Freak Storms Kill Dozens Across U S Regions
Severe snow storms hit the east while a midwest dust deluge causes deaths and damage across several states. In Rochester New York a boy and others die. a barge sinks off Cape May. climber perishes near Lehighon. two trapped near Granite Lake Republic Michigan. dust storms blamed for deaths from Minnesota to Iowa. crowds at Chicago’s Century of Progress seek eye care.
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Cape May
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Ont
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Tracy
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Iowa
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Los Angeles
Laurence Linn
Whitehall
Chicago
Gas Field Worker Seriously Hurt Near Sterlington
A Crescent Drilling workman, W. G. Carpenter, fell from a derrick near Sterlington, fracturing his skull. He was wearing a life belt that prevented a fatal fall and was taken to St. Francis sanitarium in Monroe in critical condition. initial misidentification as Kirt Rippond was corrected. The skull fragment was removed and recovery remains uncertain.
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W. G. Carpner
Crescent Drilling Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Kirt Rippond
Monroe
Hitler Wins Mass Support in Reichstag Election
Adolf Hitler secures overwhelming voter approval in a nationwide Reichstag election and foreign policy plebiscite. More than 90 percent of eligible voters cast ballots with 92.2 percent backing Nazi candidates and about 93.5 percent approving Hitler's foreign policy plan, signaling a unified resolve across Germany.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Goebbels
Hitler
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Wolff
Armistice Day Parade and Community Snips from 1920s
Jes Ramblin and BILL RODRIGUEZ parade in khaki on Armistice Day while C A Hunt leads VFW efforts after a near fatal accident. An anatomy class mislabels VIA DUCT near the pancreas. A West Side smoker shares a rug stain using tobacco. Mrs S R Ruffin sentimental about razing a First Baptist building. Harry Prophets notes a historic week with repeal of prohibition and Russia-US talks, but omits a critic’s view of North Louisiana’s senior senator.
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France
C. A. Hunt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Shreveport
Bastrop
Harry Prophit
Tammany Hall
New York
Russia
United States
North Lousmom
Youth Believed Victim Of Crush At Grid Contest
Princeton New Jersey November 13 county officials pursue a crowd crush theory in the death of Jay F. Towner III a Perryman Maryland 23 year old after the Princeton Dartmouth game. Coroner Frank Grove and Detective James Kirkham recount the fatal crush at ramp 22 as the youth tried to escape the crowd suffering broken wrists and a ruptured liver.
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Princeton
N. J
Jay F. Towner
Perryman
Palmer Stadium
Frank Grove
James Kirkham
Towner
Lindberghs Land Safely After Ball Near Calderas de Tuy
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed safely near Calderas de Tuy in Pontevedra province while flying from Santana toward Portugal. Weather forced a downed landing amid clouds and rain on the Spanish coast. the couple planned to press to Lisbon if conditions improve.
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Madrid
Charles A. Lindbergh
Calderas de Tuy
Pontevedera
Spain
Santana
Portugal
Lisbon
Soviet United States Abandon Talks on Recognition
Washington November 13. Negotiations on recognition between the Soviet Union and the United States were abandoned for now with no definite program, and future discussions were left to develop informally. Officials said a meeting could be arranged when ready.
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Washington
Maxim Litvinoff
William Phillips
State Department
Roosevelt
Jones Questioned On RFC Loan To Texas Firm
In a Senate Banking Committee inquiry on Jesse H. Jones the RFC loan to Midland Mortgage Company of Texas was raised. Jones denied personal involvement, saying the firm is operated by his brother and he has no connection. The exchange occurred during a lengthy executive session as charges were discussed.
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Senate Banking Committee
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Midland Mortgage Company of Texas
Reconstruction Agency
Jones
Houston
Fletcher
Tennessee PWA Engineer Dismissed in Ickes Action
Secretary Ickes fired Harry S. Berry, Tennessee state public works engineer, after a circular letter to civic groups suggested non federal loans would not be repaid. George H. Wells was named interim replacement at PWA headquarters. Berry declined comment pending formal notification.
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George H. Wells
Public Works Administration
Ickes
Harry S. Berry
Tennessee State Public Works
Nashville
Berry
State of
Tennessee
Tennessee State Public Works Advisory Board
Talks Hurrying Toward Understanding
Washington reports fresh conversations between President Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinoff pushed Russo American negotiations toward a positive understanding by Friday. The goal was set as Roosevelt prepared to depart for a Warm Springs vacation. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
State Department
Woman Suspect in Kansas City Massacre Captured in Memphis
Memphis dispatch reports Mrs. E. B. Conner, indicted in Kansas City for the massacre that killed four officers and Frank Nash, was captured in Memphis. She allegedly tipped off gangsters by telephone from Hot Springs to Kansas City. Police arrested her at 8:30 am. another woman was detained but not named.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. B. Conner
Kansas City
Verne Miller
Conner
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Griffin
Miller
Floyd
Monroe Day Observed to Promote Buy Now Campaign
Wednesday, November 15 is designated Monroe Day by Monroe merchants in line with the national recovery administration program. The chamber of commerce and NRA women’s committee urge the public to buy household and personal supplies to help restore normal economic conditions.
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Monroe
National Recovery Administration
Gulf
Canada
Chamber of Commerce
Women's Committee
NRA
NRA Administrator Johnson Heads to Louisville Speech
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, head of the National Recovery Administration, left Fort Worth by airplane at 9:20 a m for Louisville Kentucky where he will address a tonight on the national recovery program.
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Texas
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Louisville
Kentucky
Baer Kd
Gandhi denies egg throwing at Nagpur meeting
In Bombay on November 13 the Mahatma Gandhi rejected a Friday Evening News of India report claiming eggs were hurled at the platform where he stood during a Nagpur public meeting. He said he did not observe any throwing.
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Mahatma Gandhi Today
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Treasury Chief Denies Opposition to Gold Buying Policy
Secretary Woodin declared full support for President Roosevelt's gold purchasing program and stated his sympathy with the policies. He noted the RFC raised its price for newly mined domestic gold to $33.45 an ounce and dismissed rumors of discord among fiscal agencies as harmful to business recovery.
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Treasury
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Woodin
RFC
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Federal Reserve Board
Henry Bruere
Highball murder case scheduled for grand jury
In Greenwood Mississippi on November 13 the murder charge against Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean for the alleged poisoned whisky highball that killed Dr. John Preston Kennedy was set for grand jury action. District Attorney Arthur Jordan aims for indictment while defense chief A F Gardner predicts acquittal. Gardner notes letters showing Kennedy loved Dean and says no poison was administered. Dean remains free on a $5000 appearance bond.
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Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Dean
Kennedy
Jackson
Miss
Gardner
Greenwood
Dr. Kennedy
Details Being Worked Out For Option Loans
Farm officials outlined a new loan program offering four cent a pound loans on cotton with grower options. Loans cover over 2.2 million bales. A tentative $37 million commitment from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will fund most of the financing, routed through the SPHMMOGIL credits corporation.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Sphmmogil Credis Corporation
Relief and farm bodies buy 19,000 hogs on Chicago market
Federal surplus relief administration and farm credit administration purchased 19 000 hogs on the Chicago market last Saturday at 4.35 to 4.50 per hog of 250 pounds. The action, led by Captain E H Cope and S A Baxter, aimed to relieve a sellers strike and distribute meat to the unemployed in brouth areas via a Chicago packing house.
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Federal Surplus Relief Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Chicago
Relief Agency
E. H. Cope
Surplus Relief Corporation
S. A. Baxter
Brouth
Monroe Red Cross annual canvass flows into two-city drive
The Ouachita chapter launches its big roll call campaign with 150 women workers in Monroe at Hotel Virginia. A V Miller led the meeting outlining house-to-house plans to complete canvassing by nightfall and stressed aiding families beyond government relief.
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RED Cross
Monroe
Hotel
Virginia
Ouachita
Fagan Cox
A. V. Miller
Quachita Parish
Admiral Ridley McLean Dies Prompting Fleet Standstill
Rear Admiral Ridley McLean, 61, battleship division commander, died suddenly aboard his flagship the Nevada. As a result 51 ships remained at anchor in San Francisco with sailing postponed until tomorrow. He served in the Spanish American War and World War I, authored the Bluejackets Manual, and belonged to several naval and fraternal orders.
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Ridley McLean
United States
California
McLean
Nevada
Tennessee
Battleship Division Three
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
United States Naval Academy
Mariella
Nicaragua
Naval Institute
Military Order of the Dragon
Military Order of Carabao
New York
Washington
Overton Ballot Inquiry to Resume in Louisiana Hearing
In New Orleans on November 13 the Senate committee scheduled Seymour Weiss to testify at 2 pm on campaign finances for Senator Huey P. Long ally Senator John H. Overton. Long agreed to testify. lines of inquiry include ballot box handling and possible fraud in the Overton primary.
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Seymour Weiss
Huey P. Long
Senate
John H. Overton
Long
Senator Long
Logan
Kentucky
Thomas
Utah
Weiss
Senator Logan
Connally
Texas
Overton
Edwin Broussard
St. Charles
Broussard
Brougeard
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Louisiana
Senator Overton
RFC Reduces Railways Loan Interest to Fund Hire
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation cut loan interest for railways from 5 to 4 percent for 12 months starting November 1. Savings will be used to hire more workers during the winter for railroad operations.
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RFC
Washington
Theconstruction Corporation
Boiler blast injures ten at Camden stave factory
Camden Tennessee November 13 4 The boiler at a stave factory exploded injuring ten men one seriously Pete Rich a fireman suffered a crushed skull and possible internal injuries Windows were broken in nearby residences.
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Camden
Tenn
Pete Rich
Rogers speaks on stock swindles and overcapitalization
Beverly Hills resident voices a call for guardians to protect investors from swindles. He cites millions in losses and criticizes reliance on education, noting many marks are educated enough to be vulnerable and urging action by chambers of commerce and clergy.
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