Labor Groups To Resume Attempts To End Dispute
Washington U P reports that AFL and CIO resume talks to end their two year dispute. Peace committees from both sides planned to push for action while CIO moves toward a separate industrial union in furniture. If AFL plans join, Sal B Hoffman may lead 36000 to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Cup
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Union
CIO
A. F. of L.cio
A. F. of L
Police Capture d Youths and Girl After Downtown Chase
In Lancaster authorities held four youths including an 18 year old girl after a police chase ended with gunfire. The group fled from John Miller’s station at Logan after unpaid nine gallons of gas. Residents named Pete Polinsky Frank Soda James Myrne and Helen Elliot face arraignment in Hocking County Common Pleas Court Tuesday.
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Lancaster
John Miller
Logan
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Pete Polinsky
Frank Soda
James Myrne
Niles
Helen Elliot
Toronto
Break Second Line Line in Nanking Push
Shanghai dispatch reports the Second Hindenburg Line breached as Japanese forces seize Wutsin en route to Nanking. Chinese sources claim air raids on Hsuancheng Anhwei kill at least 40 and injure over 100. Japan tightens grip on Shanghai zones while negotiating with the United States and Britain over customs.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Wutsin
Hsuancheng
Anhwei
International Settlement
United States
Power company refuses low rate to six rural coops
Ohio Power Co refused to supply electric current at one cent per kilowatt hour to six rural cooperatives. A hearing on the petition will be held December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio Power Co
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Tours Arthurdale and Morgantown
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and Doris Duke Cromwell world’s richest woman toured the mining area spending a weekend with West Virginia miners. They stayed in Morgantown and planned a possible visit to the Friend's Service Committee settlement before driving to New York. Roosevelt praised Arthurdale’s growth while Cromwell called the tour very interesting.
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Uniontown
Eleanor Roosevelt
Doris Duke Cromwell
West Virginia
Duke Tobacco
Morgantown
W. Va
Friend’s Service Committee
New York
Witnesses Arrested After Ignoring Order
Miss Elsie Doll age 18 and Harvey McKelvey age 62 of Ravenna were held as material witnesses and ordered to appear in federal court in Cleveland to testify against two charged with operating a liquor still. The arrests followed summonses ignored from two prior trials of Paul Minardi and Ambrose Salvatore, linked to a 300 gallon still on a Ravenna-area farm in 1936.
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Cleveland
A.P
Elsie Doll
Harvey McKelvey
Ravenna
Paul Jones
Paul Minardi
Ambrose Salvatore
House Debates Permanent Farm Stabilizing Bill
The House began consideration of a permanent farm stabilizing bill amid anticipated clashes over constitutionality. Republicans call the measure unconstitutional and argue it imposes compulsory regulation harming agriculture. The Agriculture Committee defends it as necessary for Interstate commerce involving five major crops.
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Washington
U.P
House of Representatives
House Agriculture Committee
Marvin Jones
Tex
Governor Urges Matching Funds for Relief Plan in Special Session
Governor Martin L. Davey called a special session to pass a relief program, amend unemployment insurance for $15 weekly benefits for 16 weeks, fund a state welfare building program, and make deficieny appropriations. He demanded 50-50 local-state matching and urged lowering local tax levy thresholds to pass. The measure faces Senate opposition led by the anti Davey Hatchet Men amid urban rural funding splits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Senate
Four Prisoners Escape From Ohio Reformatory
Four inmates from the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield escaped with outside help. Superintendent Arthur L. Glattke said the four trusted prisoners broke a dormitory window, scaled a fence, and fled toward State Route 13, likely aided by a prearranged car waiting on the highway. All were serving sentences from Dayton.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Ohio State Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
Dayton
Glattke
President Roosevelt sails for Florida vacation aboard Potomac
President Roosevelt begins a cruise on the Potomac for a vacation off the Florida coast. He is accompanied by Robert H. Jackson of the DOJ anti trust division, Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, WPA chief Harry Hopkins, James Roosevelt, Col. Edwin M. Watson, and aides Captain Walter Woodson and Dr. Ross T. McIntire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
President Roosevelt
Potomac
Florida
Robert H. Jackson
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harry Hopkins
WPA
James Roosevelt
Edwin M. Watson
White House
Walter Woodson
Ross T. McIntire
Fight Gas Well Blaze Injures Eleven in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia United Fuel Gas Co workers fought a raging flame at a 9 000 000 cubic foot gas well near Sissonville. An engine spark in the derrick house is blamed for the blaze as crews labored in heat to choke off the fire and 11 men were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
United Fuel Gas Co
Sissonville
Pittsburgh Panthers Invited to Rose Bowl
The Pittsburgh Press reports the Panthers were invited to the Rose Bowl. Members of the squad were called to a campus meeting at noon to vote on accepting the invitation.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh Panthers
Panther
Flaming Cat Starts Fire In Jackson County
A burning cat unintentionally sparked a house fire in Jackson County. Mrs. Bessie Warner tried to rekindle a stove fire with kerosene, singeing the cat and setting a Davenport aflame. The blaze spread to Norman Allen’s barn, destroying the barn and several cows and pigs, while the Warner home was saved except for the Davenport. Mrs. Warner was treated for shock. The cat’s fate remained unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
U.P
Jackson County
O'Leary
Bessie Warner
Warner Home
Norman Allen
Allen
Warner
Davenport
Foote Hospital
Marietta Night Club Destroyed by Blaze
The Castle Night Club in Marietta opened a week ago burned early today causing $40,000 in damages. Washington County authorities opened an investigation into the mysterious fire that destroyed the venue serving Marietta and Parkersburg patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Washington County
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pardon-Parole Grand Jurors Face Threats Amid Probe
In Columbus three grand jurors investigating pardon and parole buying in Ohio received threatening calls over the weekend. A woman warned Matt Ash to ensure the verdict, while two other jurors reported anonymous calls. Foreman Alfred Ballin said an effort was made to pressure him. The panel paused after juror Nellie Dowling was injured in a weekend auto accident. a substitute will be appointed by Judge Dana Reynolds.
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Columbus
Special
Grand Jury
Ohio
Herbert S. Duffy
Matt Ash
Duffy
Alfred Ballin
Nellie Dowling
Dana Reynolds
Attempt To Kill Premier Fails
Cairo police patrolled streets after an attack on Moustapha El Nahas Pasha premier and Wafd Party leader. Suspect Izzedine Abdel Khader, 22, ministry clerk, grandson of Arabi Pasha, identified. Nahas Pasha remained calm describing the incident at a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
U.P
Moustapha el Nahas- Pasha
Wafd
Izzedine Abdel Khader
Agriculture Ministry
Arabi-Pashi
Manchukuo Sovereignty Recognized by Italians
Rome today became the third nation to recognize the independence and sovereignty of Manchukuo, the Japanese carved state in Manchuria. Italy joined Japan and San Salvador, signaling a shift away from League norms as nations ignored the aggression that created Manchukuo.
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Rome
Italy
Manchukuo
Japan
Manchuria
San Salvador
League of Nations
Henry L. Stimson
Former Logan Business Man Dies at Chillicothe
Edward Oliver aged 68 a former Logan business man died in the government hospital at Chillicothe after four weeks confinement. His home was in Lancaster and funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon with burial to follow there.
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Logan
Edward Oliver
Chillicothe
Trade balance shows surplus for U S in ten months
The Commerce Department reported a favorable foreign trade balance of sixty million four hundred forty three thousand dollars for the first ten months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Ex Ohio U Student Not Killed in Spain
Randall Smith age 22 former Ohio University student who enlisted with Loyalist forces in the Spanish war was not killed. Friends in Warren said he was shot in the leg in a letter dated Nov 7 and asked about the World Series and football news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Smith
Ohio University
Warren
Smith
Ford Factory Opens Despite Called Strike
Ford Motor Company assembly plant resumed operations despite a strike by United Automobile Workers. About 300 pickets opened entry through a steering group while no resistance was offered. Two Ford workers were allegedly beaten near the plant prior to opening. Circuit Judge Kirkwood kept the injunction case open to Dec. 3. In Detroit, UAW assistant president Frankensteen said the union would use every tool to win the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
UAWA
Committee For Industrial Organization
M. N. Johnson
Ford
Robert J. Kirkwood
Ford Company
Detroit
Richard T. Frankensteen
Washington
Six year old witness in Montana double murder
Frank Robideau, 55, a wheat farmer, confessed to killing Mike and Mrs Kuntz in what authorities say began as a duel over 180 bushels of wheat. six year old Larry Kuntz, found beside the slain couple near a grain elevator, says little about the motive after being beaten. The note on the door read gone to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Frank Robideau
Mike Kuntz
P. R. Heily
Wheat Basin
Larry Kuntz
Columbus
Netherland Prince Bernhard Hurt in Amsterdam Area Crash
Prince Bernhard zu Lippe Biesterfeld husband of Princess Juliana was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Diemen. The couple wed January 7 this year and anticipate the birth of an heir early next year.
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Amsterdam
A.P
Bernhard Zu _ Lippe-Biesterfeld
Juliana
Netherlands
Diemen
Bernhard
Peace Confab For Trainmen Amid Nationwide Strike
Federal Labor Conciliator John L. Conner called a third peace conference today with Greyhound Bus Lines and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen as police probe violence and a reported kidnapping in the broad 16 state strike area. In Pittsburgh 20 men were questioned over the alleged kidnap of Wilbur Glassbrenner who was freed after refusing to join the union. Two buses were stoned near Churchill Township causing minor injuries to two riders. Anna Kitosh of Irvington New Jersey suffered a scalp laceration and Ralph Miller of Altoona Pennsylvania was cut by flying glass.
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Cleveland
U.R
John L. Conner
Greyhound Bus Lines
Brotherhood of Railway
Pittsburgh
Wilbur Glassbrenner
Fort Wayne
New York City
Union
Churchill Township
Greensburg
Anna Kitosh
Irvington
N. J
Ralph Miller
Altoona
Seek Fascists In Peace Plan Seek Fascists In Peace Plan
Britain and France renewed talks to bring Germany and Italy into a European peace settlement. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Eden and French leaders Chautemps and Delbos led efforts to reestablish a strong Anglo French front against the menace of Germany and Italy and to protect Far East interests.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Britain
Camille Chautemps
Yvon Delbos
Far East
Hitler
Bank Robber Admits Tiltonsville Hold Ups
Baltimore police say William Charles Ney confessed to two Tiltonsville bank robberies in Ohio. Officials report a signed confession stating the 37 year old held up the Tiltonsville bank in 1930 and again last month, taking $322 then $900.
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Tiltonsville
Baltimore
U.P
Baltimore Police Today
William Charles Ney
Ney
Wind Storm Causes Heavy Damage in Ohio and Kentucky
High winds near Cincinnati Sunday caused about 50 000 dollars in damage across Adams and Brown counties Ohio and nearby Kentucky. Buildings were unroofed trees and power poles were blown down and towns including Fincastle Decatur Manchester and West Union suffered damage.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Adams
Brown Counties
Fincastle
Decatur
Manchester
West Union
State Liquor Board Sets Hearings in Marietta and Portsmouth
The State Liquor Control Board will hold public hearings in Marietta on Tuesday and Portsmouth on Wednesday to allow citizens to present grievances. No hearings on revocations or license actions will be conducted.
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Columbus
U.P
State Liquor Control Board
Marietta
Portsmouth
Strengthening of Military Forces Is Recommended by Secretary of War
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring urged a broader buildup of US military power as a safeguard against global conflict. He outlined targets for officers and enlisted personnel, expanded air defenses, more Reserve Officers Training Corps units, and a 1940 goal of 2,320 modern aircraft. He also called for a new War Department building to be started within a year.
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Secretary of War
Washington
U.P
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Addi
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
War Department
Roosevelt Pushes Housing Act Overhaul for $12-16 Billion Boom
President Roosevelt urged Congress to revise the National Housing Act to unleash a five year construction surge financed by private capital. He warned lagging building hurts industry and called for conferences with labor, industry and finance to start housing after decades of stagnation.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Federal Housing Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
National Mortgage Association
Marriner S. Eccles
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Eccles
Great Britain
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A. F. of S
Lewis
Federation
William Green
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Cecil Parthemer
Queen
Parthemer
Davey
Solons
Ohio Reformatory
Pitt
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Hamilton County
Ohio Penitentiary
Sudanelon
FDR
U. S
Premier
Ohio U
Spain
Netherland
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