British troops reinforce Jerusalem after Arab bombings
British forces doubled guard strength in Jerusalem as Arab rebels threaten the old city after a night of bombings. Columns of armored cars and police patrols surround the ancient walls while outlying garrisons prepare to recapture insurgent towns in a planned offensive by 20,000 troops.
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Jerusalem
Britain
League of Nations
Palestine
Near East
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Nurnberg
Europe
Japanese Drive Ahead Toward Chinese Forts
Japanese forces push southeast across flat terrain toward the Boca Tigris forts known as Tiger's Mouth guarding Canton. After capturing Cheungmuktau they press toward Tsendhsing and Sheklung while claiming rapid progress to approach Canton from the east and northeast.
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Hong Kong
Bocca Tigris
Canton
Tiger's Mouth
South China
Cheungmuktau
Hongkong
Canton-Kowloon
Kwangtung
Tsendhsing
Waichow-Canton
Sheklung
East River
Occupied
Eucharistic Idea Born 65 Years Ago
New Orleans reports on the origin of the Eucharistic congress idea traced to Mlle Marie Marthe Tamisier in 19th century France. Her vision led to pilgrimages to Eucharistic shrines and lay gatherings, culminating in international and national congresses authorized by Pope Leo XIII. The first international congress was Lille 1881, with Chicago hosting the U S event in 1928.
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New Orleans
Mlle
Marie Marthe Tamisier
Chamber of Deputies
Leo XIII
Lille
France
Chicago
United States
Wesbingten Im
Cabinet Not Present For Play On Self
Washington observers preferred real cabinet officials to theater, as actors portraying cabinet members staged I’d Rather Be Right at the National theater. Mrs. Harry Woodring, wife of the secretary of war, was among the few resembling a cabinet member in the audience. The performance featured Marion Green as Hull and quips about party faiths drew laughs during intermission.
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Washington
George M. Cohan
National Theater
Harry Woodring
Hull
Farleyn
Voting Heavy in Morning as Rain Threatens
Rain and overcast skies dampened turnout concerns in the Fifth district as voters prepared for the second primary for a U S House seat. Officials urged patience as light showers moved through areas and poll workers reported steady but cautious lines.
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Congress
Newspapers urge calm on election night radio broadcasts
The public is asked to avoid calling the News-Sitart World offices tonight as Fifth district results come in. Returns will be broadcast over radio from the newspapers as soon as received.
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News-Sitart World
Voter turnout rises by noon in district voting day
Hours after opening on Tuesday morning, turnout showed a noticeable increase over the district's earlier counts, with more residents casting ballots by noon. The report notes a growing participation as the day progresses.
Rail Wage Cut Hearings End Amid Possible Compromise
Washington reports the Roosevelt board, created to avert a rail strike, ends three weeks of hearings and eyes a 15 percent wage cut compromise. Board chair Walter P. Stacy notes the dispute resembles egg price dynamics, stressing producer pricing in a cautious summary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Mississippi oilman pardoned by Roosevelt on condition
Senator Bilbo said R A Billups of Greenwood Mississippi was pardoned after pleading guilty to violating interstate gasoline shipment laws. He would serve no jail time beyond seven months already served if he immediately takes his wife to Europe for an eye operation. The case involved evading federal and state gasoline taxes by labeling gas as kerosene.
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Jackson
Miss
Bilbo
Roosevelt
R. A. Billups
Greenwood
Billups
Shreveport
New Orleans
Europe
Mississippi
Pope Pius X Blessing at New Orleans Eucharistic Congress
Cardinal Mundelein opened the National Eucharistic Congress with a high mass before about 50 000 Catholics in City Park Stadium. Bishops priests and monsignors attended as a royal ceremony featured Latin hymns trumpets and a crucifix aloft above the altar.
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New Orleans
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Pius XI
Park Stadium
Knights of St. Gregory
Knights of Columbus
Papal Knights of the Cape
Fathers of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Ermanno Bonazzi
Joseph Rummel
Colorado in Row Over Big Pension Law
Colorado faces a heated battle over the $45 old age pension amendment as the Federation for Workable Old Age Pensions seeks to rescind it. In Craig a campaign soundtrack drew threats to campaigners and a local marshal warned against campaigning tactics. United States Senator Alva B. Adams labeled National Annuity League leaders political racketeers and said they misrepresent pensioners.
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Craig
Federation For
Marshal D. H. Cruickshank
Seibert
United States
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
National Annuity League
League
Adams
Archi
81 Valuable Prizes On Display For Civic Campaign
A total of 81 prizes valued at 868.27 will be placed on display at Hotel Frances, HQ of the Twin City Community Chest, by Ed Apperson. Prizes will be competed for by 45 teams soliciting funds, with larger gifts disqualifying teams from the prize race. For every dollar raised, the chest pays 1000 medicine money. A grand auction will finalise the campaign, prizes sold for medicine money. Donors include Durrett Hardware, Standard Office Supply, Passman Equipment, R and A Jewelry, F Strauss and Son, Twin City Motor, Home Furniture, Jos Mickel and Son, and Milner.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel Frances
Twin City
Community Chest Management
Durrett Hardware and Furniture Company
Standard Office Supply Company
Passman Equipment Company
R. and A
F. Strauss and Son
Twin City Motor Company
Home Furniture Company
Jos. Mickel and Son
Milner
Roosevelt Considers Budget and Party Prospects
President Roosevelt met Governor Henry Horner of Illinois and Governor Herbert Lehman of New York as Democratic chances and budget estimates dominated talks at Hyde Park. He planned a session with Secretary Morgenthau to review early 1930s rearmament budget projections.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
New York
Illinois
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Herbert H. Lehman
White House
Morgenthau
Rare Trappist Abbot Gives Silent Interview
In New Orleans on October 14 a rare interview was granted by Right Rev. Frederick M. Dunne, abbot of a Trappist monastery near Louisville, Kentucky. He explained monks may speak to only two superiors and described daily life as a happy day within the silent order.
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New Orleans
Frederick M. Dunne
Louisville
Retired Doctor Killed in Mont gomery Road Crash
Dr J E Brooks a retired physician was instantly killed and his wife injured in an automobile accident one mile north of Montgomery Shreveport Louisiana this morning. Mrs Brooks was driving from Shreveport to New Orleans when the vehicle skidded on a rain slick highway and left the road.
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Shreveport
J. E. Brooks
Montgomery
Hamilton says farm program has collapsed
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national committee, declared the administration's farm program collapsed. He cited current prices for wheat, corn, cotton and other farm products and criticized New Deal and Wallace policies, urging tariffs on farm imports to protect the American farmer. He rejected Wallace's plan to distribute surpluses to the needy at reduced prices.
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New Deal
Mr. Hull
Hamilton
Wallace
Ex Confederate Commander J T Young Dies at 92 in Baton Rouge
General J T Poss Young, 92, former commander of the Louisiana division United Confederate Veterans, died at his Baton Rouge home after a long illness. Surviving are his wife Lydia Romerdson and eight children, with six living. He served in many public offices and witnessed the Natchez Robert E Lee steamboat race.
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Baton Rouge
J. T
Poss) Young
Louisiana
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Veterans
W. C. Stewart
Farmerville
Young
General Forest
Harrisonburg
Miss
Mobile
Lydia Romerdson
Fast Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana Peniitentiary
Department of Conservation
Pension Payments
Pension Board
Natchez
Robert KE. Lee
Rumrich Details German Espionage Ring in Major Trial
Guenther Rumrich a one year old admitted spy testified at the big espionage trial in New York describing contact with the Sanders network. He said Sanders pressed for two catalogues from the Government Printing Office listing army and aviation publications and that Diana Rumrich delivered them.
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New York
Guenther
Gustav Rumrich
John C. Knox
Sanders
United States Army
Navy
Progres
Fraulein Johanna Hofmann
Erich Glaser
Otto Vos
Rumreh
Naval Intelligence Office
Bremen
Germany
Rumach
Chicago
Augie Trian Parenta
United States Goverment Printing Office
Diana Rumrich
Rumrich
Hornburg
Sanders Rumrich
Brookelyn
Bronx
Ickes Set 10 Turn On Water Imperial Canal
Secretary of the Interior Ickes turns on irrigation water at Imperial Dam Colorado River region. The 1,770 foot arch forms the intake for the All American Canal linking to Coachella valley and Gila irrigation project. The new canal aims to convert desert lands to productive farming with billions in crops.
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Imperial Dam
Colorado River
Calif
Imperial Valley
Hare Old L. Leken
Brawley
Desert
Gila Valley
Arizona
Coachella Valley
America
Mexico
Czech Refugees Placed Before Dominions For Settlement
London Oct 18 The issue of Czechoslovak refugees and possible settlement in the dominions has been conveyed to the dominion authorities through the high commissioners. A spokesman said Britain can only make suggestions to the dominions and that 20 000 refugees claimed by League of Nations societies in Canada may be too high. Robert Inch of the League of Nations society in Canada received a cable from F E Fig— etc. indicating a dire Czech refugee situation and urging dominion assistance to settlement.
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London
F. E B. Figgures
Intersnational Federation of League of Nations Societies
Czechostovak
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City Park
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Pope Pius X
Denver
Catholic Church
Trappist
Ickes
Canada
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