Cave-In Damage On West Broad Street Estimated At Seven Thousand
Water soaked earth collapsed into the railroad cut on West Broad Street Saturday night causing about 7000 dollars in damage. The cave-in endangered an entire block of buildings and will delay the railroad project between one and two weeks according to A H Guion and Company.
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West Broad
Main Street Bridge
Broad Street
West Broad Street
A. H. Guion and Company
Guion
Batista pledges support for American alliance in Cuba
Cuba’s leader Batista returns home after pledging Cuba will stand with American nations against political penetration. The report notes the stance amid tensions in the region and references American allies and continental politics.
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New York
Jonel Fulgencio Batista
Ameri
State Board Meets Tomorrow to Study Protests
Raleigh November 21 The state board of elections meets tomorrow to hear protests from county election boards and certify results of the general election in which Democrats retained control Secretary Raymond C Maxwell said appeals were filed from Clay Cherokee Alexander and Tyrrell counties with an informal notice from Stokes.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Raymond C. Maxwell
Clay
Cherokee
Alexander
Tyrrell
Stokes County
Complications Rise Before Chamberlain Daladier Talks
Paris reports indicate Britain will not mobilize a large army for continent aid, tempering Daladier and Chamberlain talks. Focus will be on defense against Fascist threats from Italy and Germany and on refugee arrangements for German Jews. France stressed its 700000 man army size amid concerns.
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Germany
Chamberlain
Halifax
Italy
Hitler
Tanganyika as Jewish resettlement plan shocks Berlin
In Berlin, Chamberlain floated Tanganyika as a destination for German Jews, prompting Nazi warnings and signaling a temporary easing of the anti Jewish drive. Officials debate the plan as an affront while Jews face intensified segregation, asset seizures, and shuttered shops with few relief options.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Tanganyika
Germany
Hitler
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Pirow
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
No More PWA Cash Will Be Allotted
Washington officials said the Public Works Administration would not allot new funds for 1938 projects. About 26.1 million of the original 750 million for non federal projects would be kept in reserve to cover shortfalls on under way works. Costs frequently exceeded estimates.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Congress
Capture of Osar Leader Crestin Sparks Paris Arrest
The Surete Nationale announced the arrest of Armand Crestin, a long-sought leader of the Osar Rightist Secret Committee for Revolutionary Action. Crestin was seized at Boulogne Sur Mer aboard the Highland Princess en route to Lisbon.
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Paris
Surete Nationale
Armand Crestin
Osar
Secret Committee For Revolutionary Action
Crestin
Boulogne-Sur-Mer
Highland Princess
Lisbon
Top Democrats Meet in Private New York Session
About fifty senior Democratic leaders from the Mississippi to the Atlantic gathered with Postmaster General James A. Farley in New York to discuss post election strategy with 1940 in mind. The closed conference, framed as planning for the Jackson Day dinner, focused on Republican gains and the future of progressive forces amid Roosevelt era tensions.
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William 8
New York
Mississippi
Atlantic
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic National Committee
F. H. la Guardia
American Labor Party
Murphy
Michigan
Bulkley
Ohio
Roosevelt
Congress
Methodists End Annual Meet With Denouncement Of Nazis
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South adjourned after minister appointments were announced. A resolution denouncing barbaric cruelties against Jews in Germany and elsewhere was adopted, requesting Christian sympathy and support for Jewish relief efforts. William Burbank Penny was admitted as an elder, assigned to Belhaven, after preaching in Jacksonville, Alabama.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Clare Purcell
Germany
Dwight W. Ware
Rocky Mount
William Burbank Penny
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Alabama
Belhaven
North Carolinians Named to National Legion Committees
Claude Ramsey of Asheville was named to the Legion publications advisory commission and Robin Kirby of Charlotte to the veterans reference committee. Appointments were made by National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick after the Indianapolis meeting.
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Charlotte
American Legion
Louis G. Ratcliffe
Indianapolis
Claude 8. Ramsey
Asheville
North Carolina Legion News
North Carolina Department
Legion Publications Advisory Commission
Robin 8
Kirby
Veterans’ Reference Committee
Stephen F. Chadwick
Escaping Gas Fatal To One In Greensboro
One dead and three hospitalized after gas from a fumigated room in the residence of C. W. Strickland at 753 Park Avenue. Paul Lee died. Ruth Byrd, the maid, and P. L. Goolsby are hospitalized with serious or non serious injuries. Mrs. Strickland was not affected.
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Greensboro
C. W. Strickland
Park Avenue
Paul Lee
Long Hospital
Ruth Byrd
L. Richardson Memorial Hospital
Strickland
Mystery Clears Around Woman Found on Lake James
The disappearance of 46 year old Mrs. Fasie Leonard of Clinchfield was solved when her body was located on Lake James after a searcher found an 18 pound rock tied to her apron. An inquest was not deemed necessary.
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Marion
Fasie Leonard
Clinchfield
Lake James
Here
Queen Maud of Norway Dies in London at 68
Norway and Britain mourn as Queen Maud dies in a London nursing home from a heart attack four days after abdominal surgery. She was 68. King Haakon stays at Buckingham Palace while Oslo sends condolences, marking the end of the Edward VII royal line.
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London
Norway
Britain
Maud
King George VI
Great Britain
Edward VII
Haakon of
Buckingham Palace
Oslo
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Princess Louise
Duke of Connaught
Beatrice
Traction cars crash head on injuring 17 in fog
Two traction cars collided head on and burned in fog north of Martins Ferry Ohio, injuring 17 people. Urban Green, 38, of Wheeling, a motorman, was crushed and not expected to survive. Everett Swinder had fractures of both legs and was in critical condition.
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Martins Ferry
Here
Urban Green
Wheeling
W. Va
Everett Swinder
Ted Barrow Incorporates Hotel Lake Development
Raleigh November 21 1925 Thad Eyre secretary of state lists Crystal Lake Development Corporation of Lakeview as forming a general real estate business with Theo Barrow and Ethel Stacy Barrow of Lakeview and K R Hoyle of Sanford subscribing $3000 of $100000 authorized capital. Mr and Mrs Barrow formerly lived in High Point.
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Raleigh
Thad Eyre
Crystal Lake Development Corporation
Lakeview
Theo Barrow
Ethel Stacy Barrow
K. R. Hoyle
Sanford
Barrow
High Point
Prominent Rab Dies in Jerusalem Shootout
Sheik Abdul Rahman El Khatib, pro-British Arab leader and Palestine defense party member, who was shot last Thursday, died today in Jerusalem. He opposed the Grand Mufti and led Arab revolts against British rule in the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Sheik Abdul Rahman el Khat Ib
Palestine Defense Party
Grand Mufti of
Holy Land
Tokyo Spokesman Attacks U S Discrimination Against Japs
Tokyo foreign office spokesman denounces discrimination against Japanese in the United States while discussing open door policy in China. He says terms open door and equal opportunity are unacceptable and notes Japan may reiterate objections in future communications. The spokesman defends Japanese ships in Chinese waters as military transport, not commercial cargo.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States
China
Japan
The
United
America
Britain plans vast refugee settlements in Caribbean and Africa
Prime Minister Chamberlain revealed plans to lease at least 10 000 square miles in British Guiana to house German Jewish refugees and to pursue settlements in Tanganyika and other African territories. He noted talks with the United States on funds and invited volunteer refugee groups to survey potential lands and oversee settlement efforts. The areas include British Guiana’s 89 480 square miles and Tanganyika’s southern highlands and western province.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
British Guiana
Tanganyika
Britain
League
Germany
Hitler
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Commons
Washington
Europe
South America
Christmas memories spark from 28 years ago
Ellen Terry enlivened the season with Shakespeare readings while Paul Ehrlich’s discovery 606 was hailed as a world gift. Debates raged over fortifying the Panama Canal as Carnegie’s $10 million peace gift circulated. Angus Campbell tested a new mechanical cotton picker. Watch chain fobs were popular gifts for dads.
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Ellen Terry
Paul Ehrlich
Panama Canal
Carnegie
Angus Campbell
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Cleveland Daily Star
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Queen Maud
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