Coal Miners Return To Work In Unanimous Vote
In Uniontown Pennsylvania more than 100 United Mine Workers locals representing about 20 000 miners voted unanimously to return to work in the soft coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania after an appeal by Edward F McGrady labor adviser to support Roosevelt recovery program McGrady flew from Washington at the request of General Hugh S Johnson recovery administrator The strike had lasted over two weeks with demand for recognition of the United Mine Workers of America
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Uniontown
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Edward F. McGrady
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
McGrady
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
Welles Pursues Peace As Havanas Riots Echo On
Welles seeks to end Havana strife after yesterday’s riot left 21 dead and many wounded as Machado opponents press for his resignation. Ambassadors meet with leaders while stores close and police arm for security during the unrest and foreign legations inquire about nationals harmed.
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Ambassador Welles
Morrison's Farm Flies NRA Colors in Charlotte
Cameron Morrison, former governor and senator, runs a large Charlotte farm under NRA ideas. He notes workers quit about 6 pm and explains the farm is run like an industry with attention to workers and leisure. He calls the NRA program a right idea that will help the working man.
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Charlotte
Cameron Morrison
NRA
Morrison Farm
Morrison
Hosiery Prices Poised to Double Under New Costs
Chattanooga reports J H Davenport secretary treasurer of Davenport Hosiery Mills says prices must rise after a week under the National Industrial Recovery Act to cover higher production costs. Davenport anticipates price increases once money circulation expands under Roosevelt recovery efforts. Richmond Hosiery Mills executive J Harvey Wilson notes plant inactive until orders resume. He estimates hosiery prices may need a 100 percent hike to cover costs.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. H. Davenport
Davenport Hosiery Milla
Davenport
National Industrial Recovery Act
Roosevelt
J. Harvey Wilson
Richmond Hosiery Mills
Cotton forecast reaches 12 million bales for year
Government crop board reports 12.314 million bales forecast for the season, below last year’s 13.0 million. August 1 condition at 74.2 percent of normal, strongest since 1915 except 1931, with 29.704 million acres planned for harvest and 198.4 pounds per acre yield, about 18 percent above ten year average.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Oklahoma
Belt
Seaboard
Balbo Fleet Completes Long Atlantic Hop From Rome
General Italo Balbo’s 24 seaplanes completed the 1,500 mile hop from Rome to the Azores and back, after weather delays. Balbo led the fleet with Waly in the lead on the outbound and return legs, weather reports guiding the crew as they lifted off at dawn.
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Horta
Azores
Italo Balbo
Rome
Chicago
Shoal Harbor
N. PF
Atlantic
Balbo
Orbetello
Waly
Adjustment Reached at Pickett Cotton Mill
A four hour conciliation session reached a complete and satisfactory adjustment between workers at Pickett Cotton mill and mill management. Announcement came from E. H. Dunnigan commissioner of conciliation for the department of labor after talks with the center president of the Industrial Workers Association.
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Pickett
E. H. Dunnigan
Department of Labor
Industrial Workers Association
Polish flyers reach Harbor Breton in Newfoundland
The Polish aviators Benjamin and Joseph Adnowicz arrived at Harbor Breton on the southern coast of Newfoundland at 1 17 o clock EST after flying over For tune Bay.
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Harbor Breton
N. F
Benjamin and
Joseph Adnowicz
Fortune Bay
Reorganization Program Savings Reduced to 5 Million
Immediate savings from Roosevelt era reorganization are now stated by the budget bureau to run about 5 million dollars annually. Final yearly savings depend on how quickly procurement and disbursement divisions can be set up. The plan to unify federal buying under the treasury was postponed as Secretary Woodin has until December 31 to implement the divisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
The
Treasury
Department
Woodin
Hull tells Roosevelt on London conference and aims at action
Cordell Hull arrived in Beverly Hills and briefed Roosevelt on the London conference, then outlined what could have been done if nations truly wanted results. Roosevelt and Mol ey seek to deter kidnappers while Oklahoma born NRA leader Johnson is described as hard boiled and capable of forcing compliance in his aims.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Mr. Moley
Missouri
Oklahoma
Johnson
NRA
Johnson Pushes Blue Eagle Plan To Cover All Within Two Weeks
Recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson creates a special board to apply pending wage and hour codes to speed compliance. The goal is to have all employers under the blue eagle within two weeks and then run a consumer campaign urging purchases only from code-compliant firms. The board includes Robert Stevens Edward Stettinius Robert Straus W Woolston and Kilbourne Johnson.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Robert T. Stevens
Edward R. Stettinius
The
Recovery Administration
Industrial Advisory Board
Robert K. Straus
W. Woolston
Labor Advisory Board
Kilbourne Johnson
Catawba Venice Will Hear Case Of Lail and Page
Ralph Page of Burke county and Claude Lail formerly of High Point face murder charges in superior court for the killing of Dave Shuping at a Drevel filling station during a Jan 7 attempted robbery. A special Catawba county venire is to report for the trial. Page is held in Lenoir jail with other detentions at Marion.
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Morganton
N. C
Ralph Page
Burke County
Claude Lail
High Point
Superior Court
Dave Shuping
Drevel
Wilson Warlick
Catawba County
Shuping
Page
Lenoir
Marion
Boston Lawyer Indicted in Stock Exchange Tear Gas Incident
Eugene E Daniell Jr a Boston lawyer was indicted for malicious mischief in connection with two tear gas bombs placed in the stock exchange last Friday causing employees to flee the building The filing marks a felony charge following the incident reported by AP from New York.
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New York Stock Exchange
Eugene
Daniell, Jr
Harvard
Boston
New York
National Independent Party
Anachy
Willis Overton
Paul Palaczi
Clarence Lyons
Otto Ke
Aug
Stock Exchange
French aviators Rossi and Codos hailed after New York to Rayak flight
Fifty million French citizens prepare a grand welcome for Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos after their monoplane Joseph La Brix flight from New York to Rayak Syria, claiming a world distance record by about 560 miles. The voyage took around 56 hours and drew praise from officials in Paris and Syria.
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Paris
New York
Rayak
Syria
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codo
Joseph la Brix
Wiley Post
James Mollison
Amy
Italo Balbo
Mme
Codos
Rossi
O. KR. Gayford
Paul Codos
Telephone firms oppose large cut in charges in North Carolina
North Carolina telephone companies urged the state corporation commission to reject broad rate reductions, contesting base rate area extensions and lower connection and service charges. Southern Bell argued the plan would be confiscatory, while some firms favored limited cuts for French-type phones.
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Raleigh
Telephone Companies
North Carolina
State Cooporation Commission
J. Stanley Winborne
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
E. D. Smith
Atlanta
Fred J. Turner
Carolinas
Southern Bell Company
Andrew Joyner, Jr
Greensboro
Albert
Barnard
Asheville
Albert Keister
Turner
Connate Nera
George 4Ear
Ee T. Leé
North State Telephone Company
High Point
Robbins Tilden
Polish American Aviators Crash Near Harbor
Polish American brothers Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz crash during a test flight from New York en route to Poland at Grace Newfoundland harbor. Both flyers are believed injured as a second report from Port Aux Basques notes Helamin and Joseph Adamowics ditching near 12 30 p m today.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowicz
New York
Poland
Port Aux Basques
Helamin
Joseph Adamowics
Polish-American brothers test flight from New York to Poland
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz, Polish American brothers, departed Floyd Bennett Field on a claimed test flight to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Airport attendants suspected they might cross the ocean, taking over 500 gallons of gasoline for the trip.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowiesz
New York
Poland
Floyd Bennett Airport
Harbor Grace
N. F
Career of Machado Began Before Cuba Gained Independence
New York AP notes President Machado of Cuba started his career before independence, serving at 22 in the 1805 revolution. He has been a soldier, politician, cattle breeder and sugar grower with posts as inspector general of military forces and secretary of the interior. He became president in 1925 and is 61 years old.
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New York
Machado
Cuba
Raleigh amateur leads midway in national amateur qualifier
N Edward Edgerton, a stocky Raleigh, North Carolina entrant, shot 71 at the Columbia country club to lead a field of 47 golfers at the halfway point of the sectional qualifying for the national amateur.
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Washington
N. Edward Edgerton
Raleigh
Columbia Country Club
Dark horses lead in national professional golf qualifier
Milwaukee Aug 8 Two dark horse contenders Benno Paulke of Detroit and Rod Munday 21 of Santa Rosa Calif shot 72s to lead the early finishers in the 18 hole qualifying test of the national professional golf championship today.
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Milwaukee
Dark Horse Brigade
Benno Paulke
Detroit
Rod Munday
Santa Rosa
Calif
Itn
Wave swept crowd from Rockaway sandbar
A massive wave and strong undertow carried 15 to 18 people from a Rockaway Beach sandbar into the sea. About an hour later nine children were rescued from the water with submersion injuries as crews worked to revive them using halators.
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New York
Aug
Rockaway Beach
Newspaper Code Proposed by Publishers to NRA
The American Newspaper Publishers association submitted a code to the recovery administration outlining shortened hours and a minimum wage above the blanket agreement, while preserving existing contracts and the constitutional right to a free press. The proposal aims to regulate newspaper operations and labor conditions.
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Washington
The
American Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Recovery Administration
Cuba Crisis Seen Ending Quickly as Machado Faces Opposition
Washington observers predicted a swift end to Cuba's conflict between President Machado and his opponents. Reports from Havana cited rioting, Machado's defiance of Roosevelt's envoy, cooling army support, and officials doubting his public popularity, fueling talk he would resign.
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Washington
Cuba
Machado
Republic
Roosevelt
Havana
Body Of Physician Found In Tar River
Tarboro reports the body of Dr. Samuel N. I, a Tarboro physician aged about 60, found last night in the Tar River near town after a weeklong search. He disappeared Sunday morning and an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Funeral services announced for today.
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Tarboro
Samuel N. 1
Tar River
Tom Nicholson
Roosevelt Meets Pope Pius In Vatican Audience
Theodore Roosevelt was received in audience today by Pope Pius at Vatican City, in a brief but formal meeting reported by AP.
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Vatican City
Theodore Roosevelt
Pope Pius
Judge Clears Way for North Carolina Bank Reorganization
Judge H Hoyle Sink signed an order permitting 450000 of North Carolina Bank and Trust assets to be invested in Guaranty bank stock. The move enables bank reorganization, allowing Hood estate bank commissioner to participate and arrange for initial R F C distributions after depositors receive 20 percent.
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Judge Sink
Old N. C. Bank and Trust
Guaranty Bank
Greensburo
N. C
H. Hoyle Sink
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Gurney P. Hood Estate Bank
North Carolina Bank
New
Hood
R. F.C
Guaranty Rents
Rowe Baretan Bank
Hoods
R. Te Co
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G. F Swift, Jr
Allen F. Moore
Herbert J. Blum
Catawba
Venice
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EB. Nicholetts
State Corporation Commission
Tilden
Ternoon
Independence
Edgerton
George C. Jordan
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