Textile strike tensions rise as mills prepare reopenings
Washington awaits a national test as President Green mobilizes 4,000,000 union members to back the textile strike. Mediation talks continue, with an anticipated $20,000,000 war chest. South Carolina and North Carolina see martial law measures and guard deployments as Minette mills sign a contract ending the stretchout.
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Washington
William Green
United Textile Workers
Minette Mills
Grover
N. C
South
Sheppard Improves After Massillon Crash
L E Sheppard former president of the Order of Railway Conductors, injured when his auto plunged down an embankment on the Lincoln highway near Massillon Ohio Thursday, is reported improving at City Hospital Massillon. His left arm was amputated below the elbow. Companion M W McMullens of Waterloo also improving from lacerations.
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Cedar Rapids
AL. E. Sheppard
First Avenue E
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Lincoln Highway
Massillon
Ohio
City Hospital
Sheppard
M. W. McMullens
Waterloo
Weather Ideal As Cedar Rapids Sees Warm Autumn Day
Cedar Rapids enjoyed ideal early autumn weather with clear skies and mild temperatures. The day reached 68 degrees by 1:15 pm after a 62 degree morning, with a 24 hour low of 43 at 6 am Friday and a peak of 70 at 4 pm, then cooled to 58 by 7 pm and 49 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Pam
Couple Parted by Fire Swim Eight Miles to Shore
Mrs. Howard Panino a 38 year old from Bangor Pa swam eight miles through rough seas after leaping from the Morro Castle with her husband as flames engulfed the liner. Lifeguards aided her return to shore where she was treated for shock at Fitkin Memorial hospital Neptune.
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Asbury Park
N. J
INS
Morro Castle
Howard Panino
Bangor
Panino
Truce Reached Between Huey Long and Walmsley in New Orleans
In New Orleans on Saturday a truce between Senator Huey P. Long and Mayor T Semmes Walmsley eased the political battle. The rivals agreed not to use armed arbitration and Walmsley accepted one point of Longs program granting police jury powers. Long kept 2000 militiamen at Jackson barracks while Walmsleys police remained 1500 strong in the city.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans Battle Ground
Armed
Walmsley
Long
Jackson Barracks
Louisiana National Guard Mobilized Over Election Powers
The Louisiana national guard was mobilized in New Orleans by Senator Huey P. Long to prepare for instant action. About 3,000 troops were confined to Jackson barracks and state docks after a court ruling blocked funding for election guards at voting places at five dollars a day.
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New Orleans
Louisiana National Guard
Huey P. Long
Jackson Barracks
Supreme Court
Long
Mystery Wave Strikes Lake Ontario Ferry
A moonlight excur sion ferry on Lake Ontario carrying about 550 passengers was hit by a sudden mysterious tidal wave early Saturday. About sixty people were injured some seriously and taken to hospitals while others were cared for onboard. The source of the wave remained unknown as the lake was calm and no storm occurred. The captain ordered an immediate return to shore and the vessel was brought to Rochester for treatment and safety checks.
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Rochester
N. Y
INS
Lake Ontario
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
The record shows Cedar Rapids toll data for the year with figures on accidents injuries and deaths including 232 incidents 12 injuries and unspecified deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Passengers Die After Refusal To Board Lifeboats
On the Morro Castle eight miles off Spring Lake New Jersey the death toll rose from a fire. Crew members testified that most passengers refused lifeboat evacuation, choosing to stay on deck despite orders. Fire started in the library and spread through the ship as the northeaster raged.
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Leroy Kelsey
Albany
N. Y
Havana
Kelsey
Du Pont to Face Senate Probers Over Armament Ties
Irenee Du Pont, longtime munitions magnate, set to appear before Senate investigators next week. The inquiry probes American Armament Corp and its role in South America and Cuba revolutions, with claims of secret dealings and graft surfacing.
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Washington
Irenee/ Du Pont
Delaware
Senate
America
American Liberty League
American Armament Corporation
South America
Gran Chaco
Cuba
Morro Castle Disaster Affects New Jersey Coast
The Morro Castle burned about eight miles east and a bit south of Asbury Park on the northern New Jersey coast. Survivors could land at Shark River inlet three miles south by coast guard craft, with large vessels bringing refugees to New York harbor. The SCOTLAND lightship marked the wreck site near Sandy Hook.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
New York
Coast Guard
Shark River
Avon-by-the- Sea
Belmar
New York Harbor
Scotland
Morro Castle
Sandy Hook
Ambrose Channel
Ambrose
Pedestrian Robbed at Eighth Street Park by Two Men
Police searched for two men after a late Friday attack at a Cedar Rapids park. A man was held up at 6:00 p.m. and robbed of a purse containing 125 dollars. One assailant used a gun and knocked him down, while the other stood in the background. The license number began with 77. The suspects fled in a car described as a 1931 model with wire wheels.
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Cedar Rapes
Chevrolet
Scott
Robbins Letter Cited in Arms Probe Highlights War Dept Stance
Col C B Robbins of Cedar Rapids then assistant secretary of war in 1928 authored a May 8 1928 letter to Driggs Ordnance and Engineering urging U S munitions manufacture and offering access to standard designs with secret portions withheld if a foreign government contracted to produce quantities abroad Meanwhile the letter was cited during a Senate inquiry into U S arms sales showing War Department sympathy toward American firms seeking foreign markets.
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Col. C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
United States
Washington, D. C
Col. Robbins
War Department
Louis L. Driggs
Driggs Ordnance and Engineering Company
Oakland Police Nab Collette Mulvihill
Oakland officers arrest Collette Mulvihill Green age 15 in Oakland linked to escapades and romances with wrestler Hardy Kruskamp. Patrolman Ed Woodman took her to police HQ believing intoxication. desk captain released her after determining she was not intoxicated.
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Oakland
Calif
Collette Mulvihill Green
Pittsburgh
Hardy Kruskamp
Ed Woodman
Probes Begin Into Morro Castle Fire and Sabotage Claims
Havana port police chief Maj. Hilario Gonzales opened a Saturday inquiry into the loading of the Morro Castle to uncover possible sabotage and ensure cargo loading rules were followed. In Washington, Dickerson Hoover announced an immediate probe by the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection with New York and New Jersey agents, noting the ship’s high safety standards while seeking firsthand accounts from crew and passengers.
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Havana
Hilario Gonzales
8. S. Morro Castle
Washington
INS
Morro Castle
Dickerson N. Hoover
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
Hoover
New York
New Jersey
Ward Line
New ‘Jersey
Senko
Minor burns from truck insulation ignition at auto shop
Don Roses of 02 F avenue NW suffered minor burns to his left hand at 3 25 p m Friday when insulation inside a truck ignited from a blow torch at Seichert Brothers auto body service shop 614 Vernal street NW Firefighters confined the fire to the insulation and treated Roses on scene.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Roses
F Avenue
Ross
Seichert Brothers Auto
Vernal Street
Leaps To Death In Niagara Falls For Wife Coat
Chicago report says Joseph McGregor 40 leaped into Niagara Falls to buy his wife a mink coat for her birthday. Relatives recall his promise during a party two weeks earlier. He disappeared Saturday and was later found dead. he left substantial life insurance.
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Chicago
Joseph McGregor
Niagara Falls
John P. Smith
Joseph
McGregor
League council stalls Russia admission at Geneva
The League of Nations council faced a deadlock over admitting Russia and adjourned to Monday. Poland blocked the move, opposing an eastern European security pact supported by France and Russia, delaying a decision amid regional tensions.
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Geneva
Council of the League of Nations
Russia
League
Poland
France
Tow Attempt Underway For Stricken Morro Castle Liner
Coast guard headquarters said noon Saturday it believed a cutter Tampa had a line aboard the liner Morro Castle and was attempting to tow it toward New York harbor.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
Tampa
New York Harbor
Chicago Cleaners Resume Business After Lockout
Chicago cleaners and dyers resumed operations Saturday after reaching an agreement to end a lockout aimed at bringing cut price dealers into line.
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Chicago
Morro Castle blaze not lightning caused say six crew
Six Morro Castle crewmen told SPRING LAKE New Jersey survivors that the fire started in the forward library after a cigarette was dropped and not by lightning as earlier reports claimed. They said flames raced to midships, hindering passenger evacuation and that the deck watch failed to subdue the blaze.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Morro Castle
Sansi
Passengers Listed Aboard Morro Castle Cruise Liner
A partial list shows many passengers from Philadelphia Providence Elizabeth and New York aboard the Morro Castle on a 7 day New York to Havana cruise. Officials sought survivors as relatives gathered at Ward Line offices and more records revealed guests including Rene Mendez Capota Ann Behling Wilfred J Kelly Clemens Landmann and Madeline Desvernine.
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New York
INL
Wner
Jersey
Havana
Rene Mendez Capota
Cuba
Ann Behling
Philadelphia
Wilfred J. Kelly
Royal Bank of Canada
Clemens Landmann
Matanzas
Madeline
Gazette Want Ad Desk Open Until 8 Tonight
The Gazette Want Ad department stays open until 8 o clock tonight to receive ads for the Big Sunday Gazette. Call 2-1121 to reach an Ad-taker if you cannot visit in person. Credit is good if listed in the telephone directory. Special rate for 3 day Want Ads.
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Gazette Want
Gazette
Gazette Office
Morro Castle Disaster At Sea Off New Jersey Coast
The Ward line luxury liner Morro Castle burned eight miles off the Jersey coast killing and missing hundreds. Of 558 aboard, 251 were dead or missing. 318 passengers and 240 crew were aboard when fire swept the ship during a Havana to New York voyage. Coast guard vessels towed the flaming hulk toward New York as survivors were rushed to hospitals. many bodies were found at sea and on beaches.
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New York
INS
Morro Castle
Havana
Spring Lake
N. J
Jersey Coast
New York City
Atlantic Ocean
Jersey
Asbury Park
Manasquan
New Navy
Jerasy
Monarch of
Bermuda
New
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Point Pleasant
Coast Guard
Ward Line
Abraham Coen
Hartford
Scotland
Morro Castle Fire Toll At 133 Dead Or Missing
Incomplete reports at 1 p.m. ET tally 133 dead or missing among 558 aboard Morro Castle. Of that number, 60 confirmed dead. Survivors and recovered bodies located at listed sites.
Second Major Ship Disaster On East Coast In 80 Years
New York reports the Morro Castle fire marking the second major coastal disaster in eight decades. It recalls prior tragedies including the Vestris in 1928 off Virginia Capes with 110 dead and inland losses like the General Slocum in 1904 and Eastland in 1915, plus the 1865 Sultana boiler explosion killing about 1700 near Memphis.
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New York
Morro Castle
Secon
United States
Vestris
Virginia Capes
General Slocum
East River
Eastland
Chicago River
Mississippi
Memphis
Arraignment Planned for Huckins on Mail Fraud Charge
Elmer S. Huckins of Cedar Rapids Iowa will be arraigned in Milwaukee on charges of using the mails to defraud related to his 26 to 52 per cent cigar business. He is jailed and will appear before Federal Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger as his health improves enough for trial.
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Milwaukee
U. S
E. J. Koelzer
Elmer S. Huckins
Cedar Rapids
Huckins
Ferdinand A. Geiger
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George Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Piper
Winant
Sloan
South Carolina
Guy Ibra C. Blackwood
Tiny Honea Path
Greenville
Woodside
North Carolina
National Guard
L. E. Sheppard
Huey Long
Huey
Teaaeee
DU Pont
Gerald P. Nye
N.D. Nye
Nye
Liberty League
Thug
WAR Dept
Cedar Rapids News
Oakland Police
Collette Mulvihill
Federal Bureau
Chicago Cleaners
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Associated Press
Coun
Andrea L. Luckenbach
Manasquam
Bruielle
Jersey Beaches
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