Government 10 Hold Majority After Election
London Nov 15 Returns from yesterday's general elections show the national government retains its majority in the House of Commons though Ram say MacDonald loses his seat. Eden re elected by a huge margin, Simon holds his seat by 642 votes, and Lloyd George wins Carnarvon. Megan Lloyd George also secures Anglesey while Sir Malcolm Campbell fails to win a seat.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Council
Commons
Eden
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
John Simon
David Lloyd George
Carnarvon
Megan Lloyd George
Anglesey
Malcolm Campbell
Jean Batten Safe On Flight Return From Praia Seca
New Zealand aviatrix Jean Batten, the first woman to fly solo across the South Atlantic, was forced to a downed landing at Praia Seca Brazil due to fuel shortage. She arrived in Rio de Janeiro aboard a Brazilian army plane after her damaged ship was abandoned in a salt swamp. Army planes under Col Newton Braga recovered her and flew her to Rio.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Jean Batten
Praia Secca
Brazil
New Zealand
South Atlantic
National Telegraph
Batten
Col
Newton Braga
Ban Placed On Foreign Goods
Washington reports Secretary Ickes moved to ban dumping of foreign building materials on Public Works projects and urged a government inquiry into possible collusion or subsidization behind American bids. He said low foreign bids would be held up to verify legality, while German steel contracts for a New York city and Morehead City project would not be halted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Commerce
William Green
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Morehead City
Grand Duchess Anastasie of Russia Dies in France
Cap D Antibes Nov 15 Grand Duchess Anastasie widow of Grand Duke Nicholas and sister of the Queen of Italy dies at 67 in her home in the French Alps.
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Associated Press
Cap D’antibes
France
Grand Duchess
Anastasie
Russia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Italy
French Alps
Borah May Not Refuse To Run For Presidency
Idaho Senator Borah hinted he might enter the 1936 Republican presidential primaries after meetings with Illinois and Ohio Republicans. He avoided a firm pledge but said the primaries should reflect the people’s choice before the convention, signaling possible candidacy and a party realignment push.
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Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Idahoan
Illinois
Ohio
Ilinois
Dance Girls Not Jailed By Judge
In Harlem court five young women charged with exposing bodies at a benefit show were freed as Magistrate Thomas A Aurello ruled they were merely actors and could not be prosecuted. The decision cited a Roosevelt era law protecting actors in indecent performances and sparked praise from New York artists. Notable attendees included McClelland Barclay Dean Cornwell Ham Fisher Will Johnstone Wallace Morgan and Rube Goldberg who posted bail. Detective Joseph Dadzik testified about arresting the defendants during the raid.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem Court
Thomas A. Aurello
Franklin D. Roosevelt
McClelland Barclay
Dean Cornwell
Ham Fisher
Will Johnstone
Trial sessions end as Raleigh county court convicts Dunkley and Palmer
The October Raleigh county criminal court finished with T R Palmer found guilty of grand larceny for stealing tires from Bair Brothers Inc. and sold to Eliza Thomas whose sons run a trash truck. Palmer denied theft claiming tires bought from two white men. Earlier Fred Dunkley convicted of stealing Cecil Bowles car and of a second offense, admitting jail escape. Judge Kilgore to hear motions to set aside verdicts tomorrow.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
T. R. Palmer
Bair Brothers, Inc
Palmer
Eliza Thomas
Thomas
Houston Thomas
Fred Dunkley
Mill Creek
Cecil Bowles
Stanaford
Dunkley
Bowles
Raleigh
Kilgore
Officials Plan For Social Set Washington
Treasury officials moved to meet a December 15 deadline while drafting regulations for the first social security act tax. The 1936 levy of 1 percent applies to employers with eight or more workers, rising to 2 percent in 1937 and 3 percent in 1938 and after. The 1937 start aims to have tax records ready at year start. income tax personnel seek simplification to minimize extra bookkeeping. Other levies include railroad retirement pensions beginning in March and contributory old age benefits in 1937. Federal old age pensions use a graduated tax on employers and workers from 1 percent each in 1937 to 3 percent each in 1949, with railroads and workers excluded from this levy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Income Tax Bureau
Cleaners Local Planning Strike Threat Grows
Beckley Mullens and Sorhia dry cleaning firms face a strike by Retail Cleaners Pressers and Dyers Union No 18610 unless an agreement is signed by tomorrow Union says talks have stretched from May 4 1935 to August 9 and again to November 16 Wages sought include pressers rising from 45 to 55 cents silk finishers from 38 to 45 cents and bushelmen from 38 to 45 cents an hour
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Beckley, Mullens and Sorhia
Trade treaty signed by Hull and King in Roosevelt's office
The Canadian American trade treaty will be signed at 3 30 p m today in President Roosevelts office with full cabinet present. Secretary Hull and Prime Minister King will affix their signatures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
King
Canada
War Materials Being Exported From United States
Secretary Hull warned American business men that a considerably increased amount of war materials including oil copper trucks tractors scrap iron and scrap steel is being exported for war purposes. He noted exports to Italy and Ethiopia and said this runs counter to official policy and the neutrality act while the administration monitors the shipments.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Hull
Roosevelt
Ethiopia
Italy
Action Brought Against Conley, Cook, Law son, Johnson
The state sues former members of the irreducible school fund board to recover alleged losses of 59000 from an improper loan. Named are former Governor William G. Conley, former State Superintendent William C. Cook, former Auditor Edgar C. Lawson, former Treasurer William S Johnson.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Irreducible School Fund Today
William G. Conley
William C. Cook
Edgar C. Lawson
William S Johnson
Edgar B. Sims
Consolidated Fruit Company
Bluefield and
Williams
Mont Z
United States
Partlow
State Securities Chief Dies in North Carolina
Charleston reports the death of George R. Bryan, state securities commissioner, at Oteen North Carolina where he sought treatment at a veterans hospital since September. Deputy commissioner Robert F. Brown will oversee duties until a successor is chosen.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State House
George R. Bryan
Oteen
N. C
Bryan
Veterans’ Hospital
Robert F. Brown
Police Hunt For Bloody Car In Maryland Murder Case
Police seek a blood-stained car to solve the murder of Corinna Loring a bride-to-be beaten and strangled with wrapping cord. Criminologist Robert W Hicks suggested checking garages in Virginia Maryland and DC as part of the investigation. Loring disappeared November 4 two days before her November 6 wedding to Richard Tear and was found near Rainier.
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Associated Press
Marlboro
Corinna Loring
Robert W. Hicks
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Recunt Rainier
Richard Tear
Washington Hospital
Camp Creek Man Succumbs Today
Cleve Farley 51 of Camp Creek died morning in a local hospital from heart disease. He was born May 22, 1884 in Raleigh and survived by his widow Roxie Fletcher and six children. Funeral services Sunday at 1 p.m. at Resaco church, burial in Lilly cemetery near Princewick, Rose Funeral Home in charge. Reverend W. S. Overstreet to conduct. Survived by five brothers and a sister.
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Cleve Farley
Camp Creek
W. J. H. Farley
Resaco
Lilly
Princewick
Rose Funeral Home
W. S. Overstreet
Mercer County
Farley
Raleigh
Roxie Fletcher
Mable Wilson
Rhodell
Willis Trent
Besoco
Ralph Farley
Willard Farley
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Coaston
Delores Farley
Pittsburgh Man Wife Is Killed
Clement L. Bachus found his wife and an unknown man dead in their Pittsburgh apartment. The man, identified as Jack Fisher, about 25, an Atlantic City entertainer, lay on the bedroom floor with Bachus discovering his revolver under Fisher's arm. Bachus said he had never met Fisher before.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Clement L. Bachus
Jack Fisher
Atlantic City
N. J
Bachus
Fisher
Market Shows Fairly Steady Tone In Sales
Wall Street stock market opened with a fairly steady tone today though the rush of the previous session was absent and price changes were narrow. Gains appeared for Du Pont New York Central International Nickel U S Steel Commercial Solvents Great Northern and Western Union while American Can rose more than two points. Chrysler Bethlehem Steel Consolidated Gas and Westinghouse edged lower.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Dupont
New York Central
International Nickel
U.S. Steel
Commercial Solvents
Great Northern
Western Union
American Can
Chrysler
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Gas
Westinghouse
Quezon Initiates Philippine Commonwealth Role Inauguration
Manuel Quezon sworn in as first president of the Philippine commonwealth in Manila on November 15. He commits to conservative policies and no violent change beyond needed constitutional innovations. George Dern and U.S. officials outline transition to independence as sovereign nation amid a gala parade.
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Associated Press
Manila
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Quezon
United States
George H. Dern
Roosevelt
Dern
John N. Garner
Joseph W. Burns
House of Representatives
Philippines
Je ‘Roosevelt
Pilipinos
TVA Act Before Supreme Court
Washington November 15 the government asked the supreme court to hear arguments December 16 on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority act solicitor general Stanley Reed also asked to delay until next Friday the federal reply to a suit by eight southern rice millers attacking the AAA The court will probably rule on motions next Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Stanley Reed
Solicitor General
Mrs Roosevelt Sr Fractured Hip in Sagamore Hill Accident
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Sr, aged 74 last August 6, was treated at Community Hospital Glen Cove for a fractured hip after slipping on Sagamore Hill floor during the night. Doctors said her condition is good and she is resting comfortably. Her son-in-law Dr Richard Derby and Dr Mather Cleveland reported progress.
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Associated Press
Glen Cove
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr
Richard Derby
Mather Cleveland
New York
Derby
Harvell in Charleston to-day on business interests
J. H. Harvell arrives in Charleston to attend to business interests and check local affairs.
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J. H. Harvell
Charleston
Raleigh County Resolves Bond Issue Impasse For Court House
Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox and Raleigh county officials reach a county court order settlement on the 75 000 bond issue. If annual payments cannot be funded by levies within tax limits or higher assessments funds will come from cutting general county expenses. Fox criticizes current valuations while Assessor Whitlock defends the office. A federal 114 500 grant supports remodeling and enlargement as a P W A project.
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Raleigh County
Court House
Fred L. Fox
Fox
West Virginia
Charleston
State
Sinking Fund Commission
Raleigh
Ira Whitlock
A. B. Redden
Associated Press
John Barrymore Romance Ends Says No Engagement
John Barrymore is not obligated to Elaine Barrie, his former protege and fiancée, with her signature as proof. Attorney Frank Aranow said the ring Barrie claimed sealed their troth will be returned, and a concise legal statement announced the end of their romance.
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Associated Press
New York
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Frank Aranow
Barrymore
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Cook
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Johnson
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Loring Girl
New Court House
Islands
TVA
Roosevlt, Sr
Beckley
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