Three Jap Marines Shot In Shanghai Shootings
Japanese marines in Shanghai seize the Hongkew district under martial law after gunmen shoot three marines, one fatally. The incident raises tensions as Japanese crews reinforce the area and international forces stand by in case of further violence.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Hongkew
Tokyo
Osumi Nagano
Eet
Hongew
International Line
Idzuo
Whangpoo River
International
Internationalttlement
Farm Tenancy Meeting Ends in Hot Springs Arkansas
The Arkansas farm tenancy commission will study and codify proposals within 10 days to improve farmer welfare. Gov Futrell plans a November conference on tenancy and warns the report will face scrutiny from the world. Dean Gray of the University of Arkansas notes the long term problem requires immediate action.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas Arm Tenancy Commission
J. M. Futrell
Dan T. Gray
University of Arkansas
Bankhead-Jones
Southern
Arkansas
J. R. Butler
Unoe An
Viedaes Coopers
Farm association office forms in Wilkes area
A nations farm association office for Wilkes and surrounding counties was established in North Wilkesboro on September 23. The office covers Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Avery and Caldwell counties.
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North Wilkesboro
Nations Farm Association
Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Wataega, Avery
Caldwell Counties
High Point Dollar Day Brings Early Bargain Seeker Rush
High Point merchants prepare for Dollar Day with window displays and deep discounts. Out of town buyers are expected to travel from within a 25 mile radius as fall weather approaches and stores offer unusually attractive merchandise and wholesale price cuts.
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High Point
Uu Lanutsuayy Mervuaentw
Claims Manufacturing Plant Not Included In Labor Act
W H Boyd manager of the American Tobacco Company plant in Reidsville says the Wagner act does not apply to manufacturing plants. He notes federal appeal courts have upheld this view in similar cases. The plant did not participate in a workers election after 471 voted for representation to seven against out of 964 eligible. Union meeting held but no leaders announced.
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Reidsville
W. H. Boyd
American Tobacco Company
Boyd
Bennett F. Schaffler
Labor Relations Board
Tobacco Workers Union
Bermuda in Path of Tropical Storm
Bermuda, the British island about 600 miles from the American coast, appeared in the path of a small tropical disturbance. Weather Bureau meteorologist Gordon E Dunn said the resort would likely experience only near hurricane winds for a short time.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bermuda
British Island
Gordon E. Dunn
Weather Bureau
Three Die In Dense Fog Across Atlantic Coastal Area
Dense fog disrupted shipping and aviation from Boston to Baltimore as a Rhode Island twin engine bomber crash killed three army airmen near Hillsgrove. The dead are Lieut. J. J. Neeley, Pvt. Joseph J. Macaziewski, and Corpl Angelo Mazzaco. Freighters Pluto and New York collided in the East River amid limited visibility. Newark airport halted westbound flights until weather improves.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Rhode Island
Boston
Baltimore
Army
Warwick
R. I
Hillsgrove
J. J. Neeley
Texas
Joseph J. Macaziewski
Corpal Angelo Mazzaco
Pluto
Central Vermont Transportation Company
East River
Hunts Point
Newark
Cleveland
Steel at New High as Demand Pushes Output
New York steel output reaches 73.5 percent of capacity, the year’s peak to date, as fresh heavy buying sustains production. Industry source Iron Age notes the gain and ongoing demand.
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New York
Brothers Hanged for Murder in Kidnap Plot
In Dorchester New Brunswick two brothers Arthur Bannister 19 and Daniel 20 were hanged for killing Phillip Lake 30 during a kidnapping of his four month old daughter used in an extortion scheme by their mother Mrs May Bannister. The crown argued the family planned a fake mothering act with the infant amid the alleged extortion against two men bound to her.
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Dorchester
N. B
Arthur Bannister
Daniel
Phillip Lake
Pacific Junction
Crown
Bannister Brothers
Lake
Last Jane
May Bannister
Ethiopians Seated in League Assembly Amid Ethiopian Question
The League of Nations voted 89 to 4 to seat Ethiopian delegates after credentials questions and declined to submit the Ethiopian issue to the world court. Haile Selassie claimed Ethiopia remains independent, while Italy may resign from the league. The dispute centers on Ethiopia’s status and Italy’s refusal to participate.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
World Court
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
League
Associated Press
World Court of Justice
Landon Outlines Farm Policy at Iowa State Fair
At the Des Moines fairgrounds Alf Landon pledges a settled national farm policy with cash benefits and conservation plans. He denounces the New Deal as a failed policy and outlines aid limited to family farms, with domestic consumption surpluses supporting tariffs. His day includes meetings with party leaders and editors.
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Des Moines
Alf M. Landon
Iowa
Republican Party
State Fair Grounds
Landon
State Central Committee
Kansan
Southern shippers press equality in freight rates dispute
Atlanta reports a unified drive by nine southern states and 160 shippers to seek federal inquiry into higher cotton belt freight charges. Jud J Wilhoit, chairman of Georgia and joint conference, calls it the south’s first unified push to secure a reasonable rate structure against eastern competitors.
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Atlanta
Joint Conference of
Southern State Commissioners and Shippers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cotton Belt
Jud P. Wilhoit
Georgia Public Service Commission
ICO
Withoit
South
North
Mobilize Troops In Strike Zone In Minneapolis
National guard troops mobilized for any emergency as Gov. Petersen called a conference with striking grain elevator workers and grocery truck drivers to restore order without militia. A rock attack hit Archer Daniels Midland workers during a walkout near the plant after a picket was beaten and more disturbances followed.
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Minneapolis
National Guard
Haalmar Petersen
Archer - Daniels - Midland
Elton Lereen
John Wall
New York Picked As 1937 American Legion Convention City
The American Legion chose New York City for its 1937 convention. A veteran labor alliance against foreign entanglements was urged, and cautious urging for new benefits for ex service men warned. Harry W. Conery of Topeka Kans was set to become national commander as Quimby Melton conceded.
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Cleveland
The
American Legion
New York City
Harry W. Conery
Topeka
Kan
Quimby Melton
Griffin
Echter
Topekan
Fifth Avenue
William Green
Train wreck in Lourdes kills fourteen injures thirty
Fourteen people died and about thirty were injured when a local train rear ended the Avignon express near Lourdes France. The incident occurred today prompting rescue and investigation efforts.
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Lourdes
France
Avignon
Disorders Staged To Discredit Strikers
Senate testimony details McDade's claims of organizing disorder to discredit union strikers. He describes guards hired for longshoremen and dairy strikes, funded by industrial firms, with machine guns and tear gas, and alleges efforts to provoke violence and influence public opinion.
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Washington
E. J. McDade
Chicago
Senate
McDade
la Follette Committee
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Pittsburgh
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
Cleveland
Frank Tabor
Tabor Ice Cream Company
James Field Agency
West Point
Thomas
Utah
Repairs Will Be Started Soon Upon Street Railway
Italy resents British stand as Rome comments on Britain's attempted hegemony in the Mediterranean. Sir Samuel Hoare warns England will face new difficult situations. Britain seeks secure communications with its empire while aiming to maintain good relations with Mediterranean powers, including Italy.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Samuel Hoare
England
la Tribuna
Samuel
Britain
Italy
City Council OKs Three-Way Contract For Street Work
City Manager E M Knox said a three way pact among Duke Power High Point Thomasville Denton railroad and the city will be signed soon to resurfacing and rerouting streetcar tracks The deal assigns street repairs to the power company and trolley tracks to the railroad with an arbiter to handle latent defect disputes Work on adjacent street sections may begin Monday and a separate contract was awarded to Riker Younts for laying 60 feet of pavement.
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High Point
E. M Knox
Duke Power Company
High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad
Knox
H. P., T. & D. Railroad
Power Company
Riker & Younts
Reldaville
Coast Guard Abandons Hope for Ranger Crew
The Norfolk division of the coast guard reports it has abandoned hope for the four man crew of the trawler Ranger, believed lost in the tropical hurricane that swept the Atlantic coast Friday.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Ranger
Atlantic
Tobacco Brings Good Prices On Middle Belt First Day
Officials reported strong demand for higher grades as the Middle Belt tobacco markets opened. Unofficial averages reached about 24.12 per hundredweight on two and a half million pounds traded across nine markets, with Durham and Oxford leading sales near 600,000 pounds each and Henderson around 27.50 per hundredweight.
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Middle Belt
Raleigh
Middle Tobacco Belt
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Oxford
Henderson
Durham
Sanford
Carthage
Fall of Madrid and Toledo Imminent Says Rebels
Rebels claim Madrid and Toledo fall is near as Franco and Mola push from the Guadarrama. Government forces retreat with heavy losses after battles along the Talavera Madr id highway. Reinforcements rush to Madrid while insurgents reach toward Navalcarnero and the outer suburbs.
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Associated Press
Talavera DE LA Reina
Madrid
Toledo
Torrijosan
Talavera-Madrid
Maqueda
Francisco Franco
Emilio Mola
Guadarram
Pital
Torrijos
Alcazar
Franco
Navalcerner
Madr
Mola
Guadarrama
Losoya
Roosevelt Eyes New York State Electoral Vote
President Roosevelt surveyed New York's 47 electoral votes as Judge John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie and James Townsend of Dutchess County were listed for a summer White House conference. The briefing preceded a national political parley scheduled for tomorrow.
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Hyde Park
New York State
Big Mack
Roosevelt
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
James Townsend
Dutchess County
Weather outlook for Carolina region this week
North Carolina sees partly cloudy tonight with showers likely Thursday and into Thursday afternoon then warmer at night. South Carolina expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with interior showers Thursday possibly in the northwest portion Thursday afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Northwest
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