Pan American Joint Defense Sought at Lima Conference
President Roosevelt urged congressional approval to expand the U S air force and pressed continental defense as a mutual plan for 21 republics and Canada. Latin diplomats expect defense to dominate Lima talks opening December 9 with Argentina signaling caution on a formal bloc.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Congress
United States
Lima
Peru
Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Cantilo
Argentina
SAYS WORKER MOST USEFUL AFTER FORTY
INDIANAPOLIS November 16. Life begins at 40 in the matter of workers usefulness to industry. Paul Griffith American Legion reemployment director said that the idea 40 year olds are no assets to industry has been disproven. He spoke to commanders and adjutants of 58 state and territorial departments ending a three day conference at national headquarters. The executive committee will meet tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Paul Griffith
Washington
D. C
American Legion
National Committee
Secretary of Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
Bankers Elect Hopefuls at American Bankers Convention
P D Houston of Nashville appears to have the votes to become second vice president of the American Bankers Association and later the presidency in 1940. The nominating committee named Houston yesterday as delegates questioned the results amid widespread convention gossip. W Laird Dean of Topeka and Frank Powers of Mora also vie, with observers noting Dean's anti-branch banking stance and the tradition of orderly committee choices after decades of floor battles.
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Houston
Tex
P. D. Houston
Nashville
Tenn
American Bankers Association
W. Laird Dean
Topeka
Kas
Dean
Frank P. Powers
Mora
Minn
United States
Adam S. Bennion
Salt Lake City
Newlyweds Rescued After Two Days In Utah Snow
Harold E. Radford and his wife of Bakersfield California survived a southern Utah blizzard by trudging through deep snow for days after their car stalled NE of Cedar City. Severely frozen feet kept them in a hospital as they recalled thoughts of wedding gifts at home.
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Cedar City
Utah
California
Harold E. Radford
Bakersfield
Calif
Chamber to Host Annual Meeting Banquet
President W H Anders of the Chamber of Commerce announces the annual meeting will be held December 16 on the Hotel Virginia roof. About 400 members and guests are expected. Gus W Dyer of Vanderbilt University will speak, praised as an inspirational humorist and business analyst.
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W. H. Anders
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Virginia
Gus W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
S. A. Moss
A. O. Evans
Lee Hodges
Louisiana
Dyer
American Bankers Association
National Manufacturers Association
Monroe
Wahlquist Libel Trial Delayed Indefinitely in Arkansas
Prosecutor Fred Denham announced the trial of C. O. Wahlquist publisher of the Capitol News on libel and slander charges has been continued indefinitely. The case was set to begin next Tuesday and concerns statements about John F. Wells, a corporate figure.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fred Denham
C. O. Wahlquist
The
Capitol News
Wahlquist
John F. Wells, Corporation
C I O Votes to Perpetuate Organization Revenue Plan
In Pittsburgh on November 16 the C I O convention approved a constitution establishing the union as the congress of industrial unions. John L. Lewis warned delegates against delaying adoption. The document creates revenue for the new labor group based on a claimed membership of 3,664,612, potentially over 2 million dollars annually to fund organizing drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
C. I
Congress of Industrial Unions
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Daladier Faces Split Over Italy Demands on Djibouti and Suez Terms
Premier Edouard Daladier confronted cabinet dissent as Italy reportedly pressed for a French Italian friendship accord including ceding the Djibouti Addis Ababa railway and the Port of Djibouti, joint control of the Suez Canal, and Tunisia administration.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Italy
Foreign Office
France
Djibouti-Addis Abeba
Djibouti
Eritrea
Suez Canal
Tunisia
Daladier
Germany
Andre Francois-Poncet
Rome
Great Britain
Pierre Gentin
Youths Adrift in Skiff Feared Lost
Two Boston area youths Lester Welford and Thomas Glendon, ages 18 and 17, were swept out to sea Monday night after hunting ducks nine miles off Cape Cod. Coast guard planes and surface craft searched widely, with a fisherman believed to have picked up Glendon aboard en route to the banks, though no report had been received.
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Boston
Lester Welford
Thomas Glendon
Coast Guard
Glendon
Richard J. Glendon
Columbia University
Magnus Petersen
Woods Hole Coast Guard
Welford
Cape Cod
Boy 11 Nears German Fury Kills Embassy Official Alone
Paris reports Herschel Grynszpan an 11 year old born in Hanover and living in Paris who says despair and Nazi anger over Ernst Vom Rath death spurred his solo attack at the German embassy. He describes sleeping rough near the Seine and seeking work after his family was expelled from Germany.
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Germany
Wom Rath
Paris
Ernst Vom Rath
Seine
Herschel Grynszpan
Hanover
France
Grynszpan
Church Synod Session Ends In Afternoon
The final day's sessions of the Louisiana Synod of the Presbyterian church opened with a devotional led by Rev. Paul Freeland. Morning reports and business followed. Rev. James Revis of Nashville reported on foreign missions before a noon recess. The 2 p.m. concluding session announced standing committee chairs and featured Home Missions remarks by Dr. George Sommey of New Orleans with an evening sermon by Rev. Claude.
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Synod of Louisiana of the
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Paul Freeland
James Revis
Foreign Mission Committee
Nashville
Tenn
W. R. Holloway
O. Alexander
Assembly
C. G McClure
B. C
C. le Power
D. F. Wilkinson
Presbyterian
Stephen B. Williams
Silliman College
H. N. Alexander
J. M. Murchison
J. S. Land
Southwestern
D. L. O'Neal
George Summey
New Orleans
Claude
Monroeites pay widest electric bills in state study
Federal power commission data show Shreveport residents pay lower monthly electric bills than New Orleans for small to large power uses while Monroe has the lowest for small and highest for large in its 16 state. The 1937 rate changes affected Louisiana utilities with minor shifts in several towns.
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Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Shreveport
jJower
New Orleans
Federal Power Commission
Monroe
Bossier City
Pineville
Ruston
Plaquemine
Denham Springs
Port Alles
Melville
New Roads
German Crisis Deepens as Goering Press Attacks Ickes
President Roosevelt denounces German anti Jewish measures and notes shock in the United States. Goering's Essen newspaper unleashes an anti Jewish attack targeting Secretary Ickes as Ambassador Hugh Wilson is recalled for a first hand report on the German situation. British cabinet monitors Nazi moves as Latin American influence rumors grow.
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Washington
Field Marshal Goering
Essen
Ickes
United States
Hugh B Wilson
Germany
Body of Slain Nazi Returned to Duesseldorf for Burial
Ernst Von Rath whose death in Paris provoked anti Jewish riots is brought to Duesseldorf for burial. Crowds line the two mile procession route as Hitler is expected to attend the state funeral. Dark weather, black ribbons and Nazi songs set a mournful scene while Friedrich Florian leads a brief station ceremony.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Ernst Vor Rath
Paris
Cooperation urged for states and federal utilities regulators
Paul A. Walker of the FCC called for cooperation between federal and state agencies in public utility regulation at the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners meeting. He cited the Transportation Act of 1920 as enabling interagency cooperation and noted communications now loom large in national and international affairs, while stating state regulators have no jurisdiction over broadcasting.
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New Orleans
Paul A. Walker
Federal Communications Commission
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Walker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Flashes In The News Report From Easton Scene At Bridge
In Easton a policeman responding to a call found two boys prostrated near a suspension bridge. Their faces showed agony and limp limbs. A lighted cigar butt nearby suggested danger but the officer determined no deadly gunfight was involved.
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Easton
Hastings Leads Louisiana Baptist Convention Nominees
Rev. L. T. Hastings of the First Baptist Church in Monroe was elected president of the Louisiana State Baptist convention at its anniversary session in Hammond. The telegram announcing the honor arrived Wednesday morning. Hastings, born July 2, 1844 near Shelbyville Tennessee, is the eldest of six children of W. S. Hastings. He studied in public schools and at Haynes McClean Preparatory School in Lewisburg Tennessee and earned an A B from Union University Jackson Tennessee, later completing a ministerial course at Southwestern Baptist.
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L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Monroe
Louisiana State Baptist Convention
Hammond
Rev. Hastings
Shelbyville
Tenn
W. S. Hastings
Haynes-McClean Preparatory School
Lewisburg
Union University
Jackson, Tenn
Southwestern Baptist
New York Official Held for Extortion
New York state official Charles A. Hartnett, commissioner of motor vehicles, was arrested in the district attorney's office on bribery and extortion charges. Authorities say he accepted about $47,000 in bribes from Parmelee Transportation between October 1994 and January 1938 through three subsidiaries including National Transportation, Yellow Taxi, and Hamilton Peters Operating.
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New York
Charles A. Hartnett
Thomas BE. Dewey
Hartnett
Parmelee Transportation Company
National Transportaten Company, Inc
Yellow Taxi Corporation
Hamilton Peters Operating Company, Inc
Britain Recognizes Ethiopian Conquest Amid World Powers Alignment
Britain formally recognizes Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia and expands trade ties while the United States and Soviet Russia with France and Britain maneuver over the event. The landmark accord links Libya withdrawals, naval treaties, and East African guarantees, amid a broader peace effort.
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Rome
Italy
France
Rusia
United States
Russia
Spain
Britain
Alma
Libya
Italien
Africa
East
Matter Convicted of Slaying Wife in Chicago Trial
James K Matter was convicted of murdering his wife Marguerite in October at their Brookfield suburb home. The 10 year old daughter Martha Jean testified about the quarrel and sight of her father wiping the rifle, contributing to the verdict and a two year sentence.
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Chicago
James K. Matter
Matter
Mart~ Guerite
Brooks Field
Martha Jean
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