Negotiations To Restore Non Intervention Hit Snag
The stalled talks to restore non intervention in Spain face fresh hurdles as Italy Germany and Portugal refuse to accept a withdrawal plan based on census figures. Britain’s Eden proposed a weekend recess while the subcommittee sets its next meeting for Tuesday. Soviet opposition blocks granting belligerent rights until all foreign fighters leave.
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Associated Press
Spain
Britain
Anthony Eden
Italy
Germany
Portugal
London
Russia
Ivan Maisky
Charlotte Mill Strike Settled
Charlotte Mill No. 3 in Highland Park will see 700 workers return to work Monday after a six week strike. The settlement was announced last night with federal conciliators aiding talks, though terms were not disclosed. The strike began September 14 after ten employees were dismissed, which workers called part of a stretchout system.
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Charlotte
Highland Park Mill No
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Drennan Girl Freed Wants Only to Rest
Margaret Drennan a 20 year old secretarial student was acquitted of murder in Iselin New Jersey after a five day trial. She told reporters she wishes to rest a couple of days at home with family before possibly traveling.
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Drennan
Iselin
N. J
Margaret Drennan
Paul Reeves
Ransom Bill Trail Points to Blue Island Bank
Chicago report ties a $10 ransom bill to the First National Bank of Blue Island as investigators pursue the Ross kidnapping case. The note’s path from Clara Ludwig to Florence Giaquinto and William J. Wernecke ends at the bank, narrowing clues in the 28 day mystery.
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Chicago
Charles 5
Ross
First National Bank of
Blue Island
Clara Ludwig
Florence Giaquinto
Ludwig
William J. Wernecke
Bank
Ickes Seeks Private Money For Slum Clearance
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes told real estate leaders in Pittsburgh that private capital may someday take over the federal slum-clearing program. He estimated the government would retreat when business is ready, acknowledging past mistakes but predicting smoother progress under the Wagner-Steagall housing authority.
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Pittsburgh
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Theovernment
Icker
Hadeen
Orward
Wagner-Stegal
Longshoremen Refuse Loading Halts Clyde-Mallory Sailings
In New York on October 23 the International Longshoremen’s Association refused to load the Clyde-Mallory line ships Nedina and Hhaws ee causing sailing cancellations. The union said dock clerks and checkers would be terminated after this week as talks for a new contract since October 1 continue.
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New York
Clyde-Mallory Line
Line
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Here
Galveston
Ter
Battle for Shanghai Rages With Shifting Fronts
In the Shanghai theatre the clash around Tazang and nearby corridors shifts under moonlight as Chinese and Japanese forces trade heavy losses while reinforcing and claiming gains. Each side says the other’s threat is checked or ongoing after 70 hours of combat.
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Shanghai
Tazang
Nanking
Chapei
Kaiangwan
Recess Taken In Hahn Trial
The Cincinnati case resumes after a weekend recess in the murder trial of Bavarian native Anna Hahn. Prosecutors present evidence linking deaths to a scheme of poisonings aimed at looting estates, including Jacob Wagner, 78, and others from Colorado cases, with witnesses from Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Cincinnati
Anna Hahn
Common Pleas
Jacob Wagner
Charless. Bell
Dudley Montcalt
Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
George Obendeckfer
Ang
Flood Crest May Reach Weldon Late Sunday Or Monday
The U S weather bureau warned the Roanoke river flood crest would arrive at Weldon late Sunday or Monday at about 45 feet, 14 feet above banks. It could be the worst since January 1936 when the river reached 46.6 feet and damaged wide lowland areas. Farmers along the river report ongoing crop damage as harvests proceed.
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Weldon
Raleigh
U. S. Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Weather Bureau
Internal Revenue Collections Far Ahead Last Year
Treasury says first quarter this fiscal year posted $440.77 million more than the same period last year. July to September collections totaled $1.451 billion with rises in 42 of 65 tax classifications.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
The
Treasury
Ten Are Killed When Train Hits Full School Bus
Mason City IowaOctober 23 Ten people including seven high school students die and 19 are injured when the Rocket a three car Rock Island streamlined train rammed a school bus near the city outskirts. Bodies and injuries spread 500 feet along the right of way as the bus burst apart at a private crossing inside Mason City Brick and Tile company yards.
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Mason City
Middle West
New
Rock Island Railroad
Mason City Brick and Tile Company
Snowfall Hits Blue Ridge Region With Early Storm
Four to six inches of snow blanketed the Wilkes Watauga line in the Blue Ridge mountains marking the first heavy snow of the season. North Wilkesboro reports crews clearing roads after the early fall storm moved through Oct 23.
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North Wilkesboro
WN. C
Wilkes-Watauga
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hancock Pleased With Early Reaction to Senate Bid
Fifth District congressman Frank Hancock says he is entirely satisfied with early reaction to his Senate announcement. He notes it is too soon for forecasts but expects votes against Reynolds and for him to determine the result. Hancock argues his prior district races built statewide recognition despite limited visibility outside his home area.
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Bob Reynolds
Reynolds
Senate
Ent
Walter Hot Raleigh
Frank Hancock
Fifth
Asheville
Hancock
Wilmington
Iranille
Witetunsalem
Forsyth
Rebels Shift to Drive on Capital City
Spanish republican government rushes reinforcements to Teruel and Aragon fronts as insurgents under Franco advance in northwest Spain. Valencia awaits orders to move to Barcelona amid accord with Catalonia. in Gijon the destroyer Cisar was sunk with no fatalities reported among crew.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Aragon
Valencia
Catalonia
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Spain
Republic
Arcachon
France
Cisar
Gijon
Asturias
Franco
Juan Negrin
Testimony of Stars Sought in Montague Robbery Trial
Elizabethtown New York October 23 1 prosecutors seek state permission for crooner Bing Crosby and other Hollywood luminaries to submit depositions testifying to John Montague’s character in a seven year old robbery case. Signers include Oliver Hardy Trem Carr and Father Victor J Fallon all of Los Angeles California.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
Bing Crosby
Hollywood
Thomas W. McDonald
Phantom of the Links
Crosby
McDonald
Oliver Hardy
Trem Carr
Victor J. Fallon
Los Angeles
Cal
Storm warnings issued along Atlantic coast
Weather bureau issues storm warnings for the Atlantic coast from Boston to Virginia Capes. Advisory at 10 am updates southeast winds from Block Island to Atlantic City with northwest shifts south of Block Island. Strong southeast winds this afternoon become west tonight as a disturbance moves through eastern Pennsylvania toward the coast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Boston
Mass
Block Island
Atlantic City
N. J
Eastport
Virginia Capes
Pennsylvania
Cigarette Output Continues Increase
Washington reports September cigarette production rose to 14,862,803,000 from 14,341,883,000 a year earlier. Cigar production also showed an increase according to Internal Revenue records released today.
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Washington
Roy Garr Freed After Acquittal In Fatal Shooting
Roy Garr, accused of murdering Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, was acquitted by a jur y of 12 tobacco farmers in Shelbyville. The verdict came after defense testimony claiming temporary insanity and Denhardt’s alleged attempt to reach for a hip pocket. The case of Dr. B. S. Garr was postponed to February.
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Shelbyville
Roy Garr
Henry H. Déenhardt
Bluegrass
Jack Garr
Verna Garr Taylor
Roy
Garr
Denhardt
la Grange
Commonwealth
Hubert
Meredith
Garrs
New Castle
Tobacco exports to China and Japan hit by war
Washington reports that Japan and China, major buyers of U S tobacco, cast a gloom over Far East demand as hostilities disrupt marketing. Shanghai informant J Barnard Gibbs says Oriental demand will be very small while China’s 12 month imports reached 37 million pounds of flue cured.
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Washington
Japan
China
Far East
Shanghai
J. Barnard Gibbs
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Orient
Manchuria
Gibbs Caid
Chosen
Taiwan
Saturday Evening Post Editor Dies
George Horace Lorimer longtime editor of the Saturday Evening Post died in his suburban Wyncote home at age 69 He had led the magazine for 38 years after a illness began last Thursday with a cold developing into bronchitis and pneumonia in Philadelphia October 23.
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Philadelphia
George Horace. Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Penumonia
Wyncote
Lorimer
Post
Cost Increases Drive Taxes for Crop Control Plans
Washington reports President Roosevelt warns new taxes may be needed if crop control costs rise. House Agriculture Chairman Jones cites the letter urging budget balance and tied spending to higher receipts. Congress allocated about 500 million for soil conservation this year.
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Washington
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Smith
Dsc
Senate Agricultural Committee
General Fund of the Treasury
Treasury
Republican Farm Board
Two Children Die in Sumter Fire Tragedy
In Sumter County a house fire killed four year old Yancey Milton Brown and two year old Ada Ruth Brown. Their mother Yancey E Brown escaped by a window with facial and hand burns while their father was away on a hunting trip at dawn. The blaze destroyed the home as the roof collapsed.
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Sumter
Here
Yancey Milton Brown
Ada Ruth Brown
Yancey E. Brown
Early Snow Recorded in Asheville After Chill Amid Mountains
Snow blankets Asheville with a record early fall. An eight tenths of an inch snow was reported yesterday, with some areas seeing up to two inches as winter nip arrived and mountains ring the city.
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Asheville
President Roosevelt Emphasizes Peace In Armistice Proclamation
President Roosevelt again expresses the United States desire for peace in a proclamation for Armistice Day. He warns that lawlessness endangers security and civilization and urges avoiding war and restoring international confidence. The proclamation marks 19 years since the war and calls flag display on government buildings and observances in schools and churches.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United States
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