sales agency aiding cooperative shipping and equitable distribution, with regional units and Farm Board support.
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United States
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
Federal Farm Board
North Carolina
Atlanta
Tennis Players Must Be Dressed From Neck Down
Atlanta police demand proper attire for tennis players amid heat. The park department complained of players undressing to the waist, prompting a letter from a group calling themselves The girls of Inman park urging decency and inclusivity for girls to join in the sport.
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Atlanta
James L. Beavers
Pope Calls For Return To God In All Business
University of North Carolina swept to the Tri-State Loop title with an 20-8 win over N C State, finishing 8 3 1 in conference play for a .727 percentage. Auburn led the Dixie League and the Northern division, posting 15 4 and 11 3 records respectively, while UNC went 16 4 2 overall with a strong non conference slate.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
N. C. State
Ashemore
Tar Heels
Tri-State
Auburn
Tigers
Carolina
Tri- State
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Davidson
Wake Forest
Major League Leaders May 22 1940
National League batting Roettger Reds 380 Hornsby Cubs Orsatti Cardinals 348 Orsatti 4. Triples Worthington Braves 5. Orsatti Bartell Cuyler 4. Home runs Arlett Phillies 9 Klein Phillies 8. Runs Klein Phillies 33 Waner Pirates 26. RBIs Arlett Phillies 30 Klein Phillies Hornsby Cubs Herman Robins 24. Hits Herman Robins 43 Arlett Phillies Roettger Reds 38. Doubles Herman Robins Davies Phillies 12. Stolen bases Berger Braves Comorosky Pirates 5.
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Roettger
Reds
Hornsby
Cubs
Orsatti
Cardinals
Klein
Phillies
L. Waner
Pirates
Arlett
Herman
Robins
Worthington
Braves
Bartell
Cuyler
Berger
Comorosky
American League Batting Leaders and Notables
The data shows Simmons of the Athletics leading AL batting with .436 hits and 28 runs, 34 RBIs. Gehrig of the Yankees follows with .403, 26 runs, 32 RBIs. Cronin of the Senators and Simmons of the Athletics appear in multiple categories. Other leaders include Alexander and Webb for doubles, Simmons for triples, Gehrig with seven home runs, and Chapman of the Yankees with 9 stolen bases.
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Simmons
Athletics
Ruth
Yankees
Gehrig
Blue
White Sox
Cronin
Senators
Alexander
Tigers
Webb
Red Sox
Chapman
Johnson
Pope Pius XI Denounces Socialism in Quadragesimo Anno
In Vatican City on May 23 Pope Pius XI released Quadragesimo Anno arguing the modern economy is a dictatorship of wealth that harms labor. He condemns socialism and communism while defending private property with state-defined ownership duties and urging reinvigorated Christian spirit to guide industry. The encyclical marks 40 years since Rerum Novarum and critiques corporative and syndical systems as potentially corrupt and bureaucratic.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Mussolini
Leo XII
Leo
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