London Sees No Hopes For An Early End
London reports a stalemate in efforts to end the Italo Ethiopian war with no hope for an early cessation of hostilities. Britain's treasury orders financial sanctions against Italy to take effect next Tuesday under the League Covenant.
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London
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Italy
Treasury
Mussolini
Laval
France
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Auto Industry Setting A Fast Recovery Pace
New York reports show the automobile industry moving at a rapid recovery pace with October production the highest since 1929, boosting the AP weekly index to a new peak for 1935. Steel output neared 52 percent capacity, close to 1930 levels, while electric power dipped slightly after an October high.
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New York
Associated Press Weekly
NRA
American Iron and Steel Institute
Hopkins Seeks Two Million Jobs Under New Drive
Washington reports Harry Hopkins adopts centralized methods from the old Civil Works Administration to create over two million work relief jobs in coming weeks. With the November 1 dole liquidation deadline extended, state works progress admins gain broad project selection authority, while WPA money remains usable on any president-approved project.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Dole
Hopkins
Works Progress
CWA
WPA
J. R. McCarl
Hundreds Drown In Flood Area Haiti Disaster
Reports from Port au Prince say torrential rains from a Caribbean hurricane drowned hundreds in Jeremic and Jacmel regions last weekend. Jacmel alone has 96 bodies recovered with death toll possibly near 1000. Communications to the southern peninsula are cut off. roads impassable. Government seeks aid as thousands are homeless and crops destroyed.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Jeremic
Jacmel
Water project moves forward at Myersville
Survey work on a new water system began yesterday after Washington authorized 2397 dollars for the project. E K Schroyer of Wolfsville will oversee the surveying operations and manage the effort toward rapid construction.
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Washington
Myersville
E. K. Schroyer
Wolfsville
Sur
Italian Minister Leaves Ethiopia
Italy's minister to Ethiopia Count Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci left Addis Ababa guarded but unresisting after 16 days defying a government ultimatum to depart. His departure ends the last diplomatic thread binding Italy and Ethiopia. Major Calderini accompanied him to Djibouti on a train.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Calderini
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Italians Eager To See Action At War Front
Italian Army officers and soldiers at the Ethiopia front express eagerness for a decisive battle. They told the Associated Press they hope for real resistance and a turning point victory if faced with a worthy enemy.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Associated Press
Brazil to Sell Meat to Italy in New Trade Deal
RIO DE JANEIRO Oct. 26 Italy will buy Brazilian meat for its forces in East Africa. The foreign ministry calls the agreement the largest of its kind in recent years, delivering 22,000 metric tons of frozen beef.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Italy
Brazil
East Africa
No Halloween pranks in Helena after tremor scare
Helena Montana October 26 police say the city remains jittery after two weeks of earthquakes and will see no Halloween pranks this year. Even harmless ticking devices may lead to arrest.
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Helena
Mont
Hallowe’en
Gangster Stern found strangled in gas room
Albert Stern 21, sought in Dutch Schultz tavern massacre cases, was found dead in a gas-filled Italian neighborhood room in Newark. A necktie was tied about his throat, a Note signed Al lay near the body, and fingerprint identification by Lieut. Coccoza confirmed his identity. Autopsy pending after police withheld verdict.
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Newark
N. J
Albert Stern
Joseph Coccoza
Cecilia Bracker
Stern
Lieut
Coccoza
Harrison S. Martland
Nations apply arms embargo on Italy in League action
Argentina Sweden and New Zealand announced today they join the League of Nations in applying an arms embargo against Italy, bringing the enforceers to 33 nations. New Zealand adopted all League sanctions, with Africa's Union following, while thirteen countries enforce the financial sanction and four accept the economy boycott. South Africa Liberia and New Zealand approve aid for nations hurt by the boycott, as the embargo expands.
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Geneva
Argentina
Sweden
New Zealand
League of Nations
Italy
Union of South Africa
League
Australia
Liberia
South Africa
Divorce Suit Filed by Lilian Dixon for Divorce
Lilian L Dixon, represented by attorney John E Wazaman, filed a divorce suit in court today seeking a divorce from Marcus C Dixon.
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Lilian L. Dixon
John E. Wazaman
Marcus C. Dixon
Marbury Die. Noted Maryland Lawyer Obituary
William L. Marbury, 76, a leading Maryland constitutional lawyer and former president of the State and Baltimore Bar associations, died at his Baltimore home after bronchitis and pneumonia. Born December 26, 1858 at Wyoming, he studied at Clifton and Johns Hopkins, shaping Baltimore political life. (Continued on Page 10)
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Baltimore
William L. Marbury
Maryland
Marbury
United States
Fendal Marbury
Prince George’s County
Wyoming
Piscataway
Catherine Taylor Marshall
John Marshall
Clifton Preparatory School
Virginia
Johns Hopkins University
Irish Hospitals Trust Announces Sweepstake Prize Fund
In Dublin on October 26 the Irish Hospitals Trust opened its 16th sweepstake draw at Mansion House announcing a total prize fund of £1,231,987 ($6,490,356). The final draw of the year is on the Cambridgeshire, scheduled to run next Wednesday at New Market, England.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Irish Hospitals Trust
Mansion House
New Market
England
Premature blast injures three at Bonny Blue mines
In Bonny Blue coal mines three men were injured by a premature blast. Rufus Johnson was severely burned and gravely injured, currently at Pennington Gap hospital. Corbett Cooper and Olin Stapleton suffered lighter injuries.
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ST. Charles
Bonny Blue
Rufus Johnson
Pennington Gap
Corbett Cooper
Olin Stapleton
Political Blunder in Zion Address Criticizes New Deal
In Zion Michigan October 26 Representative Ralph E. Church accused the Democratic administration saying the New Deal killed your pigs during a political address. He noted the local Zion community advisories led by Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva ban pork oysters tobacco and other products from homes of Zionists.
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Zion
Ralph E. Church
R-I
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
WPA allotments total 326237 certified in Virginia
Richmond Va Oct 26 Works Progress Administration allocations totaling 326237 were certified to district administrators by state administrator William A Smith yesterday The package included 151217 for malaria control work and highlights the spread of federal relief funds across Virginia districts.
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Richmond
Works Progress Administration
William A. Smith
Three-year-old Pat Thomas Injury on Cauffman Avenue
Pat Thomas aged three, of Cauffman avenue, fell from the back porch at his home earlier this week and sustained a broken arm leaving him disabled.
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Pat Thomas
Cauffman Avenue
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday for the North and Middle Atlantic States. Rains are expected in the northern parts early in the week with general rains around Thursday. Colder temperatures develop in the north Tuesday or Tuesday night and again later in the week. Moderate temperatures early in the week and again around Wednesday.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Man Falls From Box Car Injures Spine
Fred Poffenberger, 37, of Carrollton Avenue, fell from a box car he was working on yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Washington County Hospital where his condition was listed as fair today. He said he lost his footing in an unknown manner and toppled to the ground.
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Fred Poffenberger
Carrollton Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Poffenberger
Guffey Says Constitutional Questions Will Be Forgotten
Senator Joseph F. Guffey projected that constitutional challenges to New Deal measures will fade before next year’s presidential campaigns. He dismissed GOP criticisms of New Deal laws, noted coal code sign-ups lag, and said Roosevelt's popularity remains strong in Pennsylvania and nationwide as he tours the state.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Guffey
NRA
Pennsylvania
National Coal Commission
Guffey
Roosevelt
U S to Reply on Sanctions on Italy Policy
Washington officials prepared the final draft of a reply to the League of Nations request for comment on sanctions against Italy. The communiqué, to Hugh R. Wilson in Geneva, would avoid commenting on the league’s actions in the Italo Ethiopian war and focus on neutrality act moves and hopes for world peace.
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Washington
League of Nations
Italy
Hugh R. Wilson
United States
Geneva
League
America
Sales tax ended in New Jersey after four months
New Jersey's two percent sales tax, enacted in June with Governor Hoffman's support, was outlawed at a special legislative session. The measure, a focal point in the recent primary, raised about $7,000,000 in less than four months as the public no longer had to pay pennies with purchases for relief.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Hoffman
Maryland farmer Mrs Speerline wins state honor
College Park October 26 Mrs Randall Speerline of New Windsor won first place in Maryland Farm Bureau election contests earning the right to represent Maryland in the national public speaking contest in Chicago in December under the American Farm Bureau auspices.
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College Park
Randall Speerline
New Windsor
Maryland
Chicago
American Farm Bureau
Maryland Farm Bureau
Lewis In '36 Given Approval At Capital
Washington figures in political and scientific circles congratulate Maryland Congressman David J. Lewis on his plan to run again for Congress. Prominent praise comes from Senator Joseph F. Guffey Postmaster General James A. Farley and Tariff Commission vice chairman Thomas Walker Page. They laud his courage clear judgment service to the state and reliability.
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Special Dispatch Daily
Washington
James A. Farley
Tariff Commission
Thomas Walker Page
David John Lewis
Maryland
Congress
Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
David J. Lewis
Democratic National Party
Congressman Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt Attends Dedication of Longest Maryland Bridge
President Roosevelt arrives in Cambridge to dedicate the 1.4 million Choptank River bridge, the longest span in Maryland. Thousands from the Eastern Shore attend ceremonies opening a new 1.75 mile link between Dorchester and Talbot counties, with a municipal half holiday and a festive Cambridge celebration.
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Cambridge
Roosevelt
Maryland
Dorchester
Talbot
Easton
Transient Bureau Closed In Salvaton Army Home
Government closes its Transient Bureau here and shifts all activities to the Brunswick Transient camp this week. The bureau began operations at the Salvation Army home on West Washington Street January 1, 1934, and the Salvation Army will reoccupy its home to continue activities.
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Brunswick
Salvation Army
West Washington Street
Rockingham Sheriff Charles F. Fawley Dies at 60
Harrisonburg report states Charles F. Fawley, 60, longtime Rockingham county sheriff for eight years, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. The article notes his service and local impact.
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Harrisonburg
Charles F. Fawley
Rockingham County
Romney Declared Oldest West Virginia Town
The West Virginia Market Commission announced it would erect a sign in Romney declaring it the oldest town in the state. Romney, incorporated in 1762, was owned by Lord Fairfax and named for one of the English Channel ports.
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Romney
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
Torrio Seen as Leader of New York Racketeering Ring
New York police believe Torrio the Immune is the head of a gang that has seized control of city rackets after wiping out rivals in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Dutch Schultz and four lieutenants were moved to Newark and New York, with bodies found and the dying Schultz naming a boss linked to the “Big Six” including Luciano, Shapiro, Buckhouse, Siegel, Kanksy, and Zwillman.
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New York
Johnny Torrio
Torrio the Immune
al Capone
New York City
Dutch Schultz
Leutenants
Newark
Upper Manhattan
Bronx
Louie” Amberg
Brooklyn
Torrio
Chicago
Big Six
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Jacob
Garrah) Shapiro
Louis
Lefty) Buckhouse
Buck) Siegel
Meyer Kansky
Abe
Longey) Zwillman
Luciano
Schultz
John
Norton Doctor James McGuire Dies After Stroke
Dr James Albert McGuire aged 59 longtime member of the state board of health and prominent southwest Virginia physician died in Norton Virginia after suffering a stroke Tuesday and passing away yesterday.
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Norton
James Albert McGuire
State Board of Health
Southwest Virginia
Malibu Fire Threatens Citrus Area And Leases
A major Malibu mountain fire with Pacific Coast spread nears Malibu Lake and Ventura county line. About 150000 acres of brush and timber burned as CCC crews backfired zones near Lobo Sierra canyons and Puente Hills. Damages exceed 3 million dollars with several high value properties facing risk.
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Los Angeles
Malibu Lake
Malibu Mountain
Los Angeles County
Malibu
Saddle Rock
Lobo
Sierra Canyons
Puente Hills
Whitteir
Here
CCC
Lake Resort
Sir Guy Standing
Ventura County
Ocean Front
Triunfo Canyon
Triunfo
Dume Canyon
Kirk van Tol
May K. Rindge
Store Clerks Warned Of Cumberland Con Man
Hagerstown police were advised by Cumberland authorities to warn local merchants about a foreign con man using a variant of the short change racket. He offers a $20 bill for a small item, then returns the smaller bills and keeps $10 as he purchases a different article, leaving with the larger bill change. Clerks should beware of customers who present large bills and then execute the complex exchange to extract $10.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland
Filling station theft ends with empty tank in Sapulpa
In Sapulpa Oklahoma in October 96 a driver asks where to fill fuel after a thief stole the station’s gasoline tank, leaving the car stranded. The odd encounter underscores a puzzling local crime with no clear suspect or motive.
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Lewis L. Morgan
Covington
Louisiana
Morgan
O. K. Allen
Senate
Penna
U.S
W. Va
Chicago Overlord
City
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