Contested Eighth District Nominee Case Moves to Judges
Three referees from outside the Eighth district study concrete questions of law as they prepare a decision to nominate either C. B. Deane of Rockingham or W. O. Burgin of Lexington. The report goes to Wake Superior Court Judge W. C. Harris for a consent judgment. Burgin and Deane seek a quick settlement to avoid a Republican win by default.
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Raleigh
N. C
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Harry McMullan
Charles G. Rose
Fayetteville
H. Gardner Hudson
Winston-Salem
James G. Merriman
Asheville
Eighth
Wake Superior Court
W. C. Harris
Harris
Supreme Court
McMullan
State Board of Elections
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Burgin
L. P. McLendon
Deane
Deane-Burgin
State
Bishop Purcell Names Appointments For 39 Churches
Bishop Clare Purcell announced ministerial appointments for the coming year at the Western North Carolina Conference. The list includes Rev. J. E. Rink as Wesley Memorial assistant pastor, and Rev. T. G. Smith succeeding H. H. Robbins at Highland M E Church. Other Greensboro High Point districts also show staff changes with several pastors reassigned or continued.
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Charlotte
Clare Purcell
Western North Carolina
M. E. Church
South
W. W. Peele
Seventh Episcopal Area
Pure
High Point
T. G. Smith
H. H. Robbins
Highland M.E
J. E. Rink
Winston- Salem
Duke University
Wesley Memorial M
Coleridge
P. Ader
Draper
P. R. Rayle
Farmer
F. EF. Howard
Gibsonville
Greensboro
Bessemer
O. J. Jones
Bethel
B. W. Lesler
Carraway Memorial
J. W. Fitzgerald
Centenary
C. S. Kirkpatrick
College Place
B. C
Reavis
Ward Street
Archdale
R. C. Kirk
Wesley Memorial
E. H. Blackard
Jamestown - Oakdale
G. W. Fink
Leaksville
A. C. Swofford
Liberty
J. E. B. Houser
Madison
R. M. Laughlin
Mount Pleasant
L. Shore
Oak Ridge
J. C. Stokes
Oak View
J. W. Grace
Pleasant Garden
E. E. Snow
Ramseur
Franklinville
R. M. Hauss
Randleman
J. Ll. Stokes
Governors Back Wage Hour Law Enforcement Drive
VERNORS OFFER DREWS SUPPORT HINGTON Oct 24 F Andrews wage hour administrator receives pledges from many governors to enforce a far reaching labor act in effect this morning applying to all workers in interstate commerce. The act requires record keeping and sets hours while enabling the administrator to push enforcement through state authorities and the American Federation of Labor central labor unions.
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Ars
Alabama
Iowa
Mis
Texas
Louisiana
Utah
Evada
Tobacco factory workers meet wage hour act requirements
All 450 workers at tobacco factories in the district were laid off as the industry prepared to meet the wage hour act requirements. A spokesman said many workers were older and unable to meet the new hours and pay standards, with the company petitioning for relief under farm labor provisions and a hearing requested in Washington.
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W Jamieson
A. Adams Company
Ustry
Washington
North Carolina Wage Hour Law Affects Up To Quarter Million
Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shufford said the new wage hour law, effective today, could cover about 200000 to 250000 workers in North Carolina. He noted textile workers already earn above the new minimums, while tobacco stemming jobs may be hit hard with as many as 30000 workers possibly losing work due to triggers on independent dealers and exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felmer F. Andrews
Washington
Andrews
Raleigh
Forrest H. Shufford
North Carolina
Shuford
Elmer F. Andrews
Arabian Chieftain Orders Followers To Resist Only In Self-Defense
Reports from Jerusalem say Abdul Rahim, commander in chief of Arab insurgents, ordered his followers to engage British troops only in self defense. The move, seen by some as a possible prelude to a truce, comes as British forces plan a countrywide campaign to crush terrorism in Palestine. U.S. officials in Jerusalem discussed protecting American lives and property amid the turmoil.
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Britains
Jerusalem
Abdul Rahim
Holy Land
Palestine
Wallace Murray
United States
Washington
George Wadsworth
Murray
Haifa
Jaffa
Mediterranean
Protest To Japs For Bombing Of British Craft
London reports that Sir Robert Leslie Craigie British ambassador to Tokyo protested to Japan over the bombing of the gun boat Sandpiper. The 185 ton river craft was hit near Changsha, causing damage but no casualties. Officials said the act appeared due to negligence.
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London
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Changsha
Hankow
Craigie
China
French Chamber Sweeps Right in Senatorial Vote
In Paris on October 24, Nationalist gains in Sunday's French senatorial elections signal a shift for Premier Edouard Daladier toward the right. Extreme right parties picked up ten seats, 34 of 97 contested, while Socialists and Republican Socialists gained a few. Daladier’s middle group remains strong as his allies blame leftists for losses and allow his coalition to tilt right by diverting Radical Socialist votes away from Blum followers.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Daladier
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Socialist
People’s Front
Leon Blum
Socialist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Blum
Booze Syndicate Taken By Police
Forty four men and one woman were indicted by a federal grand jury on defrauding the government of at least 15 million dollars through an illicit liquor ring. The scheme produced at least 3.5 million gallons of 190 proof alcohol for illicit distribution from plants in Orange Ulster Sullivan Rockland and Dutchess counties with Newburgh New York as the activity center, shipping to Detroit Boston Buffalo Newark New York and Canada between 1931 and 1937.
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New York
United States
Canada
U. 8
Raymond P. Whearty
William Ondy
Rvative
Treasury
Whearty
Detroit
Boston
Buffalo
Newark
Orange
Ulster
Sullivan
Rockland
Dutchess
Newburgh
N. Y
Canton Conflagration Threatens To Devour City
A major fire raged through Canton China threatening the city’s south side and International Settlement on Shameen Island. Japanese dynamite squads fought to create firebreaks as water supplies faltered after wrecked reservoirs. Explosions at Wongsha railway station shattered windows and toppled shutters while consulates suffered minor damage. Officials pegged unofficial losses up to 19 million dollars with flames reaching 150 feet and smoke obscuring daylight.
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Canton
China
Iig
Ign
Shameen Island
Wongsha Railway Station
United States
Associated Press
Saichuen
Honan
Ministry of Finance
Japs Aim to Dominate Chinese Policy After War
Tokyo reports Japan intends to keep China under military occupation after the war and force cooperation in politics economy and culture. The move follows reports of Japanese forces tightening around Hankow as they near victory.
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Toyko
Japan
China
Ammonia Tank Explosions Endanger Alaska Firefighters
A $100000 Alaska Railroad warehouse fire in Anchorage endangered fire crews as exploding ammonia tanks and bursting cans threatened containment. Firefighters abandoned saving the building and focused on stopping spread. three were overcome by smoke and one suffered hand wounds from an ammonia blast.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Railroad
All Americans in Canton Reported Safe
Secretary Hull said all Americans in Canton were reported safe. State records showed 156 Americans remained, including 80 of Chinese extraction, with the note dated Oct. 24 from Washington.
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Canton
Hull
Washington
State Department
Hungary Ready for Clash with Czechs Over Borders
Budapest braces for possible war as Hungary demands control of Hungarian populated areas in Slovakia and Ruthenia. Prague rejects five proposals, thousands demonstrate for immediate occupation, while officials weigh risks to regional peace. Poland remains noncommittal amid rumors of forces mobilizing.
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Budapest
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
Poland
Ruthenia
Slovakia
Warsaw
Middle Europe
Rioters Fail to seize cavalry barracks in La Libertad
War ministry dispatch from Lima reports two civilians killed and one wounded when radicals linked to the Aprista Communist party attempted to capture the San Pedro cavalry barracks in La Libertad, about 400 miles north of Lima.
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Lima
Peru
War Ministry
San Pedro
la Libertad
Aprista- Communist
Pentecostal Holiness Conference Adjourns In Fayetteville
In Fayetteville on October 24 the North Carolina conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church held committee reports election of officers and the reading of ministerial appointments as its sessions concluded.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Thomasville Man Shot In Cafe S sale Sunday
Robert Wagoner was shot in the hips after an argument at a cafe near 438 Boyles Place in Thomasville on Sunday afternoon. Boyd Samuels is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Wagoner hospitalized with two bullets unlocated. bond pending his recovery.
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Thomasville
Robert Wagoner
City Memorial Hospital
Boyd Samuels
Essault
Boyles Place
Samuels
Wagoner
Jesse Green
Embry
Samuela
Judge Denies Motion To Continue High Point Election Fraud Case
In Guilford county, Judge Donald Phillips denies Gaston Johnson and defense counsel's request to delay trial for C. F. Petty James McDowel and Glenn Callahan. The defense cites lack of time and subpoenas. prosecutor H. L. Koonta plans to proceed tomorrow. The case stems from the sixth district primary and related irregularities in High Point.
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High Point
Enterprise
Greensboro
Gaston Johnson
C. F. Petty
James McDowel
Glenn Callahan
Guilford County Superior Court
Donald Phillips
Johnson
J. A. Myatt
George Younce
Phillipa
Veen
H. L. Koonta
High Point Township
Norman Lockamy
Lambeth
Phillips
Lockamy
Jessie Evans
Clyde Gillespie
K. Davis
F. and B
Army Navy Racing To Enter City Hankow
Japanese forces push toward Hankow as Chinese resistance crumbles with rumors of fall in progress. Reports say thousands of Chinese soldiers retreat along the Yangtze while Japanese claims of entry into Hankow surface. A Japanese claim of success at Hankow is paired with a separate incident over the Dollar liner President Coolidge and a silver cargo tied to a customs dispute.
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Shanghat
Hankow
China
Yangtze River
Wuham
Hwangpei
Sandpiper
Changsha
Storm Warnings Hoisted Tonight From New Haven to Eastport
The Weather Bureau warned of a moderate storm moving north along the Atlantic coast causing strong southeast and south winds with gale force gusts to night. Advisory warnings were posted from New Haven to Eastport and along eastern Long Island as the disturbance travels north northeastward.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Boston
Long Island
New Haven
Conn
Eastport
Middle West Faces Winter Storm Arrival
Snow and freezing temperatures hit the middle west with power and communication outages. Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan bore the brunt as snow amounts reached up to eight inches in Ishpeming with snowplows on Wisconsin Michigan roads. A 40 mile per hour gale affected Lakes Michigan and Superior as cold expanded from the Rockies to Oklahoma. The lowest official reading was 16 at Huron.
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Chicago
Middle West
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Upper Great Lakes
Ishpeming
Mich
Wisconsin-Michigan Boarder
Michigan
Superior
Rockies
Canada
Oklahoma
Huron
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Aim
Domeli
Mikado
Janet White
Rochester
Leonard Marler
Sir Herbert Marler
Miss White
Leonard
Army
Navy
Clarence E. Gauss
United States Marine Guard
Chase National Bank of New York
Shanghai
Coolidge
Middle-West
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