U S Leaders Warn Europe Faces Threat From Italo Nazi Pact
Washington officials fear the Italo German recognition of Franco-Spanish regimes signals an effort to pull France from its Soviet alliance. Observers say the move could allow Germany to push into Czechoslovakia and threaten Soviet borders, with Japan ready to strike if Russia is drawn west.
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Washington
Europe
Italy
Germany
State Department
Mussolini
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Soviet
Hitler
Roumania
Japan
Siberian
Wellston Cafe Loses License
The State Liquor Board revoked the Spider Web liquor license in Wellston after three men were injured. Proprietors Charles Lacy and Ross Arnold were found to have violated late liquor rules by allowing intoxicated patrons to congregate. Mayor John Steel may seek state help to improve conditions, while Alfred Humphrey promised to deploy agents as needed.
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Columbus
U.P
Wellston
State Liquor Board
Charles Lacy
Ross Arnold
John Steel
Britain Faces Spanish Blockade Threat and Civil War Fallout
In Europe today, Britain vows to resist nationalist moves to blockade Barcelona and to search Spanish ships. A nationalist cruiser patrolling off the coast signals a looming clash as a loyalist freighter is reported sunk. Madrid discusses mass evacuation of civilians amid fighting, and in Alicante Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera is executed with rumors of retaliation against the premier's son.
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London
Great Britain
Barcelona
Washington
Madrid
Alicante
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Francisco Largo Caballero
U.P
Grangers End Session With Liberal Creed
Delegates from 35 states at the National Grange 70th convention wrapped a nine day session in Columbus advancing economic justice for American agriculture. They endorsed crop insurance on a limited scale, soil conservation, and income sources including federal and state salaries and tax exempt bond interest. They reaffirmed support for representative government and urged limiting federal bureaus to reduce taxation, opposing centralization and constitutional changes that would abridge state rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
National Grange
The
Grange
Supreme Court
Guard surrounds courthouse for Denhardt preliminary hearing
A troop of state police and deputies surround Henry County Courthouse as Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt arrives for a preliminary hearing on charges of murdering his fiancée Verna Taylor. Criminologists tested waxed hands for powder residues. results reportedly show presence of powder grains.
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NEW Castle
U.P
Henry County
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Taylor
Commonwealth
Davies Named Ambassador to Soviet Russia
Joseph E. Davies a wealthy socialite and former FTC head was appointed ambassador to Soviet Russia. A Roosevelt supporter and husband of Marjorie Post Hutton heiress of breakfast food millions he had long been rumored for the post.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph E. Davies
Federal Trade Commission
Soviet Russia
Davies
Roosevelt
Marjorie Post Hutton
Breakfast Food Millions
Parole Board Frees 37 Inmates at Ohio Penitentiary
The State Parole Board released 37 inmates from the Ohio Penitentiary led by Cecil Glover of Gallia County who faced burglary and larceny charges. Parole dated April 1, 1937.
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Gallia
Columbus
U.P
State Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Cecil Glover
Gallia County
Evacuation proposed for women and children in Madrid during siege
Madrid leaders consider evacuating all women and children as Nationalist bombing devastates the city. Food shortages grow and shelters fill as buses depart for the east coast. Atocha district ruins trap civilians in a collapsed fish shop cellar with many dead or buried.
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Madrid
Defense Council
Atocha
Caravaca Street
Mystery in Death of Reid Russell Deepens
Reid Russell a 28 year old automobile salesman was found dead in a garden swing at Gouverneur Morris estate. An autopsy report said a head wound was caused by a .32 caliber gun matching a rusty gun found in his hand, a weapon not fired in over a year according to a ballistics expert.
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Los Angeles
Reid Russell
Gouverneur Morris
State Starts Hearing In Huntington Death
Eleven state witnesses were sworn in Huntington as a preliminary hearing opened for Charles B. Baldwin 41 accused of murdering his mother Mrs Frank B Enslow a prominent Huntington society leader
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Charles B. Baldwin
Frank B. Enslow
Huntington Society
Two Marine Fliers Die In Crash in Maryland
A Marine Corps plane crashed on a farm near Friendship Maryland killing First Lieut Cleo R Keen 28 of Moberly Missouri and Sergeant Frank P Egan 35 of Dorchester Massachusetts. The accident occurred today and the two fliers were identified in the report.
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Maryland
Annapolis
U.P
Marine Corps
Friendship
Cleo R. Keen
Moberly
Frank P. Egan
Dorchester
Mass
A P Grants Wage Hike for Cleveland Area Workers
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. raises wages 2 to 20 percent and grants two weeks paid vacation to 2,500 employees in the Cleveland area. The action affects store staff across the region and represents a substantial benefit improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Labor strife at AFL convention ends secret hearings
At the 56th AFL convention in Tampa Florida leaders end secret hearings on John L Lewis rebellion and seek a compromise to give craft union leaders leverage in future anti internal warfare. Green denounces dictatorship and urges unity as reform plans surface to suspend rebel unions and consider expelling CIO groups if talks fail.
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Tampa
Fila
U.P
American Federation of Labor Resolutions Committee
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cnues
Committee For Industrial Organization
Executive Council
CIO
Maschke a Longtime GOP Leader Dies in Cleveland
Maurice Maschke aged 68 a Republican machine architect in Cuyahoga County for four decades died in Cleveland from pneumonia He was a Harvard Law School alumnus former national committeeman and a key force behind GOP governors and presidents The obituary notes his ironical death as the party faced a major setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Maschke
Cleveland
U.P
Cuyahoga County
Maschke
Ohio
Harvard Law School
Indictment in Lawrence County Courthouse Election Killing
Charles Roach age 45 was indicted on first degree murder for the shooting death of Bert McMahon age 30 at the Lawrence County Courthouse election night following a quarrel over results. The case centers on the fatal incident during the election tally update.
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Ironton
U.P
Charles Roach
Bert McMahon
McMahon
Lawrence County
Steeplejack Rescued After 120 Feet Fall From Smoke Stack
Robert Benneter, a steeple jack, dangled headfirst 120 feet above ground after his rope slipped. Granite City and East St. Louis fire crews united, using long ladders and rope-assisted ascent to reach and rescue him. Doctors say he suffered only a leg wound.
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Granite City
Robert Benneter
Benneter
Berieter
Granite City Fire Department
East
St. Louis
Benieter
Meigs County Musician Dies In Auto Crash
Lang Spires 34 renowned Rutland musician was killed when the car he rode in struck a parked truck on Main Street. Driver Wallace Jeffers 26 and passenger Arthur Hoppes 32 survived. both held in Meigs County Jail with no charges filed. Spires leaves a wife and three children. The crash occurred about 7 15 p m and he died en route to Holzer Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Lang Spires
Rutland
Holzer Hospital
Wallace Jeffers
Arthur Hoppes
Meigs County
Spires
Theobald
Main St
Hank Young
Food Shortage Alarm as Strike Ties Up Ships
In Hawaii and Alaska food shortages prompted official alarm as a maritime strike left 213 ships idle in ports across affected territories. Roosevelt ordered interior department control of emergency shipping, but details remained unclear amid concerns over using government or drafted private vessels.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hawaii
Alaska
Roosevelt
Department of the Interior
Seattle
Court Upholds Ohio Minimum Wage Law
A three judge federal court in Columbus upheld Ohio's minimum wage law for women and minors as constitutional. The ruling allows continued enforcement though the U.S. Supreme Court had recently struck down a nearly identical New York statute in a 5 to 4 decision.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
United State Supreme Court
New York
Winter Work Conference Plans by WPA District Three Leaders
School group leaders gather at Hotel Berry for WPA District No. 3 winter program. C A Warner Ohio WPA education supervisor spoke at a noon luncheon while Ray Hickey Frances Cooksey and others addressed the morning session. Burk chairs and Harold Burk of Marietta Floyd Cooper of Logan and W E Davis of Jackson oversee the program.
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Berry
WPA
C. A. Warner
Ohio
Ray Hickey
Frances Cooksey
Harold Burk
Marietta
Floyd Cooper
Logan
W. E. Davis
Jackson
Burk
Powerful Station May Be Built at Johnstown
Federal Communications Commission engineers reviewed the Ohio Farmers Broadcasting Co license request for a 10000 watt Johnstown station that would rank among the nation’s most powerful, aside from experimental super-power stations. A Democrat caucus in Columbus will be held December 2, announced Rep. Arthur C. Gilpin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Washington
U.P
Federal Communications Commissions
Ohio Farmers Broadcasting Co
Ohio
Columbus
Arthur C. Gilpin
van Wert
Exiled Bendix workers hold fourth day of siege
In South Bend Indiana 1200 Bendix plant employees remain inside the factory for a fourth day of protest against management and union demands. Negotiations with Bendix officials and federal mediators show no progress toward a closed shop while workers enjoy food and improvised entertainment amid idle machines.
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Bendix Products Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Bendix
Bendix Products
Stork Derby Clause Upheld In Millar Will
Justice Middleton upholds the baby race clause in Charles Vance Millar's will creating Toronto's 10 year 800000 maternity marathon. He rules the fortune goes to the winning mother or mothers of legitimate children, eliminating one leader tied with nine children.
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Toronto
Ont
Iu.r
W. F. Middleton
Charles Vance Millar
Justice Middleton
Pauline Mae Clark
Queenie the German Shepherd Mothers Tiger Cubs at Cincinnati Zoo
Queenie a two year old German Shepherd dog nuzzles four tiger cubs at the Cincinnati zoo She was chosen from forty mothers to nurse Dolly the tigress cubs born Thursday Dolly too timid to feed her offspring leaving the zoo with a mother dog ready to nurse the brood
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Cincinnati
AUP
Queenie
Dolly
Louisiana Railroad Strike Ends in Conciliation
Baton Rouge reports the two month long Louisiana and Arkansas Railway strike ended with a conciliation agreement signed by company and union officials. Eight people died during the strike as trains were operated by strike breakers amid derailments bridge fires and right of way damage.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Ohio Valley States Weigh River Pollution Treaty Authority
Representatives from five Ohio valley states gathered in Cincinnati to determine if they have authority to enter a treaty aimed at controlling pollution in the Ohio River and its tributaries. The meeting focuses on interstate cooperation and legal power to bind states in environmental action.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Oddities and Alibi Tales From Two Cities
In Monett Missouri a filling station mechanic heard a bizarre motor noise from a car that had tangled with the fan belt. In San Antonio Texas police paid a $5 reward for an arrested motorist’s original alibi from a banker who admitted speeding at 65 miles an hour.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Owen Kilday
70 Year Old Pastor Earns Eagle Scout Title
In Irwin Pennsylvania Reverend Joshua H. Miller of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church attained the Eagle Scout rank. At age 70 he completed all requirements including lifesaving demonstrating enduring dedication to scouting excellence. In Marlington West Virginia two hunters named Patrolman Robert Blact and Deputy Sheriff Cecil Blumfield tried to take two bear cubs for their kids. A mother bear charged, forcing them to climb a tree for an hour before the cubs were left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlinton
W. Va
Robert Blact
Sherif Cecil Blumfield
Logan
Chamber of Commerce to Aid Roosevelt Reemployment Plan
The U S Chamber of Commerce launched a national campaign to place up to four million jobless workers in employment as part of President Roosevelt's program. The effort involves cooperation with local chambers, manufacturers, and government bodies to expand reemployment, with emphasis on training for older workers and improving relief-related skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce Today
Roosevelt
Repres
Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
Commerce Department Business Advisory Council
New York City
Securities and Exchange Commission
Froma
John W. O'Leary
Chicago
O'Leary
Great Britain
Deny Pier Fire Ties to Strike Amid Philadelphia Blaze
The Moore and McCormack Steamship Co denies a $1 million Philadelphia Pier fire was linked to the strike. Pickets aided police and fire crews as the blaze raged for hours, with ten loaded freight cars moved to safety and ships Commercial Alabama and Minnequa pushed to mid stream on the Delaware River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Moore and McCormack Steamship Company
Phiadelphia
Delaware River
WPA to reduce Ohio staff by December
Ohio WPA plans cut in administrative personnel from 2000 to 1400 by December 15 amid greater local sponsor cooperation. John R. Beeles of WJR died by self-inflicted shooting. Akita dam in Osrucowa village bursts, flooding the countryside and killing 250 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
WPA
Ohiio
Carl Watson
Ohio
Tokyo
Akita
Os Rucowa
Japan
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Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Wellston Cafe
Messenger
Athens
United Press
Grangers
Denhardt
AFL
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
GOP
Stork Derby
Louisiana
U. L. Sulzberger
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Deny Pier
Detroit
John R. Beeles
WJR
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