Russia to Withdraw From Spanish Neutrality Pact
Moscow signals decision to pull out of the non intervention accord over delays in enforcing neutrality in the Spanish civil war. Soviet denounces the pact as a disgraceful situation and may announce withdrawal today or tomorrow. Officials say Russia seeks to avoid binding nations friendly to Madrid.
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Spain
Kremlin
Madrid
Neutrality Committee
London
Italy
Germany
Portugal
CANDIDATES PREPARE FINAL CAMPAIGN FLING
President Roosevelt returns to the White House for a 40 hour period as campaign travel continues. Governor Landon heads west for a Tuesday night speech in Los Angeles and a tour through Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
White House
Landon
Los Angeles
Washington
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Worcester
Mass
James Roosevelt
Gardner
NRA
Fitchburg
Cobnel Frank Knox
Nebraska
Lincoln
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vigilantes Formed to Ensure Fair Vote Count in East
Charles Francis Coe announces a vigilante group to oversee voting in 17 eastern states. He and Joseph W. Martin Jr. cite alleged illegal registrations and voting pressure, with complaints of organized voting infractions in Boston Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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New York
Charles Francis Coe
Republican National Committee
Boston
Virginia
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Advanced Market Gains Lift Stocks On Broad Rally
New York stocks rose today with many issues advancing fractions to over two points while some leaders held near Saturday close. Oils, coppers, rails and specialties led the charge near mid session as volume remained light and bonds showed modest gains amid mixed commodity and foreign exchange activity.
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New York
Suit Filed Against Coughlin NUSJ Trustees in Cleveland
John H. O Donnell of Pittsburgh filed suit seeking removal of the priest and others as trustees of the NUSJ union. The case centers on the endorsement of William Lemke and the NUSJ convention held in Cleveland in August.
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Fathe
Coughlin
NUSJ
Cleveland
John H. O'Donnell
Pittsburgh
Union
Debate ban ends Vandenberg Roosevelt voice broadcast
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg said the Roosevelt phonograph debate incident is closed for him after Columbia's refusal to rebroadcast. CBS officials cited policy against airing voices on records or simulated by actors, denying the Republican request.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Columbia Broadcasting System
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Jane
Edward Krauber
H. Leslie Atlass
Columbia
Sen. Vandenberg
New England
Hill Blackett
Klauber
Republican Party
Randolph Boy Hit By Car In Asheboro
James Saunders fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Saunders of Balfour community Asheboro died at midnight after being struck by a hit and run driver on a nearby highway. He was with three other boys who said the car did not stop. Funeral services were held Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev O P Dix officiating. Surviving are his parents and three brothers Arthur Jr Billy and Leon. Police have not located the driver.
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Asheboro
James Saunders
Arthur, Saunders
Balfour
O. P. Dix
Madrid mobilizes taxis to rush troops in civil war
The Madrid government mobilized thousands of taxicabs to move reinforcements as fascist forces advance. About 3000 taxis were readied to serve any front point around the capital, with drivers from the mechanics brigade prepared to deploy if needed, aiming to mimic the Paris Marne taxi ride.
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Madrid
Mechanics Brigade
Paris
Marne
Italian quake kills up to 25 in Vittorio and Cavena di Sacile
Tremors in northern Italy caused deaths and widespread damage. In Vittorio up to 25 people may have died as houses collapsed and streets closed. Cavena di Sacile reports 20 dead and 30 injured as residents lived in open fields awaiting safety.
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Italy
Austria
Cavena DI Sacile
Escae
Labor Leaders Seek Basis For Agreement In Quarrel
Washington reports labor leaders are quietly seeking a basis to restore John L. Lewis and associates to good standing in the American Federation of Labor. The peace move by the federation executive council is not seen as hurt by Lewis, and further peace steps are anticipated as talks continue.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Committee For
Federation Council
Nineteen Die In Ship Accident On Lake Erie
In a 50 mile per hour gale the 252 foot Sand Merchant sank on Lake Erie. Of 26 aboard 19 died and seven survived after clinging to lifeboats through a long night. Captain Graham MacLellan led the seven rescued and praised crewman Herman Dault and John L. Ideson for saving him.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
Graham MacLellan
Herman Dault
Captain MacLellan
Dault
John L. Ideson
Weekend of Violence Downstate Injures Three In Accidents
Police records show a weekend of accidents and a shooting injuring three. Weldon Royals of Thomasville suffered facial and scalp injuries when his car hit a parked vehicle on Howell street and was taken to Burrus Memorial hospital.
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Weldon Royals
Thomasville
H. M. Stallings
Howell Street
North Main Street
Royals
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Roscoe Johnson
East Green Street
Brody Peatross
East Russell Street
Ral Abbott
Recommendation for universal police registration urged
Dr G H Bechtold of Philadelphia reports a three month study in England and Germany supporting universal police registration. He says Americans resist but such a system aids population control and curbs crime by tracking wanderers and those without regular homes. The idea was discussed at the United Lutheran church in America convention.
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Clumbus
United Lutheran Church In America
G. H. Bechtold
Philadelphia
England
Germany
Bechtold
Committee On Moral and Social Welfare
Re-Election of Officers Weathers Western North Carolina Pentecostal Holiness Conference
The Western North Carolina Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness church re elected all officers who served in 1936. C A Stroud was re elected superintendent and T A Melton assistant. J H Puckett named secretary and C O D Burchell treasurer. Five clergy and five lay delegates were chosen for the General Conference to be held in Roanoke Virginia next May.
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Roanoke
Western North Carolina
Pentecostal Holiness Church
C. A. Stroud
Marion
T. A. Melton
Durham
J. H. Puckett
Alta Vista
C. O
E. G. Pendleton
Leaksville
L. W. Franklin
Danville
K. A. Carlysle
Gastonia
M. M. Strother
High Point
J. R. Crutchfield
Winston-Salem
Highland Avenue
Highland Avenue Pentecostal Holiness Church To the Cloverdale Church
Pentecostal Holiness Young People's Society
Cloverdale School
Errors Rule Plans for Speaking Appear At State HQ
Raleigh, Oct. 19. State Democratic headquarters admitted an error in the speaking schedule. Isaac Wright was listed to speak at Winton today Fountain tomorrow night and Pantego Wednesday night. Lindsay Warren will speak at those places. Wright was not assigned those engagements. Warlick and Williams were removed from Lawsonville and Smithfield events respectively.
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Raleigh
Democratic
Isaac Wright
Winton
Fountain
Pantego
Lindsay Warren
Wright
Wilson Warlick
Lawsonville
Glasson Williams
Smithfield
Warning From French Socialists to Premier Blum
Paris, Oct. 19. Radical Socialists told Premier Leon Blum he must refuse extremist demands to win their continued support. They warned after Blum said a split in the people's front would force his resignation. The Eve Mouvelle paper urged Blum to stop creating a new form of society.
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Paris
Leon Blum
People’s Front
Eve Mouvelle
Blum
Ex convict held for killing four in Elko holdup
Luther Jones 32 denied lynching threats while in custody after admitting a $40 holdup and the shotgun killings of four men at a cabin near Elko stockyards. Sheriff C A Harper said the victims included cattle ranchers Otto Heitman Walter Godeke and Manuel Arrascade all from Carson Valley and Elko.
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Elko
Nevada
Luther Jones
C. A. Harper
Jones
Indiana
Montana
Harper
Joe Stecca
Stecca
Otto Heitman
Walter Godeke
Carson Valley
Manuel Arrascade
Actress Bette Davis barred from performing in England
London authorities restrained Bette Davis an American film actress from appearing in motion pictures or any performances in England for any company other than Warner Brothers of Hollywood in a ruling dated October 19.
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London
Bette Davis
England
Warner Brothers of
Hollywood
Rains Proving Curse and Cure in California Fires
Rains halted California fires and threatened a lettuce crop in Salinas Valley. Fires were quenched or checked by rain and cool weather, with three lives lost last Friday. Tahoe National Forest saw 3,000,000 feet of timber destroyed and Sierra National Forest 14,000 acres burned. Red Cross reported no immediate aid needs for displaced families.
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San Francisco
California
Salinas Valley
Tahoe National Forest
de Witt Nelson
Sierra National Forest
Red Cross
Six Die At Dayton Grade Crossing in Car Train Crash
Six residents of Dayton were killed when their car collided with a fast St. Louis to New York passenger train after crossing gates failed to halt them. Victims include Ollie May Hall 27 Sallie Hunter 25 Wileen McFadden 23 Daniel McFadden 26 John A Mangan 28 and Ira Towels 28 all of Dayton.
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Dayton
New York
Ollie May Hall
Sallie Hunter
Wileen McFadden
Daniel McFadden
John A. Mangan
Ira Towels
Fire on Vulcania Kills Four Crew Members at Sea
The Italian motorship Vulcania reached Palermo with a two hour blaze in third class quarters. Four crew members died including two stewards and an asphyxiated cabin attendant. an orchestra player drowned leaping overboard. Captain led inquiry into origin amid mystery and later alarm at 5 15 a m.
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Palermo
Sicily
Vulcania
Court rejects appeal over New Deal laws review
The Supreme Court declined to review challenges to three New Deal statutes, denying the appeals by J Edward Jones and others. The action was procedural with no ruling on merits. Texas Utilities and Alabama Power challenged loans for eight plants. Duke Power case already set for argument the week of November 3.
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Oct
Supreme Court
J. Edward Jones
New York
National Industrial Recovery
Texas Utilities Company
Alabama Power Company
Texas
Alabama
Duke Power Company
Federal District Court
District of Columbia
Circuit Court
King Plans For Royal Houseparty
King Edward planned royal entertainment at Sandringham for his house party guests with the inclusion of Mrs. Ernest Simpson still undecided. The monarch traveled to his country residence for the first stay since his father’s death escorted by Maj. Ulick Alexander and Commander Charles Lambe and reports say Mrs. Simpson, whose divorce proceedings were moving forward, was invited to attend.
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Edward
Sandringham
Ernest Simpson
Ulick Alexander
Privy Purse
Charles Lambe
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