Anti-Lynching Bill Could Jam Special Session
Administration strategists face a jam over the anti-lynching measure as Congress prepares a five point program for a special session. The debate could delay government reorganization and regional planning while wage hour and farm bills move forward. Senate leaders anticipate eventual passage despite southern delays and packed opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
TVA
House
Byrnes
Norris
Ind.Neb
High Point Tops State In Municipal Park Land
The Park Service reports High Point leads North Carolina cities in municipal park acreage with 1135 acres, about one acre per 32 residents. Greensboro is second with 790 acres, then Asheville 460, Wilmington 315, and Winston Salem 315, followed by Charlotte 300 and other cities with smaller holdings.
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Washington
The
Park Service
High Point
North Carolina
Greensboro
Asheville
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Raleight
Durham
Rocky Mount
Hendersonville
Gastonia
Burlington
Terrell Wins Another Trial In Murder Case
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a Warren County second degree murder conviction of Ted Terrell in a dispute over self defense instructions. The ruling grants Terrell a new trial on the charge tied to the slaying of his brother in law Andrew Knight. The same session upheld a disbarment decision for Hartnett County lawyer Edgar C. West of Dunn in July 1936.
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Raleigh
Ted Terrell
Warren County
Inlaw
Andrew Knight
State Supreme Court
Wallace Winborne
Henry A. Grady
Grady
Terrell
Supreme Court
Hartnett County
Edgar C. West
Dunn
Harnett
President Roosevelt’s call for new domestic markets praised
A F L official Matthew Woll praised Roosevelt’s push for higher purchasing power and new domestic markets. The remarks came as AFL delegates met at the 657th annual convention in Denver with officers to be reelected and the 1938 convention city debated. Woll argued a few extra dollars weekly would boost buying power and stimulate demand for industrial and farm goods.
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Roosevelt
Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
A. F
American Wage Hearners Protective Conference
Federation
William Green
Frank Morrison
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
Chicago
Birmingham
Woll
North Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy names new officers
Mrs. John H. Anderson of Raleigh was re elected president of the North Carolina division United Daughters of the Confederacy at the convention in Wilson. New officers include Mrs. Paul Borden Goldsboro first vice president and Mrs. J F Hayden High Point third vice president. A scholarship for 1937 to James Mattocks High Point College was renewed.
Chicago Butter Prices Mixed as Specials and Extras Vary
Chicago market report shows 8 918 pounds of unsettled butter with creamery specials at 93 score and 35 percent, extras at 92 at 34 percent, and extra firsts at 90 91 ranging 38 to 84 percent. Begs at 4 995 steady with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Sixteen anti-Soviet saboteurs sentenced in agriculture cases
Sixteen teenagers were reportedly sentenced for anti-Soviet sabotage in agriculture. The sentences include eight from Sikcria, six from Umbekis, and two in Moscow provinces, with Qoei aged 14 among the defendants.
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Moscow
Qoei
Sikcria
Aix
Umbekis
France eases European tension over Spanish war plan
France approves a three point program to ease the Spanish question by submitting the volunteer issue to the non intervention committee and seeking a concrete plan within days. Britain supports a united front with France. France reserves rights if the committee stalls or if arms shipments resume. In Spain, insurgents press attacks on Asturian and Aragon fronts and Madrid bombardment continues.
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Italy
Council of Ministers
Shanghai International Settlement
Geneva
China
League of Nations
Britain
Spain
Russia
Aragon
Madrid
Testimony in B C Case at Greensboro Completed at Noon
In Guilford superior court Samuel M. Gayes sues B C Remedy and successors for 150000. Gayes a former Greensboro merchant alleges head ache relief powders ruined his health and led to addiction. Defendant witnesses testify BC remedy and competitors are not narcotic or habit forming.
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Greensboro
Samuel M. Gayes
Guilford Superior
B-C Remedy Company
Gayes
C. T. Council
Germain Bernard
Durham
Bankers Call for Balanced Budget and Wider Tax Base
Orval W. Adams, elected president of the American Bankers Association, urged a balanced federal budget and deficit awareness. He proposed two steps to balance the budget: cut government expenditures and broaden the tax base with fairer distribution. Adams warned against monopolies in banking, labor, or industry and spoke after economist Leonard Ayres and Virgil Jordan advocated research and bankers’ self-improvement.
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Boston
Orval W. Adams
American Bankers Association
Association
Adams
Salt Lake City
Tom K. Smith
St. Louis
Leonard P. Ayres
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board
New York City
State Fair Opens With Crowded Harness Racing and Holiday
Raleigh dispatch reports the State Fair on October 14 featuring harness racing, a grandstand show, fireworks, and vocational contests for livestock and crops. State offices are closed as a general holiday to let workers attend. Tomorrow is Young North Carolina Day with free tickets for about 900000 students. More harness racing is planned Friday and automobile races Saturday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Madrid City Struck by Rebels Bombardment
Madrid endured a fresh shelling as rebels fired some 700 artillery projectiles into the capital. Ambulances carried corpses and wounded through a night of terror that followed a day of normal activity.
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Madrid
Japan Aims to Control China to Block Soviet Influence
In a Tientsin interview Yosuke Matsuoka president of the South Manchuria Railway company says Japan seeks to control all of China to prevent Soviet Russia and Communism from gaining territory. He describes aims as a once for all house cleaning and outlines how occupation of Nanking and broader steps would proceed.
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China
Yosuke Matsuoka
South Manchuria Railway Company
Tokyo
Japan
East
Tientsin
North
Nanking
Appointed D C MacRae as assistant solicitor
D C MacRae of this city has been appointed assistant solicitor for Guilford Superior Court, succeeding D Newton Farnell.
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D. C. MacRae
Guilford Superior Court
D. Newton Farnell
Farnell Resigns Post as MacRae Named Successor
D C MacRae well known High Point attorney and former judge was appointed assistant solicitor of Guilford Superior Court succeeding D Newton Farnell whose resignation was accepted by county commissioners. MacRae will assume duties November 1. Farnell led the post since 1931 and will enter private practice.
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High Point
Guilford Superior Court
D. Newton Farnell
Greensboro
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Farnell
Grand Jury
Washington and Lee University
University of North Corona
Lewis E. Teague
Thomasville
United States Department of Revenue
Andrew Jackson
American Legion
The
Elks, Masons
Episcopal Church
University of North Carolina
White Youths Rob Greensboro Filling Station At Midnight
Three unmasked white youths held up Joe Hardin at a filling station on Summerfield road near Greensboro. They sat drinking beer, then brandished a gun and escaped with about 110 to 120 dollars. Hardin operates the station owned by J. E. B. Trescher and reported the robbery to police.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Joe Hardin
Summerfield Road
Hardin
J. E B. Trescher
Forest City Merchants Embrace New Working Hours
North Carolina Labor and Industry Bulletin notes Forest City merchants lead small towns in upholding standard hours under the new law. Most stores now open at 8:30 and close at 6 with Saturday closings two hours later, replacing former 7 a.m. openings and 9 p.m. closings. Merchants, customers, and employees express satisfaction with the change.
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Raleigh
Forest City
North Carolina
North Carolina Labor and Industry Bulletin
Aclock
Bus employes approve union as sole bargaining agent
Cleveland Oct 14 officials announced that employees of the Atlantic Greyhound bus lines in ten southeastern states have chosen the Interstate Motor Transportation Employees Union as their sole collective bargaining agent on the system.
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Cleveland
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
Interstate Motor Transporation Employes Union
Bombs Desolate Shanghai International Settlement Marines Hit
Shanghai October 1 The worst bombardment in Shanghai's warzone wounded and killed many Chinese civilians as Japanese and Chinese forces clashed above the International Settlement. American sailors and Marines suffered injuries while defending cotton mills along the Whangpoo. Estimates place Chinese deaths and injuries above 190 in the settlement, with additional casualties near the Soochow-Kash railway. Admiral Hasegawa apologized for the incident as Dutch and U.S. observers protested.
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Shanghat
China
Shanghai
Milton Hiatt
Augusta
J. McMichael
Whangpoo
Soochow Creek
Sion
Soochow-Kash
Kiyoshi Hasega
United States
Yarnell
Indian Convicted Of Slaying Paroled In Raleigh
RALEIGH Oct 14 Convicted of second degree murder in Robeson county Indias Mitchell was freed on parole today He was among six prisoners paroled by the governor yesterday Applications for parole were denied in 32 other cases The jury and prosecuting officials had recommended Mitchells parole
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Raleigh
Cr Mitchell
Robeson County Indias
Mitchell
Gove
No Credit Collapse Possible Now Economist Tells Bankers
economist Leonard P Ayres told the American Bankers Association that a general price level collapse like the inflationary crisis is not possible now due to past declines. He added that profits in banking look fairly bright as policy adapts to current conditions and the federal deposit guarantee remains in place.
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Boston
Mass
Leonard P. Ayres
American Bankers Association
Ayres
A. B. A. Economic Policy Commission
Cleveland, Ohio
Vireil Jordan
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