Public Opinion To Condemn Code Slackers
Washington Aug 4 recovery administrator Hugh S Johnson grants a two week grace period for employers to adopt the blanket wage and hour code while warning a recalcitrant minority will not hold up the recovery program. The steel code is under analysis with a final submission in a week or ten days for employer and labor spokesmen.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Johnson Ha
Fogleman Dies In Chair In North Carolina Execution
Clay Fogleman of Rockingham County was electrocuted at the state prison for the murder of W. J. Carter in an attempted filling station robbery. He proclaimed innocence, said the death would help repeal capital punishment, and left letters urging abolition.
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Clay Fogleman
Rockingham County
State’s
W. J. Carter
Fogleman
North Carolina
Alien Gwyn
Reidsville
Jack Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Gwyn
P. W. Glidewell
North Carolina farmer boasts 15 foot corn headline
Asheville reports W. G. Wilson, a local farmer, claims seven acres of corn reaching 15 feet in height. He notes Midwest belt reports 131 and 124 inches receive little attention. Wilson invites visitors to see his exceptionally tall crop.
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Midwest
W. G. Wilson
Wilson
Tokyo books secret US China aviation pact report
Asahi prints alleged Washington treaty linking the United States and Chinese aviation plans with Dr Sze and US officials. It describes a $40 million program to supply 836 planes by 1936 and oversee training, bases, and factories to defend China and preserve Nine-Power Treaty guarantees. A foreign office spokesman denied knowledge of the pact.
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Asahi
Washington
United States
China
Sale Of Cotton Goods Running High Indicates Recovery
Greenville NC Aug 4 The sale of cotton goods is running high says D D Little general manager of the American Spinning Company here Retailers report increasing sales and will need to replace stocks with higher priced goods He is optimistic about progress in the textile industry under the new code.
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Greenville
8. C
D. D. Little
American Spinning Company
Little
Tear Gas Bomb Drives Traders From Exchange
Tear gas bombs caused the New York Stock Exchange to close early as fumes flooded lower floors. Police opened an investigation while traders watched from Broad and Wall streets. Trading on the curb exchange continued. unknown persons placed tear gas cylinders at an intake.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Stock Exchange
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Retary
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Wall Streets
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Allen K. Lindley
New York Police Department
Georgia Tobacco Sales Heavy On Many Marts
Statesboro reports bright leaf tobacco sales the heaviest of the season while a mass meeting in Valdosta aims to protect growers. Lanier and Coffee county protests urge federal and state action for better prices. Moultrie notes exporters’ bidding strengthens the market with yesterday’s average around 14.52 dollars per hundred pounds. About 250000 pounds of leaf were on warehouse floors.
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Atlanta
Statesboro
Valdosta
Lanier
Coffee County
Mountrie
La Guardia Wins GOP Backing for New York Mayor Bid
The New York Republican mayoralty committee endorsed Fiorello H. La Guardia as fusion candidate for mayor. The decision followed a peace meeting of fusionists including Republicans and anti-Democrats. Major Gen. John F. O'Ryan withdrew to seek harmony, while Tamany's John P. O'Brien is seen as likely nominee again.
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Republican
Fiorello H. la
James J. Walker
Tammany
John F. O’ryan
Charles S. Whitman
Harmony
John P. O’brien
Walker
LaGuardia
Tiger
Havana Faces Broad Bus Strike and Food Shortages
President Machado labeled the transportation strike seditious and warned of martial law to end it. About 20,000 workers stayed home as printers, bakers, meat dealers, and dock crews joined the disruption, halting newspapers and halting gas sales while authorities held reserves ready.
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Machado
Camaguey
Octavio Zubizarreta
Interior
Syndicate of Graphic Arts
Union of
Havana Bay
Election Board Meets in Raleigh for Referendum Planning
The state board of elections will assemble Saturday in Raleigh to prepare for the repeal referendum set for November 7.
Terms Agreed At Meet With Hugh Johnson
The H C Frick Coke company a United States Steel subsidiary agreed to terms for settlement of the Pennsylvania bituminous strike at Fayette county mines. Details remain undisclosed pending further moves to ensure effectiveness. Hugh S Johnson met with operators including Charles O Neil Ben Clark John Morrow Scott Stewart and John Jamison as well as Governor Pinchot UMWA leaders and counsel. Federal pressure to end the strike quickly was evident.
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H. C. Frick Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
Hugh S. Johnson
Charles O’neil
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Ben Clark
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
John Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Scott Stewart
W. C. Rainey Coal Company
John Jamison
Jamison Coal and Coke Couny
Pinchot
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Phillip Murray
H. R. Warrum
Recovery Administration
Frick
United Mine Workers
Michigan Paper Joins NRA Drive
The Adrian Telegram displayed the NRA blue eagle on its front page after filing a certificate of compliance with the Presidents' re employment agreement. The paper said journalism is a business field subject to codes and rejected the idea it is a higher profession.
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Adrian, Mich
Adrian Telegram
NRA
Blue Eagle
Philadelphia
Settle to chase high altitude science tonight
In Chicago a young naval officer Lieut Commander T G W Settle plans a 11 o clock CDT attempt to reach 10 miles up for scientific research. Also NPR reports 80000 jobs and 20000000 annual earnings may arise under a temporary code before final hearings. In Rome Georgia wage hikes end a 17 hundred worker strike at a 10 million rayon mill with 10 to 60 percent increases. In Atlanta Jewish grocers win Sunday opening permits 8 am to 2 pm due to religious observance.
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Chicago
T. G. W. Settle
C.D.T
Rome
Massive floods along Chang River devastate central China
In the Chang river floods north-central China drown about ten thousand people and leave another ten thousand homeless. Two hundred villages are reported destroyed across the region.
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Shanghai
Chang River
China
Shields Wins Southampton Tennis Semi Final Title
Frank Shields of New York outplayed Bryan M. Grant Jr. of Atlanta in straight sets to reach the final of the 48th Southampton tournament at the Meadow Club. The scores were 6-0 6-3 6-2.
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N. Y
Frank Shields
Bryan M. Grant, Jr
Atlanta
the Meadow Club
Patrol Lieutenant Transferred to Asheville Aug 15
Lieut L Ryle in command of District D of the state highway patrol receives orders to move headquarters to Asheville on Aug 15. His division expands from 15 to 36 counties and he is kept as one of three division lieutenants in the statewide patrol setup.
Hosiery Strike Ends With 40 Hour Week Settlement
Workers at 21 seamless mills vote 1,165 to 442 to return to work Monday under a provisional hosiery code providing 40 hours at the same pay as 55 hours and a $12 weekly minimum. The decision ends a nearly three week strike, with 2,500 to 3,000 in attendance at a Senior High campus meeting.
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Dunnigan
Blue Eagle Spreads Wings Over Nation In Recovery
The blue eagle symbol signals National Recovery Act compliance with a New York firm set to employ 10,000 workers and add 1,000 more through code adherence. Reports from Clarksburg note price gains for haircuts and end of a price-cutting war. New Castle reveals county workers begin a 40 hour week on Monday.
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New York
New Castle
Restaurant owner raises pay and hikes board charges
In Youngstown a restaurant proprietor increased a waitress wage from six to thirteen dollars and fifty cents weekly while charging one dollar daily for board and boosting menu prices. The report also notes Indiana employers signing up and job gains in Baltimore with city context. Police were called to control a reported disturbance near Saginaw Michigan.
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Youngstown
Mob Storms Stores Not Observing NRA Recovery Program
BAY CITY MICH Aug 4 AP For the second time in three days demonstrators threatened violence at stores not observing the 530 closing hour of the recovery movement. About 200 mobilized to two chain stores, forcing one to close while the other was already shut when they regrouped after police dispersed them. Several missiles were thrown and two employees were struck.
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Bay City
Mich
Food store owners urge violence to enforce 6 30 closing hour
In Flint Michigan a meeting of food store proprietors drew a crowd in front of two shops open after the 6 30 closing hour. Speakers urged use of violence if necessary to ensure general observance of the 6 30 limit.
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Strators
Flint, Mich
Milwaukee Four major industries create 2000 new jobs
Milwaukee reports four leading industries employing about 18 000 workers plan to add 2 000 more jobs. The growth involves key firms and regional economic development aims to boost employment across sectors.
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Milwaukee
Nationwide NRA pledge roll in midwest and south grows
Reports from multiple cities show thousands of employers pledging support as blue eagle displays rise. Wisconsin Kansas Missouri Illinois Oklahoma Texas California Nebraska Georgia report increases in hires and pledged workers, with totals from Chicago to Omaha and beyond.
Garment Workers Vote To Return Under Blanket Code
Striking workers of the High Point Overall Company meet management with a proposal to resume Monday under the blanket code. The plan sets a minimum wage of 30 cents an hour and 12 dollars per week for all departments, with no pay cuts for workers earning above the minimum.
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Maurice Knitting Mills
Thomasville
Industrial Workers Association
EB. H. Dunnigan
Labor Department
Dunnigan
D. W. Bradley
Bradley
High Point Overall
California debates state income tax sparks exodus threat
Beverly Hills California August 3 The proposed state income tax draws strong protests with critics vowing to relocate. One speaker jokes about a parade of luxury cars heading east if the tax passes, illustrating concern that wealthy residents would flee.
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