Neutrality bill battle routs and House tactics unfold
Washington Oct 28 The House braces for a high stakes fight over the neutrality bill as leaders plan a joint conference with the Senate to resolve differences. The aim is to shape an embargo minus aircraft while foes vow to resist a rubber stamp. Speaker Bankhead signals caution yet confidence that amendments may be blocked. Representative Fish pledges to test options while keeping other maneuvers in reserve.
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Romanian Officials Arrest Four in Plot to Slay Marinescu
Bucharest authorities report the arrest of four former pro Iron Guard members on charges of involvement in the attempted assassination of General Gabriel Marinescu, minister, tied to the broader political violence following Armand Calinescu’s murder.
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College grid scores from yesterday cross nation
A rundown of selective football results shows Georgia routing opponents 138 to 0 while Penn, Duke, Wake Forest and several others posted varying margins. Notable upsets include Cornell over Ohio State and Fordham defeating Pitt with strong performances across the board.
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Truck Fire Kills Two In North Carolina Crash
Ashboro Oct 28 Authorities search for identit y of a second victim after a 3500 gallon gasoline truck wrecked in the Balfour community. The driver Jacob Ray Robbins of Thomasville was killed while Rev R E Heathe and his wife escaped from the burning parsonage of Balfour Baptist Church. The unidentified hitchhiker remains at large as company records do not reveal a second driver or helper.
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Balfour Baptist Church
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Herbert Robbins
Thomasville
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Trinity
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Prague clashes mark twenty first anniversary of Czecho-Slovak republic
In Prague violent demonstrations by Czechs and Germans in observance of the republic anniversary left an undetermined number wounded and reports of fatalities. Police tightened controls as crowds shifted through central squares and Wenceslas Square amid clashes with German SA, Czech state police, and mounted units.
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National Aryan Front
Weinbergen
Soviet Bear Deepens Shadow Over Balkans Diplomacy
In Budapest on Oct 28 Soviet pressure grows as King Carol of Romania calls ministers home amid secret talks with foreign ministers and envoys to Turkey Bulgaria Greece and Yugoslavia.govt ministers meet at Vrsac while Belgrade notes warned Bulgaria of Russia flirtations. An Italian minister conferred with Sofia premier Kiosseivanoff about Mussolini’s stance.
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Robert B. Parker, JR
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Russia
Europe
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Romania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
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Bucharest
Vyacheloff Molotoff
Constantine Argetoianu
Rumania
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Vrsac
Belgrade
Balkan
U S Protests Soviet Action Over Flint Dispute
The State Department renewed charges that Moscow withholds cooperation in the Flint dispute while reports say the American freighter left Murmansk after repairs. Ambassadors complained about early Tass releases and the need to turn the craft to the American crew amid questions of German prize crew and crew whereabouts.
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State Department
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Germany
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Germans Claim Huge Sea War Success
Berlin claims submarines and bombers sunk 115 merchant ships totaling 475 321 tons with only three subs lost. Britain reports 51 merchant ships and 29 neutral ships totalling 282 021 tons sunk or damaged by noon Oct 28. Nazis urge continued blockade rhetoric as arms embargo debate looms in the U S Senate and House.
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Turner Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Elmer Turner was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of Floyd Holshouser in Kannapolis last March. Judge Allen Gwyn sentenced him to 25 to 30 years and Turner asked if the sentence could be the gas chamber. The trial began Wednesday with the state seeking first degree conviction on robbery intent.
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Britain Downs German Plane Over Firth of Forth Sky Battle
A large German reconnaissance plane headed for Rosyth was shot down by Royal Air Force near Dalkeith east of Edinburgh. Two Germans were killed, two captured after the craft crashed into a hillside. British reconnaissance over southern Germany was also reported. Alarm sirens and an all clear followed.
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Navy Acts to Build Atlantic Coast Power with Ships
The navy assigned officers to 12 idle World War destroyers nine at Philadelphia and three at San Diego to reinforce the Atlantic coast neutrality patrol. The ships may sail to support the forty vessels recommissioned last month as Roosevelt declared a limited national emergency.
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City of Flint Sails from Murmansk After Repairs
Moscow dispatch reports the American freighter City of Flint sailed from Murmansk after engine repairs. It is unclear if a German prize crew remained in control or whether the American crew is still aboard.
Neutrals Battered as War Rages At Sea In Eight Week Scan
An Associated Press survey shows heavy neutral losses in the European war as submarines warships and planes contest sea lanes. It notes Britain and the United States facing neutral entanglements and cites totals: 98 ships sunk, 1 845 dead, with neutrals Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and others suffering multiple losses.
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Tobacco prices rise in eastern markets report
Raleigh report notes tobacco prices edged higher this week on eastern North Carolina markets while prices held steady in the Middle Belt. State and federal agriculture departments released the update.
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Middle Belt
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Body Of Flying Instructor Found In Missouri Swapped For Barnstormer Held In Indiana
Indiana police say barnstorming aviator Ernest Pletch was held on a technical charge for Missouri authorities after a forced landing near Bloomington. Separately, Carl Bivens, a Brookfield flying instructor, was found dead near Cherry Box Missouri after taking a passenger from Bowling Green Indiana. Larry Pletch was arrested in Bloomington.
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Bowling Green
William Ramsey
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Elmer Threlkeld
Shelby County
Threlkeld
Ramsey
City of Flint Freighter Seized for Murmansk Transit
Berlin reports say the Ameri freighter City of Flint was steered toward a German port from Murmansk by a German prize crew. The U S embassy said the ship still lay at anchor in a Russian harbor with its African crew aboard. State Department and German officials issued varying briefings as to final destination and timing of the ship’s transfer.
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France To Cut Service Corps Reports 100000 Returnees
Paris reports an order to release up to 100000 men from war service including older workers and fathers with four or more children. The move follows word of a German submarine sinking and a French attack claim supported by recovered bodies at sea.
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