Steel industry code pushes 40 hour week across sectors
Washington reports William Green of the AFL opposes the steel industry plan to regulate employment under the fair practices code. The Iron and Steel Institute files a 40 hour standard, with Johnson praising industry effort but delaying hearings to next week as other sectors file similar codes. Administrators anticipate hearings for all basic industries by month’s end.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Steel
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Roosevelt
National Guards Ready for Hunt
Khaki uniformed guardsmen stood ready to join a nationwide man hunt for Lieutenant John J. O Connell Jr. as notes from his captors fed new hope. Albany officers and Governor Lehman awaited orders while Buffalo police held suspect Guy Nolan for instruction. A separate Washington report noted a steel industry code proposing a 15 percent raise for skilled workers to boost purchasing power.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell
Big Dan O'Connell
Ed O'Connell
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
O’connells
Young O'Connell
Katherine O'Connell
O'Connell
Buffalo
Guy Nolan
Nolan
John T. Delaney
Delaney
Wiley Post Aims To Break Round The World Record
Wiley Post, 35, leaves Floyd Bennett Field at 4:10 A M in the Winnie Mae to beat his 1931 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes world record with Harold Gatty. The flight faces Atlantic weather, radio aids, and a robot co pilot while Darius and Girenas depart in the Lithuanica for Lithuania 4900 miles away.
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Atlantic
New York
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Stephen Darius
Stanley Thomas Girenas
Lithuania
Post
United States Army
Darius
Girenas
Floyd Bennett Field
Atlantic Ocean
Winnie Mae
Berlin
Ireland
U. S. Army
Wright Field
Dayton
Filer
Chicago
United States Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Wealthy Chicagoans Guarded Against Kidnapers
Chicago report says nearly fifty affluent residents received security from state troopers and city police after John Factor's release from kidnapping ransom. Arthur Cutten and John Hertz are named among those under guard as authorities pursue leads linking the Touhy gang to the case.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Federals
John Factor
Sqjt
Arthur Cutten
Grain Tracer
John Hertz
Spoksman
Balbo Leads Italian Air Fleet Toward Chicago Exposition
In Montreal harbor on July 15 a flotilla of 24 twin engined Italian flying boats led by General Italo Balbo took off, heading west toward the Great Lakes and the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. Balbo reported to Mackay Radio that he would fly along the east shore of Lake Huron and enter the United States at Port Huron. A Balbo flagship was later reported over Hildale, Ontario, about 60 miles north of Toronto.
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General Balbo
New York
Mackay Radio
Balbo
Lake Simcoe
Toronto
Nottawasaga Bay
Southampton
Lake Huron
Mackay Company
United States
Port Huron
Hildale, Ont
Montreal
Chicago
Italy
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Italo Balbo
Recovery Drive Depends on Men Says Industry Leaders
Delegates at the Southern Conference on Industrial Relations in Blue Ridge hear Merle Thorpe of Nation’s Business state the recovery act hinges on men, not measures, with administrators needing sympathetic understanding to apply the act. Whiting Williams adds workers seek self respect, not money, and notes presidential powers expand control during the emergency.
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Blue Ridge
Southern Conference On Industrial Relations
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
United States Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
United States
Thorpe
Remembering London conference statements and fate
From Beverly Hills reflecting on the London conference, the writer recalls grand predictions that the meeting would halt revolutions and save economies. Cordell Hull warned of statesmanship failure if it collapsed, but the event failed to meet hopes and history moved on.
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Oeesee
Beverly Hilia
Cal
London
Herriot
France
America
Cordell Hull
Guilford County Is Designated A Separate Tax District
Raleigh July 15 Dr Noble Jr executive commissioner of revenue announced the creation of 54 tax collecting districts for the new three percent general sales tax effective July 1 The system divides the state into 54 districts replacing 18 and will assign collectors to gather all state taxes in addition to the sales tax The counties in each district are listed with numbers the plan aims to name the 62 tax collectors soon and assigns districts by county combos including Guilford as part of district seventeen with Wake and Franklin and other surrounding counties.
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Raleigh
Noble,Jr
Noble
Camden
Currituck
Pasquotank
Dare
Chowan
Perquimans
Gates
Hertford
Northampton
Bertie
Martin
Beaufort
Pamlico
Washington
Tyrrell
Hyde
Craven
Carteret
Onslow
Lenoir
Jones
Duplin
Pender
Wayne
Halifax
Pitt
Edgecombe
Nash
Wilson
Greene
Eixteen
Warren
Vance
Wake
Franklin
Johnston
Bladen
Sampson
New Hanover
Columbus
Brunswick
Hartnett and
Lee
Cumberland
Robeson
Moore and
Hoke
Granville
Per
Girl Survives 60-Foot Well Fall in Rutherfordton
In Rutherfordton on July 15 Winnie Lewis aged 4 fell into a dry 60 foot well when a board broke. Neighbors heard her cries and rescuers lowered a tub with ropes, pulling her to safety with only scratches and bruises.
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Rutherfordton
Winnie Lewis
North Carolina Counties Listing With Pairings
A long OCR fragment lists county pairings and numbers for North Carolina regions. It names Durham Orange Guilford Alamance Caswell Rockingham Forsyth Randolph Chatham Richmond Scotland Surry Davidson Montgomery Union Cabarrus Stanly Rowan Yadkin Davie Iredell Mecklenburg Gaston Lincoln Burke McDowell Catawba Alexander Wilkes Alleghany Ashe Watauga Caldwell Avery Mitchell Yancey Madison Haywood Buncombe Rutherford Polk Jackson Henderson Transylvania Swain Macon Graham Clay Cherokee.
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Mecklenburg
Gaston
Lincoln
Burke
McDowell
Cleveland
Catawba
Alexander
Wilkes
Alleghany
Ashe
Watunga
Caldwell
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey
Madison
Haywood
Buncombe
Rutherford
Polk
Jackson
Henderson
Transylvania
Swain
Macon
Graham
Clay
Cherokee
Italian aerial armada leads to Detroit arrival
The leading planes from Orbetello Italy reached Detroit at 3 15 p m in formation en route to Chicago. Twelve aircraft led the group and planned to swing toward northern Ohio and Indiana after Toledo. P J Maloney of Colum City Ind was named treasurer of the Home Owners Loan Corporation replacing James C Strong former Republican representative of Kansas.
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Detroit
Lalian Aerial Armada
Orbetello
Italy
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Toledo
Washington
P. J. Maloney
Colum City
Ind
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
James C. Strong
Kansas
Post departs from Torbay heading toward Europe
Wiley Post, the American round the world flier, left Torbay Newfoundland for Europe. In Michigan, Selfridge field airplanes responded to the Italian aerial armada entering the United States at Port Huron and planned to escort the Italian fleet to Chicago.
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Torbay
Newfoundland
Wiley Post
Europe
MT. Clemens
Mich
United States
Port Huron
Selfridge Field
Chicago
Famine and Flood Threaten Millions Along Yellow River
Reports from North China warn of famine and floods as the Yellow River or Huang Ho breaches dikes and floods towns from Shandong to Henan. Cities like Tsinan face rising waters, while Yangtse floods threaten major centers. Heat waves push temperatures above 100 and deaths rise amid drought in Shensi.
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Shanghai
Yellow River Valley
China
Hwang Ho
Yellow
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Shantung
Henan
Yangtse
Shensi
Chengchow
Tientsing
Peiping
Prince of Wales Loses Parliament Championship Match
Surrey report July 15 notes the Prince of Wales fell in the final match for the parliament championship 6 to George Lambert of South Molton Devon in Coombe Hill match.
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Price
Coombe Hill
Surrey
Eng
Prince of Wales
George Lambert
South Molton
Devon
Extortionists Trapped After Police Open Fire
In New York on July 15 two men tried to extort 10000 from Dr. Jacob Wadheman a Brooklyn physician by kidnapping threats. Police stopped them at Sixth Avenue and 47th Street after they seized a dummy bill bundle and fired on the pursuing car. The suspects Michael Discolo of New York and Vincent Mosci of Brooklyn surrendered.
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New York
Jacob Wadheman
Brooklyn
Michael Discolo
Vincent Mosci
Sixth Avenue
47Th Street
Wachsman
Wacheman
Life Insurance In Force And New Business In North Carolina
In North Carolina life insurance in force totals 1.502086 billion dollars and last year 8.208485 million dollars in new business was written on local lives.
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North Carolina
Lithuanian Aviators Must Reach Goal Or Be Spanked
Officials of the aviation division warn Captain Stephen Darius and Stanlyn Thomas Girenas lack flight clearance for the route to Lithuania. They may face penalties if they land in a country without permission, described as a potential spanking rather than direct defiance.
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Washington
Aeronautics Branch
Commerce Department
Stephen Darius
Stanlyn Thomas Girenas
New York
Lithuania
United States
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