AFL Condemns Atlantic and Gulf Maritime Strikes
At the Tampa convention the American Federation of Labor adopts a resolution denouncing the maritime strikes led by seamen aligned with John L. Lewis. The move backs loyal Atlantic coast union leaders and calls for unity amid internal labor disputes. Spanish Ambassador De Los Rios cancels plans to address the convention after changing his mind following a telegraphed request.
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American Federation of Labor
Tampa
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor Convention
International Seamen’s Union
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Resolutions
Old Guard
Fier
Washington
United State Conference of Mayors
William Green
United Front
Ella LaGuardia
New York
Atlantic District Union
Atlantic Coast
Fernando de Los Rios
Neutrality Law Before Court
The Supreme Court hears the test case from the Roosevelt neutrality program as the government appeals a Southern District of New York ruling that embargo enforcement violatd delegation of power. Observers warn the decision could impact embargo methods and upcoming neutrality law revisions amid international developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Chaco
Federal Court For
New York
Fay Webb Dies Widow of Rudy Vallee in Santa Monica
Condolences flowed from film and radio figures for Fay Webb Vallee former actress wife of Rudy Vallee who died Wednesday night. The 30 year old former screen extra died after a 41 hour coma from peritonitis following an operation last Friday.
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Santa Monica
Calif
U.P
Radio World Today
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Screen Extra
Social Service Exchange Set To Streamline Civic Aid
The Community Welfare Association voted to establish a Social Service Exchange a clearing house for agencies. Dr I V Shannon Ohio University professor proposed directing it and students from the National Youth Administration would handle clerical work. A $175 budget increase will fund equipment and a card index listing names and agency contacts for relief seekers to prevent duplication and improve coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Welfare Association
I. V. Shannon
Ohio University
Exchange
Shannon
Auto Workers Strike Feared Across GM Plants
In Atlanta Georgia more than 500 Fisher Body Plant workers began a sit down strike over five United Automobile Workers buttons. F C Pieper southeastern U A W A representative quoted Homer Martin the unions national president as pledging full backing and threatening to shut down every General Motors plant if the dispute is not settled.
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Atlanta
U.P
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body
F. C. Pieper
Southeastern
U.A.W.A
Homer Martin
Janesville
Wis
Legion Indoor Circus At Glouuster Postponed
illness among key performers forces postponement of the American Legion indoor circus in Glouuster to November 26 27 and 28 with new dates announced for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Indoor Circus
Glouster
American Legion
Wilkinson presses case on Wallis Simpson links in Commons
In the House of Commons Ellen Wilkinson questions censorship of American magazines in England and mentions the Wallis Simpson friendship with King Edward VIII. The Socialist MP says she did not deny referencing the Simpson case though no official answer was given.
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House of Commons
England
Ellen Wilkinson
Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII
Miss Wilkinson
Simpson
Ohio Governor Announces Tax Free State Budget Plan
Governor Martin L. Davey said a three member committee will draft a two year budget under the constraint of balancing to state revenues with no new taxes. He plans to reenact expiring taxes and redistribute earmarked revenues to address school financing and local government needs.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Accomplice Suspect Held in Miller Slaying Case
John J. Poholsky a 35 year old ex convict was held on complicity charges in the slaying of Harry I Miller retired Cincinnati fire captain. He was arrested by Indiana State Police and Warren Police while walking into town from a farm. Flora Miller and Heber Hicks were questioned. Hicks confessed three men were hired for 400 each to kill Miller at his summer home near New Trenton Indiana. Miller had a 65 000 estate.
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Warren
A.P
John J. Poholsky
Harry I. Miller
Cincinnati
Poholsky
Indiana State Police
Miller
Flora
Heber Hicks
Hicks
New Trenton
Ind
Frank G. Williams
William Ethiman
U S And Industry to Discuss Future Policy Directions
Washington officials report the National Business Advisory and Planning Council will meet with Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper to chart upcoming policies. They plan to address taxation on undistributed corporate surplus and the proposed industrial economics bureau to aid data sharing with private industry. Roper cautioned against fictitious expansion to spur a new boom and urged cooperation to preserve NRA principles amid potential legislative action.
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Washington
U.R
National Business Advisory and Planning Council
Daniel C. Roper
Roosevelt
Council
Treasury
Roper
Industrial Economics Bureau
Budget Bureau
Renee
NRA
Legislative Branch
Federal
Investigator Is Put on Carpet in Reid Russell Case
Los Angeles District Attorney Barons Fitts summoned chief investigator Clyde Plummer for publicizing the reinvestigation into Reid Russell’s death. Fitts may decide whether to exhume the body after reviewing new evidence and Plummer’s shift from death by own action to love murder theory.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Barons Fitts
Fitts
Reid Russell
Gouverneur Morris
Russell
Clyde Plummer
Plummer
Remington Rand workers to hear Rand settlement offer
Former employees of the closed Remington Rand plant in Cincinnati are to meet today to hear a proposal by James Rand Jr for settlement of the six month old strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Remington- Rand
James Rand, Jr
Carnival Air Prevails at Bendix Plant Labor Lockout
In South Bend Indiana 1100 workers remain inside the Bendix Products plant as a settlement move begins with a conference including Bendix Federal Labor Union leaders federal conciliators and union supporters. The strike centers on full unionization of about 4300 employees with food warmth and entertainment sustaining the sit in.
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Carnival
Bendix
South Bend
Ind.u.p
Bendix Products Corporation
Bendix Federal Labor Union
John L. Lewis’ Committee For
Madrid Luftwaffe raids throw city into chaos and death
Loyalist air patrols rose over Madrid to challenge Nationalist bombers as the city endured renewed raids. Officials report 300+ dead and about 1,000+ wounded in 36 hours. The 13 story National Telephone Building was a major target, with Sosthenes Behn coordinating relief as civilians shelter in place.
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Madrid
National Telephone Company
Sosthenes Behn
New York
Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Telephone
Spain
Bank of Spain
Telephone Company
Gran Via
Calle Alcala
Husbands Mix Up Pie With Salad Dressing Prank
In Winfield Kansas a group of husbands aimed to prove they could cook a good dinner. The prank fell apart when a pie and a salad were swapped and dressed with the wrong toppings. One husband confessed to using salad dressing on the pie and whipped cream on the salad, claiming mistaken identity but the gag fizzled.
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Winfield, Kans
Denhhardt Upset by Rebuff of Attorneys
Brig. Gen. Henry W. Denhardt endured under nurse care as his lawyers made a fifth bid to seize material evidence in the death of his fiancée Verna Taylor. Their requests to inspect clothing paraffin hand casts revolver and cartridges were denied in court amid the ongoing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
U.P
Henry W. Denhardt
Verna Taylor
Denhardt
Commonwealth
Siamese Twin In Serious Condition In New York Hospital
Lucio Godino a Siamese twin ill with pneumonia remained in serious condition at York Hospital with a 103 degree fever despite Simplicio Godino's earlier cheerful efforts. Doctors reported Simplicio was in good health but subdued.
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New York
U.P
Lucio Godino
Simplicio
York Hospital
Lucio
Wesleyan Coed Dies Of Traffic Injuries
Carolyn Doolittle a 19 year old Ohio Wesleyan University student from Warren Ohio died in Jane Case Hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Delaware.
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Delaware
U.P
Carolyn Doolittle
Ohio Wesleyan University
Warren, O
Jane Case Hospital
Three Children Die in Frankfort Fire
A morning blaze in Frankfort Kentucky killed three children and burned three other persons at a residence. Firefighters battled the flames as neighbors assisted in evacuations and limited details emerged on the victims and possible causes.
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Frankfort
Grange Adopts Tax Programs and Security Policies
Delegates at the 70th National Grange session finalize policy on long and short hauls tariffs crop insurance and taxation. They reaffirm support for the American market for American farmers oppose lowering excise taxes and propose broadening tax bases lowering exemptions and raising top rates. They urge gasoline taxes for roads tax income and bonds, oppose general sales tax, support limited crop insurance and condemn drunken drivers.
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Columbus
U.P
National Grange
Grange
Stores May Refuse to Sell to Negroes, Ohio Supreme Court Rules
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review a Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals decision upholding a Cleveland shop's right to refuse sale to Ellen Sissle, a Black resident, effectively permitting stores to deny merchandise to Negro customers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals
Terminal
Cleveland
Ellen Sissle
Girl Dies of Burns at Carlisle School
Dorothy Smith nine died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire from an open stove during furnace installation at the Carlisle School house Caldwell Oklahoma. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Smith of East Union.
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Caldwell
Dorothy Smith
Carlisle
Dorothy
Martin Smith
East Union
Report Merger of Tugwell Office Into Agriculture Dept
Washington reports a likely merger of Rexford Tugwell's Resettlement Administration with the Department of Agriculture as Tugwell resigns from government posts. The RA has bought about 9 million acres of submarginal land for nonfarm use, sparking criticism and possible abolition under RA reorganization. Dr. W. W. Alexander would likely become RA chief.
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Tugwell Office
Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Department of Agriculture
Dapper College
Tugwell
Agricultural Department
W. W. Alexander
Methodist Episcopal
Burial payment sought back after Otto Meisenzahl misidentification
In Madison Wisconsin Adam Reing today sought reimbursement from the county for $70 paid for the burial of an unidentified transient he believed to be Otto Meisenzahl. Otto later reappeared alive and incensed.
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Madison
Wis
U.R
Adam Reining
Otto Meisenzahl
Otto
G Men Probe Turkey Trust WASHINGTON U P
The Justice Department orders an inquiry into an alleged turkey price fixing racket one week before Thanksgiving. J Edgar Hoover’s G Men investigate reports from Pennsylvania Texas and other turkey areas about prices and supply.
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G-Men
Turkey
Washington
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Homer Cummings
Hoover
Cummings
Pennsylvania
Texas
Three-Power Pact Seen Against Soviet Amid War Moves
Fascist Grand Council boosts armaments to back Mussolini policies and hints at Italy joining a bloc with Germany and Japan. Britain pledges neutrality while preparing defenses as speculation rises over Italian German recognition of the Spanish Nationalists and potential Mediterranean upheaval.
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Europe
Madrid
Rome
Grand Council
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Japan
Russia
London
Britain
Moscow
Geneva
Bento Mussolini
Duce
Austria
Hungary
France
Great Britain
Barcelona
Alicante
Mediterranean
Bay of Biscay
Rusela
Long
Federal order hopes to break Pacific coast strike
San Francisco reports a federal move to resume coastwise shipping to Alaska under Alaska Railroad supervision as peace talks stall. The plan aims to ease food shortages in Alaska and Hawaii but faces uncertainties over ship availability and wage payments to Pacific maritime workers.
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San Francisco
U.P
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Hawaii
Alaska Railroad
Department of Interior
Northwest
Seattle
Ethkera
Pacific Maritime
Death of Franklin Chambers in corn shredder injury
The Stoutsville farmer Frank Chambers aged 28 died from injuries received last week when his left arm was caught in a corn shredder.
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Circleville
IUP
Frank Chambers
Stoutsville
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Fay Webb
Vallee
Athens
Auto Workers
Davey
U. S
Russell Case
Tion
United Automobile Workers of America
Bendix Corporation
United States
Denhhardt
Wesleyan Coed
Resettlement Administration
Wallace
United Press
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