Crisis escalates as Loyalists blame Berlin in Spain crisis
United Press reports Tuesday developments in the Spanish civil war with Valencia alleging a German warship torpedoed the cruiser Miguel de Cervantes and Italian German naval links to nationalists. London considers police measures and possible escort for ships to loyalist ports amid neutrality disputes.
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Valencia
Miguel de Cervantes
London
Russia
Gibraltar
Seville
Barcelona
Paris
Spain
Biarritz
Madrid
Europe
Berlin
War Ministry
Cartagena
Rome
Italy
Soviet Warships to Protect Fleet in the Med
Rome papers cite an uncredited dispatch from Hendaye saying thirty five Soviet warships head to the Mediterranean to shield the Russian merchant fleet. A Brest message adds that three German warships are departing for the same mission.
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Rome
INS
Mediterranean
Hendaye
Brest
Spanish nationalist radio claims Canarias sank merchant ship off Barcelona
Gibraltar report says a Seville based nationalist station announced that the cruiser Canarias sunk a foreign merchantman of unknown nationality off Barcelona.
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Gibraltar
Seville
Canarias
Barcelona
Spanish nationalist destroyer stops Greek freighter Sylvania
London report says a nationalist destroyer halted the Greek freight steam ship Sylvania carrying Polish coal bound for Barcelona and ordered it to Ceuta in Morocco, a nationalist held territory.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Athens
Barcelona
Ceuta
Morocco
British fleet moving toward Malta amid insurgent assurances
Reports from Malta say the depot ship Cyclops and four submarines head toward Malta while sources cite a Spanish insurgent message guaranteeing safe anchorage for the British vessels. Continued on page a.
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London
Malta
Cyclops
Pain
U S Envoy to Stay Longer in Madrid
The American embassy staff in Madrid will remain two more days due to limited transportation. Charge d Affaires Eric C Wendelin informed the state department and announced the embassy would stay open under a non official custodian with Americans using it at their own risk as civil war spread.
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Washington
Madrid
Eric C. Wendelin
State Department
Europe
Wendelin
Nothing May Hide A Great Deal In Empty Lives
An old man questions a crying boy about nothing. a legendary tale shows a preacher finds nothing in a sealed text yet builds a powerful sermon on the theme. The king rewards him, proving nothing can conceal meaning and even a life that seems empty may hold worth.
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Frederick the Great
Royal Chapel
Job
Memorial Auto Show Transforms Cedar Rapids Coliseum
Crews began converting the Memorial Coliseum into a showroom hosting forty two car and trailer models for the Cedar Rapids Auto Show opening Friday. Sign painters climb high to hang backdrops while eleven dealers cooperate. Doors run 2 to 11 pm with ten cent admission. Music by George Cervenka's orchestra. Friday features hostesses Mary Christmas and eleven ladies in waiting at dealer displays.
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Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
George Cervenka
Mary Christmas
Bendix Dispute Still Unsettled In South Bend
An all night conference over the Bendix Products plant strike ended without agreement. The Bendix auto accessory plant remains idle. about 1,100 workers had stayed in the plant before finally leaving Monday afternoon as talks resume Tuesday afternoon.
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South Bend, Ind
Bendix Products Corporation
Roosevelt lands directly in Buenos Aires for inter-American talks
President Roosevelt acceded to Argentina's request and will land at Buenos Aires at 1 p.m. on November 30 en route to the inter-American peace conference. He was to land at Mar del Plata but will now stay in Buenos Aires before traveling to Montevideo and other stops.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Alexander Weddell
U. S. S. Indianapolis
Mar del Plata
Argentina
Olinda
Brazil
Pernambuco
South America
A. H. Rooks
Phelps
Recife
Indianapolis
Montevideo
Uruguay
Roosevelt Faces Neptune Trial Aboard Indy and Chester
President Roosevelt and other pollywogs aboard the cruisers Indianapolis and Chester were summoned to trial by Davy Jones, the shellback envoy. Subpoenas were issued to more than 100 per ship as rockets flared on the sun decks and roving guards watched the ceremony during the voyage toward the Buenos Aires peace conference.
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Chester
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Davy Jones
Davy
Secret Service
Buenos Aires
Jury Selected In Ark Peonage Case Against Earle Official
In Jonesboro Arkansas a jury was chosen after brief selection for the trial of Paul D Peacher city marshal of Earle charged in a federal indictment with using eight Black men arrested for vagrancy to perform hard labor clearing land for the Earle special school district The indictment says Peacher had no contract for the labor and the men were not legally held for contract labor practices remain contentious in parts of the state
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Jonesboro
Ark
INS
Paul D. Peacher
Earle
T. S. Mitchell
Peacher
Earle Special
Nazis May Protest Nobel Prize Award To Ossietzky
Berlin reports Hitler as pressing officials to protest Carl von Ossietzky a 47 year old former antiwar leader winning the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize. Oslo notes Ossietzky’s recent release after prison and Nazi opposition cited as misuse of a humanitarian award. Saavedra Lamas linked to 1936 prize. Nobel fund yields about 40 000 per laureate.
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von Ossietzky
Berlin
Oslo
Norway
INS
Germany
Carl von Ossietzky
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Papenburg
Moabit
French Deputy to Propose Reopening War Debt Negotiations
Paris AP Rene Richard a French deputy announced he would propose reopening negotiations over France’s war debt to the United States in the chamber on November 26. He noted his long belief that talks should begin and urged urgency in resuming payment discussions.
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Paris
Rene Richard
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Richard
Edouard Herriot
France
Seven men arrested in Dubuque plant riot case
In Dubuque seven men arrested for unlawful assembly during a Monday riot at the A. Y. McDonald company plant had their cases continued for one week in police court. Archie Carter publisher of a labor paper faced a continued charge of resisting arrest with a bond set at $100.
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Carter
Liberty
McDonald Company
McDonald
Labor Peace Move Rebuffed by 610 Chiefs
In Tampa the American Federation of Labor kept open peace talks with John L. Lewis's committee for industrial organization despite the continued suspension of ten rebel unions. The convention approved a three-part plan allowing further peace efforts, potential emergency action, and continued suspension until the breach is healed.
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Tampa
Fla
INS
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
A. F. of L
Organized Labor
Howard
William Green
Federation
Executive Council
Three Men Die After Train Strikes Car in Mackinaw
In Mackinaw Illinois three men riding in a car were killed when a Big Four railroad passenger train struck the vehicle early Tuesday. The victims were James Smith 73 a wealthy Tazewell county farmer Lloyd Layton 67 and Mort Allen.
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Mackinaw, Ill
James Smith
Tazewell County
Lloyd Layton
Mort Allen
Cloudy Cedar Rapids Day With Temperature Rises
Clouds and sun split Cedar Rapids weather Tuesday as temperatures climbed from 20 at midnight to 49 by mid afternoon. Readings noted 32 at 2 30 p m and 27 by 7 p m with fluctuations explained by Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers. Inskeep Company
Burglars Find $313 In Open Safe After Joke
In St Paul burglars, faced with a sign claiming the safe was unlocked, opened it as a joke and found $313 inside, realizing the contents after the gag.
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ST. Paul
Weissmuller and Winslow Clash Outside Stork Club
Johnny Weissmuller and Lt. Cameron Winslow Jr. exchanged jabs at the Stork Club in Manhattan after a dispute over dark glasses. Eyewitnesses reported a lively brawl outside with both men denying instigating the fight. Club owner Sherman Billingsley called it a minor argument and said nothing to it.
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New York
INS
Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller
Cameron Winslow, Jr
Stork Club
Manhattan
Lieutenant Winslow
Natalie Hess Winslow
Tarzan
Weissmuller
Johnny
Sherman Billingsley
Winslow
Killer Of Wife To Share In Estate
Probate Judge Edward Command ruled that Oral Sabo, convicted of manslaughter for beating his wife to death on Oct. 6, will share in her $13,000 estate since Michigan has no law barring such a provision.
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Detroit
Edward Command
Michigan
Oral Sabo
Robles Kidnapping Charge Dismissed
Phoenix district attorney announces Oscar H. Robson’s kidnapping indictment in the Robles case has been dismissed after authorization from the attorney general. The long running charge was tied to the June Robles kidnapping.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Frank E. Flynn
Oscar H. Robson
Robles
Want Ad Offers Heater For Cash Trade
A circulating heater is offered for sale at 80 dollars with an option to trade for coal or wood and 40 dollars cash. Dial instructions accompany the ad for contact.
Hungarian Doctor Fights Duels Over Marriage Scandal
Dr Franz Sargas, defending his wife’s honor, fought two pistol duels near Budapest against Szandor Cowac and Aladar Hormetl. Cowac was wounded in the hand at 15 paces. Hormetl missed as did Sargas. Both duels ended without further injuries. Sargas plans sword duels with other challengers.
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Budapest
Franz Sargas
Szandor Cowac
Hormett
Cowac
Sargas
Auwinkel
United Press
Hormetl
Dust Storm Hits Des Moines Airport Visibility Drops
A dust storm from the west cut Des Moines airport visibility from three miles to one and a half in fifteen minutes as a 25 mile per hour wind pushed the storm eastward. If intensity grows, commerce department warned commercial planes may be grounded. Omaha reports show visibility under a mile and a half.
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Des Moines
Department of Commerce
Omaha
Father and son held on extortion charge in Atlanta
Federal agents arrested W. T. Moyers, an Atlanta attorney and former Georgia Liberty League chairman, and his son Marshall Moyers over a $30,000 extortion during a fire at the Cable Piano building. Ernst Woodruff and T. K. Glenn reported Moyers demanded money, and Glenn described the exchange and theft. Over $28,000 recovered.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
Business
W. T. Moyers
Atlanta
Georgia
Liberty League
United States
Ernest Woodruff
Coca Cola Company
T. K. Glenn
Trust Company of Georgia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moyers
Marshall
University of Georgia
Glenn
Woodruff
Cable Piano Company
Chicago Gund Cut Off Life of M J Galvin
Police questioned a blonde woman Jean Draper after she talked with slain labor and political boss Michael J Galvin. He was shot by four shotgun blasts on West Madison Street as a black sedan pulled up. Galvin led an outlaw Teamsters faction tied to long running labor feud and rival unions.
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Chicago
Gund
M. J. Galvin
Michael J. Galevin
Galvin
Jean Draper
INS
Michael J. Galvin
West Madison Street
Mike Galvin
John Stege
North Western Railroad
Con” Shea
Teamster Union
American Federation of Labor
Twenty-seventh Ward
Albert J. Prignano
John M. Bolton
al Capone
Murray Humphries
George “Red” Barker
Tommy Touhy
Marcus “Studdy” Looney
the O’donnell
Shea
Teamsters
Teamster
Germany yields to Britain on Soviet execution threat
Berlin reports Britain fears drastic action in Europe and presses for mercy for Emil I Stickling, sentenced to death at Novosibirsk. Germany aims for a compromise to save him and 27 other Germans awaiting trial before possible Soviet diplomatic rupture.
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Germany
Britain
Berlin
INS
Emil I. Stickling
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Stickeing
Reich
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Capone
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