Secrets and Suspicions in a 1930s Washington Scene
The piece outlines private assurances to organized labor, a secretive sorority initiation for Ruth Bryan Owen in the state department, and a plan to fix sugar quotas with a designated dictator. It notes tensions between Frances Perkins and AFL leaders over the labor advisory board chairmanship and hints at labor movement loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. RB
Experiment
State Department
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Denmark
United States
Owen
Pierrepont Moffat
Hans Luther
Moffat
Luther
Hitler
Cuba
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Louisiana
Lee Coulter
North Dakoter
Tariff Commission
Frances Perkins
Leo Wollman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
National Industrial Recovery Administration
Wth
A. F. of L
William Green
Green
Flying Squadron opens drive to keep 18th Amendment
A Decatur crowd heard Norma C. Brown urge continued prohibition at the courthouse. Brown, vice president of the Flying Squadron, warned that repeal would ruin society and cited speed and danger from a “moderate drinker.” Oliver W. Stewart of the Flying Squadron planned to speak at 3 PM as part of a statewide campaign ahead of the July 18 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma C. Brown
United States
Miss Brown
Coleman Peck
South
Alabama
Oliver W. Stewart
Flying Squadron
Alliance Against
Roosevelt in fog bound on craft at Lake ManBay
President Roosevelt loafs aboard his schooner in fog for a second day near Lake ManBay awaiting Norman Davis, Americas roving ambassador. A radio report says Davis left Boston on a destroyer heading north to brief the President on Geneva disarmament conference talks.
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Lake Manbay
Maine
Roosevelt
Norman Davis
America
Davis
Boston
Police Nab Escape From Kilby Prison
Decatur police captured Elmer Pickens early this morning after he claimed he escaped Kilby prison. Officials notified Montgomery authorities to arrange return, with Pickens due back in Lauderdale Circuit Court for a seven year sentence. he had served four years and eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Elmer Pickens
Kilby
Pickens
Montgomery
Taskee
Lauderdale
Crowell Collier Crow 22 Dies After Illness at Home
Collier Crow 22 son of Mr and Mrs D M Crow died at the home of his parents on on street after several weeks illness He recently graduated with honors from Howard College as a member of the 1933 class He is survived by his parents a sister Miss Margaret Crow The funeral will be at 3 oclock Wednesday from Central Baptist church with Dr James Allen Smith directing Interment in the family lot Active pallbearers named Frank James Whit Cobb Robert Masterson John Collier Alex Collier Robert Collier Honorary pallbearers include Crawford Redd Jules de Launay George Williams Joe Bob Hale W E Sivley Bob Chandler John Sandhin Jr Wilson Crawford Tom Crawford Harold Watkins Calvin Pettey Houston Cowan Jimmie Caldwell James Weaver Harold Weaver Kyle Frazier
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Collier Crow
D. M. Crow
Crow
Howard College
Margaret Crow
Central Baptist Church
James Allen Smith
Frank James
Birmingham
Whit Cobb
Robert Masterson
John Collier
Alex Collier
Robert Collier
Crawford Redd
Jules de Launey
George Williams
Montgomery
Joe Bob Hale
Processing Tax on Wheat Unchanged
Washington officials announce the farm act plan to levy a 30 cent per bushel processing tax on wheat. They expect to implement the levy by early July, with an announcement due late today or tomorrow.
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Washington
Labor Chief Opposes Textile Code Provisions
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor spoke against the textile code’s 40 hour work week and its minimum wage provisions during a recess of the first hearing on codes under the National Recovery Act. The statement reflected AFL opposition to the code as presented in Washington.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mrs Hobbs Burned While Handling Hot Candy
Mrs. Robert Hobbs is said to be resting at her home at 111 Eighth Avenue West after being seriously burned last Friday when a pan of hot candy spilled.
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Robert Hobbs
Eighth Avenue, West
Hobbs
Farmers Choose Between Cash or Equity Cotton Reduction Plans
Alabama Extension Service director Dr. L. N. Duncan explains two government programs for reducing cotton production. One offers $11 per acre for ten acres retired, totaling $110, the other blends cash with a right to buy government cotton at 6 cents per pound, with $8 per acre on 150 acres and varying cash totals.
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L. N. Duncan
Alabama
Extension Service
L&N Freight Upturn Reflects June Loadings Gains
L and N Railroad car loadings across divisions reached 69.2 percent of normal through June 19 as local movements held steady. The first three weeks of June marked a seventh straight monthly rise and a fifth consecutive gain in total loadings with coal and other freight up system wide. The March 15 free delivery and pickup start, up to 230 miles later 360 miles, helped spur volume alongside improving business conditions noted by a senior L and N official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Andrews
Andrews
L. & N. Company
Rainfall Boosts Crops Across County After Friday and Saturday
Residents report heavy rains in Martselle over Friday and Saturday afternoons aiding all crops. Florette area also received refreshing showers benefiting agricultural growth.
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Martselle
Florette
Keen interest grows in district race to fill late Almon seat
Aspirants circle the vacant congressional post as Judge B L Malone leads a field that includes Florence lawyer John Peach and other candidates from across Lauderdale Colbert Lawrence Morgan Limestone Madison and Jackson counties. Gov Miller plans a November election date with a possible primary and runoff.
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Edward B. Almon
Daily
B. L. Malone
John Peach
Florence
B. M. Miller
Associated Press
Montgomery
Miller
Peach
J. Fred Johnson
Hector E. Lane
Courtland
Decatur
Harry Walker
Athens
Shelby Fletcher
Huntsville
Clarence Watts
John Snodgrass
Scottsboro
Almon
Tennessee Valley
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Jackson Counties
No warrant against Daniels in Alabama slaying case
Eldridge Daniels, 22, accused of killing Gay Barnes, fled with Ada Ray Barnes whom he eloped with. Daniels is jailed. a murder warrant expected. Fred Wall plans to defend him. preliminary hearing set for next Monday.
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Athens
Ala
Eldridge Daniels
Gay Barnes
Fred Wall
Young Wall
Alabama Code Commission
Daniels
Young Daniels
Ada Ray Barnes
Barney
Danielg
Gunn Makes Bond and Is Released
Edwin Gunn arrested Saturday night on charges of attacking Carl Arantz with a knife and resisting an officer. Bond set at 300 and 500 dollars, Gunn released after posting 300 dollars. Bound over to grand jury after a preliminary in Justice Bailey’s court.
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Edwin Gunn
Carl Arantz
Gruggist
Justice Bailey
Gunn
River Falling As Gauge Hits Three Feet At Eight
The Tennessee River continued to fall with the gauge reading an even three feet at eight this morning.
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Tennessee
Government sets industrial code to raise wages and cut hours
Washington June 27 AP. The federal government launches a policy of industrial control with a first hearing on a fair competition code for the textile industry. Hugh Johnson, administrator, says the aim is to restore buying power and spread employment while avoiding injustice. The hearing draws a cross section of society from labor to wealth.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Reduction pledge shoots cotton up
Cotton, grain and stock markets rose on opening trading. New Orleans cotton futures advanced to 1.20 and 1.45 a bale, two day gains exceeding 5 dollars. Wheat rose over three cents a bushel in Chicago, May options above 1 dollar. Stocks edged up on the New York exchange amid profit taking and a larger reaction in cotton.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Chicago
New York Exchange
No Precipitation Reported for Decatur Weather Official
No rainfall was recorded on Monday by the official weather observer for Decatur. Skies cleared in the early hours, yielding fair weather for the city.
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Decatur
Cummings Announces Large Scale Cut In Prohibition Bureau
Attorney General Cummings said more than 1300 Bureau of Prohibition staffers will be furloughed or dismissed on June 30 to save 4 million dollars for the next year. The cuts affect administrators attorneys investigators special agents typists and clerks with names withheld. Thirteen positions will be eliminated in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cummings
Prohibition Bureau
Alabama
Gold Bloc Aims to Force Stabilization Across Currencies
London reports a fresh dramatic shift as central bank chiefs from France Switzerland Holland and Belgium meet secretly to pressure England to stabilize with continental nations. Observers frame the plan as a challenge to Roosevelts price raising program intended to curb currency depreciation.
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London
France
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
England
Roosevelt
Meeting Sunday At Hartselle Church of Christ
Elder Boyd Fanning of Cleveland Tennessee will begin a two week meeting at the Hartselle Church of Christ next Sunday at 11 o clock. The public is invited to all services. After Hart selle he will conduct another two week meeting at Union twelve miles east of Hartselle.
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Boyd Fanning
Cleveland
Tenn
Hartselle Church of Christ
Hartselle
Fanning
Union
Temperature Spike Cuts Weekend Heat Peak
The article notes a Monday high of 98 degrees, one degree above Sunday's peak, with a Monday night low of 75 degrees. It emphasizes an unusual heat stretch and provides precise daytime and overnight figures.
Wanted To See Mama Youth Deserts Corps
One desertion has occurred among about 800 youths in civilian conservation camps in the national forest ranger system. The A. W. ing youth left last week, saying he was homesick and wanted to see his mother, then returned home and wrote camp officials explaining his reason.
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Mama
Youth Deserts Corps
Civilian Conservation
National Forest Ranger
A. W
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Congress
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Exchequer
Cordell Hull
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