Hepburn To Bar Lewis Aides From Auto Strike Conference
President Roosevelt declined to discuss sit-down strikes while Premier Hepburn of Ontario vowed to handle the Canadian General Motors strike independently. Pickets in Bryan Ohio showered eggs on deputies escorting non-strikers at Holabirl Co. Four strikers were arrested. Seamen and wireless operators halted two ships in New York but Norfolk warned two ships would stay in port without wage gains. Homer Martin reached Oshawa seeking settlement but Hepburn barred him. Southern Pacific workers prepared to strike in six hours if demands not met, and Akron bus drivers walked out. Ford local president Maron De outs claimed an organizer was beaten near the Ford plant amid talk of a Ford plant strike. A recent two day sit down closed the plant.
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Roosevelt
Hepburn
Ontario
General Motors
Dominion
Committee For Industrial Organization
Holabirl Co
Bryan
Ohio
New York
International Seaman’s Union
Norfolk
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Oshawa
Ont
Toronto
Martin
John L. Lewis
Southern Pacific
Akron
Akron Transportation Company
P. P. Gill
Kansas City
Maron de Outs
Ford
United Workers
Ford Assembly
Three killers electrocuted in Cook County first test
Chicago April 16 three murderers of policemen died in the electric chair today in Cook County's first test of humane execution. Hidden behind a panel back of the chair four guards pulled switches but one sent the current through the doomed men. The three slayers were Joseph Schuster 30 Frank Doc Whyte 47 and Stanley Muraweki 37 all ex cons. Warden Frank Sain said each guard left with a clear conscience.
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Chicago
Cook County
Joseph Schuster
Frank
Doc” Whyte
Stanley Muraweki
Frank Sain
AFOL Is Winner In Mine Battle
In Picher Oklahoma April 16 a majority of union miners in the tri state lead and zinc field joined the American Federation of Labor after a swift move drew criticism from a CIO affiliate official that it chartered a company controlled organization. The federation accepted the Tri State Metal Mine and Smelter union an independent blue card group claiming 90 percent membership. Union president F W Mike Evans said books show over 8 000 paid members with 2 000 inactive members.
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Picher
Okla
Tri-State
American Federation of Labor
Tri-State Metal Mine and Smelter Union
Blue Ecard” Organization
F. W
Mike” Evans
Orange Presbyerial Elects Officers and Hears Address
The 40th annual Orange Presbyterian meeting at First Presbyterian in Orange elected and reappointed officers including recording secretary Mrs. Ralph Holt and treasurer Mrs. Dan B. King. District chairs were chosen for two and three, with secretaries of causes named for home mission, religious education, orphanage, and Christian social service. The conference included an address on China by Dr. Houston Patterson and adjourned with reports to come.
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China
Houston Patterson
The
Orange Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph Holt
Burlington
Dan B. King
Sanford
E. E. Gillespie
Greensboro
H. P. Hardin
High Point
William Baker
Mebane
Assembly
A. Yancey Kerr
Yanceyville
Roy Whitley
Wade Barber
Pittsboro
Mell Thompson
Graham
Christian Social Service
O. B. Souther
McBride Holt
Baraca Philathea Convention Opens In Greenville
State Baraca-Philathea union holds its 25th annual convention at the First Methodist Protestant church in Greenville with classes from North Carolina participating. Sheriff warns sit down strikers as CIO activity targets nearby cotton mills, promising eviction and legal action.
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North Carolina
First Methodist Protestant Church
State Baraca-Philathea Union
United Secret Service
K. Edwin Fussell
Winston-Salem
State Union
B. V. Hedrick
Salisbury
State Baraca Union
J. Gurney Briggs
D. V. Howell
O. A. Johnson
Young Al Smith Cited To Court
Alfred E. Smith Jr., son of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, was cited to appear before Justice Abram Zoller in supreme court on April 22 to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. The order follows his failure to make alimony payments of $150 monthly and a reported past due amount near $400 to his Syracuse wife Bertha Gott Smith.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Alfred E. Smith
Abram Zoller
Supreme Court
Zoller
Young Smith
Bertha Gott Smith
Smith
More Lobbyists Filing Reports In Raleigh
RALEIGH April 16 Simms and Simms Raleigh law firm reported to secretary of state Thad Eure that it received a 100 dollar fee for acting as legislative counsel for Mrs Helen Conyers and Wake county delinquent tax employees during the recent legislature. C R Brown of Charlotte reported paying 175 dollars in fees to M B Glover and the North Carolina State Optometric Society listed 65.87 dollars as expenses paid to Dr G C Hodgens of Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Simms and
Tenn. man dies in electric chair at dawn
Sallow-faced Roy Wilburn Batman, 24, was executed in an electric chair near Osceola after being convicted of killing Griffith C. Thomasson, a Memphis filling station manager, during a holdup last May. His wife and infant waited outside for his body. He spoke to no reporters and offered no final words, the first white man in Shelby County to die by this method since 1919.
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Shville
Tenn
Roy Wilburn
Batman
Tennessee
Osceola
Memphis
Shelby County
Eatman
Griffith C. Thomasson
Packard to hear demands in union talks on Tuesday
Detroit April 16 The United Automobile Workers turned to a conference with Packard Motor Car Company, the second to last major automaker to negotiate. Alvan McCauley, Packard president, agreed to meet at 2 p m to formally hear demands on behalf of the employer. M M Gilman and C E B Weiss will represent the company, Ford remains not in talks and outside the Manufacturers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Packard Motor Car Company
Alvan McCauley
Packard
Richard T. Frankenstein
Macauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
M. M. Gilman
C. E B. Weiss
Ford Motor Company
Manufacturers’ Association
Battleships Set To Run Six Weeks Of War Games
A fleet of 139 ships and 474 airplanes began six weeks of war games off the Pacific coast. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn led the vast armada from the battleship Pennsylavania as ships from San Pedro and San Diego bases spread into the dawn mists.
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Pennsylvania
Pacific
United States Fleet
Arthur J. Hepburn
San Pedro
Calif
San Diego
Highway 29 Likely to be Wider or Dual Highway
State officials foresee widening Highway 29 to 30 feet from Greensboro to Gastonia or adding a parallel dual highway. Capus Waynick announced surveys show possible 30 foot minimum width and a two lane per direction setup with grass medians between sections. The plan targets Thomasville to Yadkin River and involvement from the Federal Bureau of Roads.
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Piedmont North Carolina
Greensboro
Gastonia
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Thomasville
Yadkin River
Rowan County
Piedmont
Federal Bureau of Roads
North Carolina reports highway safety progress and permit impacts
Raleigh April 16 Arthur Fulk director of the highways safety division said the state leads in building modern highways but lags in protecting users. He cited 47 787 miles of roads valued at 269 738 572 as of July 1 1935 and rising fatalities from 1928 through 1935 with a drop after the 1935 driver license law. The division issued licenses to 400 700 people and revoked 9 494 since November 1935 with 2 654 refusals and 1 706 suspensions.
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Raleigh
Arthur Fulk
Highways Safety Division
North Carolina
Falk
Highway’ Safety Division
Jungle trainer seeks hybrid lion tiger in Chicago
Clyde Beatty announced plans to acquire a new kind of animal a half lion half tiger Berlin Zoo reportedly owns the only such creature. Beatty bets on Primba the lion and Simba the tigress trained since cubs to work together riding an elephant and sharing a cage after hours.
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Chicago
Clyde Beatty
Berlin
Beatty
Primba
Simba
Lawless men enforce law in Harlan coal fields
A Senate Civil Liberties Committee hearing heard a Harlan County Kentucky circuit court statement describing former convicts acting to enforce law amid years of death and terror in one of the nation’s richest soft coal regions. The testimony outlined how rugged enforcers operated under the shadow of violence in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harlan County
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Harlan Circuit
Vessels Must Prove Papers But Not Be Searched
Ships flying the United States flag must show their papers in Spanish waters to enter the blockade zone but will not be searched. Officials of the neutrality committee disclosed the inspection aims to prevent ships of other nations impersonating the Stars and Stripes to smuggle contraband goods past the international blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Neutrality Committee
Revenue Estimates Upset By New Rail Pension Proposal
Washington April 16 A new railroad pension plan would create a $100 million hole in federal revenue estimates and force a recheck of income and outgo for the current fiscal year. House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton presented a voluntary retirement program aimed at railroads and workers that would yield about $50 million in tax refunds to each side, replacing contested 1935 legislation. The proposal, supported by carriers and labor, would raise tax rates to satisfy treasury standards, reducing projected tax receipts from $134 million to about $30 million for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Railroad Management and
Coughton
Management and Labor
Roosevelt
Asheboro Man's Father Is Dead
Nathaniel James Heyward 62 a native of Orangeburg DC and veteran North Carolina insurance man died suddenly at home in Raleigh at 7 30 this morning He was an independent fire insurance adjuster He is survived by his widow and children Nat Jr Asheboro Henderson Charlottesville Va William B Hampden Sydney student and Salley B Heyward Raleigh
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Raleigh
Nathaniel James Heyward
Orangeburg
D. C
North Carolina
Heyward
Nat, Jr
Asheboro
Henderson
Charlottesville
William B
Hampden-Sidney
Salley B. Heyward
Alabama Power to Appeal TVA Yard Sticks Ruling in Alabama
The Alabama Power Company prepared to appeal a federal district court decree ordering withdrawal from the suit challenging the Tennessee Valley Authority yard sticks program. Judge Davis barred further participation while Judge Gore’s injunction restrains TVA expansion, as Covington, Kentucky hears the appeal arguments today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Als
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Circuit Court ‘of Appeals
Covington
David J. Davis
North Alabama
Alabama
John Gore
Tennessee
TVA
Gore
Brave Man Is Often Afraid Says Brave Man Is Afraid
Dr. Charles Milton Newcomb of Asheville told Georgia teachers in Savannah that the brave man is often the man who is most afraid. He outlined five fear motives and urged that only knowledge and faith can overcome fear. He noted bravery is tied to weighing danger and questioned awards that ignore potential danger.
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Savannah
Charles Milton Newcomb
Asheville
N. C
Georgia
Controversy Over Blue Ridge Parkway Route in Cherokee Reserve
The Senate Indian affairs committee discussed a dispute among Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina about the proposed Blue Ridge Parkway location through the reservation. The hearing highlighted tensions over jurisdiction and land use amid federal project plans.
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Washington
The
Senate Indian Affairsommittee
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway
Reservation
Lost child found after 22 hour mountain search near Asheville
William Pinkey Evans two years old was found at seven a m in the Reems Creek mountains after a 22 hour hunt by a sheriff s posse and CCC camp members. The boy said he went rabbit hunting and wanted to attend school with an older brother. He was located between two logs and reported in good condition at a hospital.
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Asheville
William Pinkey Evans
Reems Creek
William
Sheriff's Posse
CCC
Wellsey Justice
Slow New York stock market session observed
In New York on April 16 buying forces nibbled at a few specialties but showed little appetite for most leaders. It was among the slowest sessions in weeks with the ticker dozing and quotes mildly mixed by late afternoon. A worldwide grains drop and other staples downturn cooled buying mood as peace move rumors abroad eased European demand for major commodities.
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New York
Europe
College Men Meet at Atlanta For Business Officers Meet
College and university business officers opened their ninth annual Southern Association meeting in Atlanta on April 16. The gathering brings together college leaders and administrators to discuss higher education management and policy issues.
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Collpge
Atlanta
Southern Association of College and University Business Officers
Unconstitutional Claims Upheld Against Social Security Provisions
Boston April 1 United States circuit court appeals ruled unemployment insurance tax and old age assistance provisions of the Social Security Act unconstitutional. Two of three justices held both provisions illegal after challenges by George P Davis a public utility stockholder. The court upheld the unemployment tax as constitutional while noting constitutional limits on congressional power.
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Circuit Court of Ap
Boston
United States Circuit Court
George P Davis
Congress
Supreme Call
Editors Debate Gag Legislation and Self Criticism
Washington April 16 George Fort Milton of the Chattanooga News urged editors to examine themselves for self-criticism amid proposed gag laws. He cited a Tennessee bill threatening damages and publication bans for false news, urging sharper editorial responsibility. Roosevelt hosted 200 editors at the White House for an informal off the record talk.
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Washington
George Fort Milton
The
Chattanooga News
Milton
Tennessee Ceneral Assembly
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore Evening Sun
Edson K. Bixby
Springfield
Roosevelt
White House
Secret Wife to Get Big Estate in Quaker Marriage Suit
Atlantic City reports a county judge bound the common law marriage of Mrs Elsie Gemill Mitchell to the late L Arthur Richards. The 17 year secret union began in a 1919 ceremony and she claims shared life as Mr and Mrs Mitchell on three nights weekly while he appeared single at society events. The suit seeks the $100000 estate Richards left.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Elsie Gemill
Mitchell
L. Arthur Richards
Richards
Cotton staple length tops 1936 crop in report
Washington April 16 Agriculture Department reports cotton ginned from the 1936 crop averaged longer in staple than the 1925 crop, indicating genetic or cultivation improvements reflected in the harvest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
War games continue at Aberdeen with Virginia attack
At Aberdeen Proving Grounds on April 16 the Atlantic wing directed an air force drill against Langley Field and Virginia Beach. A squadron of Army bombers joined ships from Rocky Mount in the mock attack, despite the earlier loss of two bombers in a collision 5,000 feet over the Atlantic near Bethany Beach. Both crews landed safely. one bomber had a damaged rudder and another bent propeller tips.
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Atlantic
General Headquarters Air Force
Virginia
Rocky Mount
N. C
Langley Field
Virginia Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Bethany Beach
Del
Thomas Langben
Robert L. Sexton
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Lewis
Associated Press
Illinois
Afol
Orange Presbyterial
State
Greenville
5. C
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John A. Martin
Greenville County
CIO
Young al Smith
Highway 29
Highway Commission
Waynick
Fulk
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
U. S
J. Warren Madden
Center
Edwin S. Smith
Donald Wakefield Smith
Spanish
Harlan
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