LaGuardia Victory Elevates Labor Party Influence In NYC
Fiorello LaGuardia’s landslide mayoral win signals a rise of the American Labor party as a powerful bloc, a strategy success for Republicans to regain prestige locally, and a Tammany defeat by a reform coalition. The ALP, aligned with Hillman and Dubinsky, could shape 1938 races as unions weigh peace talks.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Greater
American Labor Party
Organized Labor
Charles D. Hilles
Kenneth F. Simpson
Republican Party
Tammany
Labor
League
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
New York City
LaGuardia
Little Flower
Jeremiah T. MaHoney
New York Times
Labor Party
Co. L Oo
Sidney Hillman
David Dubinsky
Coumunions
A. F. of L
Bogalusa Oil Operator Fatally Injured in Curve Crash
Clarence Bright a 30 year old Bogalusa oil operator was found crushed to death when his motorcycle fell onto him in a ditch at Dead Man's Curve four miles from Covington Louisiana He had attended an oil company banquet and was returning home He leaves a widow two children and his mother Bettie Bosch as survivors
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Covington
Clarence Bright
Bogalusa
Bright
Oil Company
Bettie Bosch
Treasury to unveil revenue plan amid tax outlook
Treasury experts finish work on a new revenue recommendation likely to alter the tax structure. Hearings begin before a Ways and Means subcommittee led by Rep Vinson. The plan may indicate tax changes for business relief and potential new levies on earners from 5010 to 100000, as Roosevelt weighs next year's budget.
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Washington
Treasury
Representative Vinson
Democrat
Roosevelt
Farmers' World Series Brings Crowds To Marshall
In Marshall Missouri crowds gather for the farmers world series the national corn husking contest. Twenty youths from ten corn belt states prepared to husk for eighty minutes as the president signals the start amid hotel crowds and hot dog stands. An explosion at noon on the Weber brothers' farm in Washington was described as the start signal.
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Harold Streeter Marshall
Missouri
United States
Weber Brothers
Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic Candidates In General Hold Own In Detroit Fight
The Detroit municipal election results show Richard W. Reading edging Patrick H. O'Brien by 106,907 votes for mayor. The CIO ticket failed to win, with its top council candidate trailing by about 53,000 votes. Reading, backed by AFL, polled 260,957 ballots while O'Brien totaled 154,050.
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Detroit
Committee For Industrial Organization
Richard W. Reading
Patrick H. O'Brien
Reading
American Federation of Labor
O'Brien
More Spanish bodies hunted in Lerida raid
Rescue squads hunted for more victims in Lerida after an insurgent air raid killed at least 125, with hospitals crowded with injured. A destroyed primary school yielded over 50 dead children as nine tri motor planes attacked from the west and machine gunned the civilian population.
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Madrid
Lerida
Leche Announces Multiple Louisiana Appointments
Governor Richard W. Leche filed appointments with Secretary of State Ford E. Stinson. New appointees include an attorney for the collector of revenue in Bossier parish, a Sunset marshal, Sunset alderman, Red River Bayou Pierre levee district commissioner, a police juror for ward nine, and Avovelies parish official appointed to a federal position.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Ford E. Stinson
Bossier Parish
William P. Hardeman
Simon Durie
Sunset
St. Landry Parish
Gilbert Burleigh
Willie Sabille
Leo Sabille
C. H. Townsend
Research may free Snite from iron lung
Experts in Miami Beach report that preliminary tests show further research is needed to free Fred R. Snite Jr. from his iron lung after a brief trial with a smaller aluminum respirator. The 27 year old paralytic patient has been in the large device for 19 months and the change did not provide enough suction.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fred R. Snite, Jr
Young
Killer Tells How He Shot Three in Chicago
A 24 year old man, fueled by liquor, admitted to police that he killed two family members and wounded a third, saying he believed killing others would give him the guts to kill himself. Victims were Alexa 14 and Nancy 15, sisters, and a brother, with Mary 17 wounded. Samuel Economis, son of a confectioner, made the confession to Policeman Walter Tracey.
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Chicago
Samuel Economis
Alexa
Nancy
Mary
Walter Tracey
Economis
Japanese Shells Do Double Duty
In Shanghai on November 3 Japanese shells fired today served a double purpose. A 101 gun salute honored the birthday of the late Emperor Meiji, born November 3, 1852, and marked the first time since Port Arthur in 1904 that the national holiday was celebrated with loaded shells.
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Shanghai
Meiji
Port Arthur
Tammany Defeated In New York Elections
Mounting returns show Tammany Hall suffered defeats as Mayor La Guardia was re-elected with a record total and Thomas E. Dewey won district attorney in New York County. The C I G lost Detroit mayoralty to Richard W Read ing. Senator A Harry Moore won New Jersey governorship for Democrats.
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Associated Press
Tammany Hall
Committee of Industrial Organization
Tammany
New York
Fiorella LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York County
Detroit
Richard W. Reading
American Federation of Labor
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Man Confesses Kidnap Threat In Union Parish
Van Cole a 27 year old Union parish man from near Spearsville confessed from Ouachita parish jail that he wrote a letter to Farmerville planter Tom F. Terrell demanding 500 and threatening to kidnap a Terrell child if not paid He claimed debts drove him to scare Terrell and denied any intent to harm. He was arrested in Junction City Arkansas after Terrell handed the envelope with 21 dollars to authorities.
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Ouachita Parish
van Cole
Union Parish
Spearsville
Tom F. Terrell
Farmerville
Terrell
Meney
Cole
Air Transport to Cut Rates Sharply to Spur Winter Travel
New York reports major carriers will soon announce large fare cuts for coast-to-coast excursion travel. Transcontinental and Western Air plans reductions up to 25 percent as airlines respond to winter travel slumps and a recent drop in passenger traffic after a string of accidents.
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New York
Transcontinental
Western Air
Car salesman kills self on church steps in Oak Grove
Woodrow Wilson 25, local auto salesman, guns down himself on the front steps of Oak Grove Baptist Church at 2 30 am after warning his brother Lavelle Wilson and a companion to stay back. He leaves a widow Ruth Pruitt Wilson and parents H P and Mrs Wilson with two brothers. Funeral plans pending.
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Oak Grove
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Woodrow Wilson
Lavelle Wilson
Wilson
Black Lake
Lavelle
Woodrow
Baptist Church
State Vehicular Tax Sets Record in Louisiana
Louisiana revenue from vehicular tax hits a record high in nine months of 1937. Secretary of State EF Conaway reports receipts through September at 4,547,944, surpassing 1930’s annual total of 4,528,007. Licenses issued reach 351,230 by September 30, up from 282,230 in 1930, despite prior tax cuts in 1934.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Secretary of State
EF. A. Comway
Conaway
Elections At Glance From Associated Press
New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia won by 454,425 votes over Jeremiah Mahoney while Dewey defeated Hastings for Manhattan district attorney. Bruce Barton loaned to Congress, Moore won New Jersey governorship over Clee. Reading mayor in Detroit won. Tobin elected Boston mayor. Price won Virginia governorship. Scully won Pittsburgh mayor with CIO support.
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Associated Press
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Tammany
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold W. Hastings
Attornney
Manhattan
Bruce Barton
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Lester H. Clee
Newark
Windsors Plan 37 Day Jaunt
Washington reports plans for a 37 day U S tour by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Charlies B redaux, emissary of Edward, met with State Department officials to map a possible sequence of one night stands ending with Christmas in a Caribbean port. The pair would arrive in New York in November and may revise the plans or overrule them.
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Washington
United States
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Charlies Bredaux
Edward
State Department
Caribbean
New York
Royel
Capital Women's Minimum Pay Set at 17 Dollars
Washington reports the District of Columbia minimum wage board fixes a $17 weekly wage for about 8,000 women employed in retail stores. The new scale becomes mandatory February 1, 1908, with estimates ranging from $14.57 to $21.31 in hearings.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Possible New National Labor Ticket Emerges From Local Returns
Washington reports no upheaval in off year elections across 15 states with Democrats maintaining gains. The era altering result is a strong showing for the American Labor party in New York boosting talk of a national labor ticket led by LaGuardia aided by AFL CIO allies. Debates also point to Dewey and Moore as future GOP and Democratic contenders for major offices or presidential run theories.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Detroit
Ohi
LaGuardia
National Labor
Amerca Labor Party
American Federation of Labor
Thomas E. Dewey
New York County
A. Harry Moore
New Jerers
Dewey
Manhattan
Charles 5. Whitman
Moore
Sascembs
Educators of Deep South Open Meet in Birmingham
Fancetore of the deep south gathered for the annual regional conference of the Association of American Colleges in Birmingham Alabama. Dean Wyatt W. Hale of Birmingham Southern College and Dr. T V Neal president of Howard College will preside at opening sessions. President J L McConaughty of Wesleyan University will speak tonight on The Liberal Arts College and the Community.
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Birmingham
Ala
Norman Davis Urges China and Japan to Close War
At the Brussels conference opening, Norman H. Davis urged direct negotiations between China and Japan to end the conflict. Delegates from the United States Britain and France joined in calling for peaceable settlement. Count Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti resisted coercive or quarantine measures as a tool of pressure.
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Brussels
China
Japan
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Chicago
Aldrovandi-Marescotti
Norman H. Davis
Anthony Eden
Yvon Delbos
Fines Hit 48 Game Law Violators in Louisiana Roundup
Governor Richart W Leche led a multi parish sweep arresting 48 suspects in Madison East Carroll and Tensas parishes since Sunday for game law violations. Those pleading guilty received 25 fines or five days in jail. State police plan further actions across Shreveport Monroe Columbia Winnsboro and Cedarville.
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Tallulah. la
Speeiald -Levyen
Madison
East Carroll
Tenses
Surtay
Richart W. Leche
Joe Cupitt
Jean Bareton
Dave Roper
Hervey Fletche
W. B Roper
Adrian McCall
Albert Walker
Shreyveport
Monroe
Columbia
Winnaborn
Croweville
Tallulah
Lewhe
Henry “Happy Sevier
Sevier Plantation
Madison Parish
Sevier
Louisiana
Medion
Tensas
Singer
Twenty three Russians sentenced to death in new edicts
Moscow reports twenty three more persons were sentenced to death today for alleged subversive activities. Six were convicted for grain looting in eastern Siberia and six in Leningrad province. Others included six Leningrad officials charged with wrecking collective farming and five persons in White Russia.
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Moscow
Siberia
Leningrad
Russia
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