Vandenberg to Offer Amendments to Wagner Act
Senator Vandenberg announces he will offer amendments to the Wagner Labor Relations Act when wage hour legislation reaches the Senate next week. He proposes forbidding union coercion and sit down strikes, banning non citizens from union roles, requiring written contracts, and allowing labor board elections with caveats on dues and unfair practices. Debate potential delays loom over the wage and hour bill as legislators push to finish session by August.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Vandenberge
Labor Board
Vandenberg
THREE PICKETS SHOT IN STRIKE IN AKRON
Three men on a picket line for a trucking strike in Akron were wounded by a gunshot from an automobile. The attackers unclear, both sides included union and non union drivers, with Noah Fahar Ralph Fay lor and B J Randol among the injured. Randol released from hospital, others not seriously hurt.
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Akron. O
Summit County
Noah Fahar
Ralph Faylor
J. Randol
Akron
Randol
Vaughan Is Put Under Bond For Alleged Threat
Harold D. Vaughan of Winston-Salem North Carolina was placed under a $1 000 peace bond by Police Justice Elben C Folbes after being charged with threatening his uncle Richmond financier George S Kemp with bodily harm Kemp testified the threats arose from a family dispute tied to a proposed transaction with Mrs Christian C Vaughan Kemp’s sister and Vaughan’s mother Vaughan also faces a federal charge of using the mails to extort money in connection with the alleged threats
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Richmond
Harold D. Vaughan
Winston-Salem
N. C
Elben C. Folbes
Vaughan
George
Kemp
Christian C. Vaughan
Roosevelt faces first CIO critique of steel strikes
Washington hears the Roosevelt administration's reaction to the first C I O criticism of its policies amid Midwest steel strikes. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee accuses federal officials of ignoring workers rights and cites violations of the National Firearms Act by steel companies with no response from national authorities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
C. I. O. Chieftain
Police Exhaust All Leads In Dr Webster Slaying
Providence police chief says eight days of work yielded nothing and all known leads are exhausted in the murder of Dr George W Webster. Officers begin a new search for the army automatic believed used to kill the obstetrician in the doorway of his home on July 16.
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Providence
R. L
George W. Webster
James J. Cusick
Cusick
Army
Webster
Senate panel nears draft of new court reform bill
Senate Judiciary subcommittee virtually finished a draft replacing the Roosevelt reform plan with a bill to speed lower court procedure. The measure would add to a minor House judiciary bill and report to the Senate next week. Key points include direct appeals to the Supreme Court, AG intervention in constitutional cases, a three judge court for federal statute validity, extra district judges, and full pay resignation after ten years for certain administrative judges.
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Washington
Senate Judiciary
Senate
House
McCarran
D-New
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
State drops rape charges in Scottsboro case
In Decatur Alabama five of nine defendants are released from rape charges after Otto Powell pleads guilty to assault with intent to murder. Powell received a 20 year sentence for stabbing Deputy Sheriff Ed gar Blalock and being shot during transfer to a Birmingham jail. Olen Montgomery Willie Roberson Eugene Williams Roy Wright freed from rape charges. trials had not occurred since 1931. The Scottsboro docket is cleared after over six years of legal maneuvers.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Otto Powell
Powell
W. W. Callahan
Edgar Blalock
Blalock
Birmingham
Olen Montgomery
Willie Rob@rson
Eugene Williams
Roy Wright
First Week Of Furniture Market Closes Quietly
The first week of the midsummer Southern Furniture and Bug Market closes with few orders compared to earlier in the week. Retail dealers who attended Monday and Tuesday completed their business and left, as buying tapers off into the weekend lull.
Nudist Convention planned at Sun Tanners resort
Hobart Glassey founder of Fraternity Elysia says at least 200 delegates and visitors will attend a Nudist convention at the Sun Tanners resort in Soquel California September 11 to 18. The event will cover membership standards finance public relations and other Nudist issues with inter club games. Curl deputy sheriff leads Sun Tanners and linked to Western Nudist movement as Beta Chapter of Elysia.
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Los Angeles
Hobart Glassey
Sun Tanners
Soquel
Calif
Glaseey
Syracuse University
Elysia
Dist
Sun Tanners of
Santa Cruz
Glassey
James F. Curl
Curl
Chamber of Commerce
California
Washington
Oregon
Colorado
Hope for Crop Control Wanes in Senate Battle
Washington July 24 Senate dispute weakens chance to pass crop control legislation before adjournment. Senator Smith of South Carolina doubts general farm legislation this session while Senator Black urges action. Majority Leader Barkley doubts the committee can shape a bill for a vote. The audit committee receives a proposal to fund a roaming commission to hold regional hearings on an ever normal granary plan to store surplus crops.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Smith
8. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Black
Ala
Cardenas Orders Arm for Peasants Defense
President Lazaro Cardenas instructed the war department to arm organized peasants to defend against reactionaries blocking land reform and distribution efforts in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
War Department
Carolinas Virginia Purchasing Agents Meet Set in Asheville
The mid summer meeting of the Carolinas Virginia purchasing agents association will be held in Asheville on July 30 and 31.
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Asheville
Carolinas - Virginia Purchasing Agents Association
Study of $6 million hydro plant on Yadkin River
The Federal Power Commission reviewed Carolina Aluminum's plan to build a 64 000 horsepower hydro electric plant at Tuckertown near Badin North Carolina. James W Growan testified the project would supplement existing plants and facilitate energy interchange with Duke Power and Carolina Power and Light. He argued the Yadkin above Cheraw is not navigable, supported by affidavits from Yadkin residents.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Carolina Aluminum Company
Yadkin River
Tuckertown
Badin
N. C
James W. Growan
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Carolina Company
Ned A
Carolina
Duke Power Company
Carolina Power and Light Company
Commission
Growan
Yadkin
Cheraw
D. C
Chrysler Stock Strength Fuels Broad Market Rally
Chrysler led with a gain of about three points as utilities rose strongly in heavy volume. The session closed on a rallying note after an unsettled start with profit taking and last hour buying support, with transfers around 450000 shares.
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New York
Chrysler
Goldsboro Leads In Three Divisions Of A. A. U. Meet
Goldsboro's swimming team led in three divisions at the Carolinas A A U third annual championships at City Lake. Senior men Hendersonville close behind, Charleston senior women led Tarboro, midget boys edged Charlotte by one point, midget girls beat Winston-Salem 30 to 17. Event notes mention 800 meter medley relay and 440 free style for senior men.
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Goldsboro
Charleston
Carolinas
City Lake
Gieldsboro
Hendersonville
Gioldsboro
High Point
Charles
Ton
Tarbor
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Tarbore
Jahnez
L. Stuhr
Kasterlin
Lower Courts May Lose Authority To Issue Injunctions
Senator Connally proposes adding a clause to the skeleton judiciary bill to bar lower federal judges from issuing injunctions that block acts of Congress on unconstitutionality grounds. He favors three judge panels for such cases and says the president's court bill is dead on Supreme Court issues. Representative Dies and Beiter push ideas to let Congress indirectly review court decisions and delay overruling invalidations until after elections.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Dtex
Connally
Senate
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Dies
D.-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee.” Connally
Supreem Court
Beiter
D.-Ny
New York Tries Wagner Act to Ease Food Shortages
Buffalo July 24. New York State uses its Little Wagner Act to mediate twin strikes threatening the food supply for 1,006,000 people. AFL and CIO fight over butter egg markets and meat packing plants while unions clash over wages hours and recognition. Governor Lehman urged intervention as state workers study the crisis.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York State
John P. Boland
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organisation
Co. IL. O
A. F. of L
Teamsters Union
C. L. QO
Merchants’ Committee
War tension eases in North China as Chinese pull back
In Tientsin on July 24 observers report easing tension in North China as the Chinese withdrawal of the 37th division from Peiping progresses. Hopeh-Chahar transportation nears normal and Japanese ships unload light tanks and munitions at Tangku amid continued influx of war supplies. a Japanese officer warns the conflict is not over.
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Tientsin
China
Peiping
Japan
Chei
Hopeh-Chahar
Plane ride helps lad claim hearing improves greatly
A young High Point boy with near total deafness flew from Greensboro to 12000 feet then dived at 2000 feet per minute and after landing said his hearing was better than ever before. He would not reveal his name or allow the pilot to disclose it.
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Greensboro
High Point
Greensboro- High Point
Insurgents Attack West of Madrid In Heavy Daylong Assault
Insurgents launched a new attack west of Madrid to dislodge government forces. artillery barrage south of Brunette, 15 miles from Madrid, followed by infantry and tanks assault. Government officers reported holding all positions despite violence and heavy insurgent losses.
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Madrid
Thier
Brunette
Mussolini’s paper blasts fiction on debts and war reality
Milan sources quote Popolo d’Italia editorials by Mussolini denouncing wartime debts and myths about a peaceful repayment. The piece claims many “fiction” ideas will be overwhelmed by reality and asserts Spain’s Valencia is not the lawful seat of government.
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Milan
Italy
IL Popolo d'Italia
Pier Mussolini
Mouthpiec
Duce
United States
Valencia
Fdtion
Tl Popolo
Denton Youth Heads Tar Heel Farmers Delegation
Clinard Nance of Denton led the ninth annual Tar Heel farmers convention delegation returning home. The group awarded trips to the national convention in Kansas City with recipients including William H. Johnson Cletus Best J H Oliver Lee Mayne and others while William McCracken and teacher J C continued with the supervised farm work test. Officers named include Lawrence Hovis vice president Harold Francis secretary Robert Boyce treasurer and Robert Y reporter.
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Raleigh
Clinard Nance
Denton
Daridson
William H. Johnson
FR Oak
Cletus Best
Mount Plant
J. H. Oliver
Gullf County
Lee Mayne
Barnardsville
Future Fa
Kansas City
William McCracken
Waynesville
J.C
Tar H
Lawrence Hovis
Mrs. Robinson Urged to Seek U.S. Senate Seat
The Arkansas Democratic Party urged Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson widow of the late Senate leader to run in the upcoming special election to fill the vacancy. If she runs she would be an independent facing Gov. Carl Bailey who the state committee chose as Democratic nominee for the expired term. The committee overrode demands for a primary, causing a rift in party ranks.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Dea
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Carle EK. Bailey
State Committee
Alcohol Board Election Set for Cumberland County
Fayetteville report states the Cumberland county alcoholic beverage control board will be elected on July 31. The notice specifies the local election date and the responsible board for licensing and regulation.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Duke of Windsor Denied Shirked Duties by Aberdeen Official
Lord Provost H Edward Watt of Aberdeen rejected claims in Coronation Commentary that Edward VIII dodged a September visit to Balmoral to meet a party of Americans and delegated duties to Prince Albert and Queen Elizabeth. Watt said the king was in mourning and could not attend, sending his brother instead.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
H Edward Watt
Aberdeen
Geoffrey Dennis
Halmoral
Simpson
Herman L. Rogers
Balmoral
Edward
Duke
Duchess of York
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Royal Infirmary
Watt
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Barkley
Garner
John Garner
Alben Barkley
Southern Furniture Exposition
City Lae Park
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Farmers’ Head
Tar Heel
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