Texas Prohibition Referendum Defeats Repeal Effort
From Dallas Aug 28 UP senior Morris Sheppard’s bid to block repeal of the eighteenth amendment failed as anti prohibitionists led 270 925 to 419 000 with 237 of 254 counties reporting. The ballot also showed 877 for a 3.2 percent beer amendment while Texarkana supported repeal.
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Dallas
Tex
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Sheppard
Texarkana
Mosey Resigns to Become Editor for Nation
Raymond Moley resigns as assistant secretary of state in 1933 to take an editorship. President Roosevelt expresses regret yet supports the move, stating solid personal ties and shared ideals will continue beyond official duties. The exchange notes Moley’s two years shaping policy.
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Raymond Moley
Raymond
Franklin D. Roosev
Life-Saving Program Details At Grafton Pool
The article outlines a Red Cross life saving program in Grafton with Benson reorganizing the schedule for classes. It lists times for beginners swimmers junior and senior life saving and adult sessions. Special morning sessions for limited swimmers are noted along with water carnival plans for September. Mrs Mary Moran Carpenter Jett returned to Charleston after visiting her mother in Grafton.
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Benson
Thurston
Calored Hers
Atmis
Son
Mary Moran Carpenter Jett
Charleston
Mrs. Moran
NRA Effect on Dixie Schools Slight
Compulsory school laws and cooperation from mills cut any rise in enrollment due to the national recovery program in the south. Georgia and North Carolina report small permits for underage workers and schools ready to absorb them. Tennessee faces revenue declines but expects efficiency to stay high. Alabama sees minimal impact as only a fraction of the workforce is under 16.
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Atlanta
NRA
Georgia Department of Industrial Relations
North Carolina
Alabama
Farmer official says harvest keeps students out of school
Cully A. Cobb, cotton production administrator for the agricultural adjustment administration, notes many students have been kept out of school for a month or more to finish the harvest, reflecting rural education disruption during harvest season.
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Cully A. Cobb
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Auto industry code uneasy on open shop language
Officials say the NRA automobile code allows workers to organize without boss restraint while employers retain merit based hiring and firing. The code omits union and open shop terms, prompting labor and industry to seek assurances. Green of the AFL reports the open shop reservation remains a condition for broader adoption.
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Unilons
NRA
Labor Advisory Board
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Johnson
Jcode
Widow among five severely harmed in Germany
Berlin reports five people were severely harmed at dawn across Germany under the Hitler regime, bringing total executions to thirty-one by guillotine or headman's ax. In Torgau a widow named Emma Thi eme who persuaded two men to kill her own son was severely harmed.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Torgau
Emma Thi‘eme
Notable executions in German towns reported
The executioner dressed in evening clothes and a top hat beheaded two men with a single blow in the presence of about a dozen witnesses. In Butzbach Essen and Schweidnitz in Silesia two more executions occurred, one for political murder and one for ordinary criminal murder.
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Butzbach
Essen
Schweidnitz
Silesia
Roosevelt studies oil group for new wartime order
President Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes studied the oil planning and coordinating committee. James A. Moffett, ex Standard Oil of New Jersey VP, is likely to hear the three government representatives. Officials aim for a new deal ending cut throat competition and overproduction. Prof. George W. Stocking and the interior department solicitor are likely other government reps.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Ickes
Oil Planning and Coordinating Committee
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
George W. Stocking
Texas
N.R. A
Interior Department
Franc Imperiled By Dollar Drop
Paris August 28 grave fear of new devalorization of the franc has been revived in financial circles by the down ward slide of the dollar and the pound and concern over possible monetary developments in the United States. The Treasury and the Bank of France still proclaim that France is firmly on gold, but privately many financiers predict the day is approaching when France will be forced to devalorize to revive crippled business and vanishing foreign trade.
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Paris
United States
Treasury
Bank of France
France
Three Men Fined Following Mor ning Court Session
Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys court heard three cases this morning. John Simpson of Wendel paid 10 dollars fine plus 25 dollars in costs for intoxication in a public place Saturday night. Ralph Poe of Wendel was fined 10 dollars and costs after being charged with passing a car on a blind curve on Lost Run hill. Mike Seowith of Wendel faced a 50 dollar fine and costs for possession of 14 quarts of home brew. in default of payment he was jailed.
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Ona C. Jefferys
John Simpson
Wendel
W. D. Driver
Ralph
Poe
Ray McClure
Morgantown
Mike Seowith
Claude Hefner
W. ©. Wamsley
Coal Industry Negotiations Reach Standstill in Labor Dispute
Washington August 28 Reuters says negotiations between United Mine Workers and non union bituminous operators over a code for fair competition have halted. A substitute North South code mirrors mobile wage scales and labor provisions, granting company control over hiring and promotion. The sides await a move from President Roosevelt or recovery chief Hugh S Johnson. The dispute centers on wages and work hours with unions seeking a 5 day week and Sunday rest.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Oth
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
South
Johnson
Miners and Operators Exchange Positions After Talks
A committee from both sides met Johnson late Saturday afternoon with no agreement reached. Reports to the administrator Saturday evening were stated not as ultimatums but as positions on the week’s conference results. A small miners and operators committee met Friday night with no progress, amid word that the check-off was not discussed and a new wage suggestion from the general was not explored. A code proposal and public hearing were rumored for Tuesday.
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Ter
Johnson
Auto crash near Waynesburg injures Hallie Harr
A triple autos wreck two miles from Waynesburg on Route 19 left one dead Edward Siers 30 of Clarksburg killed and six others injured including Hallie Harr 42 severely bruised and Miss Anne McGary 82 with a fractured skull. Coughlin 34 and Bent 32 others had minor injuries. The sedan rammed by a truck sidewiped by Parker. Mrs Harr hospitalized in Greensburg with unfavorable condition.
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Edward Siers
Washington Avenue
Clarksburg
Waynesburg
U. 8
Carl J. Coughlin
Cunningham
South Second Street
Anne McGary
New York
John W. Hopkins
Hall
Upshur County
West Main ‘Street
Nesburg Hospital
Earl Parker
Fairview
Gear Bent
Morgantown
Siers
Hart
Gary
Coughlin
Baltimore
Parker
Bent
Miss McCarty
Harr
Carl Hamilton
W. N. Malone
Dewey Avenue
Grafs ‘Ton
Paul E. Ma. Jone
Grafton Drugs&Chemical Company
Malone
Greensburg
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Grafton
D.W. Cole
Pleasant Creek
Dixie
Land OF
Tennessee
James A. Roberts
W. E. Jacobs
Armit
Myms Topacco
Auto Industry
Ata
Eugenia Rose
Evanston
Cecil Smith
San Antonio
Smith
Associated Press
Justice
Jefferys
Coal Industry
Page
Hallie Harr
U. S
John P. Flannagan
Philadelphia
United States Home Owners Loan Corporation
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