Labor Federation backs Wagner Act revisions and Labor Board plan
The American Federation of Labor votes for nine revisions to the Wagner Act to curb the Labor Board’s discretion and orders opposition to Senate confirmation of Donald Wakefield Smith to the Labor Board. President Green criticized the board, while AFL leaders pledge cooperation with President Roosevelt.
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Smith
Houston
Tex
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Donald Wakefield Smith
Labor Board
William Green
Rosevelt
Thera
Reen
Resolutions Committee
A. F. of L
Federation High Command
Bulgarian General Assassinated in Sofia Street Attack
In Sofia today General Ivan Peeff chief of staff of the Bulgarian army was shot and killed by a man said to be Macedonian. Major Stoyanoff, an aide, was severely wounded. The assassin’s home is reported as Stein Yosusiphos. The attack occurred at 3:05 p.m. local time.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ivan Peeff
Bulgarianrmy
Stoyanoff
Havas
Stein Yosusiphos
Japanese claim 20000 Allied troops killed in battle
Hankow dispatch reports Chiang Kai Shek’s headquarters stating two Japanese brigades totaling 20000 men were annihilated in a three day Teian battle, described as a complete Chinese victory with only about 200 survivors.
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Hankow
Neralissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek'sdquarters
Y Teian
Attorneys appeal death sentence in guard captain slaying
Six penitentary convicts sentenced to death for the December 12 killing of prison guard captain John Olin Sanders appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
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Columbia
8. C
Olin Sanders
Supreme Court
Amateur golf four ball leads set in Southern tournament
Charley Yates the British amateur champion and Julius Hughes the Georgia titlist moved into a 4 up lead over Kentucky's Jimmy Stein and George Helm after 18 holes in the Southern amateur four ball. Bobby Dunkelberger and Sut Alexander of North Carolina led the South Carolina pair M K Jeffords and Preston Hennies Jr by 8 up at 18 with Dunkelberger shooting 70.
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Atlanta
Charley Yates
Julius Hughes
Georgia
Kentucky
Jimmy Stein
George Helm
Bobby Dunkelberger
Sut Alexander
North Carolina
South Carolina
M. K. Jeffords
Preston Hennies
Tragic Bee Log Crash Claims Two Lives
Two people were killed and a third seriously injured when their car plunged into Cane River near Bee Log at 4 bridge in Burnsville early today.
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Burnsville
Bee Log
Here
Cane River
Davidson Tally Accepted By Board Today
The State Elections Board accepted final returns for the July 2 Democratic primary in Davidson county. C. B. Deane of Rockingham leads W. O. Burgin of Lexington by 90 votes, with final district totals near 19,182 for Deane and 19,092 for Burgin. The board will forward findings to the attorney general for possible dissolution of Burgin’s restraining order as Burgin seeks a writ of mandamus. a hearing was postponed to tomorrow.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Elections Board
Davidson County
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Deane
Davidson
Dean
Burgin
Davidson Board
State Board
Harry McMullan
W. C. Harris
Anti Aircraft Defenses Inadequate For Major City Protection
Washington dispatch reports officers say the Army’s current anti aircraft gear cannot shield a major coastal city from bombardment. Fort Bragg hosts extensive air maneuvers this week with all eastern U S equipment there. current funds will boost forces to four regiments, far short of 32 planned. General Malin Craig testified guns and personnel are the Army’s urgent need.
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Washington
Fort Bragg
N. C
United States
Mississippi
Malin Craig
Nevada Deputies Brace for CIO Picket Advance
Heavily armed Washoe County deputies blocked all Nevada access points behind barricades as 3000 CIO unionists gathered in California and Nevada to stage a second day of picketing. District Attorney Ernest Brown said deputies would use force if necessary to stop entrance of CIO pickets into Nevada.
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CIO
Reno
California
Ernest Brown
Ray Root
Washoe County
Truckee
Calif
Co. I. O
Verdi
Bill Berry
State Line
Brown
C. I
Isbell Construction Company
Isbell
John B. Walker
I. O. Tunnel and Construction Workers Union
United States Civil Liberties League
Isbell Company
Cc. I. O
Britain Launches New Drive to End Holy Land Terrorism
In Jerusalem on Oct 10 British forces in Palestine began a renewed campaign to stamp out terrorism. The home government ordered reinforcements bringing total British troops and police to about 21,000. The plan aims to concentrate military action on outer districts while police enforce order in towns amid ongoing Arab Jewish violence and bombings.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
R. H. Hashing
Vatican Journal Protest Attacks Vienna Archbishop
L Osservatore Romano reports Vatican protest over a violent attack on Theodore Cardinal Innitzer in Vienna. A Papal Nuncio in Berlin will deliver the motive report. Cardinal Innitzer was slightly wounded by glass as a private chapel window was shattered during the assault.
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Rome
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Vienna
Berlin
Cesare Orsenigo
More Freight Fewer Workers As Rail Pay Declines
L. E. Keller testifies before the Presidents fact finding board that one million railroad workers now handle more gross freight than 18 years ago. He notes rail wages fell 38.6 percent per freight ton mile since 1920 while freight rates dropped 11.1 percent. He says savings from wages were not passed to the public, urging restraint on losses to trucking and other transport.
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Washington
L. E. Keller
Brotherhood torMintenance of Way
Keller
Brotherhoods
Lutheran aid urged for religious refugees at convention
The inner mission board recommended further steps to aid religious refugees who fled to the United States and Canada, presented to the 11th biennial convention of the United Lutheran Church in America in Baltimore on October 16.
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Repugers
Baltimore
United States
Canada
Inner Mission Board
United Lutheran Church In America
Buerckel to Make Personal Inquiry in Vienna
Joseph Buerckel Reichsfuehrer Hitler's commissioner for Austria planned to investigate Friday sermon by Theodor Cardinal Innitzer and the subsequent Nazi riots injuring the Cardinal. Police closed streets while crowds gathered near the Archbishop's palace as rumors linked youthful elements to the unrest.
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Vienna
Joseph Buerckel
Monsignor
Cesare Orsenigo
Berlin
Innitzer
Claim Nazis Have Passed Frontier
Prague reports German troops penetrated beyond the frontier in six incidents. A machine-gun battle on an Elbe river bridge near Aussig left several Czechoslovak state police and Sudeten German Free Corps members wounded. A police inspector was freed after capture, and a Czechoslovak soldier was injured near Kdyne. State police detachment casualties occurred at Mikulov in clashes with Storm Troop and Elite Guard formations.
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Prague
Mikulov
Japanese Planes Raid Kwantung Province Amid Revolution Anniversary
Fifty eight Japanese planes in five groups attacked Kwantung Province including Canton during China’s 27th revolution anniversary observance. Twenty five planes hit Canton destroying the military air drome and the cement works in Saichuen district opposite Shameen island.
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Canton
China
Kwangtung Province
Saichuen
Shameen Island
Supreme Court to Hear Hawkins Death Sentence Appeal
The Supreme Court will hear this week the appeal of Robie M. Hawkins from a death sentence imposed in Craven County last March. Hawkins, a farmer, was convicted of slaying his wife with a shotgun.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Robie M. Hawkins
Craven County
Hawkins
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Mooney Appeal
The Supreme Court declined to review Thomas J. Mooney’s request for release from San Quentin. Mooney, serving a life sentence for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, may pursue a habeas corpus action with 20 days’ papers after a dissent from Justices Black and Reed. Governor clemency remains possible in California.
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Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
Mooney
San Francisco
Black
Reed
John F. Finerty
Newsmen
Hughes
High Tribunal
California
California Supreme Court
Fifteen Thousand Return To Plants After Shutdown
Detroit October 10. Fifteen thousand Briggs Manufacturing Company and Plymouth division workers resume work today after a week idle over the 32 hour week demand by the United Auto Workers. Nine thousand at Mack Avenue were idle Friday as 6000 at the Plymouth main plant blocked entry. UAW president Homer Martin said talks with Chrysler officials would be held at 2 p.m. to discuss the 32 hour week.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
United Auto Workers of America
Mack Avenue
Briggs Company
Homer Martin
UAW
Chrysler
British King and Queen to Visit Canada in 1939
King George and Queen Elizabeth plan to tour Canada next summer signaling government confidence that the European situation will stay peaceful for at least six months. The Canadian trip marks the first in a series of empire tours and is seen as evidence of expected world calm.
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London
Britain
George
Elizabeth
Canada
German Army Completes Sudeten Occupation Review
The German army halted its advance into Czechoslovakia, completing about 80 to 90 percent of the Sudetenland occupation with minimal disorder. Reports note some killings by Czech forces at Troppau and Schillerdorf as occupations proceeded and Sudeten leader Konrad Henlein dissolved the Free Corps.
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Melvin Whiteleather
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Fifth Zone
International Commission
Berlin
DNB
Troppau
Schillerdorf
Reichenberg
Konrad Henlein
Soviet airmen denounce Lindbergh over claims on USSR power
Soviet air leaders accused Charles Lindbergh of spreading lies about Soviet air strength to aid British Prime Minister Chamberlain and pressure Britain to surrender parts of Czechoslovakia. The Praven statement, signed by eleven aviators including Vasily Molokoff, labels Lindbergh a stupid liar and a German fascist tool. It cites alleged talks with Lady Astor and asserts his visit to Moscow five years earlier was used to mislead Americans.
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Russia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Britain
Czechoslovakia
London
Lindbergh
England
Sillee Island
France
House of Commons
Hursday
Ellen Wilkinson
Hitler
Germany
Vasily Molokoff
Soviet Union
Mar
Community Party
Praven
Lady Astor
Fneland
Czechoslovkia
Adolf Hitler
Lindbergh Vis
Lindbergh Leaves Le Bourget for Berlin Flight
Col. Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh departed Le Bourget airport at 2 25 p m bound for Berlin officials said. The aviator, living on Île de Sein off France since June, had stayed in Paris due to weather and planned to attend the Lilienthal Society for Aviation Research meeting in Berlin.
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LE Bourget
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Berlin
Sillee
Brittany
Ast Ani
Illice Island
Paris
Lanner
Lilitenthal Society For ‘Aviation Research
Lilienthal Society
Munich
Textile and Steel Rise Push Industrial Level to Peak Since 1937
Washington October 14. The Federal Reserve Board reports September output gains in textiles and steel lifted overall industrial production to its highest monthly level since October 1937. Industrial output rose to a stated percentage above the 1923-35 average.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Industria
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