Two Americans wounded in Shanghai battle report
The Shanghai fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces spills into the international settlement. Milton Hiatt of Florida and J P McMichael of Indiana are wounded as shells strike ships, streets, and a streetcar near the American Marines' positions. Casualty reports rise amid aerial raids and artillery duels.
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Yangtzepoo
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Crystal River
Florida
United States Marines
J. P. McMichael
Connersville
Ind
United States Asiatic Fleet
Augugla
Whangpoo River
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
United States
Harry Yarnell
Slain High School Girl Melba Moore Case In South Bend
Police hold two male companions, William Stopper and Charles Walton, after a fatal shooting that killed Melba Moore, 14, as investigators widen the search for the mystery slayer. Sheriff Hosinski frees Stopper on mere questioning grounds while Walton remains detained amid family pleas. Chief Deputy Brugener notes questioning continues.
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Ind
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William Stopper
Melba Moore
Tur
Stopper
INS
Altthough
Charles Walton
Miss Moore
D Harald
Sweeteryeart
Walton
Granger Ind
Frank Brugener
Harold Maine
Flay
World in 1937 Fueled by Fear Warns of Dictators
A 1937 column imagines a fearful era ruled by panic and the urge to arm. It argues faith must be rekindled to defeat fear, noting Stalin and Hitler as examples and calling for a profound spiritual rebirth to save civilization.
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Hilip Guedalla
Old
Egypt
Aleep
Stalin
Hitler
Fort Madison Fire Destroys Rooming House
A Thursday fire gutted the Beinger apartment and rooming house in Fort Madison causing an estimated loss over 5000 dollars. Five officials reported most contents destroyed while some roomers escaped with a few belongings.
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Fort Madison
Beinger
Ford to Abandon Kansas City Plant Amid Labor Battle
Dearborn officials announce Ford plans to close the Kansas City assembly plant after a prolonged clash with the United Auto Workers. About 3,000 workers would lose jobs and roughly 3 million dollars in equipment would idle. Harry Bennett says the operation is finished there.
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Kansas City
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
River Rouge
United Automobile Workers Union
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
United Press
Bennett
Ho C. Doss
Joseph Busch
Parents Day Established In Philippines On First December Monday
Manila AP reports President Quezon abolished Mother's Day and created Parents Day to honor fathers and parents alike. The new holiday falls on the first Monday of December and marks equal rights for fathers.
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Manila
Mapuc
Quezon
Mussolini Expands Troop Movements to Libya Amid Spanish Crisis
Rome reports continued dispatches of fresh troops to Libya as Mussolini prepares for possible Franco Spanish tensions. Estimated 75,000 mobilized from five conscript classes, with many sent to Libya though some remain in Italy. Analysts note skeleton army corps present and total Libyan strength around 60,000, potentially rising to 100,000.
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Libya
Italy
Mussolini
Spain
Eee
International nonintervention group to discuss volunteers
London report says the international nonintervention committee, invited by Lord Plymouth, will meet Saturday morning to consider withdrawa l of foreign volunteers from Spain. The powers group will include France Britain Italy Germany Belgium Russia Portugal Sweden and Czechoslovakia with Italy already agreeing to discuss the British review from July.
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Lord Plymouth
Spain
France
Britain
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Portugal
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Tampa Police Officers Acquitted in Flogging Case
In Bartow Florida Judge Robert T Dowell directed acquittals for six former Tampa policemen charged with second degree murder after a triple flogging in Tampa two years ago. Five had earlier been convicted of kidnapping a flogging victim but won a Supreme Court order for a new trial.
Italians Killed By Ethiopian Bandits Reported by Rome
The fascist government announced 41 Italian officers and 17 soldiers were killed in attacks by Ethiopian bandits on Thursday. The statement spoke as a reply to rumors of massacres and did not specify native casualties, though informed sources indicated they may be large.
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Rome
Pope Pius Remains Indoors Due to Cold
Pope Pius XII stays indoors at Castel Gandolfo amid a cold. He was seen clearing his throat frequently during public appearances, indicating illness.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Ins
Pope Pius
Monument to Peary to be unveiled in Cresson
Mrs Marie Stafford daughter of the late Rear Admiral Robert Peary will unveil a monument Friday honoring the explorer who claimed to discover the North Pole in Cresson Pennsylvania.
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Cresson, Pa
Marie Stafford
Robert Edwin Peary
North Pole
U S Steel Restates Prices to Stabilize Market
United States Steel Corp subsidiaries reaffirmed prices for most steel products for the first quarter of 1938 to curb price declines. The move targets blooms billets slabs and other items, aiming to spur orders as auto makers enter the 1938 model market.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
Two Planes Collide In Air Key Landings Save Crew
In Los Angeles at the municipal airport two airplanes collided in flight but both crews landed safely. Northrop test pilot Vance Breese guided a navy bullet type craft in with a bent propeller and damaged mast. Instructor Ross Seeley and a student from the training ship also landed despite a torn wing.
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Los Angeles
Municipal
Vance Breese
Northrop Aircraft Corp
Ross Seeley
Breese
Dahl Divorced Wife Questioned by Texas Woman
Ida Dahl, mother of aviator Harold Dahl held by Spanish rebels, denied receiving a letter from a Sabinal Texas woman claiming to be Harold's wife. She said Harold married Willie Lee Rehm in 1933 at St Patrick's Cathedral New York and later divorced in San Antonio a year ago, and she knows nothing of a letter challenging the marriage.
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Champaign
INS
Ida Dahl
Spain
Sabinal
Tex
Harold Dahl
Willie Lee Rehm
Texas
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Harold
San Antonio
Dahl
Edithe Rogers Dahl
Snowstorm Grips Michigan City Indiana
A heavy lakefront snowstorm blankets Michigan City with 3 to 5 inch depths as temperatures dip to 34 degrees. Winter conditions close in on northern Indiana coastal areas.
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Michigan City
Ind
A F of L Chooses Houston for 1938 Convention
Houston won the bid to host the American Federation of Labor 1938 convention with Chicago Birmingham and St Louis in competition. Delegates approved Houston as the site. The Denver-Houston report notes the 57th federation session will close Friday morning.
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Denver. Cole
Houston
Tex
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Birmingham
St Louis
Federation
Indiana gets trigger man of Brady gang
James Dalhover, 31, the trigger man of the Al Brady gang, was returned to Indiana after capture in Bangor Maine. He was jailed in Marion County on murder charges and also charged with robbing the Farmland Madison and Goodland banks. Dalhover appeared before a U S commissioner, was arraigned, and remanded to custody as federal and local authorities prepared for further proceedings.
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Ind
James Dalhover
al Brady
Indiana
Marion County
Brady
Bangor
Municipal
Dalhover
U. S
Charles James
Harold S. Young
Madison
Goodland
Brady Gang
Young
James
Harold H. Reinecke
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Labor Board Reaffirms Impartiality in Labor Disputes
The National Labor Relations Board in Washington issued a formal statement denying bias between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization. It emphasized its duty to protect workers’ rights to form unions and noted its success under the National Labor Relations Act while acknowledging the ongoing craft industrial union conflict complicates satisfying both sides.
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Washington
INS
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
Congress Fights Likely Over Neutrality Policy
Washington prospects for a hard fight over neutrality legislation rose after a state department report shows 83.8 million dollars in munitions exports in two weeks. Some lawmakers push tightening the law to halt arms shipments abroad while at peace, while others warn defense needs sustain U.S. arms plants. Only Spain is fully barred under the act amid civil war, with government ships restricted from carrying weapons to Far Eastern belligerents.
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Congress
State Department
United States
Senate Munitions Committee
Spain
Actiagainet
China
Nem
Probe Potash Control In California Amid War Fears
Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens inquiry into foreign owned potash deposits near Searles Lake California. Subcommittee probes brine pumping from sub surface lakes within a 3319 acre reserved area alleged to violate placer claims awarded in 1918 1919 and 1920. Mention ties to Sino Japanese conflict and Spanish Revolution.
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INS
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Asia
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Public Lands Subcommittee
Searles Lake
California
Senate
Land Office
Spain
Demand Probe Of Lewis Cause In Illinois Terror Allegations
The American Federation of Labor moved to present charges to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee accusing John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of a terror campaign in Illinois coal fields. Joe Ozanic of the Progressive Miners claimed Lewis imported strikebreakers and used coercion and intimidation. The motion to lay evidence before the committee was brought by J. W. Buzzel and adopted unanimously at the convention closing.
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Denver
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Lewis
Illinois
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Miners
A. F. of L
Ozank
Senate Civil Lberties Committee
J. W. Buzzel
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Whitham Green
F. of L
Labor peace shifts loom in 194x election scene
Washington reports the CIO and AFL leaderships face a fragile truce as labor’s internal war could shape next year’s campaigns. CIO claims 4,000,000 members and hints at a unified 8,000,000 vote bloc influencing governors, Congress, and party dynamics nationwide.
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Kirke 1
Simpson
Washington
A. F. of
L.cio
Europe
China
National House of Representatives
Senate
Organized Labor
CIO
A. F. of L
Friends of Labor
Watch For Mattson Kidnaping In Idaho Highways
Wallace Idaho warner officers sought a man linked to the Mattson boy kidnapping. Police reported the suspect seen Wednesday in a battered 1930 roadster with North Dakota plates stopping briefly at a service station. All highways were blocked and the car description broadcast.
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Wallace, Idaho
Ins
Idaho
Mattson
Vic Langley
North Dakota
Roosevelt Calls For Relief Cuts And Budget Balance
Washington reports Treasury Secretary Morgenthau will have tax revision proposals ready for Ways and Means by November 4. From Hyde Park Roosevelt orders sharp cuts in federal relief, aims for a balanced budget by year end, and plans a program to raise farm prices while keeping costs within consumer reach. He intends new deal legislation on crop control hours and wages government reorganization and regional public works planning before Christmas.
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Ins
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Morgenthau
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Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson River
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor peace bid surfaces as AFL and CIO offer talks
Denver, Colo. reports a glimmer of reconciliation between the AFL and CIO led by John L. Lewis. The AFL executive council sent a peace proposal inviting a reasonable size committee from both sides for conference to reunite labor under the AFL banner. Green, reelected president, urged unity and a nationwide solid front, while CIO leadership faces internal pressure for reform.
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Colo
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Organized Labor In
America
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
William Green
A. Fy
Federation Executive Council
CIO
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Green
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Supon
Extraordinary Session Interrupts Congress Vacation
President Roosevelt calls an extra session to address farm policy wages hours business and monopoly as senators resist being recalled while the nation resumes normal activity. The aim is to lay groundwork for the coming regular session amid political friction and public interest.
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Washington
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