French Report German Pressure Near Sarreguemines
French military sources report strong German troop movements northeast of Sarreguemines with heavy artillery and a four mile salient near Ohrenthal. France eyes a possible German thrust while testing the 100 mile frontline and awaits US armament aid as the House moves to end the arms embargo.
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Paris
Sarreguemines
Ohrenthal
Zweibruecken
Blies River
Vosge
Vosage
Luxembourg
Rhine River
United States House of Representatives
Europe
France
Germany
Deladier
United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Two Die in Lincolnton Clinic Fire
A fire at the Gamble Clinic in Lincolnton early today killed G. B. Goodson, 56, and Mrs. W. B. Reeves, 53, with suffocation listed as the cause. Dozens were moved to Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital as flames spread through all floors, while 14 or more others were treated for injuries.
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Lincolnton
Gamble
G. B. Goodson
Lincoln County
W. B. Reeves
West Jefferson
J. R. Gamble
B. J. Ramseur
Gordon ,Crowell Memorial Hospital
Gordon Crowell Hospital
J. M. Halderman
Alexis
W. H. Ikerd
Ikerd
W. L. Turner and
Roosevelt praises neutrality bill and embargo repeal plan
President Roosevelt expressed pleasure at Congress approving a neutrality bill and repealing the arms embargo. A Senate House conference committee endorsed the measure as final action loomed. He said he would issue proclamations to enforce the law and expected to sign soon before Hyde Park trip.
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Washington
Senate-House
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
House
Chamber
Congress
Hyde Park
N. Y
A. A. Berle
Hull
White House
Conness
Textiles Show Few Accidents in North Carolina Contest
Forty three NC textile plants with 7 644 workers logged 9 418 041 man hours and reported zero accidents causing loss time during the safety contest. 228 plants completed the event with 86 920 employees and 107 221 912 man hours, 10.97 lost time accidents per million hours, a slight rise from 1938. No compensable deaths or permanent total disability cases occurred among competing mills. Trophies awarded by plant groupings.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina
Rt. A. Wilson
State Industrial Commission
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
Wilson
Jury To Hear Aluminum Case
The justice department announced an opinion by Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey that the government has provided enough evidence to warrant a jury in finding a conspiracy among Aluminum Company of America Aluminum Limited and 61 other defendants. The civil suit accuses a world cartel Alliance Aluminum Company of controlling production and prices in the metal. Trial began June 1 1938 and resumes November 8 after a three month recess.
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Washington
Justice Department
Francis G. Caffey
New York
Ing
Aluminum Company of America, Aluminum Limited
Alliance Aluminum Company
Joyner New Head District Teachers
Claude R. Joyner of R. J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem was elected president of the Northwestern Teachers Association at its seventeenth convention session. Acclamations also chose J. T. Collay as vice president and Miss Beulah Atkinson as secretary.
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J. Henry Highsmith
Department of Instructional Service
North Carolina Department of Education
Northwestern District Teachers Association
T. E. Story
Wilkesboro
Jule B. Warren
State Association
Winston-Salem
Claude R. Joyner
R. J. Reynolds High School
Northwestern Teachers Association
North Carolina Education Association
Joyner
Red Paper Disrupts Soviet Finnish Parley
Moscow dispatch reports Pravda warning of Finland and Sweden opposing Soviet concessions in the Baltic. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkko urged defense talks with Leningrad but rejected foreign guardianship, while Pravda linked his stance to wartime provocations.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Kremlin
T.pravda
Finland
Elias Erkko
Soviet Union
Erkko
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Sweden
Baltic
Russia
Scandinavia
Beck
Body Of Oil Truck Victim Identified As Dog
A dog was identified as the second victim of the Asheboro oil truck crash when Dr. Dempsey Barnes examined remains at Farlow's Funeral Home. The truck driver Jacob Ray Robbins, 37, of Thomasville, died when the 3,500 gallon tanker and a Baptist church parsonage burned in the Balfour community last Saturday en route from Wilmington to Thomasville.
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Asheboro
Dempsey Barnes
Farlow
High Point
Barnes
Jacob Ray Robbins
Thomasville
Robbins
Balfour Community
Wilmington
Riverside Park Plan to Use $8,073 Federal Funds
City Manager L. B. Aycock announced that 25 acre Riverside Park development in Rocky Mount will begin soon with 8073 dollars in federal funds.
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Rocky Mount
L. B. Aycock
Son
Neutral Zone In Force FDR Neutral Zone In Force
President Roosevelt said a Panama neutrality zone in the Western hemisphere is in force but did not detail possible actions if violated. He noted German merchant ships and trading by belligerents were not being engaged and discussed the Haviland incident with a Mexican harbor visit nearby. Patrol nations include the United States Brazil Uruguay Argentina Chile and Uruguay. their role is to monitor activities and report, not to interfere unless through diplomacy.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Panama
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Haviland
United States
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
South America
Chile
Durham Man Re-Elected to Head Telephone Group
Greensboro Nov 3 The North Carolina Independent Telephone Association re elected E H Hanner of Durham as president and RE Freeman of Aberdeen as vice president at the conclusion of its two day convention at Sedgefield Inn. H D Holderness Tarboro was elected secretary and treasurer and W A Carpenter Hickory joined the board of directors along with T A Tilden High Point H W Dewey Elizabeth City and L D Coltrane Jr Concord.
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J. T. Collay
Rockingham County
Beulah Atkinson
Cooleemee
North Carolina Education Association
Edyth Winningham
Greensboro
Bessie Holmes
Alexander Wilson
Graham
Charles F. Carroll
North Carolina Independent Telephone Association
Sedgefield Inn
E. H. Hanner
Durham
RE. O. Freeman
Aberdeen
H. D. Holderness
Tarboro
W. A. Carpenter
Hickory
T. A. Tilden
High Point
H. W. Dewey
Elizabeth City
L. D. Coltrane, Jr
Concord
Mineral Prices Rise With War Demand In North Carolina
State Geologist H. J. Bryson said the war has increased demand and raised prices for metallic minerals in North Carolina including manganese copper zinc and lead as of November 3.
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Raleigh
H. J. Bryson
North Carolina
Famous Massachusetts tech geologist dies at MIT
Dr Waldemar Lindgren internationally known geologist and for 21 years head of the department of geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology died early today. He was 70 years old.
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Brookline
Mass
Waldemar Lindgren
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Hhe
Germany Assures U S Safety of City of Flint Crew
The German government informed the United States that American crew members aboard the seized freighter City of Flint would be protected. British forces sighted the ship under German prize crew within Norwegian waters, with potential passage into the Baltic and questions over British seizure attempts noted.
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Washington
United States
City of Flint
Alexander C. Kirk
Berlin
State Department
Foreign Office
London
Admiralty
Baltic
Flint
Bergen
Norway
Germany
Haugesund
Haughesund
Bakken Fjord
Stavanger
Allies Cheered By Lift Of Ban
Paris and London welcomed U S Congressional action to lift the arms embargo with Berlin delaying comment. France and Britain praised the decision as a major moral and material gain two powers with access to American supplies and sea mastery.
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Associated Press
Paris
London
United States
Berlin
Daladier
Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
Corporations Indicted in Pittsburgh Fraud Probe
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted 13 corporations and 45 individuals on conspiracy to defraud the federal government over building costs. Acting U S Attorney George Mashank said the fraud may total 500000 dollars. Judge F P Schoonmaker to reconvene the jury at the proper time.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
George Mashank
M. Neil Andrews
F. P. Schoonmaker
Two Months Pass And War Still A Whisper
Two months into the European conflict the Western Front shows limited battles and casualties. Germany has conquered Poland, sunk shipping, and raided British and French targets while Britain and France declare war and Germany is blockaded at sea.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Germany
Royal Air Force
Poland
British Isles
Britain
Reich
Nazis Prep For Long War Despite Tax Windfall
Berlin reports tax revenues for April 1 to Sept 30 totaling 6.179 billion marks, about 1.5 billion more than a year earlier, signaling financial readiness for a prolonged war. Western front activity deemed feeble as the Reich weighs strategic moves across Europe.
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Berlin
Reich
High Command
Jermany
India
Netherlands
DNB
New Agency
Th Reich
Germany
Balkans
Bac
Yugoslavia
Fuehrer
Hitler
Poland
Baltic States
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