Pelzer Mills Reopen Under Guard After 26 Hour Lockout
Pelzer South Carolina mills reopened with about 100 troops guarding operations as United Textile Workers plan to present discrimination claims before the National Labor Relations Board under the Wagner act. Union leader P. H. Ross said a hearing would be sought, while most workers returned to posts at 6:30 a m. Officers reported 43 strikers, with troops deployed to deter violence amid two shots fired at a distant mill location.
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Pelzer
8. C
United Textile Workers Union
Pelzer Mills
P. H. Ross
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Relations Board
J. F. Blackmon
Pelzer Manufacturing Company
118Th Infantry
Spartanburg
Olin Johnston
Greenville
J. L. Rogers
J. J. Bernard
Bill to bar child labor and limit work hours in interstate trade
The Howe labor committee approved a bill to establish a 30 hour week and bar child labor in industries sending products across state lines. A federal licensing commission would oversee compliance, with exemptions for farm products and certain media, and include both employer and worker representatives.
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Federal Commission
NRA
Washington
Howe Labor Committee
Connery
Con
Thulin Waley Sentenced to 20 Years in Kidnap Case
Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, convicted in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge E. B. Cashman to 20 years in the federal detention farm at Milan, Michigan.
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Federal Building
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
U. S
E. B. Cashmen
Federal
Milan
Mich
Italy to Deploy 300 Planes in East Africa War
Rome reports plans to supply colonial forces with about 300 planes for a large scale air campaign against Ethiopia. An advance group of 80 pilots and 24 planes sailed for East Africa as Mussolini orders continuous mobilization and replacement of reserve troops. Ethiopian Emperor Selassie to issue a general mobilization order tomorrow.
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Rome
National Aviation Service
Italy
Ethiopia
Air Service
East Africa
Giuseppe Vale
Air
Naples
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
East
Africa
Addis Ababa
Emperor Selassie
Will Rogers notes heat and political talk in Beverly Hills
Will Rogers complains about the heat after a speaking engagement in Beverly Hills. He mentions three ex cabinet members Hurley Wilbur and Will Mays as attendees and cites Governor Nice in Maryland, plus a remark about beating Man-of-War and Ritchie.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hurley
Mr. Hoover
Wilbur
Navy
Mr. Coolidge
Will Mays
Harding
Maryland
Nice
Ritchie
League Council to Study Italo-Ethiopian Crisis
Geneva July 17 AP The League of Nations plans to convoke the council about July 25 to deal with the Italo Ethiopian crisis and to abandon hope for revival of arbitration. A preliminary warning was sent to council members that their presence may be required in Geneva.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League Council
Infantile Paralysis Claims Another Guilford County Victim
In Greensboro, North Carolina, 15 year old Charlie Walker died after an illness diagnosed as infantile paralysis. He is the brother of a boy who contracted the disease two weeks earlier, a rare coincidence for two family members to fall ill.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Charlies Baker Walker
Walker
Destruction Ordered in Telegram Probe of Utilities
Senate lobbyists hear testimony that R P Herron of Associated Gas and Electric directed destruction of papers linked to anti utility bill activity. Western Union staffers testified Herron signed forged telegrams and records were burned. House panel hears Rep Brewster offer to risk reputation over Pessamaquoddy project.
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Washington
R. P. Herron
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Senate
Public Utility
Public Utilities Bil
Committee of
Public Utility Executives
United States
Capitol
House
Rep
Brewster
R-Me
Ice miners report explosion at Van Lear mine
Lexington reports an explosion in number five mine of the Consolidation Coal company at Van Lear Kentucky. John F Daniel chief of the department of miners and minerals received the information.
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Lexington
Troy
Consolidation Coal Company
van Lear
John F. Daniel
Department of Miners and Minerals
Judge Rules AAA Tax Levy Unconstitutional
In Philadelphia on July 17 Judge William H. Kirkpatrick ruled unconstitutional a provision of the Agricultural Adjustment Act that delegates to the secretary of agriculture the power to levy processing taxes.
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Philadelphia
William H. Kirkpatrick
U. S. District Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Hoey Seeks NC Governor Nomination With Balanced Commonwealth Call
Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby announces his Democratic bid for governor in an eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce address. He calls for a balanced commonwealth linking education with health, agriculture, and industry to educate children and sustain a sound physical and moral life.
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Clyde Hoty
Shelby
N. C
Rich Square
Clyde R. Hoey
Eastern North Carolina
North Carolina
Hoey
Sisterhood of
Attic Prison Rescue of Starved Philadelphia Woman
48 year old Anna Van Cleve were found in a third story garret after five years of confinement by detectives. Her husband William and sister in law Catherine were arrested as possible captors after neighbors reported a trash pit raid supplying bread crusts. Police described her as frail and undernourished but improving after milk and hospital care.
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Philadelphia
Anna van Cleve
Morais Court
William
Catherine
van Cleve
Charles Osborn
Osborn
van Cleves
Harrisburg
President Assures No Backward Steps Amid Economic Pressures
President Roosevelt defended his economic program at a press conference amid court and congressional criticism. He pledged continued operation of the farm administration, urged passage of tax measures, and said new trade deals with Soviet Russia and Brazil would boost U.S. employment. He noted efforts to strengthen the AAA and protect it from court setbacks while Morgenthau pushed a bill limiting damage suits tied to the dollar devaluation. Senate probes into utility lobbying continued as an ICC examiner urged steep cuts in railway passenger fares. Ethiopia sought Red Cross aid amid war fears, with Field Director Lambie warning aid could be withheld if captives were mistreated.
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Washington
AAA
Roosevelt
Farm Administration
Supreme Court
Congress
Russia
Brazil
Morgenthau
Senate Committee
Treasury
Capitol
Senate
R. P. Herron
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Warren
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Lambie
London
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Thes
Red Cross Regues
Prison Camp Chief Denies Inhuman Treatment Claims
Captain Henry C. Little testified at his trial denying cruel or inhuman treatment of Woodrow Shropshire and Robert Barnes two Black convicts. He claimed prisoners were not kept chained after initial days and that cords wrapped around ankles caused gangrene. Rape and Dr McLaughlin testified later in the proceedings.
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Shropshire
Barnes
Charlotte
Henry C. Little
Woodrow Shropshire
Robert Barnes
J. Clyde Stancil
State Highway Department
R. C. Rape
S. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Little
Britain may permit lawful Ethiopian arms shipments
London reports indicate the British government may soon allow legitimate arms exports to Ethiopia after Emperor Haile Selassie sent official documents asserting need for two shipments. Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare may approve permits as Addis Ababa provides signatures, amid rising Italian troop movements.
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London
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
North Carolina Forecast Promises Showers into Thursday
Weather forecast notes tonight and Thursday likely showers in extreme western and southern portions. South Cashelin area expected mostly cloudy skies with light local showers tonight and Thursday.
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North Carolina
South Cascilen
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Basser Nekhia Tamanya
Exrperor Haile Selassie
America
Nellie May Madmont
Ok Merriarna
Wstelie Taylor
Jack
House Group
Pel
S. C
United Textile Workers
Johnston
Suhrise
Gress
Nnery
Licensing Commission
Secretary of Labor
Mussolini
N. S
Ethiopian Red Cross
Will Rogers
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Int Red Cross
Phere
Public Utilities Group
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
T. A Lambie
Ethiopian Mission Service
Pen Camp
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