Unions Move Toward Settlement in West Coast Maritime Strike
Washington reports a joint strike committee on the West coast says negotiations could resume immediately if employers show real willingness to negotiate. Labor Secretary Perkins received a reply urging sincere effort to settle and avoid delaying tactics. The committee criticized employers as uncompromising and intent on smashing unions while promising to take every precaution to preserve peace.
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Ry Perkins
West Coast
Unien
Phic
York
Joint Marine Committee
Emra
Marvyn Rathborne
Italy to Double Naval Personnel as Fleet Expands
Rome reports authoritative sources say Italy will double its naval manpower from about 60,000 to at least 100,000 to counter British rearmament. Mussolini says several scores of ships are under construction with new submarines and cruisers, plus base improvements at Elba and Taranto to strengthen the Mediterranean fleet.
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England
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Britain
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Elba
France
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Bace
Maritime strike spreads as coast ports halt activity
A spreading maritime strike causes stoppages and work disruptions across coastal ports as crews walk off ships and industries face delays, with reports continuing on Page Two.
North Carolina State Revenue Reports Increased Four Month Total
The revenue department shows four month receipts of 23 245 172 11 up 28 18 percent from last year. October receipts were 4 447 231 15 up 11 09 percent over 1935 figures with large inheritance tax payments skewing the class total. Sales tax in October reached 922 694 27 while gasoline tax to date totals 1 938 550 72 and franchise taxes rose to 826 479 72 in October. General fund receipts for the period totaled 14 691 722 with beer taxes at 93 280 01 in October.
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Raleigh
Revenue Department
New York States Sees Freezing Temperatures Across Regions
Freezing temperatures returned across New York state with Albany recording a 32 degree low, a historical date record 22 in 1935, Mohonk Lake 24, Bloomingdale 22, Rochester 28 and Buffalo 30, illustrating a broad cold spell across the state.
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N. Y
New York State
Mohonk Lake
Catskills
Bloomingdale
Adirondacks
Rochester
Buffalo
Hoover Heads for California in Last Minute Campaign Push
Former President Hoover travels to California to urge the New Deal be explained clearly. He challenges President Roosevelt to reveal plans on nine acts, court changes, staff, and the “new order,” framing the issue as a test of freedom.
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Denver
Hoover
California
Municipal Auditorium
Alf M. Landon
New York
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Son Is Convicted In Mother's Death
PITSBURGH Oct. 31 A jury of nine men and three women convicted 17 year old John Hanna Jr of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his mother Mrs Tressa Hanna shot in the family garage The verdict calls for a penalty of six to twelve years imprisonment and sentencing was postponed.
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Pitsburgh
John Hanna, Jr
Tressa Hanna
Grissom and Dixon Spark Newton Campaign Rally
Gil liam Grissom candidate for governor and Thomas Dixon the author spoke to a Republican rally in Newton. Senator Josiah W Bailey is set to address a Democratic meeting tonight as the campaign ends in Catawba county.
GOP Spends Over One Million in Ten Days
The Republican National Committee reported spending 1,302,086 in the ten days ended October 28, raising total disbursements since January 1 to 6,988,663. Republican senatorial and congressional committees boosted outlays to 7,488,718, with no local or candidate spending included. The Democratic side reported 3,430,115 in total party expenditure and 3,406,507 by the national committee since January 1. Contributions to the GOP reached 6,933,232 for the year, 1,198,274 since October 19, leaving a balance on hand of 266,523.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
House
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National Committee
Roosevelt Pays Farley Tribute in New York
President Roosevelt visited Democratic national headquarters and thanked volunteers. He said rising voter interest signals a New Deal victory next Tuesday. From the Biltmore hotel he praised James A. Farley and called headquarters a happy ship with no crossed wires.
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Roosevelt
Biltmore Hotel
National
James A. Farley
Bailey and Bulwinkle Speak at Gastonia Rally
Senator Bailey of North Carolina and Rep. Bulwinkle of the tenth district spoke at a Democratic rally in Gastonia last night.
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Bailey
North Carolina
Rep
Bulwinkle
Tenth
Prisoner Captured in Goldsboro After Escape
Beulah Troxler escaped from a prison farm and was recaptured the next day wearing a man’s clothes. The incident occurred in Goldsboro with authorities detailing the pursuit and return to custody.
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Goldsboro
Beulah Troxler
Pastor Miller Resigns After 40 Years in Raeford Churches
The Rev. John R. Miller resigns as pastor of Raeford and Spring Hill Baptist churches after forty years of continuous ministry.
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Roaeford
John R. Miller
Raeford
Spring Hill
Piedmont District Teachers Elect Officers At Meeting
In Charlotte on Oct 31 the South Piedmont District Teachers association held its concluding session electing officers and addressing business matters. The convention featured a panel highlighting calls for revamping North Carolina's 100 year old public school system to reduce standardization and emphasize individual needs and home influence.
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Charlotte
South Piedmont District Teachers Association
John Andrew Rice
Democrats and Republicans Claiming Victory In State
North Carolina braces for the general election with Republicans and Democrats predicting victory as record turnout nears. Over 800000 voters expected across 1855 precincts, polls open at sunrise and close after about ten hours. Ballots list only party candidates this year, with limited write in activity for third parties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
National Advisory Council backs federal social security act
Eleven members of the National Advisory Council supported the federal social security act as proposed, with three colleagues urging improvements. Gerard Swope Walter C Teagle and Samuel A Lewisohn added statements noting unemployment insurance should be federal and worker contributions needed for an old age pension fund.
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New York
National Advisory Council
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Samuel A. Lewisohn
Miami Copper Company
Election Returns To Be Broadcast Tuesday Night
The Enterprise will host a large party Tuesday at 7 30 pm to broadcast national and local election returns. It will compile city precinct results and as many county results as possible with an amplified system on the English street side for attendees.
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United States
Highway Workers Severely Injured In Dynamite Blast
Two highway project workers near Pilot Mountain were struck by a premature dynamite explosion. Harvey McDowell from Tennessee and Irvin Walker were brought to Winston-Salem hospital in critical condition with severe eye injuries and poor prospects for recovery.
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Winston-Salem
Pilot Mountain
Harvey McDowell
Tennessee
Irvin Walker
Music Teachers Gather for North Carolina Conference
In Greensboro the annual conference of North Carolina music teachers opened with the initial business session. Clinics filled sessions yesterday as plans for the 1937 state music contest at the North Carolina Woman's College were discussed. A total of 188 teachers registered from across the state.
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Greensboro
Conference of
North Carolina Music Teachers
North Carolina Women’s College
Campaign fever roars as Roosevelt and Landon near finale
The 1936 campaign rushes toward a conclusion with Roosevelt and Landon set for major speeches tonight. Analysts forecast a national vote possibly surpassing 45 million, far above 1932 totals, as citizens show heightened resolve to cast ballots next Tuesday. Roosevelt denounced Republican leadership as driven by sinister forces and planned a Madison Square Garden finale after a Hyde Park radio appeal. Landon, returning home, criticized the new deal as wasteful and urged a clear stand from the president.
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Landon
Brooklyn
America
Three Citadel cadets and taxi driver killed in wreck
Cadets N. O. Harris and F. H. Laney and taxi driver Harold Milligan died from injuries after an automobile wreck on the way home from the Citadel South Carolina game near Antler's Bend, about 15 miles from Charleston. Three other cadets were injured. Harris described losing control at high speed on a curve before the crash.
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Orangeburg
N. O. Harris
Wilmington
N. C
F. H. Laney
Bishopville
Harold Milligan
Wendel M. Walters
Anderson
E. J. Sterghos
Greenwood
J. G. Thornton
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Ant
Laney
Milligan
Widow of City Council Member Died at 608 Arch Street
Mrs. Ruth Isabell Ward, 179, widow of W. T. Ward and mother of J. E. Ward, council member, died at her Arch Street home at 12 45 this afternoon. Born November 14 1856 in Stokes County she leaves a stepson J H Ward and three daughters plus 28 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Arch Street home Monday at 11 am and 2 pm at Delta Methodist Church in Stokes County with interment in the church cemetery.
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W. T. Ward
Arch Street
J. E. Ward
High Point
Mrs. Ward
Stokes County
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Julia Ann Richardson Jackson
J. H. Ward
Francisco
N. C
J. M. Nunn
Trinity
Archdale
J. G. Dunlap
Sandy Ridge
Delta Methodist Episcopal Church
Parrish Held After Hendersonville Highway Death
A coroner's jury ordered T E Parrish held for superior court with a 2000 dollar bond after an inquest into the death of Carl Bohnenberger a 34 year old librarian from Jacksonville Florida. The jury found Parrish drove recklessly on the wrong side of the road when his truck struck a car carrying Bohnenberger and two other Floridians. Robert W Severence a Stetson University professor at Deland and Joseph F Marron 48 of Jacksonville were injured and hospitalized.
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T. E. Parrish
Carl Bohnenberger
Jacksonville
Pla
Parrish
Bahnenberger
Robert W. Severence
Stetson University
Deland
Joseph F. Marron
Control Of Manufacture Of Armaments Advocated
The royal commission on the manufacture of arms urged international collaboration to regulate and control arms trade. Proposals include restricting armament profits in peace, conscripting industry in war, licensing exports with end of general licenses, and ending private export of surplus arms and munitions.
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London
Royal Commission On
Madrid Bombing Toll Rises as Warfronts Steady
Turbulent Madrid fears rise after aerial bombardment kills 69 and injures 159 as sirens wail and hospitals fill. Spanish front lines hold near Torrejon de Velasco while insurgents shell fish villages north of Barcelona. International bids for non intervention fray amid reports of Italian island plans and potential plebiscite.
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Manuel Azana
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French
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Seeville
Weather Forecast for Carolinas and North Atlantic Coast
Partly cloudy with slowly rising temperatures. Possible showers in the mountains Sunday. North Carolina includes slight warming tonight and Sunday. South Carolina mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions in the northwest and near the coast. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville are northeast, then variable, with fair to partly overcast conditions tonight through Sunday.
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Hatteras
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