Russian Charges Against Fascists To Be Considered
The Spanish civil war dominates world diplomacy as Nationalists near Madrid. Britain prepares a footing for a hostage exchange and mass evacuations while Russia pushes for non intervention talks. Germany Italy and Portugal are seen backing the rebels amid rising tensions.
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London
Madrid
Spain
Europe
Russia
Lord Plymouth
International Committee On
Portugal
Germany
Italy
BACE
Aad
Paris
France
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Roosevelt Tour Brings Panic and Fatalities in Mass
During President Roosevelt's Massachusetts visit a crowd surge caused a 900 pound traffic pole to collapse injuring several. Three deaths were attributed to heart attacks amid the excitement. Seven others were seriously hurt and many more prostrated across Worcester Quincy and Taunton areas.
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Boston
U.P
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
William P. Cross
South
Philomena Lema
Taunton
Nancy Nichols
Worcester
Quincy
Internal Union Peace Still Unrestored In Labor Council Stalemate
Washington UR report says the American Federation of Labor Executive Council ended a two week session with no progress in internal peace. A three man committee was appointed to meet with the Committee for Industrial Organization made up of ten suspended unions.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Company May Boost Employes Pay
Pittsburgh UP reports Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp may raise wages for its 100000 workers after further collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Miners Walk Out at Lehigh Valley Coals in Pay Protest
Hazelton Pa four thousand coal miners left Lehigh Valley Coal Company collieries in protest of a pay reduction tied to a rock contract miner. The strike blocks production in the district as workers demand restored wages and contract terms.
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Hazelton
U.P
Lehigh Valley Coal Company Collieries
Chamber of Commerce Pushes Repeal of Federal Social Security Act
The Chamber of Commerce adopts a convention resolution urging repeal of the Federal Social Security Act. The text criticizes hasty enactment and European experiences, warns of complex employer accounting, higher production costs, and potential morale impact. The report notes 22 directors, with 19 renominated and three new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Chamber
Al Smith To Speak Tonight In Chicago Campaign Appearance
Alfred E. Smith former New York governor and 1928 Democratic nominee arrives in Chicago for a single midwest appearance urging Constitutional Democrats to back Alf M. Landon. Special police will monitor crowds. a parade was scrapped due to traffic. Smith speaks 9 30 to 10 30 p m EST at Civic Opera House with broadcast planned.
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Chicago
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Alf M. Landon
New York
Smith
Chicago Park Board
Civic Opera House
Successful influenza vaccine announced by Med ical science group
Dr Thomas Francis Jr reported to the American Public Health Association that early results show a first success with an influenza vaccine. He cautioned that applicability during epidemics remains undetermined and urged public calm and realistic expectations.
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New Orleans
U.P
Medical Science Today
Thomas Francis, Jr
American Public Health Association
Couzens Remains Seriously Ill at Harper Hospital
Sen. James Couzens’s condition in Harper Hospital worsened due to uremic poisoning as doctors reported no improvement. The Detroit case draws national attention to his health amid ongoing political duties and public concern.
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Couzens
Detroit
James Couzens
Harper Hospital
Recording of Fireside Chat Broadcast in Detroit
Detroit News Radio Station WWJ aired an electrical transcription of the Vandenberg Roosevelt debate on Wednesday night. The taped Fireside Chat was to air on CBS Saturday but was blocked by a policy against transcripts. Vandenberg attacked Democratic platform planks while Roosevelt’s voice replied I accept it 100 percent.
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Detroit
U.P
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Detroit News
Vandenberg
Columbia Broadcasting System
WWJ
Mr. Roosevelt
Mills Compares New Deal to European Dictatorships
Ogden L. Mills, former secretary of the treasury, labeled the New Deal as akin to Russia's Communism Italy's Fascism and Germany's Naziism during a Wednesday night broadcast He argued the United States is moving in the same direction though not as far as those regimes.
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New York
U.P
Ogden L. Mills
Herbert Hoover
Akron tires plant resumes after mystery sitdown strike
The Firestone Rubber Company main plant tire production line, idle almost 48 hours due to a mystery sit down strike, is resumed. Union president L. Buckmaster says the stop resulted from a misunderstanding by a shop foreman.
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Akron—Up
Firestone Rubber Company
L. &. Buckmaster
Community Chest Revived in Athens Without Red Cross
Athens Community Chest, inactive for two years, revived at City Hall with a seven member board and plans for a fundraising drive. Red Cross chapter declines affiliation per national orders, while new partner Child Health and Protection Committee joins. four names to two year terms and others for one year. The first board meeting is set for Monday at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Athens Community Chest
City Hall
Red Cross
Child Health and Protection Committee
Blaine K. Goldsperry
Athens County
Gordon K. Bush
H. T. Phillips
Salvation Army
Earl Beckley
Boy Scouts
H. C. Bobo
The
Hospital Fund
Edith Beecher
Ohio University Ywca
Fred Wheaton
Girl Scouts
O. C. Bird
Child Health and Protective Committee
A. B. Sias
Welfare Association
Beckley
Beecher
Bird
Bobo
C. M. Gill
Chamber of Commerce
Cold Rain Expected Across State From W B Forecast
The Weather Bureau in Columbus predicts continued light rain and falling temperatures across the state. A high around 40 degrees is forecast for Saturday with no snow expected during the current cold spell.
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Columbus
U.P
United States Weather Bureau
Estate of Portsmouth Widow Appraised at $63,366
The estate of Ella Gates Drew of Portsmouth, widow of Irving Drew and descendant of a pioneer Athens County family, was appraised at $63,366. The report notes her late husband was a Portsmouth shoe manufacturer.
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Portsmouth
Ella Gates Drew
Athens County
Irving Drew
Milk Strike Ends in Akron as Farmers Prepare Ship Milk
Akron dairy farmers, members of the milk producers association, ended a three week strike today and moved to begin shipping milk to Akron dairies.
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AKRON
U.P
Milk Producers’ Association
Akron Dairies
Oviedo Siege Pictured as Most Terrible In Recent History
United Press reports the 90 day siege of Oviedo led by Gen. Antonio Miguel Aranda with 2000 defenders against Asturian miners. More than 70 000 residents endured daily aerial bombardment, 10 000 bombs, hundreds of incendiaries, and severe food and water shortages.
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Oviedo
Miguel Aranda
Reynolds Packard
United Press War Staff
Aranda
Landon Leads Roosevelt In Digest Poll Breaks 11 point gap
The Literary Digest national poll shows Landon leading Roosevelt by almost 11 points after adding about 125,000 ballots from metropolitan centers. Landon would have 370 electoral votes to Roosevelt's 161 if held today. Ohio totals are Landon 70,046 and Roosevelt 42,052 in the current tally of 8,458,729 votes.
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New York
Landon
Roosevelt
Literary Digest
Kansas
London
Ohio
Union
New Name in Stork Derby
Confusion grows as Anne Smith registers nine previously secret births in the $750,000 stork derby. With 10 days left, rivals fear other unregistered births may tilt the 10 year tally set by Charles Vaned Millar's will.
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Toronto
U.P
Anne Smith
Toronto Star
Ickes Accuses Knox of 1940 Presidential Aim
Secretary Ickes charged Frank Knox with aiming for the presidency in 1940, saying Knox knows the GOP will lose but campaigns energetically. He spoke at Northwestern University, calling Hoover's moratorium a world class boondoggle and critiquing Gov. Alf Landon as a blurred Hoover copy.
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Evanston
Inll
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Frank Knox
Northwestern University
Ickes
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Last Minute Speeches Reach Ohio Voters Ahead of Election
Democratic and Republican speakers sweep across Ohio cities in a final effort to present clear campaign arguments before the November 3 deadline. The push is led by gubernatorial candidates and state party leaders to ensure voters hear their messages despite repetitive campaigning.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Landon Criticizes New Deal Curbs on Liberty in Texas Swing
On the Landon campaign train the GOP nominee warns the New Deal would regiment homes lives and jobs and curb individual liberty. He argues current plans threaten constitutional rights and cites possible mandates on farming clothing and personal choices.
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GOP
New Deal
Landon
Texas
U.R
Alf. M. Landon
Oklahoma City
Young Slayer Gets 199 Years
Chicago witnesses a grim murder case as 15 year old Roland Munroe receives a 199 year term for killing Mrs. Agnes Roffe, a crippled widow, with a cane and wire. The trial lasted three hours, jurors affirmed the verdict, and Munroe slept in his cell after sentencing.
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Chicago
U.P
Agnes Roffers
Roland Munroe
Criminal Court
Munroe
Man officially dead claims veterans bonus
Jesse Owen Gifford, 45, once thought murdered, resurfaced in California to claim veterans compensation his wife reportedly collected earlier in Tennessee. Gifford, injured in a Reno car crash last July 4, disappeared in 1928 after a car was found near Stevenson, Alabama. A body found in the Tennessee River was identified as Gifford. a man named Woodall was acquitted of his murder based on a railway conductor’s testimony about a ticket to Memphis.
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Susanville
Calif
U.P
Jesse Owen Giffore
South Pittsburgh
Tenn
Gifford
Reno
Nev
Pittsburgh
Stevenson
Ala
Tennessee River
Bridgeport
J. A. Woodall
Southern Railway
Memphis
Man Kills Father After Dream Commands Crime
Emory Dean 23, held on murder charges in Jacksonville after allegedly killing his father George 50 in a California camp. Police say he acted on a dream instruction and crossed the continent for the deed amid suspected mental imbalance.
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Jacksonville
Fla
CDC
San Diego
Emory Dean
Dean
George
Mrs Wallis Simpson Opposes King Edward Marriage
Close friends report Mrs Wallis Simpson strongly opposes marrying King Edward while divorced from Ernest Simpson. They say she wants full recognition as queen, not a lesser status, and would not risk embarrassing the king or his position.
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Mrs. Wallis Simpson
England
Edward VIII
London
U.P
Wallis Simpson
Ernest A. Simpson
Edward
Roosevelt Campaign Train Pushes Tax Policy in Connecticut
President Roosevelt toured Connecticut after Massachusetts stops presenting his "democracy in taxation" platform. He argued taxes should be levied by ability to pay, outlined five tax measures, and accused Republicans of sabotaging tax progress while promising no new levies.
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Roosevelt
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Worcester
Local home robbed after arrests in city
A Seth L. Elliott residence on Route 141 was burglarized late Wednesday. A money bank with 8.10 in dimes and a blue overcoat were stolen. Patrolman Chester Leaper found two men, Fred Sinclair and Bobce Roberts of Green Township, in a vehicle near Route 141 and arrested them on suspected intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Seth L. Elliott
Chester Leaper
Fred Sinclair
Bobce Roberts
Green Township
Knox Campaign Attacks Roosevelt In Ohio Speech
Frank Knox running mate to Robert Taft criticized the Roosevelt administration in Ohio after a Vincennes Ind. stop saying the President has failed to reveal his plans and platform. He warned voters that twelve days before the election the administration lacks a known program for the country.
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Knox
Ohio
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Lee Day
Vincennes
Ind
Landon Wins Rural Vote in Grass Roots Poll
Final returns in the Grass Roots poll from Publishers Autocaster Service show Gov Alf Landon with 594 163 votes to 382 842 for Roosevelt among 1 039 635 rural ballots across 40 states. In New York Julius Mercz 25 surrenders license six months and pays 50 for hitting a dog and sleds.
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New York
U.P
Autocaster Service
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Roosevelt
U.2
Julius Mercz
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