Ten Year Rededication Gala At Lindley Field
About 10 000 people attended the Lindley Field rededication at the Greensboro High Point airport. The event showcased 60 aircraft from Moth to tri motor Ford, with a weather friendly for flight and a large crowd of leaders and aviators from the region. The celebration marked the airfield as a major Guilford County transport hub and one of the southeast’s finest airports.
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Guilford
America
Avion
North Carolina
Seannre
Steel Strike Disrupts Supplies Across Picket Lines
Air and water deliveries reached beleaguered steel workers as the weeklong strike continued, despite efforts to bypass picket lines. The Associated Press reports the disruption costs exceed 3 million dollars.
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Republic Steel Corporation
Associated Press
Union Drives at Ford Rouge Plant Expand in Detroit
The United Automobile Workers push another drive to organize Ford Motor Company’s Rouge plant near Dearborn. With Memorial Day weekend closing the plant, UAW claims hundreds of workers joined offices outside Dearborn while Ford cites 60,000 pledges of loyalty from Rouge employees.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Dearborn
Homer Martin
U. A
Burlesque Boom Down on Broadway Faces Close
New York officials crack down as burlesque theatres close for safety and license reasons. Performers led by Gypsy Rose Lee and Louise Hovick struggle to find venues while operators push to reopen with updated, clean presentations featuring colored artists.
Banker's Condition Regarded Serious in NOLULU
George L. Baker a peritonitis stricken New York banker lay aboard a yacht in Honolulu after a 400 mile voyage from the mid Pacific. Three attending physicians said his condition had improved and he was resting quietly. His wife arrived and pleased him though public attention remained high.
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Sicilans
George L. Baker
W York
mid-Pacific
Baker
Van Devanter Ends Court Service In Last Conference
Washington May 29 Justice Van Devanter attended a Supreme Court conference for the last time before his retirement to run a Maryland farm. At the session more than 50 appeals were considered including cases on public utility holding company laws federal loans for power plants and TVA authority in Eastern Tennessee.
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Washington
van Devanter
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Maryland
Eastern Tennessee Federal District Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Textile Worker Shot To Death In Weldon Home
Stanley Waters, 34, a textile mill worker, was found shot to death in a back room of his Weldon home this afternoon. Police say he was sitting upright with a pistol found nearby, and neighbors reported no one else was in the house when the shot occurred.
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Waters
Robinson
German Warship Bombed Slanm Cruiser Opens Fire on Planes
Valencia Spain May 29 The Spanish government announced two of its warplanes had dropped four bombs on a German warship after it bombed the Slanm cruiser and opened fire on two loyal planes continue on page three
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Valencia
Spain
Intervention Denunciation sidestepped At League Meet
Geneva May 29 The League of Nations council sidestepped Spain's plea for denunciation of foreign intervention in the Civil War but urged member states to back removal of volunteers. It condemns bombardment of open cities and praises non official bodies and governments aiding civilian shelter for women and children.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
League
Negro Held In Woman's Death In Atlanta
Mrs. Birdie Fluker 50 was beaten to death in her burning home. Milton Jackson 26, a chauf eur, was arrested for questioning after officers found him in his employer's car. Blood stains on his clothing prompted custody move to Fulton tower following neighbor unrest.
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Atlanta
Birdie Fluker
Milton Jackson
M. B. Petty
A. G. Oakes
Petty
Jackson
Buckhead
A. J. Holcome
Fulton Tower
Labor Bill Is Opposed by U.S. Chamber
The U.S. chamber of commerce urged Congress to reconsider the administration's labor standards bill. Hearings begin Tuesday and the measure would block interstate shipment of products from industries that violate minimum wage and hour rules, child labor laws, or collective bargaining rights. The chamber warns the proposals revive broad regulatory aims akin to the NRA era.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
NRA
La Follette Plans Broad Income Tax Increase
Senator La Follette announced plans to push a general expansion of the income tax in the administration's anti tax evasion proposal. He would lower personal exemptions raise the normal tax rate and lift surtaxes affecting high income levels to include thousands of currently exempt low earners.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Senator la Follette
Wis
la Follette
Berlin Bishop Urges Catholic Faith Amid Nazi Threats
Germanys ranking Catholic prelate Bishop Count Konrad Von Preysing of Berlin called on German Catholics to stand firm in faith despite Nazi threats of a harsher church campaign. The May 29 dispatch notes mounting pressure on church leaders as the regime intensifies controls.
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Berlin
Germany
Konrad von Preysing
Pope Pius XI Set to Mark Eightieth Birthday
Pope Pius XI, two days from his eightieth birthday, issued blessings to German Catholics and warned of grave events in Germany as Goebbels intensified anti church propaganda. He spoke to pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo while preparations for his birthday continue at the summer home.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pope Pius XI
Holy Father
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hut setup on top of world at drifting pole
Moscow May 29 AP says the Soviet North Pole expedition established an eiderdown lined hut on a drifting floe. Four explorer scientists will stay a year near the pole aiming to test conditions for a possible transpolar air route to the United States. Leader Prof. Otto J Schmidt reports one plane will search for the fourth aircraft Mazguruk 35 miles away once weather clears.
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Moscow
United States
Otto J. Schmidt
I. P. Mazguruk
Mazuruk
Pole
Blow From Fist Is Fatal To Man
TAYLORSVILLE May 29 Deputy Sheriff Ralph Drum said manslaughter charges would probably be brought against Paul Roberson of Stony Point after Walter Still, 63, died today from injuries after being struck by Roberson’s fist. Roberson was held here tonight. Drum indicated an inquest would likely be held later.
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Taylorsville
Ralph Drum
Paul Roberson
Stony Point
Walter Still
Roberson
Drum
Johnston County Approves Liquor Stores by Referendum
Johnston County voters approved liquor stores by a 408 vote majority in a referendum today in Smithfield. The unofficial return comes as the county becomes the third to approve the law passed by the recent legislature.
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Smithfield
Johnston County
Wets
Roosevelt to Have Big Crop at Pine Mountain Estate
Otis Moore superintendent of the 2250 acre Pine Mountain estate forecast a good harvest after spring planting. He cited favorable soil and weather and stated, we have fine prospects for practically everything. Franklin D Roosevelt may look for ward to a bountiful season with strong crop potential at Warm Springs Georgia.
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Warm Springs
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Pine Mountain
Otis Moore
Georgia
Passage Of Riddled Relief Bill Still Hangs Fire In House
President and Congress fail to agree on expenditure of funds for highways as leaders debate earmarks for a 1.5 billion relief package. White House and Capitol conferences end without decision on road flood control and public works funding. House roads committee set to meet Tuesday to seek a plan.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
House Roads Committee
Roads Committee
Finland to Pay War Debt in Installment June 15
The United States received word from Finland that it would pay its semi annual war debt in installments of 163,143 on June 15, preserving its record as one of 18 debtors to meet obligations promptly. The State Department sent routine notes to diplomats of the 12 defaulting nations reminding them of the payment date. A total of 1,520,159,868 remains due in current and unpaid installments on June 15.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Hawks quits speed flying after dedicating airport visit
Lieut. Frank Hawks, in Greensboro for the dedication of the Greensboro High Point airport, says he is through with speed flying for records and will abandon the experimental ship Time Flies. He adds he will still fly fast but no more record attempts.
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Greensboro
Frank Hawks
Greensboro High Point
Hawks
Embassy Site Change Likely Move Considered
Washington May 29 The State Department may relocate its embassy in Spain to avoid insurgent air raids Sumner Welles acting secretary of state said the peril affects the six American representatives in Valencia the loyalist capital A bombing killed over 200 people though no Americans were injured and the embassy’s temporary offices were untouched Welles noted the unrest could force a move to another location
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Washington
State Department
Spain
Sumner Welles
Valencia
Welles
Department
Alleged Robber of Mill Caught at Cornelius Payroll Heist
Mecklenburg police report Clyde Shue of Mooresville arrested after three mile pursuit for participating in a $3000 payroll robbery at the Cornelius cotton mill. Three men in overalls and dark caps held three women clerks at pistol point before fleeing.
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Charlotte
W. P. Fesperman
Mecklenburg Rural Police
Clyde Shue
Mooresville
Cornelius
Fesperman
Sam Rimmer
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