Rebels Said to Be Approaching Madrid from El Pardo to Nuavasenada
Radio reports claim three rebel columns near Madrid within artillery range as El Pardo falls under General Herrera and Garcia’s forces. American evacuees press toward Valencia aboard the Quincy while embassy staff withdraw. 93 left yesterday, 70 remain.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Seculo Salamanca
Avila
Basilio Sanchez
Herrera
el Pardo
Garcia
el Molar
Bintrage Lagune
Sanador
Nuavasenada
Valencia
Quincy
Fili
Divers Retrieve Bodies From Hull Of Sunken Barge
Divers entered the sunken Material Service barge hull to recover victims and determine the sinking cause. By noon seven bodies were brought to a dock, with five recovered and two found earlier near the breakwater. Initial identifications included Michael McEvoy and Marshall Oberim, as investigators review a possible wave pocket and wash effects from a breakwater undertow.
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Chicago
Montina
Michael McEvoy
Jlapshall
Lockport
Duward
Fitzgerald
Willem Nickolas
U.S
Puerto Rican nationalists sentenced in U S overthrow plot
Eight Puerto Rican nationalists led by Pedro Albizú Campos were sentenced to two to six years in prison for conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. A second trial followed a hung jury and the arraigned group faced counts of opposing the government, rebellion, and recruiting soldiers. The incident stemmed from a police nationalist clash last October and the killing of several people.
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United States
San Juan
Pedro Albizu Campos
Harvard University
Clemente Pereda
Robert A. Cooper
Insular
Col
E. Francis Riss
Mrs Roosevelt to Speak in Milwaukee on Armistice Day
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will address Milwaukee on Armistice Day about the munitions industry and her World War I recollections. This marks her first public Milwaukee appearance.
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Milwaukee
Frankin
Roosevelt Wall
Roosevelt
HURRICANE HITS PENSACOLA AREA CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
A hurricane roared through northwest Florida causing destruction and missing vessels. The schooner Bob with nine aboard and the steamer Tarpon with 22 crew were missing, while Panama City reported no deaths or injuries. Coast guard boats searched the area as authorities warned of a possible second strike.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florida
Valparaiso
Here
Bob
Fort Wayston
Tarpon
Apalachicola
Coast Guard
Panama City
Columbia
S.C
Gaston Shoals
Ines
Pensti
Vale
Pate
mMateur
Mobile
Alt
Vale Pataiso
C. S. Dy
France May Seek Three Power Mediation In Civil War
Paris dispatch reports French radical socialists propose a three power commission including France Great Britain and Italy to arbitrate the Spanish civil war. They also urge Spanish government sales of airplanes arms and ammunition from France while rightists push neutrality amid fears of wider involvement.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press Foreign Stafft
Paris
North Africa
France
Great Britain
Italy
BLM
Loomis Seeks Attorney General Post in Wisconsin
Madison Wis four resignation of Orland S Loomis of Manston as state director of rural electrification announced by the governor effective immediately Loomis resigns to run for the Progressive nomination for attorney general at the September primary John A Becker of Hartford named acting director Loomis notes 41 farm electric cooperatives organized 22 000 farmers applied for membership and 6500 miles of high lines planned eight cooperatives have received 2 026 000 in federal loan allotments He adds rural electrification spurred private interest to extend lines to rural areas previously refused service.
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Madison
Wis
Orland S. Loomis
Manston
Loomis
John A. Becker
Hartford
la Fallette
Rural Electrification Administration
Iie
Veteran golfers lead in state amateur semifinals
Milwaukee veteran Billy Sixty moved four up on Andy Anderson while George Johnson Jr. edged Peauford Mchic one up in the morning round of the state amateur golf tournament semifinals. Anderson fought back with deuces on the 7th and 16th but struggled on the greens.
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Milwaukee
Billy Sixty
Andy Anderson
Kenosha
George Johnson Jr
Waukesha
Peauford Mchic
Recine
Sixty
Anderson
Child’s Hearing Restored During Minor Operation
A Milwaukee boy born deaf at three months old began to hear during a minor operation to remove tonsils and adenoids. As anesthesia wore off the mother spoke, and the child asked if she spoke a voice. The mother, who teaches lip reading, cried with happiness as the boy’s hearing briefly returned.
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Milwaukee
Carl
Pan
Fach
Jip
Key York
Mary Vieniece
Adelf Laren
Yale
Jsound
Tokyo awarded 1940 Summer Olympics amid voting battle
The International Olympic Committee awarded Tokyo the 1940 summer games by a 36 to 27 secret ballot after two days of intense lobbying. Financial incentives included a transportation subsidy and travel costs for officials, while Finland pressed for a European site for logistical reasons. The winter games faced postponement due to ongoing conflict and disputes over amateurism between the IOC and the Nordic skating federation.
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Berlin
International Olympic Committee
Tokio
Japan
Finland
Lavas
International Olymijne Committee
Tater‘nrboennl Skung Federston
Far East
Helsingfors
Roosevelt urges frank dealing and cooperation in Canada visit
President Roosevelt receives warm ovation in Quebec as he promotes goodwill between the United States and Canada. He cites the reciprocal trade pact as evidence of shared aims and urges nations to practice neighborly cooperation to solve world problems. Leaders including Lord Tweedsmuir and Mackenzie King praise the example of U S Canada friendship.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Quebec
Roosevelt
Canada
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Duffern Terrace
St. Lawrence River
James
Lord Tweedsmuir
Mickenzie King
Adelard Godbout
J. E. Gregoire
Republic of the United States
British Commonwealth
Citadel
Arnold and
Montgomery
Peifer commits suicide in jail after 20 year sentence
John P. Peifer of St Paul, convicted in the William Hamm Jr. kidnapping case, killed himself in the county jail two hours after being sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. He was found on a cot and rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Early reports said he had taken poison.
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St. Paul
John P. Peifer
William Hamm Jr
Joyce Todey
John 2. Peafer
St Paul
Joyce
Poiter
Prncipal Withers Aguainet
Byron Bolton
Hart
Owen Vigernas
Chie
M. Cary
Peter
United States Marshal's Office
Burial site leads to lead in Wisconsin murder case
Tacoma dispatch reports Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne ordered the arraignment of La Verne Marks 19 on four taxicab holdup charges and a murder confession. Marks described a Brule River State Park burial site for Robert Bernstein, his victim, as Wisconsin authorities seek extradition. A jacket linked to Bernstein was found and examined as crews widen the search east of the Brule area.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cliff Osborne
la Verne Marks
Seattle
Marks
Osborne
Robert Bernstein
Clintonville
Wis
Arthur Sedin
Superior
Chum
Clifford Osborne
Brule River State Park
Assyland
Marte
Amavel
Blueberry
Wiehe
Wisconsin
Bernstein
John Bernstein
Shawano
Highway 2
Brule
Sedin
Tron River
Prule
Ota Dracke Na
Louis Ta Anf Shawano Counere Conure
Talians Repulse Ethiopian Bandits In Fierce Clash
An attack west of the city by Ethiopian bandits was repulsed after a fierce battle northwest of town. American guards and a reserve force at the Presbyterian hospital aided in repelling the assault. No Americans were wounded. Ethiopian casualties were reported, with several killed and others dispersed.
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Addie Abaha
United States
Maing Res
Ates
Tahun
Rome
American Presbyterian Hospital
Legaeion
Knox accepts GOP vice presidential bid in Chicago rally
Col. Frank Knox formally accepts the Republican running mate slot with Gov. Alfred Lindon of Kansas. He denounces New Deal policies as regimentation of industry and agriculture and calls for restoration of free enterprise amid a crowded Chicago stadium audience.
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Frank Knox
Chicago
Republican Party
Associated Press
Alfred M. Lindon
Kansas
Chicago Stadium
United States
Knox
French Military Police Guard Wrecked Italian Plane
French military police guarded the wreckage of a three motor Savoia bomber that crashed on the Moroccan coast near Berkane. Three aviators were killed and officials questioned the load of war munitions. A second plane landed on French territory with its crew held. a third landed offshore.
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United Press
Casablanca
Morocco
Saidiair Field
Berkane
Menocco
Mahan
Itilian Air Force
Jost
Italy
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