Reopened Talks as Hawaii Seaport Strike Persists
Hawaii employers and the CIO ILWU resumed direct talks in Honolulu to end a 106 day waterfront strike. Governor Stainback urged peace. the union sought to challenge the dock seizure law in federal court and demanded 3 million dollars in damages from territorial officials and seven firms.
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Honolulu
CIO
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Territorial Attorney General
Territorial House
Senate
Bridges
Hewait
Matson Line
Revised tally set for Transocean Skymaster crash off Ireland
In Galway Ireland Aug 1 eight dead and 50 saved after Transocean Skymaster ditched near Shannon. Captain Edward Bessey said the crash was unavoidable as the plane ran out of gas prior to the ditching. Co pilot Robert Hall and radio operators escaped with the survivors amid questions over ditching instructions. Ruth Nichols later disclosed she piloted the airliner briefly before another crash. 50 were saved and 8 killed in the incident.
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Galway
Ireland
Transocean Airlines
Irish
Fitzgerald
Lanahrone
M. F Folar
Galaway Central Hospital
Edward Bessey
Shannon
Rome
Bessey
Keasey
Robert Hall
Transworld
Constellation
Ruth Nichols
Transocean
Irish East
Orvis Nelson
Miss Nichols
Tremor Shakes Ambato in Ecuador After Earthquake
A strong tremor Tuesday hit Ambato and was felt in Rio Bamba Guaranda and Laguna central Ecuador at 3.15 p.m. Early reports say it toppled many houses in Ambato, the third city hit by the Aug. 5quake.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ambato
Riobamba
Guaranda
Laguna
VA Chief Lands Vets Worthiness at Cleveland Convention
At the Disabled American Veterans convention in Cleveland, Perry Faulkner of the US Employment Service urged that disabled veterans deserve best training and skilled work. He noted a 35 percent rise in disabled veterans seeking work in the first quarter and 46 percent in placements, amid VA activity reports.
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Perry Faulkner
Washington
Veterans Employment Service
US Employment Service
Faulkner
Gray
Right-of-Way Purchases Start for Austin Interstate Route
Commissioner N L Gault said local buyers from Travis County have begun negotiating with three property owners along the 300 foot right of way for the new interstate route outside Austin. He noted buyers will visit owners at their homes and no courthouse trip is needed to discuss purchases. The state project is expected to begin this fall.
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Austin
N. L. Gault
Travis County
Gault
State Highway Department
Final Efforts Toward Averting Railroad Strike To Open Today
Washington Aug 16 final efforts to avert a September railroad strike will begin in St Louis with talks among Missouri Pacific officials four operating brotherhoods and the presidential fact finding board. The mediation board urged adherence to Railway Labor Act procedures and submission to the Chicago railroad adjustment board but the unions declined citing delays.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
National Mediation Board
Truman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Railroad Adjustment Board
Chicago
Adjustment Board
Australian Major Says Tokyo Rose Aided Allied POWs
Australian Army Major Charles Cousens testified that Iva Toguri, known as Tokyo Rose, aided Allied prisoners of war by sending food and medical supplies and by relaying Allied news. He described death threats, duress, and coercion to broadcast. he also recounted POW conditions and his own coerced broadcasts under Japanese orders.
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San Francisco
Aus
Tokyo Rose
Charles Cousens
Sydney
Iva Daquino
Radio Tokyo
Cousens
Shigetsugu Tsuneshi
Tenneishi
Malaya
Iva
WCTU Leader Reports Progress in Old South
Philadel phia Aug 6 1936 The national president Mrs D Leigh Colvin says the Old South is renouncing mint juleps and bourbon whiskey with 624 of 1306 counties or 57 percent in 13 states outlawing hard liquor by local option or prohibition She cites Texas Oklahoma among states and urges Congress to ban alcohol advertising.
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Philadelphia
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Old South
D. Leigh Colvin
Evanston
Ill
Colvin
Texas
Oklahoma
Wctus
WCTU
Arizona
California
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
North
South Dakota
South Carolina
Utah
Wyoming
Congress
Trumans Host Sendoff for Luxembourg Minister Nominee
Mrs Harry S. Truman and daughter Margaret join about 80 prominent guests at a luncheon aboard the liner America to honor Mrs Perle Mesta on her dispatch to Luxembourg as the new US minister.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Margaret
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Economy Move Bars Byrd Pole Trip
The Navy canceled Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd s Antarctic expedition planned for this fall due to economy concerns. The decision was announced in Washington on a Tuesday.
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Byrd Pole
Washington
Richard EF. Byrd
Navy
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CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Francis C. Frazier
Union
Aviatrix
Mademoiselle
Wal
Marie-latoinette
College Board
Merrimack
First Fleer
Cleveland
Gray Se
Tomae
Japan
Cousens Ames
Wayne Ee
Collins
Bunka Prison
Trumans
Lydia
Pinkhham
Pinkmam
Airess
Platt
Victoria
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