Local Chest Drive Nears Goal Gap. Close Tonight
Anna reports show the Community Chest still short of its 40 374 66 year budget with only hours left to raise funds for six agencies including the Salvation Army Red Cross Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Y M C A and Y W C A. Capus M Waynick urges decisive gifts to finish the drive. Honor Roll lists many local businesses and firms contributing full employee and student donations.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Capus M. Waynick
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
National Socialist protest and political donations report
Thomas protests in New York over Jersey City speaking ban at a Socialist rally. Senate panel approves Van Nuys fundraising move for Indiana campaign with federal donations ruled legal. Princess Katherine Guthrie may testify in bankruptcy case in New York. Agriculture official F R Wilcox travels to Europe to seek buyers for surplus can wheat and citrus.
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W York
An Thomas
National
Socialist Party
Roosevelt de Park
Fusal
Jersey City
City
Criti
Frank Hague
Irman
National Ratio Party
Shington
Senate Campaign Extures Committee
Senator Nuys
D-Ind
Indiana Democtate Committee
Rman Sheppard
D-Tex
van Nuys
Nee
Hington
CP Agriculture Department
F. R. Wilcox
Europe
Cox
New York
Ohio Legion witness Herzog linked to subversive activities
An Ohio Legion spokesperson said Herzog, a witness before the House committee on activities, previously served on a subversive activities committee but currently holds no office. The state department of education denied knowledge of a suspected program among teachers, while Cannon of Toledo claimed Herzog spoke at a May 10, 1937 Federation of Teachers meeting. The federation is tied to the Federation of Labor.
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Ambus. C
Ohio
The
Legion
Herzog
House Committee
Ohio Legion
Department of Education
Cannon
Toledo
Federation of Teachers ii
Federation of Labor
Hygiene laboratory project moves toward completion
Earl V. Reynolds a state officer said the $160 000 hygiene laboratory plans are complete within weeks and will go to the budget here then to Atlanta headquarters for approval
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Earl V. Reynolds
Atlanta
Fertilizer Grades Discussed by North Carolina Panel
A 24 member committee appointed by the Department of Agriculture proposes reducing fertilizer ratings in North Carolina from 20 to 19 grades to cut costs. The plan aims to lower the average food unit per grade and reflect current market practices.
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BIGH
Iver Makers
Carolina
Department of Agricultu
Bankers Association race seen tight for second vice president
At the Houston convention, 3000 bankers anticipate a near equal contest between Laird Dean of Topeka and P D Houston of Nashville for second vice president. Philip A Benson will become president for 1938 39, with Robert M Hanes slated to lead 1939 40.
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New York
American Bankers Association
Houston
Tex
Wall Street
Laird Dean
Merchants National Bank
Topeka
Kan
P. D. Houston
American National Bank
Nashville
Orvar W. Adams
Utah State National Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Association
Dean
John B. Byrne
M Hartford- Connecticut Trust Co
Hartford, Conn
Frank P. Powers
Northwest
Kanabee State Bank of
Mora, Minn
William &. Elliott
Bank of Canton
Canton
Naval Battle in North Sea Sinks Cantabria
The Spanish merchant steamer Cantabria was shelled and sunk ten miles off Cromer England by the Spanish Rebel auxiliary cruiser Nadyr in the first North Sea engagement since the war. British rescue survivors were reported after the clash.
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North Sea
Cantabria
Cromer
England
Manuel Arguelles
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
King George Pleads For Peace Amid Growing World Tensions
Associated Press reports King George opens Parliament urging peace while new issues arise over Japan’s open door policy and a suggested Nine Power treaty shift. In Spain, Franco’s rebels push near the Ebro as Madrid resists with heavy costs. Mussolini adds that Europe’s political sky brightens though caution remains. Hungary forms four committees to govern newly occupied areas.
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Associated Press
George
Europe
Britain
China
Spain
Japan
Orient
United States
Tokyo Foreign Office
Manchukuo
Ebro
Catalonia
King George
Nies
Roosevelt
Rome
Mussolini
Duce
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Munich
FDR Daughter Announces Expecting Third Child
Seattle report says Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, President Roosevelt's daughter, is expecting a third child in March. She revealed the news in the Home Maker section of the Post-Intelligencer, which is published by her husband John W. Boettiger.
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Seattle
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Roosevelt
Dartmouth Football Star Returns After Religious Hiatus
Harrington Gates, the Dartmouth College star blocking back, returned to campus after a five day stay with the Holy Ghost and Us group in New Boston New Hampshire. He said he came back for good and was driven to his lodging by cult member Joseph Holland. Dean Neidlinger and alumnus Ralph W. Davis confirmed the return and cautioned that publicity should fade as normal routines resume.
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Hanover
N. H
Harrington
Dartmouth College
Holy Ghost
Us” Society
Gates
Joseph Holland
New Boston
Turkey Farm
Holland
Lloyd K. Neidlinger
Harry
Neidlinger
Manchester
Ralph W. Davis
Dartmouth
Davis
Roosevelt confirms reopening navy yard and West Virginia plant
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that the New Orleans navy yard and the war time armor plate plant in West Virginia would be reopened. The decision aims to bolster defense capacity.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
New Orleans Navy Yard
West Virginia
Communist head of steel strike cited by House investigators
A Warren Ohio case is detailed with claims that an Ohio Communist led CI O activities during the 1957 steel strike. Edgar Herzog testified Gus Hall or Arva Halberg was top Warren SWOC organizer on the Communist payroll and sought troops to halt picket dispersal. He said Hall allegedly called Cleveland officials to arrange troops, with World War veterans forming a "shotgun army" at issue.
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Washington
House
Warren
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Edgar Herzog
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Arva Halberg
Steel Worker's Organizing Committee
Herzog
Hall
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Clinton Golden
SWOC
Lewis
Golden
Indications Of Sabotage In Vancouver Explosion
The German liner Vancouver exploded below the waterline in Oakland estuary. Six investigations seek cause amid claims of sabotage. four crew injured, eight passengers unhurt. A diver found a five foot square hole in the hull as officials weigh foreign involvement and timing if raised for inspection.
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Oakland
Calif
Vancouver
War
Warren
Federal Bureau of Investigation
BE. W. Moessinger
C. Diederich
San Francisco
Bay
Canadian
Northwest
Antwerp
Four Charged in Kidnap Slaying of White Plains Man
New York officials announce murder charges against four men tied to a Kidnap Syndicate in the killing of Arthur Fried a White Plains businessman. Two Brooklyn residents kidnapped were released after payments. A jawbone fragment and other bones were found in the basement of Ukrainian Hall where the body was allegedly cremated. The four suspects Demetrius Gula 30 William Jackins 27 John Virga 34 and Joseph Stephen Sacoda 28 face the charges.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Arthur Fried
White Plains
Brooklyn
Ukrainian Hall
East Side
Fried
Demetrius Gula
William Jackins
John Virga
Joseph Stephen Sacoda
Sing Sing
Wilmington Wins Federal Housing Loan for Slums
Mayor Thomas E Coover announced President Roosevelt approved a 1 155 000 loan for slum clearance and low rent housing in Wilmington. Wilmington is the first NC city to seek federal aid for such projects with plans for both white and Negro developments. The Wilmington Housing Authority, led by Dr W Houston Moore, outlines early work and local officials.
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Wilmington
Thomas E. Coover
Roosevelt
Josiah W. Bailey
United States Housing Administrator
North Carolina
Wilmington Housing Authority
Supreme Court
W. Houston Moore
H. R. Emory
Leslie N. Boney
Thomasville Man Bound Over In Highway Robbery Case
Leon Whack a Negro furniture worker was held for the superior court after a Lexington hearing. He denied the charge but evidence linked him to a home visit at Charles A. Clodfelter’s farm where whisky was offered and a pocketbook containing about 70 dollars was later taken while the farmer hunted.
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Thomasville
Leon Whack
Lexington
Whack
Charles A. Clodfelter
Abbotts Creek
Clodfelter
Fires Burn Timber Across Drought Areas Across States
Dozens of fires scorched timber and prairie from Ohio River to Gulf coast and from Atlantic to west of the Mississippi. Crews including rangers convicts CCC WPA and volunteers battled blazes across Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee Mississippi Georgia Arkansas and Illinois as rains offered partial relief and thousands of acres burned threatening homes farms and churches.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Gulf
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
CCC
WPA
Kentucky
West Virginia
Black Mountain
Virginia
St. Charles
Chattace
Nashville, Tenn
Cumberland Mountain
West Point
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Missouri
Aden
Ill
Fourteen Die In Jersey Plane Crash Near St Helier
A De Havilland four motor airliner named St Catherine's Ay carrying fourteen people crashed in a field shortly after takeoff from Jersey airport en route to Southampton. The crew included Captain A G Cary and a wireless operator, with nine men four women and a child among the victims. The crash occurred at 10 52 am in fog after circling the Channel Island airspace.
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ST. Helier
Island of Jersey
Britain
Southampton
England
A. G., M. Cary
Jersey
English Channel
Channel Island
de Havilane
St. Catherine's
Netherlands
Croydon Airport
Juan de la Cierva
Whitney Dodgers New Role at Sing Sing Prison
Richard Whitney formerly head of the New York Stock Exchange took a clerk job in the office of Principal Keeper John Sheehy at Sing Sing prison. He is serving 5 to 100 years for larceny of securities entrusted to his care and has taught in the prison school since his admission on April 12.
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Ossining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Sing Sing Prison
John Sheehy
Whitney
President Roosevelt to Address Radio Speech Tonight
President Roosevelt announced he will discuss all New Deal laws passed in the last five years. He will address Wagner Act, Social Security, labor, welfare and other acts while noting possible improvements and efforts to limit WPA coercion by local politicians. The speech airs 7:30 PM EST on NBC CBS and Mutual from Hyde Park.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Labor Relations Board
WPA
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Supreme Court
U. S. Attitude In China Unchanged
Secretary Hull stated the U S stance toward Japan's Far East claims remains guided by existing treaties and fair international law. He signaled the United States does not accept Japan's bid for a new regional position, amid Tokyo's hints of denouncing the Nine Power treaty.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Japan
Far East
China
Manchukuo
America
Tokyo
Pleas and Prayers Win Delay for Executed Blackwell
In Pittsburgh the Allegheny county jail inmates prayed for 40 year old William McKinley Blackwell, condemned for slaying a man. A petition signed by 468 prisoners urged Governor Earle to commute. Earle then postponed the Rockview electric chair date to December 5 for pardon board review.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
William McKinley Blackwell
Blackwell
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
George H. Earle
Earle
Pardon Board
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English Street Lunch
Guilford Machine Works
Crown Hosiery Mills
Crown Hosiery Hills
Eagle Sandwich
Princess Cafe
A. O. Martin Co
Russell
Kearns Furniture Co
Brown Derby
W. F. Freeman
Swartzberg's
J. C. Penney Co
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Jan Nuys
Kincess
Ph H. Guthrie
New Yorkey
Alex
Greece
John W. Harris
Harris
Santa
Hanta
Sherman
Tudent Assembly
Leigh
CC. K. Watkins
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Wilmington Gets Housing Project
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