Japan Extends U S Apology Over Seizure Of Vessels
The Japanese government extended an apology and returned two American vessels and two Italian ships, claiming the earlier seizures were a mistake. American Consul General Clarence E. Gauss protested the seizure and flag disrespect, while measures and reinforcements surrounding Nanking continued amid regional tensions.
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Shanghai
Des
Unitconsul General
United States
Hunt Steamship
Clarence E. Gauss
America
Flas
Japan
Ameribassy
Dapanatax
Lotenor
Nanking
Thee Inet
Ching Can
Yepet
M.ather
Chin
Sayein
Brussels
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Germany
Madrid
Jaca
Aragon
Hay fever fears spark of allergic attack in Leither man
Ernest Norman of Lallrxburg fears hay fever will end his career if contracted. The text details sneezing concerns and potential health impacts with partially garbled local references and uncertain phrasing.
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Lalrixburg
N. Bere
Ernest Norman
Weather Summary Cloudy Tennessee and Virginia Coasts
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Virginia coast remains cloudy while interior shows generally fair conditions.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Slain servant girl saved from mob violence in New Mexico
W B Cassidy 40 pleads for quick fate by law after confessing to shooting and mutilating 15 year old servant Rose Gereia and hiding her body in a shallow grave at Socorro New Mexico. Authorities say Cassidy was arrested as a mob threatened the jail crowd. His father rushed from Coshoeton to be with him.
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New Mexico
W. B. Cassidy
Rose Gereia
Socorro
N. M
Coshoeton
Cassidy
Chirat Press
Virginian Held in Childs Death at Newport News
In Newport News Virginia 11 year old Sue Stokes died from a bullet wound after she and friend Mary Ellen Coleman 12 were near Ritter’s Tristy store. Ritter admitted shooting from behind a screen door and was held on charges including felonious shooting and murder with no bail until funeral.
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Newport News
Michus Ritter
Z. M. Peach
Sun
Hom
Edward G. Burcher
Cant. R.A. Johnson
Ritter
Sue Stokes
Mary Ellen Coleman
Stokes
Mary Riter
Johnson
Seaport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Copany
Meruresque
Stokeschild
Commonwealth
Herbert G. Smith
Merie Phillips
Mary K. O'Connor
German Religion Revolves Around Dictator Figure
A 1944 dispatch outlines a crisis in Germany where religious figures confront a dictator’s cult. Ladendertt, a Teutdenberg League leader, is cited as steering pagan, anti Christian currents. Catholic and Protestant churches endure as state power shapes church life amid Nuremberg era tensions.
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Teutdenberg League
Caristhwity
Nuei
Unfair Labor Charges Filed Against Ford
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Ford Motor Company at its St. Louis assembly plant alleging unions rights violations. The United Automobile Workers had accused the company of interfering with union activity, threats against members, loyalty pledges, surveillance, armed guards, anti union propaganda, and firing union members. A hearing is set for December 16.
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ST. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Milton N. Johnson
Dorothea de Schweinitz
Ford Service Workers
Ford Loyalty Group
Falkland Islands Status as British Colony
The Falkland Islands are a British colony located in the South Atlantic. The note identifies the territory as under British control and describes its geographic position in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Falkland Island
South Atlantic
Green and Lewis Join Conference for Labor Peace
John L. Lewis and William Green will lead a fresh push to reunite the American Federation of Labor with the Committee for Industrial Organization. Philip Murray arranged the meeting, with George Harrison and others also attending to push five main issues including craft versus industrial union structure and federation power.
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Washington
Dev
John L. Lewis
William Grean
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor
Philip Murray
Cgteace
Green
Murray
It. O
Een
George Harrison
A. F. of L
Kingsport Nurse Robbery Victim Describes Hold Up
Miss Helen Wilkins of Community hospital in Kingsport describes a nighttime street robbery on Broad near Ravine. Two men forced her to surrender handbag contents including cash and a fountain pen. police search continues for suspects with few clues.
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Helen Wilkins
Community Hospital
Kingsport
Miss Wilking
Broad Street
Ravine
Miss Wilkins
Utilities warn TVA power kills local firms in bankruptcy threat
In Chattanooga on December 1 the TVA case heated as attorneys for TVA and 18 utilities prepare to present crucial witness testimony. Key figures R W Lamar of Tennessee Public Service Co and Welter S of Memphis Power and Light warned municipal TVA power would bankrupt Knoxville and other cities, while factoring in earlier trends since 1938. The court, led by Judge Florence Allen, instructed witnesses to focus on essential facts and expect a stipulation about federal power purchases from Wilson Norris and Wheeler dams.
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Chattanooga
Tennesee Valley Authority
Florence Allen
Cintinnati
Circuit’ Court of Appeals
R. W. Lamar
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knoxville
Welter S
Memphis Power and Light Company
TVA
Lamar
Temahis
TVA Power
Alabama Power Company
Wilson Dam
Ram & Pool
Wilson
Norris
Wheeler
Utilley
Allen
John D. Martin
John J. Gore
Tenn Hessee
Movie Operator Injured In Crash Near Manchester
Wel ston Ropp a 35 year old theater operator from Fostoria Ohio remained in critical condition after a small monoplane crash near Manchester Tennessee. He suffered a fractured jaw and internal injuries while his passenger Richava Thomas 26 also of Fostoria had less serious injuries and was hospitalized in Manchester as both were en route to the Miami air races.
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Nashville
Welston Ropp
Fostoria
Ohio
Manchester
Tenn
Rich
Ava Thomas
Fostaria
Miami
Four Face Trial In Election Case
Four people and a woman will be tried in January on charges of violating election laws from the city primary on November 13. A grand jury returned indictments late yesterday and the four were arrested and bond was set. The indictments allege illegal payments of roll taxes and procuring votes.
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Onville
Two Held in Slaying Case and Other Briefs
Two suspects were arrested today in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Margaret in a village shop incident. The report notes a bride’s death and a vivid struggle preceding the crime. In other items, the Justice Department filed anti trust petitions against Western Union and Postal Telegraph over Sherman Act violations. Federal Communications Commissioner Payne urged radio growth to counter U S market limits. A Barksdale Field crash near Avery killed a male crew member and damages were reported. A London blast at the Cordite building of the royal gunpowder works at Waltham Abbey caused no fatalities or injuries per the war office.
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Pelegraph Companies
Washington
Thoe Justice Department
Vo Gay
Southern Federal District of New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Fastal Telegraph and Cable Corporation
London
Dhe Voyal
Waltham Abbey
Leday
War Office
Slain New York housekeeper named in slaying case
Police arrested Theodore Petow 35 as a suspect in the murder of Mrs Elsie Downe 38 a New York hotel housekeeper slain on the eve of a planned reconciliation. One of Downe’s children Kathleen 16 identified the victim. The case is being investigated by Central Press.
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Elsie Drowne
New York
Increase in farm income reported
Farm income of six southeastern states rose 25.1 percent to 530,419,000 for January through September 1937, compared with the same period last year, per the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee totals are detailed. September farm receipts rose 5.1 percent from August but fell 6.5 percent from September last year.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Shates
Federal Reserve District
Willkie seeks to restore investment confidence in utilities
Wondell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth and Southern, urged President Roosevelt to restore investment confidence in private utilities. He proposed concessions by industry and administration, including a large construction program and changes in valuation practices to favor prudent investment.
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Roosevelt
Willkie
Washington
Roossevell
White House
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Court Contest Faces Decision by Chancellor
A ruling by Chancellor R. B. C. Howell states six representatives who backed the county unit measure might have vacated their seats, opening a court test of governor Browning’s extra sessions program. The county unit bill barely cleared the house with a constitutional majority.
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Nashville
R. B. C. Howell
Browning
Brownin
Propezal
Britain and France seek concessions from Czechoslovakia and Austria
London and Paris, citing a broad European security plan, probe Czechoslovakia and Austria for willingness to concede on German minorities under Hitler. Delbos to visit eastern allies as Masaryk confirms Britain will work with central European powers. Restoration of Britain Italy accord seen as a prerequisite for appeasement progress.
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London
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Ceetnoslovakia
Praha
Hitler
Germany
Delbos
Camille Chautemps
Ther
Czechoslovakin
Jan Garrigue Masaryk
Sears Ditter
Ilaly
Faris
Rome
Culbertsons to End Marriage but Keep Business Ties
New York report says Ely Culbertson and Josephine Culbertson plan divorce after 14 years of marriage while preserving their card table partnership. She accuses mental cruelty and will seek a divorce in Reno, with custody of two children to be split. The couple remains business partners and intends to stay friends.
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New York
Dev. I. P
Ely Calb
Culbertson
Limiden
Josephine
Calumola
Reno
Culbertser
Saul
Joyce
Bruce
Bly
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Dev. J
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Greyhound Bus Lines
Oer
Conner
Brotherhood of Railroad
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U. SO
Westerday
A. F
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Clt.os
C.F C
Mrs
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Joseph Mical
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Areedwich Vilaze Greerry Shop
Shreveport
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Avery
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