New Mercury Ships air cooled aeronautic engines tested
At Langley Field the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics pursues faster airframes with knife like wings and air cooled engines three times more powerful. New propellor designs and boosters from Wright Aeronautical aim to sustain engine output to altitudes above 20 000 feet.
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Aeronautic
U. S
Stephen J. M’donough
Associated Press
Langley Field
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Olson Proposes Pension At Sixty In California
Governor Olson backs a $50 monthly old age pension for citizens over 60 and urges national action to set 60 as the eligibility age with higher benefits. He plans to push the plan in a special legislative session and defends it amid sharp criticism from Townsend and Downey.
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Sacramento
Calif
Culbert Olson
California
Olson
California News
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Sheridan Downey
Los Angeles
Olson Mweall
Allies claim success against enemy scouting troops near Pirmasens
A military communique says strong enemy scouting troops were repulsed on hill tops southwest of Pirmasens with 25 attackers captured. Eleven kilometers southwest of Pirmasens, one officer and 24 men were captured. Artillery fire increased outside Saarbrucken. Goebbels again accuses Britain over the Munich Beer Hall bombing with a commission naming two firms linked to parts of the bomb.
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Pirmasens
Liederschiedt
Saarbruecken
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Buergerbrau Beer Hall
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Gobbels
Secret Service
Movie Showings and Casts at Local Theaters
Center offers Drums Along the Mohawk with Claudette Colbert Henry Fonda and Edna May Oliver at 1 15 3 15 5 15 7 15 9 15 Br oadhurst presents The Under Pup Gloria Jean Robert Cummings Nan Grey plus Donald Duck Cartoons and News Paramount screens Goodbye Mr Chips with Robert Donat Greer Garson at 1 00 2 59 4 58 7 08 8 18 Rialto clocks Hardys Ride High featuring Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone Cecilia Parker at 10 45 12 25 2 15 4 05 5 55 7 45 9 35.
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Claudette Colbert
Henry Fonda
Edna May Oliver
Broadhurst
Gloria Jean
Robert Cummings
Nan Grey
Donald Duck Cartoon and News
Paramount
Mr. Chips
Robert Donat
Greer Garson
Rialto
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Cecilia Parker
Drought Ravages Villagers Crops in Western India
A severe drought devastates food crops across villages in western India this year, threatening local food supplies and livelihoods. Officials report reduced yields and heightened water scarcity affecting farming communities.
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India
Netherlands ministers downplay invasion fears amid border conference
A Breda meeting between Belgiums Paul Henri Spaak and The Netherlands Belco N van Kleffens followed days of appeals for negotiated peace and heightened defense. Officials stressed no acute danger, noting past fears proved groundless while citing German troop concentrations near borders and fear of outflanking the Maginot line. Strategic flooding of Dutch areas had amplified anxieties about coastal attacks on Britain.
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Netherlands
Belgium
Breda
Paul Henri Spaak
Belco N. Vankleffens
Germany
Maginot Line
Britain
Extension Of Time For Filing Hydro Case Record Asked
Greensboro lawyers in the hydroelectric dispute ask the North Carolina Supreme Court for more time to file a complete record. The two consolidated cases name J W McGuinn Duke Power Company and High Point manufacturers as plaintiffs and the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners as plaintiff seeking to stop the city from building a Yadkin River plant. Proceedings before Judge H Hoyle Sink focused on completing the record and ruling on plaintiff exceptions to the city's case.
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Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Supreme Court
J. W. McGuinn
Duke Power Company
Board of Commissioners of
Yadkin County
Yadkin River
State Supreme Court
H. Hoyle Sink
Yadkin
Brady Injured When Car Hits Pole in Sechrest Crash
H M Brady of East Lexington Avenue sustained a cut lip when his car struck a light pole on Montheu Avenue just before 2 PM. He was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital for stitches and then escorted to the city jail on a charge of operating a car under the influence of intoxicants.
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H. M. Brady
Lexington Avenue
Montheu Avenue
Brady
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Sechrest
Northwest quake rattles region from Vancouver to Spokane
Seismic shocks struck Northwest communities from Vancouver to Spokane with three to four tremors each. At Seattle University of Washington geologist Howard A. Coombs said the May quake was the heaviest in 15 years, briefly felt and strong enough to move a seismograph needle. A high tension wire fell in Tacoma harbor causing a fire at a lumber shed that was quickly extinguished.
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Vancouver
B. C
Spokane
Seattle
Howard A. Coombs
University of Washington
Tacoma
St. Paul
Weather Summary For Southeast States And Atlantic
Weather outlook shows fair to partly cloudy skies across the region with cooler nights and Tuesday turning warmer in Virginia. Coastal areas include northeast winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville, trending to lighter winds and fair weather by Tuesday. North Carolina and South Carolina see slightly cooler nights with fair conditions, while Georgia varies from fair in the north to partly cloudy in the south.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Virginia
Sandy Hook
North
South Portion
Pay-Hour Body is Challenged by Industry Hearing
Representatives of Southern garment manufacturers challenge the Wage Hour Administration trial examiner's authority to hold a public hearing on minimum wages for about 650000 workers in the apparel industry. They argue the hearing is invalid due to the resignation of administrator Elmer F Andrews. Thomas Holland said a ruling would come soon.
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Washington
Southern Garment Manufacturers
Wage Hour Administration
Elmer F. Andrews
Thomas Holland
Public Contracts Division
M'Nulty
George A. McNulty
Harold D. Jacobs
Roosevelt
NRA
Public Contracts Board
British Reply Demands Nazi Land Restored in Europe
Across a front page continuation, Britain insists Germany must restore land and end fear of aggression. President Lebrun says France has arms to halt violence, while Britain warns Germany’s fate will be decided by Allied victory. Churchill cites Holland and Belgium as endangered.
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Britain
Europe
Germany
Lebrun
France
Churchill
Netherlands
Belgium
Hitler
Admiralty
Holland
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Dog saves man as rabid wildcat attacked in Kimberly
M Oertell of Kimberly South Africa was chased by a rabid wildcat. His dog attacked and killed the beast but was bitten on the nose and died from the injuries. The man survived the encounter.
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M. Oertell
Kimberly
South Africa
Congress Faces Large 1940 Agenda With Defense and Trade Debates
Washington dispatch outlines a heavy January agenda for Congress focused on a massive defense program and a potential vote on reciprocal trade agreements. Other major issues include neutrality law revisions, tax reform, fiscal policy, relief funding, Social Security pensions, labor law overhaul, farm subsidies, railroad regulation, wage-hour exemptions, and federal health aid. A Dallas case notes mistaken identity in a vagrancy filing.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
Treasury
Senate la Committee
Rairoads
Interstate Comme Commission
Senate
House
N. Y
Fractured View of Hitlers Spiritual Nazi Rule
The article weighs Hitler's leadership and the Nazi creed as a religion-like force, with Churchill labeling him a cornered maniac. It notes Hitler as a divinely ordained figure for many followers, the press portraying him as a prophet, and the challenge any successor would face in maintaining Nazi cohesion.
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Hitler
Munich
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Herr Hitler
Moses
Fuehrer
M Kampf
Lord Jesus Christ
Adolf Hitler
Flying Squadron Organizes Successful Pinehurst Group Flight
The Flying Squadron aviation club staged a group flight from Greensboro High Point airport to Pinehurst and back, with fourteen planes and 29 participants. They departed at 8 45 a m and landed at Friddle Field at 12 30 p m after a breakfast stop, flying by compass with minor detours. Contests on return included ribbon cutting spot landing bomb dropping and balloon bursting. Tom Davis of Charlotte performed a flying exhibition while Charles L Amos Jr chaired the flight committee.
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Pinehurst
Greensboro High Point
Friddle Field
Tom Davis
Charlotte
Charles L. Amos, Jr
Soviet Press Attacks Finland Over Arctic Naval Demands
Red Fleet reports Russia must control Finnish areas west of Murmansk to safeguard the Arctic port and Leningrad, arguing for bases near Hango Island and fortifications on eastern islets. Trud warns Finland risks grave results from this dangerous game.
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Red Fleet
Russia
Murmansk
Finland
Arctic
Norway
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Hango
Sursuden
Suursari
Hogland
Seyskari
Lavansari
Tutarsaari
Trud
Rufford Abbey Lands Put Up For Sale After Historic Parceling
Historic Rufford Abbey in EB land founded by Cistercian monks around 1150 is profiled as being sold along with 14 000 acres disposed of. Notable royal visits include Edward I James I and Charles, and later Edward V.
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Rufford Abbey
Edward I
James I
Charles
Edward V
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