Roosevelt assails Time article on Chilean president
President Roosevelt condemns a Time magazine piece on Pedro Aguirre Cerda as a "disgusting lie" and apologizes to Chile for its portrayal. Ambassadors report similar official regret as Nazi propaganda use is cited. Henry Luce responds to the controversy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Chile
Time Magazine
Execiure
United States
Claude Bowers
Aguirre Cerda
el Imparcial
State Department
Bowers
United
Time
New York
tHenry R. Luce
Timea Magazine
Time Responds to Roosevelt Denunciation of Press
Time magazine faces criticism from officials in Chile after President Roosevelt denounces a Time report as a disgusting lie. Time notes the incident warrants a full later report from its correspondents to verify the contested claims.
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Time
Public Asked To Aid Inspection For Driving Tests
The Maryland motor vehicle commissioner announces December 1 as the start for tests in cars with current inspection stickers. All test vehicles must display the 1941 seal to ensure safety equipment and compliance. Public cooperation is urged to speed up statewide inspections amid 507,000 registered vehicles.
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W. Lee Elgin
Baltimore
Elgin
Maryland
Youth acquitted by jury in court
A Guilford Court jury took 23 minutes to acquit Raymond F. Reutt, 24, of Norfolk, Va., in a man slaughter case over the death of Harry B. Murphy, first mate of the steamship Northland. Murphy, a St Marys County native, fell overboard during an April incident in a collision with Reutt, a Virginia Military Institute football star and wrestler for three years.
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Virginia Military Institute
Tira
Roosevelt Reopens Emergency Board To Halt Railroad Strike
President Roosevelt convenes a new emergency board to review a developing rail wage dispute six days before a nationwide strike by 1.25 million Brotherhoods and 350,000 operating workers. With talks set for Friday, observers doubt a backfire from the backdated ruling era. The arbitration board in the coal mine case met in New York as the nation faces continued work stoppages and a major strike wave.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New York
John R Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairness
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Arms
UMW
Arbitration Board
APL
St. Louis
Joseph Keenan
Omee of Production Management
St St. Louis
Nazis Sink Troop Ship In Atlantic Torpedo Attack
New York reports say the British freighter Shabristsn, 6,935 tons, bound from England to Persia, was torpedoed by a German U-boat on July 27. Of the 156 aboard, 67 military personnel are missing. 40 reached the Azores, 29 were rescued by a Spanish tanker, four lifeboats carried survivors, and further details list other ships sunk including the Niceto de Larrinaga.
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New York
Navy
Warner
England
Persia
Bvo
Azores
Rotterdam
Vancouver
Joseph Barnlett Ulett
Oakland
Calif
U. S
Lehigh
South Atlantic
New York Harbor
Barliett
C,p
Ward Faces Murder Charge in Armistice Car Shooting
Phillip J. Ward, held in London police court, is charged with the murder of two people in the Armistice Car shooting. He allegedly fired a machine gun from a car, terrorizing the street and wounding seven before capture.
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Bandensted
Phillip J. Ward
London Police Court
Ward
Bishop's note on pirates using beans when coal ran out
The Most Rev Francis X Ford, a South China bishop, reported pirates who captured him could rely on beans after coal supplies failed. He said their ship lived on beans for four days, mixing them with scarce coal before reaching port and abandoning the chase.
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New York
Francis X Ford
China
Ous
Sinking of 16-year-old ship reported with limited details
Survivors of a ship landed at the Azores in September aboard a Canadian warship. The British Petrol motor tanker registered in London is claimed by Marine services to be a war loss. No details regarding the sinking of the 16-year-old vessel are given. Tulane University will be 198 years old in 1942.
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Columbia
Azores
London
Marine Servees
Tulane University
CIO seeks at least eighty dollar bonus for Douglas workers
In Santa Monica California on November 25 the CIO demanded a minimum $80 bonus for every Douglas Aircraft Company employee, rejecting the company's $1,000,000 offer as inadequate.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Company
CIO
O Conor Would Stop Strikes in Maryland
Governor O Conor warned that mediation may fail and President Roosevelt should have authority to end strikes on defense projects. He told Poco moke City clubs that the emergency justifies regulating the right to strike to protect national security and defend the democratic way of life. He argued prolonged strikes risk national defense and urged swift conciliation.
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Pocomore City
Navy
O'Conor
Roosevelt
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Pocomoke City
Maryland
Defense Industres
Mass Inoculation Aims to curb Diphtheria in Gaithersburg
Dr V L Elliott Montgomery county health officer said two mass inoculations of all Gaithersburg school children were under way to suppress a diphtheria epidemic. New high cases were reported today as officials continue efforts after two weeks of additional cases.
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Rockville
V. L. Elliott
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Ellicott
Property Sold at Court House Auction on North Avenue
Auctioneer Fred M. White sold the Knode double property in the 100 block of North Avenue yesterday afternoon at the Court House. The bid reached 7378 dollars with Guy Tt. Hebb the purchaser.
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Knode
North Avenue
Court House
Fred M. White
Guy Tt. Hebb
Fire damages storage room at People's Coal Company
A fire gutted a storage room at the People's Coal Company on McComas Street yesterday evening but was confined by quick action from volunteer Bremen. Manager A B Zimmerman estimated damage would not be heavy, saying a stove in the room likely started the blaze.
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People's Coal Company
McComas Street
Bremen
A. B. Zimmerman
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Ro-Rex Compound as a remedy for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. It instructs mixing two weeks of Ro-Rex with a quart of water and four lemon juic es, taken in tablespoon amounts twice daily, claiming relief within hours. The copy promises money back if no improvement and notes availability at drug stores and physician rate shops.
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Sodey
USA
Inbei Tr
Crufmuan
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