Roosevelt outlines plan to use small investors for low income housing
President Roosevelt said the administration would seek to tap funds held by small investors to build homes for a lower income group not covered by federal housing. He noted many could pay from five to ten dollars per room monthly and proposed targeting homes around three thousand dollars each.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Stewart McDonald
Gerard B. Lambert
FHA
Jarence E. Grosebeck
Electric Bond and Share Company
Groseback
Iater
Rescuers Fear Trapped Dog Is Dead
In Spelter West Virginia rescuers after ten days of digging and dynamiting fear the five year old beagle named Sport is dead. Miners and reinforcements worked around a sink hole where Sport fell while the owner Howard Walls waited for news. The dog once barked to aid the rescue but no sound has come in days and dynamite has replaced digging to avoid crushing the animal.
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Howard Walls
Lottery Cases Prolonged Await January Court Term
One man Arch Hare of the DeLuxe restaurant Princeton avenue received thirty days in county jail and a 200 dollar fine plus costs after pleading guilty to operating a lottery in Princeton. Other cases were continued to January, including Huffins and Matz, with several bonds set and demurrers ruled. Some indictments were dismissed or framed as defendants await the January term before Judge John McGrath.
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Arch Hare
Huffins
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
Bluefield
G H. Crumpecker
Hare
A. Huffins
West Virginia
John McGrath
Earl Doak
J. I. Matz
Sam Slifkin
Wes
D. A. M. Nichols
Mark P. Corvin
Weer
R. T. Peters
Wilbur Shickle
Lilly Surety
Everett Feat
Bond
E. E. Lilly
E. Ring Song
R. W. Ratcliff
A. Grogan
E. B. Kiera
Sam _ Slifkin
Frank Snider
John Stupatsky
West at Cross Roads New Deal Under Aull Sees World
Denver reports Republicans in eight Rocky Mountain states blast Roosevelt policies and New Deal adherence as they prepare for November elections. The piece notes contests in Colorado Arizona Idaho Montana Wyoming New Mexico Utah and-senators and representatives up for vote along with state pension repeal and tax exemptions.
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Aull
West
Cross Roads
Associated Press
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Arizona
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Itate
New Deal
D. Worth Clark
James P. Pope
Endurance Flight Ends After 218 Hours in Little Bear
The light monoplane Little Bear finished its endurance flight at 218 hours 23 minutes over Rosamond Drylake California. Pilots Clyde Schieper and Thomas Smith from Clarksburg West Virginia landed after a fuel tank leak hindered in air repairs. Harley Long relieved them as fatigue and fumes affected performance. The craft refueled via rope and hook lifting cans, and pilots parachuted from the plane.
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Lancaster
Calif
Little Bear
Rosamond Drylake
Clyde Schieper
Thomas Smith
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harley Long
Schlieper
Smith
Wave of Anti Americanism Sweeps Arabs in Palestine
Arab communities in the Near East react to American leaders urging Roosevelt to intercede with Britain for Jewish immigration to Palestine. Arab lawyers judges and business leaders warn of an American boycott of schools missions and institutions if the Jewish cause is favored. Several delegations have sought the American Consul General amid rising tensions.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Jerusalem
Near East
Great Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
George
Chamberlain seeks new peace overture to Hitler and Mussolini
Prime Minister Chamberlain urged the House of Commons to approve bringing the Easter pact with Mussolini into force and to pursue economic peace with Germany. He called for armament limits by agreement, voluntary civilian preparedness, and a no further war pledge linked to the Munich declaration, while denying aggression or a new arms race.
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London
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
House of Commons
Munich
Mussolini
Commons
Reich
Germany
Europe
Britain
Hitler
JAPS OPEN NEW SOUTHERN DRIVE IN CHINA
Reports from Hongkong and Chungking indicate Japanese landings at Putsing near Foochow as allies believe a new coastal campaign aims to seize Foochow Swatow and other key ports. Chiang Kai-Shek vows to continue the war, urging unity and no peace while resistance endures.
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Hongkong
South China Coast
Pacific
Putsing
Kukien
Foochow
Swatow
Children’s Bureau Chief Is Health Conference Speaker
Katharine Lenroot chief of the U S Bureau of Children speaks at the West Virginia Health Conference banquet about the nation’s maternal and child health gains over decades. She notes infant mortality declines since 1920 and calls for better maternity facilities and antenatal postnatal care.
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Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
West Virginia
Miss Lenroot
Pickets Erected at Deep Hollow Mine Protest
In Kingwood West Virginia on November 1 pickets set up at the Deep Hollow mine and said they would stay until a union contract is signed. Mine operator Charles Craig declined comment. Russell Miller of Pittsburgh, representing the national labor relations board, told United Mine Workers leaders action would come within two weeks on a complaint that the mine’s incident union is dominated by conemy. The independent union has appealed to the labor board for certification as the mine’s bargaining unit.
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Kingwood
N 'Eiliene
Deep Hollow
Charles Craig
McClellan Hartman
Russell Miller
Pittsburgh
National Labortions Board
United Mine Workers
Conemy
Labor Board For
Rear Admiral Williams Dies at 62 in San Diego Navy Hospital
San Diego on November 1 Rear Admiral Yancey Williams 62 of the U S N died today at the Naval hospital where he was admitted October 4 from a heart ailment.
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San Diego
Calif
Yancey
Williams
Naval Hospital
Tide of political tide shifts in 1930s elections
Washington reports on the national political mood as voters prepare for midterm contests seen as a fourth census since the 1929 crash. The piece recalls 1929 Hoover era gains, party control shifts, and the potential for Republicans to break a long trend in upcoming elections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Hoover
Solid South
Morgan Partner Rebuked For Not Reporting Whitney
Securities and Exchange Commission publicly rebuked Thomas L Lamont of J P Morgan and Company for failing to report Richard Whitney's criminal conduct to New York Stock Exchange authorities. Testimony showed George Whitney borrowed 1082000 from Lamont to aid Richard Whitney, who was then embroiled in embezzlement of exchange pension fund securities.
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Thomas W. Lamont
Brother and Morgan
Richard Whitney
Washington
Thomas L. Lamont
P. Morgan and Company
Securities Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney
Exchange
George Whit
FBI Chief Reveals Kidnap Slayings and Ransoms Tied to Brooklyn Victims
J Edgar Hoover announced the Fryed kidnapping slaying and cremation in New York City and two Brooklyn men held for ransom totaling 14000. Suspects Sacoda Demetrius Gula Jackins and Virga held. Ransom demands, past abductions, and ties to other crimes outlined.
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New York
Brooklyn
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Arthur Pried
White Plains
Benjamin Farber
Norman Miller
Joseph F. Sacoda
Demetrius Gula
William Jackins
John Virga
Farber
National City Bank
Miller
Fried
Colonial Sand and Stone Company
Jacknis
Gula
Virga
New York City
Sacoda
Sing Sing
Seovat
Westchester County
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
Long Island Sound
Hugo
Arthur
David
Bolton
Joseph Sacoda
Ula
Dri
East 1 Street
Daladier patches cabinet after crisis in Paris
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier quickly reformed his government after a brief cabinet crisis. Finance minister Paul Marchandeau remained as justice minister after negotiations with Paul Reynaud. the reshuffle aimed to revive financial and economic recovery efforts amid reform proposals.
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Paris
Premie
Edouard Daladier
Paul Marchandeau
Daladier
Marchandeau
Paul Reynaud
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W. A. Verhei
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Adams
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Cordell Hull
Hull
James A. Mills
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Yangtze River
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Hankow
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Hungary
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Galeaggo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Npset E Ute
Agr
Katherine Lenroot
Garnett
Aid
United States
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