Congressmen Seek Help for Business Slowdown
Washington, Nov. 20. Congress teeters through the first week of Roosevelt's special session as talks on tax relief for business and court reform yield little progress. Lawmakers demand relief from undistributed profits and capital gains taxes while pressing for farm bills, wage and hour reform, crop control, and regional planning amid factional battles and anticipated filibusters on the anti lynching measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Cross Trials Move to Fayetteville After Rae Ford Proceedings
In Fayetteville on November 20 VPI Cumberlend county officials said Bill Cross of Asheboro and three co defendants would face trial here. Cross is charged with murder in the shooting death of Sergeant J S Mott on October 16. The others are charged as accessories before and after the fact. The four were moved from Raeford after jury selection difficulties and await proceedings in this county at 2 30 p m Monday.
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Ayetteville
VPI
Cumberlend
Bill Cross
Asheboro
Hunter
J. S. Mott
Port Brags
Raeford
Jude LV. Cowper
Jessee
Witmt
Cross
Chargd
Valer Routh
Hal Rush
Jesse Ke
Mott
Five Thousand Miles of Power Lines Since REA Began
Raleigh reports REA operation since July has built and under construction power lines totaling 5 130.69 miles serving 28 972 customers. Public utilities built 4 52 19 miles, municipal 440 30 miles, and the federal REA 251 60 miles, with total costs around 8 210 02.52.
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Raleigh
Ince
Dudley Bacley
Opersons
Municipal
Fedal Rea
Bagley
Roosevelt at home as he plans budget talk with Bell
President Roosevelt, recovering from a dental infection, feels better and schedules a two hour morning conference with Daniel Bell, acting director of the budget, in the White House study. Doctors report the temperature back to normal and facial swelling reduced, though he will stay home until healing completes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Bell
Bell
Executive Masion
Stephen T. Early
Early
Warm Springs
Harrett Woman To Be Tried Again For Murder Of Husband
Lina Pope Godwin 37 a widow faces a second trial in Harnett superior court for the July 7 1936 slaying of Furman E Godwin a wealthy planter and her third husband A special venire of 100 from Wayne County has been summoned for the trial three of the veniremen were Negroes Godwin was convicted in the first trial and sentenced to 10 to 15 years but won an appeal The state contends she killed her husband and wounded herself to create a self defense claim
One Killed Three Injured In Wreck Near Micro
Kenneth Bain, 22, was killed in a truck automobile collision near Micro North Carolina. Harvey Willis and Harmon Johnson, both of Erwin, were hospitalized in Smithfield for treatment. A third injured man named Surles, also of Erwin, suffered non serious injuries.
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Goldsbono
N. C
Kenneth Bain
Micro
Harvey Willis
Harmon Johnson
Erwin
Smithfield
Surles
Butte
Strawberries With Snow Brighten New Hampshire News
Snow blanketed northern central New Hampshire as of November 20. Mrs. Irja Wood reported finding fresh strawberries amid the wintry scene, highlighting an unusual late harvest oddity in Concord.
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Concord
N. H
Menga
New Hampshire
Irja Wood
First hard freeze sweeps Southern states to Atlantic
The first hard freeze of the year hits from Texas to the Atlantic seaboard with snow in the upper Mississippi valley and as far south as Atlanta. Temperatures drop to 14 in Kansas City and 22 in Atlanta while accumulations reach up to 5 inches at Flat Top West Virginia. The weather bureau warns the worst is yet to come in the South with no substantial easing before Monday.
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Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Kansas City
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
W. Va
Weather Bureau
South
United States
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Boston
Washington
Savannah
Macon
Columbus High School rooting section selects by voice power
In Columbus Indiana 150 students qualified for the school rooting section through voice power tests. Devices measuring volume were connected to the public address system and the loudest yellers earned membership.
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Columbus
Ind
Columbus High School
Far Eastern peace conference may end Monday
Brussels reports cited an absence of leading delegates from Britain France and the Soviet Union raising doubt about a concrete decision on China’s plea for aid and pressure on Japan. Eden Delbos and Potemkin absentee possibilities were noted while Norman Davis remained ill in Brussels.
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Brussels
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Anthony Eden
Brussel
Yvon Delbos
Eden
Yu. P. Potemkin
Moscow
Norman H. Davis
United States
Three Buildings Burned in Hemp Business District
A late night fire in Hemp North Carolina destroyed three frame structures housing the Marvin Ritter Hardware Company, Trotter's Furniture Company, and the City Cafe. Hemp firemen were aided by Carthage, Southern Pines and Asheboro departments. Damage was not yet estimated and the cause remained undetermined.
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HEMP
N. C
Carthage
Southern Pines
Asheboro
Marvin Ritter Hardware Company
Trotter's Furniture Company
City Cafe
Bishop Kern Honored by Methodists in Raleigh
Bishop Paul B. Kern, four years head of the North Carolina Methodist conference, received a silver gift from the conference. Dr. William P. Few of Duke University presented the tribute at a morning business session. Delegates named for the general conference included Revs. Clegg, Earnhardt, Hobbs, Smith, Hood, and Norris. Governor Clyde Hoey praised the church for its moral leadership during the address night.
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Raleigh
Paul B. Kern
North Carolina Methodist Conference
South
William P. Few
Duke University
John M. Moore
Houston
Tex
Board of Missions
W. L. Clegg
Bethel
J. H. Earnhardt
Two Men Hunted After Shootings and Taxi Robbery Near Gastonia
In Gastonia on November 20, investigators sought two unknown men who shot Scoutmaster Weber Wilkerson of Troop 16 in the thigh and possibly abducted a taxi crew. The same pair allegedly forced a taxi with driver Robert Davis and three passengers to Bowling Green, South Carolina, robbed them of about 45 dollars, and dumped them ten miles from Gastonia.
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Gastonia
Weber Wilkerson
Robert Davis
Bowling Green
8. C
Davis
York
Train Wreck Fatal To One More May Die As Many Hurt
A Norfolk and Western passenger train derailed at the Bluestone river crossing near Bluefield West Virginia. One unidentified Black man killed and about 57 injured. Several passengers, including women and children, were in danger as cars left the rails and slid toward the river. Medical staff expected additional deaths. Ambulances moved the injured to Bluefield hospitals.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Bluestone River
Pocahontas
Auto Union Sets Urgent Meeting Over Unauthorized Strike
Detroit reports the United Automobile Workers call an urgent international executive board meeting at 10 a m to discuss the General Motors situation and resumed contract talks after an unauthorized sit down strike at the Fisher Body plant in Pontiac. President Jomer Martin travels to Flint and plans to address strikers in Pontiac.
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Detroit
United Automobile
Workers of America
Fisher Body
Pontiac
International Executive Board
General Motors
Corporaon
General Motors Corporation
Jomer Martin
Flint
Fisher
Flinto
Martin at Pontiac in address to striking workers
Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers of America traveled to Pontiac Michigan to speak to strikers who have refused orders from their officers to withdraw from the action.
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John D. House
Goodyear
Hold-up and Robbery Reported In Greensboro Street
William Love a grocery chain salesman told police a bandit held him up in front of the O'Henry Hotel, forced him into a car, and drove north of Greensboro six miles where $20 was taken and the thief fled in an automobile with Georgia license No. 118 867.
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Greensboro
N. C
William Love
Love
O'Henry
Here
National Guard Mobilization Possible Over Goodyear Sitdown
Akron Ohio faced a sit down strike at Goodyear Tire & Rubber as 12,000 workers paused. National Guard observers reported eased tensions but troops were prepared for possible mobilization. union leaders planned a meeting and a strike vote.
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National Guard
Akron
Akron, CO
Ohio National Guard
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Emil Marx
Columbus
Ing
Davey
Marx
Bad Weather Delays Major Franco Insurgent Front Actions
On the Ara gon front from Sabinango to Teruel adverse weather halted key movements as government and insurgent gunners fought. Barcelona reported major artillery actions in the Zuera sector near Zaragoza and air raids caused casualties at Bujaraloz while Valencia suffered hurricane damage.
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Aragon
Sabinanigo
Teruel
Barcelona
Zuera
Zaragoza
Casa Fpntanero
Sabmanigo
Fuentes de Ebro
Salamaca
Europe
Americas
Francisco Franco
Poland
Yugoslavia
Madrid
Spain
Brunette
Quijorna
Bujaraloz
Valencia
Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable to Wed Today
In Los Angeles on November 20, Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable plan a 4:00 PM ceremony at St. Brendan's church following a two year romance. The couple invites Hollywood’s younger set as Coogan, famed for The Kid, continues film work and a brief Palm Springs honeymoon is planned.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Jackie
St. Brendan's Church
Hollywood
Coogan
Charlie Chaplin
the Kid
Palm Springs
Capital Shifts as Japanese Advance Pushes Soochow Fall
Tokyo said fifteen Japanese soldiers captured Soochow without resistance as Chinese capital moved from Nanking toward Chungking. Kiang Kai-Shek factions debated last stand at Nanking while Japanese armies seized key points along the Hindenburg line including Soochow and Ka ting, with Changsha threatened.
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Soochow
China
Hindenburg Line
Nanking
Chungking
Hadenburg Line
Nancing
Kiang Kai-Shek
Kathing
Changsha
Changshu
Southern support for Roosevelt peace efforts voiced
Dr. Keener C. Frazier of the University of North Carolina says sentiment in southern states is overwhelming in support of President Roosevelt's Far East peace efforts. He cites church conferences in Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia and newspapers in NC Georgia Kentucky and Virginia showing approval of Roosevelt's Chicago speech. Student bodies at major southern colleges also back the plan.
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Washington
Keener C. Frazier
University of North Carolina
Roosevelt
Far East
Frazier
League of Nations
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Chicago
Carolina Wins Cross Country Championship
Bill Hendrix of Greensboro led the undefeated University of North Carolina to a defense of its Southern Conference title at the 14th annual cross country meet in Durham on November 20. The Tar Heels captured the championship in a dominant performance.
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Durham
Bill Hendrix
Greensboro
University of North Carolina
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