Northwestern District Teachers Convention Opens In Lexington
The 14th annual Northwestern District Teachers association convened at Lexington High School with A W Honeycutt presiding. Debates on educational progress and financial ability followed, with sessions, a pageant, and officer elections planned for the two day meeting expected to attract over 1500 teachers from several North Carolina districts.
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Northwestern District Teachers Association
A. W. Honeycutt
Lexington City
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Protestant Church
Department of Education
Northwestern District and State Association
Assembly
America
Honeycutt
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Public Schools
LeRoy Martin
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
Raleigh
North Carolina
Andrews
Martin
E. W. Knight
University Department of Education
M. L. Patrick
High Point
Greensboro
Lexington
Neral
Eunice Lloyd
University Woman's Cou
Harris Elliott
University Woman's College
Soviet withdraws from hands off Spain pact amid arms claims
Moscow says it cannot be bound beyond others by the non intervention agreement and accuses Italy Germany and Portugal of arming Spain's insurgents. The disclosure came as a London neutrality session debated alleged breaches.
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Moscow
Russia
Spain
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Non-Intervention Committee
London
Lord Plymouth
Neutrality Group
Ivan M. Maisky
Maisky
Madrid
Roosevelt rests as Landon presses drive for Oklahoma votes
Campaign notes show Roosevelt taking a brief break from the race while Governor Landon accelerates his efforts in Oklahoma. Roosevelt returns to Washington for radio speeches and may appear in Pennsylvania next week. Landon tours Oklahoma City and Tulsa aboard the Sunflower Special criticizing New Deal policies as he rails against federal spending and aims to rally Jeffersonian Democrats for his ticket.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Landon
Oklahoma
Washington
New England
White House
Stamford
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Colone
Frank Knox
Toledo
Wallace
Iowa
Chicago
Indiana
Tydings
Senator Couzens Dies in Detroit at 64
Detroit October 23 Senator Couzens died at 4 30 p m after an emergency operation following a brief illness He had served as a Republican in the Senate since 1922 and was known for backing President Roosevelt during a Detroit campaign visit before his death The Ontario native made and lost a fortune before entering politics with a $2000 investment alongside Henry Ford
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Detroit
James Ozens
Michigan Tor
Harper Hospital
Roosevelt
Couzens
Pital
Ontariora
Senate
Henry Ford
North Carolina Methodist Conference Elects Officers
Reports on church progress highlighted the 47th North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Salisbury. Lay leader Guy Phillips and Duke University’s Dr. Walter K. Green spoke to hundreds, while the historical society elected officers including Dr. Paul N. Garber as president and W. A. Lambeth as vice president.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Guy Phillips
Walter K. Green
Duke University
Historical Society
Paul N. Garber
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
W. G. McFarland
Bessemer
A. W. Plyler
Greensboro
Conference of the Brotherhood
H. G. Allen
Reidsville
States Invited To Attend Farm Tenancy Conference
HOT SPRINGS Ark Oct 23 Officials of the Arkansas farm tenancy commission issued an invitation to all states to send representatives to a nationwide conference here November 30. Chairman E Palmer said the conference would discuss adequate federal legislation of subsistence credit and farm purchase credit.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas Farm Tendency Commission
E. Palmer
Safe Cracked In Office Break In Elizabeth City
A thief broke into the office of Lemuel S. Blades Jr. in Elizabeth City and escaped with more than 100 dollars in cash. The thief fled after the burglarized entry, with authorities investigating the incident.
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Elizabeth City
Lemuel S. Blades, Jr
Italy and Germany announce concrete Italo German accord
Berlin reports Count Galeazzo Ciano announces a concrete accord with Baron von Neurath. He says the arrangement is not a pact but awaits ratification by Hitler at Berchtesgaden. French officials view it with suspicion as a device to isolate Russia and undermine the Franco Soviet pact. The prospect of a United Western Europe involving Germany Italy France and Britain is hinted at.
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Berlin
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Konstantin von Neurath
Count Ciano
Russia
Germany
United States
Europe
Italy
France
Great Britain
Missing Florida Ku Klux Klan secretary reported
Miami Klan secretary J McLean Thomas, 64, has been missing since Wednesday night after threatening letters and calls. Family says he left for a Klan meeting at about 8 pm and feared for his safety, prompting police and detective sergeant Melchen to investigate.
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Miami
Fla
J. McLean Thomas
Ku Klux Klan
Russell I. Thomas
F E. W. Melchen
Thomas
League Report Details Global Armament Across Nations
Geneva reports the world arms yearbook shows the United States military strength with Army at 138,835 personnel and 12,930 officers, total including guard and reserve at 438,577. Navy and air forces entries appear with 15 battleships and 199 destroyers. Russia lists 1,300,000 armed personnel with capacity for 600,000 annual recruits. Germany data unavailable due to data gaps.
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Geneva
United States Army
National Guard
American Army Air Force
Navy Air Force
United States Navy
Russia
League
Germany
Belgium Reassures on Its Locarno Obligations
London reports Belgium's Locarno reply to the British note on a new security framework. The note asserts Belgium will not desert existing obligations, signaling a milder stance compared with King Leopold's neutrality speech. It follows Germany France and Italy already answered Eden's Sept. 18 memorandum.
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London
Belgium
Locarno
Foreign Office
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne
Leopold
Germany
France
Italy
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Rhineland
Eden
Europe
Democrats List Campaign Funds in North Carolina Race
The Yate Democratic Executive Committee reported $12,903.01 in contributions since January 1 and $7,569.70 in expenditures. Republicans posted $5,733.50 in contributions August 1 to October 20 with $5,000 from Stuart W. Cramer and $5,908.08 in outlays. The Democrats showed many small donors including Sen. J. W. Bailey and Julian Price, leaving a January 1 balance of $1,086.48 and a current balance of $6,419.79.
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Raleigh
Yate
Democratic Executive Committee
Stuart W. Cramer
Cramerton
J. W. Bailey
Julian Price
Greensboro
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
North Carolina Education Association Meet Set in Raleigh
The North Central district meeting of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in Raleigh on November 6 and 7.
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Raleigh
North Central
The
North Carolina Education Association
Landon charges New Deal deserts Democratic principles
Oklahoma City reports Governor Alf M Landon accusing the New Deal of deserting Democratic party principles and violating its oath to uphold the constitution. He praised real Democrats and cited Governor Murray and other Democrats who supposedly favor country over party amid his transcontinental campaign stop.
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Oklahoma City
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Murray
John W. Davis
Alfred £. Smith
Bainbridge Colby
Joseph B. Ely
James A. Reed
Lewis W. Douglas
Legally Dead Man Seeks Bonus Amid Disappearance Mystery
Owen Gifford, a Tennessee World War veteran deemed legally dead in 1931, awaits his brother from the South to reveal details of his eight year disappearance after a bonus claim prompts him to admit he may be the missing man. An Alabama friend was tried and acquitted five years earlier in a body recovery from the Tennessee river.
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Reno
Nev
Esse Owen Gifford
South
Gifford
Alabama
Tennessee
Dixon speaks Charlotte on Clansmen author Dix
Thomas Dixon, author of The Clansmen, and former Democrat, addressed an audience in Charlotte last night under the county Republican executive committee.
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Charlotte
Thomas Dixon
County Republican Executive Committee
Jury Visits Scene in Dr Flowers Robbery Trial
The jury in the Ralph C. Flowers robbery case visits the dental supply house scene in Winston-Salem to better weigh evidence. Flowers, a local dentist, is charged with holding up Frank Shoaf on September 11, with co defendant Leroy Blackman having confessed and named Flowers as mastermind.
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Winston-Salem
Ralph C. Flowers
Flowers
Frank Shoaf
Dental Supply Company
Leroy Blackman
Archie Elledge
J. M. Wells
Dr. Flowers
Accident Cause Study Flags Driver Faults in Rural NC
Raleigh report shows over 70 percent of June to August rural car crashes blamed on driver faults and errors. Reckless driving 27 percent, liquor 14 percent, driving outside lanes 16 percent. highway defects 16.5 percent. 353 rural crashes, 126 no fatalities, 39 with fatalities, 188 with injuries. Suggestions call for stricter enforcement and better road design.
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Raleigh
Jas. S. Burch
Eniineer of
Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
Sligo
Trapper Confesses to Dynamiting Game Warden Body
Prosecutor John Voelker says Raymond Rivela 27 confessed to the woods slaying of game warden Andrew Schmeltz 45. The officer was ambushed during an illegal trapping investigation and his body was dynamited as searchers found scattered remains in Carp river district swampy terrain.
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Negaunee
Mich
John D. Voelker
Raymond Rivela
Upper Michigan
Andrew Schmeltz
Carp River District
Simpson Divorce Tops Ipswich Assizes List
Mrs Wallis Simpson's divorce leads seven cases to be heard by Mr Justice Hawke at Ipswich Assizes beginning tomorrow. The Simpson versus Simpson suit against her ship broker husband Ernest Aldrich Simpson is listed first under undenfended matrimonial causes with no details given. Court clerks sold the case list for one shilling and officials expect no court proceedings before 2:13 p.m. next Tuesday.
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Ipswich
Eng
Wallis Simpson
Justice Hawke
Ipswich Assizes
King Edward
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Suffolk
Justice
Hawke, Knight
A. E. Palmer
Assizes
Air raids hit Madrid as fascist planes strike city
Madrid endured multiple daytime air raids by fascist planes with anti-aircraft fire roaring from rooftop positions. Bombers targeted the Montana barracks and Cuatro Vientos airport while leaflets demanded surrender and a large new workers army formed on Castile plains nearby.
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Madrid
Montana
Ministry of War
Cuatro Vientos
Mostoles
Castile
Hoey Delivers Key Speech at Salisbury Rally
Clyde Hoey, Democratic candidate for governor, was the chief speaker at a party rally here last night. The event drew supporters and highlighted Hoey’s campaign message amid regional political activity.
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Salisbury
Clyde Hoey
Weather Summary for North and South Carolina
Partly cloudy conditions with possible light showers in the mountains and near the north coast tonight and Saturday. Cooler in the extreme west and north tonight and central portion Saturday. South Carolina sees partly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday with cooler interior temperatures. Northerly winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville with showers in the north portion tonight and Saturday.
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North Carolina
North Coast
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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