Argentina Plans Anti Propaganda Step At Pan American Meet
At Lima the Argentina delegation signals a tentative draft to ban political propaganda by foreign residents in the Americas. Secretary Hull weighs unity and cautious moves ahead of the conference opening with Latin American leaders.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Americas
Argentina
Hull
Roosevelt
Europe
United Hemisphere
Brazil
Alfranio de Mello Franco
Austria
Mario Antelo
Radio Tonight
Islands Hit By Typhoon Sweeps Southeast of Manila
A powerful typhoon swept over provinces southeast of Manila, leaving thousands homeless and causing floods and widespread damage. Nineteen deaths were reported as the storm affected Mindoro and other regions, disrupting communications and damaging crops and property across multiple provinces.
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Manila
Mindoro Island
China Sea
Sorsogon
Albay
Camarines Surovinces
Masbate
Hamblon
Marduque
Leyte
Samar
South
Tayabas
Trade Treaties Snag GOP With Hull Program At NAM Meet
In New York delegates at the National Association of Manufacturers 1939 convention clash over the Hull reciprocal trade agreement. Key leaders push for tariff changes while the cooperation faction seeks to protect farming and labor interests and avoid public conflict. The tariff panel backs three policy shifts: base costs on American production, allow revision by Congress, and ensure broad hearing for farmers labor and industry before any deal.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Lewis Morris
Iowa
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Resolutions Committee
Cooperation
Hull
Latin America
Tariff Committee
Congress
Cyclist Killed by Truck Near Pembroke
Bert Locklear aged 65 an Indian man was killed when a gasoline laden truck struck him as he rode a bicycle near the town edge. Sheriff E Clyde Wade said the driver Marvin Dull 32 of Winston Salem is held pending an inquest. Locklear was on his way to a WPA project when he was crushed under the truck trailer wheels.
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Pembroke
Bert Locklear
E. Clyde Wade
Marvin Dull
Winston-Salem
Wade
Locklear
Fire traps aged in Columbus rest home
Fire from an overheated furnace trapped eleven elderly residents of a Columbus rest home. Three died in hospital from smoke suffocation, another 85 year old man George Clark is critically burned, and about six others suffered minor injuries. The deceased were Mrs. Adelia G. Miles 84 Mrs. George Miller 67 and William Sisk 71 all of Columbus.
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Columbus
Adelia G. Miles
George Miller
William Sisk
George Clark
Tobacco Prices Stand At 17 75 On Smith Tobacco Market
The Winston-Salem market reported an average price of 17.75 per hundred for yesterday with over 475000 pounds sold. Sales Supervisor James T. Booth cited good average prices given the quality and noted South Carolina and Georgia tobaccos on the floor as growers begin selling the season’s end.
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Winston-Salem
James T. Booth
South Carolina
Georgia
Dwight Rothrock
W. L. Dwiggins
Bouthern & James
L. W. Wagoner
Smith & Simpson
W. Joyce & C
R. C. White
Lee Kennerly
O. L. Shaw & Collins
J. W. Carson
E. PF. Rhodes
D. D. Mabe
D. D. Mabe & Poindexter
Acting Secretary Johnson to visit in January for talks
Last Minute Washington reports Acting Secretary of State Johnson will travel to meet President Roosevelt and other officials. He plans to arrive mid January after a trip by motor, air, and steamer via London and has informed the Chinese foreign office he will be away briefly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Johnson
London
Public Works Allocates Funds for Santee Cooper Project
Mayor Burnet R. May bank of Charleston announced that the Public Works Administration allotted today 19,000,000 dollars for current work on the Santee Cooper hydro electric and navigation project. This is part of a 37,500,000 dollar total to be allotted for the complete project.
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Charleston
Dee
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina Public Service Authority
Public Works Administration
Santee Cooper Hydro-Electric
Giants Take Salisbury Franchise In North Carolina League
The New York Giants announced at the convention of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues that they have taken over the Salisbury franchise in the North Carolina State League and will operate the club as a class D farm club.
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Giants
Salisbury
New Orleans
New York Giants
Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Radical speech accusation against Ickes at U L U event
Dies committee witness Latham Reed testified that Secretary Ickes gave a radical speech while addressing the American Civil Liberties Union. The testimony came before the House committee investigating un American activities led by Rep. Dies of Texas.
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Washington
Ickes
Dies Committee
Latham R. Reed
House
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
American Civil Liberties Union
Taxless towns criticized by TVA official
J A Krug head of the TVA power planning division told an investigating committee that so called taxless towns are communities where municipal power plants profits pay local government costs. He warned this shifts the entire tax burden from the taxpayer to the electric rate payer.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
TVA Power Planning Division
Husky
TVA
Woman, Two Men Sought For Slayings
Burlington North Carolina dispatch reports a woman and two men tied to an early morning robbery attempt that left three men dead eluded police across a wide area. Sheriff Robertson and Officer Vaughn were wounded. Huffman died, Roy Kelly escaped, and a third suspect unidentified. Police later detained W D Pilkerton and Lottie Jones.
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Burlington
N. C
Roy Huffman
M. P. Robertson
Lonnie Vaughn
F. B. Bailiff
Huffman
Penal Division
Roy Kelly
W. D. Pilkerton
Belmont
Lottie Jones
Kelly
U S Criticized By Berlin Over Armament Claims
Berlin dispatch says the German foreign office mouthpiece denounced American remarks on U S armament policy as regrettable. It charged U S propaganda slanders Germany as a threat and noted President Roosevelt ignores recent German strides toward peace with France and the Anglo Italian pact reducing tensions.
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Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Diplomatisch - Politische Korrespondenz
Germany
Latin America
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France
Italian Troop Reports Stir French Frontiers Amid Protests
Reports from the Spanish frontier claim Italian troops concentrate near Logroño and in Insurgent Spain as Germany may back Italy in demands on France. Paris sees thousands of students clashing with police while President Lebrun calls Daladier for consultations.
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Paris
France
Spain
Germany
Italy
Tunisia
Corsica
Albert Lebrun
Daladier
Pyrenees
Francisco Franco
Logrono
Catalonia
Radical-Socialist Party
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bertinax
Italy Warns France On Tunisian Tensions
Rome reports an Italian protest over anti Italian violence in Tunis and warns Italians in French Tunisia to defend themselves if attacks continue. Dispatches cite attacks on Italians and damage at the Italian consulate as Mussolini media push Tunisia claims and a forged Il Popolo d Italia piece hints at fascist expansion aims.
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Rome
Tunisia
Tunis
Paris
Foreign Office
Fren
Mussolini
Il Popolo d'Italia
Milan
France
Ethiopia
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Protests Strain Tunisian Ties Between France and Italy
In Tunis French authorities tighten control as Italian demonstrations flare. Arrests include Ubaldo Rey head of Tunis war veterans. consulate turmoil escalates with vandalism and police dispersal. Rome reportedly ordered new protests amid ongoing Mediterrean territorial tensions.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Dee
Ubaldo Rey
Counsul-General
Libya
Wage Dispute in High Point Studied by PWA
Howard Gray deputy public works administrator said he was studying wages for workers on the federally financed High Point North Carolina municipal power project. He conferred with City Manager Knox about the controversy stirred by labor unions accusing authorities of not paying prevailing wages. Gray hoped to present the matter to Secretary Ickes for final action within a few days.
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Washington
Howard Gray
Public Works
High Point
N. C
Knox
Gray
Ickes
Anna Hahn Executed After Prayer At Ohio Electrocution
Anna Marie Hahn, the first woman executed in Ohio's electric chair, died after a 4 minute 33 second cycle at the state penitentiary. Witnesses and chaplains described her last moments including her plea and prayer. Her attorneys had sought a habeas corpus writ, which Judge Mell Underwood denied shortly before the execution.
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Columbus
Anna Marie Hahn
Ohio
John A. Sullivan
Jacob Wagner
Cincinnati
Matt
Sullivan
George W. Keil
J. C. Woodard
Hahn
Rene Tipple
Josie O'Bleness
Esther Lyle
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Roosevelt Approves 20 Million for Slum Clearance Loans
President Roosevelt signed off on 20,002,000 in loans to seven communities for 12 low rent housing projects and slum clearance. Los Angeles county, Orlando, Atlanta, Asbury Park, Zanesville, Houston, and Burlington receive allocations totaling 21 million. Administr ator Straus earmarks funds for 15 new authorities, notes 647.575 million of 800 million appropriated used, pledges possible reallocation and additional 500 million in potential future funding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Los Angeles County
Calif
Orlando
Fla
Atlanta
Houston
Tex
Burlington
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
Straus
Congress
Wagner
USHA
Expenditures of WPA Top Billion Mark in Five Months
The treasury announced WPA outlays surpassed 1 billion dollars in just over five months. With about seven months remaining, the relief agency has spent nearly half of its 2.135 billion budget, tallying 1,002,642,023 from July 1 to December 6, closely double the prior year’s pace.
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Washington
Treasury
WPA
Unclear Crop Control Vote Reflections From South
Amid conflicting comment in Atlanta on proposed marketing quotas for flue cured tobacco and rice, county agents and officials of the Agricultural Adjustments Administration predict a controlled market. Farmers challenge the plan citing liberty and pocketbook concerns, while political sources blame “other forces” behind the effort. If two thirds vote yes, quotas would limit sales and impose taxes on overselling.
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Atlanta
Touch Liberty
Pocketbooks
Natu
W. Co.dell
Varina
N. C
J. P. Chase
Memphis
AAA
Alabama
D. DD
South Carolina
Ture
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NEA
Georges Bonnet
Santee Cooper
PWA
Mr. Woodard
Oscar
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