Showdown Is Black Denies Klan Ties Ahead of Supreme Court
Justice Black emphatically denied joining the Ku Klux Klan and said he resigned. he will take his seat on the Supreme Court next Monday. Critics argued Klan ties could affect rulings on Jews Catholics and Negroes.
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Ross Kidnapers Call His Home
Chicago reporters described a gruff telephone call as a possible ransom negotiation in the Ross kidnapping case. FBI investigator Early J. Connelly reported the caller claimed to be Bob of New York and hinted at tapped wires to force a contact with a wife of the abductors. Rose, seized last Saturday near a highway west of Chicago, remains missing with Florence Freihage.
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Sycamoor II
Hosiery Strike Threat Looms in Philadelphia Mills
William Leader, head of the Iran Federation of Hosiery Orkes a CIO affiliate, threatened a city-wide strike of 16,000 hosiery workers in 102 mills. He said the action aimed to retaliate against armed thugs and vigilante tactics used by mill owners in the hosiery industry.
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Iran Federation of Hosiery Orkes
CIO
Officials Pleased By Outcome Of Power Suit
City officials and residents hailed a Guilford Superior Court ruling by Judge H Hoyle Sink that granted High Point a victory in a key challenge to a $5 776 750 PWA financed hydro electric project on the Yadkin river The decision denies an injunction and leaves final resolution to the North Carolina Supreme Court with a pending appeal and possible council discussion Monday October 8.
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Duke Power Company
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Committee On Public Utilities
EB. Leroy Briggs
Knox
Yadkin River
Power Company
Officers Earn FBI Training Diplomas National Police Academy
The FBI awarded diplomas today to 36 law enforcement officers after completing a 12 week course at the FBI national police academy. Topics included police administration and target practice. Names were not released, but agencies represented ranged from Alabama patrol to several Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Savannah departments.
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Kingsport
Blind Checks Totaling 17916 for September Aid
Raleigh reports 44 checks totaling 17916.14 were delivered for September payments to 1310 needy blind persons under the social security program. Grants averaged 13.60 each, said Dr Roma Check, executive secretary of the state commission for the blind.
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Trading In Cotton Dry Goods Listless This Week
Trading in cotton dry goods this week was listless as cotton prices declined and sales were only a fraction of production. Prices, however, were maintained at last week's levels. Some second hand trading was done at prices slightly under mill quotations.
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New York
Rebels seize Covadonga as Asturias front buckles
News from the Franco Spanish frontier reports the ancient Asturian village of Covadonga capitulated to Insurgent forces. Navarrese troops advanced across ridges in eastern Oviedo province, with heavy fighting cited nearby. Insurgent claims of gains persist along the Leon front while government reports say the Asturian lines held in Requejo and Cimero valleys.
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Attorney General rules limits don’t apply to nine-cent cotton loans
Raleigh Oct 2 Attorney General A A F Seawell ruled that statutory lending limits on banks do not apply to loans secured by nine cent government guaranteed cotton, detailing exemption from general credit restrictions.
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A. A. F. Seawell
British Deport Four Arab Leaders From Jerusalem Amid Clash
British warships reportedly spirited four Arab leaders including Dr. Hussein Khalidi toward Seychelles after a secret sea transfer as motorized troops and police kept Jerusalem quiet at machine gun point. Jacob Hussein and the Grand Mufti faced removal from power as the holy site siege continued.
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Stock market shifts slowly in brief New York session
The market moved sluggishly with rails oils coppers and specialties inching forward. Dealings were the slowest in about a month and the ticker tape stood mostly still with minor losses common at the close.
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New York
Reactions Split Over Black Speech Controversy
Sen Borah calls to drop Klan topic while others defend Justice Black's fitness for the bench. Ranging views from Sen Glass to Rep McReynolds show a divided response after his remarks.
Tobacco Prices Continue Climb on Several Markets
Tobacco prices rose on Farmville Wendell and Goldsboro markets with all grades higher. Fourth to sixth quality leaf and smoking leaf plus fourth and fifth quality lugs showed greatest gains. Prices for week ending September 30 and prior week included orange leaf and smoking leaf varieties, lemon cutters and lugs with notable jumps in several categories.
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Tobacco Auctions Open in Virginia Markets Report
Average prices for the first two days of Virginia tobacco auctions ranged up to 30 cents per pound. Danville moved 480,204 pounds at 24.07 per hundredweight with improving trend from opening day. Rocky Mount warehouses sold 47,000 pounds at 24.10 and South Hill totalled 301,672 pounds at 30.22.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board Names New Republican Member
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board announced the resignation of Dr. H. E. Hoagland a Republican member and the appointment by President Roosevelt of Dr. William H. Husband to succeed him. Hoagland will return to Ohio State University as professor of business finance and organization. His successor is an Ohio Republican who has served as a board deputy for the past year.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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Roosevelt
William H. Husband
Hoagland
Ohio State University
Chinese and Japanese Clash Near Shanghai Station In War
Oct 2 report from Shanghai notes a fifth day battle around the station with Chinese forces stubbornly holding lines close to the foreign settlement. Japanese air and naval bombardment accompany tank assaults while Chinese engineers disable tanks by ripping up tracks. both sides suffer heavy casualties and defenders reinforce the international perimeter.
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President Roosevelt Tours Grand Coulee Dam Visit
President Roosevelt travels by train from Tacoma to Grand Coulee Dam with a large crowd awaiting at Ephrata. Am Legionnaires police the depot area as officials estimate about 1 000 spectators confine near the site to view the Irrigation project championed by the administration. He acknowledges a Ku Klux Klan affiliation report but offers no comment during the journey home from the dam inspection and speech.
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Gulf Storm Spreads Across Gulf Coast
A broad tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico expanded from Florida to Texas bringing heavy rainfall. New Orleans measured about ten inches from yesterday afternoon to today morning, flooding intersections and causing gusty winds with no reported material damage. Weather officials extended warnings from Carrabelle Florida to Port O Connor Texas and urged caution for small craft along the coast.
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