Weather outlook for Carolinas and Virginias
Today noon low and high yesterday noted. Regions from North Carolina to Georgia mostly cloudy with thundershowers this afternoon. Virginia sees late night or Wednesday thundershowers, cooler midweek. Winds Hatteras to Jacksonville light to moderate southerly, taller overcast. Sandy Hook to Hatteras shifting NW to N with showers late tonight or Wednesday.
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Henry Suspended in Coastal Plains League Dispute
President W G Bramham announced Fred M Henry manager of the Kinston club was suspended for 120 playing days for an attack on umpire Tom Lane in Kinston on May 15.
Diamond Interest High In National Championship Tourney
More than 150000 are expected to attend the national championship tournament in Wichita Kansas from August 11 to 23 as sandlot baseball draws big crowds and national attention.
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Wichita
Kan
CIO Cited in Suit Filed by Republic Steel Corp
The article reports multiple suits against Republic Steel by unions and legal actions involving wage claims and back pay. It notes 28 death and injury suits filed by a Cleveland firm seeking about 2.5 million dollars in damages and references NLRB reinstatement orders and appeals.
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Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland Steel
Cleveland
Republic
Counter
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Republica
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Mill
C10
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
FDR Urges U S Businessmen on Budget and Public Works
President FDR spoke to a Mayflower Hotel banquet crowd urging businessmen to align spending with average consumer needs. He mocked calls for broad public works grants and emphasized cost limits, noting local chambers and papers push for federal aid while officials seek fiscal restraint.
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John
Boston
White House
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Fraternal Groups Compete In Wichita Baseball Showdown
National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress notes broad fraternal participation as Knights of Columbus face Shriner club in Wichita Kansas during the annual tournament with a Jewish merchant awarding the trophy to the victor.
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Wichita
Kan
Knights of Columbus
Shriner
Sub Trapped Off N H Coast
A 51 crew submarine with five officers and four civilian officials is trapped off New Hampshire. The Squalus, 292 feet long, launched last September, faces possible delays to raising it. Rescue ship Falcon is en route from New London. tug Wandank departed from Boston. Isles of Shoals lie six miles offshore near Portsmouth harbor with coast guards, lighthouse crew, and local fishermen in the area.
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Falcon
New London
Conn
Wandank
Improvements in Business Considered by Congress and Agencies
A House Labor Committee hearing cites the Labor Board seeking broadened investment latitude for savings banks and trust firms to ease outlets for savings. AFL dominance in board referrals questioned, and Britain misses an $85.7 million war debt payment. Roosevelt defers new federal spending. Senator Byrd warns against deficit spending while Byrnes notes possible $500 million PWA addition. Senate debates water carrier regulation by the ICC as Wheeler doubts rail benefit.
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Quints Delight Crown Visit With News of London Coat
The Dionne quints greeted the king and queen with flowers and autographs and wore a white London coat as they chatted in French during a 19 minute audience. The children toured the legislature briefly before rejoining their parents and nurses.
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Toronto
Baby Elephant Birth Weight Range Reported
The record notes that newborn elephans typically weigh between 160 and 200 pounds at birth.
Boss Tom Lands In Jail After Tax Evasion Conviction
Kansas City reports Tom Pendergast, 28-year political boss, sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined 10,000 for income tax evasion in 1935 and 1936. He owes about 430,000 in taxes and penalties, with total evasion cited at 1,240,746 from 1927 to 1938. Judge Otis grants probation on three years if he can prove the amount owed.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendercast
Maurice M. Milligan
Merrill E. Otis
Pendergast
Millican
R. Emmet O'Malley
State Insurance
Otis
400 Delegates Hear Dr Greene In Methodist Meet At Asheboro
The 43rd annual Greensboro district conference of the Methodist Church met at First Methodist Church Asheboro with about 400 delegates and visitors. Dr W K Greene of Duke University spoke on The Layman as an Evangelist urging laymen to evangelize and witness daily.
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W. K. Greene
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W. T. Powell
High Point
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O. V. Woosley
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P. N. Garber
Raymond Smith
Greensboro College
Earl Brewer
Brevard College
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O. J. Jones
J. B. Craven
C. S. Kirkpatrick
T. C. Hoyle, Sr
A. G. Dixon
O. D. Nelson
J. W. Fowler
W. C. Tucker
A. W. Plyler
Carolina Christian Advocate
Carl H. King
L. B. Abernethy
Hoyt Wood
B. C. Snyder
CC. P. Johnson
J. Elwood Mitchell
West Market Street Methodist Church
Spellman Installed As Sixth Archbishop Of New York
Former grocer’s boy Francis Spellman was installed as the sixth archbishop of New York at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Police controlled crowds as bells and organ music accompanied the ceremony attended by about 50 bishops and hundreds of clergy. Pope Pius II appointed Spellman to succeed Cardinal Hayes.
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Fifth Avenue
Ravanello
Francis Joseph Spellman
Spellman
Whitman
Mass
St. Patrick's
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Cardinal Hayes
Spells
Pius II
Tie Up With Paris Moscow Appears Sure
Britain faces a potential clash with Germany as France binds to aid Russia. The key aim is direct British Russian military exchanges with Paris backing closer ties. Halifax talks with Latvia's Munters signaled Baltic attitudes while naval support in the North and Baltic Seas was stressed by Britain as the material contribution. Halifax planned London report to cabinet.
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Russia
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Daladier
Defense Ministry
Poland
Rumania
Turkey
Chamberlain
Halifax
London
British American barter talks paused over cotton issue
London May 23 Oliver Stanley president of the Board of Trade said talks with cotton interests would continue before British American barter negotiations commit to cotton. He told the House of Commons he was consulting Lancashire cotton interests and Liverpool and Manchester cotton associations and would add nothing beyond the Prime Minister’s May 4 statement on opening talks with the United States for exchange of raw materials in wartime.
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Oliver Stanley
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Lancashire
Liverpool
Manchester
United States
Major League Leaders and outlaw players noted
The report lists top players by league including McQuinn Galan Mazzera Arnevich Foxx and Martin with their stats. It also states that players declared ineligible by organized baseball as outlaw players are barred from district state and national semi pro tournaments.
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Transatlantic airmail cachet plan and stamp previews
The New York Post Office prepares a cachet for the first official trans Atlantic airmail flight via Horta Azores Lisbon to Marseille. Air service on route AM 43 from Wichita via Hutchinson Garden City to Pueblo expected within 30 days. Stamps will feature Adolf Hitler and a Famous Americans series may honor Stephen Foster.
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Investigators Question McWhirter Over Gov Overthrow Plot
McWhirter quiz reveals Dudley P. Gilbert of New York overheard club conversations about a plan to overthrow the government. Gilbert testified he sought to form an organization to cope with a potential revolution and sent material to James E. Campbell of Owensboro Kentucky who shared it with about 40 unnamed individuals. Campbell later admitted the material targeted a racial group and identified a letter calling for military action to install a military court over federal and state governments.
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New York
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Owensboro
Campbell
Condemned Man Found With Deadly Weapons in Shakedown
In Columbia on May 23 prison officials found an improvised blackjack and a heavy wood stick on condemned Joseph Broughton of Berkeley County. Convicted May 11 for fatally shooting James Cainhoy of Moncks Corner, he faces electrocution June 23. He was brought to the penitentiary by Sheriff Ballentine and a deputy and concealed the weapons during transport.
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Berkeley County
James Cainhoy
Moncks Corner
Broughton
Co. P. Ballentine
Berkely
Lingle to Speak at Davidson Inaugural Convocation
Dr. Walter L. Lingle president of Davidson College will be the principal speaker at a convocation in Max ton when Rev Louis Lamotte is inaugurated as president of the Presbyterian Junior College for Men on Friday.
Tweedy Delivers Commencement Address at Asheville Normal
Dr. Henry H. Tweedy of New Haven Connecticut served as principal speaker at the commencement exercises of Asheville Normal and Teachers College held yesterday.
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Asheville
Henry H. Tweedy
New Haven, Conn
Asheville Normal and Teachers College
Autothefts Revealed In Los Angeles Case
Deputy Sheriff J M Kriegbaum stated Mrs Charles R Mc Murray age 35 confessed she and her husband stole 300 automobiles over three years. She is held for federal agents who arrested her husband in Salt Lake City on Dyer Act charges.
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Autothefts
Los Angeles
J .M. Kriegbaum
Charles R. McMurray
Salt Lake City
Oldest League Opens in Oklahoma City May 7
The Commercial of Oklahoma City, the oldest sandlot league in the state, began its 1939 season on National Semi Pro Baseball Day May 7. Charles Saulsberry, Times sports editor and founder of the Oklahoma Baseball Federation, notes the eight team circuit.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Commercial
Charles Saulsberry
the Times
Oklahoma Baseball Federation
England Grows Most Daffodils of Any Nation
The report notes England leads in daffodil cultivation with higher production than all other countries. Growers report rising demand for bulbs and cut flowers, supported by favorable climate and farming practices across major regions.
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