Weather and temperature readings across North Carolina areas
Official weather bureau records show temperatures and rainfall for 24 hours ending 7:30 am across cot ton growing regions and nearby locations. Data from Charlotte and several stations including Norfolk and San Antonio note varied conditions with readings ranging from the upper 60s to mid 70s and several zero rainfall marks.
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North Carolina
Teensboro
Hatteras
Acksonville
Sandy Hook
Atteras
North Portion
Eeeseavesse
Cciawecbeesss
Peeeduer Ten
Veun Caee
Geeestes
Javeadeneeees
Pedaaeusis Baat
Ceasdneeeens
Charlotte
Eather Bureau
Cottin
H. L. R’fall
Veees
Gues
Ous Buveswees
Cetra Ie
Vieeckesaee Oo
Ieee
Antonio
Ssss
Francisco
Partanburg
Chicago Produce Market Prices Hover Steady
Chicago November 16 Eggs and produce prices shown little change after 530,587 volume. Egg quotes steady with refrigerator extras at 17 percent, and staples at 17 percent, firsts 16 percent, other grades unchanged.
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Hicago
Chicago
Ironic Ads Show Hitler Goebbels Ribbetrop Clippings
Co F Spitzer has received London Daily Mirror clippings from a series of ironic war ads. One ad lists Adolf Hitler as wanted for murder and arson with details, calling him dangerous. Other ads target Joachim von Ribbentrop and Dr Joseph Goebbels for crimes against humanity.
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F. Spitzer
Centennial Avenue
London
London Daily Mirror
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Schickelgruber
Adolf Hittler
Hitller
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joseph Goebbels
Car Turns Over In Hamilton Street Collision
An automobile overturned in a two car crash at North Hamilton Street and Montlieu Avenue this morning. Betty Sechrest and John L Brown escaped injury. Brown, 20, of 706 East Russell Street, was arrested on a reckless driving charge. Sechrest’s car sustained about 500 dollars in damage. Police say Brown failed to stop at the intersection before the collision.
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North Hamilton Street
Montlieu Avenue
Betty Sechrest
R. H. Sechrest
John L. Brown
East
Russell Street
Sechrest
Seehrest
Montlieu
Sewing Film Shown to Junior High Students
Junior High School will show the Lily Mills educational sound picture Sew Today The Modern Way to students on November 23. The film, secured through instructor Mrs. Mary Freeman, explains how sewing thread is made and used for best home sewing results, tracing from cotton bale to finished spool with narration by Aloyes Havrilla.
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Mary Freeman
Lily Mills
Lily
Cinderella
Aloyes Havrilla
Five Day Week Adopted By ITU In Indianapolis
Members of the International Typographical Union vote two to one to establish a five day workweek in the printing industry by January 1, 1942. Woodruff Randolph, secretary treasurer, announced the decision.
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ITU
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Woodruff Randolph
Whites Quickly Beaten to Whip Egg Whites
Instructions note a pinch of salt or cream of tartar speeds beating eggs. A historical remark states soap usage in British India last year averaged eight ounces per person.
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British India
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush toxins from kidneys and end nightly awakenings. It claims 35 cents for a genuine product from Haarlem Holland and links weak kidneys to backache puffy eyes and burning or scanty urination.
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Haarlem
Holland
Capone Freed After Tax-Evasion Sentence Ends
Capone, released today, left the Federal Correctional Institution near Los Angeles and was transferred to Lewisburg after attorneys secured credit for three days in federal custody. The exact condition of his health was not disclosed, and authorities planned a public update next week. Chicago police connected the O’Hare turf killing to a Capone-related group, stating it as a Capone job.
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Bennett
Capone
Federal Correctional Institution
Los Angeles
Lewisburg
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Daniel Gilbert
State Attorney's Police
Chicago
Edward J. O'Hare
Gilbert
al Capone
Al Capone Freed After Seven Years. Whereabouts Remain Secret
Al Capone was released from federal custody after seven years with his location unknown. Officials said release occurred in Pennsylvania near Lewisburg and he likely traveled by train from Los Angeles with an escort, then was driven away. Capone had served sentences for income tax evasion and failure to file returns, both shortened for good behavior.
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al Capone
Washington
Scarface
Federal Correctional Institution
Los Angeles
Alcatraz
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Harrisburg
Here
Penitentiary
Henry C. Hill
Harry W. Adams
Capone
Ralph Capone
Villanova
Philadelphia
Villanova College
Chicago
Florida
Uncle of R. L. Freeman Dies in West Point Virginia
Word was received of the death of the uncle of Robert L. Freeman W. N. Freeman of West Point Virginia. He worked with the Seaboard Air Line Railway and had lived in Creedmoor. He had resided in West Point over 30 years and was in declining health for months. Mr and Mrs Robert L Freeman plan to travel to West Point for the funeral on Friday.
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Robert L. Freeman
W. N. Freeman
West Point
Freeman
Seaboard Airline Railway
Creedmoor
Injuries Fatal To Miss Evelyn Deaton of Siler City
Miss Evelyn L. Deaton of Siler City dies from injuries from a Sunday automobile accident in Greensboro. Her brother Maxton Deaton was killed in the crash and another brother L. W. Deaton is seriously hurt.
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Deaton
Siler City
Greensboro
Evelyn L. Deaton
Maxton Deaton
L. W. Deaton
Religious Freedom Emphasized By Rev L F Tuttle
Rev L F Tuttle of Main Street Methodist Church in Thomasville discusses religious liberty as guaranteed by the constitution. He cites 212 denominations in the United States and notes 91 percent of church members belong to 25 large groups while 9 percent in smaller sects are protected to practice freely. He links economic factors to church discipline and small sects, highlighting frugality, industry and humility as virtues aiding economic improvement. Visiting Rotarians and locals attend.
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United States
Rotary Club
L. F. Tuttle
Main Street
Tuttle
F. W. Patterson
Greensboro
W. C. Henderson
Lincolnton
H. M. Perkins
Keene
N. H
Cecil Prince
Ernc Balogh
New York City
Carl Shepherd
Horace G. Iderton, Jr
Lewis M. Dovall
New York
Blood Offered For Life The lymphatic leukemia case
In Philadelphia a woman claimed cured, Mrs Joseph Root Jr of Westport Conn arrives seeking to donate blood for Kathryn Felt as doctors note no proven recovery from lymphatic leukemia. Tests will show if transfusion from a cured donor is possible while others in Chicago and Houston offer similar blood donations.
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Philadelphia
Kathryn Felt
Joseph Root, Jr
Westport
Conn
Kathryn
Chicago
Russel Ewing
Lester Eugene Williams
Houston
Texas
Salt Infiltration Threatens South Florida Wells
In Miami officials scramble to keep faucets fresh as salt water seeps into drinking water from Everglades canal system. Salt infiltration forced the shutdown of seven of Miami's 15 wells and sent alarm to coastal cities up to Palm Beach, though current supply remains adequate.
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Miami
Fila
Everglades
Florida
Palm Beach
Warns Against Exploiting Prosecutions in Building Field
I N Tate of Weyerhaeuser Sales Company cautioned against using justice department prosecutions to scare the public away from home ownership. He spoke in Washington on November 16, urging fair discussion and avoiding panic in the housing market.
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Washington
Justice Department
I. N. Tate
Weyerhaeuser Sales Company
St. Paul Minn
Four German Ships Taken By British
The British government reported the capture of four German ships and the scuttling of two others to avoid capture. The weekly war report to Parliament noted German vessels forced to flee or be seized as Britain vowed to respect Belgian and Dutch neutrality while weather limited land actions.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
John Simon
Netherlands
Belgium
Britain
Wheeler Says Rail Traffic Rebounds Reducing Subsidies
Senator Wheeler reports railroads shift from a crisis to a boom and argues this growth could end government subsidies and loans. He expects joint committee talks on interstate transport bills with a December meeting and aims for early 1940 enactment. President Pelley counters by saying repairs and new buys will meet demand.
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Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Pepper voce supports Roosevelt third term push in Anderson
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida urged that Roosevelt seek a third term during a visit to Anderson South Carolina. He said it would be fortunate for the country amid international tensions and suggested Senator James Byrnes could join the 1940 Democratic ticket.
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Anderson
S. C
Roosevelt
United States
Claude Pepper
Florida
South Carolina
James Byrhes
President Roosevelt thanked by Poland’s envoy
Polish ambassador Jerzy Potocki thanked President Roosevelt at the White House for U S aid to Poland. He cited gratitude for American Red Cross assistance and the government’s actions during Poland’s distress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Poland
Jerzy Potocki
White House
American Red Cross
Headlines of 1939 dramatized on NBC network
The Associated Press editors select the ten biggest news events of 1939 and recreate them in a full hour of drama on NBC blue Sunday December 31 starting at 2 PM. The program titled Headlines of 1939 continues the annual tradition dating to 1934.
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New York
Associated Press
National Broadcasting Company
Blue Network
Supreme Court Justice Butler Dies and Legacy Outlined
The obituary recalls Justice Butler’s stature and Irish roots, notes his 1936 minimum wage ruling reversed, and lists successors including Black, Reed, Frankfurter, and Douglas. It mentions his dissent on Social Security Act unemployment benefits and his absence from recent decisions. It also references Cardozo’s death and prior retirements.
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Minnesota
Patrick
St. Patrick's Day
Butler
New York
Washington State
United States
Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Stanley Reed
Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Willis van Devanter
George Sutherland
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Louis D. Brandeis
Justice Cardozo
Speculation On Supreme Court Pick Names Rug the Belt
A list circulated today over a possible successor to Justice Pierce Butler. Top candidates include Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson Attorney General Frank Murphy Senator Wagner and others. Proposals also named Florence Allen and even a non lawyer option as constitutionally possible. Other names were Denman Bratton Miller Richberg Minton Rosenman Pecora Hutchins Landis Garrison and more.
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Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
Robert H. Jackson
New York
High Tribunal
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Wagner
N. Y
West
Thurman Arnold
Wyoming
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Harold Stephens
Utah
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Florence EB. Allen
Cleveland
Sixth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit
William Denman
San Francisco
Sam G. Bratton
Albuquerque
N. M
Justin Miller
California
Donald R. Richberg
National Industrial Recovery Act
Senator Minton
Ind
Samuel Rosenman
Ferdinand Pecora
New York Supreme Court
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
The
Securities Commission
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
North Carolina Gold Output Tops Seventy Five Thousand
State Geologist Herman J. Bryson reports North Carolina yields about 2 000 fine ounces of gold annually valued at 75 000 dollars with mining centered in Montgomery County and a New London mine yielding nuggets worth 1 500 dollars in a recent sample.
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Raleigh
Herman J. Bryson
North Carolina
Bryson
Dahlonega
Georgia
Montgomery County
New London
Oil stove fire at Glenn Smith home on Park Street
Firemen responded to a late yesterday afternoon blaze at 713 Park Street in the Glenn Smith residence. Little damage was reported and there were no injuries.
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Glenn Smith
Park Street
Young Mayor Elected in Rose Hill at 23
William D. Herring, 23, graduated from a North Carolina college last spring, has been elected mayor of Rose Hill, possibly the youngest municipal chief executive in the state.
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Rose Hill
William D. Herring
North Carolina
Modernize an Old Fashioned High Headboard Bed
A simple method to update a high headboard bed involves removing the headboard, turning the bed, and using the low footboard as the head. Finishing with attractive paint or a snug slip-cover and quilted fabric enhances the look and coordinates with window draperies and bedspread.
Walter Rusk tops Ulster Grand Prix with 100 mph feat
Walter Rusk achieved 100 miles per hour at the Ulster Grand Prix and earned a special medal as the first rider in Ireland to reach 60 miles an hour on the track.
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Walter Rusk
Ireland
Public hearing set to revoke Campbell beer license
Greensboro November 16 L G Campbell of 1542 English Street High Point faces a public hearing December 4 at 11 for possible revocation of his retail beer license Guilford County Commissioners set the date after a petition from the North Carolina Brewers and Beer Distributors Association alleging a High Point Municipal Court conviction for prohibition violations within the past year The petition supports a statewide drive to close disreputable beer outlets.
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Greensboro
L. G. Campbell
English Street
High Point
Guilford
Campbell
Lutherans Convention to Meet in Gastonia
The 17th annual convention of the United Lutheran Synod of North Carolina will be held in Gastonia next Tuesday. Gov. Prentice Cooper of Tennessee is slated to be the principal speaker.
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Gastonia
the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
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