Hoey Moves to Name Eighth District Nominee in Compromise
Governor Hoey acts to back a Democratic nominee for Congress in North Carolina’s Eighth District aiming to withdraw C. B. Deane and W. O. Burgin from the race. J. Walter Lambeth, retiring, seen as potential nominee to unite the party after court battles over the July 2 primary.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Congress
Eighth District
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
J. Walter Lambeth
Lambeth
W. A. Lucas
State Elections Board
Deane
Burgin
State Board of Elections
Wake Superior Court
State Supreme Court
State Board
Pat Taylor
Wadesboro
Superior Court
Glaser Implicates Spy Ring in New York Trial
Letters tending to implicate Erich Glaser in a German spy ring were read before a federal jury in New York. Guenther Rumrich, an army deserter turned government witness, identified the missives signed Erich Glaser and addressed to Rumrich. The proceedings also explored visits from Karl Schlueter and Johanna Hofmann as part of the espionage case.
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New York
Azi
Germany
Otto Hermann Voss
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
N. Y
U.S
Mary Elizabeth Plummer
United States Army
Glaser
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
United States Attroney
Lester C. Dunigan
Rumrich
Gus
Dunigan
Karl Schlueter
Johanna Hofmann
Berlin warns Hungary over Slovak borders
Berlin officials through the Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz issued a cautious note to Hungary, warning against pressing for large slices of Slovakia. The Foreign Office mouthpiece framed the message as a friendly admonition amid border dispute tensions.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz
Hungary
Slovakia
Robbers Hold Up Waldorf Jewelry Shop
Two men robbed the jewelry shop of Roy Johnson in the Waldorf Astoria lobby today and escaped with valuables police valued at 46.
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New York
Roy Johnson
Waldorf-Astoria
Japanese advance to within twenty miles of Canton
Japanese forces pushed toward Canton from the northeast at about 20 miles, evading a major engagement as Chinese defense centers were identified in official Japanese reports.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Hankow
China
Yangtze River
Ebro
Catalonia
Plane crash near airfield claims life of 85
Ahoskie reports Musieh 85 died instantly when his tri-motored airplane crashed near the airfield today. The accident occurred in clear weather and federal investigators were dispatched to determine the cause.
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Ahoskie
Musieh
Nease Elected Secretary in Western North Carolina Conference
The Rev. BF H Nease of Sheville was elected today secretary of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the opening business session. Bishop Clare Purcell, presiding, outlined delegate work and discussed the method of Methodism.
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Nease
Charlotte
BF. HH. Nease
Sheville
Western North Carolina
Champlain Returns as Tug Crew Reopens Amid Strike
New York harbor resumes activity as the Champlain sails with tugs returning to work. Two thousand tug workers end a five day walkout after negotiating terms for wage increases with employers.
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New York
Champlain
Blue mold control seen via benzol fumes in tobacco fields
Chatham Virginia Oct 20 J E B Stone demonstration agent for Pittsylvania reports control of blue mold by benzol fumes likely to be used next growing season. Stone questioned about Dr B E Pinkard research at the government experimental station by officials.
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Chatham
J. EB. Stone
Pittsylvania
BE. Pinkard
Governor Experimental Station
Mexico And U S Near Agreement on Land Seizures
In Mexico City sources say Mexico and the United States are close to an accord on compensating U S citizens for expropriated farm lands taken since 1927. Talks focus on timing and amount with regular annual payments likely, amid negotiations led by Secretary Hull's note to July. Dr Francisco Castillo Najera may push toward a pragmatic settlement.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Francisco Castillo Najera
Hull
Officers Break Line Of Pickets
Sioux City Iowa reports police broke a line of union picketers in front of the Swift and Company plant. Police took seven or eight men to jail amid violence that drew national guard units. About 600 guardsmen mobilized in total with machine guns and tear gas deployed.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
Olice
Carl E. Wood
Wood
National Guard
Charles H. Grahl
Gordon C. Hollar
Parents Charged With Murder In Death Of Child
Bryson City sheriff announces that Mr and Mrs Grover Oliver and Rev H B Reed will be tried in Swain County Superior Court next week on first degree murder charges. Indicted in March the trio allegedly refused medical treatment for a four year old with typhoid fever due to religious beliefs. The child died after about 20 days.
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Bryson City
Sherif G. H. Martin
Swain County
Alaska
Grover Oliver
H. 8. Reed
Oklahoma
Martin
Burlington Man Kills Wife Then Himself in Mill Village
Ivey Evans was shot and killed by her estranged husband Dorie Evans in Belmonton, Burlington mill village, before he turned the gun on himself. Coroner Troxler confirmed both deaths. the couple had been separated since spring and leave a son Bennie.
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Burlington
Ivey Evans
Dorie Evans
Belmont
Mill Village
R M. Troxler
Clyde Sharpe
Evans
Bennie
Julie Sharpe
Six Killed in Sudeten Disorder Across Two Districts
Prague reports six deaths from disorders stirred yesterday by Sudeten Germans. Four were slain in rifle attacks on a Czech patrol at Zelechovice in northern Bohemia, the mayor of Zelechovice died after the battle, and a farmer in Vazacka was killed while working in his fields when a German soldier fired.
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Prague
State budget requests soar to record high
Raleigh October 20 AP budget requests total 144 956 700 for 1939 41 including 55 233 154 86 for public schools with a five percent teacher raise. The advisory commission nears completion of oral hearings and will draft a report for the 1939 legislature.
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Raleigh
State Departments
Advisory Budget Commission
Department of Public Instruction
T. W. Davis
Wilmington
Murray Allen
W. T. Joyner
North Carolina
Dodd urges unified peace plan among democracies
William E. Dodd former U S ambassador to Germany told the Associated Industries of Massachusetts meeting that the only peace remedy is cooperation among England France and the United States. He called for Wilsonian trade freely settled debts and disarmament while warning that failure could usher a repressed civilization and threaten liberty.
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Boston
William E. Dodd
United States
Germany
England
France
The
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Dodd
Washington
Hitler
Mussolini
Spain
John L Lewis Said Influenced by Communist Group
James Mitchell testified before House investigators that Communists exert influence over John L Lewis and allegedly engineered sit down strikes at Murray Body in Detroit in 1936 37. Mitchell claimed Homer Martin tried to purge Communists but they remain inside the U A W and may control the upcoming CIO convention in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
James Mitchell
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
House
John L. Lewis
Murray Body
Dies
D-Tex
Homer Martin
Mitchell
International Union
Lewis
Pittsburgh
C. I0
Communist Party
Lloyd Jones
Murray
Jones
Julia Buchanan
South to Lead in Pulp Production
Washington reports the Commerce Department forecasts the South could supply about 30 percent of the 25 million cords of pulpwood needed annually by 1950. It notes 130 million acres of suitable pine forest in eleven states and potential growth to 72.5 million cords with intensive management. The Agriculture Department has bought about 1 million acres for conservation, largely pine forests.
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Washington
United States Department of Commerce
South
Department
Department of Agriculture
Quiet Fronts Amid Global War Pressures Across Europe and Asia
The report notes Germany's delicate stance over Czechoslovakia amid Polish Hungarian aims, while Spain and Palestine enjoy calm and China nears a crisis. In Jerusalem British troops regain control after Arab unrest, and Japan threatens Hankow and Canton as China cools elsewhere.
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Europe
Germany
Spain
Palestine
China
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Ruthenia
Slovakia
Hero Pilot Saves 14 After Plane Fire Landing
Eastern Airlines pilot John David Hissong brought a burning passenger plane down in a field near Montgomery Alabama under moonlight. He saved 14 lives including his own and downplayed his role saying any pilot would have done the same after a prior similar incident five years earlier.
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Montgomery
Ala
John David Hissong
Eastern Airlines
Hissong
Deaths prompt probe into CCC camp disaster fires
Six CCC camp members died in a massive forest blaze near Emporium Pennsylvania amid reports of poor leadership and possible arson. Names include Basil Bogush John Boring Howard May Andrew Stephenie Ross Hollobaugh and Gilbert Mooney. Investigations by district attorney Edwin W Tompkins and CCC officials seek the truth behind the eight mile area fires and supervision concerns.
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Emporium
CCC
Gilbert Mooney
Ridgway
C. L. King
Indiana
Basil Bogush
Conemaugh
John Boring
Johnstown
Howard May
Erie Pa
Andrew Stephenie
Wilkes-Barre
Ross Hollobaugh
Rimersburg
Renovo
Mooney
Department of Forests and Waters
West Virginia
W. E. Nelson
Pennsylvania
New York University Announces 1939 Football Schedule
New York University released a nine game football slate for 1939. The schedule lists Colgate at Hamilton on Sept 30 and North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Oct 24, followed by games against Carnegie Tech, Georgia, Lafayette, Mississippi, Georgetown, and Fordham, with Nev 4 and 11 likely indicating dates or opponents.
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New York
New York University
Colgate
Hamilton
P.M. C
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
N. C
Carnegie Tech
Georgia
Nev
Lafayette
Miss
Georgetown
Ford
Wilson testifies in murder case details jail escape
William Mitchell Wilson, a Hickory youth, testifies for the State in the Godwin murder trial, narrating the jail break from Lexington and the escape route through High Point, Denton, Thomasville, Lexington and Hickory. The court excludes a written confession obtained by detectives as evidence.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
William Mitchell Wilson
Hickory
James M. Godwin
Donald Moss
High Point
Lexington
Moss
Denton
Thomasville
Wilson
Godwin
H. L. Koontz
Hubert Olive
J. W. McMahon
High Point Police Department
McMahon
Olive
Ray Nance
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Hoey Move
Giese
ROB Jewelry Store
U. S
Agnes McDonald
Lloyd Griffin
School Commission
Clyde A. Erwin
Erwin
W. E. Dodd
Red
Party
UAW
Associated Press
Holy
Jerusalem
Old City
Holy Land
Pew
Edouard Daladier
Acton
Public Service Workers’ Union
Alluallon
Anandar
N.Y. U
State
Mr. Nance
Lula Belle Kimel
Kimel
Wilkes Swing
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