Special Session Predicted For November 9 By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt plans a special congressional session around November 9 to push a new farm program and tax reform. Democratic leaders and Cabinet members were told to be ready after the first week in November, with hearings on the farm bill and a wage and hour measure likely. Advisors caution against a session to avoid politics over Justice Black’s Klan ties, but officials aim to speed up action on key bills.
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Ending of Revolt Is Left to Warden
Atty Gen Cummings and the Justice Department turn to Warden James A Johnston of Alcatraz to quell a 100 prisoner revolt at San Francisco Bay. Johnston is in contact with Washington, reports say the strike remains unbroken as inmates are in solitary confinement with privileges canceled until they yield to the prison’s discipline.
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Duce Acclaimed By Nazis Invites Hitler To Rome
Mussolini welcomed in Munich as he invites Hitler to Rome for another summit. Hitler accepted. date to be fixed. The day featured parades and ceremonies amid renewed Rome-Berlin axis talk and plans for a third meeting.
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Hitler Awards High Rank to Mussolini on German Soil
In Munich on September 25, Reichsführer Hitler conferred the first grand rank of the German Order of the Eagle on Premier Mussolini. The medallion features a gold chest decoration with diamonds and an amber swan centerpiece symbolizing a unified Fascist Nazi bloc. Negotiations between Mussolini and Hitler, aided by Clano and von Neurath, signal joint plans amid the undeclared war in the Far East and evolving European alignments. Three thousand Gestapo guards watched the event as Mussolini and Hitler appeared publicly together for the first time on German soil.
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Death of Boston Merchant Edward Filene in Paris
Boston merchant Edward A Filene died in Paris at age 77 after pneumonia while en route to London following a European tour. A noted publicist and advocate of mass production, he co owned William Filene Sons and promoted low cost production, high wages, and community service with his brother A Lincoln Filene.
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Preaching Mission Group Set to Visit Charleston
Charleston will host the national preaching mission of the Federal Council of Churches from October 28 to 31. Reverend H. M. Patton announced the four day event, featuring twelve ministers from eleven Protestant denominations who will speak at four general meetings and nearly 100 group meetings. The mission, organized in 1930, has toured 28 major U.S. cities and Charleston is the only West Virginia city included in 1937. Invitations will be sent to clergy statewide to participate, with hundreds expected to attend.
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Farley to Quit and Three in Field for P O Job
Three names emerge as likely successors to James A. Farley as postmaster general. Edward J. Flynn of New York Frank C Walker of New York and originally Montana and William W Howes first assistant postmaster general from South Dakota are top contenders. Farley hints at resignation but timing remains unsettled and he may become president of Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co.
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Bulging Docket Faces Justices
Washington dispatch reports a bulging Supreme Court docket as the term opens October 4. The docket shows 352 cases filed since June, up 44 from last year, with eight justices handling the load due to retirements and new appointments and Justice Hugo Black under scrutiny amid New Deal era issues.
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Flashing Life Tales From A Midwestern City
A garbled report notes a fire in a truck engine quickly doused with milk before the fire crew arrived. It also mentions a tomato patch affair in St Paul where a tomato shaped like a turtle is found in a backyard, amid odd claims about wardens and Siamese twins.
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Plot Nipped Loyalists Claim Great Victory
Madrid reports a major victory on the North Aragon front near the French border and says a vast plot to overthrow the Madrid Valencia regime was crushed. About 200 conspirators were arrested, with foreign embassies named as headquarters. Government dispatches say insurgent forces near Huesca were destroyed and a large government push seized towns along the Gallego river.
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Trial in October Planned For Garrs
Shelbyville Ky Sept 5 A quick trial for the Gare brothers Roy Jack and Dr Denehardt charged with murdering Brig Gen Henry H Denehardt was indicated by counsel The grand jury meets Oct 4 Defense counsel J Ballard Clark said he would rush on trial in October if indicted State Atty Gen Hubert S Meredith aiding in the prosecution said he wanted trial then also
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Votes Not Bullets Proposed to End Spain's Civil War
London dispatch reports Britain and France seek to end the Spanish civil war by pressing Mussolini for troop withdrawal and nonintervention, offering a mediation plan that would form a coalition government in Spain and include a referendum to decide the outcome. Germany would be kept informed but not invited to participate.
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Birth of 18 Pound Baby Girl Reported in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia mother welcomed an 18-pound baby girl, born September 9 to Catherine Etinger. Doctors noted the infant was normal at birth, though unusually large, about twice a typical newborn, with initial reports citing a dramatic weight and later corrections documenting the revised birth weight and date.
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F D R Tours Yellowstone
President Roosevelt visited Yellowstone National Park on a cold day, touring the landscape by open car with Mrs Roosevelt. He traveled from Seattle on a cross continental train, entering via Gardiner Mont and riding past Theodore Roosevelt arch as part of a daylong night sightseeing trip with no speeches.
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State Forest and Refuge Open Near Here Announced
State Forest and game refuge will be opened after purchase of 6,705 acres in southern Kanawha County. Maj. H W Shawhan said the tract at headwaters of Davis Briar and Four Mile creeks lies in London and Washington districts and was bought from Kanawha Valley Bank. Development depends on federal funds for CCC camps and forest programs.
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Japan Defies Best of World
Japan warned the League of Nations to stay out of its Sino-Japanese dispute by rejecting participation in the 23 power advisory committee. Tokyo sent a hands off note affecting the United States and other Western powers, while planning to press its limits despite diplomatic tension and a U S seat on the panel.
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Tragic Danube Collision Sinks Steamer Lydia
At Brail near the Danube, the river steamer Lydia collided with the freighter Cornaroda causing a boiler explosion. Forty passengers including women and children drowned as the Lydia tore apart and sank rapidly. only four persons were rescued.
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Prize Money Divided at Kane Valley Mining Meet
At Kayford Raccoon mine teams from Cannelion Coal and Coke and Truax-Treer Coal tied for first in the white tack division of the ninth annual Kane Valley Mining Institute safety meet on the New Silver State college athletic field. Clarence Morris, director of the meet, announced more than 15,000 in prize money.
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Bombing Flares Across Chinese Cities In Major Japanese Offensive
Chinese cities including Nanking Hankow Wuchang Hanyang Nanchang and Canton faced intensive Japanese air raids as Beijing Japan seeks to crush Chinese resistance. Death tolls run into hundreds with civilian casualties and millions in property damage while Chinese forces retaliate near Shanghai.
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Eminent Cleric Dr Benjamin Spurr Dies in West Virginia
Eminent Episcopal cleric Dr Benjamin Spurr, 80, died early today at Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glendale. Born in Wakefield England on September 2, 1857, he came to the U S at 21, served as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church Moundsville since 1893 for 28 years, and was archdeacon of the diocese for 44 years. He also led schools in Valley City North Dakota and founded God's Province Home after moving to West Virginia.
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