Students Test Nazi Diet at North Carolina College
At North Carolina State College 24 Pi Kappa Alpha students begin a four day German war diet to study blockades and rationing. They will be weighed before and after and meals will follow menus said to be from a Nazi women's organization. Participants include G. C. Furr and L. Ingram of High Point.
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Raleigh
Germany
N. C. State College
Pi Kappa Alpha
Third Reich
G. C. Furr
L. Ingram
High Point
Turkish Foreign Minister reports on Soviet pact talks
Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu, back from Moscow after three weeks of talks, told President Ismet Inonu and the Turkish cabinet details of Soviet demands to close the Dardanelles to British warships and the broader diplomacy with Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Finland.
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Sukru Saracoglu
Moscow
Ismet Inonu
Russia
Dardanelles
Kremlin
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Love Life All Very Oh for Babs Says New Suitor
Barbara brings her 3 year old son Lance and endorses a reporter suggestion that he attend Columbia University's special kindergarten. She mentions no knowledge of differences between her step mother and her father Franklyn L. Hutton who said he would not be responsible for his wife's debts. Barbara wears a gold wedding ring a yellow diamond ring two gold chain bracelets with diamond links a cross and religious medal and diamond earrings with cultured pearls.
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Columbia University
Franklyn L. Hutton
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Allied Tie Up Menaces Turkey's Freedom
The Dardanelles remains a strategic gateway to the Black Sea. Commentators say Turkey's alliance with Britain risks Soviet control of the strait, threatening Turkish freedom. German agency reports British merchant ship losses exceed official figures and predicts broader German naval activity.
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Dardanelles
Black Sea
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Soviet Union
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Adolf Hitler
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London
Mystery at the Pier as Union Pickets Stir Crowd
A woman in a mink coat and black crepe dress watched as 6 and 10 union picketers crowded the pier. She protested blame on her while noting her few shares of stock, then waited aboard a ship and left before the pickets dispersed.
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John Q
Lloyd George defends world settlement plan in Commons
In a House of Commons speech on October 3 Lloyd George rejected claims his call for a general world settlement was misrepresented. He said Britain must be firm in conference as on the battlefield and urged consideration of an international conference amid Nazi threats and wartime losses.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Red Cross Appeals for 1939 Membership Drive
The 1939 Red Cross membership appeal features Ruskin Williams painting a Red Cross nurse as the symbol of mercy. The organization seeks volunteers in 3,700 Chapters to strengthen services and aid war refugees. Roll call runs November 11 to 30 through local Chapters.
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American Red Cross
America
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le Roll of Mercy
Water and Alcohol Do Not Sum To One Quart
A pint of water and a pint of alcohol do not equal a quart when combined. The statement explains that two pints do not always convert directly to a quart due to volume behavior or measurement context.
New Wage Law Opens Tuesday and Overtime Changes
The preview notes a new wage law starting Tuesday offering overtime pay or options for a five day week or staggered six or seven day schedules. It cites rising production costs and mentions the national chamber opposing continued enforcement and planning a survey.
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Methodists Vote to Set Up Districts in Western Conference
The general conference in Atlantic City and the southeastern jurisdictional meeting consumed hours as plans to establish districts in the Western Conference moved forward. Bishop James H. Straughn will preach at West Market Street Church, and Bishop Wallace E. Brown will deliver a sermon at First Presbyterian. A memorial service for ministers who died in the past year is planned at West Market Church, with Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe to speak. Adjournment is expected Monday after reading appointments for the new year.
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Southeast
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
West Market Street
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Portland
Ore
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West Market Church
Gilbert T. Rowe
Duke University
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Bishop Brown
West Market
Public Parks Off Limits to Off Duty Soldiers
A century ago British soldiers were barred from public parks when off duty. Thomas Jefferson drafted his epitaph with no mention of the presidency and instructed that no further words be added to the copy.
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England
Thomas Jefferson
Federal wage law nears first anniversary amid textile challenge
The wage-hour act marks one year on the federal statute books Monday with no Supreme Court test yet. Officials anticipate a lawsuit from the textile industry when the 32 1/2 cent minimum wage for 175 000 textile workers takes effect Tuesday. Southern mills employing about 125 000 workers oppose the order for no regional differential. An industry committee approved the 32 1/2 cent minimum, and no plan exists to set higher local rates.
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Supreme Court
Southern
Reynolds seeks territorial probe and neutrality vote
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina asks the Senate to investigate Latin American claims to British territory in North America arguing they threaten the Monroe Doctrine. He speaks against repealing the arms embargo citing the Athenia disaster and possible Soviet blame. Two prisoners escape in North Carolina as jail trucks are jumped in Forsyth and Granville counties.
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North Carolina
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British Honduras
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Raleigh
N. C
Oscar Pitts
Forsyth
Granville
Charlie Harper
Instinct and imagination hinted in natural life
A clipped excerpt notes that instinct guides low animals and that experiments lead naturalists to doubt broad thinking. It contends dreams reveal imagination, suggesting limited cognitive capacity in nonhuman life.
Ports Spotlight A Tig Fleet Dominates Liverpool T And Ni
The report highlights key ports with a Tig fleet centered on Liverpool and a single NI steam trawler. It notes Liverpool as the hub and marks the unique inclusion of one steam trawler from Northern Ireland in the fleet.
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T& Liverpool
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