High School Faces Blackshirt Revolution Plot
In Oklahoma City on November 24 a school investigation probed a blackshirt movement calling for a bloodless revolution. Leaders like Walser and Manford Ishmael defended their plan for a new social and economic order inspired by Russian socialist ideas. They claim no laws bind them while embracing assembly and free speech. officials and Principal Baker vow to enforce school rules and consideration of expulsion.
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Los Angeles
News
St. Louis
Chicago
Ngstown
Ohio
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Ecommissar
Manford Ishmael
Ted
Baker
Classen
Ishmael
Alser
Ker
Philos
Hooey
Im tor queen of the seas referenced in holiday note
The item recalls an Imperial torpedo era ship and signals amid Christmas memories from 26 years ago. It notes the loss of a vessel earlier in the year with seven lives, mentions Rosenthal gang curiosities, and mentions Dalcroze topics as festive chatter.
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Rosenthal Gang
Chamberlain Likely to Call on Windsor Duke in Paris
In Paris on November 24 a member of Prime Minister Chamberlain’s suite said it was quite likely he would call on the Duke of Windsor during his official visit. Such a meeting would signal a further step toward reconciliation between the former king and the British royal family and government. The Duke and the American Poe were in Paris for a three day visit, with Poe reportedly sending his card to the Duke’s hotel and the ex king expressing a desire to meet that night.
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Americana Poe
Pvia
Jone Bak v
Chee
State Elections Board Dismisses Appeals From Counties
The state board of elections dismissed appeals from Alexander Ashe Cherokee Clay and Tyrrell counties after ad journment. Graham county officials were ordered to reconvene December 1 to review 367 challenged votes. A Franklin county tie for constable was sent to the Attorney General. The board will reconvene Tuesday to canvass returns.
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Alexander
Ashe
Cherokee
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Tyrrell
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Constable
Harris Township
Franklin County
McMullan
Graham Republicans
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
State Elections Board
State Senate
R. B
Jack
Tolerance And Peace Asked In Special Prayer
Thanksgiving services nationwide urged peace and tolerance as Jews and Christians faced attacks abroad. In Plymouth Rabbi Samuel F Fried man called anti Semitism the response to bigotry. Roosevelt spoke from Warm Springs of refugee hopes and planned attendance at the infantile paralysis foundation chapel.
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Plymouth
Mass
Samuel F. Friedman
United States
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Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Palestine
CCC
Snow
Mistrial Ordered In Murder Hearing
Newton, Nov. 24. Judge Wilson Warlick ordered a mistrial in the murder case of four defendants Sam Bost James Ennis Mose Brown and Mary Boyd charged in the February 17 1936 slaying of R O Hawn former constable and auto salesman. Jurors deliberated 24 hours without reaching a verdict and the case must be called in superior court again. The state alleges the group killed Hawn and hid his body near Brookford school.
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R. O. Hawn
Wilson Warlick
Sam Bost
Hickory
James
Jack) Ennis
High Point
Mose Brown
Burke County
Mary Boyd
Hawn
Brookford School
Chinese Japan war moves within twenty miles of Crown Colony
British Hongkong endures a tense frontier as 2,000 Japanese land near Canton and push toward the Canton Kowloon Railway. Chinese irregulars and provincial troops retreat toward delta defenses while refugees flood into British territory. A Japanese plane drops pamphlets warning villagers to submit.
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Bias Bay
Chungwing
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Yochaw
Yingcheng
Hunan
Changsha
Hubeh
Stockyard Strike Peace Nears in Chicago
Prospects for settlement grow as leaders from the CIO Stock Handlers Union and the Union Stockyards and Transit Company agree to an initial conference Saturday morning. The workers walked out Monday, halting trading at the world’s largest livestock market. Key demands include a written contract a closed shop and a checkoff. Vacations with pay overtime pay and a 40 hour week are seen as bridgeable. Holiday closures marked the day in South Side packing town.
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Chicago
Union Stockyards and Transit Company
South Side
Turkey Hunt Turns Turkey Run In Oklahoma City
A rancher’s trip through Oklahoma City ends in a mishap as about 70 hunted gobblersescape. Only 20 turkeys were recovered, leaving timid townsfolk and bold hunters alike on even footing for Thanksgiving.
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Olahoma City
Oklahoma City
Christmas parole hopes for 42 Missouri inmates dashed
Probation officer Howard Hill left holiday parole applications in his parked car at the Missouri penitentiary. The papers were stolen, dampening chances for the 42 prisoners' holiday releases.
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Kansas City
Missouri Penitentiary
Howard Hill
Cadett hunter bags wolf and bear in opening game season
Charles Klass of Cadett, Chippewa Falls, enjoyed a lucky start to the big game season. He was praised for a good wolf shot that earned a $20 bounty and bragged about a 800 pound bear and a large buck he also produced, jokingly noting a missed deer.
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Charles Klass
Cadett
Klass
No Handicap Hunter Persists After Leg Cast
In Williamsport, L. KB. Warner injured in an accident and told he could not stalk game. He traveled to a relative’s home and, aided by friends, found a promising spot near a wood and shot rabbits in quick succession.
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Williamsport
L. KB
Warner
Mooney Lawyers File Sixth Pardon Plea in Bombing Case
Tom Mooney's attorneys drafted his sixth pardon application on November 24 in San Francisco, expressing hope for the first time that he may be freed after years imprisoned for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing.
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Siath
San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Sears
Fire Rages Through Parched California Ranges
Los Angeles reports vast fires scorch two Southern California ranges burning over 8000 acres and destroying at least 2 million dollars in property. Thousands fight five fronts as 350 homes are burned and celebrities’ estates face threat along Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades areas.
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Arrowhead Springs
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Rebel Bombers Hit Barcelona Again in Latest Raid
Nine swift Insurgent bombers struck Barcelona in the eighth raid in 22 hours, adding new deaths while the toll from prior raids rose to 48 dead and 1448 wounded. Government ships chased the invaders as searchlights stayed off to conceal positions.
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Mediterranean
High Point Power Case Heads Back to North Carolina Supreme Court
North Carolina's Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Duke Power next week over a Guilford county injunction. The issue centers on High Point's hydroelectric project and whether revised city actions still fall within the court’s permitted scope or constitute an unlawful broader power venture.
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Yadkin County
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High Point
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E. C. Bivens
Colombia recalls minister to Berlin over incident
Colombia recalls its minister to Germany Rafael Gamarillo after an incident during anti Jewish violence in Berlin. He planned to leave for Paris as protests reached Berlin’s foreign office. The recall leaves the post vacant amid diplomatic tension.
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Garamillo
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Rocha-Schloss
Hitler
Hopkins Denies Taxing Quotation
New York November 24. Harry L Hopkins Works Progress Administrator denies ever saying We will spend and spend tax and tax elect and elect. He says the quotation was attributed to him in a Washington dispatch and has no basis in fact. Arthur Krock replies that he first published the line in September and had reprinted it often since.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
New York Times Today
Hopkins
Washington Dispatch
Arthur Krock
Times’ Washington
The
Times
Kroc
Krock
Nashville Power Plant Destroyed By Fire
Nashville city agencies work to switch to a utility company after a fire of undetermined origin destroyed the municipal power plant, plunging streets into darkness.
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Nashville
Tenn
Striking Miners Swell Total In Protest Against Daladier
In Paris a wave of strikes expands across northern France with more than 40 000 workers involved. About 14 000 coal miners seized pits while 26 000 metal workers protest 40 hour week policies and factory evictions. Rail workers also join, targeting Angin and other mines as police move to end occupations.
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Daladier
France
Angin
Secret meetings sharpen U.S. defense plans for 1000 planes monthly
Washington reports three days of talks between the War Department and aircraft officials shape a broader program for Congress. Key aims include building 9,280 air force planes, expanding navy to about 4,000, and a two year munitions and construction push totaling billions with major material stockpiles and pilot training.
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War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
AIR Force
Army
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Navy
Regular Army
National Guard
Winter Closes Around Nation Across Thanksgiving Day
Wintry weather gripped much of the nation as rain snow and fog hampered travel and freezing temperatures spread from Montana to the South. Two southern California mountain ranges suffered property losses estimated at two million dollars. Major games faced hardship with snow and cold winds. airline flights were canceled into Shreveport while fog disrupted East air traffic. Lookouts atop Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga recorded subfreezing temps as Tennessee cities saw varied precipitation.
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