U S Official Backs Labor Unity At AFL Meeting
Elmer F Andrews wage hour administrator urged labor leaders to settle internal differences at the AFL convention in Houston. He praised gains by organized labor and urged unity to strengthen the nation. Green won reelection as AFL president. Bids from San Francisco and Atlantic City sought 1939 convention location.
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Houston
Tex
Elmer F. Andrews
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Federation
C. I
Andrews
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
A. F
Green
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Woman Freed On Bond In Theft Case
Lennie Nicholson charged with stealing $60 from Glenn Bowman released on $500 bond with D. F. Dyke as surety. She is to appear before Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner at 11 o'clock Monday morning for an alleged Sept 10 violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennie Nicholson
Glenn Bowman
D. F. Dyke
A. J. Tavenner
Walking Stick Found by Garland Mason on Tennyson Avenue
A slender brown insect with very long legs, described as a walking-stick, was found yesterday by Garland Mason on Tennyson avenue and brought to the Star office for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Mason
Tennyson Avenue
Star Office
Natchez Pronunciations and a Limerick by Ogden Nash
The Baltimore Evening Sun discusses how French names in Louisiana and Spanish names in the Southwest are pronounced, noting Natchez Miss as a pronunciation topic. Ogden Nash contributes a limerick about Natchez that ends with a drawled line about scratching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Evening Sun
Natchez
Miss
Louisiana
California
New Mexico
Texas
Ogden Nash
Fram motor cleaner promoted by Firestone stores
National ad notes FRAM motor cleaner a famous product priced at 7.95 with a dollar savings of 2.95, claiming it eliminates the need for oil changes. Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores advertise the item and provide a contact phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Raging Oil Fire Consumes Tank Farm At Linden
A vast blaze at the Cities Service tank village near Linden New Jersey destroyed eight acres of tanks and sparked multiple explosions. About 20 tanks burned as 1,680,000 gallon tank exploded. 50 of 1,500 firefighters remained to cool wreckage. Official loss estimates ranged from 1 million to 1.5 million dollars with fires under control by 5 am. No deaths. two dozen injuries reported.
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Linden
N. J
Aea A
N. Was
Smothe ‘ der Cooler Tauck
Lea
Frank T. Miller
Eliott McEldowney
Cities Service Refining Company
New York
Cities Service Company
S. P. Keator
Cities Service
Sinclair Oil Company
American Cyanarmide Company
Standard Oil Company
Shanghai
Shihchaishan
Hankow
South China
Canton
Sinyang
Liuling
Peiping
Lichai
Yangtze War
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Bingo Party At Round Hill Schoolhouse October 14
A Friday night bingo at Round Hill Schoolhouse sponsored by the 4-H Club County Council with grand prizes, public invited. Also wants good homes for one or two pretty half grown male Maltese kittens. phone 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill
Club County Council
Sad Tidings Brought To A Woman By Dog
In Mansfield Ohio on October 13 a dripping wet dog guided Mrs. Glen Heuss to a creek where a son, two years old, was found dead in six feet of water. The dog reportedly jumped in trying to save his owner before running home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Glen Heuss
Sines
Austrian Nazis Plan Mass Rally Against Clerical Provocation
Vienna dispatch reports Adolf Hitler's deputy Joseph Buerckel to speak at a huge Nazi rally in Heroes Square against Cardinal Innitzer and alleged clerical agitators. Police note 100000 expected. streets show smashed windows at the cardinal’s palace. a Nazi flag flies at the palace door as Czech Sudetenland flags appear.
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Vienna
Joseph Buerckel
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Theodore Cardinal Innitzerd
Heroe’s Square
Odilo Globocnik
Hitler
Reichschancellor
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Germany
Judge Smith Refuses Clemency in Pingley Case
Judge Lemuel Smith replies to George W. Pingley about clemency for the February slaying of Sheriff J. W. Newcome. He states no recommendation to reduce the death sentence and urges Governor Price to deny clemency, citing a fair trial and the Supreme Court. He notes sympathy for the defendant’s family but maintaining duty to justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Newcome
George W
Pingley
Lemuel Smith
Supreme Court
Ex Senator James Allee Dies at 80 in Delaware
Former United States Senator James Frank Allee died at his son James F. Allee Jr.'s home in Dover Delaware. He was 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
United States
James Frank Allee
James F. Alee, Jr
Ninth Annual Future Farmers Fair Opens With Strong Exhibits
Stephens City Va October 13 The Ninth Annual Future Farmers Fair opened with large crowds and strong displays in corn apple poultry and farm crops. Judges praised top poultry pens and Herbert Manuel's Boone County white corn delivering an average yield of 17 42 bushels per acre shelled.
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Stephens City
Future Farmers Fair
Home Economics Department
Middletown
Frederick County Junior Farmers Club
John E. Cowles
Gainesboro High School
Herbert Manuel
Boone County
Manuel
D. J. Howard
W. R. Legge
Mr. Cowles
Kenneth Murray
Homey Hack
Widen Hunt For Slayer of Girl In Larchmont
Police broadened the search for the slayer of 17 year old Mary Coyle as officers investigated a separate report of a 36 year old woman molested by a motorist. Three youths in a New York plated car are being sought, and diners in Nor walk overheard talk about the case as investigators track clues including a blood soaked coat and beret found near the victim’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
Mary Coyle
Mamaroneck
Connecticut
New York
Norwalk
Coyle
Long Island
British Reinforcements Seize Bethlehem Hebron Area Control
British reinforcements from England, 400 Worcestershire regiment troops, seized Bethlehem and extended to Hebron, establishing firm control after Arab band terrorized the region. Armored cars, trench mortars, and machine guns supported by detachment pushes restored order, while Bethlehem’s population fell to about 6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
England
Bethlehem-Hebron
Palestine
Worcestershire Regiment
Black Watch Regiment
Hebron
Beersheba
Jerusalem
Worcestershires
Hristian
Church of the Nativity
Foreign press blames aid to China for further aid
Editorials in Kokumin and Ni chi Nichi argue Western powers fuel the China conflict by backing China. They say Britain and France misread the situation as Japan conducts operations in South China and warn against troop and ship movements without notice to Japanese command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Japan
Kokumin
Nichi Nichi
China
Foreign Office
South
United States
Britain
Treasury Position For October 11
Washington reports treasury data for October 11 with receipts of 6.74 million dollars and expenditures of 16.06 million dollars, a daily deficit of 9.32 million dollars. Gross debt stands at 33.43 billion dollars, rising by 0.566 million from the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
Jones Dairy Farm Sausage Ad Pure Food Store
Advertisement notes Jones Dairy Farm sausage and Pure Food Store offerings. Mentions money to lend at 5 percent and lists Herbert S. Larrick as attorney with a 1910s style legal notice. Contains numeric and contact details typical of period classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Dairy Farm Sausage
Herbert S. Larrick
Atty
Rummage Sale Benefits Junior Hospital Auxiliary
A rummage sale benefiting the Junior Hospital Auxiliary is scheduled for October 14 and 15 at 128 North Loudoun Street. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days.
Hungarian Talks With Czechs Break Off Over Territory
Berlin reports say Frantisek Chvalkovsky, Czechoslovakia’s new foreign minister, will meet Hitler at Berchtesgaden to discuss future German relations. A two hour talk with Von Ribbentrop preceded talks about Czech frontiers and severing ties with Soviet Russia and France.
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Hitler
Berlin
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Chvalkovsky
Prague
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Feuhrer
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Chamberlain
Britain
Poland
Hungary
Chvalkosky
Fuerhrer
Russia
France
von Ribbentrop
Baron Ernst von Weiszaecker
Foreign Office
International Sudetenland Commission
Reds Regarded As Real Threats By Dies Committee
Walter S. Reynolds of Michigan American Legion told the Dies Committee that the only real threat to the American system is Communists. He compared Communists with Nazis Black Legion Silver Shirts and Ku Klux Klan and said the Klan operates under a parent group with varied disguises. Reynolds named Albert Einstein and Friends of Spanish Democracy as examples of active connections to alleged communist influence.
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Detroit
Walter S. Reynolds
Michigan Department
American Legion
Dies
Reynolds
Legion Department
Black Legion
Silver Shifts
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Ncenes
Albert Einstein
Friends of Spanish Democracy
Mrs Weech to Head Virginia WCTU
Mrs Amy C Weech of Alexandria was elected president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia at Purcellville Loudoun county during the annual convention. She succeeds Mrs Howard M Hoge who led the state group for 40 years and will not seek another term.
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Amy C. Weech
Alexandria
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Virginia
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Star
Weech
State Evangelistic Department
Howard M. Hoge
Lincoln
State Group
Junk metals and used pipe wanted by Winchester Junk Co
Junk company seeks junk metals iron rags batteries radiators paying top market price. Also sells used pipe in all sizes guaranteed. Contact 254 Winchester Junk Co 13 Fairfax Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Hungary Breaks Off Komarom Conference in Budapest Clash
In Budapest thousands protested Liberty Square after news the Komarom Conference on Hungary’s territorial claims collapsed. Hungary’s Foreign Minister Koloman Ven Kanya announced a four power review as troops moved to guard the Danube bridge and Czechoslovakia rushed reinforcements to the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Ference
Budapest
Yordele Ion
Danube River
Wheeler backs centralized transportation control plan
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged Congress to unify regulation of railroads trucks and water carriers under one board to curb wage cuts and industrial pressure. He testified to the President's board amid railroad threats to strike over a 15 percent pay cut.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Committee Committee
Montana
Congress
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U. S
CIO
Winchester
New Jersey
Warner-Quinlan Oil Company
Eastern Airlines
W. R. Hostettler
Bulletin
Judge Smith
The
Widen
Slayer of
Girl
Tokyo
Honkon
Treasury
Mrs. Weech
W.C.T.U
Virginia
Liberty Square
Komarom
Komarom, Hungary
Koloman Ven Kanya
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