CIO Labor League Blacklists 40 Congressmen
Labor's Non-Partisan League led by John L. Lewis blacklists about forty congressmen for defeat over the wage hour bill. The list targets many House Rules Committee members seen as blocking the measure. Lewis visited the Capitol to pressure for passage and warned of poll reprisals.
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Washington
C. SO
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Rules Committee
Lewis
Dill
CIO
Samuel Insull Dies in Paris at 78
Samuel Insull, 78, once a powerful midwest utilities magnate, died in Paris after collapsing on a subway train from a heart attack. He was en route to lunch after writing letters, said Mrs. Insull who arrived at the hospital in the Etoile district as the former financier’s body was treated. Police ruled the death from heart ailment, not a street accident, and a cable was sent to his son in Geneva.
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Samuel Insull
United States
Insull
U. S
Paul- Marmotian
Etoile
Inewall
Samuel
Geneva
Paris
Europe
Tobacco Tax Suit To Higher Court
A suit challenging the constitutional validity of North Carolina 1937 scrap tobacco tax heads to the state supreme court. Superior Court Judge J Paul Frizzelie ruled the levy valid. BE B Ficklen Tobacco Co of Greenville seeks $1000 tax recovery or the privilege of dealing in scrap tobacco.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
J. Paul Frizzelie
BE. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company
Greenville
Last Minute NLRA Criticizes Act At Southern Conference
Edward Cowdrick, New York industrial relations expert, said the National Labor Relations Act has increased friction and harmed cooperation between management and workers. He spoke at the closing session of the 10th annual Southern conference on human relations in Industry in Blue Ridge on July 16.
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NLRA
Blue Ridge
Edward
Cowdrick
New York
National Labor Relations Act
Roosevelt urges McAdoo support at Los Angeles station
PULIS FOR McADOO LOS ANGELES July 16.aden on Roosevelt told crowd at the Los Angeles central station today that he hoped Senator McAdoo of California would be re
California Forest Fires Surge as Relief Drops Fed Teams
Lightning sparked more than 250 fires across California forcing rapid response. The U S forest service deployed air drops delivering 70 parachute loads of food to hundreds rushed to fire lines. Supplies weighed tons to aid crews battling the blazes.
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San Francisco
California
U. S. Forest Service
Judge Rebukes Jury After It Acquits Williard and Shaffer
In Guilford County a jury acquitted R. M. Williard and R. T. Shaffer of liquor transport charges while O. M. Davis was convicted and sentenced to six months on the roads. Judge F. Don Phillips denounced the verdict as a “terrible mistake” and questioned the jury’s handling of a rumored ring led by Williard. He ordered destruction of 203 cases of whiskey and scheduled an August hearing on the truck lien.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Superior Court
O. M. Davis
R. M. “Neese” Williard
R. T. Shaffer
F. Don Phillips
Davis
Julian
Phillips
Shaffer
Williard
Wimbledon Murder Victim Identified as Irish Rose
Beotland Yard identified the murdered Wimbledon center court victim as Mrs Rosaline Patricia Mullins known as Irish Rose. The brunette was beaten and stabbed with her body found July 14 beside the All England Club. Police appeal to her husband or relatives for information.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Beotland Yard
Center Court
Rosaline Patricia Mullins
all-England
Scotland Yard
Riots Erupt in Pittsburgh Northside Between Races
Police quell second night of street clashes in Pittsburgh's northside with gunfire injuries to a detective and a Black man, and more than 40 arrests. Disturbances spanned three miles from Bidwell to Allegheny as whites and Negroes clashed after a dance incident and pool rivalry.
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Pittsburgh
Northside
West Park
Werner Wagner
James Lee Dixon
W. J. Lavery
City Recreation Bureau
Walter Monaghan
Monaghan
Bidwell
Allegheny
Hoey Heads North for Vacation Tour
Governor Hoey began a vacation with plans for an automobile tour of New England states and a Cleveland visit. He will address the American Bar Association’s Criminal Law section July 26, traveling with Mrs Hoey, his daughter Miss Isabel Hoey, and daughter in law Mrs Charles Hoey of Shelby.
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Raleigh
N. C
Hoey
New England
Cleveland C
Criminal Law Section
American Bar Association
Isabel Hoey
Charles Hoey
Shelby
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic District
Weekly outlook shows scattered afternoon thundershowers in the south portion all week with showers in the north at the start and end of the week. Temperatures near or slightly above normal, cooler in the north Tuesday and Wednesday.
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South Atlantic
North
Southern fight for lower freight rates stalls wage evidence
In Buffalo on July 16 AP states Southern interests blocking wage level statistics from being admitted in a freight rate hearing. Witness Wendell A. Hook was allowed to state general wage comparisons: southeastern industrial wages lower than northeastern. Exhibits tentatively marked for appeal planned before ICC in Washington.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York State
Wendell A. Hook
New York City
Farley Predicts Democratic Year From Alaska Vote
Postmaster General Farley sails to Alaska to gauge how the nation will vote in the fall elections. He says Alaska is a strong political barometer and predicts a Democratic year, citing Maine and Vermont as fronts. He urges Young Democrats to back a Roosevelt majority to support his legislative agenda.
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Seattle
Farley
America
Alaska
Maine
Vermont
Young Democrates of America
Roosevelt
President Will Take To Sea Today In Search Of Big Fish
President Herman Cone of Cone Mills announced that 5,300 workers will return to duty Monday on a five day schedule for three weeks, then shift to a four day week. Workers had left last week in protest of a wage cut. terms were not disclosed.
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Greensboro
Herman Cone
Cone Mills
Cone
President Roosevelt boards Houston for Pacific cruise
President Franklin D. Roosevelt travels by rail to Los Angeles then boards the heavy cruiser Houston at San Diego to sail toward the Galapagos while planning to return by August 5 for the Panama Canal passage. The voyage offers rest from duties and a chance to fish near equatorial waters.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Pacific
High Sierra Nevadas
San Diego
Houston
Mr. Roosevelt
Galapagos Islands
Panama Canal
Patrick to Head N C Press Group
Talbot Patrick publisher of the Goldsboro News Argus was elected president of the North Carolina Press Association at the convention closing session He replaces W C Russ of Waynesville Mrs BE F McCullough of Elizabethton was elected vice president Beatrice Cobb Morganton News Herald re elected secretary and treasurer B Arp Lowrance Charlotte Mecklenburg Times was re elected historian A memorial service honored four members who died last year Robert Lathan Ashe ville J P Rawley High Point W C Manning Williamston and Rone H Lewis Whiteville
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Blowing Rock
Talbot Patrick
Goldsboro
The
Mecklenburg Times
Robert Lathan
Asheville
J. P. Rawley
High Point
W. C. Manning
Williamston
Rone H. Lewis
Whiteville
Andrews Would Administrate Wage-Hour Bill By Cooperation
Washington July 16 One of the toughest jobs in the federal government faced E mer F Andrews in his new post as wage hour law administrator He leaves a 12000 dollar state post to take a 10000 dollar federal job and says industry will cooperate He will use cooperation rather than police power in early enforcement Roosevelt announced the appointment after a California trip and Congress debates show the wage differential issue with the South yielding on specific differentials and accepting exemptions
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Washington
Emer F. Andrews
Andrews
New York State
Roosevelt
el Portal
Calif
Congress
Hughes Goes Into Seclusion After World Flight
Howard Hughes, fatigued from a round the world flight and receptions, checked out of the Hotel Drake and vanished with no forwarding address. Reports placed him at Rye New York or Saybrook Connecticut where Katharine Hepburn has a summer home. Hughes and four associates remain in seclusion as they end their 14 000 mile odyssey tied to the World's Fair venture.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Drake
Hughes
Rye
N. Y
Saybrook
Conn
Katharine Hepburn
Magellan
Thomas Thurlow
Edward Lund
Harry P. M. Connor
Richard Stoddart
Landas
Floyd Bennett Field Thursay
Broadway
Czechs Accused of Mobilizing on German Border
German agency reports Czechoslovak troops mobilizing along a 65 mile front from Troppau to Trautenau in Silesia with artillery and machine guns seen in position. London says legation denies mobilization. Praha later denies reports officially.
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Berlin
DNB
Waldenburg
Silesia
Troppau
Trautenau
London
Legation
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
German Silesia
Public Singing at Macedonia Baptist Church Near Liberty
A public singing is set for Sunday July 17 at 1 30 PM at Macedonia Baptist Church three miles northwest of Liberty on Highway 60. R P Smith will lead the program.
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Liberty
Macedonia Baptist Church
R. P. Smith
Commissioner of Labor Seeks Higher Wages Reforms
North Carolina labor commissioner A L Fletcher proposes reforms including unemployment compensation expansion wage laws and an apprentice system He notes recession signs but credits 5000 unemployment payments for stabilizing workers and business officials and criticizes wage differential practices in the South.
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Blowing Rock
A. L. Fletcher
North Caro
Fletcher
Carolina Press Association
Unemplor Compensation Commission
Costa
Firefighters Brace for Breaks as Forest Fires Rise
More than 2 000 firefighters battled about 200 Pacific Northwest wildfires amid forecasts of cooler air and higher humidity. Washington state bore the brunt with most fires on western slopes. the Underwood blaze at Long Lumber Co. holdings expanded to over 20 000 acres. A California-registered car was seen near a strip of fires threatening Canyonville Oregon.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington State
Wington
Siskiyou
Oregon
California
Idand
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Underwood
Long Lumber Co
Canyonville
Floods Heighten Dangers as Guerrillas Gain in Honan
Shanghai dispatch reports summer rains swelling floodwaters in Honan province after spring floods that killed about 150,000 and left many homeless. Chinese forces claim guerrilla victories near South Shantung and North Jiangsu, while Yangtze defenses hold. Kaifeng to Lanfeng highway washed out and Yellow River shifts worsen the crisis amid air bombardments and naval shellfire.
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Honan Province
Shanghai
Honan
Shantung
Kiangsu
Yangtze River
Kaifeng
Lanfeng
Henan
Yellow River
China
Chengchow
Sunhai
Peiping-Hankow
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Rurler
Midwest Utilities Empire
WPA Adult Education Division
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Winston-Salem
Salisbury
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Bryson City
South
van Hook
Northern Counsel
Commission
J. van Dyke Norman
Loutville
Southern Legal Staff
Parker McCollester
Norman
McCollester
Roosevelt Congress
U. S. Fleet
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U. S. S. Houston
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