Wage dispute delays High Point hydro project decision
City of High Point Duke Power Company and labor unions argued at a Washington hearing on a 6.5 million dual hydro electric project wage schedule. The AFL seeks a 47 cent basic wage for common labor and higher pay for skilled work than the 75 cent rate proposed by project sponsors. PWA will issue a ruling after reviewing evidence, clarifying the prevailing wage clause and what constitutes comparable work.
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High Point
United States
Federal Public Administration
Jean Federation of Labor
PWA
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold JL. Ickes
American Federation of Labor
T Pwa
W. P. Stacy
Duke Power Company
BE. C. Bivens
Supreme Court
Stacy
W.S. O’b. Robinson
Duke Company
Roy L. Deal
Power Company
Williamson
FDR Prepares New Plans as Defense and Relief Programs Loom
President Roosevelt returns from vacation to lay groundwork for a new congressional program. Speaker Bankhead heads to Warm Springs for strategy talks on a defense aimed at the western hemisphere and a relief budget possibly exceeding a billion dollars. Meetings with Hopkins and Bankhead begin a busy stretch before the December session.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Williamc. Bullitt
France
White House
Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Frank C. Walker
New York
National Emergency Council
Hopkins
Washington
American
Canada
Low Mood Costs U.S. Billions, Lubin Testifies
In a testimony before the legislative executive committee, Tandor Lubin, commissioner of statistics, says the nation’s low mood slowed the economy and cost more than 132 billion in income. He cites unemployment losses at 119 billion and compares 1929 peak wages, farmer income gaps, and dividend shortfalls as evidence.
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Washington
Tandor Lubin
Hor Statistics
Lubin
Legislative Executive Committee
Gui
Railroads Reject Wallace Plea on Citrus Freight Rates
Washington December 1 railroads refused Secretary Wallace request for an emergency cut in citrus freight rates. They argued the lines face their most critical financial condition in history and noted rates are well below ICC maximums per A A R R vice president A F Cleveland.
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Washington
Wallace
A. F. Cleveland
The
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
UAW Chief Testifies on Italian Consul Pressuring Americans
Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, testified before House investigators that Italian vice-consul Giacomo Ungarelli urged American citizens of Italian descent in Detroit to back Fascist Italy. He said requests were backed by threats and boycotts against merchants refusing Italian demands.
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Washington
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
House
Giacomo Ungarelli
Detroit
Italy
Ungarelli
Martin
Car Owners Vote On Four Questions With 1939 Tags
Raleigh dispatch reports that North Carolina automobile owners will vote in a four item referendum as they buy 1939 license tags. The poll, run by the Carolina Motor Club, asks about gas tax diversion, compulsory vehicle inspections, highway walkways near schools, and a 55 mile per hour speed limit. Results carry no official effect but could persuade lawmakers in 1939.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina Motor Club
Motor Club
Wallace Urges Support For Crop Control
Secretary Wallace urges North Carolina cotton and tobacco growers to vote for continued crop control in the December 10 referendum. He argues for a simpler fairer program and warns that production and marketing will be controlled regardless. He notes past costly controls and cites rising cash farm income and stable tobacco allotments as positives of the 1939 plan.
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Raleigh
Wallace
United Farmers
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Hoey
Walace
Du Pont Opposes Profit Sharing System
Lammot du Pont told a Senate committee he opposes profit sharing and favors high wages tied to efficient performance. He cited BE I du Pont de Nemours and Company bonus payments of 7793,000 for conspicuous service and urged a system recognizing profits arise from high risk and sound management.
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Washington
Lammot du Pont
Senate
Delaware
BE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Frank Gannett
America
du Pont
Christmas Shopping Opens With Bands And Santa Parade
High Point prepares for a gala Christmas shopping season with three crack bands and clowns. Santa Claus will lead a Main Street parade from the Chamber of Commerce to the post office as lights are turned on at 7 p m Friday. The High Point College band Oak Ridge Institute band and High Point High School band will march in new uniforms.
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High Point
Santa Claus
Main Street
Chamber of Commercce
Sheraton
Post Office
High Point College
Oak Ridge Institute
High Point High School
Lawing Refuses Resignation as North State Baseball Chief
Gene Lawing said the North State Baseball League directors asked for his resignation as president at a Salisbury meeting last night. He noted his two year contract remains and he will not resign before it ends or until his advance salary is paid.
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Lawing
Charlotte
Gene Lawing
North State Baseball League
Salisbury
Clemson to face Texas Tech in Cotton Bowl
The Charlotte News reports Cotton Bowl officials sought Clemson college officials to set up a January 2 showdown with Texas Tech in Dallas Texas. The potential matchup would place Clemson in the Cotton Bowl on January 2 in Dallas.
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Clemson
Texas Tech
Charlotte
Charlotte News
Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt to Deliver Message in Person to New Congress
President Roosevelt after a conference with Speaker Bankhead said he would deliver the message to the new Congress in person. He described a thorough discussion of the prospective legislative program and called the day sweet and smooth.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Footprints and papers aid search for missing Mary Brown
In Washington on December 1 footprints in melting snow and a trampled batch of school papers emerged as the only clues in the search for Mary Brown a one year old business school student who vanished last night. Her sister Lucy Brown described two suspects a foreign looking pair in rough clothing who abducted the child but could not identify them.
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Washington
Mary Brown
Mary
Lucy Brown
TAR RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT INSPECTED
Major General Julian L. Sehley, Chief of U S Army Engineer, inspected the Tar river flood control project. A navigation project for the stream is under consideration and the engineer was to visit Wilmington harbor later today.
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Wilmington
Julian L. Sehley
U. S. Army Engineer
Tar River
Chamberlain denies pressure to censor US newsreels
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain told MPs there was no government request to remove or alter film commentaries for political reasons. Geoffrey L. Mander pressed whether other cases existed beyond the Simon disclosure, and the Premier denied any known instances.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Geoffrey L. Mander
John Simon
Preparations For Production Munitions To Be Streamlined
Washington plans to streamline munitions production for wartime. Louis Johnson told 206 procurement officers that designs must be simplified and mass production sped to meet emergencies and Roosevelt defense plans. He noted 25 percent of items lack finished specifications and 655 critical items need industrial education to mass produce.
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Washington
Army
Louis Johnson
High Command
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnson
War Department
Snowstorm Crash Kills 26 on Salt Lake City Bus
A loaded bus collided with a fast freight train in a snowstorm near Salt Lake City killing 26 and seriously injuring about a dozen others. Most victims were aged 12 to 16. Rescue workers struggled to reach the scene as officials investigated cause.
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Salt Lake City
W. E. Speakman
The
Rio Grande and Western Way
UNC Prepares For FDR Visit in Chapel Hill
UNC at Chapel Hill readies for President Franklin D Roosevelt to speak at Kenan Memorial Auditorium with a backup plan to use Woollen Gym if weather delays. Officials expect Colonel BE Starting to inspect arrangements and the voyage schedule remains subject to weather.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Woit Gilmore
Carolina Political Uni
Roosevelt
Kenan Memorial
BE. W
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Shirley Elizabeth Bryant
San Francisco
Sarah Bergstrom
Salt General Hospital
Shealsy
Denver and
Rio Western
Sheriff
Grant Young
E. L. Reahmer
Young
David Witter
Denver
Witter
Margie Groves
South
Mr. Silcox
Mack Bat Mabel Smith
UNC
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