Hope Fades for Averting Strike Sept 4
North and south cotton textile manufacturers prepared to close mills on September 4 if federal intervention fails. Labor head Lloyd Garrison awaited acceptance for a peace conference. Gorman warned concessions only could avert the walkout. Strike plans proceed as garment industry defies a presidential wage order.
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Washington
North
Coosirman Lloyd Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
George A. Sloan
Code Authority
Cotton Textile Institute
Garrison
Francis J. Gorman
Garman
South
New England
Gorman
Sloan
NRA
Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board
Robert Bruere
Prince George to Be Wed to Greek Princess
Prince George is set to wed a Greek princess educated in Athens Paris and London fluent in five languages and skilled in music and painting The couple’s engagement follows his noted social life on tours with his staff and a famous Bollywood visit as Lieutenant Windsor with hosts Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and rumors of romance with June Colyer It reflects royal alliance and celebrity society in the era
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Athens
Paris
London
Iete
Constantine
Greece
George
Prince of Wales
Lieutenant Windsor
Bollywood
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
June Colyer
State Committees Reorganized in Missouri Parties
Delegates across Missouri elected new state committee members and district leaders. In Cameron, Stephen Owen and Julie Woodson Edman won third district seats, with Frank Hamilton and Mrs. Enyart also elected on later ballots as party regulars. City and county officials from St Joseph to Joplin filled chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer roles amid broad acclamation.
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Cameron
Stephen K. Owen
Julie
Woodson Edman
St. Joseph
State Democratic Committee
Congressional District Committee
Frank Hamilton
Liberty
J. C. Enyart
McFall
John W. Farley
Farley
Wilson Bell
Potosi
GOP
Old Guard
Independence
Fourth District
Republican Committee
George Smithey
Kansas City
Ra Hedrick
Fort Osage Township
Clarence Olsen
Susan McQueny
Jackson County
Myward
Kansss City
James P. Aylward
Frank P. Shannon
Marion D. Waltner
William Boyle
Oliver Simmons
Carl Willbrand
Carmen Ross
Harley Metcalfes
Clinton
A.B. Edrington
Bates County
Mike Duncat
Vernon County
G. W. Elliston
Cedar County
Sam Wear
Springfield
Frank Monroe
Sedalia
Harve Gray
Audrey L. Gunn
Joplin
George Haworth
Carthage
Etta Robertson
Ozark
Christian County
Vic
Virgil Green
Netosho
W. J. J. Leffen
Mildred
Liles Walters
Aurora
John Stauffer
David Thorne
Mountain Grove
Hattie McMahan
Seymour
Webster County
Joe Kenton
Branson
Poplar Bluff
Marion T.minton
Dexter
Hal Hunter
New Madrid
R. S. Peterman
Marble Hill
Nell Hinton
Doniphan
R. Trl Jones
Kennett
Ray B. Lucas
Benton
James Wail
Gertrude Stokely
Rush H. Limbaugh
Cape Girardeau
Leona Tiemenstein
Fornfelt
Bertha Kennon
Airs
Pearl Elmore
Bloomfield
Ralph Hutchinson
Mary A. Detchemendy
Louis Wolbrinck
NRA Lays New Plans To Cut Unemployment
Washington Aug 28 aP The National Recovery Administration considers policy changes to reduce unemployment this fall. Hugh S Johnson, now paid 15 000 a year, leads NRA amid reorganizations. Proposals include relaxing production limits to create work through boosted purchasing power and adjusting hours and wages as in the cotton garment code. Johnson’s role and a meeting at Hyde Park with Roosevelt loom as fall plans form. A board chair, likely Johnson, would head NRA until new legislation. Also notes Johnson’s raise and related administrative changes.
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Washington
National Recovery
Hugh 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Perkins
Johnson
Hyde Park
Johnson Motally ii
Congress
NRA T
Salar Johnson Ian
Destruction spreads in Campana refinery fire
A massive blaze at the National Oil Company refinery in Campana Argentina intensified as ten gasoline tanks exploded. The fire, aided by shifting winds, devastated two thirds of a square mile, caused 14 deaths and 40 injuries with 1,500 residents evacuated and six fire brigades including volunteers battling the inferno.
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Campana
Argentina
National Oil Company
Standard OU
Campana Hieiz
Standard Oi
City
Oil District
Buenos Aires
United Press
State Housing Director Advocates Modernization Campaign
State Housing Director Stirs Interest In Homes reports that modernization would aid relief to unemployment. President Cliff G. Scruggs of the Chamber cites 7d percent unemployment in county among building tradesmen and says Jefferson City backs a better homes campaign focusing on improved homes and property values. Glover visits in city.
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Cliff G. Scrugss
Chamber
Mr. Scruggs
Jefferson City
pub/Meity
Gold profits used to back silver policy and deficits
The article discusses gold profits credited to ordinary receipts to back new silver certificates and fund the silver policy. It cites Morgen thau’s analysis of the New Deal cost, detaching gold profits and agency assets from the debt rise. It notes projected deficits and drouth relief funding, with the 18 month outlook around eight billion dollars, and reports Homer Van Meter’s burial.
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Cias
Iso
Isi
Morger
Thau
Treasury
Treasury Secretary
Morgenthau
Congress
Drouth Re
Drouth
Fear Rioting In Eastern Prison Strike
Philadelphia August 23 AP A silent revolt at Western State Penitentiary triggered emergency measures. At Cherry Hill prison 2,600 inmates halted work and meals. at Fraterford Farm 35 miles away inmates vandalized, causing estimated $40,000 in damage. Guards with machine guns warned of force. Most prisoners refused to work or eat. hunger and work strikes linked to prior Graterford unrest. Newspaper deliveries and radios halted.
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Philadelphia
Suilen
Western State Penitentiary
Fraterford Farm
Guy Tt. Holcombe
Penitentiary Board of Trustees
Praterford
Elmer Leit~heiser
Gratefford 1
Graterford
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