Lawmaker Urges Resignations From Labor Board
Rep Ramspeck calls for the resignations of J Warren Madden and Edwin S Smith from the National Labor Relations Board and pushes Wagner Act amendments. He seeks protections for small unions, formal election rights for employers, and a clarified law to prevent board reversals. He hopes for immediate hearings after January 3. Willem Green of the AFL says evidence supports claims of board bias toward the CIO.
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Washington
Rep
Ramspeck
D-Ga
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
House Labor Committee
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Smith
Congress
Threeman
William M. Leiserson
Raimspeck
Ramespeck
Smith D
Smith Committee
Willem Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
North Carolina Weather Fair Tonight and Friday
Generally fair weather across the state with slightly colder conditions in the southwest mountains tonight and the northeast Friday. Strong west winds in the north and fresh to strong winds tonight diminishing Friday in the south, with fair conditions continuing tonight and Friday.
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North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
North Portion
Jacksonville
Ursa sinks Nazi cruiser in bold Elbe port raid
The British Admiralty says the small coastal submarine Ursula, 540 tons, penetrated the Elbe estuary fortified base and torpedoed a 6000 ton Koln class cruiser, Karlsruhe. It passed minefields and a guard of six destroyers to execute the sinking.
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Sula
Buchalter Convicted in Drug Syndicate Case Sentencing Set
Swarthy mob figure Louis Lepke Buchalter, 42, convicted of conspiracy to violate narcotic laws, faces January 2 sentencing and potential penalties up to 164 years and 180000 dollars in fines. Co-defendant Max Schmuckler convicted. Kardonick acquitted. Government said the Syndicate smuggled drugs from France Japan and elsewhere in 1935 37 aided by coded cablegrams and paid women to bring narcotics into the US.
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Swarthy
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
John C. Knox
William W. Kleinman
Buchalter
Kleinman
United States
France
Japan
China
Thomas E. Dewey
Max Schmuckler
David Kardonick
Schmuckler
Kardonick
Americas Plan Protest Over Neutral Zone Violations
The United States and 20 other nations prepared a general statement to Europe’s belligerents warning that further neutral zone violations will trigger stronger actions than protests. The plan includes consultation after Christmas on common policy for handling belligerent ships entering Pan American ports, with Brazil proposing automatic internment for ships fleeing to Pan-American harbors.
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Europe
United States
Panama
Graf Spee
Adolf Hitler
Uruguay
Montevideo
Brazil
Olga Andre Named Cultural Ambassadress by South America
Olga Andre, an American showgirl and former Ed Wynn leading lady, is hailed as a cultural ambassadress by South American audiences for her Spanish broadcasts on NBC. Her five weekly programs share North American culture and daily life, plus her stories of working wives to foster goodwill.
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Broadway
Funnyman
Ed Wynn
Olga Andre
Belgium
Costa Rica
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Ariza
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Services Held For Mrs Eliza Collett
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Elizabeth Collett prominent Thomasville resident were held at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church with a procession of pastors from nearby churches and pallbearers from the Collett family. The service included hymns sung by the Hedgecock Sisters and concluded with interment in the church cemetery.
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Eliza Elizabeth Collett
Jerome Collett
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
B. Williams
James E. Lambeth
Robert C. Rapp
R.L. Pope
Z. V. Crutchfield
L. E. Teague
L. W. Hansell
J. L. Perryman
Hedgecock Sisters
Jesus
Summer cruise wear trends for Judy O Grady and Colonel's Lady
California designers favor practical resort outfits for July and January. Pants with pockets and full-length zippers appear in English slacks and two-tone playsuits. Wash dresses with short sleeves and coats. hoods on slack jackets. cocoanut fibre belts. air cooled cottons and novel fabrics like suavalona featured.
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Hollywood
California
Timbuctoo
Marjorie Montgomery
Heywood Broun Death Faith Premonition Recited at Funeral
At St Patrick's Cathedral Monsignor Fulton Sheen described Heywood Broun's conversion to Catholicism and his fear of death. Broun, 51, died of pneumonia after seeking spiritual peace, saying he had never met a man so loving of mankind. He rejected liberal attacks on faith and affirmed not being a Communist.
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New York
Heywood Broun
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Monsingnor Fulton
Sheen
Broun
Matthew
Francis J. Spellman
Pius XII
Braun
Mar
Mags. Sheen
Mgr. Shee
Father
Mer
Romania Signs German Trade Pact Cutting German Oil Costs
Bucharest reports Germany and Romania signed a trade agreement raising the mark exchange value to 49 lei and promising Romania will send Germany 190000 tons of oil monthly. The pact ends months of negotiations and adjusts prices for raw materials and finished goods amid postwar trade shifts.
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Bucharest
Germany
Rumania
Asheville to Host Eastern Jurisdiction Quadrennial Parley
The first quadrennial conference of the Eastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church will convene in Asheville on May 22, 1940. A special church committee selected Asheville, with bids from Memphis Chattanooga Atlanta and Winston-Salem, N C.
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Nashville, Tenn
The
Methodist Church
Asheville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
N, C
Pecan tree pays Alva Robinsons taxes in Georgia
In Oglethorpe Georgia farmer Alva B Robinson says his fifty year old pecan tree in his back yard has paid his taxes for twenty five years and one year its yield was valued at 146 dollars illustrating a playful note on gift of nature and frugal humor.
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Oglethorpe
Alva B. Robinson
Cigarette Stamp Sales Rise in November Revenues
Treasury data show a sharp rise in cigarette stamp issuance in November with 14,461,570,000 cigarettes packaged for sale, nearly a billion more than November 1938. Revenue from cigarettes reached 43,585,910 dollars versus 40,520,274 dollars the prior year.
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Washington
The
Treasury
High-Flyer at 60 Sings Solo Flight Record
Sixty year old Adam Beehler of South Bend Indiana earned eight hours of flight training and soloed an airplane becoming the oldest local person to achieve this feat. Beehler, a cabinet maker by trade, pressed beyond retirement pace to reach the solo flight milestone.
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South Bend
Ind
Adam Beehler
Beehler
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