U S May Turn Economic Pressure Against Japs
Legislative leaders predict Congress may authorize the President to embargo exports to Japan if relations do not improve before the January 26 treaty expiration. Pittman says Japan has shown total disregard for U S rights in China and warns of an Ides of January action.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Congress
Japan
Pittman
D-Ney
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tokyo
China
United States
Roosevelt
Orient
Four Die In Otsego Mine Explosion
Four men were killed and one injured in a blast at Brule Smokeless Coal mine in Otsego near Mullens West Virginia. Local reports say a gas explosion trapped five men in a room. rescuers worked to reach them but hope of survival faded. Names listed include Stanley Ray Bruce Ray Joseph Cooper and John Henry Mullens all from Otsego. Injured survivor Joe Lament, 41, reportedly suffered a broken injury.
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Mullens
W. Va
John Henry Mullens
Otsego
Joe Lament
Belgian protest to Germany over planes over Belgium
The Belgian government protested to Berlin regarding planes that flew over Belgium yesterday.
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Germany
Brussels
Berlin
Ohio Refuses Extradition of Negro Killer
Ben Heyward a 44 year old Negro is held in Ohio on an extradition request from South Carolina for a first degree murder charge. Judge Day denied the habeas corpus but Heyward remains jailed pending appeals. Ches er K. Gillespie Ohio state representative filed notice of appeal. Heyward was arrested in Akron where he worked at a barbecue stand.
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Cleveland
Ben Heyward
Beaufort County
S. C
Heyward
Ohio
Cheser K. Gillespie
South Carolina
J. E. McTeer
Id McTeer
Washeriff
Frank S. Day
John W. Bricker
Court of Appeals
Gilespie
Distressed Vamar Safe After Storm Near Cape Hatteras
The 598 ton steamship Vamar previously Eleanor Boling, part of Byrd polar voyage support, issued an SOS after a tropical storm shifted its lumber cargo north of Cape Hatteras. El Mundo found the vessel's deck load being dumped while the crew of 21 was relocated.
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New York
MacKay Radio
Vamar
Cape Hatteras
Eleanor Boling
Richard Byrd
el Mundo
Varmar
Intense Sea Warfare Seen As Reaction To U S Action
Berlin reports intense sea warfare expected as reaction to the United States lifting the arms embargo. editorials criticize the move as abandoning neutrality while warning of stronger Allied naval activity and renewed contraband tensions. Front details note limited western front activity and a French plane shot down near Saarburg.
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U. S
Berlin
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Hull
Germany
Saarburg
Sarrebourg-Moselle
France
Asheboro Man Held In Brother's Death
Arfo Suges is in custody after his brother Barney Suggs died following a scuffle at 429 West Salisbury Street. No formal charge has been filed. The incident occurred yesterday morning and the coroner ordered X ray examinations to determine the cause of death at Randolph Hospital.
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Asheboro
Navy
Arfo Suges
Barney Suggs
West Salisbury Street
Barney
Randolph Hospital
Randolph County
J. L. Fritz
Supreme Court Upholds HOLC Tax Exemption
The Supreme Court ruled mortgages on Maryland property held by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation were not subject to state documentary and recording taxes. The case centered on whether HOLC, as a federal instrumentality, falls under constitutional limits precluding state taxation. Maryland argued the taxes are borne by mortgagors and that many federal lending agencies should also be exempt.
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Washington, Navy
Supreme Court
Maryland
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
HOLC
United States
Tabor City Woman Shoots Husband Over Pin Table
Claude M. Norris 37 died at Tabor City Hospital from pistol wounds after an argument over a pin table at a filling station Sunday night. Coroner C. E. Sasser of Conway said Mrs Norris, now under guard in a Conway hospital for shock, shot him.
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Tabor City
Claude M. Norris
C. E. Sasser
Conway
Nazi Subs Make Small Dent In British Trade
London reports show Britain afloat with 18.5 million tons of mercantile shipping despite early war losses. Allied and neutral ships sunk total 55 merchant vessels and 109,? ships in two months, with Germans claiming 115 ships sunk by late October. Admiralty vows to aid U S neutrality amid embargo repeal pressures.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
High Command
Royal Oak
Courageous
Germany
United States
Germans Hold Island on Rhine Then Withdraw Under Fire
Paris reports German troops briefly occupied a small Rhine island on the quiet southern front but were driven back by French mortar fire. Skirmishes and artillery continued along the northern flank while a German assault on a Vosges post was halted by a French counterattack. French air patrols sought to gauge Nazi intent amid weather hindrances.
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Paris
Rhine
Vosges Mountains
High Command
Berlin
Sarrebourg-Moselle
Forbach
Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Belgian World War Hero Adolphe Max Dies at 70
Adolphe Max, Brussels burgomaster since 1909 and wartime resist leader, died at 70. Imprisoned by Germany in World War I for defending Belgian rights, he smuggled messages, kept Belgian nationalism alive with Cardinal Mercier, and refused a kingly title. Survived by a brother.
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Brussels
Adolphe Max
Germany
Max
Cardinal Mercier
Albert
Liberal Party
British Military Men Find Bombers Too Slow
British experts say large scale long range bombing awaits improvements in staying power and distance fighting planes. They note bombers under 650 mile range face vulnerability to fast attackers and may require upgraded capabilities before forays over Germany.
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London
Germany
Britain
British Isles
Soviet Leaders Denounce U S Arms Embargo In Bolshevik Anniversary Speech
Premier Vyacheslav Molotov assailed the United States for repealing the arms embargo calling it a mask for profit as he opened a three day celebration of the Bolshevik Revolution's 22nd anniversary in Moscow. Stalin and other leaders attended at Bolshoy Opera House as Molotov warned capitalism would fall and urged British and French workers to oppose imperialist war. The Communist Internationale manifesto also attacked Britain France Italy and Japan while praising peace.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
United States
Molotoff
Britain
France
Germany
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Bolshoy Opera House
Communist International
Europe
Soviet Union
Communist Internationale
Great Britain
Internationale
Italy
Japan
Pravda
Communist Party
The
Flint Remains In Bergen Port
The United States freighter City of Flint idled at anchor in Bergen as Norway weighs Germany protests. US minister Mrs. Harriman and consul Maurice Dunlap planned talks with Captain Gainard. A possible cargo sale or transfer to a British ship was discussed while the crew remained ashore. The German prize crew stayed aboard Olav Trygvason under Norwegian orders.
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Finland
Norway
Flint
Victor Alexander Louis@allett
Washington
Sweden
Oslo
United States
City of Flint
Germany
Norwegian
J. Borden Harriman
Bergen
Maurice P. Dunlap
Joseph A. Gainard
England
Haugesund
Olav Trygvason
Stock and commodity markets to close on Election Day
New York on November 6 reports that the New York Stock Exchange Curb Exchange Cotton Exchange and other commodity exchanges and banks will close tomorrow for Election Day ensuring a nationwide market pause.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
Cotton’ Exchange
United States
East Coast Storm Recovery After Severe Cyclone Blast
A 65 mph gale swept eastern seaboard with sleet rain and snow, then eased. Coast guard rescues off New Bedford and Rhode Island followed distress calls from vessels New Jersey to Boston. Inland damage hit lines trees and reservoirs with heavy snow in the Appalachians and Shenandoah Valley.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Cape Hatteras
New England
Charles F. Brooks
Harvard
Blue Hill Observatory
Brooks
Vermont
New Jersey
Boston
New Bedford
Mass
Coast Guard
Rhode Island
Coast
Nantucket
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Appalachian
Roxbury
N. H
Bellows Falls
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Bridgeville
Five Convicts Foiled In Try For Freedom
Five robbers and a rapist gained entry to Southern Michigan Penitentiary with a roof escape plan during a Sunday football game. A guard was killed, a visiting woman wounded by a pellet, and three fugitives seized after a mile and a half chase. two other felons were captured near the wall and in a roof cupola.
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Southern Michigan Penitentiary
Sam Sawaya
George Bodie
Malcolm Stokes
Fred Boucher
Visitor
Dorothy Roberts
Kalamazoo
Paul Lawman
John L. Sullivan
Leo Thrifault
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Lawrence
Arlene
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Loretta
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