Maritime Commission Head Will Quit Post
Rear Admiral G Hamiet will withdraw from negotiations as pressure on the Pacific strike broadens. Chairman H A says talks to assess east coast implications and consolidate inquiries will proceed after his return to Washington. The two week coast shutdown tied up 178 ships with 37,000 striking workers and sympathy actions in Atlantic and Gulf ports.
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Hington
Maritime Commission
G. Hamiet
San Francisco
H. A
Wash
Pacific
Aefons
Edward F. McGrady
Yes
Hawaii
Ihe
Gulf
Kers
Atlantic
Telephone Group Will Open Meeting Friday in North Carolina
The two day convention of the North Carolina Independent Telephone association opens Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the Sedgefield Inn with about 75 attendees. Prominent national figures in the independent telephone field will speak including F B MacKinnon from Chicago and A L Geiger from Washington. Local speakers include J R Porter of Tarboro and L D Denemore of Mt Airy. A luncheon, golf and tennis are planned with a Friday night banquet and Saturday business session followed by lunch and adjournment.
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North Carolina Independent Telephone Association
Sedgefield Inn
Independet
Carolina Telephone Company
F. B. MacKinnon
Chicago
United States Independent Telephone Association
A. L. Geiger
Washington, D. C
National Association
GC. Deering
J. R. Porter
Tarboro
Robbins Tilden
High Point
North Carolina Association
E. H. Danner
Durham
W. ©. Darrow
Secre
Green Denies He Tried To Have Miners Ousted
Washington, Nov. 12. William Green denied charges he conspired to oust the United Mine Workers from the American Federation of Labor. The UMW executive board led by John L. Lewis accused him of conspiracy and summoned him to stand trial next Wednesday, though Green planned to attend the AFL convention in Tampa.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
William Green
American Federation of
John L. Lewis
Green
Tampa
Lewis
Rebels attack Madrid from northwest near University City
In heavy rain on November 12 insurgent forces pressed toward Madrid through the northwest University City sector, as 2 000 Catalan reinforcement troops were said to join to reach 6 000. Artillery roared overnight while government reinforcements moved into key points amid low cloud and rain, with heavy shelling on University City and surrounding approaches.
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Madrid
University City
Manzanares
Buenaventura Dirruti
Associated Press
Casa del Campo
Asa del Campo
Souiee
Budget Commission Studying Dget Requests For Biennial Year
Leigh Nov 13 advisory budget commission reports to the general assembly on biennial appropriations. They consider paring down requests or finding new revenue options. The Democratic party seeks sales tax repeal and asks for about 73 dollars per year per person in the new term. Institutions seek 7.4 million for permanent improvements, likely bond funded. State ending 1935 fiscal year shows 64 million. Officials expect a school budget request of about 25 million for the next year, up from 21 million approved this year.
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Leigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Democratic Party
Illinois Steel workers weigh wage scale protest
Washington November 12. Labor representatives from Illinois Steel Company held talks to protest a sliding scale wage increase. They indicated they might seek President Roosevelt’s aid to alter the terms of the work contract.
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Eshington
Gielilinois Steel Company
Any
Gent Roosevelt
Efto
Wed
Salvation Army Officials Of Carolinas Meeting Here
About 50 Salvation Army officers met in High Point for a one day conference on forming Boys Clubs in North and South Carolina. Adjutant R. M. Cowan led the session with two business discussions and a plan for a combined officers band under Yvan Williams. A 6 o’clock dinner featured speakers from Charlotte divisional headquarters as talks outlined Boys Club work and related activities.
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Carolinas
Salvation Army
High Point
R. M. Cowan
Speesion
Citadel
Charlotte
Treasury seeks 10 keep power
Treasury officials indicated the administration would ask Congress to extend its broad monetary powers indefinitely. A bill to sustain the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund and the president's authority to adjust the dollar's gold content was planned for introduction early in the new session.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
British Divorce Law Under Fire
In the House of Commons A P Herbert leads debate on the marriage act of 1937 urging abolition of the decree nisi and modernization of divorce laws following Mrs Ernest Wallis Simpson's case. The discussion marks renewed pressure on Britain’s divorce system.
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London
Great Britain
Ernest
Wallie
Automobile wreck fatality reported in Roanoke Rapids
C L Allsbrook of Scotland Neck died in a hospital here on November 12 from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck Tuesday.
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Roanoke Rapids
C. L. Allsbrook
Scotland Neck
Strikers Augment Ranks at Commonwealth Hosiery Mill
In Randleman North Carolina on November 12 workers from the boarding room dye house looping and knitting departments joined a walkout protesting a new docking system. About 50 workers were at the mill with dye house and other departments largely on strike. A meeting with local citizens yielded no agreement.
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Randleman
Commonwealth Hosiery
Henry I. Adams
High Point
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
BE. W. Freeze, Jr
Guilford County Seeks 2.5 Million Road Refund
Guilford County asks the state highway claims commission to recommend repayment of 2,502,991 for expenditures on five roads radiating from Greensboro. The hearing involved many counties as the panel reviews 60 million in road claim requests.
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Guilford County
Raleigh
State Commission
Senior
Guilford
Greensboro
Lenoir
Beaufort County
Pasquotank County
Hyde
New Hanover
Pamlico
Rockingham
Franklin
O Neil Wins Nobel Prize in Letters for 1936
American playwright Eugene O Neil awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm. The prize totals about 45000 dollars, boosted by the 1935 unawarded amount added to the current bequest. O Neil joins Anatole France and Kipling among laureates, and his career includes Pulitzer wins for Beyond the Horizon Anna Christie and Strange Interlude. He is noted for a planned eight play saga of an American family.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Erat O'Neill
playwrigh _ledee ae
O'Neill
Alfred B. Nobel
Eugene O'Neill
America
Sinclair Lewis
Anatole France
Thomas Mann
Tagore
Materlinck
Rudyard Kipling
Baker
Harvard
Anna Christie
Little Wharf
Provincetown
Mass
Many Seeking To Adopt Blond Baby
In New Orleans on November 12 a blue eyed blond infant boy, about eight days old, was found in St. Tammany parish woods carried by a dog. The child, six pounds three ounces and healthy, drew many would be foster parents, including Mrs. Louis B. Crawford who claimed the infant near Pearl River after seeing a brindle dog transport it.
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New Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
Charity Hospital
Louis BE. Crawford
WPA
Crawford
Pearl River
Pennsylvania Railroad declares 2 percent dividend
The Pennsylvania railroad directors declare a 2 percent dividend on 1936 earnings payable December 21 to stockholders of record November 23. This brings the total for the calendar year to 4 percent or $2.00 per share. The previous dividend was 2 percent in February.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Labor federation split over expulsion of Lewis and rebels
The American Federation of Labor executive council reportedly favors expelling John L. Lewis and his ten rebel unions by a nine to eight margin. The council suspended the unions two months ago for forming a rival industrial organization. A vote may be deferred and delegates at the convention could decide the action.
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Tampa
Fra
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
John Ll. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Debates at NC Baptist Convention End With Prayers
In Durham on November 12 the 106th North Carolina Baptist convention closed amid tense debate. The presiding officer paused for prayers to steady the gathering as it adopted a report on social service and civic righteousness. The document opposed war and compulsory military training for youth.
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Durham
106Th North Carolina Baptist Convention
Diplomat’s Marriage Plans in Moscow Stalled
Vice-Consul George Minor and Mildred Wright faced a wedding setback as Moscow’s Protestant minister, Rev Streck, known as the Diplomatic Pastor, vanished amid reports of his jail for involvement in an alleged plot against the government. The ceremony at the German Lutheran church and an embassy reception were canceled.
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Moscow
George Minor
Charleston
W. Va
Minor
Mildred Wright
Streck
Germany May Be Given Bid To Join Tri Power Group
Vienna reports indicate Italy Austria and Hungary consider a possible bid for Germany to join a tri power bloc formed to counter bolshevism Spanish socialism and the League of Nations. The talks followed Italy’s Ethiopia gains and featured remarks by Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg and Hungary’s Koopman von Yanya at a banquet closing the first day of a three nation conference.
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Germany
Tri-Power Group
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Spain
League of Nations
Vienna
Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Victor Emmanuel
Kurt Schuschnigg
Koopman von Yanya
Final Election Figures Given in North Carolina
North Carolina's final 1936 presidential totals show Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Garner with 616 171 votes, 392 888 ahead of Landon Knox. The statewide total reached 839 454, a new high. Clyde R. Hoey leads as governor elect with 542 139 votes to Grissom's 270 784.
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Raleigh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Garner
North Carolina
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
State Board of Elections
Scotland County
Clyde R. Hoey
William Grissom
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
William Lemke
Union
San Francisco Bay Bridge Opens to Public Traffic Today
The San Francisco Bay Bridge officially began automobile traffic at 1:36 p.m. local time linking San Francisco and Oakland. President Roosevelt will activate lights from Washington at 6:30 p.m. EST as the $77 million project, built in three years, debuts amid celebration despite a maritime strike.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Oakland
Roosevelt
Washington
Frank F. Merriam
Noted War Veteran Not Entitled to Spouse Compensation
Richard N. Billiott acting comptroller general said that Jesse Owen Gifford, declared legally dead in Tennessee five years ago, is not entitled to recover war service compensation money paid by his wife.
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Washington
Richard N. Billiott
Jesse Owen Gifford
Leagally
Tennessee
Weather Outlook for North and South Carolina
Cloudy conditions with rain this afternoon into tonight then colder on the coast. Friday should be generally fair with slight warming in the west and central areas. North winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville, southeasterly winds off the south coast, overcast with occasional rain in the north tonight and along the coast tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
North
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