Roosevelt denounces payroll propaganda against Social Security
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania President Roosevelt derides a handful of employers accused of spreading propaganda against the Social Security act. He says they urge labor repeal to shift pension costs and even suggest moving to another nation, while he defends old age pensions and unemployment insurance as vital to all. He bikes into Pennsylvania for its 36 electoral votes.
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Wilkpes-Barre
Roosevelt
Wilkes-Barre
Miners Park
John Mitchell
Congress
Pennsylvania
New York City
False Information On WPA Lays To Officials
New Jersey Republicans led by Walter Edge file a traverse in federal court accusing the Treasury and Works Progress Administration of releasing false information on WPA operations and expenditures. They seek Hopkins payroll records to verify statements and press for public access to source data. They argue the public has a right to check the sources behind government reports.
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Washington
Treasury and
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Federal District Court
New Jersey
Walter Edge
Hopkins
Eden Denies Soviet Spying Claims on Portugal Support
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the British House of Commons that none of the Soviet charges against the Portugal government over Spain’s non intervention have been proven. He defended Britain’s neutral stance and warned other navies could risk a broader European crisis as Russia pressed for a neutral Portuguese port block.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Portugal
Russia
Europe
Spain
Eden
Neutrality Committee
Southern Mill Men Meet At Pinehurst
Pinehurst October 29. Round of entertainment features were provided today for its men of the south attending annual meeting of the Caro Yarn association composed chiefly of dealers in textile policies. William Gosch president of the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers, Henry Bryan of Chattanooga Henry Bryan of Chattanooga Tenn Earl Contantine of Greensboro secretary the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and Joseph R Morton president of the Carolina association will speak at banquet tonight.
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Pinehurst
Feaures
Caro- Yarn Association
Ciearly
William Gosch
National Association of Hosty
Fation
Henry Bryan
Kattanooga
Tenn
Earl Conantine
Greensboro
National Association of Osiery Manufacturers
Joeph R. Morton
Rolina Association
Duke Announces Rate Reduction Across Carolinas
Duke Power company will cut electric and gas rates, with an estimated total annual saving of about 1.1 million dollars for Carolinas customers. North Carolina households save 733 thousand dollars, while residential and small commercial uses gain 174 thousand and 197 thousand respectively. Textile, municipal, industrial, and small power tariffs also decline, with gas users saving 62 thousand dollars.
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Stanly Winborne
Carolinas
Duke Power Company
Winborne
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Durham
Shelby
South Carolina
Ocone
Pickens
Greenville
Spartanburg
Cherokee
York
Lancaster
Anderson
Abbeville
Aurens
Greenwood
Newberry
Chester
Home Burglary At 910 Johnson Street Stole Portable Sewing Machine
Thieves entered Edwin Hedrick's home on Johnson Street between 6 45 and 9 30 last night by forcing a window. A portable sewing machine was stolen. nothing else missing. The family was out dining at the time.
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Edwin Hedrick
Johnson Street
Radio Chain 5 Upheld by FCC
The FCC released letters finding Columbia Broadcasting acted within its rights to cut off some stations from Senator Vandenberg's radio debate. The agency said the 1934 Communications Act bars censorhip over radio signals and noted the program included recordings of Roosevelt in violation of the company's rules. W. R. Church of New York City protested as an American defense of censorship.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Commission
Vandenberg
Broadcasting Company
W. R. Church
New York City
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast Waterfront Strike Is Postponed Again
In San Francisco on Oct 29, 0000, 37000 maritime workers faced a postponed strike after late night talks extended negotiations among seagoing unions and three groups of steamship companies. A joint committee extended the deadline to 9 PM, then to midnight, with federal conciliator FitzGerald predicting no strike. If held, action would target four major west coast steamship firms.
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San Francisco
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
BE. H. Fitzgerald
UNC President Seeks Facts On Communist Dinner Flap
Dr. Frank P. Graham of UNC said he would confer with university officials to obtain facts after criticism over Dr. E. E. Erickson dining with James Ford, a Negro communist vice-presidential candidate. Critics demand action. Erickson says he acted as an individual. University alumni leaders urge housekeeping.
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Graham
Erickson
Chapel Hill
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
E. E. Erickson
James Ford
Ericson
Ford
Durham
Roy W. McKnight
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Alumni Association
McKnight
Southern Furniture Men Honor J. T. Ryan for 25 Years
At Roanoke Virginia the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association saluted J. T. Ryan, secretary treasurer for 25 years, with tributes and plans a silver service gift. T. Austin Finch praised his role in industry growth as members extended the session past noon. W. M. Bassett and others joined in acknowledging Ryan’s leadership.
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Southern Furniture
J. T. Ryan
Association
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Roanoke
J. 8. Lynch
Ryan
T. Austin Finch
Thomasville Chair Company
South
W. M. Bassett
Bassett Industries
Effort to settle Seattle newspaper strike considered
Committees of the Seattle Central labor council and the American Newspaper Guild discussed reopening the Seattle Post-Intelligencer strike. The action began August 18 after two Guild members were discharged, with a report due Wednesday night on whether to back the AFL executive council proposal.
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Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Central Labor Council
American Newspaper Guild
Central Labor Council
American Federation of Labor
Blood Transfusions Reach Heroic Efforts for 7 Year Old
Chicago reports Philip Levitt, seven, died after a prolonged fight with an unusual blood infection. He received three transfusions in September from Maurice Oldham, son of Lexington official. Volunteers nationwide answered appeals, and Morris Levitt provided a final transfusion yesterday.
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Chicago
Philip Levitt
Philip
Maurice Oldham
Mack Oldham
Lexington
Levitt
Morris Levitt
Foodstuffs Exports Show Big Increase
The commerce department reports September foodstuffs exports valued at 23.315 million dollars, up four percent from a year earlier. Edible animal products rose from 4.718 million to 6.018 million. Wheat imports from Canada for consumption in the week ending October 24 totaled 702 thousand bushels, down from 1.107 million the prior week and 1.626 million the year before. Vegetable food products and beverages exports fell two percent in September.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Canada
Hunter Rescued On Cliff Ledge Near Salt Lake City
A 21-year-old hunter Lloyd Rawson was rescued after lying 10 hours on a narrow cliff ledge 1000 feet above a canyon near Salt Lake City. He sustained a broken left leg in a fall from a 30-foot ledge and was airlifted to hospital after rescuers reached him around 7 PM and retrieved him by dawn.
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Salt Lake City
Lloyd Rawson
Wasatch Mountains
Financier Cochran Dies of Heart Attack at 65
Thomas Cochran partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. died of a heart attack at his Bedford Village home in New York. He had been with the Morgan firm since January 1917 and was 65 years old. Ill health had troubled him for years and he died in his sleep after plans to come to the office.
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New York
Thomas Cochran
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bedford Village
Cochran
Morgan
Nation Readies for Rebels With Airplanes and Tanks
The Spanish government proclaims it has secured airplanes tanks and other arms to face rebel forces at Madrid and declares the nation ready to meet the insurrection on equal footing amid the siege.
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Spain
Aterial
Madrid
Vote Battle Continues as End Near in Political Clash
Governor Landon pauses to honor Theodore Roosevelt before a Madison Square Garden speech as Roosevelt campaigns through Pennsylvania and the East. Landon meets Alfred E. Smith and hints at unity, while Roosevelt’s day includes stops in Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Camden, and Wilmington.
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Landon
Theodore Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Kansas
T. R
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Alfred EB. Smith
Joven Smith
Wilkes-Barre
Harrisburg
French Budget Under Attack in Paris Clash
In Paris on October 29 critics attacked Premier Leon Blum over a so called double budget and budget increases for 1937. The cabinet held a special session as supporters warned of a bitter parliamentary fight and the government faced calls from Eve Nouvelle to reject the program. Echo De Paris called it an unprecedented project and warned the nation’s confidence would be shaken.
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Francisco Largo Calero
Spain
Basay
Paris
Madrid
Capital
Navalcarnero
Adva
Alcoveon
Mostoles
Leon Blum
Blum
Eve Nouvelle
Echo de Paris
Japan May Be Questioned On Proposed Airlines
Geneva reports indicate Japan may face questions over its plan to operate airlines across the south Pacific linking the archipelago to its mandated islands south of the equator. The issue stems from Tokyo's stewardship of about 1400 former German islands and its continuation of apparent League-era duties despite Japan's resignation from the League of Nations.
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Japan
Geneva
South Pacific
League of Nations Mandate Commission
League
Mandate Commission
Tokyo
League of Nations
North and South Carolina Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday
A generally fair pattern across North and South Carolina with slight cooling. Temperatures fall in the mountains with light frost possible. Friday remains cooler in the north central and extreme west districts. Coastal areas see variable winds from north to west with overcast to partly cloudy skies.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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