Maryland Senate Campaign Endorses Roosevelt Policies
Maryland's Democratic senatorial race narrows to support for President Roosevelt. Senator Millard Tydings and Rep. David J. Lewis lead a contest with Tydings labeled conservative and Lewis liberal. Campaigns clash over expenditures with Lewis charging inflated costs and radio speeches planned as the race heads to next Monday's decision.
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Roosevelt
Free State
Millard EB. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Senator Tydings
Senate campaign committee finds postmistress violated law
The Senate Campaign Exits Committee expressed the opinion that Maude Ison, postmistress of Salisbury Maryland, violated federal law by assisting Representative Lewis in his campaign for the Democratic ticket. The committee said it would forward its findings to the Department and to the appropriate authorities.
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Senate
Carmpagin Exitutes Committee
Maude Ison
Salis
San Francisco stores face strike clash as clerks walkout
In San Francisco a labor stand off escalated as 27 department stores and about 4 000 clerks prepared for a strike showdown. AFL CIO factions pledged support while store owners vowed to keep doors open and resist union demands on seniority and staffing rules.
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Homestead Tax Exemptions Aired At Meeting
Raleigh officials report the classification commission authorized by the legislature in executive session to study homestead exemptions. Recommendations will come later as representatives of cities and counties cite potential serious financial impact.
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Classification Commission
Chamberlain Calls Cabinet for Monday Decision
London dispatch says British cabinet to meet Monday hours before Hitler’s Nürnberg speech. The session follows talks on suspending negotiations between Prague and Sudeten Germans to decide Britain’s stance on Czechoslovakia amid looming war concerns.
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Prague
Federal Relief Aims Is Target
Princeton reports Nelsa Anderson director of the WPA labor relations section said local direct relief is part of a broader attack on federal welfare programs. He spoke at the Govermental Research Association conference replying to Carl P. Herbert and 18 agencies urging local dole. Conference opened with 100 delegates from 51 agencies.
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Nelsa Anderson
WPA
Roosevelt son to undergo gastric operation at Mayo Clinic
James Roosevelt son and personal secretary to the President began a hospital diet as preparations for a gastric operation. Mayo Clinic doctors said prior treatments for a gastric ulcer were disappointing and announced an operation for early next week. His mother accompanied him to Rochester and planned to stay near 4% Marys Hospital. The President was informed at Hyde Park.
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James Roosevelt
Mayo Clinic
Roosevelt
Mary's Hospital
George Easterman
Hyde Park
Chinese Casualties Rise as Nanjing Front Stirs
Shanghai dispatches report from September 8 that Japanese forces lost 2,300 troops and Chinese 25,000 across the Yangtze front between August 19 and September 6. Fighting remained severe as Japanese advances moved toward the Peiping Hankow rail line, with reinforcements said to be en route from Japan to Tangku. Chinese troops move to block the Kiukiang Nanchang railroad to stall the Japanese drive on Nanchang.
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Nanchang
Kiangs Province
Pageant of Progress Draws Record High Crowd at High Point
More than 3,000 spectators filled the High Point college stadium and hundreds stood on the grass to witness the third performance of the Pageant of Progress celebrating 50 years of growth. The 15 scenes traced High Point history from early settlers to a railroad survey and city naming with a 120 strong Negro chorus and a finale Wheel of Progress. Three more shows were slated for the week at 8 15 p m under Robert Bancroft and Dorothy Rowland of the Rogers Producing company with Howard E Hill as business manager.
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High Point
North Carolina
Pickett Tobacco Factory
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Dorothy Rowland
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
O. Howard E. Hill
Rogers Organization
Cardinal Mundelein Attends Hayes Mass In New York
Cardinal Mundelein arrived in New York to preside at a pontifical mass for his boyhood schoolmate Cardinal Hayes. The body lay in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral as nuns, brothers, priests, and lay Catholics gathered in prayer and tens of thousands attended the bier yesterday.
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George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Fire After Collision Kills 17 On Spanish Train
In Perpignan France dispatch, a gasoline truck collided with a train near Gerona Spain. The ensuing explosion and fire burned the wooden coaches, killing at least 17 people as victims struggled to escape. The truck convoy was delivering gasoline to Barcelona. two rescuers died in the blast.
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Spain
Barcelona
North Carolina Farm Bureau weighs continued tobacco control
E F Arnold executive secretary of the State Farm Bureau said he would confer with federal officials in Washington this weekend on a 1939 tobacco crop control program. The federation executive committee urged continuation of control to assure farmers a reasonable price amid mixed but strong support. Arnold will report outcomes at meetings in Pitt Greenville Johnston and Wilson counties on September 15 to 17.
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E. F. Arnold
State Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Federation
Arnold
Tobacco
Wilson
Gate proposed to shield Cape Fear shell grounds from silt
A study by the Bureau of Fisheries and Army Engineers recommends building a gate across the Cape Fear River near Wilmington to trap silt and protect shell beds. The gate would block silt inflow while allowing ships to pass when opened.
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Wilmington
Southern Is Interested In A and N C Road
Governor Hoey urged the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad be leased to Southern Railway or another operator. Stockholders met at Goldsboro as Attorney General McMullan outlined plans. R O Self cast the state proxy. adjournment for 30 days was suggested to refine proposals. The line runs Goldsboro to Morehead City and was once leased to Norfolk Southern.
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Hoey
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Southern Railway System
Goldsboro
Hrey
Harry McMullan
R. O. Self
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Morehead City
Norfolk Southern
Sheriff Russell Quits In Onslow
Sheriff D. W. Russell Jr. resigned while in St. Luke's hospital New Bern. board appointed B. F. Morton to fill the unexpired term. Jacksonville board also accepted Mayor Louis E. B. Freeman’s resignation and named W. D. Aman as temporary mayor.
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D. W. Russell, Jr
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Board of County Commissioners
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Jacksonville Board of Commissioners
Louis EB. Freeman
W. D. Aman
Extradition Sought for Eddie Pope in Robeson Case
Governor Hoey requested extradition from New York City to North Carolina for Eddie Pope, under arrest in New York, to face assault with a deadly weapon charges in Robeson County. Neighboring states involved include Raleigh and New York. The move seeks Pope’s transfer to North Carolina officers.
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Herbert H. Lehman
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Eddie Pope
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Robeson County
North Carolina
Cotton crop outlook for August forecast from July report
The August forecast lowers 1938 cotton to about 11.25 million bales, a drop of 163000 from the July estimate. Boll weevil damage is blamed with regional variations, leaf worm infestations noted, and September 1 condition at 65 percent of normal. Abandonment sits at 1.7 percent with 26.449 million acres for harvest and 34.6 million acres picked last year.
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Vandenberg Claims FDR Aims Dictatorship
In Chicago the Tribune reports Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan says in an interview that President Roosevelt seeks American dictatorship. He accuses the President of planning to pack the Judicial and legislative branches with his yes men.
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Southern Mills Hit By Moore
Trenton New Jersey Governor Moore warned in telegrams to President Roosevelt and officials that using federal funds to build hosiery mills on seven homestead projects in the South would push northern mills toward bankruptcy. He cited nonunion Southern mills pressing wages and hours, arguing the plan would increase unemployment and lower living standards in the region.
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Cummings Endorses Roosevelt Liberal Efforts
Attorney General Cummings, back from a Western trip, reportedly advised President Roosevelt that backing liberal candidates in Congress has political benefits. He endorsed Senator Lonergan for Connecticut renomination and spoke with Roosevelt at the summer White House. The meeting followed a presentation of Admiral Farragut’s flagship Hartford by Hastings-on-Hudson veterans.
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Insurgents Report Slight Advance Near Viver front
Insurgent forces report minor gains north of Viver moving warfare from the Ebro to the Castellon front. Government says one small Rincon De Juangordo position captured as reports on the Ebro front remain conflicting and the Valencia drive appears possible again.
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Approval of High Point Winston-Salem Road Plan Expected
The State Highway and Public Works Commission is set to formalize plans on September 28 for widening and straightening the High Point Winston-Salem highway. The $150000 project funded from the highway improvement fund will widen the main road to twenty two feet and add two lanes on bridges. A new survey will occur this fall with work likely beginning after completion. district and state officials pledge cooperation while noting dangers on the Forsyth Guilford links and the road has been called a death trap due to past accidents.
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State Highway and Public Works Commission
High Point City Limits
J Gordon Hackett
Guilford County
8. M. Bason
Hackett
Forsyth
Guilford
A. J. Maxwell
Po achieves hole in one at Plantation course in Boise
Senator James P. Po aced a 150 yard fifth water hole at the Plantation golf course in Boise. He said his luck may be changing after being defeated by Congressman DW Worth Clark in the Democratic senatorial nomination race.
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Idaho
James P. Po
Pope
DW. Worth Clark
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