Governor seeks speedily settled state truck strike
Muskegon July 17 Gov Frank Murphy and negotiators for both sides pushed for an end to the state wide truck strike amid conflicting reports of a truce. A noon conference was called by the governor as a company spokesman disputed a 30 day cease fire claimed by union leaders. Heath labeled the truce a face saving gesture and said the strike was ended by workers returning to jobs.
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Muskegon
Midh
Frank Murphy
Murphy
J. L. Heath
Lansing
Heath
R. J. Bennett
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Franc Plunges to Eleven Year Low in Markets
A New York report notes French funds flood the English Channel market pushing the franc to its lowest in eleven years. Trading centered on London quotes as euros were moved abroad amid government-finance worries and tax fears. The franc traded around 3.77 cents with wider discounts for 90 day deliveries as confidence in the currency erodes.
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New York
English Channel
Wall Street
Paris
London
Chautemps
Treasury
Abndon
France
Farm Exports Dip Slightly From Last Year
The agriculture department reports farm exports for the 11 months ending June 1 at 694 million dollars, down 4 percent from 725.9 million in the same period of 1935-36. Agricultural imports totaled 1.387 billion this year versus 1.045 billion last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Paper shipment sails from Georgetown to New York and Philadelphia
The first cargo from the Southern Kraft Corporation’s $4 million plant at Georgetown, 8 C, left yesterday aboard the tanker Arizon for New York and Philadelphia, marking the debut of the new mill’s paper production.
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Gehorgetown
8. C
Southern Kraft Corporation
Arizon
New York
Philadelphia
Minister Confesses Slaying of Mrs Kelly in Mississippi
Rev C F E Newton confessed to killing Mrs Dennis Kelly 45 a friend and former Paris Missouri pastor. Her body was found floating in the Mississippi River as authorities traced blood stains in his car and the $1980 she had drawn from a bank before her death. Newton was held at Pittsfield Illinois.
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C. FE. Newton
Dennis Kelley
Francis
Gene
Kelly
Newton
Paris
Mississippi River
Pittsfield
Ill
Firemen Resting After Explosions in Atlantic City
Atlantic City July 17 Firemen, policemen and numerous spectators were injured after a series of blasts at Pure Oil storage plant on Virginia Avenue. More than 170 treated for injuries. property damage estimated between 80 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pure Oil Company
Virginia Avenue
Nellie McGurran
Joseph Leeds
Hull reports Far Eastern worries and U S neutrality
President Roosevelt summoned Secretary Hull to a lunch conference to discuss the Far Eastern crisis with emphasis on neutrality law. Hull urged national and international self restraint and noted U S interests would be affected by any Sino Japanese clash. He said his policy has broad support among the Americas and reflects inter American conference decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
White House
China
Japan
Buenos Aitres
Chinese cotton crop expected to set record
The agriculture department reported China including Manchuria may reach about 4 million bales of 500 pounds each, a record if realized. Plantings were 10 to 15 percent above last year, when 3.7 million bales were produced, positioning China as a close second to India for world cotton production behind the United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
China
Manchuria
Shanghai
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
India
United States
Eastern North Carolina veterans hospital eyed by officials
Washington reports Representative Barden said prospects for a eastern North Carolina veterans hospital look favorable after a report from Admiral Rossiter. In Raleigh the state board of charities and public welfare said 724 children under 16 were jailed in the first half of the year. Negro boys led with 410 jailed, white boys 325, Negro girls 41, white girls 38. common charges included highway robbery larceny and liquor violations. Eighteen children were under ten years old.
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Washington
Graham A. Barden
New Bern
N. C
Veterans’ Hospital
North Carolina
Barden
P. 8
Rossiter
Frank P. Himes
Veterans Administration
Navy
Raleigh
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Judge rules Frank Wallace win in Mae West marriage case
Superior Judge Robert Kenny ordered Mae West to pay Wallace's costs after recognizing his appeal that he was married to Mae West. The judge refused to rule on whether they cohabited, deeming it unrelated to the suit. Wallace seeks legal acknowledgment of the marriage, while West had previously denied it.
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Los Angeles
Frank Wallace
Mae West
Wallace
Robert Kenny
Diamond Lil
Miss West
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Southern Lumberman Is Claimed By Death
Col. E. F. Allison, 71, famed Southern lumberman and sportsman, died of a heart ailment at his Alabama country estate. He owned about 121000 acres along the Tombigbee River, turned into a prime game preserve with estimated 3000 wild deer and 56000 wild turkeys.
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Bellamy
Ala
E. F. Allison
Forty Five Die In Violent Kanagawa Gamma Storm
Tokyo report says forty five people were killed as violent rain and wind storms swept Kanagawa and Gamma prefectures. Thousands of homes were washed away or flooded.
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Tokyo
Kanagawa
Gamma
Thinly Veiled Struggle For Senate Leadership
Aboard the Robinson funeral train to Little Rock supporters of Senators Alben Barkley and Pat Harrison maneuver for the Democratic Senate leadership. With 38 senators aboard the body’s conveyance, organizers whisper of votes as the caucus nears, while opponents back Harrison to curb the President's court bill.
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Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson
D-Ark
Little Rock
Senate
Alben W. Barkler
D-Ky
Pat Harrison
D-Miss
Arkansas Capital
Washington
Harrison
Bank Sells Stock In Liquidation Of Defunct Bank
Liquidation of the defunct Commercial National Bank assets advanced as 361 shares pledged by Caldwell Barrer Rochelle were sold for 32 264 20. A L Fine Baltimore bought 314 Globe Parlor Furniture shares at 102 50. H N Willard bought 42 Occidental Life at 1 35 and John D Biggs five Colonial Life shares at 2 50. Receiver John D Biggs said further dividends may follow. Sale conducted by R D Penny.
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Commercial National Bank
A .S. Caldwell
C. R. Barrer
T. V. Rochelle
A. L. Fine
Baltimore
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
H. N. Williard
Occidental Life
John D. Biggs
Colonial Life
Messie, Caldwell, Barrer
Rochelle
Rochelle and
Caldwell
R. D. Penny
Governor Hoey invited to speak at Western N C Tuberculosis Sanatorium dedication
Horry 18, July 17. Governor Hoey has been invited to speak at the dedication of the new 500000 dollar Western North Carolina Tuberculosis Sanatorium planned for late August in Black Mountain.
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Horry
Black Mountain
N. C
Hoey
North Carolina
Randolph Man Dies in Car Crash Near Greensboro
Lee Ray Jackson, 22, of Randolph County dies from a broken neck after his car overturned on the Asheboro road ten miles south of Greensboro. He was brought to a local hospital and died several hours later.
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Greensboro
Lee Ray Jackson
Randolph County
Here
Asheboro
Jackson
William Powell Recovering From Shock After Harlow Death
Hollywood star William Powell rests at home under his physician's orders after the shock of Jean Harlow's death. Dr. H D Van Fleet says Powell may return to work by Wednesday following a few days of rest.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Jean Harlow
H. D. van Fleet
Tobacco Imports May Drop
Washington reports the Agriculture Department expects a sharp rise in Orient flue-cured tobacco acreage reducing U S imports in the October marketing season. China Manchuria and Japan total about 245000 acres this year up from 211000 last season and 144000 in 1935. With average yields output could reach about 270000000 pounds versus 248000000 last year. Exports of Orient flue-cured to the United States for 1986-87 are seen at about 64,000,000 pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Orient
Shanghai
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
China
Manchuria
Japan
Bureau
Department
Old Political Feud Reopens in New York City
A seven year old feud between Franklin D Roosevelt and Tammany Hall stirs New York City politics as Royal Copeland and Grover Whalen enter the September mayoralty race. The split pits New Deal factions against anti New Deal forces led by Fiorello LaGuardia with possible cross ticket runs and party realignment.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
New York City
United States
Royal 8
Copeland
Grover A. Whalen
Tammany
James J. Dooling
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Dooling
Whalen
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Lightning claims three children in separate incidents
Death by lightning struck at nearly the same hour to three Detroit children visiting relatives. Otis Shipman 14 and his nine months old cousin Bobby Shipman were killed when a tree they sat under was struck in Arkansas. In Tennessee 12-year-old Elvie Richardson died while playing beneath a tree near her grandparents' home.
Hearing on Regal Shirt plant labor charges set for July 22
Baltimore July 17 A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board said a hearing will be held July 22 at Morehead City North Carolina on charges involving the Regal Shirt company plant. He found indications of attempts to promote a company dominated employee association and alleged the plant was closed May 10 to deter union activity.
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Baltimore
Bennet N. Schauffler
National Labor Relations Board
Morehead City
N. C
Regal Shirt Company
Schauffler
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Auto-Truck Collision Fatal for Four Near Quantico
A collision near Quantico Virginia between a car and an oil laden truck left three men burned to death and a woman fatally injured. The truck driver and his helper were trapped. the helper was identified as Reggie Gillespie age 23 from McColl, S. C. and Private N. L. Goodwin of the U S Marine base was killed after being thrown beneath a flaming trailer. Miss Hectorine Marin age 30 of Waterbury Connecticut also died among the car occupants.
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Quantico
Here
Reggie Gillespie
McColl
8. C
N. L. Goodwin
UV. 8
Marine Corps
Hectorine Marin
Waterbury
Conn
Goodwin
Feeble Rises Stand Out On Market Today
New York July 17 feeble rallies appeared in steel rail motors coppers and specialties on a drab stock market session. Mild profit taking opened prices fell fractions while offerings were light and bids were raised. It was one of the slowest days of the year with transfers about 250000 shares in two hours. Trend remained uncertain as earnings reports failed to stimulate buying amid war clouds and a French financial crisis.
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New York
Far East
Nearly Billion Repaid On Government Loans
The Farm Credit Administration reported farmers repaid nearly 100 million dollars on federal loans in the year ending June 1. Governor W. S. Myers noted 61.4 million went to principal of first mortgage loans from federal land banks and 34.3 million to principal of commissioner loans, similar to second mortgages.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
W. S. Myers
FCA
Dye Plant Fire Hits Pacolet Mill in Lynn Area
Fire suspected to be caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed the Pacolet Knitting Mill dye plant at Lynn near Tryon N C yesterday. The blaze began in the Lynn area and caused extensive damage to the dye facility.
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Tryon
WN. C
Pacolet Knitting Mill
Lynn
Here
Crisis in North China Deepens Toward War
AP reports signs of rising conflict between Japan and China's National Government as fighting spreads in Hopeh and Peiping regions. Japanese and Chinese forces are mobilized, with observers warning the situation could trigger formal war.
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Choukuo
Associated Press
Japan
China
Nanking
C Kai-Shek
Peiping
Mila
Eq Province
Hopeh
Chi
Train Crash Fatal to Man in India Disaster
Patna India July 17 rescue teams pulled countless bodies from a wreckage of a Junjap Calcutta bound express after derailing and plunging down an embankment. Official toll ranged 80 dead 65 injured. others placed death toll as high as 300 with 250 injured.
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Patna
India
Calcutta
Government Way
Exchange Telegraph
Ish
Delhi
Five Prisoners Wounded in Prison Incident
Superintendent J Rackley of Warrensville camp fired on a group of ten long term prisoners yesterday after they did not heed his order to return to work. Dr B F Reeves, prison physician, said five were slightly wounded and not seriously injured.
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West Jefferson
Charlotte Girl Is Hurt In Myrtle Beach Motorcycle Crash
Grace Pendleton, 17, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was critically injured in a motorcycle collision with a truck on the King's Highway at Myrtle Beach. She was brought to a hospital in Conway, South Carolina, by ambulance after the accident occurred in the morning.
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Conway
N. C
Grace Pendleton
Lotte
Myrtle Beach
Women In Doctor's Death
Providence reports two women key to the mystery of Dr. George W. Webster's fatal shooting. Dorothea Gilligan, longtime secretary to the 89 year old physician, calls the event horrible and declines further comment. Elizabeth Prince, aged 25, Miss Gilligan's companion, also is questioned as investigators pursue leads.
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Providence
George W. Webster
Dorothea Gilligan
Elizabeth Prince
Miss Gilligan
Jam. Cusick
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Sullivan
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Randolph
U. S
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