Textile union leaders warn only Roosevelt can avert strike
United Textile Workers president Thomas F. McMahon said only President Roosevelt can stop a nation wide cotton textile strike set to begin by September 1. He urged the president to force industry leaders to a conference, dismissing NRA head General Johnson as insufficient. Francis J. Gorman was reelected first vice president amid debate on the use of a strike to compel negotiations. The union estimates 500,000 workers could walk out within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Henry
New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Rooseval
McMahon
Roosevelt
United Textile Workers
Hugh Johnson
NRA
General Johnson
United States
Philadelphia
Girl 18 shoots father in drunken ranch house killing
In California a girl identified as Bernice Beauchamp Pickrell, 18, confessed at a coroner's inquest to fatally shooting her 85-year-old rancher father Robert Beauchamp at the Gilroy, San Jose area ranch after a drinking dispute. She claimed self defense as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Bernice Beauchamp Pickerell
Robert Beauchamp
Gilroy
Pickrell
Billy
Biny
Weekend Weather Outlook Across Regions
Weather notes show generally fair conditions in the extreme north Florida region through Saturday with partial unsettled coastal areas. Tennessee expects fair weather into Saturday with little change in temperatures.
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Florida
Tennessee
Cenerall
Longs Bills Aimed At Mayor Newsmen Arrested
In Baton Rouge on August 17 AP reports Joe Messina and a highway police officer arrested F Edward Hebert special writer for the New Orleans States and Leon Trice photographer for contempt of the Senate Finance committee. Long pushes Kingfish program to probe New Orleans affairs and impeach city authorities. The plan adds militia powers, tightens election control, and expands a state police force to enforce law statewide. Continuous coverage noted ongoing mopping up against Mayor Walmsley and possible judges' impeachment. article hints at page five continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Joe Messina
Huey P. Long
F. Edward Hebert
New Orleans
Leon Trice
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Senate
O. K. Allen
Desperado Sam Holley Shot Dead by Posse in Alabama
Sam Holley, a Negro desperado who killed one man and wounded two in West Alabama this week, was killed by a posse in Carbon Hill. Bloodhounds tracked him from the hill country. He had escaped from Kilby prison in 1931 and Hackleburg in August, after prior burglary convictions. Ernest Long was slain in a prior encounter and Deputy Sheriff Jack Sparks was wounded in the leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Hill
Ala
Sam Holley
West Alabama
H. T. Beasley
Winfield
Desperado
Ernest Long
Jack Sparks
Holley
Montgomery
Kilby
Birmingham
John Thomas
Henry
Hackleburg
Marion County
Jury May Probe Voting At Adjourned Session
The Houston county grand jury, impaneled Monday and charged to investigate irregularities in the two primaries, adjourned to Sept 17. It will reconvene to continue the probe with 23 indictments already returned and recommendations for jail facilities and courthouse sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Grand Jury
H. A. Pearce
O'Brien Pleads Guilty to Bigamy in Dothan Case
Patrick O'Brien an electrical engineer pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge H A Pearce to bigamy. He received a two to three year sentence in the state penitentiary after being indicted by the recent grand jury. O'Brien thanked the court and officials for their courtesies while held in the Houston county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O’brien
H. A. Pearce
O'Brien
J. Hubert Farmer
Joe Rollins
Houston
A. G. McFarland
Chattahoochie
Fla
Dothan
McFarland
Marianna
O’brien
Mandamus Pending as Judge Travels in Pipe Bid Fight
Commissioner Carl B Burkett seeks a mandamus to compel Probate Judge H K Martin to advertise for bids on 9000 dollars of iron pipe. Service on the judge is blocked by his two day absence and travel to Atlanta with his children. Martin says local concrete pipe can meet needs at half the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl B. Burkett
H. K. Martin
Burkett
Judge Martin
Martin
Fire truck crash in Lowell kills two firemen
In Lowell Massachusetts on August seventeen a Collinsville fire truck overturned after skidding on wet tracks. Firemen John Dillon forty and Robert McAnertie twenty eight died at the scene or en route to hospital. Six others were injured, one critically, as the crew were pinned beneath the wreckage. The alarm was later found to be false due to a short circuit in the signaling system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Dracut
Collinsville
John Dillon
Robert McAnertie
PWA Worker Killed Under Wheels Near Gould Arkansas
Robert Cone 35 a PWA construction worker was fatally injured on a highway near Gould Arkansas when his car was struck by a passing truck. He was repairing the car when the wheels ran over him and he died en route to a local hospital the night of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould, Ark
Robert Cone
PWA
Here
Cone
Demonstrations Pressurize Virgin Islands Governor Pearson
Demonstrations against Governor Paul M. Pearson in Demonstration St Croix and nearby cities kept police on alert. Crowds gathered at the government mansion entrance in Christiansted demanding resignation. officers armed prevented entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Croix
Virgin Islands
Paul M. Pearson
Christiansted
Kidnappers Send Second Letter To Wife Of Preacher
Mrs. R H Askew, wife of missing evangelist R H Askew, received a second message from kidnapers. Federal agents and Sheriff Garrison investigated as she refused to discuss the case. Earlier notes demanded 25 000 dollars or the preacher would not be seen alive. The couple have traveled widely and preached through the continent, arriving in Goldsboro last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
R. H. Askew
Division of Investigation
Department of Justice
Paul Garrison
Washington
Askew
Askews’ Httle
Evangelist
Monty
Smithfield
Free Wit Baptist Church
Hitler campaigns for reelection in Germany
Berlin reporting Hitler campaigned in Hamburg declaring a sham election with no opposition. Nazis claim 43,000,000 Germans will vote yes to restore Von Hindenburg powers and show unity against a hostile world, though foreign circles doubt a larger vote than last November.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hamburg
Germany
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Auburn extension agent to inspect Houston County office
Miss Ruth Cobyne district agent of the Auburn extension service arrives today to inspect the Houston County Home Demonstration office now under the acting supervision of Miss Wilzabeth amp due to Mrs. W G Pruett being on vacation.
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Ruth Cobyne
Auburn Extension Service
Houston County Home Demonstration Office
Wilzabeth “Amp
W .G. Pruett
Labett Freed Without Paying $150,000 Ransom
John S Labatt, prominent brewer, was released in London Ontario after 65 hours in captivity. The $150,000 ransom was not paid as Canadian police closed in on the kidnappers. Labatt was unharmed though nervous and recovering at home. His brother had attempted to pay the ransom but police blocked the payment.
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John S. Labatt
London
Ont
Brewer
Sarnia
Toronto
Royal Mounted
Cnid
Canada
Labor
Hugh
Byrd Awaiting Death in Antarctic Left Note for Relief
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd faced a lonely death in the Antarctic after months of isolation. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter reported Byrd grew gravely ill from fumes, doubted rescue would arrive in time, yet preserved scientific notes and hid a note on June 15.
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Little America
Antarctic
Richard EF. Byrd
Byrd
Thomas C. Poulter
Admiral Byrd
Dr. Poulter
Two Indicted on First Degree Murder Counts
A Houston county grand jury indicted a 21 year old stepfather and a former taxi driver for first degree murder in two slayings. Eunice Hughes allegedly strangled his two year old step daughter Carolyn Jeanette Barlow and Conner Knight allegedly shot Wilma Belcher in Five Points on July 20th. Both are jailed without bond as the charges carry possible death sentences.
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Houston County
Eunice Hughes
Gordon Farmer
Carolyn Jeanette Barlow
Conner Knight
Wilma Belcher
Hughes
Knight
Tke Hughes
Atlas Fulford
Jerry Kennon
Grant Smith
Benjamin Weems
Jack Brooks
Thomas McNealy
Pete Neal
Ruth Ward
E. E. Jones
Thomas Cherry
Ben Graddy
Dewey Riley
Carlton Edwards
Japan May Send Russia Warning Over Frontier Incidents
Tokyo officials consider issuing a general warning to Moscow as tensions rise after Manchukuo expansion. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said a warning would recount frontier incidents and alleged Soviet plots while denying reports of plans to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Moscow
Foreign Office
Japan
Caanard
Manchuquo
Will Rogers Warns of Japan's Economic Decline
In Tokyo on August 17, Will Rogers writes that Japan's growing golf courses signal a slide from world business supremacy. He warns Americans against trading hard assets for leisure and questions silver holdings amid rising tensions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Will Rogers
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Francis Gorman
Textile Union
Albert Teester
Charlotte
N. C
House
Posse
County Court House
Court House
Pat O'Brien
Mandamus Pends AS
Judge Travels
Labett
Alc
Alabama
Luther Hollume
Purity Squad
Holluma
Fred H. Mcluff
Lquor
Hollums
W. J. Wynn
Russia
May
Manchuria
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