New Industries Added Across Eight Months in North Carolina
Raleigh report shows 92 new plants and 53 additions in eight months with $10 million in capital. Hosiery leads growth. other sectors include cotton goods, furniture, food processing, mining, chemicals, and lumber. State promotes industrial gains through raw materials access, low costs, and labor, aided by a $250,000 advertising campaign.
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Raleigh
Carolina
J. T. Anderson
Indus 1
Anderson
Derson
North Carolina
Andersen
Medical Association backs progressive health policy shift
The American Medical Association endorses with limited dissent a policy aligned with Roosevelt’s interdepartmental health plan. It supports public health expansion and social services funded by state and federal money, favors a cabinet health secretary who is a physician, and endorses hospital and insurance approaches while opposing unnecessary new facilities.
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Stephen J. M'Donough
Associated Press
Chicago
Amican Medical Association
House of Delegates
Roosevelt
Department of Health
Rotary
Strange outbreak halts school debate between ministers
A 2500 strong audience at High Point Senior High witnessed a dramatic interruption as Dr. William Godsey spoke against baptism with the Holy Ghost. He imitated speaking in Yiddish to mirror the tongue speaking claim, provoking shouting and a near impossibility of order before lights were turned off to disperse the crowd.
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High Point
William Godsey
Ashbeville
Godsey
C. Francis Noble
Pentecostal Holiness Church
H. P. Williams
Noble
Hosiery Makers Seek Law Change At Asheville Meeting
The Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association urged Congress to amend the Wagner Act to better protect employers. At its Asheville session, all officers were re-elected including P. W. Eshelman president and T. Floyd Dooley vice president. New directors named include R. P. Shapard and A. F. Garron among others. several directors were re-elected.
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Asheville
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
P. W. Eshelman
North Wilkesboro
T. Floyd Dooley
Johnson City
Tenn
J. H. McEwen
Burlington
Fritz Seifart
Charlotte
Taylor R. Durham
R. P. Shapard
Griffin
A. 8. Fortune
Lafayette
C. G. Burton
Lynchburg
W. F Carr
Durham
John Voehringer
Greensboro
A. F. Garron
Valdese
Ed McMillan
Chattanooga
Sudetens Give Up Arms Voluntarily
EGER Czechoslovakia Sept 17 Sudeten Germans surrendered their arms to Czechoslovak authorities. Sudeten troops streamed to police and gendarmerie stations with old guns and knives in compliance with a government order to turn in arms within six hours. Reports said the voluntary offerings were without incident.
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Eger
Czechoslovakia
U S to Fight Suit Against AAA Over Agriculture Act
Raleigh Sept 17 The AAA says national headquarters will supply counsel to defend a Wake Superior Court suit challenging the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Over 600 growers sue 351 tobacco warehousemen in four flue cured belts seeking to block the 50 percent penalty on excess marketed tobacco.
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Raleigh
E. Y. Floyd
AAA
N. C. State College
National Aaa
Wake Superior Court
Floyd
J. B. Hutson
AAA Tobacco Section
Wilson
Prudential Insurance President Edward Duffield Dies
Edward Dickinson Duffield 67 president of the Prudential Insurance Co of America died at his South Orange home after suffering a stroke at his office. He lapsed into unconsciousness earlier and died at 5 45 p m with family at his bedside.
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South Orange
N. J
Edward Dickinson Duffield
Prudential Insurance Co., of America
U S Army Anti Aircraft Drills Near Fort Bragg
In eastern North Carolina, U S Army anti aircraft units stage a war exercise near Fort Bragg with towed sleeves as targets and machine gun strafing to simulate ground attack. Langley Field planes will attack Fort Bragg with grid based air defense tests planned across eight square mile sectors. The culminating phase is set for October 6 to 10 with priority warning calls from grid observers.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland
Hoke County
United States Army
Fort Oe
Ere
North Carolina
Langley Field
Fort Brags
Wilson
New Bern
Fort Bragg
Pope Field
Southern Pines
Maxton
Japanese Capture Hwangchuwan and Advance Toward Hankow
Japanese forces driving west near the Yangtze report capture of Hwangchuwan in Honan after a five hour battle. They say they closed to within 50 miles of the Peiping Hankow railway, aiming at Sin Yang along the line. A second column west of the Yangtze reached about 500 miles southwest of Kiuklang, the Yangtze naval base for Hankow operations.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Hankow
Hwangchuwan
Honan
Peiping- Hankow
Siming
Sinyang
Hwankchwan
Loshan
Yangtze
Kiuklang
Nations discuss looming European crisis as Daladier travels to London
London reports a secret meeting setup as Britain and France prepare to answer Hitler over Sudeten demands. Daladier and Bonnet head to meet Chamberlain to craft a response while Britons brace for potential war amid air raid precautions and civic mobilization.
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London
Great Britain
France
Hitler
O'Connor Rapped by FDRs Aide
Washington dispatch reports a White House purge against Representative John J. O Connor of New York. Stephen T. Early said Roosevelt hopes Fay defeats O Connors in the Democratic primary while Brown pledges support for all regular Democratic Senate nominees.
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Washington
John J. O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
White House
Stephen T. Early
James H. Fay
O'Connor
Allen Dulles
Brown
Michigan
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Senate
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Walter F. George
Georgia
Roosevelt
FDR and Woodring Cancel Speeches Amid European Crisis
In Washington on September 17, President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Woodring canceled public appearances to stay close to the European crisis. Hull indicated informal talks on protecting Czechoslovakian interests in Germany in case of war, with no formal action taken yet.
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Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Los Angeles
National American Legion
Roosevelt
Hull
State Department
United States
Germany
Experts Forecast Allied Victory Driven by Economic Power
Washington experts say Britain France and Russia could outlast Germany and Italy in war due to stronger resources. Britain holds coal, iron, and large foreign credits with storage programs. France has food, coal, and iron. Russia is highly self sufficient though faces distribution issues. Germany and Italy lack foreign holdings.
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Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Britain
Italy
Andrue
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Deadlock Holds In Spain
Dispatches from the front report complete deadlock across major fronts in Spain including the Ebro Valencia and Estremadura sectors. After a week of relative quiet only raids artillery bombardments and air attacks occur as insurgent air chief General Alfredo Kindelan offers conditional cooperation with a neutral commission to prevent civilian bombardment.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Ebro
Valencia
Estremadura
Insurgenta
Alfredo Kindelan
Tobacco Prices Top Last Year
Middle belt tobacco prices for common and low quality leaf and lugs were substantially higher this week than opening week last year. Eastern North Carolina bright belt averages were generally higher than the previous week with a general market average of 20.46 dollars per hundred pounds and a season average of 20.67. Most tobacco offered on the middle belt brought 19 to 29 dollars per hundred pounds. cutters and primings were lower than last year's opening week.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
Departments of Agriculture
North Carolina
J O U A M Meeting Held In Kernersville With Speaker
State Councilor R A Grday of Wilson to deliver the principal address at the Junior Order of United American Mechanics group officers conference in Kernersville Monday night. Field Secretary G Wrenn of Asheville provided the notice.
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Kernersville
Greensboro
R. A. Grday
Wilson
Order of United American Mechanics
G. Wrenn
Asheville
Utilities Commissioner to Hear Freight Rate Increase Request
On Monday September 17 Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne will hear the Southern Freight Association plea for general increases in railroad freight rates on paper and paper articles and for revisions of existing rates.
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Railroad Rale' IH
Stanley Winborne
Southern Freight Association
Sudeten Crisis Sparks War Talk And Emergency Rule
Czechoslovakia imposes a state of emergency curbing liberties and authorizing arrests without warrants. Sudeten leader Henlein forms armed corps near the border to threaten Czech authorities. Allies seek a united front as Hitler presses for changes. German and Soviet moves shadow the crisis.
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Berlin
Konrad Henlein
London
Chamberlain
Daladier
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
Czzechoslovakia
Paris
Alles
Prague
Waffaires
Andor Hencke
Hodza Creches
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Henlein
Free Corps
Sudetenland
Republic
Trieste
Italy
Moscow
Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Cabinet Declares Nationwide State of Emergency
The Czechoslovak cabinet tonight decreed a nationwide state of emergency, a form of martial law, driving home to every citizen the gravity of the crisis across Prague and the republic.
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Prague
Duce To Give Views Today On Sudeten Self Determination
Mussolini sails to Trieste to address issues on Sudeten Germans right to self determination. He may press plebiscite plans, discuss antisemitic campaign, and regional economic concerns. The speech, broadcast from the Camicia Nera escort, aims to shape European peace prospects amid Czech crisis.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Trieste
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Duce
Europe
Austro-Hungary
Mussolini
Milan
Il Popolo d'Italia
Il Duce
Germany
Venice
Camicia Nera
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Slovak Council
Sudetens
Gajda
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Midland
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Early
Fay
Woodring
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