Aviators Die In Lithuanian Flight Crash Near Sellin
Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas perished in a crash near Sellin Pomerania while attempting a non stop flight from New York to Kaunas Lithuania. The Lithu anica struck trees in darkness and the wreckage scattered across a forest. Police noted an empty fuel tank suggesting an intentional but failed descent. The bodies lay under a tarpaulin as details emerged.
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Soldin
Pomerania
Germany
Stephen Darius
Stanley Girenas
Kaunas
Lithuania
New York
Berry Pickers
Wiley Post
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Berlin
Moscow
Tax suit against Mellon and others dismissed by judge
A $220 million tax suit brought by David A. Olson against Andrew W. Mellon and several former treasury officials was dismissed by Justice James M. Proctor in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The ruling ends the case unless Olson amends and refiles.
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Mellon
Blair
Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
James M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
David A. Loson
Senate
Ogden Mills
Proctor
Olson
Mills
Arthur A. Ballantine
Strike Hits 6000 Workers in Hosiery and Furniture Plants
A citywide strike by the Industrial Workers Association shuts down about 50 hosiery and major furniture plants as roughly 6,000 workers walk out seeking a 25 percent wage increase and an eight hour day. Rain dampens protests, one mill defies the walkout briefly, and police presence remains light while other textile and furniture operations continue normally under new 40 hour week codes.
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Industrial Workers Association
Slane Hosiery
Mangum Avenue
American Federation of Labor
Slane
Stehli Silks Corporation
Hillcrest Silk
Pickett
Highland Cotton Mills
High Point Yarn Mills
Zilison Furniture
1981 Farm product value in the state reaches high total
The text states farm products raised in the state totaled 219,899,000 in 1981. The figure underscores the scale of agricultural output in that year.
Balbo and Balho Balbo Voyage Headlines Chicago Welcome
Italian air fleet led by General Italo Balbo lands in Chicago after crossing 6100 miles from Italy and plans to visit New York and Washington. Balbo itinerary includes flight to New York after Chicago stop and a return to the Azores and Italy. In New York, Joseph Harriman remains missing from a nursing home while under $25,000 bail on a federal indictment.
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Chicago
Italo Balbo
Roosevelt
White House
James A. Farley
Europe
America
Lake Michigan
Balbo
New York
Washington
Azores
Italy
Montreal
Drake Hotel
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Regent Nursing Home
East 61St Street
William J. Donovan
Harriman
U. S
George Z. Medalie
Fort Lee Ferry
Roslyn
N. Y
Mineola
Wage Rates May Not Be Cut To Conform With New Code
Washington outlines Roosevelt issued restrictions on cotton textile wage and hour rules. Provisions set 40 hour weeks for office staff and repair crews with 10 percent tolerance, limit wage cuts for long established rates, and require monthly reporting of emergency time to the planning and fair practice agency. The code also directs plans for employee home ownership in mill villages and further provisions as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecotton Textile Institute
No ransom paid says Carl Luer
Alton Illinois July 17 a kidnap gang freed August Lauer a 77 year old banker after more than five days in a chilly basement. He was found near Collinsville by justice department agents and returned home. Carl Luer said no ransom was paid though others believe about ten thousand dollars was delivered. The victim was seized Monday evening at his home by two men and a woman amid fear for his health and heart trouble.
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Alton
Ill
August Lauer
Collinsville
Department of Justice
Tor
Grace Miller
Luer
Carl Luer
Italians land in seaplanes and other brisk talk
Special to the Enterprise from Santa Monica notes enthusiastic remarks about Italian seaplanes, Teddy Roosevelt, and Mussolini, with speculation on Wiley Post circumnavigating the world, and a hint about unemployed arrivals from the London conference.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Teddy Roosevelt
Mussolini
Wiley Post
Post
London
Will
Wealthy English magnate Sir John Ellerman dies in France
Sir John Ellerman shipping magnate and reputedly England’s richest man died today in Dieppe France at age 71. He was created a baronet in 1905 and controlled Ellerman City Halil Bucknall lines along with other steamship companies. Previously he was principal owner of the Leyland line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir John Ellerman
England
Dieppe
France
Sir John
Ellerman, City, Halil
Bucknall Lines
Leyland Line
Prohibition Vote Seen In Deep South States
Southern states Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee hold key elections this week on repealing the 18th amendment. Postmaster General Farley urged repeal as polls suggest victory for repealists who push party loyalty and states rights amid dry traditions and fears of saloon return.
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Robert Bunnell
Memphis
Tenn
Deep South
Prohibition
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
South
James A. Farley
A. J. Barten
Wilmington
N. C
National Con
Fate’s Innocent Victim in Illinois Tragedy
Seven year old Dardanella Luce, in Venona Illinois, is in relatives care after her step father was killed in an audit massacre and her mother jailed for complicity. The mother is widow of Frank Nash the mail robber killed in Kansas City by accomplices seeking his release.
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Dardanella Luce
Venona
Ill
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Provisions Found In Textile Code
Washington July 17 The wage and hours provisions of the cotton textile code are in effect for all spinning and weaving mills including cotton rayon and silk. Factory workers limited to 40 hours per week. Minimum wages 12 in the south 13 in the north with proportional increases. No worker to earn less on shorter weeks. Machine hours capped at 50 per week or two labor shifts. Child labor banned under 16. Mill office staff raised above minimum with 40 hour weeks averaged over six months.
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Edwin Holman
Atlanta
Stuart W. Cramer
Cramerton Mills
Cramerton
N. C
South
D. Anderson
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Macon
Washington
North
Hugh 8. Johnson
Corps of Aida
Roosevelt
National Recovery Law
Dixie
Steel
Cement
687 Prisoners Overflow Pen at Raleigh Central Prison
687 prisoners filled central Raleigh prison sending the population to a new high. Warden H H Honeycutt notes no memory of such crowding. facility designed for 360 now houses inmates in corridors as total system inmates reach 2 822. George Ross Pou seeks commission order for a new fire proof prison.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
H. H. Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Central
George Ross Pou
Commissioner of Highways and Public Works
Windsor mother dies after kerosene fire tragedy
Mrs. Annie Brook Banks, 43, of Windsor Ontario, died from burns after authorities said she set fire to kerosene soaked clothing and ignited beds where her three children slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Annie Brookbanks
Tedas
Wages Rise Across Textile and Steel Industries Under New Codes
Nearly a million workers gain higher pay and a 40 hour week as textile mills from cotton to rayon adopt wage scales to restore purchasing power to 1929 levels. Steel mills report about 15 percent increases, with many other industries approaching similar living-wage codes under National Recovery administration oversight.
Confederate Vet W G Davis Dies at 98 in Fayetville
Confederate veteran W G Davis, 98, died at his Massey Hill home. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon in Fayetville.
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Fay Pyteville
W. G. Davis
Massey Hill
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Farmer
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Southern
Stanley P. Richardson
Corres
Pondent
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Urals
N.Y
General Balbo
Indian Village
Recovery Administration
Textile
Stet
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