British Cabinet Eyes Session On Spain Volunteers Issue
The international Hands Off Spain committee may convene as early as Friday to decide on the withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain. The British cabinet, led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, held a 45 minute briefing with Clement Attlee and Arthur Greenwood on the broader international situation.
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London
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Clement R. Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Want Militiamen Urged by Italian Fascists in Rome
Italian Blackshirt leaders call for 60 000 volunteer militiamen to meet emergencies as Britain weighs a new approach to the Spanish intervention. Rome denies Spanish service linkage while Britain and France seek to avoid direct clash and Mussolini’s bid to have London run the non intervention talks. Chamberlain invites Labor leaders to view secret dispatches as crisis looms. A German Belgian pact signals Berlin aims to showcase order amid Roosevelt’s Chicago critique.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
London
France
Britain
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Germany
Belgium
Berlin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Chicago
Beiruts Consul General to be shipped home after service
The body of Consul General James Theodore Marriner, shot yesterday by an Armenian denied U S entry, will be sent to his mother in America after a memorial service at the American church in Beirut.
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Beirut
Syria
James Theodore Marriner
United States
America
American Church of
Hancock and Reynolds: North Carolina senate race begins
Asheville dispatch reports Rep Frank Hancock announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination to oppose Sen Robert Reynolds in the June primary. Rep Robt L Doughton says he will not run, citing potential runoffs, while Reynolds notes he expects no opposition but welcomes exercise if challenged.
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Bob Doughton
Frank Hancock
Congress
North Carolina
Doughton
Bob Reynolds
Senate
Hancock
Asheville
Frank W. Hancock
Robert R. Reynolds
Reynolds
United States
St. Paul
Minn
Rep
Robt. L. Doughton
Cameron Morrison
Charles Stedman
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Washington
Robert L. Coughton
Laurel Springs
N. C
Oxford
Coughton
Frank
Dean
House
Ways and Means Committee
Strike Averted as 1200 Bus Drivers Hold Fire in Cleveland
Cleveland October 13 A strike order for 1200 drivers on eight Greyhound systems was suspended by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen counsel Tom J McGrath who said a strike is unlikely unless Deadlock on pay rates and working conditions is reached.
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Cleveland
Greyhound
Brotherhood of Railroad
Tom J. McGrath
McGrath
Governor Hoey Sees Bright Future for North Carolina Probation
Governor Hoey told a Raleigh school conference that the new state probation system offers hope to rehabilitate offenders. He said probation should help people stabilize without prison, with confidence from the courts and state. D. L. Ward noted federal data shows state probation can save taxpayers twenty dollars per one spent. J. Harry Sample chaired the meeting as officials discussed probation challenges.
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Raleigh
Hoey
North Carolina
D. L. Ward
New Bern
J. Harry Sample
North Carolina tobacco sales reach 182.5 million pounds in September
North Carolina growers sold 182,529,449 pounds of golden leaf in September at an average of 22.33 dollars per hundred pounds. The report shows higher monthly average than September 1936, with total year-to-date leaf sold at 281,515,016 pounds through October 1. Top belts and markets include Roxboro 28.61, Henderson 27.97, Fair Bluff 28.50, and Durham 25.87 per hundred.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Crop Reporting Service
South Carolina
Roxboro
Henderson
Durham
Wilson
Williamston
Fair Bluff
Fairmantied
Firemen Get $10 Month Pay Boost in High Point
High Point city council granted a $10 per month pay raise for all fire department employees retroactive to September 1, 1937, raising annual salaries by just over $4,000 and funded from the contingent fund. Plans for a $70,000 building project along with West Green Street widening were discussed with Earl N. Phillips offering to cover one third of land costs. The council awarded Horace G. Ilderton Inc. a $3,280.50 electric line truck and directed funds for School Boy Patrol camp expenses.
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High Point
R. H. Sechrest
EB. M. Knox
North Carolina
Fire Department
West Green Street
Earl N. Phillips
la France Industries, Inc
Guilford County
Phillips
Main
Newlin
South Main
West Green Streets
Green Street
Willowbrook
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Public Utilities Committee
Young Girl Fatally Shot In Mishawaka Road Incident
Sixteen year old Melba Moore was shot and killed by a motorist while riding with two companions on a byroad near Mishawaka Indiana. Charles Walton, 17, was lightly wounded while Adolph Stopper, 20, escaped unharmed. Stopper said the shooter cursed in broken English and fired from a stalled car. Melba died after being taken to a hospital from the back of the car.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Melba Oore
Charles Walton
William Hosinski
Adolph Stopper
Stopper
Melba
Raleigh author reviews American history for Confederate auxiliary
Thomas Dixon of Raleigh spoke at a breakfast address before the North Carolina convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. He traced American history from Columbus’s discovery to the present in a detailed review.
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Wilson
Thomas Dixon
Raleigh
Federal
Columbus
North Carolina
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Democratic women plan 100 percent organization meeting
Mrs. W. B. Murphy of Snow Hill, vice chair of the state Democratic executive committee, announced that Democratic women leaders will meet in Raleigh on October 28 to perfect a 100 percent organization.
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Raleigh
W. B. Murphy
Snow Hill
Democratic Executive Committee
Campbell College Alum To Celebrate Homecoming Day
Campbell College alumni will observe homecoming day in Buipr's Creek North Carolina on Saturday with alumni activities and campus events to honor former students and celebrate school heritage.
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BUIPR
Labor War Continues After CIO Rejected Reconciliation Offer
Denver and Atlantic City dispatches report the American Federation of Labor unanimously asks Congress to curb the national labor relations board. CIO leaders say the AFL refusal ends any chance of united labor action, with William Green announcing the AFL rejected the CIO terms. John J. Lewis urged CIO unions to back the proposal, stressing labor needs and welfare.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor Convention
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Atlantic City
Committee For Industrial Organizations
Federaton of Labor
Cc. I. O
United Labor Movement
William Green
Federation
Federation Council
A. F. of L
John J. Lewis
C. IL. O
Petition to raise N C freight rate on textiles denied
RALEIGH October 18 The utilities commission denied a petition filed by railroads operating in North Carolina for permission to raise railroad freight rates on cotton and knit manufactured goods. Rate expert C H Noah said action was without prejudice and would permit revision of rates on a reasonable basis.
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Raleigh
the Utilities Commission
North Carolina
C. H. Noah
Commission
Thirty Planes Crash Across Aragon Front in Spain Frontline Battles
On October 13 at the Franco-Spanish frontier near Hendaye, reports say more than 30 warplanes crashed during Columbus Day air combat. Franco's forces claim 24 government aircraft shot down in Zaragoza sector. insurgents report seven down with one loss. Madrid reports three Franco pilots captured from wrecks. Government claims heavy Madrid shelling casualties and ongoing insurgent advances in Gijon and nearby regions.
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Aragon Front
Ees
Francisco Franco
Zaragoza
Spain
Aragon
Valencia
Madrid
Franco
Salamanca
Gijon
Bay of Biscay
Cangas
Oviedo-Leon
Women on Hahn trial jury grows to nine
Cincinnati, Oct 13 A sixth woman juror was seated as Mrs Anna Hahn 31 year old German blonde returned to resume her murder trial. New tentative panel includes Magdalene Mitchell and Arthur Leininger bringing total to nine with two women an auto mechanic and a Negro laborer. Defense questions hint at naming other possible suspects in Wagner death.
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Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Magdalene Mitchell
Arthur Leininger
Hahn
Wagner
Mitchell
Joseph H. Houdin
Japs Suffer 3000 Losses In Shanghai Offensive
Chinese spokesman says Japanese forces lost more than 3000 dead and wounded in a failed attempt to break Chinese lines at Tazang near Shanghai. About 15,000 Japanese troops were committed, with a lone column reaching the outskirts of Tazang before retreating. The attack risks wider repercussions for British, Italian, and Russian nationals aboard a passing automobile.
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Shanghai
Wensiappang Creek
Tazang
International Settlement
Chapel
Chapei
Murray
W. L. Shinn
The
China Navigation Company
3B. Braham
Chinese Railway Administration
C. Marshall
Francesco Rebezai
M. Shahov
High Pointer Fatally Hurt Near Laurel Maryland
Edward McAnally Bryan 36 of High Point North Carolina was struck by a car on Baltimore boulevard near Laurel Maryland and died instantly. Corbit 30 of Goldsboro and Raymond Schultz 58 of Norfolk were detained as witnesses. Bryan had served in the U S Army for 16 years and is survived by a wife and child in Washington.
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James 8. Vawter
Laurel
Bryan
Raymond Schultz
Norfolk
Baltimore Boulevard
Washington
Schultz
Corbit
Edward McAnally Bryan
High Point
Harrison Bryan
Robertson
United States Army
Roosevelt outlines five farm and reform proposals for Congress
President Roosevelt announced a November 15 special session to act by Christmas on a five point program: crop production control to stabilize prices, wage and hour standards to boost purchasing power, regional planning for resources and floods, government reorganization to improve democracy, and stronger anti trust laws. The plan signals potential sharp debate as some items echo earlier proposals while others are new.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankheed
D.-Ala
O'Connor
D.N. Y
House
Teacher Heath Dies After Half Century in Iredell Schools
Raleigh Oct 13 funeral arrangements set for John W Heath 82 who passed away afterlong illness He spent 50 years teaching in Iredell schools and served at a stamens school in 1931 before retirement
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Raleigh
John W. Heath
Iredellion
Knox Seeks $144000 Advance PWA Grant for Yadkin Survey
City Manager E M Knox travels to Chapel Hill to file for a 144000 advance grant with PWA to fund an engineer survey of the Yadkin river hydro electric project at Styers dam and other preliminaries. The move follows a council resolution authorizing up to 250000 for the work with final decision to Washington.
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Chapel Hill
PWA
Stepeees Hydro-Electricystem
E. M. Knox
Yadkin River
Knox
Washington
Clark Foreman
Power Division
Styer’s Dam
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