Planes Bomb Madrid as Fires Wreck City
Fascist warplanes launched a third raid in 24 hours flooding central Madrid with smoke and fire. The University City bore the brunt as government batteries shelled insurgent lines across the Manzanares River. Madrid's defense said the city remained under militia control though house to house fighting and casualties continued as civilians sought shelter.
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Madrid
Puerta del Sol
University
Batteris
Manganares
Francisco Franco
Mmite
Plaza A Miguel
Martin de Los Heros Street
Cuatro Caminos Workers
Martin de Los Heros
University City
Cuatro Caminos
Prado
Hortaleza
Jose Miaja
Madame Schumann-Heink Dies at Hollywood Home
Opera star Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink dies in Hollywood at 7 21 PM after a throat and lung hemorrhage. She had celebrated her 75th birthday last June 15 and left behind sons, daughters, grandchildren, and widowed friends, with her pastor and physician by her side.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Samuel Alter
Henry Schumann- Heink
Barbara
Kathryn
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Charles Fox
San Diego
Ditti Schumann- Heink
Hans Schumann- Heink
Singer
Hans Schumann-Heink
August Schumann-Heink
George W. Schumann
Walter Schumann
Chicago
Charlotte Greif
Leipsic
Germany
Contralto
Two Norwegians Quit Nobel Award Group
Oslo reports two Norwegian government leaders resign from the Nobel peace prize committee over reported plans to award the 1936 prize to a German concentration camp prisoner. They deny protesting the Von Ossietzky selection, citing fear of German blame for the government.
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Oslo
Norway
Karl von Ossiezky
Nobel Committee
von Ossietzky
Halvdan Koht
Germany
John L. Mowinskel
Liberal Party
Koht
George Ade Battles Critical Illness In Miami
George Ade, the Hoosier humorist and playwright, lay in an oxygen tent after a hypostatic lung condition and blood deposit. Doctors reported a heart attack earlier, with cautious improvement noted despite serious ongoing danger.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George Ade
Ade
Steel men split on sliding scale wage idea
Pittsburgh November 17 National Steel head Ernest T Weir says operators are divided on pegging wages to the cost of living. He notes U S Steel and Carnegie Illinois have used such a scale, but most independents have not. Weir argues wage policy should not be tied solely to living costs, citing past gains in real buying power and broader standards of living.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel
U. S. Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
Weir
Dividends and Wage Boosts Drive Holiday Spending Rise
Dividends totaling nearly 50 million dollars were ordered by 29 companies, with wage increases and Christmas bonuses for over 75,000 workers boosting purchasing power. Nine firms paid about 38 million cash to shareholders, lifting year-end totals to about 225 million across 17 large corporations. Wage gains across textiles and other sectors cover about 434,000 workers, with autumn dollar-sharing expected to add up to 125.9 million annually for roughly 1.2 million workers in steel, motor, textile, rubber, mining, meat packing, and related industries. Christmas bonuses push past 25 million, aided by 1.3 million for 15,000 workers at Corn Products, Jas Foods, and Transite & Williams. Coca-Cola adds a 2 dividend and nearly 8 million in total dividends.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
New England
South
Jas Foods
Transite & Willams
Coca-Cola Co
Street Car Men Will Drive Company's New Buses Here
Six Tri City Traction employees are trained to operate the new 23 passenger buses. Four buses arrived November 10 and are stored at Popular Street car barns. Drivers with experience are reassigned from other lines as service plans a Bland and Federal street loop with an auxiliary unit for repairs.
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Tri- City Traction Company
South Bluefield
Bluefield
Princeton
Popular Street
Crea
Denny Shuff
Traction Company
Bland
Federal Street
William Green Opposes Ousting Lewis Unions Rights
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor advocated against convention expulsion of John L. Lewis rebels. He urged the standing committee to meet rebel representatives to seek peace, keep the executive council active, and consider renewing charters if talks fail. A Wisconsin plan urged revocation of rebel charters if no accord is reached.
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Tampa
Fla
William Green
The
American Federation
John L. Lewis
Green
Executive Council
Revel
Committee For
Industrial Organization
Lewis
A. F
John P. Frey
Federation
Metal Trades Department
Hig
Wisconsin
George L. Berry
UMW Exec Leader Absent As AFL President Sidelined
Washington November 17 with William Green president of the American Federation of Labor absent the United Mine Workers executive committee meeting shifts to a page Bight.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
The
United Mine Workers Exec
Body of Gloria Hood Found After Week Long Search
Three year old Gloria Hood was found dead in a field near Newton Kansas ending a week long search. Autopsy showed pneumonia and a broken jaw not from a fall, with multiple wounds suggesting she wandered far before death. Coroner to empanel a jury for an inquest. Clyde Smith, a Wichita truck driver, noticed the golden hair leading to the body near a highway and school.
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Newton, Kas
Gloria Hood
Here
John L. Grove
M. C. Martin
Grove
Clyde Smith
Wichita
Beer Committee Ends Survey With Recommendations Soon
A West Virginia joint legislative committee completed its beer sale survey and will draft recommendations for the governor and legislature. Chairman Senator Clinton Howard said the group will meet in the capitol before month’s end to finalize the report, with no findings yet issued. The Beer Institute of West Virginia proposed a higher license fee for vendors tied to dance halls and a Sunday delivery ban, while outlining cooperation among parties. Members include Senators Howard Melmick and Spillers and Delegates Beeler Johnson and Brotherton.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Clinton Howard
Capitol
Oward
Beer Institute of West Virginia
Howard
A. L. Melmick
C. Lee Spillers
Harvey D
Second Death in West Virginia Gasoline Tax Fraud Case
Shirley White, 26, from Boone County, died by an apparent fall or jump before a sentencing hearing for defrauding the state through bogus gasoline tax refunds. His cousins Frank Carl Horn and Darrell E. Horn received two-year terms after pleading guilty. The death marks a second tragedy tied to the fraud scheme, which prosecutors say involved fake refunds. Coroner’s inquest paused as officials reevaluate the case and charges.
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Charleston
W. Va
Shirley White
Boone County
James E. Roberts
Frank Carl Horn
Darrell E. Horn
White
Boyd Ferrell
J. C. Little
Capitol
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
J. L. Fox
Parliament debates Mrs Simpson friendship and magazine censorship
In London on November 17 the affair involving the friendship of King Edward and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson was raised in Commons. Ellen Wilkinson pressed Sir Walter Runciman on torn pages from American magazines and censorship, hinting at the King’s liaison without naming Simpson.
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London
King Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Ellen Wilkinson
House of Commons
Simpson
Walter Runiman
British Board of Trade
Runican
Mrs. Simpson
News Review
Commons
Runciman
Home Secretary
Bendix plant shut down after sit down strike orders
J P Mahoney, Bendix vice president, ordered 4000 workers to give up tools and leave the Bendix Products plant in South Bend. Vincent Bendix cited agitator activity for the shutdown and noted no decision on reopening. Some workers stayed, and no work occurred while heat and machinery were cut off.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Products Corporation
J. P. Mahoney
Vincent Bendix
New York
Mahoney
Bendix
American Federation of Labor
Bendix Employees’ Association
Federal Labor Union No
United Automobile Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt Heads for Buenos Aires Peace Confab
President Roosevelt sails from Charleston to join Vice President Hull and other delegates for an American nations peace conference in Buenos Aires. The trip aims to renew international cooperation and foster world peace, with plans for a December return.
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Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Charleston
Indianapolis
Argentina
Mr. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
James
Howard Gallagher
Edewin M. Watson
Paul Bag Tedo
Rosa T. McIntire
Hull
Washington
Warm Springs
Cooking School Opens with Mary Ann Kidd in Bluefield
A large audience enjoyed the Daily Telegraph Sunset News Cooking School opening led by Miss Mary Ann Kidd of Atlanta. The event featured modern kitchen displays, craft demonstrations, and prizes from local merchants as Bluefield’s business community supports the event.
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Telegraph
Mary Ann Kidd
Atlanta
Daily Telegraph- Sunset News
Ramsey Auditorium
Lawrence Alexander
Bluefield Milling Company
F. L. Black
Bluefield Woman's Club
Miss Kidd
Gretchen van Slyke
Washington
Bluefield
Teenager Receives 10-Year Term For Spike Plot On Tracks
In Williamson West Virginia on November 17 a 18 year old William Blankenship confessed to placing spikes between rail joints to cause a train wreck. He received a 10 year sentence from Circuit Judge Reno F Howard. Sam Moore pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of George Johnson the sentenced eight years.
Public invited as Mary Ann Kidd opens Cooking School
188 MARY ANN KIDD of Atlanta Georgia yesterday opened the annual Daily Telegraph and Sunset News Cooking school at Ramsey auditorium. The school will be in session here four days resuming this afternoon at 2 o clock. The general public is invited to attend.
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Mary Ann Kidd
Atlanta, Ga
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Ramsey Auditorium
Winter Sun Clears Ice From West Virginia Highways
A warm sun melted ice on state roads after a heavy snow storm. Don ald Messenger, 9, of Oakland California, was seriously injured when struck by a truck while sled riding near Terra Alta. Roads were blocked on Sewell Mountain with 30 to 40 motorists marooned. Snow depths ranged from a half inch to four or five inches across counties. Davis saw 14 below zero. Snow plows and sand were mobilized. 250 plows stood by for further calls.
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Lnd
Sewell Mountain
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Terra Alta
Donald Messenger
Oakland
Cal
Midland Trail
Lewisburg
Harrison County
Tucker
Randolph
Davis
Tucker County
Parsons
Preston County
Mortimer W. Smith
Road Commission
Commission
Interstate Commission to Hear Bus Merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission will begin hearings November 27 on the consolidation of Greyhound system affiliates. Proposals aim to liquidate assets of more than twenty lines and merge into eight large operating units led by Pacific Greyhound in San Francisco and others in Lexington, Fort Worth, Charleston, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Greyhound Bus System
Bus Lines
Pacific Greyhound Corporation
San Francisco
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Lexington
Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc
Fort Worth
Tex
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Georgia State College For Women
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Woodrow Wilson
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