Expelled CIO Unions Invited To Return Or Face Expulsion
At the Denver AFL convention the executive council gains power to expel CIO unions. President William Green says doors are open and the AFL will welcome back any CIO group that returns. The debate includes Howard seat challenges and NLRB curb proposals.
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CIO
A.F. of L
Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L. Executive Council
William Green
Federation
A. F. of L
Cc. I. O
Charles P. Howard
State group tour to visit High Point Saturday
A large party will visit a state on Saturday making the largest group gathering to tour High Point. The group arrives at 11 45 in the morning will tour leading industrial plants and points of interest then dine at the Sheraton at 12 30. A motorcycle escort will meet them at the city limits and convoy them directly to the city.
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High Point
Sheraton
Lewis hears A F L ouster backed by convention
John L Lewis, chairman of the CIO, listened with interest as the A F L convention authorized his rival unions to be ousted. He would not comment until the federation's action is clarified at the conference of 32 affiliated unions. He noted a cautious stance toward any CIO return.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
Lewis
I. O
Green
Federation
Denver
C. ER. O
British King and Queen Entertain U S Legionnaires
King George and Queen Elizabeth returned to London from a 10 week Scotland holiday and hurried to Buckingham Palace for the first official engagement of the fall season. About 150 American Legionnaires and their wives were received informally in a state drawing room.
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London
George
Elizabeth
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
High Point Tour Plans Draw Regional Support and Costs
The group will meet in Thomasville at 11 30 by four guides chosen by the organizing committee who will provide High Point facts. Luncheon souvenirs will be given at High Point. The party departs at 1 45 pm. The Asheville start Sunday ends October 22. Estimated cost is 50000 funded by bus firms hotels railroads and oil firms. Publicity could bring 5000000 in state tourism income in 1938.
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Sheraton
Main Street
Thomasville
High Point
Asheville
North Carolina
Vast Saving on Photostatic Copies of Plate Files
The Guilford county register of deeds finished photostatic copies for 450 High Point township plots at a cost of 114 versus an estimated 10 000 with old methods. The 14 by 19 inch copies will be stored in two binders at the tax department in High Point. Future additions will be by special photographers. Costs included 18 for a machine attachment 86 for extra labor and 65 for five rolls of extra wide paper.
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Greensboro
Office of the Register of Deeds
High Point Township
Guilford County Tax Department
High Point
Housing projects across Carolinas aid Duke of Windsor visit
In Washington on October 12, officials describe the U S government housing program for the Duke of Windsor. The Public Works Administration backs 651 projects in 36 cities and two possessions worth 134 million dollars, housing 21 800 families and about 109 000 people. In South Carolina Charleston’s Meeting Street Manor and Cooper River Court hold 212 units at 4 93 per room monthly. Columbia’s University Terrace has 122 units at 4 78 per room and 67 percent full. North Carolina notes Raleigh’s Boylan Housing Corp project of 198 000 dollars for 64 units now occupied.
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Duke of Windsor
North
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Public Works Administration
PWA
Meeting Street Manor
Cooper River Court
Charleston
Emergency Relief Administration
University Terrace
Columbia
North Carolina
Raleigh
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President to address crop, wage and other topics before Hyde Park departure
President Roosevelt signals multiple topics for discussion as he leaves for Hyde Park. Forecasts show record crop yields with wheat at 86,895,000 bushels and corn at 2,561,936,000, prompting calls for a special session on crop control, wage and hour laws, and regional planning. A Sequoia tree note adds an odd fact about timber outputs.
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Hyde Park
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Federal Reporting Board
Europe
Sesson
Eight Davidson seniors named to Who's Who Among Students
Eight seniors from Davidson College have been selected for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Notable figures include football standouts Bailey Williams and Martin Teeny Lafferty and Y M C A head Haywood Hill, among others from Clinton North Carolina Richmond Virginia Concord North Carolina and more. The awards honor character scholarship leadership and future usefulness as faculty noted.
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Bailey Williams
Haywood Hill
Davidson
Wade Barrow
Denver
Colo
Bill Kiesewetter
Court of Control
Watson Street
Colman
Leges
Clinton
N. C
Richmond
Concord
Dick Vowles
Chestnut Hill
Talladega
Ala
Jim Dorsett
Salisbury
Deadly Gun Battle Takes Down Brady Gang in Bangor Scene
Federal agents killed gang leader Al Brady and two accomplices in a five minute gunfight on a Bangor street. The raid followed a nationwide manhunt linked to a string of Midwest robberies and several homicides including a patrolman and a grocer. Cooperating Indiana State Police Captain Walter Eckert aided the operation.
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John Dillinger
Shaffer
Bangor
Department of Justice
Indianapolis
Richard Rivers
Indiana
Paul Minneman
Edward Linsey
Piqua, O
Midwest
Dillinger
G-men
al Brady
Chicago
Walter Eckert
Widow Not Sorry After Gang Leader Slain in Maine Shootout
Minnie Raimondo, widow of Clarence Lee Shaffer Jr., says she is not sorry his gang, led by Alfred Brady, is dead after police killed Shaffer and Brady in Bangor Maine. Wounded James Dalhover married to Minnie’s sister. She suspects she may have guided federal agents to the gang and notes they had planned to go to Maine.
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Baltimore
Minnie Ramondo
Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr
Bangor
Shaffer
Alfred Brady
Brady Gang
James Dalhover
Mary Raimondo
Minnie
Riley
Maine
Italian Aviators End Aid to Chinese Army
Rome reports that Mussolini ordered Italian aviation experts in China to quit, part of a wartime understanding with Hitler to aid Japan. About 75 Italian aviators under Col. Silvio Scaroni and a German mission of 100 retired officers had helped train the Chinese army against Japan.
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Rome
Mussolini
China
Birds Molting Push Feathers Out with New Growth
In the natural process a bird replaces old plumage as new feathers emerge. The cycle involves shedding worn feathers and allowing fresh growth to take their place.
Anglo French Move In War Moderated
The text suggests diplomatic steps to calm Europe by persuading Hitler and Mussolini to withdraw from aggressive actions. It notes Japan’s invasion of China as dependent on Western powers easing tensions. Roosevelt’s Chicago peace speech is seen as urging timely action beyond timidity.
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Europe
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Mussolini
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Roosevelt
Chicago
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Germany
Britain
France
England and France rearm spur confidence in Europe
The piece notes rapid rearmament by England and France boosts nations prone to aggression and raises British resolve. It suggests Hitler needs and seeks England's goodwill, while Mussolini remains linked mainly by a shared aim to sustain Nazi Fascist leadership, with the Rome Berlin axis driven by personal ambition rather than deep unity.
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France
John Bull
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
Rome- Berlin
Turkish student shoots prof at American College
The Rev. William Woolworth Jr. of Wallingford Conn. lies in grave condition after a gunshot wound inflicted by a 16 year old Turkish student at the American College of Tarsous in southern Anatolia. The student killed himself after the attack amid dispute over failing exam marks.
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Istanbul
William Woolworth, Jr
Wallingford, Conn
American College of
New Dodge Debuts with Major 1938 Improvements
The 1938 Dodge line introduces forty seven progressive improvements in a new four door touring sedan. Interior advantages are highlighted as a key feature of the model.
Satirization of Roosevelt by Cohen rocks Boston stage
Boston critics and audiences laughed through George M. Cohen's world premiere of I'd Rather Be Right a musical satire featuring a tap dancing President Roosevelt. The show skewers Roosevelt Landon and political figures with songs like Off the Record and boola boola jokes. The performance ends with nine imagined justices dancing as Chief Justice Hughes urges Black to explain on air.
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George M. Cohan
Roosevelt
Cohan
George 8. Kaufman
Moss Hart
du Pont
Hearst
Washington
Alf Landon
Kansas
Robert Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Congress
Boola Boola
Bankhead
Tallulah
Cummings
Hughes
Justice Black
Planes Fire Shots in Shanghai No Injuries Reported
The article details Japanese bombers and Chinese anti-aircraft fire near the International Settlement in Shanghai. It notes Japanese pilots possibly misidentified motor cars without neutral flags as officers and reports a Chinese defense build up near Minghong. A heavy bombardment targets the Chapel sector as a major push looms.
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Army
Navy
Minghong
International Settlement
Chapei
China
Japan
Shanghai
Japanese planes downed in raids on Nanking and surrounding cities
Five Japanese warplanes were shot down today during raids on Nanking and nearby towns. Chinese fighters clashed with 24 bombers over Nanking, with several Japanese planes destroyed by Chinese air and anti aircraft fire.
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Nanking
China
Chinkiang
Soochow
Professor Fountain Unmoved As Freight Train Stops Short
A freight train halted sharply when a pedestrian stepped onto the tracks. The man, absorbed in an archaeology thesis for a master's at the University of Arizona, apologized saying he hadn’t heard the whistle.
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Fountain, Cole
University of Arizona
Judicial review debate echoes in ballots and courts
A speaker argues that democracy must restrain majorities rather than rely on courts, warning that judges could override elections. He cites Wagner act, old age benefits, and unemployment compensation as recent court actions showing the court’s evolving role. He quips about the new Supreme Court building lighting fixtures on turtle backs as a symbol of slow justice.
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Alexander Hamilton
Jackson
Supreme Court
United States
Annual North Carolina State Fair Opens With $14,000 Prizes
Raleigh Oct. 12 The North Carolina State Fair opened with Governor Hoey, Agricultural Commissioner Kerr, and Fair Manager Dorton speaking on radio. The event runs all week under the state department of agriculture with prizes totaling $14,000 for exhibitors from farms and the midway.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Trucker Knocked by Interurban Train in California
Steve Brodie of San Pedro was knocked about 50 feet by an inter urban train and then fell 20 feet. Pye Rogers, 36, was injured. an emergency hospital listed only a minor abrasion on his left side.
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Steve Brodie
San Pedro
Calif
Pye Rogers
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