Germans widen drive on Jews banish Jenovar wealth
Nazi actions broadened to erase Jewry from life. Wealthy Jews in Nuernberg ordered to sign over 90 percent of possessions to the German labor front and depart within three months. Vienna reports mass eviction while Berlin seeks exit routes for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenovar
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Nazi Germany
God
Nuernberg
Munich
Vienna
Memel
Germany
Hitler Youth
Roosevelt to Spend Two Weeks in Georgia and Washington
President Roosevelt works to clear desk and shift government focus to the South for two weeks. He plans to visit Warm Springs Georgia for conferences on the new legislative program and may sign appoint ments for federal judgeships. Ambassador Wilson may join him and no cabinet reshuffle is confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Southland
Warm Springs
Hugh R. Wilson
Rlmn
Pine Mountain
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Commerce
Hitler's Course Seen Under Global Scrutiny After Munich Pact
World worries whether the Munich agreement will sustain peace as Hitler tightens grip. Reports cite riots against Jews in Berlin and other cities following the Paris embassy shooting, with international protests and questions about future German action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Munich
Herschel Grynszpan
Ernst Vom Rath
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Seven Die as Army Bomber Falls in Georgia Tragedy
LaGrange Georgia November 19 seven airmen died when a two motor Douglas bomber plunged into a west Georgia forest during a rainstorm on a routine flight from Mitchel Field New York to Maxwell Field Alabama. An eighth crew member was gravely injured and later died. Major Maxwell Field said weather was the likely cause and the crash left a 150 yard path through trees. Private Joseph J Nanartowich and Second Lieut John D Madre survived briefly before succumbing to injuries.
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LaGrange
West Georgia
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Maxwell Field
Ala
W. A. Maxwell
John D. Madre
SAS
Here
Majorell
Nanartowich
White House weighs Jewish refugee plight as anti semitism rises
The White House discusses relief for panicked German Jewish refugees with Justice Brandeis and President Roosevelt. Ambassador Phillips and Sir Ronald Lindsay join talks as Jewish resettlement plans are reviewed and an emergency conference is planned by the United Palestine Appeal for seaboard leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
White House
Louis D. Brandeis
Reich
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Aay
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Sir Ronald
United Palestine Appeal
Seaboard States
Mary
Florida
Agency For Jewish Resettlement and Reconstruction of
Palestine
Detention Homes Urged by West Virginia Judges
Charleston WV November 19 judges urged detention homes for juveniles not needing reform school. Judge Brennan proposed a committee to study child shelters in strategic state areas. Kilgore cited inadequacies of current handling as between institutions and homes. Fisher named new president as committees are formed.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. Harold Brennan
Ohio County
Judges’ Association
Harley M. Kilgore
Raleigh County
Cops Horseplay Injures Charleston Man In Police Station
In Charleston West Virginia on November 19 Ernest Mullins 29 known as Moon was seriously injured when Patrolman Basil Wiseman’s pistol discharged during horseplay. Mullins underwent emergency surgery with doctors giving him an even chance of recovery. Wiseman says the weapon went off while joking with Mullins and claims the gun was cocked. No charges were filed immediately and Wiseman remained free on a $3500 bond pending further court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ernest (Moon) Mullins
Mullins
Basil Wiseman
W. A. Tully
Wiseman
National Grid Crowned By Four Undefeated Teams
Duke and Oklahoma remained unbeaten as they won hard fought conference games. Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 21-0 to seize the Big Ten title while Pittsburgh crushed Penn State 26-0. Notre Dame and Texas Christian also won to maintain national championship claims with Pittsburgh looming. Duke and Pittsburgh prepare for a title clash in Durham.
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Duke
N. Y. State
Oklahoma
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Texas Christian
Pittsburgh
High School
Pen Express
Davey O’brien
Rice
Northwestern
Wildcats
North Carolina
Wallop Wisconsin
Carnegie Tech
Marshall
Biggie
Southern Methodist
Car Plunges Into Mine Hole Killing Seven Crippled Boys
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a car carrying seven crippled boys and a driver fell into 30 feet of water at a mine cave-in. The 100 foot wide hole swallowed the vehicle as ash piles blocked the gap. Floyd Brobleski and a bakery wagon driver alerted rescuers. Victims from Wilkes-Barre and nearby include William McIntosh 23 Gerald Altavilla 10 Vincent Waters 10 Frank Yankosky 7 Francis Zionkoski 11 John Pomfonek 7 and Lawrence Dress 12. A railroad crane pulled the car to the surface. All eight victims were inside the vehicle. Two children were infantile paralysis victims. The rest had been crippled since birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Floyd Brobleski
William McIntosh
Gerald Altavilla
Vincent Waters
Frank Yankosky
Francis Zionkoski
John Pomfonek
Lawrence Dress
Christmas Tree Meeting Monday
The Community Christmas Tree association plans the annual tree program for the city as 35 days remain until Christmas. Ben H. Williams, general chairman, calls a committee meeting at the Y W C A on Federal Street Monday evening to finalize plans and set a date for the WHIS radio show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Community Christmas Tree Association
Ben H. Williams
Federal Street
WHIS
Case Closed in Springfield Death Investigation
Springfield police announced closure after medical examiner verdict that 23 year old Elizabeth Dorr died by her own action from carbon monoxide gas poisoning. Dorr was found in her family's garage in pajamas and a beach robe. detectives noted two car ignitions were shut off. The medical examiner had earlier termed the death undetermined and noted a prior suicide attempt while visiting in Grosse Pointe.
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Springfield
Mass
Elizabeth Dorr
Daniel F. McCarthy
Miss Dorr
Nate
Grosse Pointe
Navy to Build Three 35000-ton Battleships at $150 Million
The navy ordered three 35000-ton battleships at an expected cost of 150 million dollars with total outlays for armament and ammunition raising the three ship program to 225 million. A fourth ship's start is delayed after a high bid. two ships will be built by private yards in Seubert News Virginia and Quincy Massachusetts, the third in Norfolk Virginia. The Wichita cruiser, 10000 tons and built in Philadelphia, is finished and joining the fleet.
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Washington
Navy
Swanson
Seubert News
Quincy
Mass
Norfolk, Va
Philadelphia
New York
Philadelpia
Air
Snyder
Military Appropriations
Roosevelt
War Department
Tappings Encourage Workers Seeking Two Trapped in Coal Hole
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania rescue teams hear faint taps from a 30 foot coal hole where William Smenavene and Michael Chevinsky have been trapped since 3 p m yesterday. Crews labor through debris and timber with hope they may still be alive after a long entrapment.
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Shenandoah
William Smenavene
Michael Chevinsky
Avalanche crushes auto. kills woman in West Virginia
A 100 ton rock and mud slide on the Spencer–Glenville highway at Letherbark Calhoun county killed 73 year old Alma Wyatt and injured four relatives of the King family. State police and troopers arrived soon after to free victims as road crews removed debris. The accident occurred after the car had been refueled and was about to depart for Charleston.
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Spencer
W. Va
Spencer -Glenville
Letherbark
Calhoun County
Charleston
Alma Wyatt
Calvun
Roane
William Wyatt
Spencer Hospital
DePue
Pearl King
Wyatt
Rose King
Bell
Revolt in Ruthenia. autonomy for Slovakia voted
Prague reports the lower house of the Czechoslovak parliament approved autonomy for Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine amid border violence claims. Official sources note trouble from bands in Carpatho Ukraine but deny a genuine revolt. Budapest papers cite gendarmes killed at Iza and propose annexation petitions with 50,000 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otate
Union of South Africa
Oswald Pirow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Carpatho-Ukraine
Ruthenia
Pragg
Hungaran-Polish Ter
Prague
Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukrine
Hungary
Poland
Carpathian Mountain
Budapest
Uj Nemzedek
Iza
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Huszt
19 000 Italian Jews Lose Jobs
Rome reports Italy s new racial laws have displaced about 15 000 Jews from government and private work in the past days an estimated 57 425 Jews in 15 000 families affected most by the decree of Nov 10. Indemnities and pensions are noted. negotiations over Aryan marriage bans continue with church figures and Pope Pius IX voicing opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Wess
Pietro Tacchi-Venturi
Church of Jesus
Father Tacchi-Venturi
Pope Pius
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Germany
Possibility of Fatherhood After Death Shown
A report to the American Philosophical Society describes slowing life to make one minute equal ten thousand years. Dr Goetz demonstrates freezing bacteria in liquid hydrogen to vitreous form and thawing them to survive, suggesting human seed could be preserved indefinitely and a man living today might father a child after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
California Institute of Technology
Alexander Goetz
Goetz
New Domestic Program Looms
Industrial leaders say the United States plans a sweeping shift from disarmament to a forceful program to deter totalitarian threats. The plan includes a strong military, loans for allied defense, a starching diplomacy to block encroachments, Western hemisphere reconciliation, wage stability, and a coordinated rearmament led industrial growth to shield the domestic economy over the next decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
Washington
Congress
Harrisonburg Blast Kills One Injures Dozen in Poolroom
A two story frame building in Harrisonburg Virginia collapsed after an explosion killing John Beach 30 and injuring 10 to 15 others. At the hospital Sam Stover 72 Thomas Boyer 24 and Howard Rosser were treated for head leg and hand injuries. Police said occupants in the poolroom at the rear were accounted for as volunteers helped search the wreckage.
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Harrisonburg
John Beach
Sam Stover
Thomas Boyer
Howard Rosser
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