Russia Walks Out Of Brussels Conference Over Exclusion
Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff said he would return to Moscow tonight as Russia protests a move to remove it from major conference activity. Japan signals sharing information with Nine Power signatories only, while Russia remains non signatory and invited for Far East interests. China vows to maintain friendship with Soviet Russia amid shifting alignments.
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Brussels
Maxim Litvinoff
Moscow
Litvinoff
Russia
Japan
China
Far East
V. K. Wellington Koo
Americans Have Many Blessings Says President
President Roosevelt proclaims Thanksgiving Day on November 25 urging gratitude for abundant harvests and stable employment. He notes world strife and war threats while the United States enjoys peace and rejects selfish designs against others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt urges youth interest as hopeful sign for democracy
President Roosevelt told Young Democratic clubs of America that youth engagement in government is a hopeful sign. He urged a new approach to political social and economic issues to ensure well being for all citizens amid a series of Fifth Anniversary dinners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Appointments Announced as Conference Closes in Asheboro
The 110th annual North Carolina Methodist Protestant Church conference adjourned after the stationing committee readings. The social service report condemns liquor and bank nights at theaters and urges stricter Sabbath observance and zealous Christian living. Appointments for the year are listed for Alamance to Cleveland with names like H L Isley, W Taylor, and E L Ballard.
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Asheboro
Navy
North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Church
J. EB. Prichard
Pritchard
Enterprise
Alamance
H. L. Isley
Albemarie
C. G. Isley
W. Taylor
Asheville
E. L. Ballard
Anderson
I. M. Johnson
Brown Summit
Hamilton
Espply
Burlington
F. W. Paschal
Charlotte
Strickland
Chase City
J. H. Trollinger
Chatham
Leo Pittard
Cleveland
Prank Explodes At Los Angeles Temple Injures Bible Students
Police blame four Bible college students for a powder explosion atop the An selus Temple causing serious injuries to two youths and shattering windows in nearby Bible College. Gordon Atwater and Edwin Bond were severely burned. Norman McGrew and Robert Blanchfield charged with felony explosives.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Anselus Temple
Foursquare Bible College
Lieut. P. R. Patton
Bible College
Gordon Atwater
Albuquerque
N. M
Edwin Bond
Norman McGrew
Robert Blanchfield
Bond
Atwater
Patton
Chief G Man In Another Rap At Parole System
J Edgar Hoover defends anti parole stance calling critics misinformed and praising the machine gun school of criminology while warning of a standing army of criminals. He spoke before the American Hotel Association citing 4 300 000 thieves murderers and rapists as a threat to public safety.
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G-Man
Pittsburgh
Navy
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
American Hotel Association
Hoover
America
Four Escorts From Memphis Spook Ford Plant Crowd
A 200 person crowd outside the Memphis Ford assembly plant escorted four men said to be CIO organizers to the Tennessee Arkansas border. The four sat quietly at a restaurant table and were released after a ride to the Harahan bridge. Harry Elder of the UAW doubts linkage to his union. No police report filed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Press-Scimitar
Ford Assembly
Kansas City
Ford
CIO
Harahan Bridge
Tennessee
Arkansas
Harry Elder
United Automobile Workers Association
Will D. Lee
Japanese advance tightens grip on Shanghai and North China
The Associated Press reports Japanese forces close in on Shanghai after 88 days of heavy fighting while capturing Taiyuan, boosting near-term Chinese defense lines. The siege isolates three million residents and one million refugees as Americans and other nationals observe relief at a possible shift in the conflict.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Janese
Taiyuantu
Shansi
Gem
Spaniards Meet in Deadly Fight Along Gallego River
Madrid dispatch reports heavy fighting between Spanish government and insurgent forces along the Gallego river in Upper Aragon. Insurgents forded the river to take two hills at Penasa and Pezol De Los Canas, were repulsed on a third, and a government counterattack forced losses on the attackers. Government dynamited a rail line from Jaca to Oras and Sabinanigo, cutting insurgent supplies.
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Gallego
Aragon
Penasa
Pezol de Los Canas
Jaca
Oras
Sabinanigo
Spain
France
Lower Aragon
Upper Aragon
Gallego River
Rivalries deepen as fascist powers unite against communism
London reports the new world triangle links fascist Italy and Germany with militarist Japan for defense against communism. The move heightens global tensions and sparks fear the Soviet Union may cut diplomatic ties with Tokyo and Rome, intensifying an already war-torn world.
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Associated
Pris
London
Italy
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Rome
Haiti leader cites Haitian deaths in Dominican attacks
Foreign Minister Georges Leger stated that 2,500 to 5,000 Haitians have been killed or wounded since October 6 in Dominican territory. He emphasized no frontier clash and urged diplomatic settlement with full reparations for victims.
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Dominican
Washington
Georges Leger
Haiti
Leger
Buenos Aires
Five Jews killed in new Holy Land violence near quarry
Five young Jews were shot to death in new Arab Jew violence in the Holy Land. The victims worked near a quarry where four of them toiled and the fifth served as armed guard. British planes and police hunted the suspected Arab attackers in the Judean hills.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land's Hill
Judean Hills
Juan Hills
Triangle Results In Wife's Death
Glendale police said Paul Wright 38 president of the Union Air terminal shot and killed his wife Evelyn and critically wounded John Bryant Kimmel airport traffic manager after finding them in an embrace Wright reported the crime occurred at his Verdugo Vista home and he confessed to the officers.
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Glendale
Calif
Paul Wright
Union Air Terminal
Evelyn
John Bryant Kimmel
Kimmel
E. RB. Browne
Wright
Verdugo Vista
Two Youths Trapped by Fire Found Dead
In Welch West Virginia on November 9 the bodies of Harry Faust 19 and Thomas Jones 12 were found by their parents. The boys from Worth near North Fork had joined a search party to check a cabin they built as a forest fire raged on a mountain ledge. Ten rescuers returned after noting the cabin remained intact.
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West Virginia
Welch
W. Va
Harry Faust
Thomas Jones
Worth
Northfork
Faust
Jones
Swift and Company to build packing plant in Asheville
Officials announce purchase of land in Asheville for a Swift and Company packing and distribution facility serving Western North Carolina and nearby areas with construction to begin soon.
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Asheville
Swift and Company
North Carolina
Compulsory Cotton Control Favored by Washington Officials
Administration spokesmen forecast a record 18,243,000 bales of cotton this year and said compulsory controls may result. Officials noted the bumper crop comes from 33,736,000 acres, well below prior norms, and that subsidies and processing taxes could shift toward mandatory measures while loan rates and loan-backed stocks appear unlikely to rise.
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Washington, O No
Agriculture Department
Congress
Winston-Salem Band to Join Armistice Parade in Kansas City
Winston-Salem American Legion band of 40 players will participate in the Armistice Day parade in Winston-Salem along with Oak Ridge Military Institute cadets, two North Carolina national guard units, veterans groups, and local drum corps. parade form at 7 p.m. and proceed to First Presbyterian church then disband.
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Philadelphia
Kansas City Safety Council
Junior Safety Council
Cy Chisholm
Winston-Salem American Legion
Winston-Salem
Oak Ridge Military Institute
High Point
National Guard
252Nd Coast Artillery
Greensboro Greensboro
State Highway Commission
Main Street
Oak Ridge Cadet Corps
New Armory
Winston-Salem Legion Band
New York City
Union Memorial
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion
Post
Legion Hall
Washington Street
Legion
Building Picks Up In Lexington From October Permits
October proved strong for Lexington construction with 15 building permits issued by city inspector T Norman Owen. Estimated expenditures totaled 47695, more than tripling the previous year’s activity and signaling a robust month in 1937.
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Lexington
Navy
T. Norman Owen
Hudson plant closure sparks dispute over paint dept layoff
Hudson Motor Car closes Detroit plant amid a dispute over eight paint department layoffs. Company and United Automobile Workers say talks are ongoing and expect a reopening by Wednesday. plant employs between 10 000 and 12 000 workers.
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Hudson
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Mill at Lumberton Won't Appeal NLRB Ruling
Mansfield Cotton mill attorneys announced no appeal would be filed against a recent National Labor Relations Board order. The board ordered reinstatement of ten dismissed workers after a hearing found they were discharged for union activity by the Lumberton mill.
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Lumberton
Navy
Mansfield
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Portrait of late Rep Edward Pou unveiled in Smithfield ceremony
A portrait of the late Edward W. Pou of the fourth district will be unveiled at public ceremonies in Smithfield this afternoon, honoring the congressman’s memory.
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Pou
Smithfield
N. C
Agg
Edward W. Pou
Fourth District
Insurgent Miners Threaten Spanish Coast in 306 Mile Patrol
Warned by French naval authorities that insurgents intend to mine the Spanish coast from the French frontier to Almeria. The blockade would affect territorial waters as shipping is advised to exercise extreme caution along a 306 mile stretch.
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Port Vendress
France
Almeria
Mediterranean
House Studies Capital Gains Tax Proposed Changes
Washington scene reports a House tax sub committee backing modifications to the capital gains tax including possible loss carryover across years and a flat rate proposal. Treasury input anticipated on revenue effects while Roosevelt weighs budget relief and economic needs amid calls to balance the budget or expand pump priming funds.
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Washington
Treasury
Vinson
D-Ky
Mr. Roosevelt
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