Special Broadcast on The Plight of Jews in Germany
Noted figures Hoover Landon King and Bishop Hughes join a WABC CBS network program at 8 pm EST to discuss The Plight of Jews in Germany. Hoover will speak from San Francisco Landon from Topeka King from Washington and Hughes from New York. A commercial slot was canceled to air the discussion.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
William King
Utah
Edwin E. Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
WABC
CBS
Germany
Hoover
San Francisco
Landon
Topeka
King
Washington
Bishop Hughes
Independent movement faces weak gains in recent elections
Political observers note a pale recovery for independents with four Senate seats and three House seats at stake, bringing hopes of a backsliding of reform groups. Frank Murphy argues the Socratic party, not a third party, best channels progressive forces for 1940.
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Michigan
Frank Murphy
Ohio
Robert Bulkley
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Ashington
F. H. la Guardia
New
Congress
Senate
House
Shipstead
Lundeen
Nor
la Follette
Minnesota
Wisn
Vest
Democratic Party
Cou
Socratic
Rphy
Nion
Bankers Gather For Annual Meet In Houston
NKERS GATHER A ANNUAL MEET in Houston Texas on November 14 with American bankers predicting Republican gains will bolster business confidence. William A Irwin of the American Institute of Banking says the New Deal era is ending and the bankers hope for a return to stability as leaders discuss economic turmoil, debt repayment, and potential tax and monetary policy changes. W Adams of Salt Lake City, president of the A B A, notes the election results may bring checks and balances and lower interest rates, while stressing the need for a healthier money system and reduced government competition.
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Uston
Tex
Ion
Ation
Asd
Liam A. Irwin
Ameri- Institute of Banking
Main Street
Wall Street
W. Adams
Salt Lake
Yates
Adams
Chamberlain Announces Anglo Italian Pact Activation
Prime Minister Chamberlain said the Anglo Italian agreement reached last Easter would take effect November 16. He made the declaration in a written reply to a House of Commons question.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Body of Henry Edmundson Found in Creek Near Snow Hill
The body of 25 year old Henry Edmundson was recovered from a creek near Snow Hill. Coroner F A Moseley ruled the death a self inflicted drowning after Edmundson had been missing for a week.
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Wilson
Henry Edmundson
Snow Hill
F. A. Moseley
Edmundson
Roosevelt visit to Columbiainspires White House talks
Governor Olin D Johnston and a Carolina delegation arrived in Washington to confer with White House aides on the likelihood of President Roosevelt visiting Columbia South Carolina next month.
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Washington
Ernor Olin D. Johnston
Carolina
White House
Roosevelt
Columbia
S. C
Governor Hoey invites Roosevelt to Raleigh visit
Governor Hoey announced Roosevelt is invited to Raleigh to be entertained at the executive mansion on December 5 during the president's visit to Chapel Hill for a speech. The encounter would bring the national leader to North Carolina events this winter.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Chapel Hill
Hoey Declines Intervening in Iredell Rape Case
Governor Hoey announced he would not intervene on behalf of Ea Robinson a Black man sentenced in Iredell County to be executed Friday for rape. The decision closes avenues for clemency as the date approaches.
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Hoey
Raleigh
Ea Robinson Negro
Iredell County
Bank cashier fined in banking law violation case
Judge I M Meekins in Federal District court fined Dunn branch cashier F B Graham 8000 and placed him on probation five years for misapplication of 1067 dollars. Enoch W Wilson of Selam burg, former state legislator, was convicted in the same case and received a three year prison term. Graham testified against Wilson.
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Raleigh
I. M. Meekins
Federal District Court
F. B. Graham
Dunn
First Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Graham
Enoch W. Wilson
Salemburg
Meekins
Wilson
State Baptist Pastors Meet for Raleigh Conference
Ministers from across the state convene in Raleigh for the annual Baptist pastors conference a prelude to the state convention. Speakers include J M Broughton of Raleigh and Drs Rusell Maddry Powell Scarborough and Powell with plans discussed for ministers retirement and the Biblical Recorder purchase. The 471000 Baptists will gather at 10 am with R N Simms Sr presiding.
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Raleigh
Tabernacle Baptist Church
J. M. Broughton
John R.mpey
Louisville
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
Albert Russel
Duke University
The
Baptist Convention
Biblical Recorder
the Baptists
R. N. Simms
Rableigh
Forrest C. Frezer
William Jewell College
Liberty
R. Scarborough
Southern Baptist Convention
Fort Worth
Tex
Charles FE. Maddry
Foreign Mission Board
Richmond
W. F. Powell
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn
Army plane crash kills two Guardsmen near Sparta
An army observation plane crashed into a foggy hillside during a heavy rainstorm near Sparta Tennessee killing two New York state national guard lieutenants.
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Sparta
Tenn
New York State National Guard
Here
Daladier moves to stifle opposition to finance plan
Paris reports that Daladier’s government seeks to limit action to 82 decree laws adopted Saturday as opposition from Socialist and Communist parties and the General Confederation of Labor plans a fight to the finish. Reynaud’s measures repeal the 40 hour week, raise taxes, and hike sugar tobacco and transit prices. Two more decrees slated for Tuesday would require foreign merchants to obtain licenses and allow public employee groups to form cooperatives for wholesale purchases.
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Paris
Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
General Confederation of Labor
la Popu
Laire
Leon Blum
L’humanite
Reynaud
France
Blum
Lille
Front
Chamberlain Details British Protest Over Nazi Press Attacks
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain disclosed a strong British protest to Germany over Nazi press attacks linking British leaders to the Paris shooting that killed Ernst Vom Rath. He said Britain would aid Jewish refugees and warned of claims for damages, noting Eden and Duff Cooper had resigned over policy differences.
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London
Germany
Paris
House of Commons
Chamberlain
der Angriff
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Ernst von Rath
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Alfred Duff Cooper
Eden
Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Churchill
Charmbelain
Britain
Vom Rath
Berlin
George Oglvie-Forbes
Herr Vom Rath
Owe
Wintry Weather Bites Midwest Across Plains and Great Lakes
A November cold snap drops below freezing across Illinois and neighboring states. Devils Lake North Dakota and Bemidji Minnesota report the coldest readings, while South Dakota highs reach 12 above in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Park Falls, and other cities see eight to 24 above. Snow accumulations range from traces to several inches in North and South Dakota. Albany New York sees melting precipitation as Jamestown endures a near blizzard near Chautauqua Lake.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
North Dakota
Minnesota
C. A. Donnel
Devils Lake
N. D
Bemidji
Minn
South Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Park Falls
Milwaukee
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Jamestown
Chatauqua Lake
Prisoner Captured After Five Hour Augusta Warehouse Siege
In Augusta Georgia a five hour siege ended with one burglary suspect killed and another captured. Jack Farlow 45 of Atlanta was booked while the dead man was identified as Lawson Roy G Murrell of Washington DC though a Columbia police check found the address fictitious. Tear gas forced the pair from the warehouse of the Augusta Barnwell Beverage Company after they blew the outer safe. Forty officers assisted in the operation.
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Augusta
C. J. Wilson
Jack Farlow
Atlanta
Lawson
R. E. Elliott
Roy G. Murrell
Duncan Street
Columbia
D. C
Columbia Police
Wilson
Augusta-Barnwell Beverage Company
Jews Expelled From All Nazi Schools Today
Berlin authorities move to expel Jewish students from all universities technical schools and higher learning after Goering and Goebbels decrees. Parents and professors previously removed, restrictions extend to lectures and admission playoffs. looming decree promises total exclusion from schooling.
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Berlin
Bernhard Rust
Germany
Rust
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paul Joseph Boebbels
Insurgent Troops Capture West Bank of Ebro River
Spanish insurgents report advance on the west bank of the Ebro river driving government troops back across the water near Asco about 10 miles northeast of Gandesa. The insurgent communique cites Francoist attacks and counterattacks on the Estre-Madura front in southwestern Spain and the Valencia front.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Asco
Gandesa
Francisco Franco
Estre- Madura
Spain
Valencia
CIO Chieftain Opens First CIO Convention in Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis led the opening session with a fierce defense of industrial unionism and Jewish and minority protections. He warned against Nazi Germany, urged unity against oppression, and pledged orderly procedure for a permanent CIO organization rivaling the AFL.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Local Men Made M. P. Ministers
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Protestant church ordained nine young men to the full rights of the ministry. Ordained were Robert Martyn Smith Thomas Edward Strickland Oscar Lee Easter Clarence Poe Morris Robert Edward Lee Moser William Claude Clark Emsley Paul Hamilton Kenneth Gordon Holt and William Herman Yokeley. The ordination sermon was preached by Dr. P. E. Lindley and the memorial service was led by Dr. J. E. Pritchard.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
High Point College
J. E. Pritchard
High Point
Former major league player Leslie Nunmaker dies in Hastings
Leslie G. Nunmaker aged 49, a former major league baseball player, died at his Hastings home after several months of illness.
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Hastings
Neb
Leslie G. Nunmaker
Smetona Reelected President of Lithuania for Seven Years
Antanas Smetona, age 64, was reelected today as Lithuania's president for a seven year term. He ran unchallenged as the sole candidate by the newly chosen 128 member Parliament in Kaunas.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Milton Says Private Power Board Aims to Destroy Newspaper
Milton charges private power interests seek to destroy the Chattanooga News for backing the TVA. He cites Tennessee Utilities Commission actions against the Tennessee Electric Power Co and asserts TVA support benefits the valley and nation while private assets should be bought at a fair price.
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Nashville
Tenn
George Fort Milton
Chattanooga News
Chattanooga Free Press
Tennessee Valley Authority
Milton
Des Moines
Iowa
TVA
Leon Jourolmon, Jr
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Free Press
Chattanooga
Roy McDonald
McDonald
New Deal
Chattanooga Electric Board
Tennessee Commission
Commission
Tennessee ‘Electric Power Company
Japan Rejects Western Protests Over Yangtze Navigation
Tokyo reports Japan refuses to open the Yangtze to foreign ships despite protests by the United States Britain and France. Tokyo cites ongoing military operations Chinese guerrillas river mines and blockades as reasons to bar nonJapanese vessels until conditions improve.
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Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
France
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Foreign Office
Japan
Kiangyin
Shanghai
Hankow
Perairen
Shuford Addresses Wages Hours Push at National Congress
North Carolina labor commissioner F H Shuford and South Carolina's John W Nates urged their legislatures to enact wage and hour laws aligned with the national act. Shuford announced plans to push a Carolina wage hour bill when their January sessions convene, as Nates echoed intent for South Carolina. Duke also attended the conference.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
F. H. Shuford
John W. Nates
Shuford
A. L. Fletcher
Congress
Perkins
Nates
Jehn H. Dukes
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