Yankees Lead Giants 8 1 In First World Series Game
The New York Yankees exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning and beat the New York Giants 8 to 1 in the opening game of the 1937 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Lazzeri homered in the eighth as Lefty Gomez limited the Giants to six hits.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
Giants
Lazzeri
Lefty Gomez
Yanks
Yankees
King Carl Hubbell
Bill Dickey
Gomez
Gus Mancuso
Joe McCarthy
Myril Hoag
Jake Powell
Phils
Hoag
Louw Gehrig
Dickey
George Sel
Chick Fulmer
Cincinnati Reds
Fred Goldsmith
Chicago White Stockings
Governor Hoey to Speak at Hull House Soil Field Day
Governor Clyde R. Hoey will speak at a luncheon during the Soil Conservation Service field day on October 27. Secretary Henry A. Wallace and Dr. H. H. Bennett will also speak as part of a program featuring Reedy Fork and Deep River projects and a farm demonstration for more than 10 000 farmers. The event includes a Greensboro train arrival at 9 50 and a City Lake park rally after a Sheraton hotel luncheon.
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Clyde R. Hoey
Soil Conservation Service
Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
McPherson
Hoey
Reedy Fork
Deep River
Wallace
Bennett
Greensboro
Sheraton Hotel
City Lake Park
Dean I. C. Schaub
North Carolina State College
City Lake
German Foreign Office Flags Roosevelt War Talk as General
Berlin reports the German foreign office criticizes President Roosevelt for vague references in his Chicago speech. It warns that clearer distinctions between good and bad nations are needed and recalls Woodrow Wilson’s shipwreck while urging Roosevelt to take decisive action for global justice.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Woodrow
Chicago
Deutsche Diplomatsch-Politische Korrespondeng
United States
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Wilson
Roosevelt Expands Peace Policy Seeks Global Cooperation
Roosevelt outlines a new active cooperation policy for world peace in Chicago. Foreign observers say the approach signals a shift from strict neutrality toward collective action, with Geneva League spokesmen seeing it as a prompt for nine power treaty consultations over the Sino Japanese conflict. British officials welcome cooperation while Germany’s foreign office notes the stance with caution.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Chicago
America
United States
League of Nations
Geneva
Britain
Germany
League warns Japan over China peace move at Geneva
The League of Nations assembly in Geneva warned Japan of possible international action if it rejects a peaceful nine power settlement for the China conflict. The body adopted resolutions condemning the invasion and endorsing the nine power pact including the United States to safeguard China's territorial integrity.
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League of Nations Assem
Japan
China
Assembly
Poland
Siam
Aga K Assembly
Alnow
United States
Explosion on U S Brazos boiler kills two in Hudson
Two men died and three were severely scalded when a boiler aboard the U S Brazos moored to a Hudson River pier exploded. Deputy Police Commissioner Harold Fowler said a sixth man was sent home after minor scalds as rescue crews worked at the scene.
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New York
U. S. Brazos
Hudson
Harold Fowler
Stock Market Rallies After Early Setback
New York trading opened with a sharp break but the stock market reversed course to show net gains of fractions to a point or more. Short covering and firmer commodity prices supported the late upswing in today’s session.
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New York
Safecrackers Fail at Salisbury Plant Break-in
Safecrackers broke into the Stanback company's plant in Salisbury last night and drilled two wall safes. They obtained nothing of value though $40 in cash was found on the floor among cancelled checks.
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Salisbury
Stanback Company
Father Pleads For Son's Life In Nash County Case
Lonnie Coggins, father of Melvin Coggins, appeals to Governor Hoey to commute the death sentence for the Nash county murder of H J Fogleman. The governor noted troubling aspects and said alienists found Coggins not mentally normal while jury recommendations and Nash county citizens urged clemency. He expected to announce a decision this week.
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Raleigh
Lonnie Coggins
Melvin Coggins
Hoey
Nash County
H. J. Fogleman
Coggins
Missionary Leader to Speak at North Arenas Session
J. Corey of Indianapolis president of the United Christian Missionary Society will address the third session of the North Arenas convention in Goldsboro on October 6. The meeting is part of a three day series with a $3 entry.
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Goldsboro
J. Corey
Indianapolis
Ind
United Christian Missionary Society
North Arenas
Roosevelt ends cross country tour with peace pledge
President Roosevelt finished a transcontinental trip covering about 8000 miles by train boat and air saying he would likely call a special session of Congress between November 8 and 16. He weighed priorities including wages hours surplus crop control government reorganization and regional planning and noted little public interest in court reform but strong interest in objectives. He declined comment on Justice Hugo L Black.
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West
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Dutchess County
Supreme Court
Carnival runs into trouble at Charlotte fair
Mecklenburg county police seek publicity agent Whitey Newell on a liquor law warrant as two cases of whisky are seized at the fair's headquarters. Capt John M Sheesley, owner of Mighty Sheesley Midway Shows, hosts press at the Carolinas Agricultural Fair while DAV protests gambling and indecent shows. Clyde Hudson sues for damages from an injury while employed by the show.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Rural Police
Whitey” Newell
Vic P. Fesperman
Newell
John M. Sheesley
Radermacher
Capt. Sheesley
Four Men Arrested in Conspiracy at Waynesville Armory
In Waynesville North Carolina on October 6 four men were charged in a federal warrant with conspiracy to defraud the government. Deputies say a carload of cement and thousands of feet of lumber were taken from the armory project premises. The accused are M. Lands, a town board member. J. M. Palmer, foreman of the street department. Walter Fowler, WPA armory project timekeeper. and Henry N. Phillips, contractor.
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Waynesville N. C
Waynesville
U.S
John W. Edwards
M. M
Nolands
Aldermeh
J. M. Palmer
Stret
Walter Fowler
WPA
Henry N. Phillips
Gijon Front Strengthened As Insurgents Press
Asturian troops moved to reinforce Gijon and protect Sella river fortifications while insurgent forces east of Gijon and 80 air miles south near Santander renewed their drive. Government reports claim Italian troops concentrate near Barbastro signaling broader offensive plans.
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Gijon
Cangas de Onis
Sella
Lugueros
Biecayan
Fidel Davila
Corao
Lierica
Covadonga
Miguel Arana
Leon
Madrid
Barbastro
Zaragoza
Aragon
Black Arrow Brigade
Santander
Embankment Slide Delays Dalton Street Bridge Work
An embankment slide west of the Dalton street bridge site halts A Guion and Company on footings for the south end bend. Engineers fear repeats on the temporary railway embankment as contractors call the slope too steep. Blythe Brothers workers continue grading the Tomlinson Chair belt line while underpinning for the passenger station nears completion pending dry dirt for excavation.
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Dalton Street
A. Guion and Company
Blythe Brothers
Tomlinson Chair Company
Pasenger
Council approves purchases and fee changes in routine session
City council awarded a $1,000 bid to Austin Western for a road machine and a $2,368 bid to Carolina Tractor for a diesel tractor. Other routine items include fee increases for the golf course and water line charges outside city limits. A public hearing on a Tomlinson Street lane change was postponed to the next meeting. E. Holt asked for armorary funding contingent on county match.
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Austin-Western Road Machinery Company
Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company
Bitter Feud Blasts Tennessee Governor Browning
Memphis political leader B H Crump accused Governor Gordon Browning of offering a 1940 U S Senate seat in exchange for Shelby County backing his bid for another Senate term. Crump also accused Browning of backing a county unit primary to reduce Shelby County vote strength, calling Browning desperate as Browning made no response.
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Memphis
Tenn
B. H. Crump
Gordon Browning
United States Senate
Shelby County
Crump
Browning
Nathan Bachman
Roosevelt may unveil long range unemployment plan
President Roosevelt may propose a long range program to Congress to tackle unemployment. Advisers say the plan would use forthcoming unemployment census data to replace year to year relief, map economically destitute areas, and guide resettlement, vocational, and social security policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Dutch airliner crash kills crew near Palembang
Three crew members and one passenger died when an A K L M Royal Dutch airways plane crashed near Palembang in Sumatra on October 6.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
K. L. M. Royal Dutch Airways
Palembang
Sumatra
Japanese Halted On All China Fronts In October Push
Japanese assaults across Shanghai and the North China theater faced stiff Chinese resistance. Reports dispute claims of Techow capture and note counterattacks around Tsinanfu while forces push toward Paotingfu in Hopeh as the front lines shift north.
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Shanghai
China
Oet
Techow
Tsinanfu
Tsinanfu Repor
Shantung
Han Fu-Chu
Peiping
Han
Paotingfu
Hopeh
Governor weighs clemency for four condemned men
Raleigh October 6. Governor Hoey studied today four Beaufort and Wilmington Negroes Sam Rodman Jr William Bell and others sentenced to die for murder. Paroles Commissioner Gill planned a conference with attorney Sam Blount to discuss clemency and the outlook was slim.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Sam Rodman, Jr
William Bell
Beaufort
Gill
Sam Blount
Wington
Heb Robinson
Women Eligible To Serve On Juries In North Carolina
Raleigh reports Attorney General A A F Seawell ruled that women are eligible for jury service in North Carolina without new legislation. He suggested testing the policy by summoning qualified women who are freeholders and taxpayers to serve as jurors, citing the 19th Amendment and urging state support for equal civic duties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. A. F. Seawell
Seawell
J.clyde Stancill
Mecklenburg County
Thettorney
Supreme Court
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