Roosevelt teases third term talk at press meet
President Roosevelt joked about a possible third term during a White House press conference in Hyde Park. He explained his offhand remark about 1941 was a prank and laughed as reporters pressed for clarification. He skipped filling the Supreme Court vacancy until an emergency arose.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
Jefferson Memorial
Mr. Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Davidson Family Gives to Home Preservation Fund
Ancil Crockett Davidson and family members donate $100 to the Davidson Home Preservation Fund. The total raised reaches $376 with other gifts from Mrs. Julia Davidson Morton Mrs. Jean Davidson Fisher Joe Preston Davidson Ancil Crockett Davidson James Miller Davidson William Shannon Davidson and P D Bratton. The effort aims to preserve the old home for Bluefield neighbors on both sides of the state line.
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Ancil Crocket’. Davidson
Mercer County Bar
Julia Davidson Morton
Charleston
W. Va
Jean Davidson Fisher
Bluefield
Joe Preston Davidson
Nemours
Ancil Crockett Davidson
James Miller Davidson
Paris
Chécka
Ladage
Dewey’s testimony in Kuhn trial sparks political motive defense
New York authorities describe district attorney Dewey’s words as evidence of hostility toward Fritz Kuhn in a case over funds stolen from the German American Bund. Dewey admits calling Kuhn a thief but denies personal animus and asserts the case targets the group, not him.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dewey
Kunsfuehrer
F. H. Laguardia
Lewis Valentine
Peter L. F. Sabbatino
New York County
Laguardia
Valentine
Almerindo
William B. Herlands
State suspends hunting season in 13 counties
West Virginia forests blaze across the south forcing a 11 a.m. tomorrow indefinite ban in Mercer McDowell Mingo Wyoming Logan Summers Raleigh Payette Boone Kanawha Lincoln Putnam and Greenbrier counties. Rabbits quail turkey grouse and squirrel remain legal as 2 600 fire line workers focus on containment hoping to reopen if weather repairs.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
H. W. Shawhan
Holt
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Logan
Summers
Raleigh
Payette
Boone
Kanawha
Lincoln
Putnam
Greenbrier
Mutts Fine Less Than Thoroughbreds
In New York the court ruled mutts fined $1 for loose dogs while thoroughbreds pay $2. Magistrate Curran of Yorkville justified the rule saying mutts face a tougher life with more kindness humor and cheerfulness, praising the mutt as nature’s noblest work.
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New York
Curran
Yorkville Court
Auto Accident Victim Dies in Bluefield
W Lester Bane a middle aged carpenter of 1420 Frederick street died at 1210 this morning at St Luke s hospital after being struck by automobile driven by Clyde Sarver Jr Bluefield s first automobile fatality this year He suffered a broken neck fractured skull and punctured lung Funeral plans not announced Leonard Russell Arthur 21 a coal loader was killed at American Eagle Colliery mine 211 Amengle W Va coal district on November 17
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W. Lester Bane
Frederick Street
Bt. Luke's Hospital
Clyde Sarver
Bluefield College
Bane
Bluefield
Augustan Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sarver
Amengle
W. Va
Leonard Russell Arthur
Slate
American Eagle Colliery Company
Arthur
Chicago
Capone Starts Treatment For Brain Disorder At Baltimore Hospital
Al Capone enters a guarded hospital program at Unicon Memorial in Baltimore for Ravens progressive brain paralysis. Dr. Joseph E Moore says Capone is chronically but not acutely ill and will be treated as a patient with no visitors except family. Police deny a heavy guard. federal agents have not accompanied him since release in Lewisburg.
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Baltimore
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
Unicon Memorial Hospital
Joseph E. Moore
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Capone
Lewisburg
Pac
Bod Ater
Robert BE. Stanton
Stanton
West Coast
Murphy
Group Defines Qualifications of GOP Nominee
Republican women leaders press for a nominee of principles not personality as they plan a national conference. They stress sanit y and voter intelligence, with optimism for a 1940 Republican victory citing rights and the European crisis. Maryland may swing Republican, while New York and other states see Democratic splits. Senator Wheeler favors selecting a Democratic presidential candidate in the future.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Dewey
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Sanitay
Humbert B. Powell
Devon
Penn
Federation
James R. Arneill
Denver
Marion E. Martin
National Committee
Culbs
Powell
GM and affiliates fined for Sherman Act violation in Indiana
General Motors Corporation and three affiliates were fined 5000 dollars each by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindsey after overruling motions for a new trial. The jury convicted the four GM entities of forcing dealers to use GMAC for installment financing, while seventeen individual defendants were acquitted.
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South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
Walter C. Lindsey
Lindley
John Thomas Smith
New York
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Smith
GLE Top Flight Officers Retire From GE Posts
New York Nov 17 Owen D Young and Gerard Swope two leading industrialists step down from GE top posts as they retire at 65 and 66. Young becomes honorary chairman and Swope honorary president. Philip D Reed 40 named chairman and Charles E Wilson 53 named president. Both note retirement policy aims to improve organization morale and effectiveness.
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New York
Owen D. Young
Gerard Swope
General Electric Co
Young
Swope
Philip D. Reed
Charles E. Wilson
Allies Plan Economic Alliance and Air Raid Alerts Across Britain
The allied supreme war council in London approved pooling economic resources and manpower between Britain and France, with plans for shared supplies and joint import programs. Air raid alarms sounded on England’s west coast for the first time this war as planes were driven off targets near Shetland and in Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. Britain called for 20 000 women for home front roles and 20 000 men aged 35 to 50 to guard vulnerable areas. In China, troops moved to resist Japanese advances as the war widens.
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England
Supreme War Council
London
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Lancashire
Cheshire
North Wales
Liverpool
Manchester
Trancashier
Atuyon
Marseille
France
Great Britain
War Office
Far West
China
Kwangsi Province
Kwangtune Province
Edwin Stout
Alied
Britain
War Briefs From AP On Prague, Allied Council Actions
German official Jews agency reports nine Czechs shot to death as result of demonstrations in Prague with many more arrested. Allied supreme war council pools economic resources. First air raid alarms found on England. Britain calls for more men and women for auxiliary work. French high command reports loyal activity on the Western Front. Hongkong rushes best troops to meet Japanese thrust in the southwest.
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Associated Press
Berlin
DNB
Jews Agency
Prague
Western Front
London
Supreme War Council
England
West
Britain
Paris
Hongkong
Ching
Ilfeline
China Seeks to Halt Invaders
Hongkong reports China rushing Kwangsi troops to south Kwangtung to stem Japanese advances toward southwestern lifelines. Japanese say they control Yamhsien area inland from a recent landing site near Pakhoi, 45 miles west, and threaten routes from Pakhoi toward Nanning.
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Hongkong
Hina
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Pakhol
Yamhsien
Pakhoi
Gulf of Tonking
Pakhot
Nanning
Indo- China
Yunnan
Germany and territories placed on U S trade blacklist
Washington reports Germany and all lands it has acquired are lumped on the U S economic blacklist. The Venezuela trade pact excludes Germany from tariff concessions, with 25 percent countervailing duties and a 50 percent relief on petroleum excise taxes up to five percent of domestic production. The move does not imply recognition of conquest. The agreement becomes provisional December 16 and full on ratification.
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Washington
Germany
Hitler
United States
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Saar
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Sweeney to Seek Republican Senate Nomination in 1940
Thomas B. Sweeney of Wheeling said he will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1940. The 86-year-old insurance man announced plans to file with the secretary of state, joining Rush Holt who has not yet declared. Former Governor H. G. Kump is mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas B. Sweeney
Wheeling
U.S. Senate
Rush Holt
H. G. Kump
Sweeney
State Senate
Solemn High Requiem for Justice Butler
A solemn high requiem mass was held at St. Matthew's cathedral for the late Associate Justice Butler with members of the Supreme Court and high officials present. Eight active justices and two retired ones served as pallbearers. Brandeis did not attend. Butler, age 73, died yesterday and was to be buried in St. Paul, Minnesota after the service. An official court committee headed by Justices Mc Reynolds Roberts and Stone attended the service in St. Paul Monday.
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Washington
Butler
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Willis van Devanter
Brandeis
St. Paul, Minn
McReynolds
Roberts
Stone
St. Paul
Byrd's North Star Crashes at Philadelphia Dock
The North Star, one of Admiral Byrd's two expedition ships, rammed pilings while docking to load cargo. No serious damage. Captain Isak Lystad calls the incident a test of the ship’s seaworthiness as preparations continue for a two year Antarctic expedition. Admiral Byrd not present but expected to direct loading tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
North Star
Isak Lystad
Admiral Byrd
Three War Refugees Find Haven in McDowell County
Three Nazi regime refugees settle in McDowell County. Mr. and Mrs. Dornstreich of Vienna reside in Welch while Abraham Adler, from Berlin, stays in Northfork. Dornstreich, a former dancer and long-time instructor, aided by Bnai Brith, fears for relatives left in Europe without passports.
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Europe
McDowell County
Felix Dornstreich
Vienna
Abraham Adler
Berlin
Mrs. Donsteich
Welch
Adler
Northfork
Dornstreich
Dornstelch
Elmeyer von Westenbrug
Seveal
Austria
New York
B'Nal B'rith
Sam Seliigman
Riots Flare in Protectorate After Prague Executions
Nine Prague university students were executed by German firing squads amid protests in the Nazi protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Berlin reports vary on details. DNB said authorities moved after a raid on an illegal printing house and that Benes followers were involved.
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Berlin
Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
DNS
DNB
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Paris
Byrd Target of Wage-Hour Charge in Virginia Apple Business
The wage-hour administration filed a charge accusing Senator Byrd of violating wage-hour law in his Winchester Virginia apple packing and processing business. Byrd denied the claims saying his hours and wages were compliant and he pays above average wages. The case was raised by Thomas Reed of the Winchester committee on fair play for workers. Separately, the War Department announced federal recognition and commissioning of National Guard officers Kilgore Harley M and Beckley W Va for state duty.
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Washington
Byrd
Arthur Fletcher
Winchester
Harold D. Jacobs
Thomas Reed
Burds
New York
War Department
National Guard
National Guard of the
United States
Kilgore
Harley MI
Leutenant
State Staff
Virginia St. Beckley
W. Va
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Clyde Sarver, Jr
Baltimore Hospital
GOP
Senator Wheeler
Montana
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Tarrytown
Edward E. “Dolly” Gann
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Maryland
Wiliam Chase
Riverdale
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Wen D. Young
General Electric
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Justice Butler
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