Textile strike talk stalls Roosevelt arbitration aid
By Owners Washington September 9 labor and industry clash over the truce terms as an arbitration board led by President Roosevelt faces a hard task. Francis J. Gorman warned labor proposals would be withdrawn by 6 PM tomorrow while George A. Sloan of the Cotton Textile Institute called the truce plan utterly impossible. Sloan said he would not meet employers before Tuesday night but would present facts to the board. Chairman John G. Winant urged a meeting with Sloan as unions had made a proposal.
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Arbitration Board
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Francis J. Gorman
Industry
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Sloan
World News Wrap: Morro Castle Fire and Labor Strife
Reports from Asbury Park and Washington detail the Morro Castle disaster with Chief Officer Willam Charms arriving by Coast Guard Cutter Tampa and a crew. Meanwhile textile labor disputes widen as manufacturing spokesmen reject labor terms and the New Deal claims job gains and farm income increases.
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Asbury Park
Nvd
Peaceful New Orleans primary seen after truce pact
Under a truce proclaimed by Huey P. Long and Mayor Walmsley, New Orleans voters were told a peaceful primary election next Tuesday is in sight. The agreement ends fears of clashes as National Guard and city police were withdrawn from polling places. An arbitration committee gains final powers under the pact.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
James Roosevelt Creates Anxiety in Narrow Search
Coast Guard units in the district were sent to night to locate the schooner Black Arrow carrying James Roosevelt, son of the president, after it went seven hours overdue from Gloucester, Mass. A cutter found the boat safely in Portland Harbor, Maine, and search efforts shifted to confirming the vessel’s safe arrival.
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Washington
Coast Guard
James Roosevelt
Provincetown
Gloucester
Mass
Portland
Roosevelt
Maine
Ossipee
Six Drownings in Mississippi River Near St. Charlon
Six persons, all residents of St. Louis, drowned when a boat sank ten miles north of St. Charlon, Mo. The dead include Mr and Mrs James A Kirn and their son Charles seven, Mrs Homer Coe, her son Vincent, and niece La Verne thirteen. Homer Goo, husband of one victim, grabbed his three year old daughter Virginia and swam to shore.
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Mississippi River
St. Charlon
James A. Kirn
Charles
Homer Coe
Vincent
la Verne
Homer
Goo
Virginia
Bolivians Claim Smashing Victory Over Paraguayans
In La Paz Bolivian crowds celebrated as the war ministry said Paraguay's Carandayty offensive was repulsed. A Bolivian flanking strike left Paraguayan forces surrounded with 450 dead, and Bolivia captured artillery mortars guns trucks and ammunition.
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Paraguay
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Recovery Milestones as Richberg Sees Them
Washington reports over 8,000,000 jobs and a billion-dollar rise in farm income as recovery milestones cited by Donald Richberg in his final New Deal achievements summary to President Roosevelt. He praised leadership, noted progress from the depths of a low mood, and described employment service applications reaching 15,000,000 in the past year.
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Racecrost
Donald Richberg
Executive Council
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President to tackle NRA reorganization soon
President Roosevelt plans a new administrative setup for the NRA after talks with General Hugh Johnson. Johnson proposes a board to replace a one man rule, while Roosevelt would keep Johnson as chairman. Discussions continue on permanent NRA legislation before the emergency act ends next June.
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Roosevelt
NRA Condila
Hugh 8. Johnson
St. James Episcopal Church
Johnson
NRA
Perkina
Donald Richbere
Map of the United States for classrooms and study
An early 20th century advertisement offers a 21 by 26 inch color map of the United States plus a reverse with geographical data and historic facts about each state. It includes lithographs of Washington buildings and a U S map with territories, ports, and noon time. Enclose 10 cents to receive a copy from the Helena Independent Information Bureau.
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World
Europe
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North America
United States
Washington, D. C
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The
Taylor Acquitted of Killing College Co-ed
A Jefferson county jury acquitted Harold Taylor, 28, of slaying Faye New, 19, a co-employee on an automobile ride. He left for his mother’s bedside after bond was posted on an attempted attack charge, as Mrs. Lon New cried out in protest of the verdict.
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Ala
Jefferson County
Harold Taylor
Faye New
Taylor
Clara Coat
Lon New
Morro Castle Horror Described By Coast Guard Officer
A Coast Guard officer recounts the Morro Castle disaster with vivid detail of extreme heat and smoke. He describes crawling onto the liner, the beached ship before a convention hall, and finding a charred body likely a boy about 14, as rescuers rigged lines and breeches buoy to reach the burning vessel.
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Associated Presa
Asbury Park
N. J
Morro Castle
Funeral Train Carries Morro Castle Victims From Sea Girt
A solemn funeral train left Sea Girt New Jersey at night carrying 46 Morro Castle catastrophe victims. The bodies filled baggage cars, 27 unidentified, shrouded in blankets as crowds watched. New Jersey National Guard troops stood at attention, bells rang, headlights off, as the train moved north toward Jersey City.
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Sea Girt
Morro Castle
Inez
Jersey
New Jersey National Guard
Jersey City
New Jersey
Man Injured While Fleeing Hoodlums In Butte
In Butte on September 9 Paul Hobart a mine employee attempted to escape a gang of hoodlums. His motorcycle lost control and slid down an embankment injuring his left arm in two places and leaving him badly bruised and cut.
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Butte
Paul Hobart
Hobart
Catholic Storm Troopers Mobilize in Austria Amid Tensions
An urgent wartime mobilization order called for all Catholic storm troopers in Carinthia to report rifle and machine gun inventories. The move heightens friction with the Heimwehr as both armed groups claim allegiance in Austria's fractured militia system led by Dollfuss and Schuschnigg era figures.
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Klagenfurt
Carinthia
Austria
Heimwehr
Iron Home Guard
Sabotage Rumors Promptly Denied
Havana Sept 9 Associated Press reports relatives and friends of Morro Castle passengers besieged the AP offices seeking confirmation after a fire aboard the liner while en route home from Havana. Officials in Havana denied sabotage as the cause and noted Sunday newspaper bans prevented publication.
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Morro Castle
Associated Press
Jersey
Wardine
Grim Chief Burned Ship and Crew Return Ashore
Warms of Morro Castle, with 10 of 14 officers and men who stayed aboard, came ashore from the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa after a burning voyage. Exhausted, they walked the dock as Tampa crew cheered their courage. The 11th survivor, Chief Radio Operator, followed later acknowledging the peril aboard the smoking decks.
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William C. Warms
Morro Castle
Coast Guard
Tampa
Widow of Skipper Hears of His Death
New York on September 9, the widow of Captain Robert R. Willmott learned he perished in the Morro Castle disaster. Cremated remains were not yet recovered from the fiery wreck, and she lamented not knowing the fate of his body or how to proceed.
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New York
Robert R. Willmott
Morro Castle
Morro Castle disaster death toll rises at Asbury Park
Coast Guardsmen boarded the Morro Castle wreck off the Asbury Park boardwalk after a calm sea return. They recovered two bodies cremated in Saturday's disaster and believe more were lost. Rescue boats continued circling the roiling water as crews searched for additional victims.
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Associated Press
Asbury Park
N. J
Morro Castle
Santa Rita Liner Fire Fails To Endanger Passengers
In Panama Canal Zone on September 19 firemen boarded the liner Santa Rita after a blaze broke out in its hold. The ship docked near Balboa shortly after midnight and Captain Stevenson reported the fire under control with all 66 passengers safe.
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Canal Zone
Grace Lier
Santa Rita
Balboa
C. Z
Grace
Stevenson
Several States Set to Vote as New Organization Emerges
Washington reports many primaries and senate seats in 10 states as the New Deal faces a pivotal week. A new group called America First announces aims to provide an X-ray exposure of the New Deal, with officers James True, Robert Armstrong Sr., and Walter Reynolds guiding its effort. Primaries Tuesday in seven states including Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, and Michigan.
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Maine
Senate
House
Tion
America Flrst
James Trué
Robert B. Armatrong
Treasury
Theodore Roosevelt
Walter L. Reynolds
Arizona
Colorado
Louisiana
Michi
New Deal Dominates Maine Election Campaign
Maine voters face a governor and a U S senator race with New Deal policy as the central issue. Republicans attack Governor Louis J Brann urging a return to GOP leadership and warn reelection signals socialist policy and a fate like Russia, Italy, and Germany.
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Maine
Naion
U. S
Brann
Russia
Italy
Germany
Porch collapses injure spectators at Chicago Bears game
About 306 people gathered on porches and roof of a three story building near the stadium when back porches and stairs collapsed. Roughly 25 persons were injured as fall victims were hurled two to three stories into tangled wreckage during the late stages of the football game between the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Tigers.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Chicago Tigers
Ita
Theas
Further Inquiry Into Scandal on Munitions
Washington dispatch reports that airplane and powder manufacturers who sell globally will be questioned this week by Senate munitions investigators. Undeterred by reactions from two South American nations, committee members anticipate further sensational developments before the week ends.
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Washington
Sept
Senate
Southern California Coast Rebuffed by Giant Ground Swells
The southern California coast faced renewed heavy swells driving from Malibu to Sagus Capistrano. Newport Beach saw undermining of Pacific Electric rail lines and foundations washed from homes as crowds surged to watch. Police closed 20 blocks of shore to allow railway and house moving work. Several beach homes were dragged away from the water.
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California
Newport Breach
Pacific Electric Railway
Malibu
Sag Juss
Newport Feach
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