Nine-Power Treaty Nations Seek Pacification by Agreement
Washington reports that the nine power treaty signatories plan to pursue peace in the Orient through voluntary agreement between China and Japan before any compulsory measures. Officials expect the conference agenda to center on conciliatory efforts to end the undeclared war and achieve a peaceful settlement, delaying confrontation on boycotts or punitive actions. Argentina expresses support for U S led efforts to curb aggression, marking Latin America’s first public backing of the alliance.
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Washington
United States
Orient
China
Japan
League of Nations
Yo Biace
Roosevelt
Felipe Espil
Argentina
Agustin P. Justo
Chicago
Florence Commissioners Acquitted in Misconduct Case
A Florence county jury acquitted five commissioners K. T. Carter C. A. Waters P. C. Brown A Brown and J. C. Lee on charges of misconduct in office. The state failed to prove they bought machinery without County Manager Gus Ervin's approval under a special county statute. Jury deliberated under 29 minutes.
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Florence
D. C
K. T. Carter
C. A. Waters
P. C. Brown
A. Brown
J. C. Lee
Gus Ervin
Chinese Forces Face Off On Double Tenth Holiday Fronts
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek leads about a million Chinese troops alongside a quarter of a million Japanese soldiers as Shanghai fronts pause for the Double Tenth Independence Day. Rain delays fighting while Japan pushes toward Shantung and Shihehtachuang as Chinese spirits vow continued resistance. Chiang warns the war will be long and costly, with no quick end in sight.
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James A. Millis
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hirohito
Tsinpu
Shantung Province
Techow
Peiping
Hutoso
Shihehtachuang
Hopeh
Japan
China
George Washington
Nanking
Haley Joins Ilderton Dodge Plymouth Sales Force
Clarence W. Haley has joined the sales force of Horace G. Ilderton, Inc., local Dodge and Plymouth dealers, announced yesterday. Haley is well known in the area and has years of experience in the automobile business.
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Clarence W. Haley
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Dodge
Plymouth
Mr. Haley
Roper Advocates Tariff Cuts to Aid Farmers
Secretary of Commerce Roper told the Pee Dee council of farm women in Charleston that economic security for American farmers hinges on reducing trade barriers rather than relying on federal subsidies. He proposed a seven point plan urging farm women to stay on farms, balance supply and demand, improve homes, and boost rural church and education efforts.
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U. S. Treasury States Secretary of Commerce
Charleston
D. C
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Pee Dee
Fed
High Point College Beats Elon Reserves in Stadium Debut
High Point College reserves led by Captain McKeithen defeated Elon reserves 19-6 in the first game at High Point College stadium, the venue's return after a five year gap. Officials Hambright, Rogers, and Pierce are pictured with players.
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High Point College
McKeithen
Elon College
Elon
Lees McRae
Lenoir
Hambright
Rogers
Pierce
Enterprise
Stanley Taylor
Alderman Photo Co
War-Torn Paotingfu Tale Amid Undefeated Colleges
In Paotingfu China the writer recounts arrest as a suspected spy, wartime dangers, and safety of eight Americans among Presbyterian and missions personnel. The piece blends personal peril with a later football recap noting Pitt California LSU Cornell Nebraska undefeated status and key game outcomes across the nation.
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Haldore Hanson Paotingfu
China
Peiping
Paotingfu
Paotingu
Presbyterian Hospital
Long War Declared By Chinese Leader Chiang Kai-Shek
General Chiang Kai-Shek told China it faces a long, exhausting war with Japan. In a nationwide broadcast for the 26th anniversary of the republic he warned of increasing hardships and said there is no hope of hostilities ending soon while urging self-reliance and unity.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Chinese Republic
Chiang
Governors Invite Nine States to Cotton Meet in Little Rock
Governor Bailey invited the chief executives of Alabama Georgia Tennessee Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas to a October 22 conference in Little Rock to discuss cotton seed utilization and marketing. He urged concerted action after studying the serious situation facing cotton growers.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bailey
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Grid results show scattered college football scores
A list of early season college football results includes Tennessee 0 Duke 0 and many others such as North Carolina 19 over N U 4 Vv M 1, Davidson 0, N C State 7, Furman 7, Army 21 over Columbia 18, Pittsburgh 6, Duquesne 0, Cornell 20 over Princeton 7, Navy 10, Virginia 13, Yale 27 over Pennsylvania 7, Wake Forest 10, Notre Dame 0, Illinois 0, Northwestern 7, Michigan 0, Minnesota 6, Indiana 0, Rice 0, Southern California 18, Ohio State 12, California 27, Washington State 0, High Point 10, Nebraska 20, Iowa State 7.
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New York
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Washington
Arkansas
Pitt
California
Louisiana State
Cornell
Nebraska
Texas Christian
Purdue
Southern California
Los Angeles
Buckeyes
Schindler
Anderson
Stanley
Oregon State
Stanford
Golden Bears
Washington State
Baylor
Bears
Ramblers
Duke
Tennessee
Marshall Goldberg
Panthers
Duquesne
Rice
Iowa State
Princeton
Carolina
Vv. M
Davidson
N. C. State
Furman
Army
Columbia
Pittsburgh
Navy
Virginia
Vilanova
Auburn
Yale
Pennsylvania
Wake Forest
Erskine
Hlinois
Northwestern
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Supreme Court to Rule on Black Title to Seat Monday
Supreme Court action on whether to permit further proceedings in challenges to Justice Hugo L. Black’s eligibility was expected Monday. Chief Justice Hughes and the court debated petitions, with no vacancy created by Justice Van Devanter’s retirement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Charles Evans Hughes
Black
Willis van Devanter
van Devanter
Roosevelt
Hughes
New York
Alabama Power Company
Tennesse Valley Authority
Treasury
Car Hit by Rail Bus Wounds Four Near Zebulon
Four hurt when car struck a Norfolk Southern Rail bus en route from Washington to Raleigh near Zebulon North Carolina Two men Gar land Price 27 Craven Carroll 17 severely injured and Price s wife and infant also injured Driver Price said to have crossed the tracks and failed to see the bus taken to a Raleigh hospital
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Zebulon
N. C
Norfolk Southern
Washington
Raleigh
Garland Price
Craven Carroll
Here
Price
Daniel BE
Cone
Bandits Kidnap Rev. Donovan in Manchukuo Church
Bandits abduct Rev. Gerard A. Donovan from a Roman Catholic church in North Fushun Manchukuo and demand 850000 for his return. Donovan, a Pittsburgh resident, is the third Scranton Maryknoll Mission member seized in two years as Japanese authorities pursue the case.
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Gerard A. Donovan
North
Fushun
Manchukuo
Father Donovan
Pittsburgh
Scranton, Pa
Maryknoll
Textile Worker Sentenced to Life for Wife Murder in Chester
Chester South Carolina October 9 A jury convicts 31 year old textile worker James Cassells of murdering his wife at Hemlock Station near their home in August. Cassells receives a life sentence with mercy recommended after the chief witness C M Melton testifies he saw Cassells shoot his wife four times and flee.
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Chester
S. C
Cassells
Mercy
Casselle
Hemlock Station
C. M. Melton
Russia Executes Spies in Widespread Sentences
Moscow reports four teenagers sentenced to death in the south and fourteen others executed in the north and east for alleged anti government activities. Nine condemned for Trotskyist spying and railroad sabotage and five for grain stock shortages and depriving army personnel of supplies.
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Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
Far East
Kazakhstan
Seek Baby Killer in Charlotte Slaying
Police hunted tonight for a Negro woman accused of giving birth in an open field and strangling the infant to death in Charlotte. The grim case prompted an active manhunt and added to city violence concerns.
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Charlotte
Italy Rejects Anglo French Plan for Three Power Conference
London Italy refuses to join a proposed three power conference on the Spanish Civil War unless Germany attends and suggests the issue be handled by the nonintervention committee in London. British and French officials warn Italy’s reply signals gravity while eyeing possible German involvement and caution that decisions will come at the proper time.
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Associated Press
London
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
France
Germany
Paris
Yvon Delbos
Neville Chamberlain
Chautemps
Britain
Russia
Italian Troops Near Paris Reported by Sources
Sources close to the French government report 5,000 Italian troops near Paris as of Sunday October 10. The dispatch notes movements tied to ongoing military activities and does not confirm full deployment.
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Paris
Federal Officials Attend Labor Convention Review
Denver reports say President Roosevelt may seek a behind the scenes peace between the A F of L and CIO leaders as two federal officials attended the convention. James F. Dewey and Senator George L Berry met with labor leaders amid talk of a united trade movement and fewer internal battles.
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A. F. of
James Dewey
George Berry
Roosevelt
Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
George L. Berry
D-Tenn
White House
Berry
United States
A. F. of L
Dewey
John L. Lewis
CIO
Moffat Tunnel
Craft Verane Industrial Organization
Atlantic City
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