Russia presses Spain aid issue in London talks
Soviet Ambassador Maisky and Kagan pressed Lord Plymouth to convoke the Non intervention committee to back a blockade of Portuguese ports, aiming to stop Fascist arms to Spain. Eden affirmed Britain’s non intervention policy and warned of tense developments affecting European security talks.
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London
Russia
Ivan M. Maisky
Soviet Union
M. Kagan
Spain
Lord Plymouth
Britain
Belgium
Germany
Leopold
Maisky
Kagan
Foreign Office
Otto von Bismarck
Anthony Eden
Eden
Great Britain
Europe
New Offensive Starts Toward Madrid in Spain Drive
Fascist armies launched a massive new offensive near Madrid with three columns under Generals Varela Handeche Castejon and Barron pushing from San Martin de Valdeiglesias toward Navalcarnero. Tracks, tanks and planes aided the drive as insurgents aimed to encircle and block government retreats.
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Lesias
Spain
Madrid
Jose Varela
Alberche
Aldea del Fresno
Navalcarnero
Varela
Associated Press
Handeche Castejon
Chapineria
San Martin
Col
Barron
Santa Cruz del Ratamar
Maqueda-Madrid
Lexington Man Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Finch Field
Ed Bolick of Lexington was severely injured early today when his car failed to negotiate a turn on the High Point highway near Finch Field ball park. He was taken to a hospital with deep cuts, bruises, and a nearly severed ear after the vehicle overturned. two companions fled before authorities could identify them.
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Thomasville
Ed Bolick
Lexington
High Point
Finch Field Ball Park
Bolick
Russell
Pneumonia Claims Greensboro Woman
GREENSBORO Oct 15 Mrs Albert Lee Thompson Jr daughter of Rear Admiral Archibald Henderson Seales United States Navy former commandant at Annapolis Naval Academy died early today in a Greensboro hospital after a brief illness of pneumonia Funeral arrangements had not been completed Surviving are her husband and their son Archibald Scales Thompson two sisters Mrs Albert Ok Sr and Mrs Frederick Riddle whose husbands are lieutenant commanders in the United States Navy
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Greensboro
Albert Lee Thompson, Jr
Archibald Henderson Seales
United States Navy
Annapolis Naval Academy
Archibald Scales Thompsn
Albert Ok
Frederick Riddle
Mrs Simpson files for divorce citing misconduct
Mrs Ernest Simpson, once introduced to King Edward, charges her husband with misconduct in an English divorce suit. The case opens at Ipswich assizes on Oct 27 after the couple moved from Bryanston Court to Cumberland Terrace and a military club respectively.
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London
Ernest
Wally) Simpson
Baltimore
Edward
England
Ipswich Assizes
Simpson
Bryanston Court
Wallis Warfield
Cumberland Terrace
Buckingham Palace
Crack
Coldstream Guards
Charlotte Leads In Construction
Raleigh reports 21 North Carolina cities issued building permits totaling 1,260,454 in September, up from a year ago but below August's 1,349,931. Charlotte topped with 330,320. 191,595 homes, 57,750 business buildings, and 80,795 alterations. Greensboro second, Durham third.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Labor
Charlotte
Greensboro
Durham
Soil Conservation Service to Move 17 Workers in North Carolina
Seventeen clerks supervisors and other Soil Conservation Service employees in High Point NC face transfer to other offices or removal from the payroll. Papers have been prepared and sent to the Civil Service Commission in Washington for clearance which may take a month or more. Officials aim to reassign all workers within North or South Carolina to avoid layoffs.
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Soil Conservation Service
High Point
J. H. Stallings
Stallings
Civil Service Commision
Washington
WPA
North Carolina
Soil Conservation
South Carolina
Submarine Clause Retained in Naval Treaty Accord
Tokyo reports Japan accepted to retain the submarine humanitarian clause of the London naval treaty. Shigeru Yoshida was instructed to sign a new agreement continuing the section indefinitely with the United States and Great Britain. France and Italy have consented. Britain seeks more adherents. Formal signature date in London pending.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
London
United States
Great Britain
Weed Prices Rise as Grading Service Expands
The Agriculture Department reports higher average tobacco prices on Oxford Farmville and Goldsboro markets in September and October 1936 under the new oral tobacco grading service. Poundage fell across all three markets as the selling season shifts. officials cite varied seasonality and returning demand.
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Washington
Agriculture
Oxford
Farmville
Morrow
Goldsboro
South Carolina
Owers
Royal
DuPont Family Contributes Heavily To GOP Campaign
New York Oct 15 Senator Guffey says the Du Pont family and associates contributed 383000 to the Republican national campaign through Sept 30. He cites Lammot du Pont 105000 Irenee 95000 Pierre S 84000 and other family members with smaller gifts. Guffey estimates total may exceed 250000 by election time.
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New York
Joseph T. Guffey
du Pont
Guffey
Henry B. du Pont
Henry Belin du Pont
P. S. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont
Hallock du Pont
William du Pont
William du Pont, Jr
H. Fletcher Brown
du Pont Company
H. M. Carpenter
Charles C. Copeland
Lammot du Pont Copeland
T. S. Grasselli
W. F. Harrington
Harry Haskel
W. F. Carpenter
W. S
Two Are Sentenced On Murder Charges
In Jackson superior court Henry Rich, 33, received life imprisonment after pleading guilty as an accessory in the Labor Day 1934 murder of Otto Jordan. Claude Morgan, 30, was given 30 years for second degree murder in the slaying of Lyndon Card on May 30.
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Sylva
Henry Rich
Claude Morgan
Jackson Superior Court
Rich
Otto Jordan
Morgan
Lyndon Card
Lutherans Open Business Meet in Columbus
The United Lutheran church in America begins its 10th biennial convention in Columbus on October 15 with reports from the moral and social welfare committee. The American mission board bans fundraisers like card parties and dances for churches, affecting 575 mission churches in the U.S. and Canada, and urges peace measures and neutrality in war while limiting military spending.
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Columbus
United Lutheran Church In America
Church Committee On
American Mission Board
H. W. A. Hanson
Gettysburg
United States
Canada
Democrats Aided By Duke Heiress
Doris Duke Cromwell heiress to the Duke fortune contributed 5000 to the Arkansas quota of the national Democratic campaign fund. J D Head Texarkana former state Democratic chairman said he received the check from New York and sent it to national headquarters. The accompanying letter gave no explanation for the route.
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Little Rock
Ark
National Democratic Campaign Fund
Doris Duke Cromwell
North Carolina
Duke
Arkansas
National Fund
J. D. Head
Texarkana
State Democratic Committee
Woman Acquitted In County Murder Case At Henderson
Ruby Wilder Ellington, 34, the first woman tried in Vance county for a capital offense, was acquitted of murdering her husband. The jury of deliberated 1 hour 40 minutes. She testified that she fired as her husband reached for his pocket, not to kill.
Textile Executive Claimed By Death In Gastonia
W Thomas Love 177 president and treasurer of the Spencer Mountain mill and chairman of Ranilo Manufacturing Company died suddenly at his Gastonia home. A Gaston County native and longtime civic leader, he previously served one term as sheriff. Survived by wife Bessie Horton and three children Tom Sam and Elizabeth. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Gastonia
W. Thomas Love
Spencer Mountain
Ranilo Manufacturing Company
Gaston County
Love
Bessie Horton
Lenoir
Tom
San Francisco
Cal
Sam
Montgomery
Ala
Elizabeth Love
Belgium Aims at Strict Neutrality in King Leopold Policy
Brussels reports detail King Leopold urging full cabinet endorsement of a neutral Belgium. The policy would repudiates the Franco Belgian pact of 1920, withdraw from Locarno, reject League duties, and shift toward prewar neutrality. Parliament to convene October 27 in extraordinary session.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Landon Makes Indiana Campaign Swing With New Deal Attack
Governor Landon campaigned in Indiana farm country accusing the New Deal of extravagance while President Roosevelt went to Detroit to argue that his policies rescued American business. Knox urged Roosevelt to explain support for a farmer labor platform described as social ism. Robinson praised Roosevelt in Canton and Lemke backed an old age pension plan.
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Landon
Indiana
Roosevelt
Detroit
Kendalville
Ind
Michigan
Chicago
Frank Knox
Springfield
Minnesota
Knox
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Alfred E. Smith
Robinson
Mr. Roosevelt
Canton, Co
U S Gold Reserve Tops Eleven Billion Dollars
The U S gold reserve reached 11 001 612 764 dollars on October 13 marking the first time the bullion stock exceeded 11 billion. The Treasury report shows an unexpected rise despite expectations that the new tri power gold pact would shift bullion to France and England as funds continued flowing to the United States.
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Washington
America
Treasury
France
England
United States
Little Fire Loss Greensboro September Fire Department Credit
Intensive prevention work reduced Greens boro's September fire loss to 422 dollars, officials said after monitoring city incidents and enforcing safety measures to curb blazes.
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Greensboro
Typhoon Death Toll Rises in Philippine Islands
Manila reports 546 dead from the typhoon with 1045 missing or injured as northern Luzon endures wind and flood. Health officials ease fears of epidemic after Cabahatuan inspection finds no sickness. President Quezon tours with doctors and officers while Cebu advices note 35 rescued from the Sugbu with 31 dead or missing.
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Manila
Isolal
Luzon
Cabahatuan
Manuel Quezon
Cebu
Belgian neutrality shocks Paris on Franco Belgian pact
Paris officials react with surprise to King Leopold's Brussels speech seen as a return to Belgian neutrality. Foreign Minister Delbos asks for clarification while insisting Franco Belgian agreements remain in force despite the apparent shift.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Brussels
Foreigh
Yvon Delbos
Leopold
Foreign Office
Dough ton to speak at county Democrat rally in Lenoir
Rep. R. L. Dough ton is set to address a county wide Democratic rally in Lenoir tomorrow night, signaling active campaign engagement for local voters.
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Associated Press Lenoir
R. L. Doughton
Weather Outlook for Carolinas with Showers and Mild Temps
North Carolina mostly cloudy with possible mist or showers in west and near south coast tonight and Friday. South Carolina similar with mist or showers near coast. temperatures remain mild. Eastly winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville will be fresh to moderately strong, with overcast skies and scattered showers tonight and Friday.
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West Portion
South Coast
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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