Textile wage board urges extra committees for knitted goods
Washington dates show December 15 to 17 meeting of the textile industry committee to suggest raising minimum wages for about 1 000 workers under the Wage hour law. The panel also calls for additional committees to study knitted goods and woolen industries and may form more for the knitted wear sector employing roughly 211 700 workers. George W. Rogers, hero of the Morro Castle disaster, was sentenced in Jersey City to 12 to 20 years for attempting to kill a superior with a home made bomb.
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Washington
Textile Industry Committee
Elmer F. Andrews
Jersey City
N. J
George W. Rogers
Morro Castile
Bayonne
Common Pleas
Thomas H. Brown
United States presses Germany for non discrimination assurances
The United States again demanded assurances from Germany that American citizens are treated without discrimination based on race or creed. A state department note delivered in Berlin by Prentiss B. Gilbert expressed disappointment that repeated assurances in recent months had not been forthcoming.
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U. S&s
Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Prentiss B. Gilbert
Cotton Ed Has Won Farm Bill Move In Senate
In Washington Senator Ellison D Smith and Senator James F Byrnes plan to back a farm bill and select a federal judge for South Carolina. They will meet in January to finalize a judge recommendation. The vacant district judgeship followed Judge J Lyles Glenn's death. Smith outlined a draft farm bill and aims to recapture foreign markets, suggesting repeal of parts of the Johnson Act to boost cotton sales in Western Europe.
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Columbia
D. C
South Caroa
United Tes
Ellison D. Smith
Smith
James F. Byrnes
Washington F
J. Lyles Glenn
Congress
Europe
Bat Dejournette Must Die Says High Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Bat Dejournette must die in the gas chamber for the murder of Garland Mangum in Guilford County, convicted last May.
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Bat Dejournette
HIGH
Raleigh
N. C
Guilford County
Garland Mangum
State Supreme Court
Soviet To Aid Accused Spy In Espionage Case
Soviet government moved to aid Mikhail Gorin and fellow arrestee Hafis Salich in Los Angeles. Vice-consul Ivan Ivanu shkin planned to provide Gorin with an attorney and said he would review the prisoner’s condition, as federal charges proceed. Bond for both suspects stands at 25000 each.
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Los Angeles
Mikhail Gorin
Ivan Traseshin
New York
Gorin
Hafis Salihh
Gorin and
Salich
Berkeley
Calif
Naval Intelligence Service
Navy
Moscow
Suspicious Fire Burns Armour Plant in Brooklyn
New York December 15 firemen described a blaze at a three story brick Armour Packing Company plant in Brooklyn as suspicious in origin. The fire occurred amid a city wide strike by United Meat Workers CIO and comes as 60 packing concerns faced pickets since the walkout began. Deputy Fire Chief Mc Aleer said police were told flames were preceded by an explosion.
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New York
Armour Packing Company
Brooklyn
United Meat Workers
CIO
George McAleer
Plans Underway to Organize North Carolina Wholesalers
UP dispatch from Charlotte reports Dec 15 that W. E. Colton of Charlotte announced plans to organize wholesale merchants of North Carolina, aiming to unite buyers and sellers under a common association.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. E. Colton
North Carolina
Eighteen Shipwreck Victims in Alaska Get Food
Seventeen survivors of the Patterson were fed from air drops at Cape Fairweather Alaska while two crewmen perished in the grounding. Coast guards and a helicopter of relief efforts coordinate with Juneau guides to reach the stranded party as weather allows. Air drops continued after signals indicated dwindling supplies as cutters and planes near the coast await calmer seas.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Patterson
Cape Fairweather
Far North
Juneau
Lituya Bay
Lituya
Haida
Sheldon Simmons
Pact for Pan American Peace Proposed at Lima Conference
The United States presented a 12 page draft unifying existing peace and arbitration pacts into a single constitution for the western hemisphere. Argentina opposed a non aggression pledge while Brazil backed a treaty led by equal state sovereignty. The plan would restrict foreign enforcement and complicate rights for investors in case of expropriation.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Argentina
Conference of 21 Nations
Brazil
Americas
Colombia
Venezuela
FHA Loans to Twelve Cities For Low Rent Rehousing
The United States Housing Authority announced loans totaling 29,330,000 to 12 cities for 16 low rent rehousing projects. The program will house about 5,933 families, with New York City receiving 8,390,000 for a slum clearance project rehousing about 1,476 low income families.
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Washington
United States Housing Authority
New York City
Plans for $400,000 rural power lines in Anson County
Plans are afoot in Anson county for about 400 thousand dollars worth of rural electrification light and power lines. State REA Project Inspector said today.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Dee
Anson County
REA
Britain Uses Finance to Check Nazi War Plans
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a luncheon audience that Britain's financial strength could deter Nazi statesmen from war, signaling a firmer line toward the leadership while distinguishing between German leaders and the German people. He noted the power of long war costs as a deciding factor in conflict. The remark came after a recent boycott by German diplomats of his Munich peace pledge.
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London
Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
Earl Baldwin
Adolf Hitler
Munich
House of Comms
Lorcester
Vivian Hughith
Morgan, Gren
France’s Arms Budget Debate Prompts Parliament Clash
Premier Daladier presents the largest prewar arms budget to the chamber as France warns Italy and Germany of a fight to defend its empire. The plan allocates about 82.0 billion francs for navy air force and army, with navy projecting 700,000 tons of ships by 1942 and air force expanding to 56,000 personnel plus production boosts. Foreign Minister Bonnet states France will defend its territory and empire, and has informed Germany of its firm stance.
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Paris
Daladier
National Defense
Italy
Germany
France
Paul Reynaud
Navy
Cesar Campinchi
Land Army
Georges Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Bonnet
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fight Over Status Of UTW Heads For Court
Washington December 15 A labor dispute over the United Textile Workers UTW with about 100000 members may go to federal court Francis J Gorman UTW president ordered all union funds moved from New York to Washington The action aims to recover about 500000 locals paid to the TWOC since 1937 The Rhode Island court ruling voided a contract with CIO chairman John L Lewis dissolving the UTW and blocking TWOC dues collection The CIO has appealed the decision Gorman is a member of the CIO rival AFL and was discharged as
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Washington
United Textile Workers
Francis J. Gorman
UTW
CIO
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
New York
Gorman
TWOC
Textile Workers Organization
Rhode Island
John L. Lewis
AFL
Tobacco Farmer Seeks Higher 1939 Poundage
A Wilson farmer visits County Farm Agent W. L. Adams to complain that the 1939 tobacco poundage allotment seems insufficient and asks for a raise. The complaint follows widespread press coverage of crop control provisions.
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Wilson
W. L. Adams
Hillman accuses Gorman of splitting textile union ties
Sidney Hillman says Gorman aims to split textile labor, opposing a 12 percent wage cut for 150 000 woolen and worsted workers. He notes a flood of telegrams repudiating Gorman and warns the move could help employers push conditions lower. Gorman says UTW suits to recover dues from TWOC could take months or years.
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Hillman
Gorman
TWOC
UTW
CIO
Authorities Probe Into Past Financial Actions Of Coster
Federal and state authorities examined the background of F. Donald Coster, president of McKesson and Robbins, as an $18 million asset discrepancy surfaced. Investigators sought information from a federal grand jury, with 50 witnesses summoned in New York as probes into his past financial operations intensify.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
Ambrose V. McCall
Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Foreigners from Kuling End Trip to Shanghai
Thirty five foreigners including sixteen Americans arrived in Shanghai aboard the Omi Maru after months at Kuling Central China. They left Kiukiang on a hilly route with refugees dwindling in Kuling and gunfire heard near the Lushan Mountains.
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Shanghai
Kuling
China
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
No-Man's-Land
Yangtze
Lushan
Secretary Ickes Declines Chicago Mayoral Bid
Aides say Secretary Ickes will not run for mayor of Chicago on a liberal Democratic ticket next year. He feels he cannot undertake the race for a number of reasons.
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Washington
Ickes
Friends
Chicago
FDR Lauds Jefferson Memorial Groundbreaking
President Roosevelt at the Jefferson memorial ground breaking praised Jefferson for enabling democracy over autocracy. On the tidal basin site for a 3 million shrine he noted millions will visit Washington and feel gratitude for an adequate national memorial to Jefferson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
United States
Governor Fugate Slain In Land He Ruled By Mercy
Manila reports the murder of James Fugate, longtime American governor of Sulu Moroland, famed for his mercy toward Moros. He arrived in the Philippines as a teacher about 35 years ago and never carried a gun, preaching kindness over force. The crime occurred Wednesday night with no clues available.
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Fugate
Manila
James Fugate
Philippines
Sulu
Moroland
Jolo
Roosevelt Accepts Resignation of Commerce Secretary Roper
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Dani Roper as Secretary of Commerce effective December. The White House said personal reasons prompted the move and that retirement to private life would not derail major objectives. Roper had told the President he wished to return to private life to focus on personal affairs, planning a southern move, with speculation linking Harry Hopkins to cabinet changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dani Roper
Whi House
Roper
Attorn
Cummings
Mentio
Sec
War
Woodring
Navy
Swanson
White House
Pri
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Pers
Mars County
S. C
Trinity College
Duke University
Light Tobacco Market Sales at Winston-Salem Christmas
Winston Salem reports light tobacco market sales ahead of Christmas with about 300000 pounds sold at an average of 15 dollars per hundred. The summary lists top sellers and their lots including Payne Cullen Calloway Ward Davis Gross Payne Mabe Lawson Wood Jones Nelson Royal Caudle and Doss with varied prices across multiple lots.
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Winston-Salem
J. T. Booth
Follo
T. A. Payne
J. M. Cullen
P. EB. Calloway
M. PF. Wards
P. Davis
R. W. Wood
W. M. Jones
J. Nelson
W. D. Royal
L. P. Caudle
Jack Doss &Ley
Girl Finds Christmas After Five Years In Prison
A six year old girl born with rickets, Alice Harris, celebrated her first Christmas since leaving a farmhouse where she was confined for five years. Found by authorities in southwest Pennsylvania, she weighs 42 pounds, cannot walk or talk, and was cared for by Jennie Rowan. A Sunday school class helped her experience a simple holiday with a tree and hope for small steps forward.
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Uniontown
Santa Claus
Alice Harris
Pennsylvania
David Harris
Martha Harris
Kingsley Darvis
Pennsylvania State College
Alice
Jennie Rowan
Hels
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Hilda Ya- Tsing
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Sidney Hillman
George Vernard
New York Stock Exchange
Yestern
Thompson
McKesson
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