Great Britain and France To Repay America Debts
Paris reports a predicted settlement of British and French war debts to the United States after the American elections. The Agence Economique et Financiere notes France could gain access to credits in the United States and expects broader Anglo American financial cooperation post election.
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Paris
Agence Economique Et Financiere
United States
Ministry of Finance
France
England
Britain
French Stock Exchange
Land Planning Meeting Opens This Afternoon
A conference at the Sheraton hotel led by Federal Housing Administration officials aims to boost interest in low priced housing and aid subdivision developers in High Point Greensboro Winston Salem Thomasville Lexington and nearby communities. Charles Hayes Diggs and Thomas T. Kenney oversee the session outlining FHA standards for insuring loans on undeveloped properties and inspecting local subdivisions this week.
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Sheraton Hotel
Federal Housing Administration
High Point
Greensboro
Winston Salem
Thomasville
Lexington
Diggs
American City Planning Institute
Kenney
GM to rehire 35000 workers in two weeks
New York October 18 The General Motors Corp announced it would reemploy 35000 additional workers within the next two weeks. Alfred P Sloan Jr chairman said salary cuts made last winter would be restored.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Ward elected president of Mid-Atlantic Circulation group
Greensboro scene at the 19th annual convention saw P. G. Ward of the Charlotte Observer chosen as president. Columbia South Carolina was tapped as next year’s meeting site while PD C. Johnson of the Times News Burlington was named first vice president.
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Greensboro
P—. G. Ward
Charlotte Observer
Mid-Atlantic
Skeleton near Martinsburg not Rufus McCot former NC senator
Police said the skeleton found near Martinsburg West Virginia is positively not Rufus McCot a former North Carolina state senator who disappeared in 1982.
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Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rufus 8. McCot
North Carolina
Cardinal Mundelein Opens National Eucharistic Congress
In New Orleans on October 18, Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago led a solemn high pontificial mass to formally open the eighth National Eucharistic Congress. Accompanying him were numerous bishops and archbishops in capes and mitres, symbolizing the union of the old law and the new as they processed to the altar.
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New Orlean
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Pius XI
Eden Rebutts Hitler in London War Debate
Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden answered Hitler at London as he declared that there are no war mongers among us and defended Britain's stance amid mounting European tension.
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London
Anthony Eden
Brazil Faces Plot to Assassinate High Authorities
The ministry of justice said it uncovered a revolutionary plot to kill Brazil's high authorities and establish a reign of terror, thwarted on October 18 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Panbirgo
Afpj
Ministry of Justice Today
Brazil
King George and Queen Elizabeth to Visit Dionne Quintuplets
Dr Allan DaFoe announced at a sports dinner that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will visit the Dionne quintuplets during their Canada tour next year. The physician disclosed the plan while speaking at the event.
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Buppalo
N. Y
King George
Queen Elizabeth
England
Dionne
Canada
Allan DaFoe
Democrats United in Horner’s Illinois Congress Drift
Henry Horner, visiting Hyde Park, told reporters at the Roosevelt conference that Democratic candidates for Congress in Illinois are fully united and “safe.” He added the party remains solid as candidates gain backing in the upcoming elections.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Pietrov
Henry Horner
Illinois
Roosevelt
Congress
Rafe
Horner
Meeting Draws Large Durban Crowd for Resist War Return
A mass meeting in Natal gathers about 2,000 people led by Fleming Johnston of Durban. The event pledges strenuous resistance to any effort to return to a war lost, addressing Tanganyika and related postwar tensions.
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Germany
Murban
Natal
South Africa
Fleming Johnston
Durbany
Tanganyika
Parade to Wind Up Bragg Games at Fort Bragg
A 5300 soldier 600 vehicle and 400 horse parade closes a week of air defense war games at Fort Bragg North Carolina with Governor Hoey present. A 26 light beam searchlight display will illuminate the procession and Brig Gen William Bryden will review. Earlier a Fort Benning unit demonstrated infantry air defense. A civilian warning net tested countryside observers in alerting defense headquarters.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Hoey
South
William Bryden
29Th Infantry
Fort Benning
Defeuce
Matsuoka To Resign As South Manchuria Rail Chief
Asahi reports Yosuke Matsuoka will resign Thursday from the presidency of the South Manchuria Railway, a post held since August 1, 1935. Speculation ties him to a possible future as foreign minister.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Yosuke Matsuoka
South Manchuria Railway
Nazi arrests six Catholic priests in Vienna
Six Catholic priests and an employee of Cardinal Innitzer were arrested as Nazi authorities continued actions against clergy deemed hostile to Hitler and the party. The arrests target alleged involvement in a Saint Stephen's Cathedral demonstration on October 7 and distribution of pro clerical leaflets amid recent Nazi Catholic clashes, including a crowd stoning Innitzer's palace on October 8.
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Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Adolf Hitler
Saint Stephen's Cathedral
Cardinal Innitzer
Ask 2 Million Annually For N. C. Highways
Raleigh dispatch reports the Highway and Public Works commission urging the advisory budget commission to recommend a 1939 legislature appropriation of 2 million dollars annually for a new fund to standardize obsolete highways during 1939 41. The 1939 40 request totals about 30.25 million and 1940 41 about 30.65 million, with higher maintenance needs and adjusted retreatment figures proposed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Highway and Public Works Commission
Advisory Budget Commission
Eastern centers spotlight wars in Near and Far East
The world s hotspots include Jeru salem with British irregulars guarding holy districts after Arab unrest and Cantons siege by Japanese forces within 50 miles of the city. Canton defenses receive reinforcements from Kwangsi as tensions rise. In Europe Daladier faces labor strife over a longer work week and possible dissolution of parliament amid Munich peace tensions.
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Old Jerusalem
South China
Near East
Far East
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Old City
Czechoslovakia
Canton
Kwangsi
Daladier
Munich
Chamber of Deputies
Benes to Be Visiting Professor at Chicago
Dr Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia has accepted an invitation to be a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. President Hutchins announced a cablegram confirming Benes will deliver lectures on democratic institutions and the significance of democracy in world affairs.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Germany
University of Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
Benes
Roosevelt Probes Pivotal States and Budget at Hyde Park
At Hyde Park New York President Roosevelt focuses on pivotal states New York and Illinois as Gov Henry Horner meets for talks and Gov Herbert Lehman plans a fourth term campaign. Roosevelt will review preliminary budget estimates amid warnings of higher defense spending and rearmament needs.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
New York
Illinois
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Herbert H. Lehman
White House
Morgenthau
Horner
United States
Lehman
Washington
Thomas F. Dewey
Dewey
Poughkeepsie
Frederic H. Bontecou
Youths Face Charges In Mass Slaying
James Godwin a High Point boy bandit stands trial for first degree murder in the slaying of mill worker Donald Moss during a holdup in High Point. William Michael Wilson known as Bad Eye Wilson sits as accessory before the fact. The case stems from a shootout that killed Moss and involved a jail escape by both youths. The trial began with jury selection at Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
James Godwin
High Point
William Michael Wilson
Wilson
Godwin
Thomas J. Gold
Gold
Houston
Tex
Thomas Turner, Jr
John Myers
H. S. Coffield, Jr
Hubert Olive
Turner
Jamestown
Deep River
Hickory
Olive
H. L. Koontz
D. C. MacRae
Donald Moss
Adam Younce
Davidson County
Lexington
Moss
Attaturk's Condition Unchanged Overnight in Dolma Baghtche Palace
An official bulletin from Istanbul reports President Kamal Ataturk, 58, in grave but stable condition after a renewed liver ailment. He had a better night than Monday, with no noticeable change in his general state.
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Istanbul
Turkey
E.S.T
Kamal Attaturk
Dolma Bagthe Palace
Resumption of Slovak Hungarian Talks Forecast
Prague reports Czechoslovak press predicted quick revival of Slovak Hungarian negotiations on Hungary's territorial claims possibly today. Two locations discussed for a new conference include a Hungarian city or Bratislava in Czechoslovakia near Austria and Germany, following an Oct. 13 deadlock.
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Prague
Hungary
Komarom
Bratislava
Danube
Germany
Demand remains strong at Winston tobacco market
Winston Salem tobacco sales on Oct 18 show high demand across all grades with about 1.4 million pounds traded and prices near 29.20 per hundred, reaching 66 per hundred for select wrapper types. Supervisor James T Booth reports capacity sales continuing, with numerous buyers and firms posting notable lots and prices.
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Winston-Salem
James T. Booth
Collins & Sneed
C. D. Slate
Irvin Warren
Henry Inman
O. W. McMichael
F. G. Voss
Aston Mills
F. H. Harrison
W. M. Crim
Louise Albert
Badgett & Co
Kontz & Sheaf
Walter Rierson
Secretary Ickes Turns Water into Imperial Dam
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes travels from Brawley California to Imperial Dam on the Colorado River where he dedicates a public power plant and inaugurates the All-American Canal intake. The project funds total 60 million dollars for California and Arizona irrigation works.
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Imperial Dam
Colorado River
Calif
Imperial Valley
Harold L. Ickes
Brawley
California
Gila Valley
Arizona
Rumrich Testifies in Biggest Espionage Trial Since World War
Rumrich testifies about letters with Sanders linked to a German naval intelligence associate. He details supplying catalogues of U.S. military publications and describes delays in providing requested booklets. Co defendants include Fraulein Hofman, Erich Glaser, and Otto Voss.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Guenther
Gustav Rumrich
John C. Knox
Anders
United States Army
Navy
Fraulein Johanna Hofman
Erich Glaser
Otto Voss
Rumrich
Sanders
Naval Intelligence Office
Bremen
Germany
Chicago
U. S
Stalin Ordered Union Destruction Claims Witness
A witness told the house committee that Joseph Stalin ordered destruction of the American Federation of Labor. Jacob Spolansky, Detroit criminal investigator, testified Stalin at a Moscow conference urged Communist agents in the United States to boost industrial unionism and expand activity among Negroes, linking them to sit down strikes in auto plants.
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Washington
House Committee
Joseph Stalin
American Federation of Labor
Jacob Spolansky
Detroit
Wayne County
Mich
Stalin
Moscow
America
Spolansky
Rail Road Fact Finding Board Poised for Wage Cut Compromise
President Roosevelt’s fact finding board is expected to recommend a compromise on the proposed 15 percent rail wage cut. Chairman Walter P. Stacy compared the wage dispute to eggs pricing, arguing workers deserve a fair share while deficits differ from profits. The board must report by Oct. 27 as railroad leaders warn the cut is necessary for the industry’s survival.
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Railroad Fact-Finding Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacey
North Carolina Supreme Court
Judge Stacy
Hostilities in Spain at Virtual Suspension
Insurgent focus on international politics leads to a virtual halt in fighting in the Spanish civil war at Hendaye. The government seeks strong defenses to wear down Franco forces while observers await effects of Italian troop withdrawal and possible belligerent rights for the insurgents.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Nazi Reserves Being Dismissed Amid Crisis
Berlin reports Germany is demobilizing army reserves en masse six weeks before the Czechoslovak crisis. The foreign office says figures won’t be released and the term demobilization isn’t used, with Hitler praising the ability to rescind wartime measures.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Europe
Czechoslovakia
War Ministry
Hitler
Saar
France
Court weighs motions to certify Democratic nominee in 8th district
The North Carolina Supreme Court considered cross motions asking mandamus to certify C B Deane of Rockingham as the Democratic congressional nominee in the 8th district. Burgin supporters seek confirmation of his win after a runoff, while the board seeks certification for Deane. decision awaited after 3:30 conference.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Eighth District
Harry McMullan
State Board of Elections
W. C. Harris
Wake Superior Court
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
W. F. Brinkley
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Burgin
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
New York
Deane
State Elections Board
John R. Jones
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UN- American Committee
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