Mussolini summons Fascist grand council for December 7
Rome rumor says Premier Mussolini called the Fascist grand council to meet at 10 p.m. Palazzo Venezia on December 7. No clear indication if the meeting concerns international affairs or internal problems. Raleigh report notes Attorney General McMullan discussed with state game commissioner Chalk about a possible appeal over federal jurisdiction in Pisgah National Forest, no decision reached.
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Mussolini
Grand Council
Palazzo Venezia
Italy
Raleigh
Harry McMullan
John D. Chalk
Pisgah National Forest
Memorial Tablet Honors Wingate Andrews At High Point High School
The Rotary Club and city school board dedicated an outdoor memorial tablet on the High Point Senior High campus in memory of T Wingate Andrews former superintendent. The event featured remarks by Nobl Praigg mayor O A Kirkman and Carter Dalton with songs by the student body. The tablet rests on a marble base and will have shrubs planted by Wingate Andrews family.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Rotary Club
City School Board
Andrews
Noble T. Praigg
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
O. A. Kirkman
Carter Dalton
Rotary Committee
Cecil Prince
Dalton
Wingate Andrews
High Point Rotary Club
Wingate
High Point
Romania government resigns after trade talks fail
The Romanian cabinet led by Argetoianu resigned as Germany pressed for cheaper oil and food, amid a failed 50 percent exchange-rate demand. King Carol asked a new government be formed. A German mission left Bucharest for Berlin after the rate hike bid failed.
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Bucharest
Germany
Rumania
Constantine Argetoianu
Carol
Argetoianu
Crown Council
Armand Calinescu
Iron Guard
George Argesanu
Romania
Berlin
Romania Names George Tatarescue to Form New Government
King Carol of Romania asked former Premier George Tatarescu to form a new cabinet after the existing government resigned amid a breakdown in trade talks with Germany. Berlin sought more oil and food at lower prices from Romania.
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Bucharest
Carol
George Tatarescue
Germany
Romania
Governor Receives Report On North Carolina Railroad Prepayment
H P Edwards who operates the state owned Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad under lease informs Governor Hoey that a five thousand dollar advance has been paid toward rental charges. He says business has improved since he took over the Goldsboro to Morehead City route and an additional five thousand dollars could be paid to wind up affairs if needed.
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Raleigh
Hoey
H. P. Edwards
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Edwards
Goldsboro
Morehead City
Morning Games Scoreboard from College Park and Delaware
Syracuse 10 Maryland 7 at College Park Md. Baldwin Wallace 22 Ohio Wesleyan 7 at Delaware Ohio. The scoreboard notes two college football or related early season results with listed teams and scores.
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Syracuse
Maryland
Delaware,c
Baldwin Wallace
Ohio Wesleyan
United States bombers land in Natal Brazil on flight home
Seven U S Army bombers arrive in Natal from Rio de Janeiro under Major Gen. Delos Emmons. They plan to depart tomorrow for Maracaibo Venezuela. Ten Brazilian officers accompanying the mission study U S defense methods as passengers.
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Natal
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Delos Emmons
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Des Moines Airport Hanger Fire Kills One, Hurts Two
A Des Moines Iowa airport hanger fire killed one worker and critically injured two others. Seventeen airplanes were destroyed along with equipment totaling 106000 dollars in losses. An adjacent airlines hanger was undamaged.
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Des Moines
Airlines
Syracuse Edges Maryland 10 7 in Turkey Day Clash
Syracuse's Orange surged late to beat Maryland 10 7 before about 5 000 fans. McPhail kicked a field goal and Zindahl added a one yard TD for Syracuse while Murphy ran 59 yards for Maryland's score.
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College Park
Syracuse
Fighting Orangemen
Maryland Terrapins
McPhail
Zindahl
Maryland
Murphy
Tremor rattles Missouri and Illinois towns Tuesday morning
A series of arth shocks lasting about 30 seconds shook Missouri and Illinois cities from 9 16 to 9 20 a m. Seismologist Rev James B Mac inane put the epicenter about 25 to 30 miles from St Louis. Residents reported dishes and furniture rattling as buildings shook and a rail passenger called the tremor terrifying.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
James B. Mac
J. Louis University
Kanas City
Jefferson City
Ste. Genefeve
Columbia
Festus and Hanni 1
Belleville
Alton
Pringfield
Chaster
Nora Collingan
Clayton
J. J. Auer
Kans City
Princeton Denies Browder Campus Speaking Privilege
Princeton University refused Earl Browder, Communist Party leader, permission to speak on campus while under federal indictment for obtaining a passport under an alias. An official spokesman cited the criminal offense against U.S. law and aligned with Harvard in restricting Browder’s campus appearance.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Earl Browder
University
Browder
United States
Harvard
Plane Turned Back By Guns
Paris reports anti aircraft fire prevented an invading plane after it crossed the city amid air raids. No bombs fell and the all clear was issued. Earlier alerts in Northern France noted several enemy aircraft losses as French and British forces claimed victories on Nov. 22.
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Paris
France
Flanders
Sue
Netherlands Protest British Seizure of German Exports
The Netherlands announced it protested to Great Britain over a decision to seize German exports on neutral ships. The Dutch envoy to London warned the measure would harm neutral countries that carry goods, even though aimed at Germany.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Great Britain
London
Germany
Re-elect Simms Baptist Convention President
North Carolina Baptist churches in Winston-Salem concluded their 109th annual session by re-electing R N Simms Sr of Raleigh as convention president for the coming year. Leslie H Campbell Buie's Creek was elected first vice president with C E Brewer Raleigh second vice president and Ralph Herring Winston-Salem third. An earlier general board election chose Louis Gaines Lexington as president. The meeting urged temperance and addressed home life, freedom, ministering to discharged prisoners, and churches and war.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Baptist Churches
R. N. Simms
Raleigh
Simms
A. J. Barton
Wilmington
Leslie H. Campbell
Buie’s Creek
C. E. Brewer
Ralph Herring
First Baptist Church
A. C. McCall
Smithfield
Louis Gaines
First Baptists
Lexington
I. G. Greer
Social Service
Greer
War Tactics Discussed By Hitler And Leaders
Berlin reports Hitler met with Germany's top military leaders at the chancellery for his annual fall briefing. Field Marshal Goering, Col. Gen. Brauchitsch, Grand Admiral Raeder and Col. Gen. Keitel attended as plans for the Polish campaign and western front were discussed. The German high command cited aerial reconnaissance gains over France and Great Britain and reported several French and German planes shot down in patrol actions.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Walther von Brauchitsch
Army
Erich Raeder
Navy
Wilhelm Keitel
Armed Forces High Command
Hitler
DNB
English Channel
France
Great Britain
London
England
Pirmasens An
AFL Demands Frank Policy Statement From Murphy
The American Federation of Labor urged Attorney General Murphy to clarify DOJ policy after Thurman Arnold announced anti trust prosecutions could target unions for unreasonable restraints. AFL leader William Green argues the Sherman Act, amended by the Clayton Act, excludes unions from enforcement and calls Arnold’s stance a perversion of the law. Arnold said actions may be illegal if union practices lack a reasonable connection to legitimate objectives like wages or bargaining.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Murphy
Poliy
William Green
AFL
Thurman Arnold
Atorney General
Indianapolis Central Labor Union
Arnold
Greene
Thanksgiving Meeting Ends in Tragedy in Philadelphia
Anthony Palazzo 81 and wife Josephine 79 were found dead in their Philadelphia home after a Thanksgiving visit, a boiled coffee pot flooded the stove, and a relief check and gas bill lay by the door. Eugene Conte, their son-in-law from Waterford North Dakota, discovered the scene.
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Philadelphia
Anthony Palazzo
Josephine
Eugene Conte
Waterford
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Palazzo
Drifting Mines in the North Sea Stir Maritime Debate
Navy reports 39 drifting mines sighted in the North Sea over two days spur experts to argue the mines were laid to deny British shipping lanes. Analysts cite mine numbers, submarine delivery, and blockades echoing World War patterns as causes of recent losses.
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Edward FE
Bomar
Washington
Navy
North Sea
British Waters
Hydrographic Office
Trenton
Earthquakes in Turkey Kill Hundreds Across Anatolia
Reports from Ankara say violent earth shocks over 24 hours leveled six villages in East Anatolia and caused heavy deaths, with Erzingan and surrounding areas hit hardest. Icy weather worsened suffering among homeless residents across western Turkey.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Erzingang
Parliament Is Adjourned In Wartime Britain
King George VI prorogued parliament in London as war powers stretch ahead. A new session opens Nov. 28 with a full dress debate on the war. The King's message says Germany invaded Poland in violation of solemn undertakings and vows to defend liberty and free institutions.
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London
George VI
Germany
Poland
Britain
Nazis Worm Secrets From British Spies
Berlin reports reveal Gestapo and British intelligence exchanged coded wireless messages for 21 days, exposing the identities of alleged anti-Hitler conspirators. The DNB claims Georg Elser confessed to planting the Munich bomb with British backing, while Capt. Richard Stevens and Sigismund Best face charges linked to the plot.
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Berlin
German Gestapo
DNB
Gestapo
Georg Elser
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Elser
Secret Service
Richard Henry Stevens
Sigismund Payne Best
Hitler
Inman
Walsh
Hague
Netherlands
Germany
Venloo
British Foreign Office
Ships Fall To Mines And Subs In Latest War Losses
London dispatch reports six more British French and neutral vessels lost to mines and submarines over the past week. Losses include the British steamer Darino sunk by a submarine with sixteen crew unaccounted for, and Elena R sunk by a mine with twenty four saved. A destroyer Gipsy was beached after a mine strike and a German air raid was downed off the east coast.
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Darino
Elena R
Geraldus
Candleston Castle
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
House of Commons
English
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Thames Estuary
Gipsy
Britain
Great Britain
Kelly Urges Unity To Preserve American Way Of Life
Raymond J. Kelly national commander of the American Legion called for unity among all organizations preserving the fundamentals of the American way of life. He urged a coordinated effort to protect institutions as a free people.
Thanksgiving Observed In Twenty Five States
The Associated Press reports Presidents Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt led gatherings in many states observing a split Thanksgiving dates. Some governors advanced or delayed the holiday, but the public proclamation for peace and prosperity was widely endorsed. In Warm Springs Georgia the President hosted seven patients for a ceremonial meal, while Plymouth Massachusetts planned a later celebration with New England communities.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Mrs. Roose
Velt
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Plymouth
Mass
New England
Colorado
Texas
Mississippi
Ark Royal Mystery Partially Explained
New York report cites eye witness accounts linked to the Overseas Press Club claiming German planes attacked the Ark Royal and a miracle saved the carrier. Sir Derwent Hall Caine says a bomber dropped a 500 pound bomb near the deck as anti aircraft fire repelled six Heinkel bombers, but the ship remained undamaged and unhurt.
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Overseas Press Club
Derwent Hall Caine
J. Ramsey MacDonald
Caine
Germany
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