Peace Efforts Falter as Maritime Strike Stalls
Washington signals federal pressure during a tense industrial phase as maritime strikes expand nationwide. New Orleans police round up strikers while Union officials clash with insurgent members over a secret shipowner accord. Western industry suffers with 40 000 unionists idle and production halted from Alaska to San Diego.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
International Seamen's Union
New Orleans
San Francisco
U.P
Edward F. McGrady
Alaska
San Diego
Vancouver
B. C
Record Snow Accompanies Cold Snap in Ohio
Ohio faces a cold snap with record snowfalls across the state. Forecasts say temperatures rise to the 50s Friday to melt snow, while most areas reach the 40s this afternoon. A Canadian Northwest cold front is expected to hit by Sunday.
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Canadian Northwest
State
Columbus
Ohio
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Landon May Retire To Farm Near Topeka
Gov Alf Landon may retire from the Kansas governorship to a farm near Topeka rather than Independence. The Landons have looked at farms near Topeka to stay close to Peggy Anne 19 a University of Kansas student. He will be succeeded by Democrat Walter A Huxman.
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Topeka
Kan
U.pa
Alf. M. Landon
Kansas
Independence
Landon
Peggy Anne
University of Kansas
Walter A. Huxman
Arraign Promoter of New Chain Scheme in Columbus
Fred H. Ford of Columbus was to be arraigned in Municipal Court on charges of promoting a scheme of chance after a downtown office was raided by vice squad. Investigators confiscated files listing about 000 investors in a new car club. Participants paid for placement on the list with small sums and $5 for top status, with promised winnings of $640 if successful.
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Columbus
U.P
Fred H. Ford
Vice Squad
Etter Business Bureau
Disciple Gerald Smith Suspended After Political Speech
The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, follower of Huey P. Long, faced a suspended sentence today for a political speech delivered on the eve of an election.
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Long
New Orleans
U.P
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Guard Crack Flier Through Mob Violence
Guards patrolled the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad right of way to move the express The Hustler amid a strike. A train engine cab was hit by bullets killing a guard and wounding two trainmen. Rumors said Governor Lewey might call out National Guard to protect railroad property. Striking workers and Amazon bands aimed to halt operations across the Shreveport to New Orleans route.
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NEW Orleans
U.P
Louisiana and Arkansas
Richard W. Lewhe
National Guard
Shreveport
Lucky Men Will Draw U S Checks for Nothing
New York news reports senator elect Guy V Howard of Minnesota and congressman-elect Daniel Earhart of Ohio will receive $1 665 each for doing nothing as they wait for the new Congress to be sworn in January 5. While Congress is idle they will be paid $532 50 a month.
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New York
Guy V. Howard
Minnesota
Daniel Earhart
Ohio
Congress
Dry Territory Expands in Ohio Local Option Returns
Ohio voters in 71 early local option elections show 28 wholly dry areas ban both beer and liquor while 18 vote wet. Twenty five regions ban liquor but keep beer. Law blocks new local votes for three years on beer and four years on liquor.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Roosevelt Wins Landon Poll Named After Town
In Landon Maryland final returns show residents voted 214 for President Roosevelt and 193 for their namesake. The result highlights the town’s playful pique over shared naming.
Madrid Under Fire as Rebels Bombard Capital
Nationalist artillery hammers Madrid and a perilous air attack pushes residents to barricades. The city endures hunger siege with thousands deployed to front lines while women and children seek shelter amid fear.
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Madrid
U.R
Gran Via
Broadway
Congressional Post Retained by Lemke
North Dakota congressman William Lemke won re election in the Roose velt landslide returns showing his seat retained in Congress. Voters statewide backed Lemke as one of North Dakota's two at large representatives though supporting his presidential bid was weak.
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Bismarck
U.P
William Lemke
Roosevelt
Congress
North Dakota
Britain Not Threat to Italy in Mediterranean
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain has no desire to threaten or attack Italian interests in the Mediterranean. He rebutted Mussolini’s Milan speech promising an “armed peace” and said Britain values the Mediterranean as a vital arterial route to its possessions, not just a shortcut.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Italy
Rome
Europe
Il Duce
Britain
Six Women To Serve In 75th Congress
Washington reports six women will serve in the 75th Congress including one newcomer. Seven others from the prior session retire or were replaced as Mrs Rose McConnell Long and Mrs Isabella Greenway bow out. Democrat Nanny Wood Honeyman of Oregon was elected.
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Washington
Rose McConnell Long
Huey P. Long
Isabella Greenway
Whiskey glass clue to Roanoke decorator murder
A fingerprint on a whiskey glass was the lone clue in the case of R. Walton Ford of Roanoke Virginia who was garrotted with a necktie. Ford, 35, an interior decorator, was killed in his hotel room after a night out on election eve. Two men, posing as Ford, attempted to leave with his luggage and radio but were stopped by a clerk for unpaid hotel bill. A maid found Ford bound to his bed with wire and strangled.
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New York
U.P
R. Walton Ford
Roanoke
Ford
Hearst Editorial Friendly to New Deal in Guild Daily
Seattle Washington Hearst publisher William Randolph Hearst issued a conciliatory note toward the New Deal in the Guild Daily the paper published by striking editorial workers at his suspended Post-Intelligencer He likened Roosevelt to Andrew Jackson arguing that his policies may be dictatorial in method yet Democratic in essence.
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Seattle
Wash
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
New Deal Today
Guild Daily
the Post-Intelligencer
Mr. Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Hearst
Roosevelt as strongest figure for world peace says U.S.
Administration leaders claim President Roosevelt commands overwhelming popular approval and is the most powerful figure for peace among world statesmen. Cabinet officials expect congressionally backed action in the coming year to keep the United States out of future wars and deepen economic links through trade treaties while emphasizing equal opportunity and embargo controls.
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Roosevelt
Chautauqua
N. Y
State Department
Aeuthey
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Mr. Roosevelt
All Elective Department Heads Won in New Deal Landslide
Columbus Ohio election results show Gov. Martin L. Davey reelected by a large margin and the Democratic sweep in state offices. Legislature to include 11 Democrats, 5 Republicans in the Senate and 105 Democrats, 33 Republicans in the House. Roosevelt carried Ohio by a wide plurality. Bricker trailed for attorney general as final returns came in. Patterson Field employee killed in Dayton auto crash involving a field truck.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
State Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Frank F. Whittiemore
Akron
Senate
Cuyahoga County
Roy
Williams
Supreme Court
Hart Rar
Williamen
Hart
George
Myers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
William Lemke
Oho
Landon
Davey
John W Bricker
Steel Workers Enrollment Near Challenge Growth Amid Drive
Pittsburgh officials report the steel workers organizing committee has enrolled 82,315 members since June. Philip Murray announced the total on the eve of a national meeting of the Committee for Industrial Organization described as the most important labor conference in years. The CIO leader said the 8WOC strengthens as a wage boost for about 450,000 steel workers nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Committee For Industrial Organization
CLO
Murray
8.W.O.C
State Champion Corn Husker To Compete
Richard Mitchell of Wood County Ohio corn husking champion will compete against state champions from other states in the national husking contest at the Oyler farm in Licking County Ohio next Tuesday. Mitchell husked 16 Dashels 68 12 pounds in one hour during the state contest on a farm near Apple Creek amid a snowstorm.
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Wooster-Aup
Richard Mitchell
Wood County
Ohio
Oyler
Licking County
Mitchell
Apple Creek
Tracy Allots October Relief Funds to Counties
State Auditor Joseph T. Tracey distributed 192 925 dollars to Ohio counties as their shares of October poor relief funds from beer and beverage taxes, malt sales tax revenues. Counties listed include Athens 3861, Gallia 112, Hocking 1953, Meigs 148, Morgan 754, Perry 2746, Vinton 803.
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Colmbus
U.P
Joseph T. Tracey
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meign
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Japanese Man Stabbed in Shanghai Local Feud Sparks Tension
In Shanghai Hongkew International Settlement a Japanese man Shigeru Kaga shima was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified Chinese, escalating a strained Chinese Japanese feud tied to a series of regional incidents. A separate dispatch reports Nationalist cavalry nearing Carabanchel near Madrid.
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Shanghai
O.P
Shigeru Kagashima
Hongkew
China
Roosevelt Leads as Returns Pour In After Election
President Roosevelt advances toward a broad mandate as late returns show a strong Democratic hold. Congress tilts toward Roosevelt with 74 Democrats in the Senate and 535 Democrats in the House, while governors go 26 of 33 to Democrats. The nation remains a diverse coalition within a unified Democratic rise.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt wins landslide victory in 1936 election
Mr Roosevelt led a massive political surge with about 523 electoral votes as Governor Landon trailed. Roosevelt’s popular lead neared 10,000 in a result tabulated by United Press, with Lemke and Thomas also appearing. The inauguration shifts to January 20 under the new constitutional framework, and the nation awaits his State of the Nation message and inaugural address outlining four more years of policy.
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Roosevelt
Democratic
New York
Jim Farley
Charles Michelson
Ea Roddan
Leon Henderson
Joseph Guttey
Pennsylvania
Alf M. Landon
United States
Landon
United Press
Lemke
Thomas
Congress
Harpo Marx Weds Susan Fleming in California Nevada
Hollywood reports Harpo Marx secretly married Susan Fleming a former Ziegfeld Follies girl. The silent Marx brother said he chose her for her brunette look after a day at the studio chasing blondes through reels of film.
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Hollywood
U.P
Harpo Marx
Marx Brothers
California
Nevada
Susan Fleming
Harpo
Quaretet
Miss Fleming
Chic Sale In Critical Condition In Pneumonia
Hollywood report says comedian Charles Sale remains in critical condition with pneumonia. Doctors note no immediate crisis but emphasize his fragile state as he is kept under an oxygen tent. In Sandusky, Lynn Hummel, 12, drowned in a junior high pool on Wednesday.
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Chic’ Sale
Hollywood
U.P
Charles
Chic) Sale
Sandusky
Lynn Hummel
Caldwell Driver Strikes Pedestrian Fatally
Leslie Archer, 32, of Caldwell was fatally struck Wednesday by a car driven by Frank Morelli. Archer was walking along the highway when hit. Morelli was not held.
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Caldwell
Leslie Archer
Frank Morelli
Archer
Morelli
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