Local North Carolina Weather Report and Temperatures
Today noon figures show cloudy conditions with mild temperatures across principal cotton regions. Hatteras to Jacksonville winds shift east to southeast with scattered showers likely tonight and Tuesday. Greensboro and Charlotte report variable readings, with Greensboro near 56 and Charlotte around 78, noting a generally unsettled pattern across the state.
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Official Weather Bureau
H. & Rifall
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Bevegsdeese
Antonio
Francisco
Labor Leaders Seek Unified Front at State Labor Conference
Secretary Perkins announced the fourth annual conference on state labor legislation inviting governors or representatives for October 25 to 27. The topics include cooperation between unions and state labor departments age discrimination health and safety minimum wages maximum hours and child labor. Perkins also said the department committee on apprentice training would become a permanent agency, with Congress authorizing its permanent establishment.
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Perkins
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
Department Committee
Congress
Fret
NRA
Safe Cracked at Salisbury Grocery. Over $800 Stolen
Thieves forced entry into a safe at Jake Bendieman Wholesale Grocery in Salisbury Sunday night and escaped with more than 800 dollars in cash. Police report the work appeared to be of expert quality.
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Salisbury
Jake Bendieman
New H D Jobe Home Sustains Fire Damage
The Jobe home suffered fire damage with officials noting possible causes from neglect or cigarette stubs. Construction crews reported the house was secured when work paused Saturday and high end shingles plus rock wool walls slowed spread. Estimated building cost listed at 16000 dollars in a prior permit.
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Primitive Baptist
State Street
J. P. Redding
West Broad Street
W. H. Yokeley
Idol Street
Sam Brown
Farmers press for federal crop control plan in Virginia hearing
Five hundred farmers and state officials convened as Virginia farm groups urged Congress to complete new farm plans before farmers implement their own. J H Meek backed control of distribution as urgent, with multiple advisory committees and the Farm Bureau seeking legislation to restore peanut, cotton and tobacco prices and curb others.
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AMA
Schaub
Congress
J. H. Meek
Virginia State Division of Markets
State Farm Bureau
Four State Tobacco Advisory Committee
Potato Truck Advisory Committee
Peanut Advisory Committee
Cotton Growers Association
Farm Bureau Federation
B. F. Arnold
J. E B. Winslow
Franco agrees to withdrawal with reservations in Spanish War
The report states Franco has agreed to withdraw foreign troops with a condition of equal withdrawal from both insurgent and central government forces. Italy proposed this on Saturday. British diplomatic quarters note the position.
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Franco
Italy
Shanghai jury in poison case raises fears of repeat bloodshed
Eleven women and a man sit on the jury for a young mother Jim poison case amid growing fears in the international settlement. Foreign consuls urge protests to China and Japan as warplanes threaten foreign areas. American officials stress danger in dispatches to Nanking and Washington. Meanwhile Chinese air raids, Japanese bombardment, and naval raids complicate control around the international settlement and nearby Chinese fronts. Residents flee Tainan as fighting intensifies near Shantung and Soochow Creek.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
State Department
Washington
Chapei
International Settlement
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Yangtzepoo and
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Chapel
Soochow Creek
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Yuchensung
Tainan
Shantung Province
Britain and Franco clash over foreign volunteers in Spain
British officials say a withdrawal ratio favors insurgents with 100000 foreigners fighting for the rebels and 20000 for the government. If Franco blocks withdrawal, Britain and France may resume arms sales to Madrid but prefer "judicious leaving alone." Some fear Franco may seek to remove Italian troops to avoid victory rewards.
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Spain
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Foreign Office
Plane missing on westbound United Airlines flight near Wyoming
Crew of four and 16 passengers aboard the United Airlines Mainliner are feared to be in distress after the westbound flight from Rock Springs vanished in fog and drizzle. Sheriff Narramore reported uncertain injuries with wreckage seen and a 60 mile search corridor underway aided by air line inspectors. notable passengers include Mrs Campbell Pritchnett and Charles D Renouf, ex UW A L district traffic manager.
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Ers
Evanston
Wyo
Frank L. Narramore
United Airlines
Rock Springs
E. D. Woodgerd
O. K
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Denver
Bergesen
Warner Bunge
Salt Lake City
Lyman
Air Commerce Bureau
Washington
Oakland
Calif
Los Angeles
Chicago
Campbell Pritchnett
Charles D. Renouf
UW. A. L
Battle for Tazang leaves thousands dead and civilians struck
Chinese reports say Japanese forces with infantry planes and naval guns killed Colonel Chin and wiped out his unit. Bombing resumed on civilian areas near Shanghai with over 200 Chinese killed or wounded, many peasants. Air raids on Chenju killed or injured about 100 near the U S backed radio station. Hungjao saw thirty civilians killed. At least 60 noncombatants died when a train at Changan station was hit.
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Shanghai
Chenju
Hungjao
Changan
Supreme Court rules on tax and subpoenas challenged
The court addressed a proposed tax on cosmetics sold in state borders and noted no final judgment in the record. It also referenced the 1933 securities act requiring registration of stock issues and identified challengers as Ryan Florida corporation, Income Royalties company, and Florida Tex Oil company, who argued the subpoenas were an exploratory search and unlawful search and seizure.
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Securities Commission
Ryan Florida Corporation of
Tampa
Income Royalties Company of
St. Petersburg
Florida Tex Oil Company
Commission
Man Holds Up G C Creighton Family in Dramatic Confrontation
A man with a concealed pistol threatened to shoot and kill everyone before announcing intent to die. He spoke for about thirty minutes and demanded whiskey in a tense standoff at the Creighton home. Mr. Creighton restrained him and others assisted, ending with the assailant beaten and subdued.
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Mr. Creighton
Three Cornered Stnatorial Fight Hinted In NC Race
Raleigh dispatch outlines a speculative view of North Carolina politics. A anonymous source describes the Gardner machine shaping the looming senatorial contest with Reynolds as McDonald and Hancock as Graham, a plan to force a two–chances win for Max Gardner. The piece notes potential anti-Reynolds forces and shifting alliances amid intra party maneuvers.
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Henry Averill
Raleigh
North Carolina
Reynolds
McDonald
Hancock
Graham
Cam Morrison
Hoey
Max Gardner
Mae West quail lays eggs and aids wildlife drive
Purser Collins reports the Georgia quail hen Mae West laid 130 eggs in 22 weeks seven times her weight aiding wildlife restoration. An investigation followed after patrolmen found a moonshine operation nearby.
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Atlanta
Mae West
Georgia
Purser Collins
State Quail Farm
Mae
Springfield police say they are too busy to join sheriff
Springfield authorities reported to Sheriff John T. Piermont that city police and highway patrol officers could not accompany him due to busy schedules. The exchange occurred as Piermont sought assistance on a municipal matter, highlighting staffing strains in local law enforcement.
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Springfield
John T. Piermont
Man feigns gun to hold family during robbery attempt
Police arrested Deshay after a failed robbery when Creighton claimed the suspect never had a gun, only his hand in a pocket to impersonate one. The assailant was beaten and remanded to jail as his condition prevented trial.
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Creighton
Deshay
Fragmentary obituary fragment hints at September events
Text appears to be a damaged obituary notice with unclear names and dates. It mentions Easter lilies, September, a calendar, and the name Fred White, but readability is too limited to extract a clear event or person details for a complete summary.
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Beto
Fred White
German Aviatrix Demonstrates Skilled Flight Amid War Dispatch
Nes Praise German flier, the only aviatrix with a craft, as she remains aloft for a long demonstration. Charles Lindbergh and others note her skill and command of the machine in a wartime press dispatch from October 18.
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Bremey
Germany
Charles A. Lindany
Hanna Reitech
Ptain
Sympathy Strike Threat Looms in South Atlantic Ports
W. B. Townsend of the International Longshoremen's Association warned the American Federation of Labor seamen's reorganization committee may pressure seamen to refuse steam or sail vessels if strikebreakers are used. Observers say a sympathy strike could halt all ship movement. Savannah police broke up an attempt by about 560 striking Negro longshoremen to stop a banana cargo discharge aboard the Savannah. Pickets lined Jacksonville wharves but no waterfront disorder occurred. Jacksonville officials reported no settlement overtures.
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W. B. Townsend
International Longshoremen's Association
American Federation of Labor Seamen’s Reorganization Committee
Joseph P. Ryan
Ila
New York
International Seamen's Union
South Atlantic
Savannah
Jacksonville
Seven Steamship Sailings Canceled At Charleston
The Bull Steamship Company announced all further sailings to Charleston were canceled until further notice due to a Longshoremen's strike. Seven vessels are tied up, with three ships diverted, and fear of a general shipping embargo spreading. Picketing at wharves reported without disorder.
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The
Bull Steamship Company
Clyde Mallory
Seminole
Oneida
Henry R. Mallory
Uganda
le Coulberg
Trolleholm
Waterfront strike stalls in Wilmington port
The Wilmington waterfront strike remains stalemated as the 8. 8. Washingtonian stays berthed while the Ioannis Falalios idles after arriving from Philadelphia. A small picket line of Negro longshoremen formed amid threats to workers. no violence reported. Meanwhile barges Nanti and Lottie move lumber cargos to New York and loading starts on a new shipment.
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Washingtonian
Pacific Coast
Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Company
Ioannis Falalios
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Cape Fear Shipping Company
Nanticoke
J. Herbert Bate Lumber Company
New York
Lottie
Disinterrment of Loree Stevenson Body Puzzles Officers
In Gaffney South Carolina Sheriff R. B. Bryant and deputies investigate the strange disinterrment of Loree Stevenson whose grave 18 months earlier shows a plow line looped around the chest waist and feet tied to a stump. Burlap wraps and a wire around the neck complicate the case after a funeral attendant noticed tampering.
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Gaffney
8. C
Loree Stevenson
R. B. Bryant
Loree
Soviets Take Direct Control of City Living Quarters
Moscow reports that the Soviet government issued a decree placing all urban living quarters under local Soviet administration. It ends long term loans for private cooperative apartments and abolishes tenant operated cooperatives. Pravda says the move aims to improve living conditions.
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Moscow
Pravda
Budget revision to be watched in two circles
Washington October 18 The administration will reveal its third estimate this week on the 1938 treasury deficit. Observers expect a brighter picture than last year with factors including relief costs and revenue changes shaping the figure. The budget revision will offer the first broad view since spring and influence politics and markets.
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Washington
Tts
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Duke of Windsor Says US Visit Purely Private
The Duke of Windsor stated in England that his upcoming trip to the United States is of a purely private, unofficial nature. The remark was distributed today by Reuters, the British News Agency.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
Reuters
United States
Leading Cumberland Farmer Thomas J. Purdie Dies
Thomas James Purdie 65 prominent Cumberland County farmer and merchant died this morning in a Fayetteville hospital after a short illness. He was noted as the county's leading farmer and a longtime merchant in the community.
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Fayetteville
Thomas James Purdie
Cumberland County
Garr Brothers Face Murder Trial in Denhardt Case
Shelbyville Kentucky reports the Garr brothers Roy Jack and elder brother Dr EB S Garr are set for trial for the murder of Denhardt. State Attorney General Hubert Meredith leads the case before the same judge who previously heard a death penalty request for Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt. Dr Garr is hospitalized in Peewee Valley due to shell shock and is unfit to attend.
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Shelbyville
Commonwealth
Hubert Meredith
Oldham County
Garr
Col George F McAllister Dies In Mt Pleasant
Col George F. McAllister educator and churchman died at his home in Mt Pleasant North Carolina at age 63. He led the Mount Pleasant collegiate institute which suspended operations four years ago and was a leader in the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina. A heart attack began his illness last week and pneumonia followed. Funeral is planned for Wednesday at Holy Trinity church.
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MT. Pleasant
N. C
George F. McAllister
McAllister
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute
Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
Holy Trinity Church
Brokerage Chief in New York Dies of Pneumonia
Kayseon M P Murphy, prominent Wall Street figure and head of the Murphy brokerage firm, died today after bronchial pneumonia illness. The veteran financier led the firm bearing his name and was a noted figure on the New York financial scene.
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New York
Kayseon M-P. Murphy, Srominen
Wall Street
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