Pointers Acquitted in Fraud Case Against Elections Officials
ENSBORO Oct 26 F Donald Phillips verdict of not guilty against three High elections officials Glenn Calhoun J O F Petty and Dowell clerk charged with fraud in the Demo primary of last June. The jury found no fault after testimony and a motion for new suit was denied. The case hinged on testimony about abstaining from self incrimination and alleged irregularities in the election board.
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Ensboro
F. Donald Phillips
Chargtnth
Glenn Calhoun
J. O. F. Petty
cDowell
Lock
Younce
of Elections
Nts
Ade
Election Board
Jorist
H. L
Leslie
Pearce
Petty
Raleigh
State Board of Elections
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Congress
Eighth
Burgin
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Deane
John R. Jones
Warren W Hall
Charlotte
W. A. Lucas
Wilson
George McNeill
Fayetteville
W. O. Bell
Hendersonville
Adrian Mitchell
Winton
W. C. Harris
Lucas
Madmus
Davidson County Democrats
Wade Phillips
Davidson Elections Board
J. M Daniels, Jr
P. W Canaday
Raymond Maxwell
County Board of Elections
State Board
Pargin
Hall
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes Payouts Total $12 232 405
Winners in the United States shar eed $3 489 162 50 from the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes tied to the Newmarket race. Contevent and Dubonnet led the payouts with $75 000 and $50 000 awards respectively. Receipts total about $12 232 405 with 99 residual tickets valued at $530 each. A separate note reports a Black physician Dr C C Stewart from Sb^ro claimed $150 000.
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York
United
Newmarket
England
Dubonnet
Bennett Street
Greens
Wage-Hour Act Is a Success says Andrews
New York Oct. 26 Elmer F Edwards wage hour administrator reported from the Cotton Textile Institute that nationwide experiences with the Fair Labor Standards Act indicate operation has been a success. Dislocations were few and should vanish. he cited losses in jobs as unfortunate but necessary for progress. He described the 25 cent minimum and 44 hour week, the textile committee’s work, and plans to study learners with hearings scheduled soon for the textile industry.
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New York
Elmer F. Edwards
Cotton Textile Institute Today
Andrews
Institute
Textile Industry Committee
Union Extends Report Deadline Over Pay Cut Protest
A. F. Whitney says the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen agrees to a three day extension for the President's fact finding commission report on a proposed 15 percent railroad pay cut. The delay shifts issuance to midnight Saturday and the union threatens a strike if reductions proceed.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Utilities Right To Attack TVA Is Challenged
The Tennessee Valley Authority faced a Supreme Court challenge to its power program and river development. TVA argues private utilities lack standing to appeal, seeking to defend flood control navigation and national defense aspects of its project from a federal ruling.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court
TVA
Chattanooga
Tenn
Caldwell Urges Tax Reforms For Farmers And Schools
Harry B. Caldwell of Greensboro, head of the state Grange, urged tax reforms to aid farmers and called for teacher tenure and a 12th grade in public schools. He proposed repealing the absentee ballot law and ending professional markers at polls for cleaner elections. He noted Grange membership growth and 17 new chapters. Caldwell supported a two-price farm system to raise consumption and reduce surpluses, with surplus programs for low income groups and industry use. Any farm legislation should be farmer controlled and promote good practices.
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Raleigh
Harry B. Caldwell
Greensboro
State Grange
Caldwell
Grange
Henry A. Wallace
Stabilizing force seen in new wage hour law says institute head
Dr Claudius T Murchison president of the Cotton Textile Institute declared at the institute annual meeting that the new wage hour law should prove a stabilizing force upon competition in the cotton industry He said its basic wage rates were not unreasonable and the act differs from the Labor Relations Act by not vesting powers in a board
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New York
Claudius T. Murchison
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Ruthenia Premier resigns over internal dissension
Amirew Brody premier of autonomous Ruthenia resigns amid internal clashes from talks with Hungary. He is replaced immediately by Monsignor Augustin Valesin after a joint cabinet session of the Czechoslovak national government Slovakia and Ruthenia.
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Ruthenia
Prague
Amirew Brody
Autonomous Ruthenia
Hungary
Augustin Valesin
Brody
Slovakia
Yankees trade Glenn Hoag for Hildebrand Mills
The New York Yankees trade utility catcher Joe Glenn and outfielder Myril Hoag to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for pitcher Oral Hildebrand and outfielder Colonel Mills in a straight swap with no cash involved.
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YANKS
Hildebrand
NEW York
New York Yankees Today
Joe Glenn
Myril Hoag
St. Louis Browns
Oral Hildebrand
Colonel
Buster) Mills
Department store sales decline in fifth district
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports September department store sales in the fifth district fell 3.9 percent from September 1937. Baltimore led the drop at 7.3 percent, Washington down 0.3 percent, Richmond down 3.1 percent. First nine months 1938 sales were 4.1 percent below 1937. Richmond had the smallest decline at 0.3 percent. Baltimore 6.1 percent, Washington 2.2 percent.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Baltimore
Washington
Japs Complete Occupation Of Wuhan Cities
Shanghai report says Japanese army and navy have occupied Hankow and sister cities Wuchang and Hanyang. Twenty six warships moved up the Yangtze to Hankow and troops entered from the northeast with little Chinese resistance. The mid China Metropolitan area is now under Japanese control with limited fighting.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Wuchang
Hanyang
Yangtze
Han River
Wuhan
Yanyang
mid-China
Borah warns against protest over Palestine policy
Senator Borah of Idaho cautioned that protests against Britain closing Palestine to Jewish immigrants could drag the United States into a delicate and dangerous situation. In a letter to Rabbi Stephen Wise he said the U S must be prepared to assume obligations of a mandatory power if it advised Britain what to do. He declined Wise’s invitation to speak in New York on November 2 at a mass meeting against halting Jewish immigration.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Palestine
United States
Stephen
Wise
New York
Great Britain
Rabbi Wise
Europe
Lloyd George Threatens War Without Friends in Munich Speech
London report notes David Lloyd George warns Chamberlain that Munich peace risks a war without allies for Britain. He calls the settlement a bad peace and says no peace at all. Raleigh dispatch covers North Carolina politics with Burgin certified as Democratic nominee for eighth district.
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London
David Lloyd George
Munich
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Lloyd George
Floors of Weed Markets Cleared
Winston-Salem markets cleared their floors yesterday with over a million pounds of golden leaf tobacco sold for delivery the same day. Growers earned an estimated $25.07 per hundred, and quality types fetched top prices as high as the season. Wrapper types are expected to strengthen demand.
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Enterprise Winston
North Carolina counties show wide range in tax rates
Bennett data illustrates North Carolina county tax rates for 1938 from Cleveland at 43 cents to Clay at 2 1/2 dollars per 100 assessed value. Large city governments raise overall burdens, and wet or dry status shows little impact on rates.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cleveland County
Clary
Forsyth
Durham
Cleveland
Gaston
Cabarrus
Rowan and Durham
Scotland
Yankin
Wake
New Hanover
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Davidson
Davie
Halifax
Pitt
Surry
Watauga
Vance
Moore
Alleghaney
Burke
Catawba
Currituck
Buncombe
Hertford
Orange
Richmond
Caldwell
Franklin
Pasquotank
Sampson
Henderson
Camden
Edgecombe
Wilson
Wilkes
Nash
Hoko
Randolph
Wayne Lee
Gates
Graham
Alamance
McDowell
Rockingham
Anson
Chatham
Hartnett
Stanly
Northampton
Beaufort
Alexander
Chowan
Macon
Colimbues
Granville
Lendiy
Haywood
Ledell
Jones
Person
Greene
Clay
Pamlico
Avery
Hyde
Dies accuses cabinet of aiding assault on un-American inquiry
Chairman Dies says cabinet members aided a well planned campaign of misrepresentation and ridicule to discredit the investigation. He cites Roosevelt rebuke over influence by un fair effort to sway an election and criticizes President Roosevelt for using his office to discredit the inquiry.
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Washington
Dies
House
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Flint
Italy Moves Libyan Province Closer to Italy
Rome reports the Fascist grand council orders Libya integrated as part of Italy with a new Libyan constitution to be approved later. 80,000 Italian peasants planned for Libya by 1941 and an irrigation drive aims to revive the coast’s granary role, costing about 100 million dollars over four years.
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Grand Council
Libya
Italy
Genoa
Italo Balbo
Balbo
Chicago
Benito Mussolini
Tripoli
Misurata
Bengasi
Derna
North African
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