Continental defense program drives US policy to Lima talks
Navy yards and diplomats refine Roosevelt's continental defense plan for the western hemisphere. Hull heads to Lima for the Pan American Conference while protest groups warn of a world armaments race. Congress may be asked for 1.5 billion dollars for defense. Navy expands fleet with three battleships at 200 million dollars and an aircraft carrier Wasp delayed by material issues.
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Washington
U.P
Navy Yards
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
New York
Lima
Peru
Mr. Roosevelt
A. A. Berle, Jr
Berle
War
Navy Departments
Congress
ARMY
United States
Leahy
Wasp
Census Bureau Finds Rising State Government Costs
The Census Bureau reports a sharp rise in state government operating costs despite the federal works relief program. Analyzing 15 states, officials say 1937 expenditures were 41.4 percent higher than 1932, with aggregate net debt up 27.7 percent over five years.
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Washington
WUP
Census Bureau
Norway Queen Maud Dies After Heart Attack
Queen Maud of Norway dies from a heart attack after an abdominal operation. King Haakon VII stays at her side. King George VI orders four weeks of court mourning through December 18. Maud, born November 25, would have turned 69.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Norway
Queen Maud
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Britain
George VI
Haakon VII
Sweden
Charles
Martha Morgan Succumbs in Glouster Home
Mrs. Martha Morgan 83 died this morning at her daughter Mrs. E H Taylor's home where she had resided 18 years after a fall caused a hip fracture. Survived by daughter Tempie McGee and son Charles Morgan. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Beech Grove Church with Rev. Walter Martin officiating. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Glouster
Martha Morgan
E. H. Taylor
Walter Martin
Athens
Beech Grove Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Religion Heads Plan Massive Anti Nazi Protest
Representatives of major religions will stage a mass demonstration in New York tonight to protest Germany's campaign against religious and racial minorities. Joseph B. Keenan pursues an imposed list of speakers for the rally organized by the American sponsoring committee against Nazi outrages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
American Sponsoring Committee
Rodney Dutcher Funeral Held For Washington Bureau Chief
Funeral services were held yesterday for Rodney Dutcher 37 chief of the Washington Bureau of the Newspaper Enterprise Association who died suddenly of a heart attack Friday night.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
U.P
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Strike Paralyzes World's Largest Chicago Stockyard
The Union Stock Yards and Transit Company faced a 700 hander strike led by the Livestock Handlers' Union. About 500 workers walked out at opening and by three hours after start there were no trades. A 100 police detail was requested with no violence reported.
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Chicago
U.P
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Packing House Workers’ Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
Community Chest Campaign Nearing Closing Time
Athens campaign nears its closing Wednesday before Thanksgiving with 45 percent or 5255 dollars still needed to reach the 11785 dollar goal. Leaders cite weather and football as factors and urge division captains to report pledges and mobilize solicitors this week for a final push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Community Chest
Athens
Honor Roll of Athens Community Chest 1938 39 Contributors
Athens honors list of donors to the 1938 39 Community Chest with 100 percent participation noted for some businesses. Individuals contributing 25 dollars or more are named along with firms and organizations including F J Beasley Co Luckoffs Inc Stedman Co and Ohio University facilities. The page indicates continuation on Page 5.
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Athens
F. J. Beasley Co
The
Stedman
Ohio U
Cornell
Wheaton
E. H. Sprague
Addie Phillips
J. L. Beckley & Son
PWA Seeks Additional Billion for Public Works
Washington officials indicate the Public Works Administration may request another 1 billion dollars from Congress when it convenes in January. The agency has exhausted the 965 million approved last June and plans to seek funds to cover unfilled applications for worthwhile projects.
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Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
Congress
PWA
G-Man Who Helped Lindbergh Case Found Dead
John M. Keith aged 43 a former FBI official who aided the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation was found dead in Cheltenham Township his suicide determined by police a revolver found beside him Keith headed the Washington FBI office before retiring in 1936 to join Philco as chief investigator.
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Cheltenham
U.P
John M. Keith
Keith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington Field Office
Philco Radio and Television Corporation
Cheltenham Township
Convicts Bound for Devil's Island Stab 20 in Mutiny
Paris reports mutinous convicts on Saint Martin Island off La Rochelle were guarded as they awaited transport to Devil's Island aboard La Martiniere. A Saturday brawl led to 20 prisoners being knifed as guards moved in amid cries they did not want to go to Guiana.
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Paris
U.P
Saint Martin Island
la Rochelle
Devil's Island
la Martiniere
Guiana
Cuban Leader Pledges Allegiance to America
Col. Fulgenio Batista, Cuba’s commander-in-chief, says Cuba will cooperate to combat political penetration alien to democracy. He declares Cuba stands with the Americas against foreign influence and urges unity among nations.
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America
New York
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Americas
Dayton Public Schools Open After Three-Week Closure
Dayton reopened its public schools for 34 000 students as Judge Wiseman rejected a takeover to run the system. Funds from a state allotment and a $430 000 emergency plan will keep classes going through the Christmas holidays starting December 16.
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Dayton
U.P
William C. Wiseman
Board of Education
Wiseman
State School Foundation
German Vessel Mishap Probed
In Oakland California a second mishap aboard a German vessel this month killed longshoreman Nick Pesha. Two heavy cargo booms snapped their cables and crashed onto the Weser deck within 45 minutes. Police and the captain agree it was accidental. Investigation referred to the State Bureau of Industrial Accidents.
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Lloyd Motorship
Weser
Nick Pesha
State Bureau of Industrial Accidents
Seven Crippled Boys To Be Buried Tuesday
Seven crippled boys aged 7 to 12 who drowned with a 22 year old driver will be buried Tuesday, a coroner's inquest to determine responsibility is planned. The group was riding to the Kirby Memorial Health Center for treatment when their car fell into a water-filled abandoned mine after hitting a sink hole.
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Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Kirby Memorial Health Center
Boy 12 Hangs Self in Attic After Curious Attempt
Cleveland report says Robert Flaws aged 12, son of John Flaws Jr., sought to learn what hanging felt like. He entangled a rope over a rafter in an attic playroom above Alex Nason’s garage, then kicked the box away, leaving him dangling. David and Edward Nason, friends, witnessed the events and alerted their father. Alex Nason found the body and attempted artificial respiration, but the boy died Sunday.
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Cleveland
U.P
Robert Flaws
John Flaws, Jr
Alex Nason
Robert
Edward
Davis Nason
David
Bob
Nason
President Roosevelt Heads to Warm Springs for Holiday
On the Roosevelt special train the president travels to Warm Springs Georgia the southern White House to spend two weeks. He plans talks with House and Senate leaders on a broad legislative program and possible replacement for Attorney General Homer Cummings. He may approve federal judgeships and will dine with Mrs. Roosevelt and patients at the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis on Thanksgiving Day.
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White House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Homer S. Cummings
House
Senate
United States
Hemisphere
Frank Murphy
Michi
Gan
Cummings
Washington
Warm Springs Foundation For
Woman Killed By Landslide Near Spencer West Virginia
A 40 ton mud and rock slide struck a car on Route 33 injuring Rose King 18 Joyce King 3 and Donald King 7. Mrs Alma Wyatt 73 died in the collapse while the King family planned to reach Charleston to pick up W L King en route to Calhoun County. Rain loosening earth was blamed by a road commission employee for the slide.
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Spencer
W. Va
U.P
Alma Wyatt
Rose King
W. L. King
Calhoun County
Road Commission
TVA Investigators Will Hear Farm Bureau Men
A joint congressional committee will hear American Farm Bureau Federation officials describe how TVA programs aid agriculture. Testimony will cover cheap power flood control and inexpensive phosphate fertilizers with Murray Lincoln as a speaker.
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TVA
Farm Bureau
Washington
Congressional
Tennessee Valley Authority
American Farm Bureau Federation
Murray Lincoln
Ohio
Federation
Driver Held for Grand Jury in Monk's Death
Dale Hazlett, 20, Canton, bound over to Delaware County grand jury on manslaughter charges in the death of 73 year old Brother Candidus Schifferlie of St. Pauls Monastery. Hazlett pled not guilty at arraignment and was jailed on 5000 dollar bond.
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Delaware
Dale Hazlett
Canton
Delaware County Grand Jury
Candidus Schifferlie
St. Paul's Monastery
Here
Hazlett
Justice of the Peace
John J. Schweitzer
Rescued Miner Plans Return to Work
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania William Bokuniewicz 52 and apprentice Joseph Comisky 18 were rescued after 40 hours trapped 30 feet underground. Both men in hospital in fine shape though guarded against pneumonia. Bokuniewicz said he would resume work at the bootleg coal hole. rescue crews dug two days through mud and rock to free them Sunday morning.
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Shenandoah
William Bokuniewicz
Bokuniewicz
Joseph Comisky
Unidentified Woman Found Dead on Chicago Street
Police seek to identify a brunette about 25 whose body lay under a street lamp on a lonely Chicago thoroughfare. Coroner’s physicians believe she was not killed by a car and that her body may have been staged to resemble a hit and run. Two policemen found the body Sunday.
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Chicago
U.P
Wage-Hour Chief Alerts on Falsifying Records
Washington U P reports Wage Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews warns that employee waivers of wage hour rights violate the law. He cites drastic penalties for employers who falsify records to evade overtime beyond the 44 hour maximum.
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Washington
U.P
Elmer F. Andrews
Head-On Streetcar Collision Delays Yorkville Traffic
A foggy Yorkville collision involving two street cars injures six people and blocks the Rayland Wheeling line, tying up traffic in Martins Ferry.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
Yorkville
Rayland-Wheeling
Europe Shifts as Chamberlain Plans Paris Talks
The 1938 realignment of European powers moves toward a four power framework as Chamberlain travels to Paris for talks with Daladier. Britain and France seek fixes with Italy while Germany presses east toward Ruthenia and Poland amid growing tensions. Royal Romania and Yugoslavia figures arrive in London seeking trade and political support, while Germany tightens control over Jewish emigration and Catholic-Nazi tensions rise.
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Jor
Alex Morris
United Press
Europe
Munich
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Italy
Reich
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Ruthenia
Hunegary
Prague
Htaty
Chamberlain
Carol
England
Berlin
Romania
Viscount Halifax
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Konrad von Preysing
Ernst von Rath
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Philippine Islands
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
Lindbergh
Devil’s Island
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Monk
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