Marines in Shanghai Authorized to Fire in Self Defense
United States Marines in the International Settlement of Shanghai were ordered to fire in self defense against any attacking air craft or threats to noncombatants. Admiral Yarnell, commander of the Asiatic fleet, approved the rule as heavy fighting intensified with Chinese troops retreating to a new defense line. Fires and bombardments torn Chapel native quarter and parts of the settlement as Japanese ships and Chinese aircraft exchanged attacks along the Yangtze and Whangpoo rivers.
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Shanghat
United States
International Settlement
Harry Yarnell
Asiiatic
Chapei
Chapel
Shanghai
Yangtzepoo
Whangpoo
Yarnell
Labor peace talks recess as C I O and AFL diverge
Washington reports indicate labor's peace conference paused until November 4 after both sides rejected each other's proposals. John L Lewis's C I O rebuffed the AFLs call to dissolve the federation as a basis for settlement, warning that mass industrial organization is needed.
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Washington
Labor
Harvey Fremming
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Phillip Murray
C. I. O. Peace Committee
Murray
A. F. of L
George Morrison
America Will Avoid War By An Honorable Means Says President
Danville Ill October 27 three killed in a Wabash passenger freight collision eight miles west of Danville as fire destroyed cars and damaged a passenger car. Victims are Engineer Harry Draper and Fireman Harry Poe both of Decatur and B F Margert 58 of Butler Ind. One passenger Mrs Fred C Brett treated for injuries. City of High Point clears hurdle for 144000 PWA advance grant for hydroelectric plant survey on Yadkin river after bond market evidence reviewed in Washington with City Manager B E Knox and Willis G Waldo.
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Danville
Ill
St. Louis
Detroit
Here
Harry Draper
Decatur
Harry Poe
B. F. Maggert
Butler
Ind
Frank Jordan
Fred C. Brett
High Point
PWA
Yadkin River
New York
Washington
BE. M. Knox
Willis G. Waldo
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt vows adequate sea defenses on Navy Day
The President pledged maintenance of strong sea defenses while aiming to avoid war by honorable means. Navy Day honored Theodore Roosevelt with keel laying for a $60 million battleship North Carolina in New York. The U S navy ranks second to Britain with 266 ships and a 1 073 000 tonnage, 102 000 enlisted and 9 714 officers, under a $516 258 800 appropriation. Continued on pace two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Swanson
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
North Carolina
Britain
Great Britain
Amerileas Sea Defense
UNC Athlete Ramey Potts Resigns Over Financial Aid Plan
Ramey Potts, UNC tennis and basketball star, resigns after admitting he gave an untrue answer about financial aid. He plans readmission next quarter and may regain eligibility if the faculty athletic committee approves. Potts informed President Graham and student leadership of his decision to run.
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Ramsey Potts
Chapel Hill
Ramey Potts
University of North Carolina
Potts
Ramsay Potts
University of Northrolina
Robert Magill
Frank P. Graham
Magill
Graham
Rebels Gather Near Teruel Area in Spain Drive
Reports say large insurgent forces concentrate north of Teruel as Franco plans a major push toward Madrid. Government officials warn closing the 80 mile gap would sever Catalonia from the rest of Republican Spain, with winter campaign expected to intensify.
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Madrid
Spain
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Catalonia
Valencia
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
League of Nations
Franco
Hendaye France
Burgos
Japs Refuse To Mediate In Sind War
Japanese foreign office formally declines to participate in the nine power conference opening in Brussels, calling the treaty obsolete due to communist infiltration in China. Russia withholds agreement on non-intervention methods to remove foreign fighters from Spain, marking a setback in diplomatic efforts over Spain and the Sino Japanese conflict.
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Spain
Japan
China
Russia
Brussels
Washington
Duke of Windsor to visit America as independent observer
In Paris on October 27 the Duke of Windsor told members of the Anglo American Press Association that he would go to America as a completely independent observer with no political aims. He said he and his wife prefer activity over leisure, and he thanked the gathering for providing a platform for his views. He planned to sail to the United States aboard the Bremen.
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Duke of Windsor
America
Paris
Ian
The
Empire
Anglo-American Press Association
John Montague Freed Faces Publicity Windfall
John Montague, freed on a seven year old robbery charge in Ellizabethtown New York, plans a Hollywood career with Paramount studios signing for 1 090 000 over seven years. TheMontague once known as Laverne Moore looted Kin Hana's roadhouse in 1930 and awaits permanent residence in California. The jury declared not guilty of first degree robbery, prompting cheers from spectators as the judge expressed disagreement.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Monty
Everett Crosby
Bing
Montague
Policeman O'Roon
Happy Friends
Kin Hana
Laverne Moore
California
Harry E. Owen
Elixir Death Toll Grows as Poisoning Spreads
The Elixir of Sulfanilamide disaster claims 53 lives with two new verified fatalities reported in Wichita Falls Texas and Swainsboro Georgia. Dr Morris Fishbein notes seven more deaths being investigated while a Nash County North Carolina man James Thomas Tanner aged 60 is hospitalized in Grave condition after exposure to the toxin.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Witchita
Falls
Texas
Swainsboro
Morris Fishbein
Rocky Mount
Nash County
James Thomas Tanner
Tanner
Governor Urges Crop Control By Congress
North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey urged Congress to pass farm legislation at once to guide 1928 crop planning. He spoke at a Sheraton hotel luncheon during the Soil Conservation Field Day with Secretary Henry A. Wallace and Dr H H Bennett present.
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Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
H. H. Bennett
The
Soil Conservation Service
Greensboro
William B. Umstead
Durham
Wallace
Bennett
High Point College
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Sheraton Hotel
Congress
Progress Made on Farm Plans
Chairman Jones of Texas designated five subcommittees of the house agriculture committee to draft portions of a general farm control bill for the special session. The panels will focus on corn tobacco dairying wheat rice and cotton, following a discussion with 11 members. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Grange Farmers Meet Today In Winston-Salem
North Carolina Grange convention in Winston-Salem draws 200 farmers from across the state. Resolutions from local and state lodges urged compulsory crop control as officers were to be elected and a banquet featuring Secretary Wallace and Governor Hoey was planned for the evening.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Grange
Grange
Wallace and
Frov
Clyde KR
Hoey
Waterfront at Wilmington Is Back to Normal
Wilmington's waterfront returned to normal as ships and striking ILA members, working under a truce, waited for W E Townsend southern ILA representative to arrive from Charleston for a strike parley. All ships in port were being worked under truces agreed last week.
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Wilmington
International Longshoremen’s Association
W. E. Townsend
ILA
Charleston
Tobacco attorney dies in Washington hotel
Harry H. Shelton, a Washington attorney who represented tobacco interests, died last night of a heart attack in his hotel apartment after a year of poor health.
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Washington
Harry H. Shelton
Tobacco Interests
Secretary Wallace warns Piedmont soil loss threatens farm prosperity
Secretary of Agriculture H A Wallace told about 1500 listeners in High Point that topsoil destruction mirrors agricultural decline. He cited erosion in the North Carolina Piedmont costing farmers roughly 1 638 000 dollars yearly and urged retiring 10 percent of cropland to establish protective cover.
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American Agriculture
H. A. Wallace
Audi
High Point City
Moat
North
Piedmont
Wallace
North Carolina
Plains
Great Dust Bowl
Midwest
Washington
United States
Hull
Cotton Textile Institute Chief Condemns Boycott of Japan
Claudius T. Murchison president of the Cotton Textile Institute denounces boycotts against Japan as morally unworthy. He lauds a gentlemen's agreement to curb Japanese cotton imports and notes the first year closing with strict observance and a projected one third drop in imports next year. He urges continued international cooperation over unilateral action.
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Cotton-Textile Institute
Japan
U. S
New York
a _ boycot
Claudius T. Murchison
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Organization of
Cotton Mill Executives
Murchison
Institute
United States
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Offer Would
ALL Lewis Group
Federation
A. F. Oil
Ilinois
Public Works Administration
UNC
Graham Plan
Bulletin
Sind
Associated Press
Edward
John Montague Freed
Will Cash
Nash Man
House
Grange Farmers
Piedmont Productivit
Agricult
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