Hopkins Bares WPA Gain Ends 4 States Dole
A report shows 2,194,425 gain in work relief employment as four states Ohio South Carolina Mississippi and Connecticut lose dole funds. Hopkins says 14 more states remain off dole with November allotments finished. WPA totals list 1,737,610 employed, far short of targets. Alabama and other states already cut direct relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
South Carolina
Mississippi
Connecticut
Hopkins
FERA
VHI
Obhlo
New Hampshire
Vermont
Wyoming
Maryland
Delaware
South Dakota
Rhode Iceland
Geargiz
Town
New Mexico
Works Progress Administration
Alabame
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiand
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texan
Virginia
Farmers urged to verify facts before selecting new cotton seed
Farmers planning a new cotton variety next year should obtain real facts about the seed before investing. State experiment station at Headland and the state extension service urge caution to avoid financial loss likened to buying a pig in a poke. Tests compare varieties across counties. results guide seed purchases. County agents will share findings from prior tests as the season nears.
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State Experiment
Staton
Headland
State Extension Service
Witetlea
Svallatle
Storm dissipates as coast breathes sigh of relief
Weather bureau reports the storm has weakened and dissipated off the coast. Coastal residents cheer as the hurricane’s return to the Bahamas is canceled while 19 people in the Bahamas and Florida are noted in prior warnings.
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Finstda
Dowboy Westarbance
Fis
Bahamas
Florida
Woman WPA Boss Bets Experience to Avert Strike
ATANTA, Nov. 8. Miss Shepperson, state WPA director, urged a peaceful settlement as about 1,000 Atlanta WPA workers prepared to strike next Tuesday. WPA negotiators sought to raise relief payments and standardize wages, while labor leaders pressed for higher hourly relief. Industry representative W. D. Hoffman praised her efforts but called the proposed $332 monthly pay too low.
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WPA
Atanta
Shepperson
Harry Hopkins
New York
Atlanta
Miss Shepperton
W. D. Hoffman
Three Ply Peace Move Afoot In Mine Strike
Alabama's coal strike gridlock persists with federal and state mediators seeking negotiations to end the six week walkout by 18 000 miners. Grand juries are convened to investigate violence including the Acmar mine shooting and dynamite attacks while Gov Graves orders renewed inquiries. Officials from Labor and the operators prepare for wage talks as miners demand Appalachian field raises.
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Asociated
Birmingham
Alabama
St. Clair County
Alto VY. Les
Ashville
Acmar
Alabama Fuel and Iron Co
Pell City
Acmar Trussville
John Rich
Bibb Graves
Edward F. McGrady
Iazaletant
John H. Steelman
U. S. Department of Labor
D. A. Thormas
Alabama Coal Operators’ Advisory Committee
Apalachian
Roll Call Drive Set To Kick Off In Two Days
Roll Call chairman Mrs J G Wadlington says the Red Cross drive should succeed in two days with booths planned in the business district and solicitors covering the city Tuesday morning. A residential committee from the Spinsteres Club will interview housewives under Mrs Harvey McBride.
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Red Cross
J. CG. Wadlington
Dothan
Harvey McBride
Boothe
van Ritch
Robert Malone
As Flowers
Charlies Adams
Doak
Lawren
Oakisy
Mes. G. Farmer
Jack Honte
Export Credit Pushes Heavy Goods Exports
Washington reports the Export-Import Bank is focusing on intermediated credits for durable goods exports. Vice President Wayne Taylor says five credits totaling $25,000 to $400,000 were approved last month for heavy machinery and other durable exports. Bank advances total about $16 million with $9 million repayments, and $20 million in commitments plus $35 million in active projects. The bank also financed a Cuban peso silver purchase and plans a 500 million cutter export to Northern Europe, not Germany, plus financing shipments of cotton to Czechoslovakia with a $106,000 credit in use and another larger credit未 yet deployed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wayne ©. Taylor
Taylor
Philadelphia
Teylor
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Frantic Air Search for Kingsford-Smith Pressed by Aviators
Desperate aerial searchers chase missing aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his co pilot Tom Pethybridge after their plane vanished eight hours after departure from Allahabad toward Singapore. Royal Air Force planes sweep the Bay of Bengal area as James Melrose joins the search, aiding in the stormy waters mission.
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Sengapore
Straights Settlementa
Charles Kingeford-Smith
Allahabad
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Victoria Point
Australia
Hingsford-Smith
Lynch Trial Set for Five Accused of Lynching Negro
Ashland City Tennessee November 6 AP five men Luther Dotson Jimmie Dotson Clyde Dotson Jesse Dotson brothers and Allie Brown cousin indicted on first degree murder charges over the lynching of Baxter Bell a 54 year old Negro found shot in a Kingston Springs thicket after being seized from Whites Bluff officers en route to Cheathem county where he faced charges of insulting and slapping girls prior to the incident.
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Five Tennerse
Ashland City
Tenn
Luther Dotson
Jimmie Dotson
Clyde Dotson
Jesse Dotson
Allie Brown
Cheathem County
Baxter Bell
Kingston Springs
Whites Bluff
Bell
Cheatham County
Girs
Grade A Student Rebels Cullman High Record
Loyearehd Dedaes achieved A grades across Cullman High School for eight consecutive years with scores ranging from eighty to one hundred, marking a rare academic streak.
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Dedaes
Loyearehd
Cullman High
Sunrise Service to Honor Veteran Dead in Dothan
Dothan observes Armistice Day with a dawn Sunrise Service at the city cemetery by Chester R. Vickery Post No. 12 American Legion. The grave of Ester RK Vickery will be marked and wreaths placed. The public is invited to a program directed by J. P. Morrison starting at 7 p.m. with prayers, tributes, and taps. City-wide observance includes school closures and a mass closing of downtown shops, banks, and offices from 1 p.m. to noon.
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Dothan
Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
Ester RK. Vickery
Houston County
J. P. Morrison
Cmdr. Morrison
M. M. Sheppard
President
Legion Auxiliary
A. D. Zbinden
Rolf Cal
J. M. Campbell
M. Madema
Ben May
Madema
J. Hubert Farmer
United States
Legion
Veterans of Foreign War
Posta
World War Ends This Morning At 6 O'clock Washington Time
AP bulletin announces the end of the World War at 6 o'clock Washington time and 1 o'clock Paris time. Seventeen years ago Monday, the bulletin sparked nationwide joy and thanksgiving for the victory of democracy over autocracy. Story notes continuation on page seven.
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Alexander
George Washington
Washington
Associated Press
Lmboute
Educator Slayer of School Chief Blames Whispers
Troy, Nov 9 AP A killer says a whispering campaign drove educator John E Healey Jr to kill William F Seber bank president and Troy board of education chief. Healey 60 was arraigned on first degree murder charges held for the grand jury. he had been suspended last week over undisclosed charges from parents. Healey had served as a school principal for 32 years.
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Troy
Polite
William F. Seber
Troy Board of Education
John E. Healey, Jr
Seber
Manufacturers National Bank
Charles J. Renney
Healey
Renney
James Spain
Government order insures athletes in Austria
Vienna November 8 AP government directive directs all Armenian sports societies to insure athletes against accidents during training and competition.
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Vienna
Angerian
Beflagged Flagless Parade To March In Tulsa Rivalry
Tulsa Armistice day features two rival parades one honoring the colors and one without flag waving controversy erupts as the Christian Youth Council plans a flagless march while veterans mobilize a separate parade to honor the flag Alan Cook of the youth council says slight to the flag prompted by the plan but the group will press ahead The American Legion posted not in charge opts against a parade and endorses peaceful aims The youth parade is set for 10 30 p m with the veterans parade to follow at a later detour time
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Associated Fitess
Tulsa
Oklo
Christian Youth Council
Spem
Veterans Fight Plan Tulea
Marshall L. Smith
Tulsa Military and Veterans Lation Connect
American Legion Post
Melly
Perade
Youth Council
Cuba death plot against U S diplomat shocks Cuba
In Havana a Cuban campaign to exterminate criminals follows a plot to assassinate U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery. Four suspects are arrested for planning to kidnap or kill the ambassador as radicals seek American intervention. Army intelligence says twenty nine were paid to carry out the plan, which aimed to trigger a revolution. Cuban officials urge citizens to aid police in preventing terrorism and to report suspicious activity.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
API
Cuba
United States
Jefferson Caffery
Sen
Polina
Col
Jose Pedraza
Balk
Caffery
Army
Maximilian Smith
Stactf
Punich
Coordinator Doubts Government Railroads Operation
ST. LOUIS Nov 9 AP The federal transportation coordinator Joseph B Finatman questioned the necessity of government management of railroads while urging efficiency. He warned against eliminating jobs now via consolidations and unification, saying long term benefits require accepting economies without sacrificing employment opportunities.
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ST. Louis
Joseph B Finatman
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Jedie Eastman
Market Closing Observes Armistice Day Across Exchanges
United States stock and commodity markets will be closed on Armistice Day November 11, with livestock markets and select overseas markets operating as usual. The AP reports a nationwide pause in trading affecting bonds, equities, and futures while non-U S venues maintain regular hours.
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United States
New York
Italy Driving Wedge Deeper Into Ethiopia
Italy moves to quiet agitation as sanctions loom and talks of Anglo Italian understanding surface. Mussolini’s aides hint at progress while Italy readies for possible League penalties. British sanctions approved and to take effect November 18 include a boycott on Italy and embargo on key goods, with exemptions for pre October 1 purchases, printed matter, and a clearing house plan.
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George Jordan
Associated Pros
Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Depita
Mussolini
Eric Drummond
Charles de Cheambrun
League of Nationa
Europe
Ethionia
Ialy
Faselat
Oaid
London
George
Privy Council
Geneva
Nine Hurt In Highway Crash Near Brown's Croes
Nine people were injured in a head on collision near Browns Cross Roads. Forest Jackson, driver of one car, and Reswoe Armstrong died later at the hospital. Two others remained in the hospital with injuries as responders cleared the scene.
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Dothan Hospital
Brown's Croes
Forest Jackson
Reswoe Armstrong
Charles Stannon
Pawencee
Armstrong
Tees
Misser Vick Lee Prannon
Thetr Liv Ingavon
Trade Pact Spec Canada Agreement Talked In Optimistic Mood
President Roosevelt sought a speedy reciprocal trade agreement with Canada during an overnight White House visit by Premier W. L. Mackenzie King. The leaders and Canadian economic advisers discussed the trade question with an air of optimism about reaching a conclusion, discussions having begun in January and resuming this week.
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Washington
Canada
Roosevelt
Dominion
W. L. Mackenzie King
White House
King
Westington
Gate to Harar Opened by Fall of Makale, Victory at Gorrahei
NATIVES RETREAT By ANDRA EBERDING describes Italy's northern army advancing past Makale and Gorrahe as the road to Harar opens. The piece details front dispositions, columns under Santini, Piris-Blolimhild Ma kala, Merevigna, and Graziani, with Gorrahel in the lead toward Harar and Amba Aleji, as the Italian campaign deepens in Ethiopia.
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Harar
Makale
Gorrahei
Andra Eberding
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Italy
Malale
Gorrahe
Enda Selassie
Donghea Pass
Seltcot
Amba Ale Ji
Harer
Eritrea
Romaliland
Adigrat
Aduwa
Aksum
Miotre Merevigna
Ad Abo
Leake Tene
Blue Nile
Muakals
Gorrahel
Rodolfo Graziani
Tlalicn
Somaliland
Ogaden
Strate
Apalachicola Plans Big Armistice Day as Storm Fades
Apalachicola prepares a six mile Gorrie Bridge opening celebration with free food for an expected crowd of 10,000. Gov. David Asholtz will officially open the bridge at noon with tape cutting as weather remains calm and crews decorate streets for the holiday program coordinated with Franklin County.
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Apalachicola
tMurricane
Apalachicols
Frerle Bridge
Weather Bureau
Gorrie
Gulf Coast Highway
Aps Jachicolans
Franklin County
Farm folk study broader education needs says UC sociologist
Dr C Morace Hamilton, a rural sociologist at the University of North Carolina, reports farm folk here increasingly seek education beyond farming. They show interest in economics, sociology, civics, child psychology and history alongside technical agriculture and homemaking.
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Raleigh
N. C
C. Morace Hamiton
University of North Caroline
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Gulf States
Cloudy and warmer conditions for Saturday night and Sunday across Alabama with likely showers in the northwest on Sunday. Northwest Florida partly cloudy and warmer through the weekend. Beginning Monday dry, with warmer temperatures across central and eastern Gulf states into the week.
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Alabama
Florida
Central
East Gulf States
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Torm
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Staple
Dixie
Kingsford-Smith
Paris
Annon
Africa
Sunrise
Chief Blames Whispers
U.S
Addis Ababa
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