Small Nations In Europe Now Turn To Hitler
London reports a renewed British push for rearmament to deter Adolf Hitler and protect the Munich settlement. MPs hear a three-step plan: broaden air raid protection, secure food, and curb German influence in Yugoslavia Poland Romania and Bulgaria while rebuilding Czechoslovakia.
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Europe
Hitler
London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
On Chamberlain
Amberlain
Mussolini
Daladier
France
Reed
Czechoslovakia
Ublic
Hitler i
Yugoslavia
Germany
Poland
Rumania
Andulgaria
Czechoslova
Hungary
Danube River
Soviet
Russia
Spain
Lord Perth
Italy
Britain
Chamberlain
Nister
Bymberlain
Kchequer
John Simon
Malcolm Macard
Chambern
Is House
Eamon de van
Ireland
Dublin
Neva
League of Nations
Jon
Munich
Irendh
Brit
Automobile radios reach millions in late 1930s totals
Reports indicate 1937 saw about a million radios in cars while 1938 figures climbed toward five million in use. This trend highlights rapid adoption of automobile entertainment technology across the era.
Liners Struggle With Injuries Across Southern Conference
frail backfields and key injuries press Maryland and other southern teams as they prep for weekend clashes. Meade of Maryland suffers ankle fracture out a month. Mondorff and Weidinger hobble. VMI, Navy counterparts adapt with missing backs, while NCSU braces for Alabama with returning linemen.
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Richmond
Frank Dobson
Maryland
Meade
Terffapin
Penn State
Charlie Weidinger
Pershing Mondorff
Terps
University of Richmond
Syracuse
Navy
Bud Kovar
Clemson
Tennessee
Washington and Lee
Mangan
Bishop
West Virginia
Charleston
George Stirnweiss
North Carolina
Tar Heela
Tulane
Jim Lalanne
Stirnweiss
N. C. State
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Warren Wooden
Walt Novick
Wrestling Last Night Curtain Draws Oldtime Matches
Hank Barber of Cambridge defeats Emil Dusek of Omaha two falls to none in Wilmington. Ernie Dusek of Omaha beats Eddie Newman of New York in Lancaster 82 20. Red Mephisto of Columbus defeats Steve Brody of Holyoke after Brody is injured in the second fall in Halifax North Carolina.
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Wilmington
Del
Hank Barber
Cambridge
Mass
Emil Dusek
Omaha
Neb
Lancaster
Ernie Dusek
Eddie Newman
New York
Halifax
N. C
Red Mephisto
Columbus
Steve Brody
Holyoke
Brody
Leo Hartnett freed of Cubs contract worries for 1939
Chicago October 4. Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley says Gabby Hartnett will be retained next year if he keeps up the performance. Wrigley credits Hartnett for the team’s results and stresses spirit and fortunate breaks as key to success.
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Chicago
Charles le) Hartnett
Leo the Lion
Cubs
Philip K. Wrigley
Gabby
Wrigley
Hartnett
Hartnett to join Landis for pre Series managers meeting
Hartnett will attend a conference with Kenesaw Mountain Landis and other baseball officials on the eve of the series. Joe McCarthy and umpires John Sears Louis Rolls Charles Moran and Cal Hubbard are listed as additional conferees.
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Hartnett
Kenesaw Mountain
Gabby to catch opener despite hand injuries
Gabby vows to play the opener tomorrow even if carried to the plate in a wheelchair. His right hand fingers remain swollen and sore from last week injuries, though taped third finger should not hamper throwing. Hartnett, after 13 years of steady play, suffered a broken right thumb and two split fingers in a month.
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Gabby
Hartnett
Officials Strike at Beaumont Plant Prompt Tomorrow Conference
Spartanburg South Carolina Oct 4 A conference will be held tomorrow between union and company officials to settle differences that led to a strike at the Beaumont manufacturing plant. The mill suspended after a walk out Thursday night. Three union pickets were arrested on trespass warrants sworn by a mill official and released on bond with no disorder reported.
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Spartanburg
Beaumont
Ecourt
Sports Roundup Highlights From New York October News
New York reports centerpieces of the sports week with Dr James Stotter planning a coast visit to fix Maxie Rosenblum’s map for film roles. Hank Greenberg to face the Yankees and Cuba with Bay Park semipro squad. Ducks opening clashed with football dates as fans react to Cubs pennant win and Hartnett triumph. Washington Huskies praised despite loss to Minnesota. Jimmy Phelan’s backfield noted, line needing work.
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New York
James Stotter
Maxie Rosenbloom
Slapsie
Hank Greenberg
Barnstormer
Yanks
Cuba
Bay Park
Cub
Gabby Hartnett
Cholly Grimm
Cubs
Bruins
Mr. Grimm
Washington
Huskies
Minnesota
Jimmy Phelan
Clown Al Schacht Eyes 19th World Series Start
Al Schacht, entering his 19th World Series tomorrow, has dabbled in pro football and would entertain amateurs if they paid. Jack Corbett, president of the Syracuse Chiefs, begins early winter training at Lake George, N Y. Rumors say Connie Mack may trade slugger Bob Johnson this winter if a high price is offered.
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al Schacht
Jack Corbett
Syracuse Chiefs
Lake George
N. Y
Connie Mack
Bob Johnson
War Admiral rival Duke team heads for long road trip
Ted Mann, Duke’s press agent, says the Dukes and Colgate will be showcased as War Admiral lies awake while Seabiscuit tracks are not the worry. Mann predicts a lengthy journey may mark the longest trip Duke has ever taken, praising Pitt’s Sutherland as a wizard.
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Ted
Wotta) Mann
Duke
Colgate
Sutherland
Pitt
Palindromes and a Finland Capital Comment
A gentleman with the same first name as President Cleveland from Helsinki quips he dislikes palindromes fearing bicycle mistracks. He confuses palindrome with a similar word and asks for a definition of palindromes. This note appears on the Want Ad Page.
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Cleveland
Finland
Want
Ring Lardner's Son Sought in Spanish Civil War Territory
U S Ambassador Claude Bowers opened an inquiry into the fate of James Lardner son of Ring Lardner who vanished September 22 while with Spanish government forces in eastern Spain. Mrs King Lardner wired Milford Conn asking help claiming he was captured in the Ebro zone and Bowers noted he was not among prisoners at Burgos.
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ST. Jean-De-Luz
France
United States
Claude G. Bowers
James Lardner
Ring Lardner
Spain
Bowers
King Lardner
Milford
Conn
Ebro
Lardner
Burgos
Traffic Deaths Set All-Time High in 1937
Traffic fatalities reached 59,700 in 1937, up 4 percent from 1936’s 38,089, marking a record high.
Unconventional lead defeats no trump contract in bridge play
In a Chicago match, Robert W. Halpin defeats a no trump contract after choosing a heart ace lead over spades. Halpin’s heart attack left partner with an early nine and queen nine sequence. The defense capitalized with a blocking heart ten and three subsequent hearts, overturning the contract.
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Halpin
North
Modern Etiquette Insights From Roberta Lee
A Q and A on wedding rehearsals business letterheads and lyonnaise cooking terms. Rehearsals needed for processions. men should not write on business letterheads. lyonnaise means prepared with fried onions and is pronounced lieu nahz with stress on the last syllable.
Discard choices to defeat seven no trump contract
South holds seven no trump. West must discard three cards to seek East's help. The revealed hands show West with K7632 and K5432 and 832 in the West hand. East has AKQJ1097 and A32 as dummy. To obtain defense support, West should discard the three lowest cards that do not threaten East's position, keeping control with K and higher honors.
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South
West
East
Lessons In English By W L Gordon
Daily language guidance from W L Gordon on pronunciation spelling and usage. Includes tips on common misuses mispronunciations and word studies with today’s focus antithesis defined as the direct opposite and example sentence.
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W. L. Gordon
Hugh
Look and Learn Answers by A. Gordon
The piece asks five questions on biblical, mythological, and general knowledge topics with supplied answers: Judas thirty pieces of silver value, Nemesis as avenger, surge on alert meaning, the femur as strongest bone, and Russia as the nation with most WWI deaths.
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Russia
How Can I Remedy Oily Skin And Care For Knitwear
Practical tips from a early 20th century column cover oily skin care and sweater buttonhole preservation. It advises washing with water and borax noonday and night and basting buttonholes before laundering. It also suggests reheating cold baked potatoes by dunking in hot water then finishing in the oven for fresh warmth.
British Motorcycle Output Rises in 1937
The 1937 British motorcycle industry produced about 80 000 machines, up from 69 500 in 1936, reflecting a recovery in domestic production and demand for two wheelers during the year.
State patrolmen outnumbered by drivers in road system
A terse report notes patrolmen are vastly outnumbered by drivers as the state’s road system hosts an immense flow of motor vehicles, highlighting enforcement challenges.
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point Area
Guilford County transfers list multiple property deeds. R. R. Wright and wife sell two Oak Hill Forest lots to C. D. Andrews. J. L. Tedder and wife acquire Woodberry avenue tract from Mortgage Corporation of Virginia. Clemment M. Curtis and wife sell Walker avenue tract to J. E. Wright. Lawrence W. Spencer and wife transfer four North Spring street tracts to Security Finance Corporation of Durham. T. C. Cozart and wife transfer Walker Johnsie tract to L. H. Gunter and wife. Busick Phillips and husband transfer two Lowdermilk street tracts to J. H. Busick and wife.
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High Point Township
R. R. Wright
C. D. Andrews
Oak Hill Forest
Mortgage Corporation of Virginia
J. L. Tedder
Woodberry Avenue
Clemment M. Curtis
J. EB. Wright
Walker Avenue
Lawrence W. Spencer
Security Finance Corporation of Durham, Incorporated
North Spring Street
T. C. Cozart
L. H. Gunter
Johnsie Busick Phillips
J. H. Busick
Lowdermilk Street
Roosevelt faces fifteen federal judges to name
Washington October 4 There are 15 vacancies on the federal bench from the Supreme Court to district courts. President Roosevelt may fill them any time but will likely wait until after the November election and congressional return in January. The omnibus act created many new judgeships with six appointments made, only one confirmed by the Senate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Circuit Courts of Appeal
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Justice Depairtment
Senate
Justice Department
Amos R Kearns Named to Centennial Fund Committee
Amos R. Kearns of High Point has been named to serve on the Duke University centennial fund committee. A Duke alumnus, he will play an important role over the coming year as the university prepares to celebrate the centennial of Trinity College, its predecessor.
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Amos R. Kearns
DUKE
Durham
High Point
Duke University Centennial Fund
Kearns
Trinity College
Jewish Doctors Barred From German Medical Journals
In Berlin on October 4 the Nazi commissioner for medical journalism ordered that German medical journals may not publish articles by Jewish doctors. The rule states German doctors will subscribe to foreign journals only if published and edited by Aryan outlets.
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Berlin
Six Year Old Girl Killed by Truck in Front of School
Mary Elizabeth Carter aged six was struck and killed by a truck in front of Oak Ridge school where she studied. Coroner N D Tomlin exonerated the driver Eric C Seaman saying the accident was unavoidable.
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Mooresville
Mary Elizabeth Carter
Oak Ridge School
N. D. Tomlin
Eric C. Seaman
Duel ends in the deaths of two men at Alabama fairgrounds
At the Lawrence county fair grounds in Moulton Alabama Sheriff Roy Byars said a feud of long standing led to a fatal duel. J T Speake aged 40 police chief of Moulton and Ernest Lee Horton aged 50 pool room operator of Courtland were killed when they exchanged shots in the rear of a carnival tent before help could arrive.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County Fair
Roy K. Byars
Byars
J. T. Speake
Ernest Lee Horton
Courtland
Phatemty
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