Eviction Petition Filed Over Flint Sit Down Strikers
A petition seeks a court order to evict sit down strikers from two Fisher body plants in Flint Michigan. General Motors says the men are no longer its employees and the UAW plans to contest the move as discrimination while negotiating for reinstatement of unjustly dismissed workers.
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General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Fisher Body
Flint
Mich
Roy Brownell
General Motors
Paul Vadola
Genesee County
United Automobile Workers of America
Hich
Corporaton
Federal agents probe GM plant violence and strike breaking
Justice and Labor Departments and a Senate committee sent agents to Anderson Missouri to investigate reports of violence and strike breaking at a General Motors plant. Agents checked an affidavit alleging rough men were recruited in St Louis and brought to Anderson to disrupt peaceful picketing under federal law.
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Washington
Justice and Labor Departents
Senate
Anderson
General Motors
St. Louis
Accused Men Identified in Federal Fraud Trial
Miss Katherine Lee Tuttle testified in Charleston that two defendants named Sir Mark Jenkinson and Huntington did not want the family involved during negotiations over a parried munitions deal. She identified Arthur Happenie as Huntingdon and Charles E. Robin as Sir Mark. Frank C. Davis was absent as trial opened and bond issues for Davis and Myers linger.
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Charleston
8. C
Katherine Lee Tut
Sheewins
Mark Jenkinson
Huntington
Tuttle
Frederick Cuttle
Huntinga
Frank K. Myers
Harry ©. Leslie
Newrk
Federal Bureau Identification
Ested Robinson
Asheor Charleston
Rob
Brietz Improving Says A P Writer Likely to Recover
Yelcians report that Brietz, AP writer and former North ina newspaper man, shows definite signs of improvement after illness. If no relapse occurs, he is expected to recover fully.
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New York
Yelcians
Fe Brietz
Associated Press
Northina
Onia
Furniture Market Folds Up After Successful Winter Show
The Southern Furniture and Rug Market today neared closure with only 47 new dealers present while buying activity remained scattered. Exhibitors prepared to leave town as most manufacturers and reps called the show one of the finest in its history, with some comparing it to boom days of 1926. Case goods dealers reported excellent buying as the market winds down.
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Case Goods
Enraged Driver Runs Over Two Women Near Fayetteville
Two young women Eunice Suggs and Emma Hollingsworth, both about 25, told hospital authorities they were forced from a motorist then run over as he drove away en route from Lumberton to Fayetteville. Suggs suffered multiple leg fractures with possible amputation. Hollingsworth leg fracture. The driver, reportedly drinking, ordered them out two miles from St. Pauls. they were carried to a ditch and later to a hospital. Police described the vehicle and driver.
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Fayetteville
Eunice Suggs
Emma Hollingsworth
St. Pauls
Lumberton
Government 10 aid in cleanup of flood devastation
The government launches a cleanup campaign after the Ohio river flood as it prepares for lower Mississippi flood threats. Hopkins and army engineers plan a survey in Memphis to gauge relief needs, with 200000 starting relief rolls.
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Washington
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Edwin M. Markham
Army Engineers
Thomas Parran, Jr
C. F. Harrington
Memphis
Ohio
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Reed
House
Judge Struck by Automobile in Fayetteville
Fayetteville January 29 Judge Walter B MacRae was struck by a car driven by a youth who said his name was Steve Barden. The judge escaped serious injury and rested at home after the rainstorm accident, which police termed unavoidable.
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Fayetteville
Walter 8. MacRae
Steve Barden
Industrial plants drive flood relief gifts in Wilkes County
Wilkes county Red Cross officials report about 70 percent of the $800 flood relief contributions came from workers at local industrial plants.
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North Wilkesboro
Wilkes County
Red Cross
Traffic Deaths Reach New High in 1936
38,500 traffic fatalities in 1936 set a new record, the national safety council reported. Total accident deaths from all causes rose to 111,000, helped by tornadoes, floods, heat and higher employment, while officials noted more travel and heat challenged safety progress.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
W. H. Cameron
Council
Truck Train Collision Fatal for L. T. Pierce in High Point
L. T. Pierce, 37, of High Point, was killed when his furniture truck collided with Southern Railway train No. 12 at Tomlinson Street crossing. Ray Ramsey injured. Pierce, former city employee and manager of the Richmond Warehouse, left a widow and two sets of children. Funeral set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Main Street M. E. church with burial in Oakwood.
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L. T. Pierce
Ray Bowman
Southern Railway
Tomlinson Street
Golf Motor Lines
Washington, D. C
High Point
Enterprise
Golf Motor
Pierce
Tomlinson ‘Street
Eee
Ray Mam
Thomasville Chair Company
Yowg
Burrus Memorial Hospitals
Inez Pierce, Jr
Pearl Dickens
Wayne
Shirley Pierce
West Bay Street
J. P. Hipps
Main Street
M. E
Oakwood Cemetery
High Point Flood Relief Donations Pass $7300
Donations for flood distress in High Point rise above 7300 by 2 PM with no set goal amid widespread suffering. The Red Cross urges continued giving through The Enterprise office or local radio. acknowledgments appear in The Enterprise. Names of contributors are listed in the published appeal.
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American Red Cross
High Point
Mississippi
Ohio
Prey
Minnie P. Vail
Crete
Lot Purchase for St. Hubert Inn by Post Office
Mark Ervin United States district attorney announced the sale of the St. Hubert Inn lot to the post office department for a $60,000 building. Bids will be requested immediately.
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Newton
Mark Ervin
United States
St. Hubert Inn
Post Office Department
Battered by gales strike Virginia coast ships and barges
Norfolk captures reports show two barges and the British freighter Baron Ramsay driven ashore by northeast gales. The Baron Ramsay was floated at 10:30 A M. by high tide. The Klondike and Eckie were left ashore with crews and cargo, as coast guard units moved to rescue.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Coast Guard
Little Island Station
Sebago
Judge Hints At Upheld Motion In Social Security Tax Case
Greensboro Jan 29 The judge in the United States equity division indicated he expects the government's motion to dismiss proceedings by 15 concerns to prevent collection of Social Security taxes to be granted. Briefs will be filed and a ruling likely Friday or Saturday next week. The court did not address the constitutionality of the act. The complaint lacked unusual facts setting it apart from other federal tax cases.
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Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Equity Division
United States Court
Supreme Court
Rubber Plant Is Closed By Strike
The B. F. Goodrich Co tire plant in Akron Ohio employing 10 000 workers was shut down today due to a sit down strike. A meeting to discuss the shutdown was announced for this afternoon by company vice president T C Graham and J F Delaney secretary of the Goodrich local U R W A.
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Akron, CO
B. F. Goodrich Co
T. C. Graham
J. F. Delaney
Goodrich
United Rubber Workers of America
Shiftless Session Seen On Market In New York
New York Friday Jan 29 A shiftless stock market showed little momentum with leaders drifting amid strikes and flood damage cooling investor enthusiasm. Trading pace remained unusually slow as prices were erratic near the fourth hour with bonds and commodities following uneven paths.
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New York
Mississippi Is Rising Steadily
The Mississippi River shows a steady rise with water levels climbing across gauge readings. Flood warnings remain in effect for adjacent communities as river crests approach forecasted highs.
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Mississippi
Flood waters flood Deep South as Ohio crest nears record
Floods from the Ohio River valley flood the Cairo to Memphis region with levees strained by rising water. Army engineers brace for a crest near 62 feet as thousands evacuate and coast guard patrols watch for weak points. Refugees crowd tent towns while villagers cling to hope and search for safety.
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Ohio River
Deep South
Cairo
Ill
Phis
Tenn
Ohio
Birds Point
Crete
Mississippi
Memphis
Cairo-to
United States Coast
Bill Grants Immunity 10 Newspapers
Raleigh scene reports a bill by request to abolish Avery county and related legislative actions including immunity for newspaper editors and reporters, and a move to limit tobacco production via inter-state compacts. The finance committee continues work on sub-committee reports as sales tax timing looms.
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Raleigh
Abernathy
Caldwell
Avery County
House
Cooper
New Hanover
Craig
Buncombe
J. W. Ragland
Spruce Pine
B. F B. Williams
Mitchell
Watauga
Avery
Shawnee Fire Extinguished At Sea En Route To New York
Coastwise vessel Shawnee with 190 passengers and 174 crew fought a several hour fire in its No 2 hold off Cape Henry Virginia then reported the blaze out and proceed to New York. City of Birmingham and coast guard aided responding ships. The ship carried fruits and vegetables and was 6209 tons on a Jacksonville Miami to New York voyage.
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New York Spit
Eckie
Modoc
Baron Ramsay
New York
Hampton Roads
Seawill Point
Pit Point
Storm King
Cape Henry
Newark
Republic Creosoting Company
Norfolk
Cyrene
Coast Guard
York River Spit
Jacksonville
Miami
Virginia
Birmingham
Naval fliers break record in mass flight to Hawaii
In Honolulu 12 U S naval seaplanes completed a historic over water flight from San Diego to Honolulu, covering 2,553 miles in 21 hours 48 minutes. They endured thick weather late, dropping to 2,000 to 15,000 feet, then emerged at Pearl Harbor in formation. The previous mass trans Pacific flight was 2,400 miles in 24 hours 46 minutes.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Jan
Brees
United States Naval
San Diego
Mander William H. McDade
Pearl Harbor Navy Base
Kneffler McGinnis
San Franisco Bay
Local North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Update
Partly cloudy conditions with minor changes in wind. Hatteras to Jacksonville northwest winds shift to northeast by Saturday. Northeast winds expected over the north tonight and Saturday with mostly fair weather.
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North Carolina
South
Lina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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