Netherlands Belgium flood defense tightens frontier
Nations move to flood lowland areas and trench along the border after a shooting incident near Venloo. Dutch guards seal public buildings and civilians are moved as ambulances and buses prepare for air raid precautions.
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Netherlands
Venloo
Germany
Maastricht
Belgium
Essen
Utrecht
Maas
Waal
High Command
Hague
Rotterdam
The
Navy labor leaders expect Roosevelt to back Panama transfer
Washington telegram reports labor leaders after a White House conference say the president will likely approve a proposed transfer to Panama registry of eight United States Lines ships barred from the European war zone by the neutrality act. Indictments return in Cleveland over restraints of trade in glazing. nine individuals and three corporations charged. German scouting planes accused of violating Belgian neutrality. James Monroe Smith pleads guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion, gets 30 months on each count, to run concurrently with prior 30 month term. Tanker H H Rogers sails under Panamanian flag toward Colombia. H M S Northern Rover overdue and presumed lost. Nobel prize in literature awarded to Frans Eemil Sillanpaa. Richmond reports October sales up 4 percent. Swiss government calls up troops. British planes claim a German aircraft destroyed in North Sea.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Panama
United States Lines
Smith
New Orleans
Navy
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Wayne G. Borah
Russia Greets Hitler Escape From Death With Joy
Moscow reports the foreign office told a German ambassador Russia received with joy the news of Hitler’s escape from the assassination attempt and cheered the casualties from the bombing. The press printed extracts from German news dispatches accusing British agents of the plot.
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Moscow
Rusa
Foreign Office
Geran
Rus
Holf Hitler
Inferno destroys large Lowell building housing firms
A fire leveled a long lock building housing the staff ice and several business enterprises in Lowell early today. The National Saving Mill owner of the structure estimated the building damage at 17000 and the loss to contents at 35000.
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Lowell
Revere
National Saving Mill
Tructure
Roosevelt Hopes to Visit Asheville and Philly Game
President Roosevelt announced plans to attend the Army Navy football game in Philadelphia on December 2 marking his first West Point Annapolis game since taking office. He may stop in Asheville North Carolina to visit secretary Marvin H McIntyre who has been ill. He will also visit Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Roosevelt
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
West Point
Annapolis
White House
Asheville
N. C
Warm Springs
Marvin H. MclIntyre
Arlington Cemetery
North Carolina Methodist Conference dissolves into united church
The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South votes to join the United Methodist Church today, forming a unit with Southern, Northern and Methodist Protestant branches. Bishop Straughn and Bishop Peele address delegates as 600 gather. governor Hoey attends.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
United Methodist Church
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
M.D
Methodist Protestant Church
Board of Christian Education
William Walter Peele
Richmond
North Carolina Conference Brotherhood
Clyde Hoey
President Roosevelt to Speak by Phone at VMI Centennial
President Roosevelt will deliver a five minute telephone address at 11 30 a m EST tomorrow for the Virginia Military Institute centennial in Lexington Virginia. He had hoped to attend in person but will not be present.
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Washington, Navy
Rosevelt
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Army Plants Mines Along Pacific Atlantic Coasts
The army is placing 19 mine strings along harbor entrances on both coasts. Each 200 pound TNT submine is wired to a control point miles away and sits about 30 feet below the surface. crews know exact rows via triangulation for harbor defense against invasion.
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Army
Pacific
Atlantic
Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Fortress Monroe
Navy
Leonard Bound Over in Randolph for Robbery Cases
Leonard waived preliminary examination before Magistrate Z L Keever and was returned to Randolph County jail when unable to post 16500 bond. He faces robbery with firearms 7500 assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill 5000 and an attempted robbery at Johnson Service Station. Paul Blackman posted 2000 bond for Superior Court.
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Morris Ledman
Leonard
Paul Blackman
Oalsc Thar Odil NU UP NU
Johnson
Blackman
Superior Court
Correct faults of destroyers addressed by navy
The Navy disclosed overweight design had reduced destroyer stability but says fully adequate corrective actions are in place. Charles Edison told Senator Vandenberg the destroyers will be superior to earlier types and provide reliable peacetime service and stronger wartime performance.
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Washington
Navy
Charles Edison
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Edison
Michigan
Vandenberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Herald
Congress
Secret Nazi Radio In Mexico Report Under Inquiry
Reports that secret German radio stations are sending naval intelligence from deep inside Mexico to sea raiders are under investigation by allied and neutral agents. While evidence is inconclusive, a transmitter may exist in Chiapas state, complicating Mexican control efforts.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Republic
Chiapas State
U. S. Planes Give French Edge In Air
American Curtiss planes with 323 mph top speed face German Mesershmidt fighters. French pilots, with seasoned WWI experience, use superior maneuverability and control. Early reports suggest only a small edge for any side, with French air victories aided by training and tact.
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Devon Francis
New York
Western Front
England
Germany
Messersschmidt
United States Army Air Corps
Curtiss
France
Japanese Attack Forces Dardanus Down at Waichow Island
Passengers of the British airliner Dardanus report a 20 minute Japanese air attack as five planes strafed the ship near Waichow. The plane was forced down for flying low over a prohibited area on the Hanoi route. US consul Krentz protested to the Japanese consul over endangering an American passenger.
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Hong Kong
Dardanus
Canton
Waichow Island
Hongkong
Hanoi
Intercontinent Corporation of
New York
Kenneth C. Krentz
United States
Waichow
Finnish Soviet Negotiations Stall Over Base and Territory
Helsinki reports no basis for an agreement after cabinet reviews the Moscow delegation’s latest report. Sources say Russia seeks a naval base lease on Finland's southern coast and a swap of Karelian Isthmus for less developed northern Russian land. President Kyosti Kallio vows no concessions risking independence or neutrality.
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Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Karelian
Kyvesti Kallio
Tobacco prices surge as market sells over one million pounds
Winston Salem reports selling about 1.1 million pounds of tobacco with prices up to 60 dollars per hundred. Dry weather curtails supply while buyers like M. M. Boles, Jim Lasley, and many firms record top lots and varied yields across numerous lots.
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Winston-Salem
Booth
M. M. Boles
Jim Lasley
Tuttle
Jones and Waggoner
E. H. Canada
O. L. Hartgrove
A. M Payne
Sallie Lane
C. F. Ingram
A. D. Southard
Dobbins and
J. A. Shelton
C. O. Hollingsworth
Carder and
C. A. Sink
Holt and
Elbert Mikels
Frank White
W. A. Smith
Southern and Gentry
W. L. Hayworth
John Tussey
Lois Lawson
T. W. Stanley
Vandy Hobson
5. A. Flinchum
L. B. Cranfill
Earl Neal
Brown
Four Teens Die In Stockton High School Crash
In Sacramento four people were killed and five injured when two cars carrying high school students returning from a football game collided on the Upper Stockton highway. Both cars were demolished.
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Sacramento
Calif
Stockton
Regenerated Tammany To Have Voicen Nomination
National politicians view Tammany’s rebirth as a key off year shift with potential to influence the next presidential election and the Democratic nominee. The revamped body blends old and new faces, boosting Jim Farley’s power in national and state roles and shaping delegates for the 1940 convention.
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W. B. Bagsdale
Washington
Big Jim
Farley
New York
New York State
Bronx
Roosevelt examines human factors in ship transfers under neutrality act
President Roosevelt said eight US vessels could legally transfer to foreign registry but options are studied for human and property impacts. He proposed placing laid off seamen under Social Security and unemployment benefits, and discussed training schemes funded by the government for workers, with ships possibly used to secure strategic materials. He noted legal transfers without setting a precedent and plans to consult maritime leaders and the maritime commission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
North Atlantic
Congress
United States Line
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
East Indies
British Isles
Thomasville to Have New Hotel
Thomasville plans a modern three story hotel with 33 rooms on the Baywood site after the current hotel was destroyed by fire. Architect Tyson T. Ferree of High Point is drawing plans for a brick, fireproof structure costing about 50 thousand dollars with two stories a basement dining room lobby and waiting rooms.
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Z. V. Crutchfield
Tyson T. Ferree
High Point
Baywood
Crutchfield
Crut
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