President Roosevelts Peace Plea Aims at AFL CIO Rift
In New Orleans the AFL Convention eyed a White House message urging peace between the AFL and CIO. President Green of the AFL and CIO chiefs expect a bid to conciliate, with key CIO leaders possibly breaking away to AFL. Discussion followed resignation of Witt and Millis’s replacement on the labor board.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor Convention
A F.L
Congress of Industrial Organizations
White House
A.F.L
William Green
Ci.o
John L. Lewis
Green
C.I.O
AFL
Lewis
C.lo
United Mine Work
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
H. A. Millis
Warren Madden
Matthew Woll
Union Labor Trades Department
Witt
Split threat fades as Lewis Hillman meet in surprise conference
ATLANTIC CITY November 16 The threat of a factional split in the CIO convention next week over partisan politics labor unity and internal policies began to fade after CIO leaders John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman met in a surprise conference to discuss the issue.
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Atlantic City
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Fellowship Club Toy Matinee Planned for December Seventh
MR WINCHESTER urges all residents to support the Fellowship Club which aims to spread cheer to the less fortunate at Christmas. Gather discarded toys and clothing for reconditioning and plan to attend the December seventh toy matinee.
Christmas gift ideas from local cleaners and studios
Plain suits and dresses cleaned and pressed for 50c at Pingley and Carper. Hodgson and Brown offer Christmas selections and reserve service. Barr's Studio promotes personal gift photography to surprise a friend.
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Hodgson & Brown
Barr’s
Crucible Steel Employees Return To Work After Vote
Crucible Steel Company mills in Midland Pennsylvania resume armament steel production for the United States and Britain after a slim 52 percent vote by about 4 300 strikers ending a week long strike. Workers will hold conference with the company on grievances including a 12 1 2 cent an hour wage rise in one department. John Thornton, vice president of the local union, warned they will strike again if negotiations fail.
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Midland
Crucible Steel Company
United States
Steel Workers
John Thornton
Vultee Aircraft Plant Idle Amid Strike at Downey
Downey Calif Nov 16 Machinery hums day and night but lies idle as Vultee Aircraft Plant remains strike bound. Government troubles hhot into conference talks while 200 workers stay on line. union demands 75 cents an hour, company pays 50 cents. Government mediators and a conciliation expert monitor efforts toward settlement.
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Downey
Calif
Vultee
United Air Workers
Fials
Washington
Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
Commission
Labor Department
Edward H. Fitzgerald
H. Sisley
Sent
Adjourment Difficulties Irk Leaders
Congressional leaders face new delays as demands surface to advance the Logan-Walter bill and labor act revisions. Senate action on these measures could push adjournment into December, with Green urging votes and Republicans warning of a stretched session and emergency recalls.
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Washington
Congress
Te Securities Commission
Senate
House
Green
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Harry A. Millis
Labor Board
Ims Holt
Holt
Wva
Burke
D-Neb
King
Utah
Logan-Walter
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Lorio Convicted of a Mail Fraud in LSU Case
Dr. Clarence A. Lorio, former Louisiana state senator and LSU Medical Director, is convicted by a federal jury on one count of mail fraud amid four counts. He faces up to $2000 fine or five years in prison or both, with sentence deferred for appeal. The jury acquitted him on three counts. the convicted charge involved mailing a $495 bill from Scallon Norris Co to Evans Electrical Supply for an operating room light at LSU Hospital, Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Clarence A. Lorio
Louisiana State University
Lerio
Scanlong-Norris Company
Madison
Wis
Evans Electrical Supply Company
L. S. U. Hospital
Flying Godiva to Walk Again After Plane Crashatch
Bernardine Lewis King of Beverley Hills, badly injured in a Utah orchard crash last August, said she will walk again and may resume a ground instruction role. Doctors told her limb would be saved and recovery could take months to a year. she plans to continue aviation at a reduced scale.
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Salt Lakh City
Godiva
Bernardine Lewis King
Beverley Hills
Utah
King
Art
Bakersfield
Calif
Teacher Marguerite Johnson to marry Senator Nye
Marguerite Johnson a home economics teacher at Central Junior High School Rock Island will marry Senator Gerald P Nye of Cooperstown North Dakota The couple did not specify a marriage date.
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Marguerite Johnson
Central Junior High School
Rock Island, Ill
Gerald P. Nye
Cooperstown
N. Dakota
Arms Training Emphasized for Selective Service
Col William H Draper Jr of the army general staff said training for selective service soldiers should serve military needs first. He noted airplane mechanics and anti aircraft artillery would gain skills, but mainly military specialties, not civilian ones. He urged against formalized educational programs, stressing the draft’s basic purpose to build a capable American army.
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New York
William H. Draper, Jr
Army General Staff
Draper
Eigth Metropolitan Conference
Fellowship Club Convenes in Winchest er and Frederick County
The Fellowship Club held its first meeting of the year to plan Christmas cheer for needy families in Winchester and Frederick County. Toys, clothing, and food baskets are prepared, with a toy matinee at Capitol Theatre on December 7. Committees were named for city and county, and an inventory drive urged to avoid duplicate gifts.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Capitol Theatre
Eagle Deputy To Visit Winchester
State Senator Edward R. Fuller of Richmond and Deputy Grand President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will visit Winchester Aerie No. 824 on Tuesday November 19. The secretary E P Spates notes the visit as an official event and invites members to attend.
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E. P. Spates
Winchester Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Edward R. Fuller
Richmond
Fuller
Escape of two convicts from Baker road camp in Hardy County
Two convicts fled last night from a Baker road camp in Hardy County West Virginia one named Herman L. Alexander 30. The men were employed on the road from Virginia Route 275 at the state line toward Wardensville and authorities pursued them following the escape.
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Herman L. Alexander
Baker
Hardy County
W. Va
State Line
Wardensville
Hoover Appeals for Aid to Hungry Nations in Europe
Former President Hoover urged renewed help for 15,000,000 Europeans across Finland, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and central Poland. Speaking from Vassar College, he outlined a plan to ease food flow with German and British cooperation and neutral distribution oversight amid food shortages.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Vassar College
Finland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Poland
United States
Kiwanis Banquet Honors Football Teams Monday Night
Kiwanis Club hosts the Winchester Martinsburg good fellowship banquet for the two high school football squads at 6 30 p m Monday. Gus Welch, famed coach, will share stories as about 150 Kiwanians and guests attend with local coaches principals and students present.
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Kiwanis Club
Alan Peery
Winchester- Martinsburg ‘Good Fellowship
Curtis Frey
Gus Welch
Welch
Groces
Martinsburg
John Cobourne
Kenneth Rentch
Edwin Miller
Ansel Groves
Norman Ochs
Hunter Maddox
Garland Quarles
Handley
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for November 14
Treasury figures show receipts of 11,897,164.54 and expenditures of 30,334,857.57 for November 14. Gross debt stands at 44,205,576,500.21, a decrease of 6,369,929.88 from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
King George Visits Coventry After Nazi Bombing
In Coventry the king arrived amid ruins to offer sympathy and empire support. He met officials for relief, toured the damaged city including St Michael's Cathedral ruins, and urged resilience as police clear wreckage.
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Coventry
England
George
St. Michael's Cathedral
R. T. Howard
Germans Called Out of Greece
Berlin reports Germany begins gradual recall of about 8000 nationals from Greece to avoid complications. Evacuations target Greeks cities under air attack like Salonika as authorities stress this is a practical measure, not political. Greek German relations remain as before with no official war between Italy and Greece.
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Berlin
Germany
Greece
Tony
Salonika
Italy
County Schools to Close for Thanksgiving Holiday
Superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced county schools will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. The annual Education Conference will be held in Richmond next week, with several faculty members attending. The conference opens on Tuesday.
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Leslie D. Kline
Richmond
German freighters flee Tampico in heavy sea drama and fire
Four German merchant ships Idarwald Rhein Phrygia and Orinoco left Tampico to take on the Atlantic escape. Phrygia reportedly caught fire off shore and may have sunk or been hit. Orinoco returned with engine trouble. German consul and Mexican port authorities provided shifting reports amid naval activity and a firestorm in London.
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Associated Press
Tampico
Mexico
Edward Traussen
Europe
S.agar
Barat
Graf Spee
Columbus
London
Idarwald
Rhein
Phrygia
Orinoco
Orinioco
Phyr
Gia
Ance
Caribbean Sea
South Atlantic
Rome
I Giornale D’'Italia
Atlantic
Sta
Britain
Lake Presba
Valona
British Association
Greeks Drive Italians Back Across Balkan Front
Athens bulletin reports Greek forces using bayonet and artillery with bombing planes pushing Italian troops back along the 100 mile Balkan front.
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Athens
French fleet leaves Toulon for exercises in Mediterranean
Informed sources say the French fleet departed Toulon for nearby exercises in the Mediterranean Sea. The move was announced from Vichy on November 16 as naval activity continues amid regional tensions.
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Vichy
France
Toulon
Mediterranean
German Bombers Hit Southern England Cities
Berlin reports German bombers and pursuit planes dropped bombs on London Southend Hastings and Southampton this afternoon. DNB quotes returning fliers that British fighters did not engage.
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Berlin
London
Southend
Hastings
Southampton
DNB
Mussolini declares Italy and Germany ready to act in Africa
Il Popolo D Italia reports Mussolini saying Germany and Italy are prepared to take military action in France's African colonies to block British control via De Gaulle forces.
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Rome
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Germany
Italy
France
West Africa
Hoover Relief Plan Endorsed by International Society
Dr. Daniel A. Poling announced that the trustees of the International Society of Christian Endeavor unanimously supported Herbert Hoover's relief plan for Europe. The endorsement comes from the World Christian Endeavor Union leadership in New York on November 16.
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New York
Daniel A. Poling
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Union
International Society
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hunting notes and civic ties mark Frederick Shenandoah reports
In Frederick County, Mitchell Boyd and brothers plus Captain Tom Boyd’s Winchester police family bagged four wild turkeys with three taken. a 14-pound gobbler and two 8-pound hens noted. The Ottobine Hunt Club opened in Rockingham, killing a 20-pound bear. New Market Virginia learns its destroyer name from England honoring ties. Western Frederick hunters took seven rabbits and twelve grouse, with Billy Bursey taking a grouse.
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Frederick County
Mitchell
Robert
Richard
William Boyd
Tom Boyd
Winchester Police
William
Boyds
Ottobine Hunt Club
Rockingham
Walter Bursey
Knight Bixby
Billy Buresy
Jim Shull
Billy Bursey
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Vultee Aircraft Plant
Lorio
Eagle
U. S
Bulletins
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James Wheeler
Suffolk
W. C. Hobson
Piccadilly
Guy Kindig
M Winchester
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