Brussels Conference Urges Direct Talks China Japan
At Brussels a push for direct negotiations between China and Japan to end the war gained support from the United States Great Britain and France. Italy rejected sanctions while the Italian envoy warned against any quarantine or coercive measures. China warned that peace must not come at the price of surrender.
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Brussels
China
Japan
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Cargl Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Peermice Mussolini
Roosevelt
Aldrovandi-Marescotal
Chicago
Davis
Norman H. Davis
Anthony Faden
Yvon Detlbox
Al‘dravindi-Marcxcottl
Eden
Paul Spank
Koo
V. K. Wellington Koo
Far East
Fences Found Stacked On Mitchell Farm in Sand Bow
Washington officials report three fences stacked atop one another on the Ed Casey farm near Mitchell, South Dakota, as part of a remarkable sand-drift landscape incident. Gerald Cook, head of the forestry cooperative branch, called the discovery an outstanding example of the grainy siege. A fourth fence may have once existed, with small posts visible beneath the lowest section.
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Washington
Ory Federn Forestry
South Dakota
Gerald Cook
Forestry Cooperative Branch
Ed Casey
Mitchell
S. D
Airliners Ordered to Higher Route in Investigation
United Air Lines officials announced a government ordered change in flight paths. Pilots were directed to fly at a minimum altitude of 19 000 feet eastward over the mountains and 14 000 feet westward from Cheyenne toward Salt Lake City as part of the investigation into the nation’s worst crash.
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Salt-Lake City
United Aire. Lines
UAL
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
It Just Happened Wounded Sister and Kin Slain in Family Home
Chicago dispatch reports a brother went berserk with a pistol in a family home killing Alexander and Nancy Economos aged 14 and 45 and critically wounding their sister Mary, 47. Police say Samuel Economes, 24, confessed intent to kill two brothers to make it “the biggest funeral ever held there.”
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Chicago
Nev PH Alexander
Nancy Economos
Mary
Walter Tracy
Samuel Economes
Poultry Hen of the Year and Names in News Notes
A white leghorn hen aged several months, named Lady Bountiful by Irving Kouder of New Pines NY, is crowned hen of the year at the poultry Industries exposition. In Washington the trend toward ornamental names is noted by Professor Packetl, with examples like Blorola Euphrasia Neversene and Brownie Brown. Novelist Sinclair Lewis on a lecture tour requests more light.
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Associated Press
New York
Irving Kouder
New Pines N, Y4
Lady Bountiful
Washington
Deep South
Professor N, N
Packetl
Western Reserve University
W. P. Aqlen
Lawrence
Kan
Sinclair News
Town hotel shows off nine year old Eugene Hamble
Fragmented town scene recounts a student Eugene Hamble at District School No. 62 sharing a supper with his teacher Robert Shaw and 310 attendees. Eugene bought Miss Mary Daniawx's supper while Shaw's fiancée Misa Mayme Matheys prepared his, as locals react to a school event.
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Kat
Eugene Hamble
Eugene
Ditrict School
Robert Shaw
Mary Daniawx
Shaw
Misa Mayme Matheys
Treaties and politics dazzle as Panama canal row lingers
Washington reflection on a stalled 1934 treaty with Panama over canal protection. State Department signals ongoing interest, while critics like Senator Hiram Johnson call the pact an outrage. Navy objections feature in confidential Senate reports, with pressure and internal influence shaping the outcome.
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Washington
Panama
U. S
Hull
Senate
Canal Zone
Navy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Hiram Johnson
California
Sen Dpallon
Women See Hidden Flaws in Prospective Partners
An old time dialogue riffs on women judging men better at reading character. Aunt Bercic warns against a partner for Uncle Fotchey, noting a man’s mean streak and dishonesty. A supposed previous fiancée recalls a broken church meeting, sealing Fotchey’s doubt about a new partner.
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Fotchey
Windle Potchey
Zmarter
Marshall on Edge Today on Eve of Farmers' Classic
Marshall Missouri braces for the national corn husking contest known as the world series with 20 finalists from 19 corn belt states. Crowds fill hotels and homes as Roosevelt signals the start. William Rost leads state contenders with 29.54 bushels while Carl Carlson eyes the 1956 title. The event inflates preparations with 40 gleaners, 20 referees, 900 guards, and broadcasts planned on 70 stations.
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Harold Streeter Marshall
Missouri
United States
Weber Brothers
Roosevelt
Washington
South Dakota
Minesota
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Slater
Carl Carlson
Jdst
William Rost
Henry County
Ti- Nois
Tony
Hamburger
J.C. Patterson
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Uge
Little Lutheran Church
Blackburn
Wheeling
W. Va
Missouri National Guardsmen
Boy Scouts
Boas
Retailers Plan Holiday Hours and Closings
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the retail division set Christmas season hours starting Friday December 17 and closing Armistice Day November 21. Fonsberg was named chairman of a fundraising committee to install street decorations, and merchants were urged to repaint parking lines in the business district.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chrintemas Serson Tate
Huron
Fonsberg
Farmer Dahm Dies by Own Action Near Hetland
A farmer named Albert Dahm 58 years old, living north of Holland, hanged himself at his daughter Mrs Axel Engbees home near the Hetland farm this morning. He had faced numerous reverses and was described as a wealthy farmer. The granary was found at the scene.
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Hetland
Arlington
Albert Dahm
North of Holland
Axel Engbees
Dahm
Tammany Hall Beaten Again as Dewey Wins in NY
New York voters reelected Fiorello La Guardia by a record margin and chose Thomas E. Dewey as Manhattan district attorney. Bruce Barton and A. Harry Moore won as Republicans. Maurice Tobin took Boston mayor, James H. Price won Virginia governor, and Cornelius Scully reappointed Pittsburgh mayor. Returns show Tammany and the CIO suffered defeats across several races.
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New York
Fiorelo R. la Guardia
Seremish T. Mahoney
Didate
Thomas E. Dewey
Harald W. Hastings
Tammany Democrat
Manhattan
Bryce Barton
Minn
New Jersey
A. Tarcy Moore
Lester I. Clee
Newark
Harold G. Hoffman
Dethoit
Richard W. Reading
Cig
A. F. of
Patrick H. O'Brien
Boston
Maurice J. ‘Tobin
James M. Curley
Associated Press
Tammanny Hull
Committee For Industrial Organiation
Tammany
Fiorello la Guardia
New York County
C. SO
Barton
Bruce Barton
Congress
Gill
James B. Curley
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin
Cornelius D. Scully
Pittsburgh
James H. Frice
Virginia
Cleveland
Harold F. Burton
Tim
Amfmough
Polly
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
Tammany Hall
James Farley
Jeremiah Mahoney
LaGuardia
Significance of Labor Backing in Off-Year Races
Observers saw scattered party trends in 15 states with Democrats largely holding gains. The major Republican win came with Fiorello La Guardia's backing, and talk of a new national party arose from strong American Labor party performances in New York. Some see La Guardia heading a future Labor ticket with CIO and AFL ties.
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Washington
Fiorello da Guardia
New York
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
C. I.0
Detroit
Ohio
Organized Labor
Soma
la’ Guardia
National Labor Tcket
American Federation of Labor
Sea New Party
Henry M. Robinson Dies in Pasadena
Henry M. Robinson, world renowned banker and economist, dies in Pasadena at an unspecified age after complications from a spinal injury sustained in July. Robinson, confidant of the press, was noted for his influence in financial circles and public discourse.
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Henry. M. Robinson
Pasadena
Calif
Henry M. Robinson
Press Modayc
Ayden
Widows Win County Treasurer Posts in Pennsylvania
Two western Pennsylvania widows, both replaced by Democrats after their husbands died in office, won four year terms as Crawford and Somerset county treasurers. Mrs Ralph B Brown of Meadville and Mrs Neva L Longridge of Somerset defeated the gubernatorial appointees. A third widow, Mrs D A Stamm of Franklin Township Beaver County, defeated her husband's Republican nominee for tax collector.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ralph B. Brown
Meadville
Neva
Longridge
Somerset
Crawford
George H Earle
Franklin Township
Beaver County
D. A. Stamm
Tobin Becomes Boston’s Youngest Mayor in 32 Years
Maurice J. Tobin, 36, wins Boston mayoral race defeating 63-year-old Joseph Curley. Tobin’s margin stands at about 104,884 to 92,221 with non-partisan results. Curley to seek recount. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. loses Senate bid in another statewide contest.
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Boston
Maurice J. Tobin
Jorex M. Curley
Curley
Francis B. Masterson
Tobin
Carley
Foe Curl
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U.S. Senate
Republicans Claim Farley Repudiated in Albany
Republicans seized gains in Roosevelt’s New York as reduced New Deal influence appeared in the 1938 off-year contests. Ballots showed stronger GOP control of the state assembly, numerous mayoral wins, and potential sway over the constitutional convention with 153 delegates elected. State chairman William Murray called the results a repudiation of Jim Farley’s leadership.
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Albany
N. x
Jim Farey
Democrat Elected Al in West Middlesex Birthplace Vote
In West Middlesex Pennsylvania a Democratic burgess Elmer Tribby defeated Republican H A Parshall by 158 to 148 in a local election. The tax collectorship race listed H Foote as Republican. Read heat the filly showing 155 votes for each. Jean Ferrall, Democrat, is noted in the recount.
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Landon
West Middlesex
Ale’ Landon
Elmer Tribby
H. A. Parshall
Jean Ferrall
H. Foote
Republicen
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