U.S. Moves Chinese Embassy From Nanking To Hankow
United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and staff depart Nanking aboard the gunboat Luzon for Hankow where a temporary embassy is set up as Chinese government relocates under Japanese threat. Japanese planes hammer Wusih while Chinese defenses hold at key mid line.
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Shanghai
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Luzon
Nanking
Hankow
Hantow
Hupen
Johnson
George Atcheson, Jr
Z. Gail Paxton
Frank Roberts
James McHugh
Cahu
Wuhu
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Panay
Wusih
Thinese
Break for cold wave predicted in New York
Albany New York November 23 An early break in the season is forecast as temperatures fall to near zero in northern New York while western New York expects little change. Adirondack reports snow and record lows as Lake Placid records six degrees above zero and towns like Owl’s Head Malone Watertown and Bloomingdale report single digits or low teens.
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Albany
N. Y
Tony
Mercury
New York
Astern
Adirondack
Lake Placid
U S Deficit Surpasses FDR Estimate for Year
Washington reports the Nov 20 treasury deficit at 700 million dollars with seven months remaining in the fiscal year. President Roosevelt had forecast a 695 million gap for the year while three large tax collection dates in December March and June may narrow the shortfall.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
State official notes textile price drop may lower next year income tax
Capus M. Waynick, North Carolina director of purchase and contract, says state commodity buys reflect a price fall and textile declines will likely reduce income tax receipts next year. He cites ongoing economic uncertainty and possible mid 1938 recovery, with textiles hit hardest and unemployment funds affected.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
Waynick
South
North Carolina
Robbery in Elizabethtown Leaves Combs $25 Lighter
T W Combs reported being held up at gunpoint by two white men with blackened faces on South Main Street and robbed of $25. He later found the purse minus the money on Russell Street near the incident site. Police investigated but found no suspects.
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T. W. Combs
Willowbrook Street
C. C. Muse
South Main Street
Can
Winston Authorized To Issue Refunding Bonds
The local government commission executive committee authorized Winston-Salem to issue 490000 dollars in refunding bonds and sold 121200 dollars of securities for other sub-divisions. A 40000 issue of 90 day Davidson county notes was taken by Wachovia Bank at a premium of 1.63 with 1 percent interest.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Winston-Salem
Davidson County
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Pope Pius Improves After Health Setback
Vatican sources say Pope Pius showed clear improvement after a sinking spell last night. He has circulatory troubles and had been critically ill a year ago, but today appeared markedly better following medical injections.
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Vatican City
Panal
Pope Pius
Wallace outlines six point farm program for agriculture
Secretary Wallace told Kansas wheat producers that American agriculture must gain stability or risk becoming the forgotten industry. He urged a six point plan including exportable wheat surpluses, acreage goals, a permanent granary, crop insurance, retirement of sub marginal land, and price support funded by tariff equalizing taxes. The Senate farm relief debate also advanced in Washington.
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Wichita
Kans
Wallace
Kansas
Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Granite Workers Locked Out In Fairfield County
Granite and quarry unions set up a commissary at Rion Fairfield county to aid 250 to 300 workers out of work due to a lock out by quarry and granite plant owners. Fred Hatchell says plants were shut down as a result.
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Columbia
8. C
Rion
Fairfield County
Fred Hatchell
State Federation of Labor
Don Bestor Held in Jail Over Support Payment
Don Bestor, famed leader of the dance orchestra, remained in the county jail as his band pressed on with one-night engagements while he sought $5,000 to secure his release. His ex-wife, Mrs Hattis C Bestor, stated he owed back support for their son and had him arrested Sunday.
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Kankakebe
Inl
Don Bestor
Bestor
Hattis C. Bester
Labor spies blamed for auto strike in Pontiac
Detroit reports cite charges that paid provocateurs stirred the Pontiac Fisher Body plant walkout as UA W A leaders plan a grievance hearing and new talks with General Motors. Homer Martin aides promise an investigation as three men come under suspicion amid ongoing efforts to secure a lasting peace in the industry.
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Detroit
Pontiac
Mich
United Automobile Workers of America
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
Homer Martin
General Motora
Willard E. Hotchkiss
Chicago
Fisher
Agents Provocateurs
Walterer
Ternational
Francis Hansen
Martin
Mother Admits Slaying Woman in Jealous Homicide
Chicago police arrest Ada Szczytkowski wife of baker Rudolph Szczytkowski after she confesses to shooting Irene Kirstein a 26 year old bakery clerk multiple bullets. Ada says motive was rival for her husband’s affections and reveals details about a diamond ring and a $250 accordian gift.
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Chicago
Irene Kirstein
Rudolph Szczytkowski
Ada
Jack Lahey
Szczytkowski
Julius Sherwin
Rudolph
Trial Nearing End in Godwin Slaying Case at Lillington
Defense testimony nearly finished as 37 year old widow Lina Pope Godwin completes six hours on the stand in the slaying of her third husband Furman E. Godwin at Lillington.
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Lillington
Lina Pope Godwin
Furman
E. Godwin
Thanksgiving Drum Major and Drumstick Joust Returns
High Point observes Thanksgiving with the annual drum major and drumstick contest in city streets. The Merchant's Association says tax payments and city business pause for 24 hours as shops coordinate the lunchtime event while the police maintain normal duty.
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High Point
Merchant's Association
Not This Man's Fault That He Is Still Alive
Louis Arkin, 80, survived a fourth floor jump at his New York City home after a faulty fuse night. Police, alerted by a landlord, found Arkin on the window ledge. a life net was deployed as he leapt and landed safely in a room. He was hospitalized for observation.
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Northwest Airways
New York
Louis Arkin
Kings County Hospital
Arkin
Hitler Signals Demand for New Empire and Eastward Expansion
From New York, Hitler declares in Augsburg that Germany seeks the return of lost colonies and an expansive empire. He hints at further ambitions beyond colonies, aiming to gain territory in the Soviet Union and potentially curb Czech and Austrian interests, amid applause and talk of Britain and France-like empires.
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New York
Hitler
Augsberg
Stalin
Moscow
der Fuehrer
Olympus
Ukraine
Britain
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Community of Nations
Mutilated body of Rose Garcia found near Socorro
The 16 year old servant Rose Garcia was found in a shallow grave 17 miles north of Socorro New Mexico. District Attorney John Paron Burg said he was holding W B Cassidy a Socorro laundry manager for questioning. Cassidy had worked at the girl s home and provided information leading to the grave. Burg said Cassidy claimed Garcia killed herself and that her body was buried under two inches of sand.
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Socorro
N. M
Pretty Rose Garcia
John Paron Burg
Frank Knoblock
Burg
W. B. Cassidy
Cassidy
Here
Loyalist force drives insurgent cavalry from Ta Gus River front
Spanish government infantry reported near Casa Maricanterilla in Toledo province pushed insurgent cavalry back over a half mile along the Tagus River front. Barcelona communique notes heavy losses and ongoing field gun fire. Aragon actions yesterday centered on artillery exchanges.
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Hendaye
France
Tagus River
Casa Maricanterilla
Toledo
Barceona
Aragon
Spain
Former Deputy On Stand In Trial Of Harlan Coal Head
Richard Tackett, a former deputy sheriff, testifies in Ted Creech’s perjury trial before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Prosecutors plan to show Tackett’s claim Creech threatened him outside the committee room in spring. Nearly a dozen witnesses are expected as the trial enters its second day.
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Harlan Coal Head
Washington
Richard
Tackett
Ted Creech
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Creech
Harlan County
Kentucky
Senate Committee
United States
Labor Bill Stuck With Rules Group In Senate
Washington reports the long range farm bill debate continues as anti-lynching measures stall. House wage hour reform awaits committee action while progress on regional planning and tax changes unfolds amid party power maneuvers.
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Washington
Senate
Farm Legisla
House
Sena’ Warner
D-N. Y
Garner
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Rayburn
Texas
House Rivers and Harbor Committee
Rang
Open Fire Cured Markets Set Monday Start
Virginia fire cured tobacco markets will open Monday for the sale of an estimated state crop of 20,000 pounds. The season’s yield compares with 18,000,000 pounds last year and between 18,000,000 and 20,000,000 in prior years. Markets are Lynchburg Farmville Blackstone Brookneal Bedford and Drakes Branch. Lower stocks may support prices with Oct 1 stocks at 2,758,000 pounds versus 26,379,000 last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Henry Taylor
Lynchburg
Farmville
Blackstone
Brookneal
Bedford
Drakes Branch
Payne's Cronies Face Trial For Bank Robberies
Police Chief W H R Rawlinson said four alleged henchmen of Bill Payne would be tried in South Carolina. Two were arrested in Columbia and two in Fredericksburg Virginia. they face charges tied to at least seven South Carolina safe-crackings. Sam Thompson and Tick Proctor in Columbia would be tried here, while Eddie Cobb and Roscoe Grice captured in Virginia would await trial in the state.
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Columbia
8. C
W. HR. Rawlinson
Bill Payne
Fredericksburg
South Carolina
Payne
Jack Borden
Rawlinson
Sam Thompson
Tick Proctor
Virginia
Eddie Cobb
Roscoe Grice
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Wusik
U. S
N. C
Bill
William H
Murray
Tishomingo
Oklahoma
Social Security Board
Elizabethtown
R. Parker
Parker
Winston
Dance Orchestra
AU O
Say
Pontac
Baker
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
England
Lord Halifax
Halifax
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