New U S Policy to Use Force Against Dictators
A group of prominent industrial leaders says the United States will abandon its long pursuit of universal disarmament and trade. The plan envisions armed diplomacy, a strong military posture, and swift domestic economic measures to confront totalitarian nations, with reforms in labor and social policy and closer Western Hemisphere ties. The report also notes no departure from American democratic tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Paynter
Aprociated
New York
United States
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Wanderer Inmates Hums Behind the Scene Burglary King
Omaha police reveal Joseph Pavilonis a 74 year old wanderer tagged as bewildered yet skilled hotel burglar who confessed after a month long search. He had rooms in three hotels, a Los Angeles to New York bus ticket, over $100 in his wallet, and a 30 day sentence suspended on leaving town.
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Omaha
INS
Joseph Pavilonis
Fred Franks
Pavilonis
Franks
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
Republicans Seek Repeal of Wagner Labor Act
Washington AP reports a House leader warned that if the administration does not back amendments next session Republicans and independent Democrats would repeal the Wagner Labor Act. The statement signals growing opposition to the act amid political maneuvering in Congress.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Tragic mine cavern drownings kill seven crippled boys
Seven crippled boys and a Wilkes-Barre driver drowned when their car plunged into a 30 foot mine cavern near Wilkes-Barre. The car vanished as ash piles gave way after Friday rain. Bodies recovered by a railroad crane showed a frantic struggle for freedom.
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Wilkes-Barre
Floyd Brobleski
William McIntosh
Gerald Altavilla
Walter Pomionek
Wilkes- Barre
Junior League
Dies Investigates 500 Federal Employees in Secret Inquiry
Washington announced a secret inquiry by Chairman Dies into alleged un American activities by more than 500 federal workers. The committee will keep identities confidential while witnesses testify, with findings to be released later and possible dismissals for guilty officials.
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Washington
INS
Dies
House
UN American Investigating Committee
Said Dies
Tightening of Government Spending You See
The administration plans tighter control of expenditures and elimination of overlapping government functions. The Budget Bureau, under Acting Director Daniel W. Bell, will add an investigating division to study spending on the ground and a management research section to review department activities. The bureau may reorganize within a year into estimate, fiscal, coordinative, and investigative divisions.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Daniel W. Bell
Bell
World Studies Likely Result of Jew Drive
Germany tightens anti Jewish policy as Goebbels warns foreigners to stay silent while 1,500 meetings planned in Berlin districts. Goebbels says Nazism could strengthen England and France, amid international protests and fear of broader actions.
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Roosevelt
England
France
Goering
United States Aims World’s Strongest Air Force by 1942
Rep. Snyder announced after talks with war department officials that Roosevelt’s defense plan would yield the world’s strongest air force by 1942. He said hearings would begin on a war department bill about 100 million dollars larger than this year, bringing the peacetime budget to a near 600 million dollars for the year starting June 30, 1939. The bulk increase targets air force expansion as Louis Johnson warned the program may need to be trebled or quadrupled.
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Washington
Snyder
Military Appropriations
War Department
Roosevelt
Air Force
Louis Johnson
400 Killed Injured In Loyalist Barcelona Munitions Plants
Red Cross workers at the Franco frontier report 400 killed or injured in explosions and fires at Barcelona armament factories. The blaze, possibly started by accident, spread across several miles. police investigated fascist suspects while Premier Negrin ordered a full inquiry. Five killed and 21 injured by bombs at Mongat.
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Barcelona
Perpignan
Red Cross
Catalonia
Fifth Column
Armament Ministry
Frontier
Hospital
Villanueva Road
Juan Negrin
Mongat
Missing Bisbee boy found dead in Chiricahuas
The body of 5 year old Jerry Hays of Bisbee was found three miles above his parents camp after wandering off Nov 16. He apparently died of exposure within two days. A forest service team located him as nearly 1,000 searchers combed Ruger canyon in the Chiricahua mountains north of Douglas. The boy reportedly scaled three miles up a steep hillside before collapse.
Grondin Admits Letting Wife Take Blame For Slaying
Quebec on trial for the hex murder of Villemont Brochu Achille Grondin testified he let his wife bear the blame while he walked free. Mrs Grondin faces hanging March 3 for the murder she is charged with committing. Grondin said he was willing for his wife to hang so he could go free.
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Quebec
INS
Achille Grondin
Villemont Brochu
Nations Sign Pacts To Have Something They Can Tear Up
A 1938 cartoon commentary by ARTAUR Bug Baer on trade treaties. It jokes that nations sign pacts to have something to tear up when angry, likening deals to selling a man a moose and receiving a bear in a hollow tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artaur “Bugs
Baer
Townsend convention picks Indianapolis for June sessions
The Townsend recovery organization on Saturday chose Indianapolis as the site for its fourth convention, to run June 22 through June 25, with the gathering expected to draw supporters and officials from across the country.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Townsend Recovery Plan Organization
Refugee Jews Trapped Between Frontiers in no man s land
Reports from the Slovak Hungarian border describe hundreds of homeless Jewish refugees pushed between frontiers. About 570 people endured freezing weather with little shelter food or clothing as actions by Slovak and Hungarian authorities escalated. Hungary banned 45 Jewish owned periodicals and nationalist papers urged purges of Jewish staff.
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Budapest
INS
Germany
Europe
Slovakia
Hlinka
Somorja
Hungary
Kaschau
Eperjes
Forbid Selling Of 77 Foreign Papers In Berlin
Berlin authorities seized seventy seven foreign newspapers and banned their sale. The action targeted leading Swiss Danish British French Belgian Norwegian Swedish Romanian Yugoslav Czechoslovak Polish and Vatican City dailies with issues dated November six and seven. Officials cited descriptions of anti Jewish activities in Germany as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York Times
Paul von Schwabach Dies at 71 Banker to Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin reports Paul von Schwabach a 71 year old Jewish banker who handled financial transactions for the former Kaiser Wilhelm died at Kerzendorf near Berlin. Cause listed natural.
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Berlin
Paul von Schwabach
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kerzendorf
The Rains Came serializes in The Gazette Tuesday
Louis Bromfield presents The Rains Came set in India with gripping action and an atmosphere of impending tragedy in the first installment to appear Tuesday.
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The
Gazette
Louis Bromfield
India
Dewey and Taft Favored In 1940 Talk
Washington analysts weigh 1940 prospects after post election turmoil. Dewey’s narrow New York gubernatorial defeat echoes Taft’s Ohio Senate victory, boosting both as top Republican potential standard bearers. Ohio’s Republican sweep strengthens Taft’s case. New York’s big electoral vote sustains Dewey.
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Dewey
Taft
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Lehman
Pennsylvania
Rescue Struggle To Reach Two Entombed Miners
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a 30 man coal mine rescue crew tunneled through dirt and timbers to reach two men trapped 30 feet below the surface after a shaft collapse. The victims, tentatively identified as William Buckanavage and Michael Chevinsky, were trapped Friday night and alive hope was low.
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Shenandoah, Pa
William Buckanavage
Michael Chevinsky
Roosevelt lands in San Francisco from Newark flight
James Roosevelt arrived at San Francisco airport on Saturday aboard a Sones Airlines plane from Newark.
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San Francisco
INS
James Roosevelt
Sones Airlines
Newark
Six Iowa crash injuries near Marion on No 13
Six persons were injured in a head on collision about five miles northeast of Marion on highway No 13. The Orr party from Waukon and the Keisers from Manchester sustained concussions, bruises, and a dislocated hip while a third car driven by Roy Edaburn caused further damage.
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N. E
Iowa
Marion
B. K. Orr
Waukon
Howard Moffitt
Orr
M. M. Carter
Elkader
Wubert Keiser
Manchester
Hubert Keiser
Towa
Moffitt
James H. Smith
Robert Hunter
Coggon
Sheriff Smith
James Clapp
Keiser
Keisers
St. Luke's Hospital
Roy Edaburn
C Avenue NW
Edaburn
Legion Renounces Nazi Regime at Indiana Legion Meeting
The American Legion's executive committee adopted a resolution denouncing Germany's anti Jewish policy and persecution. Copies were sent to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull as the three day annual meeting concluded. The group pledged continued fight against communism fascism and anarchism.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Roosevelt
Hull
Germany
Weather Quiet With Temperature Dip In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids had clear conditions with a daytime high of 48. Temperatures fell to 40 at 3 PM and 34 by 9 30 PM. The 24 hour low reached 19 between 1 and 3 AM.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Martin Denies He Plans CIO Bid
Pittsburgh dispatch: Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers calls Saturday reports that he planned to lead UAW members out of the Congress of Industrial Organizations utterly without foundation.
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Pittsburgh
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Missing Linn County 4 H officer John H Clark
John H Clark 20, Linn County 4 H clubs president, disappeared after attending a Marion conference. Last seen early Saturday driving Andrew Clarks 1937 Chevrolet, with possible foul play feared near Cedar Rapids. Sheriff to broadcast full description. Andrew fears kidnapping.
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John H. Clark
John Clark
Ely
Andrew Clark
Near
James H. Smith
Linn County
Andrew
Smith
John
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Silver Palace
Sixteenth Avenue
C Street
North Western Tracks
Nazi Consulate Picketed in New York by Hundreds
In New York on a Saturday a protest denouncing Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews drew several hundred demonstrators. Police guarded the German consulate with 40 officers on duty and 66 in reserve, led by Capt. Max Finkelstein. The crowd chanted phrases such as Open the door to refugees and Smash the nazi terror, while groups including the Socialist Workers Party and the Independent Labor League of America took part.
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Goebbels
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Kroll Opera House
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Reichenberg
New York
Max Finkelstein
Jacob Licker
Isaac Goldstein
LaGuardia
Lewis J. Valentine
The
Socialist Workers Party
Progressive Woomen’s Council
Independent Labor League of America
Five Long-Term Convicts Escape From Rhode Island Prison
Five long term prisoners escaped Rhode Island state prison Saturday night after threatening a guard. They opened an isolation cell door with a key, sawed through corridor window bars, and fled over the prison wall, according towarden William E. McCall.
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Cranston
R. I
INS
Rhode Island
Ware
William E. McCall
Weather outlook for Nov 21 26 1936 in central plains region
Chicago bureau reports a mild week for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Not much precipitation expected with seasonable temperatures overall.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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Central City
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Carter
Adams
Iowa City
Legion
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