Foreign trade in kingdom debated at Cornell College event
Senator Nye pressed why the neutrality act fails to block Far East wartime shipping, arguing it harms American commerce. Walter Lippmann and reform groups urged restraint as Italy-Ethiopia echoed in debate. Ford plans permanent plant shutdown after worker protests. Elliott Roosevelt signs as a TV commentator amid wave of labor strife. A clergyman defends Governor Kraschel against capital punishment while Gazette cautions against endorsing violence.
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Ger Nye
Cornell College
Ielf
New York
Norman H Davis
Orient
Walt
Chicago
Acong
Sam A
Nye
Bcan
Far East
Ican
National Council For the
Roosevelt
Brussels
Congress
Japan
Chima
Italy
Ethiopia
Walter Lippmann
Mount Rnon
Europe
Ford Motor Company
Kansas
Fglly
John A Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Mto
CIO
Ford
National Floor Relations Board
Kraschel
Isa
Nels Kraschel
Britain Rejects Coercive Action Against Japan in Commons
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain won House of Commons support 204 to 111 for refusing coercive measures against Japan. He said the nine power conference in Brussels on October 30 would seek peaceful, non provocative means to end the Sino Japanese war and cautioned against economic sanctions. Foreign Secretary Eden warned Mediterranean routes must stay open, asserting Britain’s right of way. The debate touched Spain, Italy, and Palestine amid protests over arable security and Arab uprisings.
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Great Britain
Japan
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Brussels
Duce
Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Spain
Laborites
Clement
Attles
Britain
Anthony Eden
Mediterranean
Commons
China
Holy Land
William Ormsby-Gore
Palestine
France Accepts Mussolini Plea For Token Withdrawal
Paris reports that the French government accepted Premier Mussolini's conciliatory plan for a token withdrawal of foreign volunteers. France abandons demands for a proportionate recall and authorizes Ambassador Charles Andre Corbin to announce the move before Friday's non intervention committee meeting.
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Paris
Benito Mussolini
Charles Andre Corbin
London
France
Jimmy Roosevelt steps up to higher post at White House
James Roosevelt, the six foot son of President Roosevelt and already a secretary, was named the point of contact for independent agencies. He will meet agency heads for half hour sessions to triage issues and decide which require the President’s direct action.
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Jimmy
White House
Washington
Before His Election He Took Oath To Uphold Law
A brief note states that before his election he took an oath to uphold the law and emphasized that responsibilities begin prior to taking office, rejecting any sentimentalized view of his role.
Absent minded genius as a life lesson
A 1937 essay muses on absent mindedness as a virtue. It cites Newton Lincoln and Laszlo to argue that ignoring fools and gossip preserves peace of mind and deep inner thought, urging restraint from idle chatter and focus on good memories.
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Newton
Gerius
Lincoln
Laszlo
Four Die in Scaffold Collapse at Villa Scholastica Tower
Four men were killed and six injured when a scaffold collapsed on the tower of a new 800000 dollar chapel at Villa Scholastica College in Duluth. The dead were Harold Denny Lawrence Wahlberg Severt Kangas and Hans Sarkaiho. The accident occurred 76 feet above the main floor as workers were finishing the tower. Several injured were saved from death by landing in soft plaster.
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Duluth
Minn
Harold Denny
Lawrence Wahlberg
Severt Kan~gas
Hans Sarkaiho
Villa Scholastica College
Fairfax Businesses Looted Small Amount Taken
Thieves broke into two Fairfax businesses after midnight Wednesday. At Denniston and Partridge lumber yard a safe was rifled and a pistol found as the only prize after ransacking the office. Vorel grocery store losses included fifty cents and pennies left on the register top, plus stolen gasoline from a front pump. Dvorak store pump lock damaged but no fuel taken. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated.
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Fairfax
Denniston and Partridge Lumber Yard
Vorel
Charles Dvorak
Larry Condon
1938 Defense Budget Aims for Navy Ships and Air Power
Congress will be asked to approve a billion dollar defense budget for 1938, funding two new high speed battleships, a sister ship to the North Carolina, and a keel laying at Philadelphia. Army plans seek 165,000 enlisted strength, 700 new planes, and nearly a thousand aircraft yearly. A civilian marine architects board assists in ship design, and replacement of over age battleships is planned under Roosevelt and Swanson policy.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Army
Navy Department
Siwanson
Budget Bureau
Navy
U.S. North Carolina
New York Navy Yard
Charles Edison
Woodring
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Philadelphia Navy Yard
United States
Civilian Board
Swanson
Arkansas
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Campaign Of Fear By New Deal Foes Charged By Farley
James A Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, accused Roosevelt foes of inflaming fear to drive a power grab. He warned California Democrats that panic rhetoric comes from outsiders and even a disgruntled Democrat, and that newspapers are pushing to replace Roosevelt with a Kansas governor.
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New Deal
Farley
Los Angeles
James A Farley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
California
Hoover
Kansas
Mailman’s water stop reveals big black widow encounter
TITTSBURG Colhs AP reports Joseph Bilber, a mail man, paused on his route to drink from a hose when a spider bit his mouth. He spat out a large black widow spider believed to have crawled into the hose before the incident.
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Tittsburg
Colhs
Joseph Bilber
Decide Liner Crash Due To Radio Failure
Salt Lake City Utah INL says a United Airlines luxury liner crashed into a ridge in the Uinta mountains during a wild storm after a radio failure. The official statement notes the main liner ran 14 miles off course in Wyoming and was caught in a 70 mile per hour squall, leaving 19 aboard dead.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Cheyenne
Reno
New
Art Van Voren Wins Buchanan County Husking Title
Art Van Voren, living seven miles northeast of Independence, won the Buchanan County husking contest with a gross load of 4 01332 270 pounds and a net of 1 852 pounds after deductions. Leslie Gissel of Independence placed second with a net of 1 831 6 pounds. Verne Osborne of Independence finished third as the cleanest picker, with seven pounds deducted, for a net 1 799 pounds. Walter Brock of Jesup was fourth with 1 7379 pounds, Kyle Kunkle of Hazleton fifth.
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Independence
Art van Voren
Buchanan
van Voren
Leslie Gissel
Verne Osborne
Mis
Walter Brock
Jesup
Kyle Kunkle
Hazleton
William C. Kurrle Ordered Held in Polk County Jail
BULLETIN DES MOINES L P William C Kurrle 53 year old assistant bank cashier was brought to the Polk County jail where he was ordered held until a federal grand jury studies charges that he embezzled 400000 in bank funds.
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Des Moines
William C. Kurrle
Polk County
Lewis Places League On Ord Party footing
John L Lewis, CIO chieftain, places his non partisan league toward a third party basis for the 1938 elections. Charters will be issued to local units, dues paid, and an active effort to back independent labor action while supporting organized farmers. Proof sheets of charters pledge to assist by legitimate political means in improving wages and working conditions.
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Washington
John JB. Lewis
Fathor
CIO
NPY
League
Lewis
Stfe
Labor
Felows
Snite To Change To Lighter Iron Lung
Miami Beach Florida infant Fred B Snite Jr prepares to switch from his steel tank respirator to a lightweight Swedish iron lung on Sunday The new device will grant more freedom to the paralyzed victim who has been confined since being struck in Peiping China a year and a half ago
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Miami Beach
Fla
INS
Fred B Snite, Jr
Peiping
China
Windsors Plan U S Tour To Avoid Social Functions
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will tour the United States next month to minimize social obligations, traveling by private rail with limited stays. The itinerary spans New York Maryland Washington Virginia Chicago Boulder Dam California Oregon Washington, with dams in the northwest to be inspected and visits mainly at relatives’ homes. Official interest appears limited to a White House invitation conditional on attending a Gridiron Club dinner. housing official Ickes provides a list of projects but will not act as guide.
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Washington
INS
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Franklin D Roosevelt
White House
Mrs Roosevelt
United States
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Chicago
Boulder Dam
California
Oregon
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Baltimore
Edward
Paris
Charles Bedeaux
Ickes
Bedeaux
PWA
Nathani Straus
Raschel Accused Of Trying To Rule State Boards
Des Moines Iowa Roy Sours secretary of the Republican state central committee accuses Gov Nelson Kraschel of attempting to rule every state board and commission. He cites Kraschel's recent creation of study commissions for the state planning board and argues these appointments exceed legal authority.
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Des Moines
Roy Sours
Republican State Central Committee
Nelson G. Kraschel
Souis
Burdeu
Louis
Clyde Wierring
Krasechel
Hook
Federal liquor case yields jail terms for Ossian Mail Man and others
Othmar C. Moser, 46, Ossian mail carrier, sentenced to six months for embezzling $20 in postal funds and for operating a 750 gallon still on a farm near Oxford Junction. Louis J. Winkler, 28, Earlville, gets ninety days. J. S. Johnson, 35, Hartley, 60 days. Arnold Feller, 26, Remsen, 30 days. Bert Welch, Sioux City, 30 days. The indictments followed a federal grand jury report, with others admitting liquor law violations.
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George
C. Scott
Othmar C. Moser
Ossian
W Ha
Moser
Oxford Junction
Louis J. Winkler
Earlville
Johnson
Hartley
Arnold Feller
Remsen
Bert Welch
Sioux City
Stocks Stage New Upswing At Close
New York AP reports a late rally in railroad shares lifted most market sectors after earlier profit selling. Prices rose 1 to 3 points for many leaders, steels lagged, and a favorable interstate commerce commission rate decision fueled the upswing amid near 4,000,000 shares traded. Brokers noted no market break despite selling. gains were trimmed as traders locked in profits before close.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Administration calls for view of budget chief
Washington Reuters Henry Morgenthau Jr said President Roosevelt ordered Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell to study whether corn loans can be financed within the budget. No decision will be made until Bell reports, Morgenthau added after a conference with the president and Agriculture Sec. Wallace. He noted the corn program is the only agricultural aid issue before the Treasury.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
Morgenthau
Bell
Agriculture
Wallace
Roosevelt's Farm Plan Faces Budget Concerns
Washington officials show worry about funding a new farm program without upsetting President Roosevelt's forecast for a balanced budget next year. Talks of processing taxes to finance a crop control system persist while the president has not endorsed a specific farm measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Executive
Republican Alumni Show Up Despite No Scheduled Games
By Arthur Bugs Baer. The Republican varsity has no football games this year yet old grads appear, tearing up the goal posts. Borah and Hoover clash over leadership in a political churn while Democrats face three more years of rule. Termites in the elephant’s skin hint at activity, though changes seem symbolic.
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Borah
Hoover
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