Dies Group To Ask Funds To Continue Investigation
The Dies Committee seeks renewed authorization and ample funds to extend its probe into American subversive activities for another year. It reports vital information affecting national defense and urges swift renewal at the current special session. Fred Erwin Beal, a convicted North Carolina disillusioned communist, travels to testify. another witness planned to discuss Soviet forged passports.
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Washington
Dies Committee
House
Dies
Texas
Thse
Voorhis
California
Casey
Massachusetts
Fred Erwin Beal
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Deaths of Prominent Americans Across Fields
Obituaries note Artemus W Allen former White Sox catcher and Chicago club manager at 53 in St Paul and Kansas City. Dr Henry Dietrich 63 past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics dies in Los Angeles. W A Brown 61 head of Liquid Carbonic Corp and founder of NAMAD. Dr James Henry Morgan 82 Dickinson College president emeritus after 61 years service. Albert Richardson Carman 74 editor in chief of Montreal Star dies in Montreal after golden jubilee in journalism.
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America
Artemus W. Allen Hines
Artemus W
Nick) Allen
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
St. Paul
Kansas City
American Association
Henry Dietrich
Los Angeles
The
American Academy of Pediatrics
James Henry Morgan
Carlisle
Dickinson College
Albert Richardson Carman
Montreal
Montreal Star
Athenia Held Guns In Hold Claims Affidavit
Gustav A Anderson travel bureau operator from Evanston Illinois filed an affidavit with the State Department asserting the S S Athenian carried guns and was reinforced for gun mountings. He said Chief Officer Copeland spoke of plenty of guns in the hold to be used for coastal defense and for a raider return to England.
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Washington
Gustav A. Anderson
Evanston
S. S. Athenian
State Department
Anderson
Athenia
Copeland
Francis H. Case
South Dakota
Overton Brooks
Louisiana
Walter M. Pierce
Oregon
Brooks
Alhemas
Halifax
Quebec
Pierce
England
Liverpool
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Holland to Stop Soldier Marriages For Pay Rise
Amsterdam reports the Netherlands authorities consider measures to curb a spike in soldier marriages aimed at gaining higher pay. An order may deny pay differential benefits to marriages after a set date. Currently unmarried soldiers receive three guilders weekly while married soldiers get fifteen.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Jewish Exiles Flooding Into Soviet Region
Moscow reports a large influx of Jewish refugees from German occupied Polish lands into Soviet territory. Estimates range up to one million, with Bialystok and Wilno residents among those fleeing. Reds claim cordial reception and work, while locals fear Nazi spies. Future status unsettled amid plebiscite campaigning.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Bialystok
Belostok
Wilno
Vilna
Lithuania
Red Army
Ukraine
Judge Martin Bench Fitness Weighed in Albany
The prosecution presses a second of six charges against Kings County Judge George W. Martin as Senate leaders weigh extra night sessions to cut costs. The hearing nears three weeks with one charge finished. expenses run over $1,000 daily. Witnesses include 79-year-old Jacob Schaefer whose stock collateral was surrendered without permission. Martin claims hardship amid alleged rash financial deals. Senate costs include $490 daily for 49 senators plus clerical expenses.
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Albany
Kings County
George W. Martin
Senate
Martin
John Harlan Amen
Jacob Schaefer
Brooklyn
Schaefer
Manufacturers Trust Company
Bayside Amusement Corporation
Ministers Take Canvass in Arlington Church Census
Arlington ministers conduct a town wide census to learn who attends church and how often. Volunteers will visit each house to collect data on church affiliation attendance frequency and personal preferences.
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Arlington
Mass
Pedestrian Focus Spurs Curbs and Safer Crossings
Safety officials in Atlantic City report pedestrians as a growing hazard, urging marked crosswalks longer green signals and safety zones. The talk includes using punishment to enforce rules and favoring stricter crosswalk education to reduce auto deaths.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Safety Congress
Denver
National Safety Council
Bishop Duffy Opens Catholic Labor College
Bishop John A. Duffy opened a Buffalo Diocese sponsored labor college to explain labor philosophy to workers. About 300 attendees heard the opening remarks stressing enlightenment and social need, with Father John P. Boland outlining a Christ centered approach to industrial issues and justice within moral law.
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Buffalo
John A. Duffy
America
Duffy
John P. Boland
New York State Labor Relations Board
Father Boland
Rome
Thomas D. O'Connor
Niagara University
Cyril J. Kavanagh
H. A. Frommell
Catholic Union and Echo
Edward D. Flaherty
National Labor Relations Board
Bishop Duffy
Former Klan Leader Seeks New Trial Bid in Indiana
Noblesville Indiana October 17 Former Indiana Ku Klux Klan head O D Stephens son 48 seeks a new trial in Hamilton Circuit Court Judge Cassius M Gentry was to rule on his request over alleged misstate ment by the jury in a 1925 second degree murder conviction for Madge Oberholtzer. If denied he plans a writ of error coram nobis claiming trial bias due to life threats that prevented him from testifying.
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Noblesville
Ind
Graying
O. D. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Cassius M. Gentry
Hamilton
Grand Dragon
Michigan City
Madge Oberholtzer
Statehouse
Stephenson
War Is No Business Aid. Construction Group Warned
New York brief quotes Clyde G. Conley of Mount Vernon Ohio president of the American Institute of Steel Construction at the 17th annual convention. He says war is not good for humanity or business though some industries may gain briefly. He urges internal industry PR and transparency among leaders to shape public perception.
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New York
Clyde G
Conley
Mount Vernon
American Institute of Steel Construction
Brazil Places Large Railway Order in U.S.
The Commerce Department said Brazilian railways ordered 17 locomotives and 1,060 railway cars from four U.S. firms. Locomotives cost about 1.87 million dollars and cars about 4 million dollars, with the Central do Brazil Railway placing the order.
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Brazil
U.S
Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Central, de Brazil Railway
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