Italy recalls ambassador as Franco-Italian ties sour
Paris reports Premier Mussolini recalled Ambassador Vittorio Cerruti from Paris with a likely long leave of absence, citing France not sending an ambassador to Rome and leaving a chargé d'affaires in control. Italian officials hint a shake up, naming Renato Prunas as possible new Paris envoy.
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Mussolini
Italy
France
Vittorio Cerruti
Rome
Angelo Scaduto Mendola
Ethiopia
Cerruti
Renato Prunas
Lost battalion escapes siege in Shanghai warehouse
In central Shanghai the Chinese "lost battalion" broke out from a besieged warehouse after four days of fierce fighting. About 377 men ran a 20 yard gap to safety under British protection. 26 were gravely wounded and 200 were reported dead.
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Shanghai
China
NDER
Hsieh Chin-Yuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chanpei
Soochow Creek
Chapei
Pootung
Whangpoo
Namziang
Nanking-Shanghai
Brussels preps for nine power treaty conference
The palais des Academies in Brussels will host the nine power treaty conference opening Wednesday to address the Chinese conflict. Belgium confirms Foreign Minister Litvinov will lead Russia’s delegation with Britain and France among the attending foreign ministers, while Paul Spaa k of Belgium is slated to open the session.
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Palais Des Academies
Brussels
Belgium
Foreign Office
Litvinoff
Rus
Anthony Iden
Great Britain
Yvon Delbos
France
Paul Spaak
Isiam II
Netherlands
Iwanians Finish Meet With Election
Charlotte scene closes the Carolinas district convention with officers elected and Spartanburg South Carolina chosen as 1938 convention city. James Haltiwanger of Columbia South Carolina elected president succeeding Dr. Joseph R. Sevier Hendersonville who presided.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Spartanburg
8. C
James Haltiwanger
Columa
5. C
Joseph R. Sevier
Hendersonville
Edward Working To Improve the Labor Conditions
The Duke of Windsor plans a U S visit linked to creating an international philanthropic foundation to study and improve labor conditions. The body will collect global data including employer and worker needs and produce analyses and recommendations for employers and employees.
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Edward
New York
New York Journal and
American
Duke of Windsor
United States
International Pailanthropic Foundation
Charles Roland
British seeks freedom for 20th century Scarlet Pimpernel
London reports Captain Edwin C. Lance, once a British embassy honorary attache in Madrid, held three weeks in a Valencia jail. Madrid Valencia regime accuses him of aiding aristocratic Franco supporters to escape. Lance was a slim suave commercial representative in Madrid at the war's start.
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London
Edwin C. Lance
Madrid
Valencia
Lance
Francisco Franco
Colored Grocery Store Gutted By Morning Fire
Fire swept McIntyre and Causey Colored Grocery Store around 1 30 this morning. Stock was a total loss and origin undetermined as flames filled the interior quickly. Firemen halted the blaze but the department still fought hotspots at 2 a m.
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Colored
McIntyre and Causey
Barcelona Becomes New Capital As Madrid Squeezes
Madrid reports Premier Juan Segrin relocating government to Barcelona with ministers set to work there next week. Azana expected to move soon, Valencia to remain government city for supplies to Madrid. Fronts west of Madrid show steady combat as insurgents resist near University City and southern terraces.
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Barcelona
Juan Segrin
Valencia
Manuel Azana
University City
Toledo
Notre Dame Rice Georgia Tech in Upset-Rich Grid Standouts
Notre Dame, Rice, Georgia Tech and Pennsylvania led a wave of upsets as Notre Dame beat Minnesota 7-6, Georgia Tech defeated Vanderbilt 14-0, Rice edged Auburn 14-7, and Pennsylvania toppled Navy 14-7 while Yale and Dartmouth battled to a 9-9 draw and other results shuffled the national rankings.
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Harvard
Princeton
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi State
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Yale
Dartmouth
Cornell
Columbia
Villanova
Detroit
M. U
Texas
Herbert W. Barker
Associated Press
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Owls of
Engineers
Quakers
Baylor
Alabama
California
Santa Clara
Pitt
Lafayette
Gophers
Commodores
Auburn Falls
Georgetown
Jury Deadlocked in Knight Case in Pennsylvania
Media Pennsylvania October news report states Albert R. Knight's trial on four indictments for attempting to burn his Lansdowne home to collect $120,000 in insurance has lasted twelve hours with no verdict. Judge Broomall ordered further instructions. Knight faces 2 to 20 years per count. Knight testified he was returning from Washington and arrived home two hours after the fire, claiming insect infestation and kerosene soaked paper was used to exterminate them.
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Media
Albert R. Knight
Lansdowne
Delaware County
John M. Broomall
Knight
Washington, D. C
Seven Duke Students Nominated for Rhodes Scholarships
Seven Duke University students were nominated for Rhodes scholarships to Oxford. They will be examined by the North Carolina Rhodes committee on December 16 and 18. Local secretary is Dr. Furman G. McLarty of Duke, with C. C. Walker as state secretary. Nominees include James Walter Brown Jr., Gatesville. Frank Ditmars Dennis, Morristown. Arthur Joseph Dowling, Savannah. Willard Phelps Barngey, Rockford. George Thomas Frampton, Scarsdale. Donald Henry Sheehan, Montclair. and Thomas Preston Welater, Teapa hannock. Krown is a first year medical student. others are Trinity seniors.
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WN. C
Duke University
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
North Carolina
C. C. Walker
Winston- Salem
Furman
G. McLarty
Duke Philosophy
Duke
James Walter Brown, Jr
Gatesville
Frank Ditmars Dennis
Morristown
N. J
Arthur Joseph Dowling
Savannah
Willard Phelps Barngey
Rockford, I
George Thomas Frampton
Scarsdale
Donald Henry Sheehan
Montclair
Thomas Preston Wel Ater
Teapahannock
Krown
Duke School of Medicine
Trinity College
London hunting for human cat shocks city in penthouse
October 30 London reports a so called human cat twice invaded the 30 room penthouse of Lord Louis Mountbatten, flashed a light in the sleeping face of Patricia Mountbatten, cousin of King George VI. Mountbatten dismisses spy or kidnapper theories and suspects a cat burglar as no art was touched.
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London
Scotland Yard
Patricia Mountbatten
George VI
England
Louis Mountbatten
Queen Victoria
Spot Cotton Prices Decline as Weekly Sales Drop
Washington reports spot cotton fell on the week with middling 7 8 inch at 8.11 cents, down from 8.28, while weekly sales totaled 203000 bales, unusually small for the time. The year’s ginning reached 11,068,000 bales by Oct 18, a record for the period, with CCC loans pledging 1,118,000 bales.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Cpot
Bureau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hagin Attorney Seeks Acquittal in Hahn Poison Trial
Cincinnati judge heard two hour arguments as Anna Marie Hahn faces possible acquittal in the death of 78 year old Jacob Wagner. Attorney Joseph Houdin challenged the prima facie case and evidence of other poison deaths, with a ruling expected Monday.
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Charles
Bell
Anna Marie Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Joseph H. Houdin
Dudley M. Outcast
Wagner
Hahn
Houdin
British Freighter Jean Weems Sunk by Insurgent Bombers
The Jean Weems, a 2349 ton freighter en route from Marseille to Barcelona with wheat and condensed milk, was sunk by insurgent airplanes about 16 miles off Genova. Thirty two aboard survived including observers Gustavo A Chesom and Arnold Cifit. The ship’s registry shifted to British in July though Lloyds listed it as American owned.
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Ministry of Defense
Je Weems
Mediterranean Sea
Genroa
Marseille
Barcelona
Gustavo A. Chesom
Sweden
Arnold Cifit
Lithuania
Jean Weems
Lloyd's Register
Baltimore
Lloyd’s
London
French Troops Tighten Morocco Frontier Amid Arab Uprising
Heavy patrols seal the Algeria Morocco line as French forces arrest Moroccan Action Committee chief Mohammed Hassan El Ouszzani and other leaders. Fez reports reveal native Medina penetration by troops and a military tribunal convicts 255 agitators.
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French Morocco
Algeria
Morocco
Mohammed Hassan el Ouszzani
Moroccan Action Committee
Syria
Palestine
Amedee Blanc
Fez
Hassan
France
Blanc
Medina
Ajils
Rabat
Sale
Marrakech
Moulay Allal el Fassi
Sultan Sidi Mohammed
Boulmane
Atlas Mountains
Settat
Britain in Shanghai tensions as Japan and Russia mobilize
Tokyo reports an emergency council resolves that Britain blocked a Brussels nine power push on China and warns of severing diplomatic ties. Leaders present include Yamamoto Tatekawa and Tsuda. Hong Kong munitions links to China are alleged along with British carrier activity near Tsingtao.
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Membe
Parliame
Great Britain
China
London
Shanghai
Japan
Peiping
Russia
Manchukuo
Siberi
Briain
Iko Yamamoto
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Shingo Tsuda
Hongkong
Tsingtao
Shantune Province
England
United States
Japanese Troop Movements Reach North Manchukuo Front
Reports from Tokyo and foreign sources describe about 40 000 Japanese troops from North China deployments into North Manchukuo with trains moving northeast through Tientsin. An additional 20 000 Japanese troops from Korea reportedly join eastern Manchoukuo amid border tensions with Soviet forces on the Tumen River. Soviet forces move into Outer Mongolia as Moscow fears Manchoukuo invasion.
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Russia
Peiping
China
Manchukuo
Tientsin
Korea
Manchoukuo
Tumen
Dometl
Farmers Favor Crop Production Control Say Subcommittee
Springfield Illinois October thirty farmers heard by a senate agricultural sub committee express strong support for crop production control. Senator Elmer Thomas Oklahoma cites 95 percent of farmers preferring compulsory production control for a farm bill with the ever normal granary and soil conservation program as safeguards. Senator Allen Ellender Louisiana notes broad demand for stable prices and overall farm legislation with either compulsory or voluntary approaches coupled with benefit payments.
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Senate Agricultural Sub-Committee
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Congress
Thomas
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
South
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