Rescue Efforts End Without Saxilby Crew Finding
Rescuers abandon hope for the 27 crew members of the British freighter Saxilby after searches by the Cunarder Berengaria the Boschdyk and the Manchester Regiment fail to locate wreckage or lifeboats about 300 miles off the Irish coast Weather and storms hampered efforts and the St Quentin reports a temporary repair and a tow plan to Cobh with a crew of 28 aboard
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Valentia
Irish Free State
Saxilby
Xilby
Cunarder
Berengaria
Boschdyk
Manchester Regiment
St. Quentin
Cobh
Herengaria
Cherboug
New Type Safety Device Demonstrated For Plane Passengers
New York November 16 The pilot of a transport plane at Roosevelt field Long Island released three men and four women from fuselage side doors using a new safety device. Passengers landed safely in chairs with 30 foot parachutes, cushioning by rubber chairs, one man sprained a leg slightly on impact. Inventor Harry P Trusty of Los Angeles witnessed from the field.
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New York
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Waldo Fraser
Whitter
Calif
Herry P. Trusty
Los Angeles
Covally and crowd clash at cathedral fire escape
A New Orleans crowd storms the Scottish Rite cathedral as a Senate committee led by Chairman Connally investigates the Overton election. Connally and Overton enter by fire escape amid jibes, police restrain a pellmell rush, and order problems continue after the hearing begins.
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New Orleans
Scottish Rite Cathedral
United States Senate
John H. Overton
Tom Connnally
Texas
Overton
Conmally
Senate Committee
Connally
Logan
Kentucky
Thomas
Utah
Balloon ascent aimed at stratosphere today at Akron
Sea commander G W Settle of the U S N will take off from Akron in a balloon ascent to reach the stratosphere. He will be accompanied by a marine corps officer on the expedition.
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G. W. Settle
Akron
Marine Corps
Naval
Akron Fliers Plans Stratosphere Flight Tomorrow
Lieutenant Commander T G W Settle aims for a new ascent in a small gondola packed with bananas cosmic ray meters and fruit flies if weather holds. Major Chester L Fordney accompanies him. the descent may require parachute jump to ease load.
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Akron
T. G. W. Settle
Naval Flier
Chicago
Settle
Chester L. Fordney
Marine Corps
Atlantic Ocean
Britain Ready to Hear Hitler Arms Demands, Four-Power Meet Hinted
London authorities say Britain will listen to Hitler's disarmament terms and Geneva talks may broaden to include Italy France and Germany. A four-power conference could be held in Rome or London with talks on German minorities Silesian issues and economic topics amid rising disarmament hopes.
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Italy
French
Great Britain
Germany
Poland
London
Hitler
John Simon
Geneva
Rome
Sir John
Joseph Paul Boncour
France
Sarraut
Berlin
Famed Gold Service Appears At White House Dinner
Washington reports the famed gold service of the White House appeared at a dinner under Roosevelt auspices. Secretary Woodin and Mrs. Woodin were honored guests. Henry Morgenthau Jr. and his wife attended as acting secretary. Hull’s absence elevated the treasury to the honor spot as the Roosevelts prepared to depart for Warm Springs Georgia.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Woodin
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Hull
South America
Treasury names Morgenthau new chief in Roosevelt era
Washington reports Henry Morgenthau Jr. will assume as under secretary of the treasury, moving from the farm credit administration. He will oversee daily price setting for Reconstruction Corporation gold purchases while Woodin and Acheson change positions amid departures.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Roosevelt
White House
the Treasury
Farm Credit Administration
William S. Myers
The
Treasury
Woodin
Acheson
Goodby
Hewes
Morgenthau
Reconstruction Corporation
George F. Warren
Jease H. Jones
Federal Judge Upholds Anti-Gold Hoarding Policy
Judge John M. Woolsey upheld Roosevelt era anti-gold hoarding policy but ruled the secretary of the treasury, not the president, issued the 28 August order. The ruling sustained a demurrer in Campbell case while confirming eminent domain applies to all property including gold.
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New York
Roosevelt
John M. Woolsey
Secretary of the Treasury
Woolsey
Frederick B. Campbell
Campbell
Federal Reserve Bank
Congress
Washington
Cummings
Record Cold Grips Northeast States
Northeast states faced record cold with six deaths attributed to the cold wave. New York hit its coldest November 16 in 50 years at 16.7 below, while Adirondacks registered 20 below and Vermont readings showed sub zero. Coast guards searched for the Adrian Iselin as ships and crews faced ice and overdue conditions.
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New York
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Mercury
Adirondacks
Northfield
Vermont
Ohio
Baltimore
Boston
Pittsburgh
Police Hunt Dillinger After Series of Escapes
Chicago police with riot guns and tear gas hunted John Dillinger and possible ally Verne Miller across a district near Wilson Avenue. They traced a dented bullet scarred car to an apartment on 4310 Claredon Avenue where Dillinger and companions had stayed a month, firing from a port hole during pursuit.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Wilson Avenue
Dillinger
Verne C. Miller
South Dakota
Miller
Pean
William Blaul
Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Ind
Claredon Avenue
West Virginia Wages Show October Gain
West Virginia payrolls from 875 firms rose 0.3 percent in October while employment fell 2.7 percent from September. The 112,182 payrolls totaled $2,090,466 in average weekly payroll across the state, with broader U S gains and 85,000 unemployed returning to work nationwide.
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Washington
West Virginia
Perkins
United States
Labor Department
Dr G T Epling Leader in County Dental Service Dies
Dr. G T Epling 60 head of McDowell County Dental clinic died yesterday at Stevens clinic after a brief illness. born in Giles county near Newport Va July 20 1873 he practiced in Keystone then served as mayor and state legislator he helped establish county wide free school dental care funded by a 10 cent tax and served on national child welfare committees.
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G. T. Epling
McDowell County Dental Clinic
Stevens Clinic
Arena
Epling
Giles County
Newport
Keystone
Nancy White
Oakvale
House of Delegates
Jenkinjones Dental Clinic
James Ellwood Jones
Jenkinjones Coal Company
Colonel Jones
West Virginia
McDowell County
Northwestern Universiy
Hoover
American Dental Association
West Virginia Dental Association
McDowell- Mercer-Mingo Dental Society
Ohio Oil executive R J Berry dies in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas November 16 R J Berry of Findley Ohio executive vice president of the Ohio Oil company and president of its Mid Kansas Oil and Gas subsidiary died unexpectedly of apoplexy here tonight
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. J. Berry
Findley
Ohio
Ohio Oil Company
Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Company
Science makes progress in sleeping sickness research
New York reports Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research announces discovery of protective substances in blood from sleeping sickness convalescents. Researchers Webster and Fite show brain tissue transfers in mice reveal a virus-like agent causing the disease and suggest nasal entry. Human testing not yet begun.
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New York
St. Louis
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Leslie T. Webster
George L. Fite
Kansey City
Welfare Boards To Direct Gwil Works Program
West Virginia creates a civil works administration to place about 70000 unemployed on state and municipal projects plus federal jobs. County boards will coordinate through the unemployment relief administration to provide 30 hour weeks with full pay. Road projects and maintenance, including repairing shoulders and guard rails, dominate the immediate plan.
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Welfare Boards
GWIL
Charleston
W. Va
Civil Works Administration
West Virginia
Roosevelt
State Unemployment Relief Administration
Bailey
Mercer county welfare board named civil works group
The Mercer county welfare board is appointed as the civil works administration for the county to work with the state relief administration as the state civil works administration to transfer work relief cases to real jobs at real wages immediately. Relief administrator Jess W Easley received a telegram on Wednesday.
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Mercer County Welfare Board
Civil Works Administration
State Relief Administration
State Civil Works Administration
Jess W. Easley
Family 3 Held in Death of Pittsburgh Girl
Pittsburgh, Nov 16. The Mull family Roy 39 Grace 38 and Elmer 19 were held for court on murder charges in the death of Margaret Schwickrath, known as Pittsburghs mystery girl. Witnesses testified the Mulls claimed the girl left to see an uncle and they did not see her again. Her body was found in a sewer drop with a bullet through the heart.
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Pittsburgh
Mull
Roy
Grace
Elmer
Margaret Schwickrath
Miss Schwickrath
Thomas Flanigan
Margaret
Greensburg
Mulls
Haydenville
Westmoreland County
Millions of Children Face Loss of Schools
Dr John K Norton of Columbia University warned the National Association of State Universities that about 1 020 000 U S children could lack public school instruction after April 1 1934 and some 20 000 schools may shut due to funds. The joint commission on the emergency in education issued the estimate from a survey of county superintendents.
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Chicago
John K. Norton
Columbia University Today
National Association of State Universities
United States
Norton
Joint Commission On the Emergency In Education
America
National Education Associat OD
Kidnap Confession Ties Hart Slaying to Ransom Plot
San Jose police report Thomas Thurmond and accomplice Jack Holmes confessed to kidnapping Brooke Hart 22, son of a San Jose merchant, and killing him after demanding 40000 dollars for his return alive. They beat him with a brick, weighted his body, and dumped it from the San Mateo bridge.
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San Jose
Cal
Brooke Hart
Thomas T. Thurmond
Jack Holmes
Louis Oneal
J. N. Black
Thurmond
William J. Emig
Hart
Holmes
Emig
San Francisco
Court House
San Mateo
San Francisco Bay
Marshall Hall
Oneal
Young Hart
Gown Town
San Mateo Bridge
Robbery at Schlossberg Store Window Breaks
A window smashed at Schlossberg store on Princeton Avenue as two unidentified Black men grabbed two watches from a plush jewel case but left the $800 diamond set untouched. Robbers fled. police were alerted by a South Bluefield resident. Similar breakage reported at A and P and Milk Service outlets on Bland Street.
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Schloseberge
Princeton Avenue
Bland
North Street
Milk Service, Inc
Bland Street
Schlossberg
Sarraut Cabinet Faces Overthrow Over Budget Plan
Paris reports Premier Albert Sarraut's cabinet, after twenty days, confronts an impending overthrow over budget balancing proposals. Two former ministries fell amid measures deemed essential to save the franc and France's gold. Deputies call the cabinet hopeless as party lines harden and the finance committee weighs the bill.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
France
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Paul
Boncour
Edouard Daladier
Finance Committee
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Brooklyn NRA Code Violator
A Brooklyn federal grand jury indicted Hercules Gas Filling Stations Inc and its officers on nine NRA code counts. Six relate to 11 hour workdays six days a week with one hour lunch. Three allege failure to post gasoline prices as required. Officers Lind and Levine deny code signing and jurisdiction and will fight the case.
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New York
NRA
Brooklyn
Hercules Gas Filling Stations, Inc
David Lind
Moe Levine
Maxioo
Pocahontas field leads smokeless production gain in year
Smokeless output for the first ten months rises by over 5.5 million tons from 1932, totaling 35,520,364 net tons. Pocahontas leads all fields, more than 1 million tons ahead of New River, with 1933 totals and weekly figures showing year to date and weekly declines against 1932.
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Corres
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Pocahontas
New River District
Selemet
Tota Poca
Tug River
W. Gulf
N. River
Pocahontas-Tug River
Operators’ Association
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Covally
Louisiana
Britain
Associated Press
Warsaw
Henry Morgentheau Jr
Coast Guards
Buffalo
Adrian Iselin
South Haven
Mich
Oconto
Wis
Carroll
Suamico
Walter Brunette
Joseph
Elmer Phillips
Blue Island
Ill
Cumberland
R. I. Baltiat
Duluth
UORES
Welch
Mercer Board
Princeton
Lower
Rooke Hart
California
Grive
Frisco
Roger
Federal Grand Jury
Pocahontas Field
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