Congress Likely To Hold Night Sessions On Wages Bill
In Washington on December 15 House leaders expected to defeat moves to send the wages and hours bill back to committee. Speaker Bankhead pledged night sessions if needed to finish action this week while the Senate debated farm bill timing and dissenting amendments.
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House
Washington
Bankhead
House Judiciary Committee
Sumners
Senate
Majority
Barkley
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Norton
D-N.j
Labor Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Rep
Dockewiler
D-Calif
American Federation of Labor
Wilmington mayor urges inquiry into escape by Turner or Payne
Wilmington Mayor Thomas E. Cooper urged Governor Hoey to investigate alleged inefficiency in the State Highway Patrol after a running gun fight left J. Bowling Byrd wounded. Police said two witnesses identified Wash Turner alias Jack Borden as a man seen in the area, supporting the belief he escaped Monday night.
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Wilmington
Thomas E. Cooper
Hoey
State Highway Patrol
J. Bowling Byrd
Joresh Rourk
Wash Turner
Jack Borden
Turner
Two More Women May Be Victims Of French Gang
Paris reports two more women who answered help wanted ads by Eugene Weidmann, executioner for a murder for profit ring, may have been killed. Police fear they joined Mme Janine Keller, sixth victim found in Fontainebleau forest. Weidmann’s confession about killing Jean de Koven, a Brooklyn dancer, spurred the probe.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Mme
Janine Keller
Weidmann
Fontainebleau
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
France and Germany to sign frontier pact tomorrow
Paris reports the French foreign office will sign a frontier agreement with Germany tomorrow. Officials offered no details and declined comment on the pact’s terms.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Germany
Post Office in Randleman Reopens With Modern Upgrades
Renovation at Randleman Post Office is complete. The facility now features an up-to-date interior and a heating system, reflecting several weeks of work by local builders and officials.
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P. O
Randleman
Ranfieman
Sas
Would-Be Pickets At Ford Plants Arrested
In Kansas City mass picketing at the Ford assembly plant led to 150 arrests as police moved to control demonstrators. CIO official Carl Stevens claimed the marchers would fill every jail if needed, while plant manager H C Doss reported 1050 workers reporting for duty amid a strike that had reopened after a seasonal layoff.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
Carl Stevens
United Automobile Workers of America
H. C. Doss
Rebels Bombard Own Field Base on Franco-Spanish Frontier
Spanish government dispatches report insurgent airmen seriously damaged and caused casualties at their own Villanfranca Del Ebro base. Madrid bombardment damages barricades in University City and Case De Campo. Government says 15 killed and more than 30 wounded. Franco orders Portuguese border closed, completing frontier blockade.
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Hendaye
Villanfranca del Ebro
Madrid
University City
Case de Campo
Spain
Francisco Franco
Union Aims to Spend Half a Million on Ford Campaign
Detroit December 15. Richard T. Frankenstein, assistant president of the United Automobile Workers reports the CIO union plans to spend about 500000 dollars to organize Ford Motor Company employees.
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Detroit
Richard T. Frankenstein
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Seize Arms In Paris Raid On Secret Society Garage
Surete detectives in Paris seized six light machine guns and eighty modern army rifles in a raid on a Paris garage. Officials called the cache one of the largest yet found and said the garage owner was missing.
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Paris
Surete
Hungary to resume partial war debt payments in 193?
Hungary deposits 89,828 with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a partial remittance toward its wartime debt. The move would break the general suspension and marks the first such payment in over five years, with Finland the only debtor to meet its obligation on time.
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U. S
Finland
Bulletin
Washington
United States
Hull
John Plenyi
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hungary
Little Balkan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
State Department
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithunia
Rumania
Freezing Weather Grips Midwest Affects Roads Rail
A glaze of thin ice coated most of the Middle West slowing highways and rail traffic. Rain and freezing temperatures persisted with no immediate change forecast by government forecasters.
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Midwest
Chicago
Middle West
Britain seeks Japan action to prevent shipping attacks
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that Britain demands definite Japanese measures to stop further attacks on British shipping in the Far East. He noted the note to Japan will state Britain’s position and the need for assurances Japan will prevent another incident. Eden also cited a Japanese apology note promising action and compensation.
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White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Eden
Commons
England
Japan
London
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Far East
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Neville Chamberlain
Waas
L.R. Fletcher
Lato
China
American actress denies Madeira marriage report
Ruth Chetterton, American film actress, denied rumors she was marrying a wealthy Madeira wine merchant in Funchal on December 15. She stated she had no plans to marry in Madeira.
Chicago Produce Prices Mixed On Butter And Eggs
Chicago reports butter at 6 841 and steady eggs with 3192. refrigerator extras rise 20 percent while standards and firsts hold, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Driver Of Auto That Killed Woman Forgiven At Service
Detroit reports a man named Tom William Marklein sought forgiveness after driving through a street car waiting zone Dec 9 injuring many and killing Theresa Schyner. He faces man slaughter charges and a Dec 29 examination. Evangelist Ethel Willitts urged forgiveness in the Everybody's Tabernacle gathering as Schyner’s husband expressed absolution.
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Detroit
Tabernacle
Tom William Marklein
Marklein
William Schyner
Theresa
Ethel R. Willitts
Jesus
Schy
Japan and United States clash over Panay incident amid China policy
American authorities await Japan reply to the Panay sinking protest and demand guarantees on open door in China. Tokyo signals readiness to go further if needed while considering apologies and naval honors. Public alarm rises as debate widens over American rights in China.
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Washington
United States
Panay
China
Tokyo
Japan
Elimination Of Fire Hazard Being Sought
City officials move toward regulating transport of large gasoline shipments through High Point streets. City Manager Knox cites fire risk in business district and urges a fair ordinance after public safety committee draft. Mrs Minnie P Vail seeks 15000 for property damage tied to grade crossing work and alleged trespass by workers.
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High Point
Public Safety Committee
E. M. Knox
Knox
Minnie P. Vail
Perry Street
Vail
U S Warships Reach 40 in Asiatic Waters Navy says
The Asiatic fleet counts about 4 850 sailors and 40 warships in Chinese and nearby Philippine waters including six river gunboats like the Panay type. Vessels include cruisers Augusta Marplehead Sacramento and several destroyers and submarines.
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Washington
Panay
Philippine
Navy
Far East
President Hoover
Formosa
Shanghai
Augusta
Harry £. Yarnell
Marplehead
Sacramento
Stewart
Parrott
Pope
Bridge
Luzon
Guam
Monocacy
Oahu
Tutuila
Yangtze River
Union Testifies For Revolution in Greensboro Hearing
Members of the Revolution Flannel Workers Union testified at a National Labor Relations Board hearing in Greensboro stating the union was formed without company knowledge and without supervisory coercion to join the AFW or TCIO. The testimony aimed to counter unfair labor practice charges by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee against Revolutionary Cotton Mills and Proximity Print Works of Conemilla as the trial nears completion.
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Greensboro
Revolution Flannel Workers Union
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Revolutionary Cotton Mills
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Steel Workers Denounce AFL Leadership Split Cited
225 delegates at the first S10 steel workers congress heard Philip Murray denounce the AFL executive council and president as the CIO and steel workers split from the federation. Murray, SWOC chairman and United Mine Workers vice president, blamed a failed leader for wage earners’ amputations. In New York the U S government filed a lien against Max Schmeling for back income taxes totaling 23711.55.
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Pittsburgt
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Steel Workers’ Congress
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
S.W.O.C
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
U. S
Schmeling
New York
United States
Maax Schmeling
Foreign residents in Nanking await fate as siege worsens
The Japanese embassy reports 27 foreigners including 18 Americans still inside Nanking, with 150000 Chinese in a safety zone and evacuees threading river routes. Front lines shift five miles northwest as Japanese forces press toward the Yangtze. American reporters C Yates McDaniel Tillman Dardin and Arthur Menken are confirmed safe in Nanking and may travel to Shanghai aboard a Japanese gunboat.
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Shanghats
China
Ebassy
Nanking
Japan
King
West Front
Yangtze
Puchen
Ane Matsui
Tientsin-Pukow Railway
Yangtze River
Shanghai
United States
C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Tillman Dardin
The
New York Times
Arthur Menken
Paramount News Reel
Prize Photo Exhibit Displays Worldwide Works at Woman's College
Prize winning photographs from around the world are on loan to Woman's College and shown in the college library this week. The exhibit is lent through Dr. John A. Tiedemann assistant professor of physics and the magazine American Photography.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
John A. Tiedemann
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Peary
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