Chinese Chinese Japanese clash widens near Shanghai
Heaviest fighting shifts south of Shanghai as Chinese counter‑attack to isolate Japanese forces from Hangchow. Battles continue west of Shanghai along Soo Chow Creek while 200 passengers die or are hurt in a Teinoi Pukow express bombing north of Nanking.
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Orphans School Destroyed by Fire in Abbeville
In Abbeville South Carolina on November 8 1900s superintendent E F Gettys reports the John De la Howe school for orphans and underprivileged children was wiped out by a basement fire. 190 residents including 190 orphans must find lodging as the three story dormitory classroom burned with an estimated loss of 170000 dollars. The school originated from a will of John De la Howe dated 1796 and is now under state control since 1912.
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E. F. Gettys
John de la Howe
Gettys
State Agricultural Society
No Progress At Peace Meet Of Labor Expected
Washington November 8 The C I O peace committee members grow less optimistic about a final settlement with A F of L delegates as talks resume. Ten negotiators named by John L Lewis examine how far the A F L will go on peace terms and border line industries, the key issue to unite over 7 000 000 workers.
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Washington
C. TI. O
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American Federation of Labor
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Border Line
Tennessee Assembly Opens Third Special Session
Tennessee lawmakers meet in Nashville for the third special session in under a year, the second in under a month. Governor Browning outlined eight legislative topics including a bill to tighten conduct of general elections.
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Nashville
Tenn
Browning
Borah urges immediate passage of anti trust laws
Senator Borah declares Congress must pass anti trust legislation now and stop merely talking about it. He says it is now or never as President Roosevelt proposes a special session to strengthen laws against private monopolies. Attorney General Cummings doubts a swift solution is possible.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Roosevelt
Cumminge
First Television Broadcast To Sea Highly Successful
New York Navy reports a Cunard White Star liner Britannic achieved the first sea broadcast experiments on October 29 30 and 31 after leaving London. Captain A T Brown said the pictures were extraordinarily clear and the sound was perfect.
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Navy
A. T. Brown
Cunard
Britannic
Brown
London
Two-Gun Legends Honor May Lillie At National Frontiersmen Meet
Fifty members of the National Frontiersmen’s Association gathered in Houston for their annual conclave. They paid tribute to May Lillie the only woman who outshot Annie Oakley, and to her husband Maj Gordon W. Lillie “Pawnee Bill.” The gathering recalled famous figures like Col. E. D. B. marshal and Chris Madsen while May Lillie’s death in 1936 was noted.
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Houston
Tex
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Annie Oakley
May
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Col E. D
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Chris Madsen
Jennings
Taos
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Major
Little
Philadelphia
Eighteen Million Bales Is Latest Forecast Of Cotton
The Department of Agriculture reports this year’s cotton crop at 18,243,000 bales of 500 pounds each, the largest on record. Area under cultivation 33,736,000 acres with a record 268.8 pounds per acre yield.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Only One Furniture Failure In State
North Carolina had one retail furniture failure in October with no failures among manufacturers, jobbers, or wholesalers, compared to two retail failures in October 1936. The Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency compilation reports 25 retail failures last month, down from 29 a year earlier, and five failures in the manufacturers, jobbers, and wholesalers category versus four in October 1936.
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North Carolina
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency
Education Week Opens in North Carolina Schools
Education Week begins in North Carolina public schools with programs to show the public the progress and activities across the school system, highlighting work in various phases of school life.
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Raleigh
Public
Conference backs Charlotte church. safeguards local congregations
The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant church voted full support for First Methodist Protestant church of Charlotte. It pledged no mandatory changes to local churches amid any union plans, ensuring continued operation until voluntary closures. A foreclosure case against Community Church of Charlotte, Inc. is to be pursued by conference representatives in superior court.
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Asheboro
North Carolina
The
Methodist Protestant Church Today
First Methodist Protestant Church of
Charlotte
Union of Methodism
Community Church of Charlotte, Inc
Paul
Kennett
Newspaper Shot By Youth In Whitehall Michigan
Floyd Peterson a 43 year old Grand Rapids newspaper man was fatally shot at the home of Mrs Aby L Gee where he was a weekend guest The 15 year old Foster Steven Gee son of Mrs Gee is reported as the shooter He warned Peterson to leave his mother alone before firing The sheriff posted deputies at the residence but no arrest was made The coroner said an inquest will be held Peterson longtime outdoors editor for the Grand Rapids Herald and a World War II aviation corps veteran He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Charles C Peterson of Bridgeport Conn
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Whitehall
Mich
Floyd Peterson
Grand Rapids
Aby L. Gee
Louis Eklund
Muskegon County
Peterson
Foster Steven Gee
Thomas Kane
Gee
Bridgeport
Conn
Bellefonte
Hoover Warns Nation of Poison Propaganda
Former President Herbert Hoover, speaking at Colby College, warned against propaganda he called a poison to free speech and free press. He urged more free speech and exposure of intellectual dishonesty to defeat propaganda and defend the press as a right of the people. He noted dictators rise through free speech before suppressing it and described propaganda as tainting news and stirring hate and fear.
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Waterville
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Colby College
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Alton, Ill
Roosevelt
Chicago
Station Relocation Order Issued By PWA For Southern Freight Site
City Manager F E Knox announced a Public Works Administration order approving relocation of the Southern freight station conditional on land purchase by Southern Railway. The plan allows removing the wooden section, keeping the brick portion for mail and express use, reassembling the wooden part at the new site, acquiring land for waste disposal, and building new streets associated with the new station. No extra city or railroad funding is planned. Knox expects cooperation from the railway.
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Southern
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Atlanta
F E. M. Knox
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Knox
Wallace Proposes Ever Normal Granary For Corn
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace urged a national radio audience for an ever normal granary to store corn in good years and ease drought shortages. He linked corn to livestock, hogs, soil conservation and argued farmers need government aid to stabilize prices and markets.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
NBC
mid-Wesern
Conrol Wallace
Sol
LaGuardia Moves to Halt Election Fraud in New York
Mayor LaGuardia deployed 125 detectives to armories across five counties to supervise the pro ver representation vote and speed the tally of about 2,000,000 ballots cast for the new city council. Bronx findings prompt Acting District Attorney Ryan to seek fast grand jury indictments. Levy named special assistant attorney general to probe irregularities.
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New York
LaGuardia
New York City
Matthew Levy
American Labor Party Law Committee
John J. Bennett, Jr
Bronx
Sylvester Ryan
Bronx County
P.R
Soviet Celebrates Twenty Years as Executions Continue
Moscow reports a holiday for the 20th anniversary of the Revolution while seventeen death sentences are announced from the provinces. Fourteen Trotskyist band members in the Tartar Republic and three workers in Ukraine’s vegetable and grain distribution services were executed.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tartar Republic
Ukraine
New Justice in His First Court Acts
Three Florida oil companies lost in the Supreme Court as they sought reconsideration of a prior action, arguing Justice Hugo L. Black was ineligible to sit. Black wrote one opinion, dissented on another, and voted against the government in a third case, with no explanation given for the denial of reconsideration.
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Washington
Florida
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
The
Security Commission
Tele
Supreme Court Rejects Tax On Jig Saw Puzzles
Justice Hugo L. Black, joining eight colleagues, ruled that jig saw puzzles are not a game and the government cannot levy a game tax. It marked Black’s first participation in a decision day.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Black
Constitutionality challenged over Black’s appointment
Petitioners contend the court’s action on the litigation is invalid and void because the new justice could not sit in judgment as an unbiased figure, raising questions about the appointment's legality and subsequent proceedings.
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Grams
Black
Toll Toll in U S 1 Weekend Deaths Rise
The National Safety Council report shows 181 people killed in highway accidents over the weekend across the United States. Six fatalities each occurred in three separate crashes including a family of six in Adairsville Georgia and a head on collision in Rhinebeck New York. New York state deaths reached 1863 in the first nine months of 1937, up 18 percent from the prior year.
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Associated Press
America
New York State
Adairsville
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Knox City
Yao National Safety Council
Windsors Plan February Trip to United States
Paris reports a source says the Duke and Duchess of Windsor tentatively set February for a resumed U S tour. They hope criticism will subside by then and note Armistice Day memorials may keep them in Paris.
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United States
Paris
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
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