Forest Fires Still Raging Across Sixteen States
Fires consumed thousands more acres as heavy rains slowed spread in many areas. Harlan Kentucky faced $200,000 timber losses while West Virginia battled 100 major fires threatening towns and coal properties. State emergencies were declared in Illinois and Michigan fighters mobilized across 16 state fire zone.
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Pike
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Henry Horner
P. J. Hoffmaster
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Hungary Attacks North Sea Satellite Soldiers Cross Danube
Hungarian troops crossed the Danube on a pontoon bridge to occupy a ceded slice of Czechoslovakia totalling about 4 875 square miles north of Altenberg at 10 00 am local time. The move followed Vienna mediated cessions and drew nationwide cheering and holiday observances as engineers led the first crossing.
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Roosevelt Appeals for Liberal and Experienced Leaders in Election
President Roosevelt urges voters to back liberal and experienced candidates in the coming elections. He warns against shifting to conservatism, links old-line Tory Republicans to threats, and endorses the New York Democratic ticket while criticizing Dewey and praising Michigan's Gov. Murphy. The radio address followed Will Rogers memorial events in Oklahoma.
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Frank Murphy
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New York State
Treason Trials Reported by Peoples Court
The Fischer Beobachter notes a treason case in Berlin with four men charged. Among them is alleged ringleader Peter Kasper and others August Hirech Johannes r and Otto Sauter. One sentenced to death, another to 12 years labor, another to five years, in a rare Peoples Court treason proceeding.
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Fischer Beobachter
Peoples Court
Berlin
Peter Kasper
Agust Hirech
Johannes R
Otto Sauter
Germany
Schneider
Earthquake Felt In Tokyo Region
A prolonged quake with frequent aftershocks drove Tokyo residents into the streets at 8 44 a m British time. No damage reported in Tokyo, epicenter believed in Miyagi prefecture about 200 miles northeast of Tokyo. Japanese meteorology warns of landslides and tidal waves in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures as communications to the affected area are disrupted.
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Navy
Tokyo
Reuters
Miyagi Prefecture
Central Meteorological Observatory
Japan
Miyagi
Fushushima
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady on Creamery and Eggs
Chicago reports show butter 744,433 pounds steady at 23 to 24 cents per pound for creamery firsts at 88 to 89. Eggs numbered 2,582 shipments or units, firm with prices unchanged.
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German Bund Aims to Overthrow U S Government
Bernhard Hofmann of Milwaukee testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that the German American Bund seeks to overthrow the American form of government. He named Bund leaders and described meetings that implied plans to replace the current system with autocratic conditions.
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Chest Campaign Still Short Of Goal By Nearly $15,000
Winston-Salem reports tobacco sales totaling about 950000 pounds bringing farmers around 25 dollars per hundredweight. Through sales to date, total receipts approach 31.5 million pounds, with wrapper tobacco fetching strong prices up to 69 cents a pound. Community Chest reports show contributions and pledges surpassing 25000 yet leave the drive nearly 15000 short of a 40000 budget, with several days of solicitation remaining.
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Winaston- Salem
James T Booth
Sanders & Smith
W. M. Bowman
Dwight & Rothrock
Moir Moser
J. Y. Coe
Bryant &Snow
W. A. Rogers
Jackson & Redman
J. W. Hall
J. l. Whitaker
Ross Tuttle
J. H. Cockerham
F. Chappell
A. Z. Phillips
Allen Richardson
Elmer Hooker
E. C. Craver
J. W. Redman
Roker
Joe Mounce
Long & K
Powell Mabe
Swaim
J. L. Smith
C. B. Francis
J. B. Smith
P. Calloway
Falk & Dean
Community Chest
Specialty Mart
Redwine Hardware Company
Woolworth’'s
Wageger's Jewelry Company
City Schools
Record Off Year Vote Predicted In North Carolina
Raleigh Nov 5 Campaigners brace for a record off year vote as officials prepare for Tuesday. Some 1,445,000 ballots distributed across 1850 precincts alongside expectations of over 600,000 voters. Key race features Senator Robert Reynolds versus Charles R. Jonas with excitement also in the Bulwinkle Patton contest in the tenth district. Governor Hoey will deliver a radio speech from Raleigh and Charlotte to close the campaign following stops in Sampson and Duplin counties.
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North Carolina
Robert R. Reynolds
Charles R. Jonas
A. L. Bulwinkle
Frank C. Patton
Morganton
Bulwinkle
Calvin R. Edney
Jonas
Edney
Hoey
Charlotte
Sampson
Duplin
Bank case trial set for former legislator and cashier
Arguments will begin Monday in the Federal court trial of B. W. Wilson of Salemburg, former legislator, and E. B. Graham, cashier of the Dunn branch of the First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, charged with misapplying $1,067 in bank funds.
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B. W. Wilson
Salemburg
E. B. Graham
Dunn
Flrst Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Forester Warns of Critical Conditions in Western North Carolina
Assistant State Forester W C McCormick reported Western North Carolina forests are tinder dry after six weeks with no rain. He traveled from the western area where a large forest fire raged last week and urged extreme caution to prevent more fires.
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W. C. McCormick
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Wesern
Roosevelt backs rail wage talks amid push for constructive legislation
Washington Nov. 5 The White House endorsed a return to talks between labor and management after executives dropped a 15 percent wage cut. President Roosevelt said he would support a constructive railroad reform program at the next Congress. The six member committee to draft legislation includes three management and three labor leaders.
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Association of American Railroads
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George McAarrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
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Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific
M. W. Clement
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Ernest E. Norris
Southern
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Farley Says Roosevelt Address Devastating to Republicans
James A. Farley described President Roosevelts New York political address as devastating to Republican chances. He praised the speech as the best he ever heard and noted independent voters shifting toward Governor Herbert Lehman both upstate and in New York City.
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Propaganda Deemed Necessary in Britain to Shield Colonies
The Southwest Africa League announced propaganda is necessary to protect British possessions from German colonial demands. The call came at a mass meeting of residents in Windhoek on November 6.
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Southwest Africa League
Deportation Demand for Nazi Actress Leni Riefenstahl
Rep. Andrew Somers of Brooklyn called for the deportation of Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl, alleging she came to disseminate propaganda. He urged Secretary Perkins to bar her entry after she arrived claiming to visit for a holiday and denying close ties to Hitler.
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Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl
America
Adolf Hitler
Andrew L. Somers
Brooklyn
Labor
Perkins
Somers
United States
Voters in Three States Face Senate Watch on Election Day
The Senate campaign expenditures committee announced it will deploy observers in Pennsylvania Philadelphia New Jersey Jersey City and North Dakota Bismarck to monitor voting on Tuesday. Observers may also be in Ohio Illinois and Vermont to cover new developments while avoiding Tennessee voting supervision. Chairman Sheppard defended the plan amid prior refused request from John R Neal after his defeated primary bid.
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Senate Campaign
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New Jersey
North Dakota
Sheppard
D-Tex
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Jersey City
Bismarck
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Vermont
Sherpard
Tennessee
John R. Neal
Governor Hoey Calls NC To Live Within Its Income
Governor Hoey told a mock General Assembly session that North Carolina must live within its income as revenues fall. He outlined state services including prisons, roads, an eight month school term, basic texts for grades one to seven, and college and care institutions. The student-run session began yesterday for the second annual assembly and was to adjourn at noon.
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Hoey
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Students Legislative Assembly
McNinch Plans Talks With Radio Chiefs on Broadcast Terms
FCC Chairman Frank R. McNinch invited presidents of three major networks to a next week discussion on broadcast programs focusing on the use of the term flash and its relation to news and dramatics. He cited the War of the Worlds broadcast causing public hysteria and said decisions may follow after further conferences.
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Frank R. McNinch
Federal Communication Commission
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McNinch
Loyalist ship captured as insurgents seize cargo in North Sea
Government freighter Rio Miera was said to be captured by the insurgent auxiliary cruiser Ciudad de Alicante and towed to Emden with its crew imprisoned. In a separate attack, the Cantabria was sunk off Cromer near England after a bombardment by the insurgent Nadir. Hungary moved to occupy more of Czechoslovakia while Japan pressed in China and battles raged in Spain near Mora de Ebro.
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New York Herald Tribune Defends Editorial Reply
The New York Herald Tribune says President Roosevelt misread its editorial So What Considering the Source after Hyde Park press conference remarks. The paper argues the editor’s points are relevant regardless of source and notes the president did not refute the editorials core arguments.
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