Party Leaders Split Over New Deal Policies and NY Campaigns
Democratic Chairman Farley and Republican nominee Landon voiced divergent views on New Deal policy and economic recovery during campaign stops in Ohio. Wallace criticized Dewey's farm-income claims in New York while Roosevelt endorsed Wagner. NY papers shifted endorsements amid a busy political week.
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Associated Press
James M. Farley
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Bartlesville
Ohlo
California
Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wallac
Binghampton
N. Y
Dewey
Roosevelt
Robert F. Wagner
Nw York Times
Wagner
John Lord O’brie
Edward Corsi
Seator Royal
Copeland
New York Daily News
Wegner
James M. Mead
Corsi
Supreme Court weighs status of child labor amendment
The high court reviews whether the Roosevelt administration can ask Congress to submit a child labor amendment to the states. Kentucky's 1926 rejection and 1937 ratification are at issue while 28 states have ratified. If ruled not pending, the administration may push the existing hours act, seek stronger standards, or request new legislation.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Kentucky
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Washington
Former Husband of Ruth Etting Sued for Love Piracy
Myral Alderman, one of four linked to the Etting Snyder Alderman case, faced a deposition in Alma Etting’s $150,000 suit against Ruth Etting. Alma’s attorney planned to probe whether Etting’s accompanist received gifts from the singer. Snyder, Etting’s ex, was named in a $225,000 suit by pianist accusing him of malicious shooting.
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Los Angeles
Myral Alderman
Etting-Snyder-Alderman
Alma
Ruth Etting
Hal
Miss Etting
Martin
Colonel Gimp) Snyder
Alderman
Dayton School Board Stands Firm on Closing Edict
Five board of education members risk contempt citations as they persist in keeping Dayton schools closed to December 3 to ease the district’s financial crisis. A habeas corpus effort sought to avoid jail, while Judge Hodapp’s committee and the civil warrants crowd the scene as the shutdown enters its second day with only 33 caretakers in the buildings.
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Dayton, CO
Board of Education
Common Pleas
Null M. Hodapp
Richard Withrow
Emerson Landis
Corinne Borghard
Withrow
Frank A. Miller
Citi
Memorial gifts aid Twin City Chest in Rose Haas death
Mrs. M. H. Barnes of Chicago sent 5 to the Twin City Community Chest in memory of Rose Haas killed in a motor accident. A letter asks the paper to publish the tribute. Two other memorial gifts were received from the Georgia Tucker School PTA and Miss Myrtle E. Rodgers.
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Rose Haas
M. H. Barnes
Chicago
Twin City
Community Chest
Monroe
P.T. A. of Georgia Tucker School
Outlaw’s Pal Captured as Suspect Chapman Sought
Major Roden of the Louisiana State Police said Charley Chapman and a man believed to be Dave Graves were involved in a gunfight near Philadelphia Mississippi. Graves was captured and held. three others, Grady White Babe Williams and Mrs O P Miller, were arrested for harboring a fugitive. Chapman possibly mortally wounded fled into nearby woods.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Murphy Roden
Louisiana State Police
Charley Chapman
Major Roden
Chapman
Dave Graves
Associated Press
L. A. Jones
Louisiana
Angola
British Freighter Gothic Damaged By Bomb In Barcelona Raid
In Barcelona an insurgent air raid struck the 254 ton British freighter Gothic causing considerable damage. One person was killed and two wounded as port area projectiles sprayed the harbor. A pursuing government plane attacked insurgent bombers, lost its wings and crashed into the sea. Tarragona port also suffered bombing.
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Barcelona
Gothic
Tarragona
Anglo Italian Accord Enforcement Sought In 1940s Britain
Prime Minister Chamberlain asked Commons to approve early enforcement of the Anglo Italian accord of April 16 and urged economic peace with Germany in southeastern Europe. He announced Sir John Anderson, famed administrator, as lord privy seal and minister for civilian defense handling air raid precautions and a national voluntary service.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Europe
John Anderson
Iron Man
Bengal
Privy Seal
Chamberlain to Put Italian British Friendship Pact In Effect
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house of commons he expects to implement the Italian British friendship accord soon as part of his policy toward dictators. Signed April 16, the agreement has waited for a Spanish question settlement and will be debated tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Film star Robert Woolsey dies at Malibu after long illness
The film colony mourns Robert Woolsey, aged 49, veteran of Wheeler and Woolsey, who died at his Malibu Beach home after an 18 month illness. Bert Wheeler rushed from Chicago to attend funeral services as supporters recall Woolsey’s rise from bellhop to international vaudeville and screen fame.
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Malibu Beach
Calif
Robert Woolsey
Wheeler and Woolsey
Pictures
Bert Wheeler
Chicago
Bud
Woolsey
Pink Star
Antipodes
South Africa
India
Orient
Florenz Ziegfeld
Leaders Open To Peace Talks As Convention Nears
Pittsburgh November 1 leaders expressed openness to peace with the AF of L though no formal statement from Generalissimo John L Lewis is issued. They recalled October talks at Denver and Washington when CI O proposed an industrial union department and federation reforms.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
Lewis
Denver
Washington
Civic Chest Drive Keeps Worker Attention In Twin Cities
The Twin City Community Chest campaign led by Mrs. Fagan Cox deploys 18 teams in a door to door solicitation across schools and the Northeast Center. Teachers donate a day’s pay and could split into monthly payments. A memorial fund honors Mrs Haas with gifts from M H Barnes of Chicago and the Georgia PTA.
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Twin Cities
Mills Certified Unanimously by Fifth District Committee
The Fifth district Democratic congressional committee certified Newt V. Mills as the party nominee for Congress in the Fifth district by a unanimous vote. Mills defeated Will Harvey Todd in the second primary, after a tense first meeting last Saturday where a majority opposed certification. The Tuesday session at the Virginia hotel upheld Mills as the nominee for the November general election.
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Newt V. Mills
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Mills
Will Harvey Todd
Virginia Hotel
Andrews studies newspaper side on maximum hour rules
Elmer F. Andrews the wage hour administrator told newspaper executives he is studying their claim that new maximum hour standards will cut newspaper service. He noted daily papers fall under the act and that overtime pay and reporters on continuous assignments are being examined.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Road Mishap Sends Two West Monroe Residents to Hospital
Mrs. W. M. Allen and Gaston De Cuir of West Monroe were in a traffic crash in front of Northeast Center of Louisiana State University when their vehicle left the road and struck a telephone pole. Mrs. Allen suffered a compound jaw fracture and a fractured left arm with contusions. De Cuir sustained a severe fracture to his right leg below the knee and chest and back contusions.
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W. M. Allen
Gaston DeCuir
West Monroe
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
Hitler Names New Army Head Amid Nazi Reshuffle
Berlin November 1 4 Military observers noted Chancellor Hitler appointed Lieutenant General Franz Haider to lead the army general staff after General Ludwig Beck resigned over policy clashes with the regime. Colonel General Fedor von Bock remained in the context of the broader shakeup.
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Berlin
Hitler
Franz Haider
Ludwig Beck
Fedor von Bock
Elections Cancelled by Governor Leche
Several scheduled elections have been cancelled by Governor Richard Leche due to lack of approval from the mayor and councilmen in Bogalusa and the Lake Charles school board and the Lake Cherise sewerage project.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Bogalusa
Lake Charles
Lake Cherise
Explorer's Wife Joins Northerly Submarine Expedition
Su vane Wilkins wife of explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins arrives from Australia to accompany the February voyage. She says they will depart New York next March and she aims to gain strength for the trip as Sir Hubert directs installing Arctic navigation equipment on a submarine designed for under arctic travel.
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Los Angeles
Suvane Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Australia
New York
Sir Hubert
Arctic
Two Great Horses To Meet In Pimlico Match Race
War Admiral and Seabiscuit prepared to race for $15,000 at Pimlico as America’s top thoroughbreds clash in a mile and three sixteenths event. Seabiscuit seeks prestige and prize money while War Admiral carries high expectations from Glen Riddle, with a crowd eager to see which horse claims supremacy.
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Baltimore
Lir
Jervis Spencer
Maryland
Pimlico
Orle Roberteon
America
Seabiscuit
Samuel D
Glen Riddie Farma
Charles 5. Howard
San Francisco
Lawyers Question Alcatraz Murder Charge Firmly
Defense lawyers for James G. Lucas and Rufus Franklin challenge the guilt of their clients in the Royal M. Cline killing during a May escape plot at Alcatraz. They seek juror doubts by presenting five convict witnesses including Harvey Bailey. The case resumes as jury selection continues.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Con Victa
James G. Lucas
Rufus Franklin
Thomas R. Limerick
Franklin
Lucas
Harold Faulkner
Joseph Sweeney
Texas Bank
Grim Island
Harvey Bailey
Midwest
Limerick
Faulkner
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