Picketing Agreed At ALCOA Plant After Fatal Clash
An agreement allows picketing at Aluminum Company of America in ALCOA Tennessee with three eight hour shifts. About 100 workers walked out at Rhymers Ferry Topeco Calderwood plants while more than 200 militiamen stood by. Two workers died Henson Klick and W M Hunt. officer Gordon Wolff in serious condition. union leader Fred Wetmore seeks arbitration with Governor Browning.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Ray Crittenden
Tennessee National Guard
Lamar Taylor
Aluminum Workers’ Union
Taylor
Fred Wetmore
Aluminum Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Gordon Browning
A. D. Huddleston
Fighting Rages Near Peiping as Japanese Advance
Japanese forces clashed with Chinese 29th army around Wanpinghsien and near the Marble Bridge 10 miles west of Peiping. Japanese claim Chinese fire forced self defense after midnight maneuvers. Wanpinghsien remained a focal point with artillery exchanges at dawn.
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Peiping
China
Sung Cheh- Yuan
Hankow
Wanpinghsien
Marco Polo
Pieping-Tientsin
Pieping
Takeo Imai
Ten Held For Car Thefts In U S Ring
U S Commissioner William S Wacker held ten men on 10000 bail each for July 21 hearings on charges of operating a ring selling 300 stolen cars valued at 150000 to 200000 from Philadelphia. FBI recovered 116 cars in Charlotte Charleston D C and Raleigh N C. Those arrested include Daniel Mil mer ty Theodore Miller George William Manzo Louis Edward John Gillingham Alfred Di Giovanni Jack Carr and James N Johnson all of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
U. S
William 5. Wacker
South
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
Charleston
D. C
Raleigh
N. C
Daniel Mil
Two Men Questioned in Myrtle Beach Man's Death
Myrtle Beach officers report the death of New Causey from a gunshot wound at a West Broadway Street corner. Police Chief J F Hamilton said two men were arrested in connection with the shooting and a gun belonging to taxicab driver Frank Ausley was found nearby.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C
Opposition to British policy in Jerusalem grows
Bitter opposition among Jews and Arabs to Britains proposed surgical operation in Palestine raises the prospect of a united front. British circles today consider the development a potential turning point in the Palestine issue as the royal commission weighs its steps.
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Jerusalem
Britain
Palestine
Royal Commission
Guire Becomes President Of N. C. Railroad Company
Lee B. Weathers Shelby publisher named secretary treasurer of the North Carolina Railroad Co by Gov Hoey. W. D. Guire of Lenoir elected president with EB. B. Denny of Gastonia as attorney. Mrs R R King Jr of Greensboro votes as proxy. One year terms and salary adjustments set. Weathers to earn 1200.
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Greensboro
Lee B. Weathers
Shelby
North Carolina Railroad Company
Hoey
W. D. Guire
Lenoir
EB. B. Denny
Gastonia
R. R. King, Jr
Weathers
Herbert Peele
Elizabeth City
Peele
Ehringhaus
Guire
Mussolini Son Sets World Air Speed Record in Italy
Italy claims a new world air speed record with Bruno Mussolini and Col. Attilio Bisco piloting a Savola-70 at 262.683 miles per hour over 1000 kilometers carrying two tons.
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Romb
Italy
Ll Duce
Bruno Mussolini
Attilio Bisco
Three Men Severely Harmed in Berlin Landlord Case
Berlin report states three men were severely harmed at dawn in a stormtroopers related case involving a landlord from 19381. The sentences of two accomplices were commuted by Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler to ten years in prison.
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Berlin
Suit Workers Strike Hits New York Metro Area
About 85,000 cloak and suit workers began a citywide strike in the Metropolitan area over disputed working conditions. The stoppage affects roughly 2,000 shops across New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUIT
New York
Cloak and Suit
Bar Roosevelt Tax Inquiry Shocks Washington
Senate House committee on tax evasion barred a probe of President Roosevelt tax returns while agreeing to hear evidence from Representative Fish on other Roosevelt family members, Morgenthau, and his father. The vote to allow Fish to testify was 7 to 6 after a lengthy argument. A separate motion to require written proof failed 6 to 6.
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Washington
Senate House Committee On
Roosevelt
Representative Fish
R-Ny
Morgenthau
Fish
Harller
Funeral Held for Silas Sheetz Newspaperman
Funeral services for Silas Sheetz 47 classified advertising manager of the Wilmington Star News who died from a heart attack Tuesday were held here today in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Silas Sheetz
Wilmington Star-News
Beaufort County Alcohol Board Reports June Receipts
The Beaufort County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board reported June receipts totaling 11 013 78 dollars. The release notes June activity and total revenue for the county’s liquor control operations.
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Washington, N
Beaufort County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Cotton acreage climbs to 34.19 million in 1937
The federal crop reporting board said cotton acreage July 1 totaled 34,192,000 acres, up 10.4 percent from 1936. Gains occurred in most states with California leading, while Sea Island and American Egyptian varieties showed shifts amid boll weevil concerns.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Crop Board
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Sea Island
Florida
Georgia
Arizona
Nevada
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
States
Inquiry continues into mid air crash over Pensacola
A board of inquiry opened to determine the cause after two navy planes collided in mid air above Pensacola Florida. Pilots J A McMann Glendale California and W F Mershon Mena Arkansas Marine Corps cadets died when their ships fell from more than five thousand feet and caught fire after an observation plane reportedly struck a pursuit craft in formation with eight others.
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Pensacola
Fla
J. A. McMann
Glendale
Calif
United States Naval Reserve
W. F. Mershon
Mena
Ark
Marine Corps
WPA Seamstresses Stage Sit-Down Strike in Tampa
Four hundred WPA seamstresses began a sit-down strike in Tampa to protest the dismissal of several dozen former workers at the sewing center. WPA officials said dismissals were needed to meet the Tampa district work quota.
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Tampa
Fla
WPA
Reporter Testifies to Beating Of UAW Members at Ford Plant
Detroit July 8 A Detroit News reporter Victor Baresford testified at an NLRB hearing that UAW leaders Victor Reuther and Richard Frankensteen were beaten at Ford Motor River Rouge plant on May 26. He described seeing many assailants and noted roadblock at gate restricting photos. He used a controversial term describing some assailants which Ford objected to.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Victor Baresford
Detroit News
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Company
Victor Reuther
Richard T. Frankensteen
River Rouge
Dearborn
Bearsford
Herbert Bauer
Ford
Harry Bennett
Laurence A. Knapp
Labor Board
Beresford
Louis J. Colombo
Colombo
John T. Lindsay
NLRB
Heat Wave Grips Midwest and Northeast With Death Toll Rising
Heat wave blankets the middle west and north Atlantic states as temperatures climb into the nineties. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued heat through Friday. At least 17 deaths are reported across several states including Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, New England, and Indiana with heat prostrations contributing to fatalities. Phillipsburg Kansas hit 106 degrees, the hot spot on the map.
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Chicago
Middle West
North Atlantic
Plains
Weather Bureau
Washington
Phillipsburg
Kas
New England
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
Indiana
Planes Fail In Effort To Find Amelia Earhart
Navy planes from the Colorado were scheduled to take off at 12 30 p m today to resume the search for Amelia Earhart but no word had reached the ship by 1 30 p m EST.
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San Francisco
Navy
Colorado
Amelia Earhart
Navy launches largest peacetime search for Amelia Earhart
The battleship Colorado and three planes begin a wide search southeast of Howland Island for Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan after Earhart failed to reach Howland during her 2,570 mile flight from New Guinea. Crews plan dawn patrols over Winslow reef and nearby Phoenix islands, with Canton, McKean and Gardner islands within range as bearings from radio signals guide the hunt.
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Honolulu
United States Navy
Amelia Earhart
Howland Island
Colorado
Howland
Miss Farhart
New Guinea
Fred Noonan
E.st
Winslow Reef
Equator
Phoenix Islands
Canton Island
McKean
Garner Islands
Miss Earhart
Senate Labor Committee Backs U K Wage Bill Changes
The Senate Labor Committee approved an amended Black Connery wage and hour bill, limiting the minimum wage to 40 cents an hour and the work week to at least 40 hours. The panel struck the labor standards board’s power to set higher wages, a move opposed by industry spokesmen and John L. Lewis. Agricultural workers would be exempt. no size exemptions for industries. Separate note: Robison urged strict enforcement of anti filibuster rules during debate on the court bill, drawing inter party tensions.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Standards Board
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Robina
Arkansas
Senate
Logan
D.-Ky
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Robinson
Montana
Moore
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Spanish Forces Surrender Village To Rebel Armies
Madrid reports government forces surround Quijorna west of Madrid and capture other sector villages. Deserters provide news of enemy movements as censorship limits correspondents to official communiques. Government offensives extend a 15 mile salient on Madrid’s western front amid a counterattack at Brunete.
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Madrid
Quijorna
Brunete
Jose Miaja
Milicianos
Clipper III Arrives After Premier Flight
The ocean spanning Pan American Clipper III reached Southampton from Foynes completing the final 400 mile stage of its premier transatlantic flight from America.
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Southampton
Eng
Foynes
Ireland
Amerca
Hamilton To Preside First Term in Washington
Judge Luther Hamilton, newly named superior court jurist by Governor Hoey, will preside over his first term convening in Washington on July 12.
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Hamilton
Washington, N. C
Luther Hamilton
Hoey
New Clue in Lost Flier Kingsford Smith Mystery
Rubber airplane tire and landing gear found off Burma match the monoplane missing since November 8, 1935. Lockheed official Carl Squier says gear is positively identified and indicates Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith likely landed on land rather than water. Lady Kingsford-Smith remains hopeful.
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Los Angeles
Andaman Sea
Burma
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Carl B. Squier
Lockhead Aircraft
Kingsford-Smith
Tom Pethybridge
London
Sydney
Sir Charles
Squier
Mary Kingsford-Smith
Search Continues for South Carolina Slayer
In Columbia South Carolina July 8 police pursue the slayer of Patrolman B Frank Lowell of Lancaster after a chase of a suspect car. Lieutenant Lee Jenkins of the state highway patrol said an arrest is expected before night and a break in the case should come within 24 hours.
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Columbia
8. C
B. Frank Lowell
Lancaster
Upstate
Lee Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
Jenkins
Lowell
Hoyt Barton
Profit selling cools market amid selective demand
New York reports profit selling lowered the market's temperature though demand remained selective and the list stayed in a resistant area. Labor concerns eased gradually while optimistic business news encouraged buyers. Grain futures rose while other commodities were uneven. Rail bonds showed improved tone as London and Paris markets stayed quiet and currencies scarcely moved.
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New York
London
Paris
Divine's Disciples On Cruise to the Promised Land
The State of Delaware steamer carried 1655 followers of Father Divine on a Hudson river cruise to Kingston New York. Father Divine appeared on the promenade deck as a swing band played, drawing loud cheers from 1400 women and 255 men aboard among roughly 250 white participants.
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New York
Father Divine
State of Delaware
Hudson
Promised Land
Kingston
N. Y
God
Atreet
Nathaniel Dickman
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N. C. Railroad Company
E. B. Y Attorney
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Agriculture Department
Com
Earl Winfield Spencer
Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Wartfield
Norma Reese Johnson
Amelia
U. K
Quijorng
S. C. Slayer
Upstate County
Divine
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