Merger Approved by Vl. P. Church in North Carolina
The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church votes 124 to 26 approving unification of the three principal branches of Methodism. James M. Straughn, Bal., president of the General Conference, says the action ensures movement toward merger, though the Methodist Episcopal church South and other branches have yet to vote.
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Lbemarle
North Carolina Conference of Methodist Protestant Church
Cipal
James M. Straughn
Bal
Wage Increases Follow In Wake Of Roosevelt Victory
H B Carter district manager for Republic Steel announced a general wage increase effective Nov 16 for 56 000 employees in four Cleveland plants. Rates rise from 5 to 6 cents an hour in lower brackets with other wages adjusted upward not less than 56 cents per hour after conferences with the general body of employee representatives.
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Cleveland
H. B. Carter
Republic Steel Corporation
Carpenter
Lewis
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Trade Body Optimistic Over Business Outlook
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports strong business momentum and widespread improvement in economic activity since summer 1935. It notes better balance among enterprises and regions, with steady progress and no sign of an imminent recession.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States Today
Washington Review
Chamber
Soviet Russia celebrates 19th birthday with display and warnings
In Moscow on November 7, Soviet Russia marked its 19th birthday with mass demonstrations led by Joseph Stalin and top officials. Tens of thousands marched in Red Square as warplanes roared overhead, and factories reported progress on the second five year plan ahead of schedule including Magnitogorsk and Ural coal trusts.
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Moscow
Russia
Europe
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Lenin Tribune
Maganese Mines
Ural Coal Trusts
General Pozas Takes Full Command In Madrid Siege
General Sebastian Pozas assumed complete control of Madrid as the government tightened grip on the besieged city. Desperate workers and police clung to grim resolve amid mounting chaos and resistance.
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Valencia
General Posas
Safety Council
Madrid
Sebastian Pozas
Court action blamed for deaths in Florida lawsuit
Detective Herbert Akers and Coroner J. P. Randolph linked a Florida breach of contract suit to the double shooting in the Arlington Hotel suite. Robert Alexander of Detroit killed Ed Ballard of French Lick and then killed himself, amid reports of a recent quarrel and a $250,000 suit against Ballard dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Ballard, once connected with major circuses, had moved from New York to Hot Springs weeks earlier.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Herbert Akers
Florida
Akers
J. P. Randolph
Robert Alexander
Detroit
Mich
Ed Ballard
French Lick
Ind
Alexander
Arlington
Ballard
Miami
Fla
New York
Sells- Floto
Hagenbeck-Wallace
John Robinson Shows
Golmar Brothers
Famous Robinson Brothers
al Barnes Circuses
American Circus Corporation
Arco
North Carolina Methodist conference adopts reprimand power
In Abemarle North Carolina the North Carolina conference of the Methodist church approved a resolution authorizing the President to reprimand members for ethics violations. The discussion focused on ministers interfering in others parish programs and plans during the session led by editors such as Dr J and Dr R M Andrews of the Herald.
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J. d
Roosevelt tackles budget issue amid New Deal tensions
Washington November 7 President Roosevelt confronted an unbalanced budget as debates over New Deal programs sharpen party splits on Capitol Hill. He convened Daniel W. Bell to map fiscal policy while other crisis meetings on relief and reemployment await, signaling a persistent rift between right and left factions.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Guaros
Capi- Hill
Daniel Waetine
Hese
Ign
Legis
House
Berlin official says no limit to invisible fines
Berlin today state official Hermann Wilhelm ing director of the national agency plan declared there was no limit to invisible fines for violations of the four year economic program. Fines and measures seem necessary as enforcement intensifies.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelming
Illinois stockholders liable for Dawes loan share
Judge James H. Wilker ruled that Illinois stockholders of the defunct Central Bank and Trust Company are liable for a portion of the Dawes loan totaling up to 12.5 million dollars. The decision also involved the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and a constitutional agency.
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Hicago
James H. Wilker
Illinois Stockera
Central Blic Bank and Trust Com
Dawes Loan
Wilkerson
Retriction Finance Corporation
Constitutional Agency
Shipping Strike Spreads East Across Coast
The nationwide maritime labor action expands as 37,000 Pacific workers walk out and San Francisco shipyards see a new walkout. A. T. Wynn estimates 6,000 Bethlehem shipbuilding workers affected, while employers dispute the number. New York seamen join an intensified walkout threatening broader disruption.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
A. T. Wynn
Bay District Metal Trades Council
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Wynn
New York
Laundry and Motor Line In City Are Granted Charters
The Star Laundry of High Point Inc and Goff Goff Motor Lines Inc received charters. Organizers include Ray McPherson T C McPherson Ruth Graves and others. The laundry subscribed 300 of 560000 authorized stock. motor lines 400 of 100000 authorized capital.
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Raleigh
Star Laundry of
High Point, Inc
Goff Goff Motor Lines, Inc
Ray McPherson
T. C. McPherson
High Point
Ruth Graves
Burlington
C. L. Goff
Ward C. Swain
Doskie Goff
Nannie Goff
Tobaccoville
Motor Lines
Canine Reveals Hidden Reptiles
Sam Carroll a Bullock's rock farmer reports his snakepointing dog located a venomous copperhead with a rat in its mouth during a bed search and later that day led to a rattlesnake.
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Sam Carroll
Bullock
Carroll
Acme Steel Declares $4 Annual Basis and 1 Dollar Dividend
Chicago November 17 The Acme Steel Company's common stock is set to an annual $4 basis with a quarterly dividend of $1 per share payable December 12 to record holders as of November 27. Earlier on October 1 a 75 cent quarterly dividend plus an extra 12 cent amount was paid.
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Chicago
Acme Steel Company
Stillwater Worsted Mills Announce Wage Increases
The Stillwater Worsted mills across Rhode Island Connecticut and Virginia declare a wage rise up to 25 percent while maintaining the 40 hour week. Increases range from to more than 5 weekly dollars depending on current pay brackets.
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Providence
R. I
Connecticut
Virginia
Outlet Company declares bonuses and stock dividend
Providence RI November 1. The Outlet Company announces a special dividend of 3 percent of annual wages for more than 200 employees and a $2 per share stock dividend for common stockholders of record December 1 1936 payable December 10 1936.
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Providence
R. I
Aso
Meredith Publishing distributes bonuses to 660 employees
Fred Bohen president of Meredith Publishing announced that the company is distributing bonuses totaling more than $25,000 to 660 employees across all departments.
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Des Moines
Fred Bohen
Meredith Publishing Company
Greater Grain Yield Is Predicted
The agriculture department forecast that farmers feeding grain to meat animals next year will fare better than those cashing in on grain. The drought reduced grain and livestock numbers, but a return to normal weather could yield larger grain harvests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Prediction of Breakthrough in Siever Slaying Case
Los Angeles reporting that handwriting experts have made an early forecast of solving the three year old murder of Dr. Leonard Siever a Pasadena dentist prominent in society. District Attorney Baron Ito stated a breakthrough was expected.
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Los Angeles
California
Leonard Siever
Pasadena
Tony
Baron “Itta
Sweeping Roosevelt Victory As Aid To Liberal Movement
Professor H. C. Nixon of Tulane University said liberalism gains from Roosevelt’s re election and that liberal minority elements can grow. at the Southern Political Science Association meeting he cited improved race relations and opposition to lynching as liberal gains in the South, while warning economic tensions threaten civil rights for labor and leaders amid disputes.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
H. C. Nixon
Tulane University
Nixon
Southern Political Science Association
Ence
Association
South
Mystery of Virginia Harper Park Reveals Family Ties
Lost girl from a Salvation Army upbringing in Aniston Alabama is found by her birth mother in Rome Georgia after 18 years. Virginia, raised by the Parks as a pastor’s daughter, reunites with Mrs. John Wesley Knight while her uncle John Hogan explains separation from her father.
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Rome
Virginia Harper Park
Anniston
Ala
Virginia
Salvation Army
David Park
John Hogan
Birmingham
Park
John Wesley Knight
Hogan
Power suit against TVA challenged as vague in Tennessee
In Cookeville Tennessee on November John J Gore refused to dismiss a suit filed by 19 private power companies against the Tennessee Valley Authority. The claim argues the bill is vague indefinite and raises no specific issues.
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Cookeville, Tenn
John J. Gore
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farley predicts fresh Democratic victories in coming elections
Democratic Chairman James A. Farley said Republican state organizations were crippled by three successive events and forecast Democratic governors in Maryland New Jersey and California in the next elections. He indicated no plan to resign his cabinet post.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Maryland
New Jersey
California
Farley
Reach accord signals better Rome London ties
In Milan on November 7, leaders hailed an Anglo Italian commercial accord and Britain's offer to withdraw Sikh troops from Addis Ababa as a basis for improved relations between Rome and London.
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Milan
Italy
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Rome
London
TVA power program case heard by Tennessee judge
In Cookeville Tennessee on November 7 a federal judge took under advisement TVA motion to dismiss a suit by 19 power companies challenging the authority. If upheld, the case could go to the Cincinnati circuit court. if not, a temporary injunction hearing is likely soon.
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Cookeville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S
John J. Gore
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
TVA
Newton D. Baker
Utilities
Alabama
Toronto Stork Derby Decision Awaited By Court
Justice Middleton must rule on the famous stork derby clause in Charles Vance Millar's will. Seven mothers and their lawyers await a further hearing on November 16 to settle the contested eligibility for half a million dollars offered for bearing the most children in ten years after Millar's death.
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Toronto
Justice Middleton
Charles Vance Millar
Millar
Mexico marks 19th anniversary of Soviet revolution
Mexico City observes the 19th anniversary of the Soviet Russian revolution, praising its influence on Mexico's social changes and commemorating the event on November 7.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Legitimacy Of Eugenic Babies Sparks Legal Debate
Two New York physicians urge caution in artificial insemination as the question of legitimacy remains unsettled. In the American Medical Association Journal they call for strict ethical and legal safeguards, including written consent from both spouses and their fingerprints on authorization.
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Chicago
New York
American Medical Association Journal
Frances I. Seymour
Alfred Koerner
Rally by Industrial Leaders Drives Market Gains
In New York on November 7 industrial leaders rallied stocks amid wage boosts bonuses rising earnings and dividends. Markets posted gains from fractions to around three points with a few larger advances as roughly 1.5 million shares changed hands.
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New York
Detroit detective links resort operator to died man
Detroit police Inspector Henry J. Garvin said Robert Alexander, found shot to death in a Hot Springs Arkansas hotel with Ed Ballard of West Baden Indiana, once operated a group of resorts near Detroit.
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Detroit
Henry J. Garvin
Robert Alexander
Hot Springs
Ark
Ed Ballard
West Baden
Ind
Representative Hoeppel Held In Prison In Habeas Hearing
United States Commissioner Melvin Flegenheimer remanded Rep. John W. Hoeppel and his son Charles J. Hoeppel to Henrico county jail to await a habeas corpus hearing Monday. They were arrested on a bench warrant charging them as fugitives from justice after conviction of attempting to sell an appointment to West Point. The petition for the writ would be heard by District Judge Robert N. Pollard, with bond denial.
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Richmond
United States
Melvin Flegenheimer
John W. Hoeppel
California
Charles J. Hoeppel
Henrico County
West Point
M. Fegenheimer
M. Fegenheimer Said the Hoeppels
Robert N. Pollard
J. C. Duke
Washington
John Cogbill
United States District Attorney
Wage Increases Spur Drive To Unionize Steel Industry
November 7 Pittsburgh report says a 10 percent wage increase for about 500000 steel workers fuels John L. Lewis and nine allied unions in a campaign to unite the industry. Philip Murray calls the raise a miserly pittance while noting further pay adjustments and automatic cost of living linked changes slated for November 16.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Weather Outlook for Carolinas Clouds and Rain Likely
A weather note for North and South Carolina reports cloudy and threatening conditions. Temperatures remain steady with a high near minus fifty two yesterday and a low around forty four. moderate northeast winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville and chances of occasional rain tonight and Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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