Labor peace talks recess as sides reject proposals
The labor peace conference recessed on November 4 after both sides refused the other's plan. C I O negotiator Fremming said the break was not a permanent split while AF L leaders pledged to elect Laguardia after the session. Murray described the AF L offer as a retreat from industrial organization and reaffirmed its policy. The impasse leaves the conference in doubt with a note on surrender of John L Lewis's industrial committee.
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Washington
Labor
Harvey Fremming
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Laguardia
New York
A. F. of L
Philip Murray
C. I. O. Peace Committee
Murray
Force Oe Hom
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Parallel Parking Rules on Piccadilly Street Endorsed
A local resident argues that the new parallel parking rule on Piccadilly Street will cut driving hazards and improve safety. She notes more space for moving cars and better sight lines, citing heavy double parking near the post office and three cars double parked on Braddock Street at sunset.
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Piccadilly Street
Braddock Street
Airmail Stamp Sparks S American Crisis
A newly issued Nicaraguan airmail stamp shows a map including 10,000 square miles Honduras claims. The dispute has drawn interest from the United States and neighboring nations Venezuela and Costa Rica as they seek a settlement.
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U. S
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Central Press
Not Operating A Matrimonial Bureau Mayor States
Dr Charles R Anderson mayor says he is not running a matrimonial bureau after publicizing a request from Thomas J Lorraine of Corriganville Maryland seeking a Virginia born single woman or widow. A reply from Mrs Lucille Fields of Richmond Virginia argues the letter should have gone to Lorraine directly.
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Charles R. Anderson
Thomas J. Lorraine
Corriganville
Virginia
Anderson
Lucille Fields
North
Davis Avenue
Richmond
Lorraine
Two Die In Auto Plunge Near Wellsburg West Virginia
An eight man Steubenville lodge party missed a bridge on Bethany pike and plunged 60 feet into Buffalo creek killing Charles DiAngelo and John Hvizdak and injuring six others. Several injured were treated in Wellsburg and Steubenville. The group had attended an Eagles Lodge meeting the night before and went for a ride in eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
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Wellsburg
W. VA
Steubenville
Ohio
Bethany Pike
Buffalo Creek
Charles DiAngelo
Weirton
John Hvizdak
Wierton
John Komer
Scotty White
R. Benny Paris
John Hatten
Weirton Heights
Komer
White
Clark McClain
Chester Petrellega
Hollidays Cove
McClain
Eagles’ Lodge
Panhandle
West Virginia
City Sealed Bids Sought for Refuse Collection
Common Council will receive sealed bids on Tuesday November 2 for refuse collection and disposal. Details available at the City Manager's office.
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Common Council
New Wall Paper Store Ad Promotes Fresh Patterns
Every roll of Wall Paper in our store is brand new. Why buy old patterns. The most beautiful tints in washable and sunfast papers obtainable. Certainly you want the latest. We do paper-hanging and painting. Phone 62. Gardner B. Hillyard.
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Gardner B. Hillyard
Fancy fruit and decor shop ad from Pure Food Store
DANCE at Oak Grove tonight. Let us decorate your home with painting and paper hanging. Just arrived fresh fruit and cake ingredients including citron red or green cherries red, pineapple orange lemon peel Smyrna figs seeded or seedless raisins. Pure Food Store.
Brooklyn tenants chain themselves to doorway in eviction protest
Two women from the Brooklyn Rentpayers association chained themselves at the main doorway of an apartment house to block evictions. Police removed the chained protesters and brought them to the station.
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New York
Helen Fichtenbaum
Jennie Gold
Brooklyn Rentpayers Association
Democrats Appeal For Votes On Election Day
Noble C. Pierce, chairman of the Democratic City Executive Committee, urged Democrats to rally for their nominees in the election to be held Tuesday November 2. He said a large turnout is desired to support the party candidates amid Republican opposition, noting a contested clerk of the corporation race in Winchester.
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Noble C. Pierce
Democratic City Executive Committee
Pierce
Winchester
Japan declines invitation to Brussels nine power pact talks
Tokyo refuses the Brussels conference invitation on the Chinese Japanese war saying it would hinder a just solution. A note to Belgium cites League of Nations influence and obstructive aims. American diplomats arrive in Le Havre as the nine power group gathers.
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Tokyo
Japan
Baron Albert de Bassompilerre
League of Nations
Brussels
Koki Hirota
LE Havre
France
United States
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Paris
Sealed Bids Sought For City Garbage Work
The Common Council decides to seek sealed bids for garbage disposal and refers the matter to committee with instruction to obtain bids before the next regular meeting. It reviews proposals from R C Clem and C A Wisecarver, noting a $500 yearly difference despite identical $6 000 totals.
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Annie R. Lewis
Standard Oil Company
Boscawen and
Stewart
Cork
Gerrard
Millwood
Valley Avenues
Common Council
R. C. Clem
C. A. Wisecarver
U S Seeks To Avoid War By All Honorable Means
President Roosevelt on Navy Day pledges to avoid war by all honorable means while pledging strong sea defenses amid worldwide rearmament. He congratulated the Navy and praised its efficiency and leadership in a letter to Secretary Swanson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Swanson
Navy
Thenore Roosevelt
Second Best Navy Held Like A Poker Hand
TERRE HAUTE Ind Oct 27 Admiral Hugh Rodman U S Navy declared today that a second best navy is like a second best poker hand He said a full house cannot beat a four of a kind and warned a second best navy cannot win a war He praised the Navy day observance and condemned the League of Nations as impotent noting Japan Mussolini and Hitler and warning Europe risks war with deadly weapons ahead
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hugh Rodman
U. S. Navy
Feur
League of W Nations
League
Japan
China
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Hitler
Germany
Europe
China Still Strong Despite Evacuations at Chapei
Nanking reports General Chang Chun says evacuations from Chapei and Kiangwan were strategic retreats to strengthen a second defense line. He asserts reserves remain ample and morale is unbreakable while Shanghai defenses are reinforced. Other leaders foresee a prolonged war with China holding out against Japan.
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Nanking
Chang Chun
Chinese Political Council
Chapei
Kiangwan
Chang
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Nantao
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Roosevelt Says Navy Alone Cannot Protect the Nation
James Roosevelt, son and secretary to the President, warned that a second best navy cannot protect either a country or a budget. In separate reports, a building collapse in Minneapolis killed two and injured six, with several missing, and in Yokohama an electric troop train struck a cheering crowd, killing twenty one.
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Boston
James Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Morris Fruit Company
Yokahama
Japan
Miners' Bodies Recovered After Alaska Mine Explosion
Anchorage officials recover the bodies of 11 miners from the Evan Jones coal mine explosion. Officials fear three others may have perished in the disaster.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Evan Jones
Jones designates five subcommittees for farm control bill
In Washington on October 27 chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee named five subcommittees to speed work on a general farm control bill for the special congressional session.
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Washington
Jones
D.-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Defense cross examines Hahn murder case witnesses
In Cincinnati on October 27 the defense failed to undercut Dr. George Altemeer’s testimony that George Hess, aged 62, was probably crippled by a poison the state claims Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn administered.
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Cincinnatic
Anna Marie Hahn
George Altemeer
George Hess
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Newsreels Shown in London
Three newsreel outfits display average length features on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor since the abdication. The latest covers the former king’s visit to Germany, highlighting renewed public interest in their activities.
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London
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Germany
Warren Crash Fatal to Aged Woman
A passenger car collided with a truck en route from Winchester to Goochland County. The elderly woman in the car died and the truck driver was taken into custody.
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Warren
Winchester
Goochland County
Front Royal Crash Kills Woman. Truck Driver Freed
State officer T A Slaughter said Dallas Simpson of South Boston released on $500 bond for a Wednesday hearing after a collision east of Front Royal that killed Mrs Emma Stacy and injured Earl and Bertha Stacy. Mrs Stacy, 17, of Washington DC, was killed instantly. the Stacys were treated and released.
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T. A. Slaughter
Front Royal
Dallas Simpson
Earl Stacy
Washington
Emma Stacy
U. S. Remount Depot
Emma C. Stacy
Barnum Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Earl E. Stacy
Bertha Stacy
W. W. McDonald
Valley Pike
Gochland County
Mr. Stacy
Carlisle Brown
South Boston
Richard Noaks
Slaughter
Stacy
One-Day Drive For Scout Aid Set For Nov 3
A one day fundraising drive to support the Boy Scout program in the Shenandoah Area will be held in Winchester on November 3. Charles P. McVicar Commissioner of Revenue will lead the effort with over 50 volunteers and no fixed goal. A kick-off breakfast is planned at Hotel Jack at 7 45 in the morning with campaigning to follow.
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Shenandoah
Winchester
Charles P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
Hotel Jack
Dan Henry
Fred D. Maphis
Strasburg
Shenandoah Area Council
Sonnel
National Council
School Funds Apportioned for Winchester and Frederick County
Richmond reports the second installment of state school funds for the current fiscal year. Winchester receives 5000 dollars and Frederick County 9000 dollars, totaling 14000 for these districts. Nearby counties Shenandoah 16000, Warren 6000, Clarke 5000, Rappahannock 6000, Rockingham 24000.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
Sidney B. Hall
Shenandoah
Warren
Clarke
Rappahannock
Rockingham
Warns Against Harmful Halloween Pranks City Patrols
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis warns that harmful pranks will not be tolerated during the Hallowe'en season. He cites city ordinances forbidding masks on the street and says damaged property will lead to prosecution. Police will patrol the city to curb mischief near the hospital and elsewhere.
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C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Winchester Apple Harvest Pictures Shown at Local Theatre
Fox Movietone News presents Winchester girls Pauline Garber Jane Dick Edith Dunn Marguerite Kidwell Ruth Pape Louise Miller Virginia Taylor Vinda Doyle Lillian Gatewood Katherine Locke Lucille Spillman Ellen Huyett in a special apple harvest film. The theatre offers showings today Thursday and Friday.
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Winchester
Apple Harvest
Fox Movietone News
Pauline Garber
Jane Dick
Edith Dunn
Marguerite Kidwell
Ruth Pape
Louise Miller
Virginia Taylor
Vinda Doyle
Lillian Gatewood
Katherine Locke
Lucille Spillman
Ellen Huyett
McLaglen Brother Questioned in Extortion Case
Leopold McLaglen, 49, brother of Victor McLaglen, was booked in Los Angeles on suspicion of soliciting a crime and subornation of perjury. He denied shaking down Philip Chancellor for an $8,000 salary bonus. Chancellor’s former secretary Stanley Glimm held as material witness.
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Los Angeles
Leopold McLagen
Victor McLaglen
McLaglen
Sheriff
William Penprose
Philip Chancellor
Stanley Glimm
Absentee Ballot Applications Deadline Notice
Thursday is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot for voters unable to attend polls Tuesday. Walter M. Shade is the Democratic nominee for Clerk of the Corporation Court.
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Walter M. Shade
Public Auction at Roy P. Duvall’s on Monday
A public sale is set for 10 a.m. Monday November 1 at Roy P. Duvall's. The auction includes stock machinery and household goods plus other articles.
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Roy P. Duvall
Marines Given Shoot Orders In Shanghai Fire Terror
Chinese and Japanese fighting in northern Shanghai ignited fires that swept toward the international settlement as the Chapel section burned. Admiral Yarnell authorized Marines to open fire in self defense if attacked by airborne bombs or machine guns. Refugees were barred from entry as thousands crowded toward the gates while flames consumed a square block on Tibet road.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
China
Kiangwan
Chapei
Japan
Tokyo
Yokoham
Sword
International Settlement
Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Tibet Road
Soochow Creek
International
Williams to Address Winchester Rotary Club
R Gray Williams a prominent Winchester attorney and honorary Rotary member will speak at the club luncheon Thursday afternoon at 1 oclock at the George Washington Hotel.
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R. Gray Williams
Winchester Bar
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Page four answers to odd questions teased
Readers are invited to Page 4 Column 4 to learn which animal is deemed most hideous the typical age when bifocals are needed whether coffee keeps a person awake why Thomas Jefferson did not sign the Constitution and whether a fire proof paint exists.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Clem
Admiral
Sam
James A. Mills
Duke Pictures
Bulletin
Jack
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Williams
Rotary
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