Eden sets stance on Spanish intervention and Mediterranean route
London Oct 21 AP Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons Britain will maintain its Mediterranean route and press for non intervention in Spain while seeking withdrawal of foreign volunteers. He noted Italy and Germany have modified views and Italy proposed an acceptable withdrawal plan with a commission to Spain. Eden pledged effort for the Nov 30 nine power Brussels conference to mediate the China Japan war and said Italy will send a delegation with France to be represented by Yvon Delbos.
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London
Eng
Anthony Eden
Commons
Italy
Europe
Spain
Eden
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
Brussels
Yvon Delbor
France
Train cars derail near Blackwell injuring agent and clerk
A Missouri Pacific Texan derailment at Blackwell Oklahoma injures a station agent Sam McKinstry and a mail clerk, with about 200 passengers shaken up. The derailment involved two baggage cars and a day coach leaving the rails and ramming the Blackwell station. Speed was about 45 to 50 miles an hour. The cause of the accident was not immediately learned.
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Blackwell
Missouri Pacific
Kidnapers Fail To Steal Young Son Of Official
Rhode Island police sought two men who tried to abduct the 19 month old son of Secretary of State Louis W. Cappelli. A gun brandished man entered the North Providence yard with a nurse maid, tore her dress in the struggle, and fled in a crecy sedan after the baby carriage was moved.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Louis W. Cappelli
Caplis
North
Cappelli
John
Strali
Stock Market Reverses After Early Rise In New York
The stock market’s early surge faded as profit taking and steel liquidation spread. Large block trades kept the tape swift but uneven, with initial gains eroding into losses in the afternoon. London Paris and other markets showed mixed results while foreign buying supported bonds and commodities briefly.
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New York
London
Amsterdam
Paris
Hickory Mills Still Closed After Strike Riles Workers
Hickory Spinning in Longview kept operating with a skeleton crew while four Shuford mills in Graniteville closed. Textile Workers official Paul Christopher distributed emergency food to idle employees, with up to about 500 workers possibly affected if the strike continues. No disorder reported.
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Hickory
N. C
Hickory Spinning Company
Longview
Shuford
Graniteville
Paul Christopher
Textile Workers Organization Committee of
Charlotte
Effort To Establish Poison In Hahn Murder Trial
In Cincinnati on October 21 the state pressed its case against Anna Marie Hahn. Chemist A O Spriggs testified that embalming compound used in Wagner’s body originated from a poison later found in the deceased’s system. The prosecution aims to prove Wagner died of poison, with Wagner a 78 year old acquaintance of Hahn.
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Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
A. O. Spriggs
Springfield
Jacobs Wagner
Charles S. Bell
Wagner
Kahn
Budley Miller
Frank Moeller
Spriggs
Truce Declared In Waterfront Strike Tying Up Ports
Tampa news confirms a truce in the six day waterfront strike, effective today and lasting to November 6 or until a final AFL agreement. About 8,000 workers across Wilmington Charleston Savannah Jacksonville Tampa and other ports halted more than 30 ships. Wage scales and an 8 hour day are central issues with retroactive pay. Protests and picketing continued at affected ports amid ongoing overseas talks.
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Tampa
Fra
E. Townsend
Townsend
International Longshoremen’s Association
American Federation of Labor Organization
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
D. C
Savannah
Jacksonville
Miami
Fila
John C. McCarthy
Youth Killed in Auto Wreck in Columbia Suburban Intersection
Naomi Roberts ten year old of Dentsville was killed in an early morning auto crash at a suburban street intersection. Her mother Mrs George W Roberts was hospitalized with head injuries. Tom Young and Jack Stancil both Eastover youths in the other car are held in custody pending a morrow night inquest. Four other Roberts family members sustained minor injuries.
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Columbia
8. C
Naomi Roberts
Dentsville
George W. Roberts
Tom Young
Jack Stancil
Eastover
Roberts
Girl Tells Jury Of Murder In New Jersey Trial
Margaret Drennan testified she carried a revolver to an encounter with Paul Reeves to prevent a repeat assault. Reeves, a married father of two, allegedly attacked her in his car on August 7 and she said she later agreed to meet him at his Iselin home to discuss a pregnancy claim. The defense pressed why she planned the meeting as Reeves’ widow watched from a spectators’ car.
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New Brunswick
WN. J
Margaret Drennan
Paul Reeves
Reeves
Iselin
George Burton
Stunt Flying Rules Tightened by Air Bureau
The Bureau of Air Commerce announced new stunt flight limits effective Nov. 1. Prohibits stunt and aerobatic flights over congested areas within 1000 feet of airports. Requires auxiliary parachutes and sets minimum altitudes for jumps and water proximity rules.
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Bureau of Air Commerce
Washington
Special Session Will Cost Nation Million Dollars
Washington, Oct. 21. The government will spend about $1,000,000 to recall Congress and provide pay for members and staff during the special session. Extra costs such as printing the Congressional Record could raise total expenses beyond $1,500,000.
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Washington
Congress
Free City of Danzig dissolves Centrist party
The Catholic Centrist party, former opposition to the Nazis, was dissolved by police for working against the state. Six Centrist deputies will join the Nazi party as guests and vote with them, while 66 seats remain Nazi. Police found incriminating material in Centrist homes. The Free City of Danzig, created by Versailles, borders German and Polish areas.
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Free City OF Danzig
Free City
Baltic
Rebels Capture Gijon Ending Northwest Resistance
Insurgent forces under Francisco Franco seized the port of Gijon at noon, dozens of government troops surrendered, and Oviedo siege forces reportedly abandoned efforts as Franco’s army tightened its hold in northwest Spain. Border reports varied with Basques and Asturians noted in the streets amid the fall.
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Iron
Spain
Francisco Franco
Gijon
Asurias
Oviedo
Franco
Valencia
Bay of Biscay
Aviles
Biarritz
Belarmino Tomas
France
Saint Jean de Luz
Bayonne
O Hara Held For Grand Jury In Libel Charge
In Providence Judge Maurice Robinson ruled Walter E. O Hara likely guilty of libeling William E. Beecham advertising man from Larchmont New York and ordered $5 000 bail for grand jury binding The Beecham accusation centered on calling him a briber connected to General Outdoor Advertising The Rhode Island grand jury is set to convene Monday following the extra Providence Star Tribune edition dated Sept 6.
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Providence
R. I
Maurice Robinson
Walter E. O'Hara
Narragansett
William E. Beecham
Larchmont
N. Y
Rhode Island
O'Hara
Beehan
Man Ready to Serve Five Year Sentence Arrives at Jail
Beaufort county sheriff said Benton Ball, sentenced to five years for burning a pack house at Old Ford last August, presented himself to state prison authorities in Raleigh to begin his term. He showed up with relatives to escort him, sparing county deputies the transport. Prison officials asked if it was proper, noting the unusual move.
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Washington
N. C
William Rumiley
Beaufort County
Raleigh
Benton Ball
Old Ford
Ball
Rumiley
the Inquirer
Rumley
Garrs Deny Plot to Kill Brig. Gen. Denhardt in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Kentucky on October 21 Jack Garr and his brothers faced questions about murder charges tied to the death of Brig. Gen. Henry H Denhardt amid a second trial for their sister’s murder. Jack Garr denied any plan to kill Denhardt or his sister’s fiancé and said he was not armed. The court sustained the Commonwealth's objection to referring to Denhardt as the man who killed the sister.
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Shelbyville
Henry H. Denhardt
Jack Garr
Henry Denhardt
Jack
Denhardt
Roy
Commonwealth
Names in Minor West Chester Car Collision
In West Chester Pennsylvania a minor automobile collision drew notice of names. The driver of one car was Dill and the other was James Pickle.
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West Chester
Dill
James Pickle
Methodists Vote For Unification Three Branches
Asheville scene reports the Western North Carolina conference voting 402 to 20 in favor of unification of the three branches of Methodism. The ballot occurred during a business session on the conference’s second day, following prior approval by the church’s general conference and regional conferences by wide margins. The three branches are the Southern and Northern Methodist Episcopal churches and the Methodist Protestant church.
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Asheville
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference of the Church
Southern
Northern Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Protestant Church
G Men Silent In Ross Case
Chicago detectives keep mum on the Charles B Ross kidnapping as agents verify reports of a $50 000 ransom and a double cross The case widens with leads from Elmwood Park and Blue Island while Mrs Clara Ludwig provides a $10 payee note from the $60 000 ransom for federal review
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Chicago
Charles 5
Ross
Clara Ludwig
Blue Island
Charles 8. Ross
Bombing Hits Nanking Areas Wounding Peasants
Fifteen Japanese planes bomb northern and southern Nanking hitting an airfield and arsenal. Twelve farmhouses near the airfield are destroyed and 16 peasants killed or wounded. Rail stations on the Nanking Shanghái line are bombed and the Yung-li chemical plant eight miles downstream sustains extensive damage with fires burning at seven p m.
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Nanking
China
Nanking-Shanghali
Yung-li Chemical
Nine Power Conference Invitation For Sino-Japanese Conflict
Belgium invites a nine power conference in Brussels on October 30 to seek an amicable settlement of the Sino Japanese conflict. Japan and Italy have not replied. Netherlands Mexico China Australia New Zealand Union of South Africa and the United States have accepted.
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Brussels
Japan
Italy
Belgium
Tokyo
Netherlands
Mexico
China
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
United States
Shanghai raids force precautions in foreign settlement
Chinese officials said Japanese raids over Shanghai prompted orders to protect foreign areas. The United States urged restraint, with Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson lodging a protest. China warned it will take military action as long as Japanese forces occupy Shanghai.
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Shanghai
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Foreign Office
Johnson
China
Sleep Through Bombardment Over Chinese Front Near Shanghai
Foreign residents slept through Japanese anti aircraft fire as shells burst over Pootung on the Whangpoo river corridor from Shanghai. Chinese bombs damaged a Japanese mill on the river bank and injuries were not immediately detailed.
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Pootung
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Infant Timothy Heer Missing Two Days As Police Probe
Jamestown New York police hunted for Timothy Michale Heer an infant son of a furniture dealer who vanished two days earlier. Mrs Heer toured fashionable suburbs urging him to return home. Police Chief Sandberg said about a dozen people were questioned in connection with the disappearance.
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Jamestown
Timothy Michale Heer
Leo J. Heer
Charles A. Sandberg
Mayor Qualified To Preside Over Recorder's Court
TABORO Oct 21 A superior court ruling upheld the legality of the Wilson recorder's court in habeas corpus cases. Judge Clawson L. Williams ruled the Wilson mayor C B McLean could preside as recorder, despite holding other public office, as allowed by state statutes.
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Taboro
Wilson Recorder’s Court
Clawson L. Williams
C. B. McLean
Wilson
Williams
Yeater Day
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