Italy Eases Spain War Tensions With Partial Volunteer Withdrawal
Italy agrees to a partial withdrawal of volunteers from the Spanish Civil War as demanded by Britain and France. Count Dino Grandi offers cooperation with withdrawals in equal quantities from both sides to localize the conflict. In London the non intervention committee session opens amid calls for a concrete withdrawal plan. The piece notes foreign volunteers, including fascist Italians, serving in international brigades and aviation advisory roles. A lengthy local sidebar covers a North Carolina travel tour to High Point, including officials Grover H. Jones and A. O. Kirkman praising the city and its industry and hospitality.
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Associated Press
Italy
Dino Grandi
London
Britain
France
Ialy
Spain
Grandi
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
Grover H. Jones
High Point
Jones
A. Kirkman
Thomasville
Denton
Three Die In Durham County Flightway Crash
Three youths died in Durham County Friday when a crowded truck bound for the State Fair collided with a coal truck near Bahama. Harvey Moore 15 of Timber Lake Prodie Duke 38 of Rougemont and Fred Day 15 were in the party with Day critically injured. Drivers Eugene Knott Rougemont and RB Vaughan Rougemont faced bonds. investigations continue. George Hudgins 41 of Farrington was killed on the Durham Chapel Hill highway when struck by a car driven by Everett Boone of East Durham.
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Durham
Derham
Harvey Moore
Eugene Knott
Rougemont
RB. C. Vaughan
Liberty
George P. Hudgins
Farrington
Chatham County
Durham-Chapel Hill
Everett Boone
East Durham
FE. G. Belvin
Lon Folger In Race For Fifth District Post
A. D. Lon Folger, Democratic national committeeman, announced his candidacy for congress in the Fifth District. Folger, a longtime Democratic figure, made the move here after Rep Hancock entered the U S Senate race. Marshall Kurfees of Winston-Salem had announced for Hancock's seat days earlier.
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MT. Airy
Ger
A. D
Lon) Folger
Congress
Folger
Rep
Hancock
Reynolds
U. S. Senate
Marshall Kurfees
Winston- Salem
Winston-Salem
AP meeting wraps after three day convention in New Orleans
The Associated Press managing editors conclude their three day convention in New Orleans with a hash discussion and a trip to Baton Rouge. Walter M. Harrison of Oklahoma City is chosen to lead the final discussion replacing Thursday and Friday program talks.
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New Orleans
Associatedress
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Walter M. Harrison
Oklahoma City
South Atlantic Coast Shipping Hit By Strike
A strike of longshoremen from Wilmington North Carolina to Tampa Florida began today. About 8 000 workers mainly Negro dockhands quit to press for higher pay an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime. Clerks and checkers also impacted. Ports from Savannah to Port Everglades affected with numbers nearly all dock workers active. Negotiations failed earlier this week with demands of 70 cents an hour, or a 15 cent raise above current rates.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Wilmington
N. C
Tampa
International Longshoremen’s Association
American Federation of Labor
Miami
Charleston
D. C
International
V. E. Townsend
Savandah
Brunswick
Fort Pierce
Port Everglades
The
Townsend
Southeast
North Atlantic
Western Gulf
Mufti of Jerusalem Fleeing Palestine for Lebanon
The Grand Mufti Haj Affendi Al Husseini departed Palestine by sailboat for Lebanon, after the British tightened control over Moslem affairs in a bid to curb terrorism. WAQF properties, valued at about 335000 dollars yearly, were seized by authorities for administration.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Lydda
Haj Affendi al Husseini
Mosque
Omar
Greensboro Man Loses Suit Against BC Remedy Co
Greensboro man Samuel W. Gayes was awarded no damages in a $150,000 suit against the BC Remedy Co of Durham. A superior court verdict ruled he could not prove the headache powder addiction harmed his health. Gayes may appeal within 90 days. the trial began October 6 and ended after two hours of deliberation.
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Greensboro
Samuel W. Gayes
B-C Remedy Company
Durham
Gayes
B-C
Chicago Produce Oct 16 Butter and Eggs Prices Steady
Butter 7,780 pounds steady. All butter prices unchanged. Eggs 3,422 cases steady with local primaries at 22 percent, cars 22 percent, fresh graded at 21 percent. Current receipts 21 percent.
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Chicago
Kennedy Would Adjust Taxes Amid Market Pressure
Joseph P. Kennedy, head of the maritime commission, says he differs with the administration on federal capital gains and undistributed profits taxes. He believes they can be altered to keep revenue while spurring business expansion. A Ways and Means subcommittee will review tax revision next month following Kennedy’s meeting with the President.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
House Ways and Means
Kennedy
New York
Lindbergh Renews Commission In U S Air Corps Reserve
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh renews his commission in the American Army Air Corps Reserve, as announced by the War Department. The decision ends chatter that he might relinquish American citizenship to become a British subject while residing in England.
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Lindbergh
U. S. Air Corps Reserve
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
War Department
England
Labor union peace meet still in air
Denver reports the AFL accepted the US peace conference proposal for Oct 25 in Washington DC. CI O floated a meeting with or without commitments while William Green said telegraphic talks likely to yield a conference. Government officials in DC see value in unifying labor for 1938 elections.
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Labor Union
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
George Harrison
American of Labor Peace Committee
Colo
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
A. F
Green
Washington
New Deal
Lindbergh Arrives in Berlin to Inspect German Planes
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Berlin by train and planned tours of aircraft factories guided by Col. Ernst Udet. Mrs. Lindbergh would join him later, with Major Truman Smith and his wife hosting at the U.S. embassy.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ernst Udet
Lindbergh
Truman Smith
United States
Gets Thirty Years For Murder Wife
Danbury reports George Nelson, a 30 year old mountaineer, was convicted of second degree murder for the razor killing of his wife on October 7. His mother testified he was drinking for days before the incident and forced his wife to jump from a second story window, then slashed her throat as their six children watched.
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Danbury
George Nelson
Nelson
Japs Charge Chinese Use Poison Gas in Shanghai Demonstration
In Shanghai on October 16 Japanese authorities staged a dramatic demonstration claiming Chinese forces used poison gas. A shell emitting foul fumes was shown to foreign reporters as evidence, while Chinese officials denied involvement and called the claim a fabrication.
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Shanghai
China
Hajime Tani
Japanese Chemical Corps
Tokyo
Davis Will Represent U.S. At Peace Meeting
The United States accepts an invitation to attend the nine power treaty conference on the Far Eastern crisis in Brussels on October 30. Norman H. Davis is named to head the delegation with Dr. Stanley Hornbeck and J. Pierrepont Moffet as advisors. The group is expected to sail from New York aboard the Washington midweek.
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Washington
China
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Ers
League of Nations
Tokyo
Brussels
Norman H. Davis
Hull
Stanley Hornbeck
J. Pierrepont Moffet
State Department
Robert T. Pell
Charles E. Bohlen
Hornbeck
Moffett
Davis
Pell
Bohlen
New York
Car believed owned by Bill Rush missing in Asheboro
High Point police report license number 311771 ties the Chevrolet roadster to Bill Rush of Asheboro. No trace of the car has been found by local officers.
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High Point Police
Bill Rush
Asheboro
Episcopalians May Campaign Against Venereal Diseases
At the creen triennial convention in Cincinnati the house of deputies approved two resolutions to back health groups in fighting syphilis. They urge dissemination of information and require a physician’s certificate showing venereal disease clearance before Episcopalian marriage. Bishops expected to concur.
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Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Independent Tobacco Workers Union chartered in Durham
Secretary of State Thad Eure issued a charter to Independent Tobacco Workers of America, Inc. of Durham, a non stock organization to establish and maintain a bargaining agency for tobacco workers.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Independent Tobacco Workers of America, Inc
Durham
Mine Blast Kills Dozens at Mulga Coal Mine West of Birmingham
A 2 a.m. explosion blamed on coal gas tore through the Mulga coal mine shaft near Birmingham killing about 30 to 40 workers, most of the shift. Ivan Fox survived, burned, hospitalized in critical condition. rescue teams recovered many bodies buried under rock and coal amid heavy debris. The mine normally employs around 600 with one wing damaged.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mulga
Here
Sam Williams
Woodward Iron Works
Ivan Fox
Wik ‘Amas
Fox
Bessemer
R. M. Marshall
Woodward
Thie
Tobacco prices hold firm across Farmville and Raleigh markets
The bureau of agricultural economics reports tobacco prices remained firm this week with heavy sales Friday and Monday in Farmville Goldsboro and Wendell. U S and S grades list multiple leaf and cutter prices with primings and lemon categories shown in steady ranges.
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Raleigh
Farmville
Goldsboro
Wendell
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S&s
Youth Confesses Murder of Maine Doctor and Wife
In North Arlington New Jersey Police Chief George Shippee said eighteen year old Paul Dwyer confessed to killing Dr J G Littlefield and his wife Lydia in South Paris Maine several days earlier. The bodies were found in a parked auto with blows to the head from a hammer. Dwyer was found in the car with $197 on him and later led officers to the corpses in the trunk.
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Doctor
North Arlington
N. J
George Shippee
Paris
Shippee
Paul Dwyer
Maine
J. G. Littlefield
Lydia
Newark
Lyndhurst
Norman Turner
Dwyer
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