Labor Seeks Union Backing for Roosevelt Truce Plan
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins heads to the American Federation of Labor in San Francisco as unions and industry debate the terms of the Roosevelt plan for a period of industrial peace. Officials say Perkins will defend the proposal while urging government machinery to honor any decisions, with President Roosevelt already discussing the plan with leaders individually.
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Shington
Fran Perkins
Iican Federation of Laboration
Uions and Industry
Iag
Roosevelt
Perkins
San Francisco
American Federation
Fustly
Union
Ter
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Manufactg
Retary Perkins
Kite House
Ted
Ers
Thare
Labor leaders press for full right of collective bargaining
In San Francisco on October 2, AFL President William Green urged that peaceful dispute settlement hinges on workers’ full right to collective bargaining. He dismissed the Manufacturers Association truce proposal as subterfuge and called for them to obey court rulings under NRA before any acceptance. Green said labor favors conference talks with employers and pushed a 30 hour work week to curb unemployment.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
National Association of Manufacturers
NRA
Green
Roosevelt
Manufactures’ Association
Stores to enter relief orders after October fifteenth
H M Spang announced that stores that sign their code will qualify to participate in relief orders after Oct 15. Contracts require adherence to relief regulations and NRA membership. Identification cards will show authority to handle relief orders. unsigned merchants will not be recognized.
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Spang
Brewmaster Bumps Ties On Night Off
The incident occurred near Detroit where a brew master described as a brewmaster drove his car along a railway bridge. A motorman reported a sedan ahead, trains stalled, and the vehicle climbed the ties as the car battery died. Police took the driver to the station.
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Brewmaster
Petersan
Liberty a Flexible Subject Says Will
Will Rogers writes in a letter noting the Roosevelt radio speech defines liberty as broader and more forward looking. He mentions plans to meet Henry Ford and a Detroit visitor named Dean and signs the message to the Times.
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New York
New York Times
Henry Ford
Dean
Detroit
Will Rogers
Insull's Trial Begins Amid Long Delay in Chicago
Samuel Insull and 16 co defendants face fraud charges linked to a $143,000,000 securities sale by the Corporation Securities Company of Chicago. The case, delayed by illness and his flight to Turkey, opens before Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson as the former electric magnate defends himself against investor deceit claims.
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Chicago
United States
Samuel Insull
Bar of Justice
Insull
Edison
America
Turkey
Betwee
James H. Wilkerson
Corporation Securities Company
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago
Seven Die as Aircraft Falls Near Folkestone
A German cargo steamer captain heard the engines roar and the crash three miles off Folkestone as a German crewed airplane carrying seven occupants crashed into the English Channel en route to Le Bourget Airfield. Four victims were English, others French and American Albert Cesarino among the dead. Rainy weather and a lack of witnesses left the cause a mystery.
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Folkestone
Eng
English Channel
le Bourget
France
Albert Cesarino
Leander
Ickes seeks larger public works funding to curb unemployment
Secretary Ickes indicated he would seek a substantial new public works appropriation from the next Congress. He said the PWA program justified itself and should run on a substantial scale until the depression ends, with leeway to slacken as private industry can absorb jobs.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
PWA
National Steel Board Faces Complex Labor Issue
The National Steel Labor Relations Board tackles a landmark case against United States Steel Corporation. The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers claims the company union is not representative at the Duquesne Plant of United States Steel's Carnegie Company, posing a major labor dispute.
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Pittsburgh
National Steel Labor Relations Board
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Union
Duquesne
United States Steel
Carnegie Company
Wheat futures fall below dollar mark on weak market
Chicago October 2 Wheat futures traded under one dollar for the first time in over two months as grain prices dropped sharply in sympathy with a winter market collapse.
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Chicago
Loss of Akron Disgrace Says Gen. Mitchell
General William Mitchell called the Akron disaster disgraceful and warned that 650 dirigibles could destroy Japan within two days if war began. He criticized the orders sending the Akron into a storm and blamed crew handling errors for accidents involving American airships.
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Washington
William Mitchell
President's Aviation Commission
United States
Japan
Mitchell
Tokyo Army Predicts War with Russia
An official army pamphlet urging readiness for possible war with Russia unsettled Japan’s leaders and d News reports show stock declines averaging two yen as markets react. The manifesto calls for drastic economic and governmental changes and claims U S contrasts in air power and naval strength to Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Stock Exchange
Ares
United States
America
State Seeks Death Penalty for Harvey's Lake Suspect
Wilkes-Barre Pa Oct 2 more than a score of state witnesses testified in the American Tragedy trial of Robert Allen Edwards a 21 year old mine surveyor charged with murdering Freda McKechnie during a lake swim Edwards allegedly plotted to marry another girl Freda was found in Harvey's Lake after a rain night swim with authorities seeking the electric chair. Mrs McKechnie testified of Edwards courtship and his hoped marriage to her daughter none of the jurors are women.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Robert Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Harvey's Lake
Wilkes-Barre
Robert Allen Edwards
Pennsylvania
Freda
Margaret Crain
Edwards
Harold Flannery
Miss Crain
Flannery
Mrs. Lydia Lloyd Dies After Illness in Volant
Mrs. Lydia Lloyd wife of Rev William Lloyd former pastor of Central Avenue M E Church died today in Volant Pennsylvania Friends learned this afternoon Reverend Lloyd served here about nineteen years ago Funeral services set for 10 30 Friday morning at Jackson
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Lydia Lloyd
William Lloyd
Central Avenue M. E
Volant
Lloyd
Jackson
Georgia National Guard Mobilized Amid Northern State Tension
Six Georgia National Guard companies were ordered mobilized by Adjutant General Lindley Camp and moved to an unannounced destination. The move comes amid ongoing trouble in the northern part of the state near Roosville just across the Tennessee line from Chattanooga.
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Atlanta
Georgia National Guard
Lindley Camp
Roosville
Chattanooga
Relief funds urged for clothing and food in Athens County
A four member committee led by Peter Frisby pressed H M Spang for more relief money for clothing for children and food for destitute families. Spang said county budget is fixed but agreed to meet again with district supervisor & J Hornick.
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Athens County
Peter Frisby
J. Hornick
Athens
Luckoff
Frisby
Thompson
Spang
Athens County October Relief Budget Details
Columbus Oct 2 The State Relief Commission approved an October budget of 91 755 for four weeks starting Oct 5 ending Oct 31 The total was 164 059 less than September budget Athens County allocations include work relief 414 emergency school programs 17 and 2404 families aided.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
Commission
Athens County
Addition Awarded for Presque Isle Dock Project
Toledo date indicates a contract was awarded for a $500,000 addition to the coal loading facilities at the Presque Isle Dock of the C and O Railway. The award confirms modernization of cargo handling and expansion plans for the railroad facility.
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Toledo
Presque Isle
C & OQ. Railway
Hoover Re-elected Honorary President of Memorial Association
Marion reports former President Herbert Hoover has been re-elected honorary President of the Harding Memorial Association, reflecting continued support for the memorial efforts.
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Marion
Herbert Hoover
Harding Memorial Association
Alcohol and Gasoline Are Bad Mixture at Safety Congress
At the Twenty Third Annual Safety Congress in Cleveland Ohio speakers warned that alcohol and gasoline together worsen traffic danger. Judge Thomas V Holland cited a 123 percent rise in fatalities from 1917 to 1932 and urged strict enforcement and license suspension for drunk drivers. Dr H A Heise noted that one to two ounces of whiskey can impair driving, while five to eight ounces markedly reduce skill and endanger others.
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Cleveland
United States
Aker
H. A. Heise
Hospital
Milwaukee
Hauptmann tied to ransom plan by secret witness
New Jersey state police hunt a second unidentified man after Col. Schwarzkopf disclosed Hauptmann and a companion visited a Bronx lumber yard around February 14. A $10 gold note paid for a panel raised questions about the alibi while a ledger linked Hauptmann to a $1.50 lumber purchase at Natl Millwork.
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H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Hauptmann
Cross
Austin
Ireland
Bronx
William J. Reilly
Schwarzkopf
Lindbergh
Jersey
National Millwork and Lumber Corporation
Retail Trade And Wholesale Share Increase
In the Fourth Federal Reserve District Cleveland reports August industrial output fell while retail and wholesale trade rose. Dollar sales at reporting department stores climbed from 67.7 to 71.2 percent of the 1923 25 average. year over year sales were down 2 percent. Third week of September activity remained low for the season with slight employment gains.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Comic Detroit for Drummer
Detroit police searched raids and questioned many people for clues to the fugitive trap drummer said to be in the city. Lillian Gallaher’s body had been found last Wednesday in the apartment of Mr and Mrs Morton W Goodrich. Francis Collister, a pianist, said Goodrich promised him a job that failed to materialize and called Goodrich thoroughly bad. Mrs Goodrich prayed for her husband and her affection was described as a mania.
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Merton W. Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Francis Collister
Goodrich
Brigands Steal Chinese Teachers and Pupils Near Manchukuo
Rengo dispatch from Antung reports brigands raided two schoolhouses near Fenghuacheng Manchukuo stealing three teachers and about 100 Chinese students. This attack highlights risks to civilian education in border regions during the era.
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Tokyo
Fenghuacheng
Manchukuo
Rengo
Antung
Fair and Cool for First Detroit World Series Game
Fair and cool weather is predicted for tomorrow as the first World Series game between the Detroit Tigers and the St Louis Cardinals is set in Detroit. Fans brave a potential frost tonight for bleacher seats while Thursday looks warmer with the second game ahead.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
St Louis Cardinals
Beckler Wins West State Street Paving Contract
Athena city council awarded contractor F. H. Beckler of Athens a bid of 11656.75 for West State Street paving from Court to Lancaster. A 12000 loan was authorized to fund the project, with cement and brick supplied by the CWA. Owners face about 20 percent assessment. Council also weighs a 4885 water line to Edmundson Hill for a CCC camp, with rights to buy or remove the line.
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West State Street
F. H. Beckler
Athens
C. W. Gross
CWA
Court Street
Lancaster Street
Beckler
Edmundson Hill
Right of Court To Try Charge Carried Higher
Ohio Supreme Court heard an appeal by Municipal Judge Horace L. Small of Portsmouth over conviction on a drunkenness charge in Scioto County. Prosecutor Emory Smith argued shared jurisdiction with common pleas, while Harry Miller contended the case belonged in Small’s own court.
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Common Pleas
Ohio Supreme Court
Horace L. Smail
Portsmouth
Scioto County Common Pleas Tribunal
Harry Miller
Smalls
Common Pleas Court
Justices of the Peace Courts
Emory F Smith
Amall
Common Pleas Courts
Municipal and Justices Court
Miller
Small
Smith
Scioto County
Grand Jury
Labor Chief Garrison to Quit Post at Washington
Lloyd K. Garrison chairman of the Labor Relations Board says he will resign and return to the University of Wisconsin as acting dean of the Law School. President Roosevelt wants him to stay beyond Oct 9 when his term ends. Glenn Frank presses for his return.
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Washington
Lloyd K. Garrison
Labor Relations Board
University of Wisconsin
Law School
Roosevelt
Garrison
Labor Board
Glenn Frank
University
Hauptmann alibi questioned by two secret witnesses
The Washington Star reports two secret witnesses including a woman known as the Mystery Woman and her husband have challenged Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s alibi for the Lindbergh kidnapping. Investigators say the new information bears on the case as New York and New Jersey officials weigh trial plans and extortion charges.
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Washington
Washington Star
Bruno Richarda Hauptmann
John
New York
New Jersey
Officinale
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ehas
Samuel. Foley
Bronx County
New York City
Hauptmann
A. Harry Moore
David T. Wilentz
Trenton
N. J
Wife of Chillicothe Publisher Is Dead
Mia Vivian Perry Hennan wife of James Hannan publisher of The Chillicothe Scioto Gazette died in Muscatine Iowa after a long illness She was a Denison and Ohio University alumna and taught in Centralia South Beloit and Hinden She served as a vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary in Chillicothe October 2 report
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Muscatine
Mia
Vivian Perry Hennan
James Hannan
Chillicothe Scioto Gazette
Denison
Ohio
Centralia
South Belem
Hinden
American Legion Auxiliary
Canadian man touts Rainstorm radio promising weather control
A Canadian claimant in Ontario asserts a radio he invented can summon rain and control temperature, claim it can receive music and broadcast television, and even influence bees to yield honey. The piece jokes about wording and notes the ads’ usual success.
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