Labor Fights and Policy Clash Spark 1930s Strike Debate
A wide range of voices weigh in on the 1930s strike wave and the National Labor Relations Board ruling on Section 7a The piece argues workers must freely organize and choose reps while condemning employer intimidation and political manipulation It also critiques government policy and the role of business in recovery and leadership.
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National Labor Relaons Board
National Labor Rations Board
Sam
Kohler
Wis
Phicr
Garner Aims for National Democratic Chair in Texas Rally
John N. Garner the vice president provisionally resurges in Texas politics with support for him to become national Democratic committee man and succeed Farley as party chair. Attested by Allred and Ferguson endorsements, the move follows Farley’s delayed departure and a cabinet reshuffle ahead of Galveston convention.
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Dallas
Tex
John N. Garner
Texas
Jack
James A. Farrey
Galveston
James V. Allred
Garner
James E. Ferguson
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Kansas
Farley
Baltimore Boys Unearth 11424 In Old Gold Coins
Two poor Baltimore boys 15 and 16 found 11424 in a basement after forming a secret club. The haul includes 317 twenty dollar pieces 82 ten dollar pieces 255 five dollar pieces 64 two and a half dollar pieces and 2839 one dollar pieces. Ownership questions arise about the find and its return to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Theodore Jones
Henry Grob
Theodore
King Renominated by Utah Democrats at convention
Senator William H. King was renominated on the first ballot by the Utah Democratic convention in Provo. The renomination tightens party backing for King heading into the campaign season.
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King
Utah
Provo
William H. King
Russia to urge League inquiry on Far East
London sources say Russia will ask the League of Nations to examine the tense political situation in the Far East once it becomes a member. The move signals Moscow’s expectation of international scrutiny amid ongoing regional strains.
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London
Russia
League of Nations
Far East
Rotten core condition tears at social trust
A fragment discusses a rotten condition eroding confidence in neighbor, employer, employee, and self, warning that such a situation undermines the foundations of society and government.
Angel Learns Three Truths in Winter Chapel Tale
A winter tale recounts an angel who loses his wings after disobeying to take a mother's soul. He learns three truths through acts of kindness: love in envy and selfishness, the blurring of life and death by a cobbler’s boots, and the final mercy shown to a mother loving her children. The story ends with the angel regaining his wings and praising God.
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Earth
Angel
Death
Germans Drilled in Saar Basin for Plebiscite Victory
The Saar commission of the League of Nations reports sixteen thousand Germans in the Saar basin are being drilled as trained soldiers in anticipation of a German victory in the Saar plebiscite, based on papers seized in a raid on the German Labor Front headquarters at Saarbrucken.
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Geneva
INS
Saar Basin
Saar
League of Nations Saar Commission
Saarbrucken
Cop slain in suburban gun battle in Oak Park
Police in Oak Park near Chicago engage three gunmen in a late Saturday shootout. Motorcycle officer Earl Jensen is killed when the gunmen open fire as they are detained. Two gunmen are wounded. one escapes. Officers Oliver and Wilcox return fire, wounding two suspects, including Ernest Bickman. Herman Boulen is shot in the head but is expected to recover. The motive remains unclear.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Earl Jensen
Jensen
George Oliver
Loyal Wilcox
Ernest Bickman
Herman Boulen
Dillinger gang mastermind held as government closes net
U S officials led by J Edgar Hoover seize Dillinger gang leadership in Chicago. Louis Piquett a attorney is arrested as the mastermind while Dr Wilhelm Loeser and Dr Harold Cassidy face charges for face lifting operations on Dillinger and Homer Van Meter. Arthur O Leary and others tied to the gang are taken into custody amid the ongoing justice department push.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Secret Service
Louis P. Piquett
Dillinger
Wilhelm Loeser
Harold B. Cassidy
Piquett
Homer van Meter
Arthur O'Leary
Company van
Meter
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Hoover
Justice Department
Washington
Melvin H. Purvis
Department of Justice
van Meter
James J. Probasco
Probasco
Ife
Widow of Frankfort Doctor Ends Life With Children
Edith Harding 38, widow of prominent Frankfort physician Dr Leslie Harding, killed herself and her two children, Margaret Ann 9 and George 10, in an improvised bed by the gas stove after leaving a note claiming this would be the happiest journey. Neighbors said she had grieved since her husband died a year earlier in an Indianapolis hospital.
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Frankfort
Ind
Edith Harding
Margaret Ann
George
Brother Of Fannie Brice Sued By Girl
Lew Brice actor writer and brother of Fannie Brice was named defendant in a $100000 damage suit by pianist Marchen Jorgensen. She claims attack and seduction leaving her ill and unable to work and seeks $25000 in damages plus $75000 punitive.
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Fannie Brice
Los Angeles
INS
Lew Brice
Marchen Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Soviet Protest Over Japanese Torture Claim on Russian Worker
Moscow protests to the Japanese embassy over alleged torture of a Russian woman named Golovida by Japanese police tied to the Chinese Eastern railway. The Soviet charge says thumb screws and beating left her in critical condition as a forced confession about Russian involvement in railway bandit attacks.
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Moscow
Golovida
Tokio
Manchuria
Turner Beats Own Transcontinental Speed Record
Col Turner unofficially broke his own transcontinental speed record when he landed at Floyd Bennett Airport at 5 05 51 p m marking a new best of 10 hours 5 minutes 39 seconds two minutes 39 seconds faster. S J Witte of Oshkosh wins first race in the midget plane events at 129 440 mph earning a 400 dollar purse Willis Kysor and Arthur Davis place second and third Clarence MacArthur finishes last after a near crash upon takeoff
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Jsnewetore
Col
Turner
United
Floyd Bennett
Cleveland
INS
S. J. Witteman
Oshkosh
Wis
Willis Kysor
Niles, C
Capt
Arthur Davis
Selfridgefield
Mich
Clarence MacArthur
Miami
Fla
MacArthur
Cedar Rapids Sees 81 Degree High Saturday Afternoon
A Cedar Rapids weather note records a high of 81 degrees at 3 pm on Saturday. Temperatures eased to 77 by 7 pm and fell to 69 by 9:30 pm with moderate overnight conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Weather Outlook for Sept 3 to 8 in Midwest Plains
Patchy shower chances in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys and northern to central Great Plains. Temperatures mostly near to somewhat above normal for the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Huey Long Uses One Way Probe to Target Walmsley
Huey Long led a closed session probe before Louisiana lawmakers to pressure Mayor T Semmes Walmsley from office. Witnesses alleged payments from lottery operators to the mayor and police officials as the testimony showcased a vast graft network.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Senate
House
United States
Walmsley
George Reyer
Youner
Press Association
Louisiana
Long
Huey
Henry R. Long
Mississippi
Huey Long
Bandits Attack Off-Duty Cop After He Killed Bandit
Patrolman Harry Meyers, off duty and driving his own car, was forced off a highway by two men in another vehicle. One man shouted let him have it and Meyers, who identified a friend of the bandit as the lookout, suffered a concussion when his car hit a tree. The assailants fled.
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ST. Louis
Harry Meyers
Meyers
Daniel W. Bell Appointed Acting Budget Chief
President Roosevelt confirmed Lewis Douglas’s resignation as budget director and named Daniel W. Bell acting director. Bell, a long time Treasury official, will add acting budget duties to his current post as he oversees labor day consultations with cotton garment industrialists led by Raymond Walsh demanding a 40 to 36 hour work week.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Lewis Douglas
Daniel W. Bell
White House
Douglas
F. W. Lowery
Bell
Treasury Department
Raymond A. Walsh
Walsh
New York
Code Authority
Woman in Suicide Attempt Rescued From 12th Floor Window
In Seattle a woman attempted to leap from a 12th floor window but a slipper on her foot caused her to stumble into a taxi driver below who alerted hotel staff. R F Ward and a assistant pulled her to safety as she sobbed of being kept from her daughter Joy Lee aged three and a half. She said she meant to die but could not let go.
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Seattle
Peeiareee
R. F. Ward
Joy Lee
Prussian Political Prisoners Released By Hitler
Berlin reports Acting under orders of Chancellor Hitler, Premier Goering freed 742 prisoners held in protective custody in Prussia concentration camps. Most released were socialists and communists. Amnesties led to the closure of Oranienburg camp. Future use of protective custody will require immediate danger.
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Berlin
INS
Hitler
Goering
Prussia
Oranienburg
Roosevelt Watches Textile Strike News From Hyde Park
President Roosevelt oversees Saturday conferences as he extends the automobile code to November 3 and monitors efforts by Lloyd K. Garrison to settle the textile strike. Officials discuss drought relief funds and the $525 million drought appropriation amid budget tensions with Lewis Douglas.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
White House
Lloyd K. Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
James A. Moffett
Harry L. Hopkins
Gifford Pinchot
FERA
Pennsylvania
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Hopkins
Lewis Douglas
Nationwide textile strike shuts mills across New England and South
The U S strike by nearly 1 000 000 textile workers began at 1130 P M Saturday after failed peace talks. Mills in New England and the South went dark with many to remain closed on Labor Day. The walkout targets cotton woolen worsted silk and rayon plants along the Atlantic seaboard affecting about 1 000 000 workers.
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Washington
America
New England
South
National Labor Relations Board
Lloyd
K. Garrison
Gorman
Lloyd , Garrison
Labor Board
Can
Executive Committee
Garrison
Louis Johnson
American Legion
Atlantic Seaboard
Textile strikers to be fed by relief program in Georgia
Georgia state administrator Miss Gay 3B. Shepperson said on Saturday that striking textile workers in the state will be fed by the Federal Emergency Relief administration if they are hungry.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Miss Gay
Shepperson
Saturay
Maine Textile Mills to Open Tuesday Amid Strike Sentiment
In Portland Maine nearly all of Maine's textile mills will open Tuesday amid strong anti strike sentiment at Lewiston. Indications are many of the states 13000 workers will ignore calls for a walkout.
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Portland
Maine
Lewiston
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