C I O delegates push for third Roosevelt term at Pittsburgh meeting
The Congress of Industrial Organizations signals it will act on endorsing the New Deal and a third term for FDR. George Bucher seeks to suspend rules to back a third term, but Lee Pressman counters that more resolutions are under review. The convention approves a broad social security expansion and surveys health services.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
George Bucher
Philadelphia
United Furniture Workers’ Union
Lee Pressman
Bucher
Resolutions
White House
Harvey
F Premming
Committee On Social Security
National Health Committee
Martinee
Rouse Committee Investigatiz
Diets Committee
Dies
J. E. Crossland
Indus
Meteor Streak Captivates West At Night
A meteor lit up skies over California Arizona and Utah on the night of November 17 drawing awe from pilots and residents. Major Walter K Burgess reported seeing a fiery dragon like object at 10000 feet over Lake Elsinore and a luminous tail that lit the cockpit sky and surrounding land.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Utah
Salt Lake City
Lake Elsinore
Calif
Walter K. Burgess
Major Burgess
Four Lane Roads To Be Necessary
Officials of the United States Department of Public Roads predict 25,000 miles of four lane highways must be built within 25 years to handle rising auto traffic. H S Fairbanks, chief of the bureau division of information, urged a roadside improvement conference to push legislation banning billboards and hot dog stands before highways are constructed.
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New York
United States Department of Public Roads
H. 8S
Fairbanks
Bureau
Division of Information
Winchester Moves to Repair Dangerous, Unsightly Pavement
Slowly progress continues as Winchester removes dangerous pavement while property owners and officials receive praise for efforts. Still, many projects remain needing attention and residents hope the Street committee completes the task and eliminates all defective pavements.
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Winchester
Fr Comeskey Transferred to St Vincent Berkeley Springs
The Rev. Father Charles Comeskey, assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Winchester, will become pastor of St. Vincent Catholic Church in Berkeley Springs, W V, effective November 29. He succeeds Rev. J J McKeon, who moves to direct Catholic Charities for the Richmond Diocese.
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Charles Comeskey
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Vincent Catholic Church
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Father Comeskey
J. J. McKeon
St. Vincent Church
Catholic Charities
Diocese of
Richmond
Virginia
Peter Ireton
de Comeskey
R. E. Hannon
Michael J. Molloy
Petersburg
Winches
Comeskey
Pri
St. Kieran's
Kilkenney
Winchester
Staunton
Norfolk
Front Royal
Woodstock
Tobacco Road to be produced near Augusta amid soil on stage
New York actors arrived in Augusta to stage Tobacco Road using actual soil from the novel’s setting. The play's three day run will be at a suburban theatre on the city’s outskirts due to city venues being tied up with films. Erskine Caldwell and his father expect local interest as residents from Tobacco Road express eagerness to attend.
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Augusta
New York
Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell
Caldwell
I. S. Caldwell
Big Accord Signed Aims to Expand Global Trade
A major British American commercial treaty signed in Washington seeks broader trade with fruits and other products from around the world. The text set for public release tonight reportedly includes provisions reducing tariffs on American apples and other fruits entering the United Kingdom, easing competition with Canadian produce under the Ottawa framework.
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Washington
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Trade pact near signing pledges US Britain Canada unity
Washington reports a $1.5 billion annual trade accord among the United States Great Britain and Canada ready for signature at the White House. Prime Minister King Sir Ronald Lindsay and Secretary Hull will sign amid hopes the pact steadies world peace while Germany faces tighter economic restrictions.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Hull
East Room
White House
W. L. MacKenzie King
Ronald Lindsay
Germany
United
Britain
Hitler
Zanzibar
Sierra Leone
Africa
States
Far East
Fiji Islands
Pacific
Bermuda
West Indies
British Guinaa
South America
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
Walker Heads Home After 50 Mile Grocery Trek
A 60-year-old Black woman servant walked 50 miles from Montgomery to a grocery store then toward Demopolis. She ended up near Greenville after leaving her employer Mrs. A. B. Stutts' home five months earlier. The Stutts reported the missing walker and sheriff investigators found her on the outskirts of Greenville.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. B. Stutts
Demopolis
Butler County
Greenville
Capitol
Garbage Ordinance Requires Early Curb Pickup
City rule states all refuse must be on the curb by 7 a m for collection and no return visit will be made if items are not out on time. Ashes should be placed in a separate container as specified, with notes indicating proper disposal practices.
Trade Boost Seen Slipping Early Next Year
A federal economist says many business forecasters expect a temporary industrial decline in early 1939 with a rebound in the second quarter. He notes improving activity, a federal spending program boosting purchasing power, and the index returning to 100 of the 1923-25 base after a low in May 1938.
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Washington
Federal Board
Fishing Crew Is Finally Rescued
Three New Bedford fishermen from the Valencia survived 32 hours adrift after the 48 foot dragger sank in a northwest gale 25 miles southeast of the Nantucket lightship. The survivors Jack Knutsen George Jacobson and Nells Adland were rescued aboard the Nantucket and fed and rested. Captain Sigwart Valencia, 28, died of exposure. his body was recovered later.
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Boston
New Bedford
Valencia
Nantucket
Jack Knutsen
George Jacobson
Nells Adland
Picketing German Office At Baltimore Sparks Broad Denunciations
In Baltimore about 500 spectators watched 100 or more pickets protest Nazi treatment of Jews outside the German consulate on South Gay street. Catholic leaders including Alfred E. Smith and several bishops joined a nationwide denunciation, while New York officials noted non Aryan police guards for Nazi visitors to Newark.
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Baltimore
Jewish People’s Committee For United Action Against
American League For Peace and Democracy
South Gay Street
Stephen G. Nelson
Harry W. Nice
Herbert R O'Conor
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Stephen T. Early
White House
Roosevelt
Germany
Smith
John J. Mitty
San Francisco
John Mark Gannon
Cleveland
Peter L. Ireton
Richmond
Mgr
Joseph Corrigan
Catholic University
Washington
Laguardia
Adolf Hitler
Lewis
Earle's Cabinet Members Told To Be In Readiness
Harrisburg reports two members of Governor George H. Earle's outgoing cabinet were told to be ready to testify before a legislative committee probing campaign charges. Roy Brownmiler and Ralph M. Bashore were summoned, with Earle expected to testify next. Arthur Colegrove concluded testimony denying a conspiracy to blackmail or extort state officials.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Roy Brownmiler
Ralph M. Bashore
Labor and Industry
Earle
Arthur Colegrove
Property and Supplies
Charles J. Margiotti
Colegrove
South Needs Sweeping Farm and Industrial Adjustment
Dr. Howard W. Odum of the University of North Carolina urged a sweeping readjustment program for the South in agriculture and industry. He spoke at Duke University on The Changing Economic Base of the South, proposing concrete results by 1950 to avert regional and national losses and to avoid outmoded mid century planning.
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Durham
N. C
Howard W. Odum
University of North Carolina
South
Roosevelt
National Economic Council
Duke University
British Plan to Help Jewish Refugees From Germany
London reports that Britain will try to carry out a plan from U S Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy to relocate thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi decrees and violence. Prime Minister Chamberlain said the issue is urgent and has been discussed with colonial governors, including Tanganyika. A fuller statement was expected early next week.
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London
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Nazi Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tanganyika
German East Africa
Martyr's Rites Given Vom Rath in Germany Funeral
In Düsseldorf on November 17 the Nazis held a martyr's funeral for Ernest Vom Rath, assassinated in Paris. Hitler and top officials, via radio, echoed the Reichsführer's challenge, while Joachim von Ribbentrop closed with a defiant pledge. The ceremony recalled the 1936 Wilhelm Gustloff funeral and foreshadowed further anti Jewish actions.
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Duesseldorg
Germany
Ernest Vom Rath
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Rath
Paris
Rheinland Hall
Hitler
Wilhelm Gustloff
Switzerland
Winchester Air Port Survey For WPA Project
A WPA survey of Winchester airport was completed to aid the Department of Commerce in developing the field as an emergency landing site for mail and passenger planes. The piece notes Winchester is among nine Virginia sites eyed for expansion and mentions plans to upgrade beaconing and weather observation facilities.
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Winchester
Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Clarifies Solicitation Policy At Plants
The Winchester Frederick Chapter of the Red Cross announced that industrial workers are not being solicited at their workplaces this year. The clarification addressed a misunderstanding that led to solicitors approaching workers at plants. Only office employees may be contacted at their place of business.
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Roll Call
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Berlin Embassy Agent Returning
Douglas Miller United States commercial attache in Berlin is recalled to Washington with no successor named and will depart mid December aboard the Manhattan. Miller’s reports extended beyond commerce, reflecting insight into German psychology and the broader trade outlook.
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Douglas Miller
Berlin
United States
Washington
Hugh R. Wilson
Miller
United States Department of Commerce
Germany
Mente Berlin
Great Britain
Canada
Wilson
Roosevelt
Robert M. Stephenson
S. S. Manhattan
Department of Commerce
Press Assails French Silence Over Daladier Plan
Paris reports Socialist and Communist condemnation of Daladier as deputies consider rule without Parliament and possible dissolution if the three year economic plan is rejected. Leftist papers demand details on a French German renunciation accord amid a Nazi anti Jewish campaign.
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Paris
Daladier
Germany
Communist Party Political Bureau
Roosevelt
Bureau
Desirable brick residence on Loudoun street to be sold
A desirable brick residence at 515 South Loudoun Street will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday November 16 by order of the court. Proceeds will go to satisfy a judgment.
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Loudoun Street
Court House
Eigen
Plead This And Other Nations Admit Without Visas
Prominent Jews urge the United States to mortgage German immigration quotas for three years and admit 81,000 German Jews directly. They propose allowing emigration without passports or visas due to Nazi restrictions, with 60 plus age group remaining in Germany and wealthier relatives aiding 25,000 others.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Berlin
United States
America
England
France
Germany
Duesseldorf
Ernest Vom Rath
Paris
Roosevelt
North
South America
Voelkischer Beobachter
Hitler
Austria
Sudetenland
Palestine
Vom Rath
Washington
Sears
Congress
Red Taps
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