Dispatches 18 Vessels of War to Danger Zone
British and Spanish tensions escalate as 19 warships including eight submarines head toward Spanish waters from Malta. Aerial bombardment damages Madrid staff as Franco blocks neutral zones, while added Soviet and German movements stir Mediterranean anxieties.
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London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Spain
England
Malta
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Cyclops
Alicante
Admiralty
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Rome
Hendaye
Moscow
Black Sea
Nazis Threaten Break With Soviet Union Over Engineer Fate
London dispatch reports German Ambassador Ribbentrop warned Prime Minister Baldwin that Germany would sever diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia if engineer Stickling is executed. Stickling was condemned by a Russian military court for sabotage and counterrevolution. Berlin state news notes four more Reich citizens arrested in Moscow by the secret police: Bobesherz Schnndler Stammer Schoeffer.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Stanley Baldwin
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Stickling
Supreme Court
Berlin
Reich
Moscow
Friedrich Bobesherz
Reinhold Schnndler
Hermann Stammer
Heinrich Schoeffer
Nothing Hidden in Nothing Says a Chaplain’s Tale
A tale about an empty packet that tests a preacher’s wit ends with the king appointing him chaplain. The moral: nothing can conceal meaning and a life that seems empty may hide treasure. The story cites Job and divine creation from nothing.
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Tully
Frederick the Great
Royal Chapel
Job
Lfe
Hull Predicts Step Toward Peace at Parley
Secretary of State Hull, leading the US delegation, predicted the Inter-American peace conference in Buenos Aires would take a new step toward peace based on sound economic understanding. He spoke aboard the American Legion en route to the Argentine capital after a luncheon with President Terra, calling the conference an opportunity to show neighborly cooperation among nations.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Munson
American Legion
Sumner Welles
Jose Espalter
Senora de Espalter
Gabriel Terra
Pioneer Audubon Attorney Injured in Iowa Crash
Des Moines AP report says J A Graham a pioneer Audubon Iowa attorney sustained a serious brain injury in a Tuesday automobile accident near Grimes. He and his son Mel Graham were en route from Des Moines to Audubon when the crash occurred. he remains in a Des Moines hospital with serious injuries.
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Des Moines
J.A Graham
Audubon
Grimes
Graham
Mel Graham
Roosevelt to land directly in Buenos Aires for inter-American talks
President Roosevelt altered plans for the inter-American peace conference routing to land in Buenos Aires at 1 p m on November 30. He will stay until December 2 before traveling to Mar del Plata and then Montevideo for a brief visit.
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Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Recife
A. H. Rooks
Phelps
Pernambuco
Indianapolis
Montevideo
Uruguay
Roosevelt Summoned by Neptune Aboard Ship
President Roosevelt and hundreds of crew on the Indianapolis and Chester faced a playful Neptune ritual as Davy Jones issued faux subpoenas to pollywogs. Roosevelt, termed senior pollywog, received a summons and awaited trial at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday amid guards and salutes on the voyage to the inter American peace conference.
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Chester
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Davy Jones
Davy
Secret Service
Buenos Aires
Schumann-Heink Will Bequests To Children and Colleges
Parisian soprano Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink filed for probate outlining a will that largely leaves her estate to four children and a gift of music to colleges or institutions chosen by her executor Harold E Thomas. The estate, valued over 10000 with cash and personal property, is expected to total under 35000. medals and diplomas will go to the Smithsonian or similar body to inspire students in music art and science.
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Los Angeles
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Schumann-Heink
Smithsonian Institution of
Washington, D. C
Harold E Thomas
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936 Totals
Traffic toll in Cedar Rapids for 1936 lists 459 accidents 355 injuries and 7 deaths with a terse summary of road dangers.
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Cedar Rapids
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Von Ossietzky Former Nazi Prisoner
Carl von Ossietzky, a 17 year old former Nazi prisoner and anti war writer, wins the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize shortly after release from a German prison. Argentine Foreign Minister Saavedra Lamas receives the 1936 prize in a gesture toward the Buenos Aires peace conference. The awards total about 40 000 dollars each from Alfred Nobel’s endowment.
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Oslo
Norway
INS
Germany
Carl von Qssietzky
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Buenos Aires
von Ossietzky
Papenburg
Moabit
Man Surrenders in Slaying of Chicago Policeman
In Chicago, 35 year old Harry Obinger surrendered to police after a pre arranged plan by his lawyer. He is linked to the shotgun death of Policeman Martin Condon 36 as Condon left his apartment with Obinger's estranged wife Tillie 26. Police say a love triangle involved all three.
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Chicago
Harry Obinger
Martin Condon
Condon
Obinger
Tillie
Dry Goods Group Quits U S Chamber
The National Retail Dry Goods Association resigns from the U S Chamber of Commerce citing insufficient representation on the board. The group represents about 6 000 department and dry goods stores with over 5 000 000 000 in annual sales and had just backed a voluntary NRA among merchants and others.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
United Press
Association
Atlantic City
Chamber
The
Plan to Lift Rebel Suspension Calls for AFL Peace
A Tampa plan proposes lifting the suspension of John L. Lewis and rebel CIO leaders from the AFL. It calls for a new department to group industrial unions, the abandonment of the CIO, and a united push to organize mass production, with leaders reportedly favorable to settling the dispute.
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Tampa
Fla
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
C. O
Federation Executive Council
C. I
Federation
Lewis
Agoanien
Labor delegates condemn fascism and tighten boycotts on German goods
Tampa delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention denounced fascism nazism and communism and voted to extend a boycott on German-made goods until Hitler’s persecution of Jews ends. A resolutions committee praised Roosevelt’s election and said there will be no retaliation by losers. The session aimed to heal a rift caused by John L. Lewis and CIO suspensions, with George M. Harrison optimistic an adjustment could be reached and temporary readmittance for suspended unions considered.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor Convention
Hitler
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
George M. Harrison
William Green
Death penalty asked for Cornwell in Shine murder case
Prosecution urged the Clay County district court to impose the death penalty on Albert Cornwell for conspiring to murder Dan Shine, an elderly farmer from Littleport Iowa. Defense attorney Herman Hachlen contended Cornwell has the mind of a child influenced by Pearl Hines Shine. Judge Eichendorf said he would likely give jury instructions Wednesday morning.
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Eleader
Clayton County District Court
Albert (Deke) Cornwell
Dan Shine
Littleport
Iowa
Herman Hachlen
Cornwell
Pearl Hines Shine
W. L. Eichendorf
WPA Worker Fatally Shot by Policeman in Chicago
Charles Wills, 26, a WPA worker, was shot and killed by Officer Theodore Harris during a struggle for the revolver. Earlier Wills allegedly fired twice at his wife before fleeing through the neighborhood with the gun as Harris and a street squad confronted him.
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Chicago
Charles Wills
WPA
Theodore Harris
Wills
Hartris
Chicago Gun Slaying Ends Life of M J Galvin
Michael J. Galvin a 55 year old labor and political leader was shot to death on West Madison street by a sedan carrying four gunmen. Police suspect a long standing labor feud and note Galvin’s ties to organized crime figures are part of the investigation. Jean Draper 22 admitted being with Galvin before the slaying.
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Chicago
Michael J. Galvin
Galvin
Jean Draper
INS
West Madison Street
Mike Galvin
John Stege
Con” Shea
Teamster Union
American Federation of Labor
Twenty-seventh Ward
Albert Jd. Prignano
John M. Bolton
Seizure of $100000 in Diamonds from Normandy Docks
Customs officers seized diamonds valued between $100000 and $150000 from the French liner Normandie at New York docks and arrested two men and a woman linked to a vast smuggling ring. Gregory O Keefe called it the largest seizure in the department's history.
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New York
Normandie
Gregory O'Keefe
Perl Josephina Weinberg
Europe
Isaac Weinberg
Israel Mandelkern
Mandelkern
O'Keefe
Customs Department
Antwerp
London
United States
Moses Claimed From Hospital By Crawfords
Louis and Effie Crawford of the Pearl River woods claimed baby Moses from New Orleans Charity hospital. Effie told of a dog delivering the infant, and the couple planned to name him Bert J Moses Crawford while defending their family story amid family disputes over paternity and custody.
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New Orleans
Louis
Effie Crawford
Pear River Piney Woods
Moses
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Effie
Bert J
Moses Crawford
James
Frank
Phates
Monticello Student Bohlken Held On Dual Extortion Claims
Harrison Bohlken, 17, Monticello high school student, faced federal charges for using the mails to extort $1000 and was held on a state charge of malicious threats to extort after being arrested near the Monticello fire escape. Bond set at $2,500 on the state charge. County and federal officers tracked him after he allegedly left the extortion letter at a Prairieburg resident’s address.
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Cedar Rapids
Harrison Bohlken
Monticello High School
United States
Ed McPartland
Bohlken
G. K. Thompson
Larry Condon
Justice A. S. Reed
Monticello
Linn
Jones County
Ed Miller
C. O. Rowley
Prairieburg
Father and son held in extortion case linked to Coca Cola figures
Atlanta authorities arrest W. T. Moyers and his son Marshall in a $30,000 extortion of Ernest Woodruff and T. K. Glenn during a fire at the Cable Piano building. Moyers faces federal charges, $28,000 recovered, as witnesses recounts the midday incident and the officials’ pursuit.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
W. T. Moyers
Atlanta
Georgia
Liberty League
United States
Ernest Woodruff
Coca Cola Company
T. K Glenn
Trust Company of Georgia
Glenn
Moyers
Woodruff
Cable Piano Company
Express Train Collides With Elevated Train in Chicago
Twenty people died and about 60 were hurt when a speeding Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee express struck the rear of a northbound elevated train on Chicago’s north side during rush hour. Fire crews rushed to Granville station and Edgewater Hospital, as officials warned the exact toll would take time to confirm.
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Chicago
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Express
Summerdale
Edgewater Hospital
North Shore
Milwaukee
Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Ccma
North’ Shore
Granville
Urges Changes In Regulating Rates Of Transportation
C E Childe of Omaha, chair of the Mississippi Valley association traffic committee, told delegates at the eighteenth annual convention that valley interests must obtain radical changes in rate regulation. He urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt a new rule of rate making or secure legislation to fix rates based on transportation costs rather than competition.
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ST. Louis
C. E. Childe
Omaha
Mississippi Valley Association
Association
Mississippi Valley
Childe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rejected Plan to Make Roosevelt Election Unanimous
Maine elector Charles Al Giman of Brunswick rejected a proposal for Maine and Vermont to join 46 states in making Roosevelt's reelection unanimous. The idea originated from E R Brown of Oklahoma who wrote to Maine and Vermont electors.
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Maine
Vermont
Roosevelt
Charles al Giman
Brunswick
E. R. Brown
Oklahoma
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