AFL Urges Roosevelt to Lead National Production Drive
The American Federation of Labor calls for the Roosevelt administration to spearhead a cooperative push by business labor farmers and other groups to raise production and living standards. It warns that without substantial expansion by spring government spending may rise, risking inflation and wage losses. The AFL notes business is reluctant to lead due to higher risks and lower profits, urging clear assurances and coordinated action.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Federation
AFL
Congress
Fire destroys seven buildings in Proctor mining town
Amherstdale reports a blaze in Proctor, home to 2,500 residents, consuming seven buildings and three houses dynamited to halt the flames. The Govan Eagle Coal company says its store and offices burned after the 3 p.m. start, with damage estimates not yet available. firemen from Logan arrived to take control by 7:45 p.m. Volunteers fought the blaze earlier.
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Amherstdale
Proctor
C. F. Dixon
Govan Eagle Coal Company
Dixon
Logan
Jurist Assails Graft Reign in Louisiana
Dallas oilman Freeman W. Burford, freed on habeas corpus, is linked to Louisiana graft cases with ex governor Richard Leche and Seymour Weiss. Judge T. W. Davidson says graft persists while rubber stamp officials aid crooks. cites commission as legitimate, names Dr. J. A. Shaw and Robert S. Maestri as implicated.
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Dallas
Tex
Freeman W. Burford
Louisiana
T. W. Davidson
Burford
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Davidson
John Rogge
Texas
Commission
Weiss
Louisiana Grand Jury
Leche
Shaw
J. A. Shaw
Minerals Division
Louisiana Conservation Department
Maestri
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
U S Attacks P O Site Cost Charleston Post Office Delays
The government filed exceptions in condemnation for six of seven parcels for the Charleston post office project. Only Lula Bowyer’s property fell within the original realtor estimates. Total appraisals reached 473 280, higher than the 413 000 to 360 000 range given by local realtors. Court hearings may delay construction by at least six months unless amicable settlements are reached. Bowyer was appraised at 18 000. Other valuations included Frankenberger group 114 747 Brown 35 000 Midelburg 122 500 Smart group 5 000 Corey 46 000 Central Trust 92 750.
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Charleston
Lula D. Bowyer
U. S
Charles M. Love
Bowyer
Samuel Frankenberger
Andrew H. Brown
C. A. Midelburg
H T Smart
Labe B. Corey
Central Trust Company
Overtime Parking Case Dismissed After Stork Dash
Atlanta court drops charge against O. G. Barfield after he races to a hospital in a taxi when his wife goes into labor. He had parked outside his office and forgot his car while coworkers informed him of the birth.
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Atlanta
O. G. Barfield
Ford Refuses To Rehire 24 Union Members In Dispute With Board
DETROIT Aug. 18. Ford Motor Co defies the National Labor Relations Board by refusing to reinstate 24 discharged union members and charging the board with stifling free speech. In a formal reply to the Aug. 10 order, Ford argues the board seeks to bar Mr. Ford from expressing opinions that may disparage labor organizations and claims the right to free speech is denied to employers and advocates of communism. The reply contends the board’s review is incomplete and unfair and defends Ford’s stance that workers may be better off outside a union.
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Detroit
INS
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
United Automobile Workers Union
Refinery Prices Moving Upward
Gasoline prices at the refinery rose today amid a six state crude oil production shutdown. Retail station prices were unchanged for now, with traders predicting increases once the shutdown ends. Oil men monitor gains as Ickes hints at possible Connally hot oil act suspension if retail prices climb.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arkansas
Washington
Sec. Ickes
Lilly Family Reunion Draws Thousands to Flat Top
Thousands of Lilly descendants gather at Flat Top on the Raleigh Mercer line for the 10th annual reunion. A. A. Lilly leads preparations as state officials and local leaders prepare programs with acting Sec. of War Louis A. Johnson as principal speaker and former Gov. Kump among tomorrow's speakers.
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Gov. Holt
A. A. Lilly
Charleston
The
Reunion Association
Abe
CCC
Sec. of
Louis A. Johnson
H. G. Kump
Robert H. C. Kay
Dawson
W. C. Snyder
Bluefield
Johnson
W. H. File
Beckley
D. M. Easley
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Britain Stands Firm in Talks With Japan Over China
London reports Britain's rejection of Tokyo demands on Chinese currency and Chinese silver reserves in a move seen as firm abroad. Officials say talks may break down in Tokyo over the Tientsin dispute, raising anti-British demonstrations while the nine power framework appears sidelined.
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London
Great Britain
China
Far East
Tokyo
Tientsin
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Britain
Italy
France
U. S
Actors Deadlock Ends Conference in Atlantic City
AFL President William Green announced no resumption of talks until the federation's national convention in Cincinnati next October. The Associated Actors and Artists of America 4-A had urged AFL to force IATSE to revoke the AAAA charter and to take back the AFA led by Sophie Tucker, but 4-A rejected the latest peace efforts amid a disputed election committee ruling.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Cincinnati
Associated Actors and Artists of America
4-A
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
IATSE
American Federation of Actors
AAAA
AFA
Sophie Tucker
Green
Chandler backs Roosevelt if renominated for third term
Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky said he would support President Roosevelt if he were renominated, stating he has always been a regular party man. He spoke during Kentucky Day at the New York World's Fair with Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson nearby.
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New York
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Sen
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Keen Johnson
Band Members Tied to Nazi Radio Link Revealed
Testimony before the House committee alleges two German American band members ran a short wave station from the United States to Hermann Haas of Stuttgart's foreign institute. Helen Voores testified she and others were taken to Germany to learn Nazi tactics and to promote anti Semitism in the United States.
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Washington
INS
Foreign Institute
Stuttgart
Germany
House
Helen Voores
Brooklyn
N. Y
Siegfried
Long Island
Harvard
Paul Rocholski
Herbert Mai
Hugo Haas
Stuttgart Foreign Institute
Miss Voores
U. S
Franz Nicolay
Martin Dies
Texas
Hitler Youth Movement
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Hamburg
Columbus
New York Milk Supply Rationed As Strike Bites City
New York with 7 million people moves to 60 percent milk rations as upstate dairy strike tightens to boost producer prices. Distributors peg tomorrow’s shortage at 1.76 million quarts, affecting ice cream, condensed milk, butter and cheese while bakeries drop from delivery lists to protect stocks for hospitals. CIO backing vows quick victory. dairies seek 2.35 per hundredweight for Aug to Oct. mayor LaGuardia calls emergency talks with Borden and Sheffield.
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New York
Dairy Farmers Union
Upstate
New York Milk Distributors Bargaining Agency
CIO
Archie Wright
Dairy Farmers’ Union
U. S. Supreme Court
Borden
Sheffield
F. H. LaGuardia
Jewish and Czech Newspapers Banned in Slovakia
Slovakia bans all Jewish newspapers and two Czech publications. Reuters reports 31 Czechs arrested for alleged anti German and anti Slovak activities as Germany extends military protection to Slovakia. Parliament to consider stringent anti Semitic laws next week modeled on Bohemia Moravia.
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London
INS
Slovakia
Reuters
Bratislava
Germany
Bohemia-Moravia
Senators Split With Canton in Doubleheader Blow
Eddie Schumacher pitched for Charleston as the Senators won the nightcap 6-1 after dropping the opener 4-2 at Kanawha Park. The sweep kept Charleston in the hunt for the Middle Atlantic league playoffs with Dayton and Springfield, ahead of Akron. The four game set with Akron begins tonight, with a doubleheader on Sunday.
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Mit
Eddie Schumacher
Mite Portsider
Charleston
Canton
Kanawha Park
Senators
Dayton
Springfield
Akron Yankees
London Poland Start Drafting Final Pact
Final drafting of the Anglo Polish military treaty began as Britain and Poland press for a five year accord to replace last fall's guarantees. Polish Ambassador Count Edward Raczynsky and Wladislaw Kulski conferred with British experts at the Foreign Office on the agreement details.
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London
INS
Britain
Danzig
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Count Edward Raczynsky
Wladislaw Kulski
Foreign Office
Hungarian Envoy Meets Mussolini on Axis Aid Plans
Hungary's foreign minister Count Stephen Csaky conferred with Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano in Rome about Hungary's military and economic support for the Rome Berlin axis should war come. Csaky flew from Munich after talks with Hitler officials as Ciano welcomed American and French diplomats elsewhere in Rome.
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Rome
INS
Stephen Csaky
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Hungary
U. S
Csaky
Munich
Hitler
Wilhelm Frick
Italy
Germany
Danzig
Ciano
William B. Phillips
Francois Poncet
Percy Loraine
France
Berlin
Edouard Daladier
Dan
Albania
Pietro Badoglio
Humbert
Il Duce
Nazi Press Demands Quick Danzig Corridor Settlement
Berlin reports say the Poles evacuate Germans in a 20 mile border strip as refugees claim Polish forces drive German minorities from the frontier area. Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter urges immediate action to avert war with warnings that every wasted day raises danger.
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Berlin
INS
DNB
Beuthen
Poland
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Powerful Bombing Plane Engine Unveiled at World's Fair
An aeronautical engineer unveils the most powerful high altitude aircraft engine to date at the New York World's Fair. The Pratt and Whitney designed 1,600 horsepower engine, tested by Army and Navy, promises speeds above 400 mph for bombers, with 18 cylinders in two banks and advanced cooling. Guards monitor the display as officials note its high tactical value for wartime aircraft.
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Army
Navy
New York
Aviation
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Pratt and Whitney
United Aircraft Corporation
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Louis A. Johnson
Army Air Corps
Wrightfield
Dayton
Nazi Moves Put Slovak Border Areas At Risk Of Polish Flank Attack
Bratislava reports Germany has taken military control of Slovakia under a pact with Prague, sending 30 000 Slovak troops and 300 000 reservists under German command. Moves raise alarms of expanded operations near the Polish border and a potential German defense zone in western Slovakia.
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Slovakia
Germany
Bratislava
Ferdinand Csatlos
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Cadca
Zilina
Jablunka
Teschan
Hitler Too Distant For Love Says Dancer
M Verne, a dancer who performed for Hitler, says the chancellor is a “great fun” who slaps his thighs and roars with laughter but is too distant. She notes his mind often lies elsewhere when he talks about music after touring continental stages.
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London
INS
Chancelloritler
M Verne
Pittsburgh
Fuehrer
Hitler
Munich
Berlin
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