States vote amid old age pension and betting measures
States debate old age pensions in California and Ohio with a yes or no referendum on a $30 weekly pension plan and supplementary benefits for seniors. Other issues include pari mutuel betting in New York and prohibition in rural Indiana as national interest centers on pensions and policy.
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Roosevelt
California
Ohio
Bigelow
New York
Saratoga
Belmont
Indiana
West Virginia Retail Grocers Elect Officers at Charleston
D. M. Davis of Clarksburg was elected president of the West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers at the state convention in Charleston. E. D. Armstrong of Beckley was reelected treasurer, with a slate of vice presidents and directors from across the state. The meeting stressed credit control and fair trading practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
D. M. Davis
Clarksburg
West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers
George W. King
E. D. Armstrong
Beckley
W. A. Driehorst
Wheeling
E. M. Tutwiler
Mt. Hope
A. C._ Rader
O. L. Harvey
Huntington
P. T. Saunders
Bluefield
C. J. Casdroph
Ronceverte
D. J. Walters
H. H. Wassum
Wilbur Lowe
Spencer
Gray W. Hampton
C. H. Varian
William A. Schaffner
W. K. Williams
Robert W. Ford
J. E. Fawcett
Berwind
Harold Galusha
Morgantown
Harry Kinniard
Walter Muir
Raleigh
Abe Reitman
Fairmont
E. G. Wickham
George W. Reeves
Roy L. Smith
Parkersburg
Bob Ya
Virginia primary battles surge as Byrd Price factions split state
In Old Dominion, Democratic divide dominates coverage as 6 000 voters in the eighteenth district decide state senator with Dr J W Witten backed by Price New Deal and Harry Stuart aligned with Glass Byrd. House races include C M Hunter R L Lambert and C H Harman. county offices contested as polls run 6 41 a m to 5 07 p m.
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Old Dominion
J. W. Witten
Tazewell
Harry Stuart
Elk Garden
Dr. Witten
Russell County
Price- New Deal
Stuart
Glass-Byrd Old Line
Aes
All Wen
Tia Stuart
Zest
General Assembly
Tazewell County
House of Delegates
C. M. Hunter
R. L. Lambert
C. H. Harman
British Readies Chute Jumper Army In France
In France on November 6 Royal Air Force and army officers carry arms on routine missions to deter German parachute assaults. The Wellsian fear of enemy troops dropping behind lines is acknowledged but dismissed as unlikely, with advisers saying invaders would be fired on before reaching ground.
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Royal Air Force
France
Poland
Pineville Proclaims Thanksgiving Day Date Discrepancy
Pineville observes Thanksgiving on November 30 per mayor Otis L. Allen following Mullens mayor. County schools and offices plan November 23 in line with Roosevelt Holt proclamations.
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Pineville
W. Va
Otis L. Allen
Mullens
Roosevelt
Holt
Otsego Mine Explosion Kills Four in West Virginia
A gas explosion a mile underground at the Otsego mine, Brule Smokeless Coal Co., Mullens WV, killed four men and injured one with a broken back and severe burns. Fire and rescue crews retrieved bodies as 100 workers escaped. Jim Lamboni, 41, was rescued in critical condition an hour after the blast.
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Mullens
W. Va
Otsego
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Jim Lamboni
Lamboni
Stanley Ray
Bruce Ray
Joseph Hooper
John Henry Mullens
Wyoming
Jim
Treasure Believed Buried In Famed Hollywood Bowl
An inventor seeks permission to dig at the Hollywood Bowl for buried treasure reportedly hidden 74 years ago. The tale links gold and jewels valued at $200,000 to a 1865 cache in the Cahuenga Pass area, with various locals named as claimants and witnesses. County officials anticipate a permit decision.
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Hollywood
Carl E Jacobson
Bowl Association
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Henry Jones
San Francisco Petroleum
Jacobson
Jones
Walter Combes
Bakersfield
Horace Bell
Morend
Cahuenga Pass
Bow
San Francisco
Henry Malcolm
Malcolm
Placido Vega
Juarez
Maximillian
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Supreme Court hands three tax victories for government
Washington reports the government won three Supreme Court cases upholding income and social security tax rulings and a federal agency tax exemption. Rulings cover Home Owners Loan mortgage taxes, contract refunds on social security and unemployment taxes, and depreciation treatment of development expenditures affecting about $9 million in taxes across Wilshire figure and FP H E Oil Co of Fort Worth.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Butler
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Hughes
Justice Black
Department
Wilshire Figare
Los Angeles
FP. H. E. Oil Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Treasury
Los Angeles Company
Forth Worth
Molotov outlines peaceful path for Soviet Union in world clash
Premier Molotov in Moscow on the 22nd anniversary of the Red Revolution pledges an undeviating peace policy for Soviet Russia. He criticizes Britain, France, and the United States for provoking wars, hints neutrality as cover for aggression, and states there will be no call for military aid to Germany. He references a world Communist manifesto linking Britain, France, and Germany to empire aims.
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Moscow
Molotoff
Soviet Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
Germany
Cole
The
International
World Communist
Japan
China
Europe
Asia
Belgian Hero Adolphe Max, Brussels Mayor, Dies
Adolphe Max, 69, long time Burgomaster of Brussels and wartime Belgian hero, died of pneumonia. He became a symbol of defiance against German invaders in World War I, aided by a daring escape from a German prison and postwar acclaim from the city and Queen Mother Elizabeth.
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Brussels
Adolphe Max
Belgium
Elizabeth
Rees Leopold
von Jarotsky
Max
War Briefs Across Fronts From Moscow to London
Moscow denounces United States Britain and France as capitalist aggressors while urging British and French workers to quit the war. The Washington Maritime Commission authorizes United States Lines to transfer eight of eleven transatlantic vessels to Panamanian flag to dodge American crews. French reports say nine of 27 German planes were shot down. A Bergen freighter captain warns Germany would sink ships if crews resisted. London says the submarine menace can be contained and arms shipments to the United States protected. Helsinki notes Finland braces as Moscow stalls and Germans celebrate.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Molotoff
Russia
United States
France
Italy
Japan
Washington—Maritime Commission
United States Lines
Paris
Bergen
City of
Flint
London
Admiralty
Helsinki
Munich
Britain says submarine menace reduced as convoy system shines
London reports British escort vessels protecting cargoes amid German claims of early sinks. Official British losses total 238,795 tons since war start, under 1.5 percent of merchant fleet. German boasts cited, while convoys bringing 60,000 tons of food and materials arrive safely.
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London
Britain
United Krene
Admiralty
Danner
High Command
Violent aerial combat reported over French frontier town
Paris reports a clash between 27 German and nine French aircraft with the French saying they shot down nine Germans and suffered no losses. German ground forces backed by artillery pressed toward Forbach as air squads challenged a larger German formation.
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Paris
Forbach
Hull Rules On Travel At Sea
Secretary Hull announced Americans may travel on belligerent ships outside the North Atlantic danger zone and in combat areas designated by the President. Holders of U S passports in combat zones may proceed. Americans abroad may return home. The rule allows travel on Canadian or British ships from Atlantic ports to the West Indies or South America and on Canadian ships from Pacific ports to the Far East. It restricts travel on belligerent ships to certain destinations within the defined zones.
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Washington
Hull
North Atlantic
State Department
Europe
American Red Cross
Bermuda
Atlantic
St. John
New Brunswirk
West Indies
South America
Pacific
Far East
Roosevelt
Spain
Norway
Finland
Russia
Mediterranean
German Radio Flags Contraband Ship Black Gull
Short wave listeners reported an official German bulletin from station DXB Berlin saying the American ship Black Gull sailed from New York at its own risk. The German notice alleged cargo including items supposedly allowed for shipment to Belgium and Holland. Victor J. Sudman, president of Black Diamond, confirmed a general cargo aboard the 5029 ton vessel bound for Antwerp and Rotterdam.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
DXB
Berlin
New Yo
Belgium
Holland
Tolee
Victor J. Sudman
Black Diamond
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Flint’s Skipper Reports Threat to Sink City of Flint
Captain Ganard, commander of the freighter City of Flint, described a German prize crew warning American sailors in Murmansk that disobedience would bring sinking by torpedo. He cited attempts to contact the U.S. ambassador and noted the ship’s capture, renaming to Alf, and later release after a boarding party departed.
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Flint
Bergen
City of Flint
Joseph A. Ganard
Plint
England
J. Borden Harriman
United Staes
Norway
Gainard
United States
Moscow
Murmansk
U. S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Alf
Tromsoe
Flag of Panama maritime chief denies neutrality dodge
Washington dispatch reports the Maritime Commission approved transferring eight of United States Lines’ eleven transatlantic vessels to Panamanian registry. Commissioner Truitt said the move is not a neutrality act dodge and could involve foreign crews and Panama flag while ships may stay under US subsidies for mortgages on Manhattan and Washington.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
U States
Europe
Commission
Max O'Rell Truitt
United States Lines
Max O’rellitt
Cod
Truitt
Congress
United States
Panama
U. S
Manhattan
Finland to Tighten Defenses With Mail Censorship
Helsinki reports Finland will tighten defense measures tomorrow by censoring mail telegrams and telephone calls to foreign countries. Government cites spy risk as reason for censorship affecting press telegrams and calls. No new instructions yet for the Finnish delegation in Moscow as Soviet demands base rights and border revisions.
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Helsinki
Pacin
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Kremlin
Ingrad
Hasem
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Roy W. Peery
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