Chinese Parley Fails to Halt Bias Bay Invasion
Heavy Chinese reinforcements rushed toward Bias Bay near Hongkong as a new Japanese expeditionary force estimated at over 35 000 troops lands there. Roads to Waichow choke with transport while fighting grows in Pingshan Nimshan as defenders brace for inland advances toward Tamsehui and the Kowloon Canton railway.
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Hongkong
East River
Bias Bay
Waichow
Canton
South China
Tameshul
Kowloon-Canton-Hankow
Pingshan-Nimshan
Tamsehui
Hankow
Kowloon
Pearl River
Kwangtune Province
South China Morning Post
Kwangtung
Wage-Hour Chief Seeks Labor Peace at AFL Convention
Elmer F. Andrews, Wage-Hour Administrator, urged the AFL and CIO to settle their internal disputes without bitterness. He defended the new law and its rules, noting the administrator can only act on committee recommendations and cannot issue a wage order unilaterally. Green and Lewis faced calls for resignations as the labor federation weighed peace talks.
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Houston
Tex
Elmer F. Andrews
American Federation of Labor
Federation-C. I. O
Andrews
Federation
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Co. I. O
Lewis
William Green
A. F. of L
Green
John P. Frey
House of Congress
France to withdraw ambassador over Spain policy
Paris reports indicate France plans to withdraw its ambassador to the Spanish government amid opposition claims the move would amount to a black handed recognition of the Insurgent regime.
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Paris
France
Spain
Daladier
Catholic-Nazi incidents reported during Vatican campaign
Vienna reports three new Catholic-Nazi incidents amid a Nazi push against Theodore Cardinal Innitzer and what Nazis call clerical agitators.
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Vienna
Catholics Today
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Mexico Closes 1,120,000 Bushels Wheat Purchase
An informed source says Mexico has agreed to buy 1,120,000 bushels of hard wheat under the U S export subsidy plan. Delivery is to occur within 90 days.
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Mexico City
United States
Senator Wheeler Pushes Centralized Transport Control
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Wheeler argues for central government control of railroads trucks and water carriers. Speaking in Washington he says there is no justification for a 15 percent railroad pay cut which the Rail Brotherhoods oppose and threaten a strike rather than accept.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Montana
Lehman to Name Special Prosecutor for Brooklyn Corruption
Governor Lehman announced he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged official corruption in Brooklyn, replacing District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan.
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New York
Lehman
Brooklyn
William F. X. Geoghan
Roosevelt Plans Hyde Park Trip This Weekend
President Roosevelt outlined tentative plans to depart near midday Saturday for a short trip to Hyde Park New York likely lasting about a week. He aims to return refreshed after the visit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hoey Signals Likely Jury Trial in Deane Burgin Case
Governor Hoey said legal counsel in the Deane Burgin primary dispute plan further moves before admitting the contest for the 9th congressional district nomination must go to a jury trial. He vows to act the moment a judicial settlement before the November elections is impossible.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Deane-Burgin
School Budget Meeting Slated in Raleigh Friday
The State School Commission will convene in Raleigh on Friday to review the budgets of county and city school units.
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Raleigh
State School Commission
Train derails Seaboard freight near Wingate
Seventeen cars of a Seaboard Air Line freight train derailed near Wingate on Tuesday night. Most derailed cars carried coal. No injuries reported.
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Wingate
Seaboard Air Line
Here
British Reinforcements Take Bethlehem Hebron Area
British forces from the Worcestershire regiment arrived in Bethlehem and pushed to Hebron to suppress an Arab band terrorizing the region. Armored cars and mortars supported the 400 troops as order returned and Bethlehem’s population recovered from unrest. Christian antique dealers near the Church of the Nativity urged visitors to buy to endure hardship.
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Bethlehem
England
Bethlehem-Hebron
Palestine
Worcestershire Regiment
Black Watch Regiment
Hebron
Beersheba
Jerusalem
Worcestershires
Church of the Nativity
Germans Over Boundaries Claim by Czechs
Czechoslovakia protests to the international commission over German troops occupying several towns and villages on the Czechoslovak side near Pilsen. The propaganda ministry says disputes will be settled by military staffs and the Perlin commission.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Internatonal Commission
Berlin
Pilsen
Perlin Commission
Labor Leaders Seek RR Peace
Washington October 13 A railroad labor leader urged management to withdraw a 15 percent wage cut demand and join with employees and the government in a rehabilitation plan. George M. Harrison representing eighteen brotherhoods testified before the emergency fact finding board that wage cuts won t solve industry troubles and urged long range coordination, government loans, finance reorganization, and rate structure revision. He warned that nearly one million workers have voted to strike and progress depends on resolving the wage dispute.
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Washington
George M. Harrison
Harrison
Textile wage hour group adjourns after two days
The textile committees tasked with establishing minimum pay levels for cotton silk and rayon left wage data collection to subcommittees after a two day session. The 21 man committee named under the wage hour law adjourned for at least three weeks.
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Washington
Gateway Service station robbery in Thomasville area
The Gateway Service station on Lexington highway was entered last night and about $20 worth of merchandise stolen. Entry was made through a broken rear window by unlatching the lock. No arrests have been made.
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Thomasville
Gateway
Lexington Highway
Aid To China Necessitated New Offensive
Tokyo reports that British and French aid to China via Canton prompted a new South China offensive. Editorials in Kokumin and Nichi Nichi defend Japan's wartime actions, warn foreign powers, and stress the need for advance notice before troop or ship movements to avoid accidents.
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China
Tokyo
Canton
South China
Hongkong
Japan
Kokumin
Nichi Nichi
Orient
Foreign Office
South
United States
Britain
Eighth District GOP Showdown Aims for Jury Trial
The Deane Burgin dispute over the Eighth District nomination heads toward a jury trial. Judge Harris said he would submit the case to a jury unless the parties reach agreement. Democratic claimants C. B. Deane and W. O. Burgin contend the controversy cannot be settled before the November general election.
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Raleigh
Deane-Burgin
W. C. Harris
Superior
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Deane
Burgin
Poland orders Czech residents to evacuate by November
Ordered notices posted throughout the Tueschen district demand all Czechs who settled there since November 1918 leave the area by November 1. The region was newly acquired by Poland from Czechoslovakia.
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Teschen
Poland
Tueschen
Czechoslovakia
Fire destroys vast oil tanks at Linden refinery
A massive blaze at the Cities Service refinery complex in Linden New Jersey scorched eight acres of tanks and released as much as 10 million gallons of oil. Firefighters from 50 of 1 500 volunteers battled flames through the night, with damage pegged around one million dollars and eight more acres of the tank farm later contained.
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Linden
N. J
Frank T. Miller
Elliot McEldowney
Cities Service Refining Company
New York
Cities Service Company
Extended search for Mary Coyle killer broadens
Police widened their hunt for the Mary Coyle murder suspect as they investigated a 26 year old woman's report of attempted assault by an unidentified motorist near her home. In Norwalk patrons overheard talk of the case while three youths in a New York plate car were sought by state police.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Mary Coyle
Mamaroneck
Connecticut
New York
Norwalk
Coyle
Long Island
Fort Bragg to Stage Nation-Scale Blackout Test
Fort Bragg will blackout eight thousand square miles across North Carolina to test the passive weapon against night bombing. Thousands will darken homes and halt lights to disrupt bomber navigation as civilian observers monitor the exercise for air defense policy implications.
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Fort Bragg
America
North
Adams-Millis Plans Redemption of 5000 Preferred Shares
Adams-Millis Corp says it will retire its remaining 5000 shares of 7 percent cumulative preferred stock on November 1 at 110 dollars a share plus accrued dividends. The move saves about 25000 dollars annually in dividends, effectively boosting earnings per share on the 156000 common shares. The preferred issue originally totaled 17500 shares and has been reduced in blocks over four years.
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New York
Adams-Millis Corpe
Czechs Invoke Martial Law Amid Ruthenia Unrest
A Prague dispatch reports a state of siege declared at Mukachevo and surrounding Ruthenia districts after a surge of incidents. Smugglers linked to Hungarian terrorists crossed from Hungary, aiding attacks that damaged a railway bridge and station, killed a railway worker, and wounded a bus passenger.
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Paris
Havas
Prague
Mukacevo
Munkacs
Ruthenia
Subcarpathian
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Tarpa
Bohemia
Borzava
Borzava-Muzijovo
Hberehevo
Chvalkovsky to Meet Hitler Over Czechoslovakia’s Future
Prague's new foreign minister Frantisek Chvalkovsky flies to Berchtesgaden for talks with Adolf Hitler on Germany’s future policy toward Czechoslovakia. A two hour session with Joachim von Ribbentrop preceded wider questions to be settled by the Fhrer at the Bavarian retreat.
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Berlin
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Chvalkovsky
Prague
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Chamberlain
Britain
Poland
Hungary
Chvalkoveky
Russia
France
Chvalkovesky
Legation
von Ribbentrop
Baron Ernst von Weiszaecker
Foreign Office
International Sudtenland Commission
Territorial Dispute Ends In Stalemate at Komarom
The Hungarian foreign minister read a declaration that Hungary would drop solo demands and refer its territorial claims on Czechoslovakia to a Four Power conference after their ultimatum expired. A Czechoslovak counterproposal could yield about 40 percent of Hungary’s demands as talks stalled and mobilization threats circulated.
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Louis Matzhold Komarom
Hungary
Komarom
Koloman von Kanya
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
E.S.T
Czecholslovak
Danube
Munich
Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Tobacco sales reach $26 cwt in Winston-Salem market
Tobacco sales in Winston-Salem averaged $26 per hundred pounds with over 1,000,000 pounds sold as buyers cleared floors. Numerous offerings traded at high prices with many firms and buyers listed among the day’s transactions.
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Winston Salem
Johnson & Hardy
Hall &C
Weeks & Long
Co. L. Slacher
T. Rh. Barrow & Son
N. G. Spillman
Lowery Barrow
D. C. Marsh
KE. W. Griffin
Yancey Yates
A. J. Bronitt
Holt & Holt
Fred Winters
J. L. Lineberry
W. C. Hall
Tucker & Starbuck
J. C. Hayworth
Prominent Moslem Lawyer Killed Near Hebron
Hassan Sidky Hl Dajany, a leading Moslem lawyer who resisted a campaign against Jews and British authorities, was seized by an Arab gang near Hebron last night and then shot and stabbed to death. An investigation confirmed the killing occurred today in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Hassan Sidky Hl Dajany
Dajany
Hebron
Fatal crash injuries claim A G Curtis Jr
A. G. Curtis Jr. 20 of Route 1 Liberty died yesterday from injuries suffered a week earlier when his car overturned near Greensboro. He had been hospitalized since the accident on October 13.
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Patal
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Elmer W. Peterson
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Mexico
G. O. P. Make
U. S
Bragg
Fort Brage
Farmingdale
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