Proclaimed Neutrality Hints in North Carolina Governor Race
Raleigh November 25 AP Persistent rumors say Governor Hoey may issue a statement declaring his neutrality in North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial contest The nomination is seen as key to the election and a formal neutral stance could lift an unofficial ban on gubernatorial announcements The field includes J M Broughton Tom Cooper Lee Gravely and others with no formal declared candidacy yet Continued on Page Two
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Hoey
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Ayor Tom Cooper
Wilmingon
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
London reports no British ships hit in new air raid
German air raids on the North Sea and attacks near the Orkney and Shetland Islands fail to score hits according to a British Admiralty statement. Mines and mine-laying fears circulate as Britain plans a new blockade of German exports while neutral nations protest.
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North Sea
Orkney and
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Orkneys
Britain
Great Scapa Flow
England
Clyde
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Berlin Says Four Vessels Struck In Big Plane Attack
Berlin reports Nazi bombing planes scored hits on four British warships in the North Sea about 560 miles from the German coast. The British admiralty acknowledged two bombing raids with no hits or casualties but many bombs dropped.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
North Sea
DNB
Wallace to tour Midwest in bid for farm support and possible 1940 bid
Secretary Wallace plans a Midwest swing next week to rally farm belt support for the administration's agricultural program. He will address Oklahoma City wheat and cotton farmers and speak in Chicago Des Moines and St Paul. Friends say the trip aims to counter GOP farm bids and push for processing taxes and farm subsidies.
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Wallace
Midwest
New Deal
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Etton
Alahoma City
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St. Paul
Des Moines
GOP
Walace
Treasury
Oklahoma City
University of Chicago Roundtable
American Farm Bureau Federation
Master Farmers
Farmers’ Union
Mid-West
Iowa
White House
Roosevelt
Woman and Child Die in Greenville House Fire
Coroner weighed an inquest into the deaths of Mrs. J. H. Bigham and 11 year old Martha Allee Daniel after a blaze in Greenville. The woman perished from burns and the girl from suffocation as flames and smoke swept upstairs from a downstairs den. The house itself survived the fire.
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D. C
George W. McCoy
J. H. Bigham
Columbia
Martha Allee Daniel
J. Reese Daniel
J. Reese Daniel, Jr
Wars Worst Week At Sea Ends
After seven days of heavy naval losses, reports clash over a North Sea air raid on British ships. German news agency DNB claimed direct hits on four war vessels while the British admiralty acknowledged many bombs, but denied hits.
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North Sea
DNB
North
Thirteen Hohenzollerns Serve in Hitler's Army Front
Berlin dispatch reports thirteen members of former Kaiser Wilhelm II's family serving under Hitler, with one grandson dead in Poland. Prince Oscar of Prussia commands a reserve regiment. two other sons hold lieutenant ranks in infantry and artillery. Crown Prince Wilhelm's sons are in active service or interned, while others face varied postings and surveillance.
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Supreme High Command
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Burehardt
Wilhelm
Cecilie
Friedrich
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Kutno
Prnce
Louis Ferdinand
Hindenburg
Air Force
Rangsdorf
Federal survey ordered by McNutt sparks possible reorganization
Paul V. McNutt ordered a survey of the Federal Security Agency to study administrative costs and efficiency with a view to reform. The agency employs 21,000 and spends about 800 million dollars annually. The plan weighs whether the Social Security Board should be replaced by a single director.
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Paul V. McNutt
Fowler Harper
FSA
Social Security Board
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Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Office of Education
Arthur J. Altmeyer
George E. Bigge
Ellen S
U S Studies Trade Protest Over British French Plan
U S State Department experts reviewed 24 year old precedents to decide whether to protest the latest British French plan to seize German exports. In 1915 William Jennings Bryan condemned a similar action as a breach of international law and warned Britain and France would be held responsible for damage to American interests.
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State Department
United States
Germany
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Britain
France
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Dixie Welfare Group Formed
Sev en state welfare officials forming a Southern Association of Administrators condemned federal agencies for dictating arbitrary personnel standards for welfare department staff. They said the National Social Security Board asks states to submit by January 1 a merit system for aid to the aged blind and dependent youth, warning such federal supervision clashes with democratic principles.
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Atlanta
National Social Security Board
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Southern Association of Administrators
War Nations Buy Planes
The State Department reported October exports of warplanes and engines totaling 9.27 million dollars for China and European neutrals, about double the yearly average. Exports to belligerents were embargoed, with embargo lifting reflected in lower exports to 1.26 million. Belligerent orders are expected in next report from the munitions control board.
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Washington
State Department
China
Great Britain
France
Mullilious Control Board
Union Orders Dodge Strike At Chrysler Main Plant
Union leader R. J. Thomas ordered an immediate strike at Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge main plant in Detroit, a key unit shut for 61 days over terms of a working contract. He accused Chrysler of pushing a forced back-to-work move and blamed a Friday attempt by foundry workers to enter the plant on corporate influence.
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Detroit
R. J Thomas
United Automobile Workers’ Union
CIO
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Few Split Issues Face Democrats In Congress
In the next session Democrats may clash over two main questions national defense funding and extending the Roosevelt tariff beyond June next year. Anti New Deal factions have often supported the President on such matters, suggesting disputes will stem from defense taxes and the Supreme Court vacancy rather than current debates.
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Congress
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Fom Congress
Supreme Court
Butler
Holland Eyes High War Cost
Rich Dutch merchants watch the king’s soldiers in Holland as the nation mobilizes for war. The Netherlands protests Britain’s blockade plan and weighs the cost of mobilization and supplies while trying to remain neutral. The army is mobilized and the water line defense looms as the prospect of invasion grows.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Hague
The
Netherlands
Holland
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Movie Strike Averted By Negotiation
Hollywood reports a 35,000 motion picture technicians strike was averted as producers agreed to a 10 percent wage increase. The raise would hold until February 15 1940 when the issue would be reopened or referred to three arbitrators if talks fail.
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