AFL Urges National 20 Hour Week To Fight Unemployment
The American Federation of Labor delegates back the 30 hour week as a path to curb unemployment and stabilize society. A committee argues shorter hours boost efficiency while offsetting economic downturns, urging Congress to enact a national 20 hour week amid rapid technological change and past wage losses.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Lateday
A. F. L. ‘Executive Council
Congress
Jety
British Cabinet In Emergency Session Reflects Spain Policy
Britain shows cautious shift in stance toward Germany and Italy while cabinet reviews Spanish situation. Eden reaffirms protection of Belgium as Van Zeeland visits London amid Locarno talks. arms ban to Spain and neutral shipping guarantees under consideration.
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London
Britain
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Poland
Francisco Fran
Madrid
Anthony Eden
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
van Zeeland
Spain
Bar
Soviet Japanese Border Clash Reports From Manchuria
The Japanese News Agency Domei said at least two Japanese soldiers were killed after a Russian firing near Changtenying in northeastern Pinchiang. Japanese forces captured a trench mortar and a heavy field gun during the engagement.
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Manchoukuo
Oping
Changtenying
Pinchiang
Domei
Overdue Ship Kasilef Reaches Seward and Seldovia
MEAV Alaska Nov 27. After a terrific storm in the Gulf of Alaska, the overdue ship Kasilef arrived at Seward and Seldovia with a substantial number of passengers. Passengers glad to reach safety after gales and fogs and the weary journey.
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Alaska
Qulf
Kasilef
Seward Seldovia
Roosevelt Hits Aggression In South American Address
Paris dispatch reports Premier Leon Blum using executive power to force labor talks as France endures a new wave of occupation strikes. Metal workers in the Sambre Basin walkout. Le Havre and Bordeaux dock workers refuse unloading while Marseille workers allow the liner Excambion to unload after officers explained the ship had left the United States earlier.
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Paris
Leon Blum
National Economic Council
France
Sambre
Manbege
le Havre
Bordeaux
Marseille
United States
Roosevelt Addresses Brazilian Congress on Peace Efforts
President Roosevelt told a joint Brazilian congress that aggression cannot be countenanced and the Buenos Aires peace conference offers a chance to banish war from the Americas. He urged steadfast unity, peaceful means, and a serene view of common needs as Inter American efforts advance.
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Rio
Janeiro
Roosevelt
United States
Buenos Aires
New World
inter-American Congress
Brazil
KB. G. Fonter
Roaul Fernandez
Homer Ragan In Critical Condition
Thomasville report says A Homer Ragan prominent textile manufacturer is critically ill at his East Guilford street home after a stroke. He previously had a heart attack last spring and had regained some strength, working at Ragan Knitting Mills recently despite poor health. Relatives are at his bedside.
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Thomasville
A. Homer Ragan
Ragan Knitting Mills
Duffy Wins Injunction Over Child’s School Attendance
In New Bern on November 27 H Bryan Duffy secured a temporary injunction requiring Craven County school officials to allow his daughter to attend school despite not meeting the minimum age requirement.
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New Bern
H. Bryan Duffy
Craven County
Trio Injured As Coast Line Train Hits Load Of Shavings
A white man and two Black men were seriously hurt when an Atlantic Coast Line westbound train struck a truck hauling shavings to Fayetteville. Injured: W. T. Moore of Fayetteville, and Ailfred Monzon and Alex Williams. All were taken to Fayetteville hospitals.
Mrs Simpson Receives Heavy Guard to Face Threats
London reports intensified security for Mrs Wallis Simpson as police monitor daily more than 300 hostile letters. Two patrolmen guard Cumberland Terrace with a third checking for explosives in parcels sent to the Baltimore debutante. A secretary screens correspondence before it reaches her.
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London
Wallis Simpson
Edward
Baltimore
Railroads Join Fight Over Truck Weight Rules
Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line and Charleston and Western Carolina railroads seek to answer truckers' challenge to a South Carolina weight limit of 20 000 pounds. A three judge federal court and the Interstate Commerce Commission will hear arguments Monday on federal preemption of state trucking restrictions. Barnwell Brothers and ten other truckers allege the federal motor carrier act of 1935 voids state controls on interstate operations.
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Columbia
8. C
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Charleston
Western Carolina
J. Lyles Glenn
South Carolina
Glenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barnwell Brothers
North Carolina
Carolinas
Georgia
New Hope Held in Ship Strike
Government movement of food ships to Alaska offered a potential precedent for resolving the month long maritime strike dead lock as unions and international boycotts threaten wider port blockades. The ILWU district council watched a possible release of government chartered vessels for Alaska relief while plans for Hawaii relief surfaced. Mexican workers' confederation broadened the boycott to Atlantic ports as French unions resisted lifting orders against U S lines at Le Havre and Marseille dock workers refused unloading coke from an American freighter.
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San Francisco
Alaska
New Hope
District Council
The
International Longshoremen’s Association
Hawaii
Mexican Confederation of Workers
Mexico
Pacific
Gulf
Roosevelt Reaches Rio on Inter-American Peace Mission
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Rio de Janeiro aboard the Indianapolis for a 12 hour stay on the inter American peace conference voyage. He is greeted warmly by Brazil's Getulio Vargas with a formal welcome including bands salutes, schoolchildren singing the Star Spangled Banner, and official escorts.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Franklin D. Rooseveltt
United States
Brazil
Indianapolis
Athem
Getulio Vargas
Buenos Aires
Vargas
Cobras Island
Sao Paulo
Hugh S. Gibson
Oswaldo Aranha
Washington
Rodney H. Smith
United States Coast Artillery
Rio
C. C. Gill
United States Naval Mission
Mana Pier
Mr. Roosevelt
Soviet Far East Readies Defenses for Any Attack
Premier G. M. Krutoff announced completion of steel-laying on the Great Northern to the Pacific rail line. A supply train reached Komosomolsk, the Amur River frontier terminal, as Moscow warned Japan of decisive retaliation if attacked.
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All-Union Congress of Soviets
G. M. Krutoff
Soviet Union
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Amur
Vladivostok
Krutoff
Soviet Far East
Japan
Far Eastern
Stalin
Far East
FDR's Son-In-Law Takes Over Seattle Paper
In Seattle on November 27 editors and staff returned to publish from Sunday night under new publisher John Boettiger son in law of President Roosevelt. The Post-Intelligencer resumes operations with Boettiger at the helm.
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Thanksgiving Peace and Prosperity Theme Across Nation
President Roosevelt avoided Warm Springs to observe Thanksgiving aboard the U S 8 in Indianapolis en route to the inter American peace conference. Ambassador Daniels in Mexico City stressed peace and new safeguards while Basil O Connor led a table with a 35 pound turkey. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr health developments prompted family plans changes as wage gains and bonuses buoyed national mood amid October economic gains in New England.
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Roosevelt
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Buenos Aires
Josephus Daniels
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New England
Farquhar Co Announces Wage Increases for 400 Workers
The A. B. Farquhar Co Ltd in York Pennsylvania said it will raise hourly wages by five to ten percent for 400 employees starting next Monday.
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York
A. B. Farquhar Co. Ltd
Armament magnate Basil Zaharoff dies at 86
Sir Basil T Zaharoff, famed armaments salesman and one of Europe's wealthiest men, died suddenly at 9 a.m. in Monte Carlo. The 86 year old spent retirement at Château Balincourt near Vallangoujard, France, with a small retinue and a British secretary. He built his fortune in shipbuilding oil and banking and was once linked to Monte Carlo gambling concessions though he reportedly never gambled.
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Monte Carlo
Basil T Zaharoff
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Vallangoujard
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Sir Basil
Negro Shot At Football Game in Raleigh
RALEIGH November 27. One Negro jailed and another wounded after a disturbance at the Shaw St Augustine Negro football game yesterday. A pistol cracked after a third quarter touchdown ended a deadlock. police arrested C M Jones and rushed James Crump to a hospital with a bullet wound in his neck.
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Raleigh
Nureed
Stix Bear and Fuller approves bonus for 2000 employees
Directors of the Stix Bear and Fuller department store in St. Louis authorize a bonus payment for 2,000 employees marking a notable compensation action by the local department store.
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ST. Louis
Stix, Bear and Fuller
Hoffman Sees Lindbergh Case Eventually Cleared Up
New Jersey Governor Harold G Hoffman said Hauptmann's execution did not close the Lindbergh kidnaping case. He warned investigators face difficulties as suspects may have fled the country and years have passed to cover traces, but he believes the truth will emerge.
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Lindbergh
New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Recognition of Fascist Threat Sparks League Meeting
Madrid reports siege as Madrid residents tunnel cellars to escape bombardment while Spain seeks League of Nations action against Germany and Italy. Spanish government protests alleged fascist recognition under Article eleven, hoping a urgent council meeting will be convened.
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Counies
League of Nazi
Germany
Italy
League Elf
Spain
League
Asheboro Bond Sale Reported At Raleigh
Asheboro bonds sold at Raleigh to First Citizens Bank and Company of Smithfield for 30 000 in bond anticipation notes at a premium of 1.13 and 2 percent interest. The local governing commission also announced sale of 48 000 worth of refunding bonds today.
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First Citizens Bank and Company of
Smithfield
Commission
North and South Carolina Weather Today and Saturday Outlook
Local forecast shows fair conditions with colder nights across eastern North Carolina and freezing temperatures along the coast in South Carolina. Saturday brings fair skies with gradually rising temperatures and winds from the northwest shifting to west southwest.
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South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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