Wisconsin Farmers Weigh End of Strike at Madison Meeting
Midwest unrest grows as Wisconsin farmers convene in Madison to decide whether to abandon the strike. Violence reported across Nebraska and Iowa with bombed cheese factory and tear gas used. Roosevelts aides draft a price-lifting plan amid governors and Secretary Wallace seeking a final form.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Madison
Leo Z. Crowley
A. G. Schmedemann
Crowley
Roosevelt
White House
Gecia
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Overall symbol of discontent
Kansas City scene notes farmers' unrest over price gaps as wheat embargoes and farm strikes highlight the lag between prices for their crops and the costs they pay, with the Overall becoming a symbol of agrarian dissatisfaction.
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Kansas City
Middlewest
Wynn Pleads Self Defense in Dexter Shooting
Mrs Sam Wynn 37 of Dexter Ga pleads self defense in the killing of Mrs J E Burns before train officials. Defense witnesses say Burns drew a pistol and had long threatened Wynn. Burns was shot outside Dexter post office on the night of October 7 amid a dispute over Burns affections.
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Dublin
Sam Wynn
Dexter
J. E. Burns
Weather Forecast Southeast United States
South Carolina and Georgia show cloudy skies with likely rain tonight and Saturday, colder by Saturday in the north. Florida mostly cloudy with possible rain tonight and Saturday, cooler in the north and central areas. Alabama experiences local rain and cooler conditions tonight through Saturday. Extreme Northwest Florida expects occasional rain and a cooler spell tonight and Saturday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
New York Chamber Opposes Managed Currency Demand Gold Standard Return
The New York State Chamber of Commerce publicly opposed a managed currency and urged the United States to promptly restore a permanent gold standard. The vote occurred at a special meeting with leaders in finance and business nationwide. Leonor F. LaRée of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad called the US move away from the gold standard a betrayal akin to Germany's 1914 neutrality violation.
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New York
McKee Sees Farley Endorsement Elevating Bid
New York November 3 Recovery party mayoral hopeful Joseph V. McKee hailed Postmaster General James A Farley endorsement as placing him in the same class with President Roosevelt and Governor Lehman. He thanked Farley for the expressed confidence while opponents accuse him of courting the administration. Roosevelt has not publicly declared support.
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New York
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery Party
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Lehman
Washington Administration
Fusion to Wrest N Y from Tammany Flares
New York leaders clash as fusion forces surge at Madison Square Garden with an estimated 50 000 rally crowd. McKee independents gain support from Postmaster General Farley while Mayor O'Brien and McKee prepare final pre election efforts. Roosevelt refrains from campaigning. Fiorello Laguardia and Samuel Seabury headline the fusion push to topple Tammany Hall.
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New York
New York City
Tammany Hall
Madison Square Garden
John P. O’brien
Tammany
Joseph V. McKee
Manhattan
McKee
James A. Farley
Farley
Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Samuel Seabury
Processing Tax Forces Corn Plant Workers Out
Officials of the Corn Products Refining Company said 2,000 workers at its Argo refinery would lose steady jobs after the processing tax of 28 cents per bushel on corn takes effect after midnight Sunday. The plant may reopen briefly next week but little prospect exists for steady production as buyers halt orders.
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Chicago
Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Plan to Lift Farm Prices Faces Delays and Doubts
Washington November 3 The administration and five Midwest governors fail to reach ready details on a proposed broad farm price lifting program. Secretary Wallace says it is not simple to fix quotas and parity prices with production curtailment and licenses for processors, while uncertainty remains over feasibility and scope.
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Washington
Middle West
Wallace
White House
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Midwest
Farley appeals for repeal in North Carolina
Postmaster General James A. Farley told about 3000 North Carolina citizens at Memorial Auditorium that he carried a personal appeal from President Roosevelt to vote for repeal of the 18th amendment next Tuesday. Farley said he spoke with the president in Washington last night and quoted Roosevelt thanking the state for support in Chicago and in last November’s election.
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Raleigh
N. Ct
James A. Farley
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Memorial Auditorium
Farley
Washington
Chicago
NRA Hails Auto Code as End of Abuses in Trade
Washington reports the NRA applauding the motor vehicle dealers code effective date. It includes authority to regulate used car allowances, bans on selling below cost and outside dealer territory, and bans trade ins for junk cars. The code aims to prevent junk car inclusion in used vehicle values and extends rules to used car dealers with NRA noted satisfaction among affected firms.
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NRA
Washington
Recovery Administration
Code ‘Committee
Cale
Business and Labor Seek Clarity on Ford NRA Stance
Washington reports both business and labor demand a clear NRA view on Henry Ford. Senator Wagner states Ford will embrace collective bargaining at Edgewater plant and Ford provides wage hour data. Disagreement remains if Johnson will deem Ford eligible for government contracts or defer to the comptroller general. Labor cites Lund of the NAM backing single-organization critique.
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Johnson
Wagner
National Labor Board
Ford
Edgewater
N. J
J. R. McCarl
Labor Today
Gerard Swope
Organized Workers
Robert L. Lund
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt plan raises gold price in effort to lift markets
The Roosevelt administration expands gold purchases to lift prices. Reconstruction Finance Corp buys US mined gold at 32.57 dollars per ounce, up 31 cents from London price and amid a weak dollar. Federal Reserve Bank of New York handles operations with secrecy on abroad purchases.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
United States
London
Europe
Federal
New York
Leesburg Farmer Slain Four Held in Alabama Georgia Case
Wade McElmurray a 38 year old farmer on the Dixie highway between Albany and Leesburg was killed after an argument with five men who backed their car into his wife's flower beds. Four suspects Howard Sumner Homer Elliss Roy Israel J Israelt are jailed in Lee county on first degree murder charges while a fifth is at large. His brother Evans McElmurray was knocked unconscious and Wade died at Albany hospital.
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Leesburg
Wade McElmurray
Dixie Highway
Albany
Lee County
Howard Sumner
Homer Elliss
Roy Israel
J. Israelt
Leon Sumner
W. E. Tarpley
McElmurray
Dougherty County
Evans McElmurray
U S Fleet Likely Moved From Pacific to Atlantic
President Roosevelt and the navy department seriously discussed moving the American fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic next summer. Secretary Swanson Assistant Secretary Henry L Roosevelt and Admiral Standley reviewed the plan during a conference in Washington.
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Atlantic
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Navy Department
Swanson
Henry L. Roosevelt
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Smiley Convicted Of Old Crime Escapes From Prison
Glennville Georgia November 3 Joe Smiley convicted of murdering Alfred Reddish in a Creoreia school row forty seven years ago escaped from the state prison farm near Glennville Saturday. He had served five months of a one to four year sentence and was a trusty. A reward is offered for his capture. He claimed to be Harlan Chapman of Kentucky at his April trial.
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Glennville
Joe Smiley
Alfred Reddish
Glenville
Smiley
Creoreia
Harlan Chapman
Kentucky
Federal tax on retail liquor sales outlined in new law
Washington reports that a federal tax on retail liquor establishments would be 25 dollars annually, matching pre-prohibition rates. The tax appears as a large stamp acting as a permit to sell and would become effective automatically upon repeal for all retail liquor outlets.
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Washington
Young Democrats Meet at Legion Home in Second District
The Young Democratic Clubs of America gathered at the American Legion Home last night in Thomasville with more than forty attendees from eleven counties. W. Fred Scott hosted a supper and meeting while R. J. Reynolds Jr. of Atlanta outlined objectives such as party loyalty political education and building a progressive force for Georgia and the nation.
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Legion Home
Young Democratic Clubs of America
American Legton
Second Congressional District
W. Fred Scott
Scott
R. J. Reynolds, Jr
Atlanta
Georgia
Reynolds
Fred. Hank
Pelham
C. T. Williford
Newton
Jimmy Groover
Bill Cochran
Mendieta Group Demands Cuban President Quit
Cuban nationalist leader Carlos Mendieta and followers call for President Ramon Grau San Martin's resignation. Mendieta rejects coalition hopes and says opposition unlikely to accept an interim government. A bakery bombing in Havana kills one and wounds five, with a second explosion and a found 16 inch bomb affecting public works workers.
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San Miguel and
Gervasio
Carlos Mendieta
Ramon Grau San “Martin
Simiploves
Public Works Department
Sarraut Warns French Destiny At Stake In Budget Stand
Paris November 3 Albert Sarraut told parliament that French destiny rests on a balanced budget and sound finances. Finance Minister Georges Bonnet raised the franc danger signal as the cabinet faced a confidence vote. Sarraut urged tariff defenses a large public works program and a broad colonial empire as remedies for the crisis.
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Paris
Gin
Albert Sarraut
Georges Bonnet
M. Sarraut
Government Makes Private Loans to Stimulate Steel
Washington launches a policy of private loans using a 300 million public works fund to boost rail, steel, mining, and related industries. An initial 135 million is set aside for rails and the Pennsylvania line before Washington to New York. Loans carry no interest first year and four percent subsequently, aiming to expand purchasing power and employment in key sectors.
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Ickes
Waite
Internal Revenue Grants Stamp Sales Only to Medicinal Liquor Stores
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced that liquor stamps will be sold only to medicinal liquor establishments while the 18th amendment remains in force. This limits distribution to registered drugstores and similar venues until changes are made by Congress.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Oppositionists Offer 4 Share in Government in Cuba
In Havana on November 3 the authentic revolutionary backers of Gran San Martin offered the opposition four share in the government but not the presidency after a five hour meeting at Sergio Carbo’s home. Grau appears to hold a majority among original supporters and a rapprochement campaign is planned, as eight bombs explode around the city without injuries amid rumors of U.S. Marines.
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Havana
Gran San Martin
Sergio Carbo
Grau
Carlos Mendieta
Carbo
United States
Mendieta
Fire subsides at Tiverton after 41 hours of blast damage
Tiverton Rhode Island November 3 CP Fire raged for 41 hours in the oil storage plant of the New England Terminal Company after a tank collapse. The blaze killed three men and caused damage estimated between 800000 and 1000000 dollars. Investigations were begun by Rhode Island authorities.
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Tiverton
R. I
New England Terminal Company
Rhode Island
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Martin
Coalition Hopes
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Ramon Gray San Martin
Blencheta
Cosme de la Torriente
Sarraut
Congress
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