Farm Crops Bill Revised In Conference To Aid Markets
Washington officials report final revisions to the administration wage cutting crop control program as Senate and House differences were settled. The conference sets a 1938 marketing year start with 500 million dollars for soil conservation, four regional labs, and production quotas eased to prevent scarcity.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
McNary-Boileau
Job Benefits Fund Is Asked By Gov. Davey
Columbus Gov Davey asked the General Assembly to approve emergency appropriations totaling 470000 for higher welfare salaries and for registering unemployed workers eligible for unemployment benefits. He urged expediting action on bills to advance unemployment payments and provide supplemental state appropriations.
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Gov. Davey
Columbus
U.B
General Assembly
Welfare Department
Davey
Senate
Friends Try To Persuade Dean On Immortality Plan
Memphis report says Friends of the Rev. Israel H. Noe would seek to persuade him to abandon his 10 year plan for immortality on earth and not resume fasting if his health improves.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.A
Israel
H. Noe
Earth
Toothaches in the Papers and a Messenger Want Ad
The piece notes headlines about President Roosevelt and the Duke of Windsor suffering toothaches, contrasts royal coverage with a grocer’s assistant overlooked, and ends with a Messenger Want Ad for a used electric washer sold for 10 dollars via the listing 20542.
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Roosevelt
Duke of Windsor
Eddie
Messenger
Poston
Japan Discusses Foreign Arms Aid to China in Parliament
In Tokyo Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told Parliament that Japan must seriously consider whether foreign powers will supply arms to China. He answered Viscount Sonoda, who praised the U.S. stance and warned Britain against challenging Japan's position in the Far East. Hirota noted a formal war declaration on China remained a possible future development.
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Tokyo-Hap
Japan
China
Koki Hirota
Hirota
Takehiko Sonoda
United States
Great Britain
Far East
Britain
Asia
Reed Approved In Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed Stanley F. Reed as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Reed, former solicitor general, succeeds Justice George Sutherland who retired. Roosevelt’s second nominee faced broad approval, contrasting with the earlier Hugo L. Black controversy.
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Washington
Senate
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
Reed
George Sutherland
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
Hugo L. Black
CCC Youth Confesses $2100 Bank Robbery in Quinwood
A 19 year old CCC enrollee, Londy Taylor, confessed to robbing the Bank of Quinwood of 2100 dollars. Police say a social security card with his name was found half a mile from the bank. He held up cashier J Byrne Dobbins and assistant Dorothy Campbell Monday.
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Quinwood
W. Va
A.P Londy Taylor
CCC
Harry C. Myers
Beckley
J. Byrne Dobbins
Dorothy Campbell
Anti-Lynch Filibuster Appears Successful
Senate leaders claim the night session filibuster against the anti-lynching bill held firm and blocked a vote. Western senators shifted to bolster opposition, boosting confidence in the measure’s defeat at that stage.
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Washington
A.P
Senate
Three Bandits Escape With $6 000 in Hold Up
Three men wearing black masks and leather jackets robbed a Prudential Insurance branch in Cleveland. They forced 20 staff to raise hands and sing up against a wall, escaping with between $4 000 and $6 000.
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Cleveland
Prudential Insurance Co
Pilot lands Eastern liner in gale near Hartford
Eastern Air Lines flight carrying two passengers and three crew spent seven hours in a raging gale after departing Newark. Pilot Fred Jones avoided disaster by landing the twin motor Douglas at Hartford Airport despite 90 mph winds and zero fuel.
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Hartford
Conn
Eastern Air Lines
Fred Jones
Washington, D. C
New York
Bane
Guy Jones
Jones
Newark
Severe Winter Storm Threatens Michigan and New England
A ferocious blizzard with 40 mph winds cripples Michigan roads and isolates Marquette with 12 foot drifts. A rescue frees 20 stranded children from a school bus while floods recede in Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. Coast Guard searches are disrupted as the storm affects the Eastern Seaboard schedules.
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New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Marquette
Mich
Ishpeming
Diorite
Iowa
Rockford
Ashland
Wis
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
Diligence
Cat Island
New Jersey
Maine
Lines of Play May Explain Pinchot Death
Rosamond Pinchot, 33, niece of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, believed to have been inspired by a new play to end her life. After attending a Princeton try-out of Jed Harris' Our Town she drove to her Long Island estate garage and used carbon monoxide to commit suicide, ending a disputed stage career marked by disappointments.
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Old Brookville
N. Y
Rosamond Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Jed Harris
Our Town
Princeton
N. J
Long Island
Miss Pinchot
West Virginia Sends Partial Compensation Checks
Charleston reports the West Virginia Department of Unemployment Compensation began mailing checks to part of the 63 000 claimants. Eligible unemployed individuals may receive up to 15 dollars weekly. Chief accountant Cabell Davis notes average checks will be well below the maximum.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
State Department of
Cabell Davis
Rebel Air Raid Over Barcelona Kills Twenty
An overnight Nationalist air raid on Central Barcelona dropped around 40 bombs in two minutes. A six story apartment block was toppled, and twenty people died with little public panic as residents were still asleep.
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Barcelona
85 Year-Old Bert Crawford Buried After 60th Anniversary Missed
London area resident Bert B Crawford aged 85 who would have marked his 60th wedding anniversary next Saturday is to be buried tomorrow. He and his wife planned the celebration in the coming week.
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London
Bert B. Crawford
Roosevelt Appeals for Chinese Refugee Funds
President Roosevelt urged Americans to donate at least 1 million dollars to the American Red Cross to aid Chinese civilians dispossessed by the Sino-Japanese War. The appeal was described as unprecedented since World War I.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Young Columbus Student Dies by Own Action
Vincent F. McCombs, 16, a Central High School student in Columbus, shot himself in his home yesterday. Relatives cited his remark that he would like to know what death is like as the motive for the death by his own action.
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Columbus
U.P
Vincent F. McCombs
Fire claims two Osborne children near Ward mining camp
In Charleston West Virginia two children of Mr and Mrs Otto Osborne died in a fire that destroyed their mining camp home near Ward last night. The tragedy ends a family’s stay at the camp and raises questions about safety at remote mining settlements.
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Charleston
W. Va
Otto Osborne
Ward
Foot Amputation Aids Trapper Rescued In North Woods
Indian trapper George Machet endured two weeks pinned under a tree on Ghost River 200 miles north of MOOSONEE Ontario. His sons cut off his foot with an ax to free him, then carried him to Albany where Father Paul Lavoie performed a second amputation before he began recovery.
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Moosonee
Ont
U.P
Canada
Ghost River
Here
George Machet
Squaw
Albany
Paul Jean Lavoie
Father Lavoie
Machet
L. Marie
Gray Sisters
Angels of the North
GOP Asks Roosevelt for Reply to Charges of Failure
The Republican National Committee challenged the Roosevelt administration to defend five years of New Deal policies. John D. M. Hamilton claimed taxes on workers rose, stock markets crashed, regulation failed, and government payrolls and Social Security levies increased. He argued $400,000,000 in taxes were diverted to cover current expenses.
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Gop
Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
Republican High Command
Republican National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Drive on Wall Street Looms In SEC Study
Washington reports the SEC will curb Wall Street insiders after a Twentieth Century Fund study found New York Stock Exchange members were active in short selling during fall 1937. The study shows 30 percent of sales in 20 leading stocks were short sales worsening the decline.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange
SEC
Wall Street
Commission
Twentieth Century Fund
Stock Exchange
Utilities Next On TVA List
TVA moves toward buying private utility assets in its region authorizing David E. Lilienthal to begin negotiations for possible purchase of private operators holdings. The action follows Willkies suggestion amid competition from the federal yard stick project and values Commonwealth and Southern at about 645 million. The TVA board approved the order as a first step in new policy after a federal court win in Chattanooga.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
David E. Lilienthal
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Commonwealth and Southern
TVA
TVA Directors
Chattanooga
West Virginia Pupils Die in Boulder Collapse
A large rock crushed into Elkhorn Negro High School in Elkhorn West Virginia, killing two students and injuring a teacher and three pupils. Authorities say the boulder fell from a mountainside onto the basement area of the two story brick school.
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Elkhorn
W. Va
Elkhorn Negro High School
Cadiz Questions Negro Suspect in Patrolman Slaying
Booker Johnson, one of four men questioned in the murder of State Highway Patrolman George Conn near Freeport Ohio on September 28, was brought from the St Clairsville Jail to Cadiz last night. The county grand jury investigating the Conn case has not reported publicly.
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Cadiz-Aup
Booker Johnson
George Conn
Freeport
St. Clairsville
Conn
Italian Planes Reach Brazilian City Today
Three Italian planes completing a South Atlantic flight from Italy arrived today at Natal Brazil according to Condor Air Lines. Anthony Marconi 29 an electrician died after a crash between two cranes at the Yorkville Tin Plate Plant on Monday.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Italy
Natal
Condor Air Lines
Yorkville
Anthony Marconi
Roosevelt presses ahead with anti trust drive
President Roosevelt remains set to streamline the anti trust laws despite calls for compromise from business and labor groups. He plans further talks with business leaders and may delay his anti trust message to Congress until after meetings with small business men. In Columbus, Andrew Heiner was sentenced to three months in a Federal Court on a liquor charge after an arrest near Athens.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Columbus
Andrew Heiner
Athens
Young Confucian Heir Tied to Japanese Plan to Rule China
A 17 year old known as Kung Teh-cheng, claimed as the seventy fourth lineal descendant of Confucius, was said to be approached by Japanese officials to become Emperor or head of a puppet government in China. He reportedly arrived in Hankow as a refugee from Chufu.
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Confucius
Kung Teh-cheng
China
Japan
Orient
Tehcheng
Hankow
Chufu
Solons Return To End Work In Ohio Session
The Senate and House resume work in Columbus for what may be the final week of the current special session. The poor relief program is settled. The House approved a $3,000,000 state appropriation, while the Senate favors a $1,500,000 substitute bill. If the Senate stalls, the House must stay another week.
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Columbus
Senate
House
General Assembly
Fierce Battle Rages Near Wuhu in Yangtse War Phase
A three day battle between Japanese and Chinese regulars rages near Wuhu fifty miles up the Yangtse from Nanking. Airplanes aid the Chinese as they engage Japanese gunboats in a vicious hand to hand fight with enormous casualties reported on both sides.
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Shanghai
Wuhu
Yangtse
Nanking
Labor Leader Warns Against Wage Cuts At UMW Convention
John L. Lewis opening the 35th biennial United Mine Workers convention warned that labor will resist wage reductions as a solution to the business recession. He urged leaders not to embrace price slashing and warned that further wage cuts would shrink buying power and harm production.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
UMW
AFL Leader Seeks Reunion of Divided Labor Groups
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged the CIO to reunite the 7,300,000 divided workers. The AFL executive council met in secret to decide whether to declare war or push for new armistice with CIO. A key issue was expelling from the federation United Mine Workers and Amalgamated Clothing Workers, allies of Lewis and Hillman respectively.
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Lewis
John P. Jones
Maryland Industrial Union Council
William Green
American Federation of Labor
UMWA
U.M.W.A
CIO
Miami
Fila
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Fire destroys ten private planes at Norton Field hangar
A $29,000 fire caused by an explosion in the Norton Field hangar in Columbus to destroy ten privately owned airplanes. No injuries reported as investigators probe the blast and blaze.
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Columbus
U.P
Norton Field
Farmers Week at Ohio State Showcases Rural Learning
At Ohio State University the annual Farmers Week attracts about 7 000 agronomists and farmers. City visitors find the exhibits, from beekeeping to hybrid corn, challenging to understand and admit they feel out of place amid the scientific displays and horticulture demonstrations.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
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Charles Ross
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C. C. Bane
Philip King
U. S. Maritime Commission
New England
John Henry Seadlund
Peter Anders
Charles S. Ross
Seadlund
Pinchot
West Virginia
Heiner
Solons
Green
AFL
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