A F L Nears Split as Labor Leaders Seek Unity
Washington reports bitter personal rifts threaten a full AFL split into rival unions. Secret talks continued as the executive council weighed suspending two Lewis-led unions. Other items include Goodyear charges over assaults on organizers, Wheeling Steel strike settlement, and idle Remington Rand talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Workers
Labor Relations Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United Ruber Workers
Gadsten
Ala
Wheeling Steel Corporaton
Portsmouth, C
Edward F. McGrady
Pensacola
McGrady
Labor Department
Remingon Rand
Norwood
Othor Relations Board
Cmpany
Ano
New York
Remington
Radio Poration of America
RCA
Camden
N. J
Roosevelt
A. F
L. Row Ust
Se Labor Department
France Wary After German Austrian Pact Ends Crisis
Berlin reports Germany recognizes Austria as an independent German state after a joint accord with Vienna. The pact bars interference in internal affairs and commits both nations to stabilize central Europe, with Austria allowing one Nazi minister in its cabinet.
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Berlin
Austria
Europe
Paul Josef Goebbels
Germany
Boggs Case Set for Court as Uncertain Trial Looms
Greensoboro July 11 A B Boggs of High Point awaits trial on murder charges in the slaying of a Ne woman. He is reported in a rigid stupor since admission, fed by stomach tube, and may not stand trial. His case is to go before the grand jury Monday, with a possible commitment to an asylum instead of a trial.
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Greensboro
A. B. Boggs
High Point
Gorwita
Abraham Glickberg
Gorwitz
Green and Lewis Slated To Speak At Labor Meeting
Winston Salem reports William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the UMW are slated to address the North Carolina Federation of Labor in the annual convention to begin August 10. About 300 delegates are expected, with R. Lawrence presiding.
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Green
Lewis
Labor
Winston-Salem
William Green
American Federation of Law
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Y R. Lawrence
Lindbergh Promotes New Flying Car Invention Claim
In London on July 12 Sunday Graphic reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh introduced a new type of air vehicle called the flying car. He described it as a novel aircraft concept aimed at personal flight and transportation.
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London
E Sunday Graphic
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paralysis cripples upper Alabama as agencies act
In Montgomery Alabama health officials fight infantile paralysis with 126 cases and eight deaths. Public events halted. Sunday schools and church services canceled. the state Legion convention, a semipro baseball tournament, and a CCC camp near Athens are suspended or quarantined. The army school barred youths under 18. 17 new cases reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
J. N. Baker
American Legion
Huntsville
CCC
Athens
Army
Tactical School
State Health Department
Repec
Weed Crop Still In Fair Condition
FAIRMONT July 11. R W McFarland tobacco expert toured Robeson county and reported many areas with splendid tobacco conditions despite drought. He said some sections fared poorly and overall output in the region would likely be about 35 percent below last season.
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Fairmont
R. W. McFarland
Robeson County
Death Valley Scotty Prefers Desert Heat To SoCal Heat
Death Valley Scotty visited Los Angeles and complained of cooler weather, saying he longs for the 138 to 184 degree shade of Death Valley. He notes Furnace Creek shade at 130 to 138 and references Hell's Gate Skeleton Mountain and the Funeral range as his preferred roughlands.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
Furnace Creek
Hell's Gate
Skeleton Mountain
Funeral Range
Irish observe ancient Battle of the Boyne parade
In Belfast 250000 Orangemen mark the 246th Boyne battle with 60 demonstrations and bands. Armored cars with machine gun nozzles guard the route to deter rioting that last year left 11 dead and many injured and damaged property. Fifty thousand join Belfast march as celebrations growlavish with improved economic conditions. Protestant iam linked to official British religion.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Funds Available For Ship Subsidy Plan In U S
Washington July 11 funds exceed 100 million dollars in cash and an equal amount in potential funds for a direct subsidy plan to build and operate a powerful merchant marine under the American flag. Funds will come from federal agencies after President Roosevelt selects at least three of five members for the new merchant marine commission to administer the subsidy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Merchant Marine Commission
Doubtful Pact Rumors Tie Hitler and Mussolini to Austro Germany
Paris reports worry over a mysterious agreement between Germany and Italy behind the Austro German accord. French officials question the meaning of normalizing links and suspect concessions. Domestic unrest grows as strikers occupy factories in Roubaix and Rouen, with interior minister Salengro guiding authorities. Communist delegates claim 187,205 members.
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Paris
Germany
Austria
Italy
France
Roubaix
Rouen
Roger Salengro
Rain Prayer Ceremony Brings Navajo Rain After Drought
At Gallup New Mexico on July 11 Navajo elders credit Shaman Beninie and the Najadakinth ritual for a stretch of rain including a two inch deluge. Seven thousand braves returned home after the ceremony as the grass revived and flocks improved following days of drought.
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Gallup
N. M
Greening Range
Beninie
Body of Woman Taken From Ruins in Baltimore Blast
In Baltimore on July 11 researchers found a woman's body amid the wreckage of two three story buildings after an explosion and fire. Three people remain missing, including a girl stenographer and two laborers, while eleven were injured, one fatally likely.
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Baltimore
Searchera
Roofs Planned for Five North Carolina Prison Camps
Raleigh July 11. Bridge engineer W L Craven of the State Highway and Public Service Commission announced bids to construct roofs on five prison camps will open Friday. Camps located in Harnett Rowan Person Gaston and Davidson counties.
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Raleigh
W. L. Craven
State Highway and Public Service Commission
Harnett
Rowan
Person
Gaston
Davidson
Roosevelt Opens Triborough Bridge Project
President Roosevelt led a high level ceremony dedicating the 64 million Triborough bridge system linking Manhattan Queens and the Bronx. The event drew Gov Lehman Mayor LaGuardia and others as Moses and Ickes met over a dual role dispute while the bridge opened to traffic.
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Roosevelt
Triborough Bridge
Ickes
Moses
New York
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
Triborough
Herbert H. Lehman
F. W. LaGuardia
James A. Farley
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Robert Moses
New York City
Raleigh Young Democrats to Hold State Convention
Mrs Bessie Phoenix president of the Young Democrats of North Carolina said 1000 delegates from 75 clubs will attend the state convention to be held in Greensboro next Friday and Saturday. Delegates register Friday morning and Friday afternoon Senator Reynolds will speak. Saturday features Mrs Thomas McAllister Clyde Hoey Drufus Griffin and Senator Josiah W Bailey with Governor Ehringhaus and Representative Clifton A Woodrum giving talks at the closing banquet.
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Raleigh
Bessie Phoenix
The
Young Democrats of
North Carolina
Greensboro
Robert RK. Reynolds
Thomas McAllister
National Committee
Young Democratic Clubs of
Michigan
Democratic National Committee
Clyde R. Hoey
J. Drufus Griffin
South Carolina
Josiah W Bailey
Ehringhaus
Clifton A. Woodrum
Virginia
Local Justice Marries Couple With Four Past Marriages
SHREVEPORT July 11 Justice of the Peace W B Sapp wed a pair who claim they have married each other four times in two years without divorce Heacock the groom says he believes in honeymoons and plans another wedding in six months The couple say they live in Houston Texas Reliable local report on a breezy nuptial routine.
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Shreveport
W. B. Sapp
Two Trainmen Die in Clinton Freight Collision
Two Kneesville trainmen were killed and another injured when an extra freight train crashed into the rear of another freight train on a curve a mile south of Clinton Tennessee. The accident occurred July 11 and disrupted service as investigators probed the wreckage aboard the rear train.
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Clinton, Tenn
Kneesville
Here
Roosevelt Attends Nuptials of Ruth Bryan Owen
Hyde Park July 11 President Roosevelt approves as Ruth Bryan Owen United States minister to Denmark marries Captain Boerge Rohde in James Chapel. About 70 guests attend with Mrs Owens son-in-law Robert Lehman and novelist Fannie Hurst among attendees. reception at Val Kill follows.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ruth Bryan Owen
United States
Denmark
Boerce Rohde
Christian
James’ Chapel
Roosevelts
Samuel Shoemaker
Calvary Episcopal Church
New York
Val Kill
Hyde Park Estate
Otto Walsted
Redding
Lawrence A. Steinhardt
Sweden
Caroline O’day
Fannie Hurst
Owen
Robert Lehman
Herbert Lehman
City Post Office Pipes Freeze In July Heat
Findlay Ohio sworn reports water pipes in the post office froze solid as July heat baked the city. Postmaster W T Ault said a cooling system malfunction caused the freeze and he hoped to thaw the lines soon.
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Findlay
W. T. Ault
Townsend Body May Join Lemke
The Townsend organization opens a five day national convention in Cleveland to set a possible coalition with William Lemke's union party and Rev. Charles E. Coughlin's forces. Delegates may raise the issue on the floor though officials say no formal discussion is planned. A national membership drive aims to reach ten million by fall elections.
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Cleveland
Townsend Organization
Denver
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Organization
Union Party
William Lemke
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Gilmour Young
Young
Grasshoppers damage acres across Arkansas counties
The University of Arkansas College of Agriculture reports grasshoppers damaged more than 50 000 acres of growing crops and pastures in 14 Arkansas counties.
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Little Rock
Ark
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Arkansas
Treasry imposes countervailing duties on German goods
Washington reports midnight imposition of countervailing duties ranging from 22 十二 to 66 percent on German products amid protests. Items include cameras fifty percent, toy figures forty five percent, gloves up to 47 percent, surgical instruments fifty six percent, glass ornaments fifty two percent, and other articles. Officials say subsidies by Germany give unfair domestic advantage.
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Washington
Reich
Treasury
Germany
Rudolph Brinkermann
Reich Bank
Ministry of Economics
Customs
Borah Primary Opposition Narrowed to One Candidate
In Boise Idaho July 11 1932 R B E Whitten withdrew from the Republican primary leaving Byron Defenbach former state auditor endorsed by Townsend as Borah s remaining opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
William E. Borah
R. BE. Whitten
Byron Defenbach
Townsend
A8 Borah
Trade Pact Between U S and Soviet Union Extended
Washington reports the trade agreement signed four years ago by the United States and the Soviet Union has been extended for another year. The move aims to maintain economic ties and steady cooperation between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Tugwell Promises Quick Drought Relief for Southeast Farmers
Rexford G. Tugwell announces fast federal relief for drought stricken farmers in Alabama Georgia and South Carolina. He cites over 250000 people in need and outlines an emergency program using WPA jobs and RA funds with regional directors managing counties and grants averaging fifteen dollars monthly while the need exists.
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Tugwell
Southeast
Birmingham
Ala
Rexford G. Tugwell
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
WPA
Drought Break Brings Relief Across Northwest
Northwestern drought and heat begin easing as a mass cooling air from the northern Pacific moves eastward. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd reports definite indications of a break in the heat in the far west with a new cool air mass over the north Rocky Mountain region bringing showers and cooler temperatures into Idaho Montana and western Colorado.
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Chicago
Northern Pacific
Northwest
North Central
J. R. Lloyd
North Rocky Moon
Idaho
Montana
Oming
Oh Weather Office
Colorado
Hot Spots on National Thermometer List Cities
Chicago reports temperature readings from yesterday with Danville Illinois at 111 and Minot North Dakota at 108.6. Grand Forks North Dakota at 108, Rockford Illinois at 108, Canton Illinois at 108, Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 107, Bemidji Minnesota 105.5. Columbus Ohio 109, Chicago 97, New York 107. The list highlights unusually high city readings across the United States.
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Chicago
Danville
Minot
N. D
Grand Forks
Rockford
Canton
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Bemidji
Minn
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Record heat grisly toll across the nation
The article notes extreme heat driving up deaths from heat related drownings and high temperatures across multiple states. North Dakota Illinois Michigan Missouri and Detroit are cited with temperatures near 100 degrees and elevated fatality counts, including 727 total deaths and 100 heat drownings.
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North Dakota
Eastern Board
Illinois
Danville
Mean
Detroit
Missouri
Funds Allocated For Blind Relief Programs
The Works Progress Administration announced 171,500 from the 1986 relief fund to assist blind people with talking book machines to convert Braille books. Recordings, some by radio stars, cover a wide range of classical and modern literature.
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Washington
Works Progress Admiration
Weather Outlook for Carolinas Sees Fair Sunday
North and South Carolina expect generally fair weather Sunday with warm daytime temperatures continuing. The forecast emphasizes mild conditions across the region with no major storms anticipated.
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North
South Carolina
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Treasury Department
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Weather Bureau
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