Cleveland Steel Riots Prompt Massive Police Guard
Four hundred police stood guard in Cleveland to quell a wave of violence in the Republic Steel Corp area after clashes between workers, strikers, and sympathizers. A man was killed yesterday as clubs and weapons damaged a union headquarters and shattered car windows and homes amid a jurisdictional dispute between unions.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Corrifan-McKinney
C. I
A. F. of L
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Mill
Foreign forces brace for Sino Japanese crisis in Peiping
United States and British troops in Peiping fortify the legation quarter as Japan's withdrawal deadline nears. Sandbags rise as a second deadline looms for evacuating the 37th division. Japanese citizens seek safety while U.S. Marines ready signals for citizens. Both sides mobilize amid reports of a central government rejection and mounting war prep.
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United States
Peiping
Legation
Japan
China
Mechanic Held in Murder Case in Covington
In Covington Georgia on July 27 a 27 year old mechanic Raymond Duke Shaddox was charged in a warrant with the murder of a medicine man of a wandering Cherokee band Sheriff B L Johnson identified the accused as Shaddox Witnesses at the inquest testified he fired three pistol shots into the camp killing the medicine man George Thompson while he tried to shield the children The police chief denied an Indian war dance occurred and called the grieving display pitiful and orderly.
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Covington
B. L. Johnson
Raymond
Duke) Shaddox
Buchanan
Shaddox
George Thompson
Buhhanan
Sorew
Republican Women Gather August 11 Discuss 1938 Campaign
Washington reports an unusual conference of Republican women leaders on August 11 to discuss the party's 1938 election campaign. Chairman John Hamilton sent telegrams to all national committeewomen inviting discussion of the women's division work as he returns from Europe to take charge of campaign arrangements.
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Washington
John Hamilton
National
Taitheran Church Workers Summer School Opens
The annual Taitheran church workers summer school opens in Blue Ridge serving the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama with sessions starting this week.
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Blue Ridge
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Tremor Leaves Heavy Death Toll in Mexican Crises
Workmen sift debris across Vera Cruz and Puebla states after Sunday night's quake. At least 30 bodies recovered with Maltrata in Vera Cruz hardest hit reporting 16 dead and over 70 injured. many missing as half of Maltrata’s 8,000 residents lose their buildings.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Maltrata
Law Prohibiting Slot Machine Upheld in North Carolina
Fayetteville July 27 The 1937 law against slot machines is valid for Cumberland County and Fayetteville. Superior Judge N A Sinclair ruled the law applies to all machines except ones that show potential return per coin. He denied injunctive relief to the Vending Machine Company of Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
Cumberland County
N. A. Sinclair
Sinclair
Vending Machine Company
Salesman Chokes Friend to Death in Car
New York July 27 AP An unemployed automobile salesman Stanley A. Martin strangled his woman companion with a belt at her request saying she did not want to live. The slaying ended an illicit six month affair with both married. Mrs Florence Jackson mother of two was found dead in a car. Martin planned suicide and began a death note but was frightened. He said Mrs Jackson had been seeing him for about six months and that he was a father of one child and separated from his wife.
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New York
Stanley A. Martin
Florence Jackson
Martin
Jackson
Borah's Fee Bill Passes Senate Committee
The Senate Judiciary committee unanimously approved Senator Borah's bill to regulate receivership and bankruptcy fees. It would bar fee agreements and forbid judges from approving such fees, with penalties up to 10000 dollars or five years imprisonment or both. The panel expected to complete action on the bill later today as talk of adjournment spread.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Borah
Rida
Borah
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Barkley
Kentucky
Insurgent Attack Fails Near Madrid Nerve Center
Insurgent land and air forces hit Villanueva de la Canada fifteen miles west of Madrid but made no decisive gains. Government units held new positions north of Brunete and withstood heavy bombardment while admitting severe losses. Insurgent claims of destroying two government brigades were reported by insurgent dispatches.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Villaneuva de la Canada
Jose Miaja
Brunete
State rests in Burga w murder trial in North Carolina
In Burga w a murder trial the state rested after noon as Pete Krochmainy his son Paul and son in law Erwin Williams faced charges of killing Paul Krochmainy and burning the body in a dairy furnace in April last year. The defense planned its next move after court recessed this afternoon. A key witness’s testimony about a listening device was stricken when notes from which it was based could not be produced.
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Burgaw
Pete Krochmainy
Paul
Erwin Williams
Paul Krochmainy
Marshall T. Spears
Walter Augustine
Tobacco market booster week proclaimed in Winston-Salem
Mayor W. T. Wilson issued a proclamation designating July 28 to August 4 as tobacco market booster week and urged citizen participation. A joint tobacco market committee will meet at noon tomorrow for a luncheon to announce plans for the opening of the two markets.
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Winston-Salem
W. T. Wilson
Joint Tobacco Market Committee
Business Picking Up At Furniture Market
The mid-summer Furniture and Rug market showed brisk activity with about 1809 registrations before noon. Buyers from several states including South Carolina West Virginia Virginia North Carolina Alabama Florida Tennessee and Louisiana participated showing scatterred demand across all product types.
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South Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Louisiana
Social Security Details Told To Charities Board
Raleigh July 27 The state board of Charities and Public Welfare field staff heard officials explain the phases of the state s supplementary security program. An estimated 5 300 000 would be paid for old age and dependent children aid next year with 3 800 000 for old age assistance and 1 500 000 for aid to dependent children. Administrative costs were projected at 9 74 percent of benefits. The state staff will conference through tomorrow.
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Raleigh
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
W. T. Bost
Unidentified Man Dies in Crash at Suburban Crossing
A 55 year old man was killed when his produce laden car collided with a Southern railway passenger train at a suburban grade crossing near Charlotte. The crash occurred early today and the victim's identity was not released.
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Charlottte
Southern Railway
Riots and strikes ripple across major cities
Labor reports from Cleveland to Washington describe casualties at the Carrigan McKinney plant as police halt five hour clashes between rioting Republic Steel workers and police. Hotel workers in San Francisco approve a compromise to end an eight day strike but refuse to return until two unions settle. In Buffalo, food supplies are rationed as truckers and meat packers push for a closed shop and prices rise. Detroit sees GM and UAW chiefs in talks over a wildcat strike and contract issues. Western Union faces an NLRB order to prove non dominance over its unionized staff. Washington officials anticipate a Senate wage and hour bill vote this week amid proposed amendments.
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Associated Prete
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Carrigan-McKinney
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
San Francisco
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Seattle
National Labor Relations Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
Washington—Administration
Senate
Burke County Grand Jury to Probe Deputy Sherriff Strikes
Morganton July 27 The Burke county grand jury will investigate the death of Robert Pullwood a Negro who died after Deputy Sheriff Paschal of Valdese struck him. Paschal said he used the blow after being threatened with a knife during an arrest for drunkenness. Coroner's jury recommended the officer be held for grand jury action.
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Morganton
Burke County
Robert Pullwood
Paschal
Valdese
Premier Fumimaro Konoye’s Diet Speech Disappoints Son
Tokyo July 27 AP Princetonian Fumitaka Konoye son of the new prime minister wrote he was disappointed by his father’s maiden diet speech. He said the speech was polished by the cabinet and he felt nervous watching his father stumble before recovering his voice.
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Tokyo
Fumitaka Konoye
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Diet
Konoye
Princeton
Camel News Agency
Prinece
Japan
China
Hidden taxes hit hard by laborites in Salisbury
Paul Leonard of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association tells the State Federation of Labor that hidden taxes tied to production transportation and distribution raise the per capita load to about 100 dollars annually for every U S citizen He criticizes government costs and state tax policy while the federation endorses the executive board’s purge over CIO affiliation and selects C Roy Fink Salisbury as president and fills vacancies EB L Sandi-
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Paul Leonard
Labor Federation
Salisbury
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
State Federation of Labor Today
United States
Leonard
Roy Lawrence
C. Roy Fink
EB. L. Sandi
Venable Joins Arkansas Senate Race Against Bailey and Waters
J Rosser Venable of Little Rock and Robert F Waters enter Arkansas special Senate race to replace the late Joseph T Robinson. Venable, 48, World War II veteran, has no prior public office. Waters, 48, mountaineer school teacher humorist, also has not held office before. Bailey was nominated by the Democratic State committee amid a primary controversy. Venable cites opposition to a Supreme Court reform bill as his reason to run.
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Little Rock
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
Joseph T. Robinson
J. Rosser Venable
Senate
Bailey
Robert F. Waters
Mountaineer
Venable
Robinson
Waters
Democratic State Committee
Supreme Court
Stock Market Drifts Lower Amid Violence and War News
New York trading shows little buying interest with most prices slipping. Bonds vary, wheat futures rise on export hints, cotton rebounds, and currencies gain versus the dollar. The Republic steel strike violence and Far Eastern flare up weigh on sentiment as utilities dip, led by Consolidated Edison. Rails, motors, oils, and farm equipment follow the retreat before tentative late support.
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New York
Republic
Consolidated Edison
Sandbags Build Fortifications Around Peiping Embassies
United States Marines prepared sandbag barriers at the four gates of the International Legation quarter west of Peiping as a Japanese ultimatum on evacuation of Chinese troops neared its deadline. Reports say Japan warned of bombing Peiping if China did not comply, though some say foreign powers were assured the city would be spared.
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Peiping
United States
International Legation Quarter
Legation Quarter
China
Japan
Yokohama Specie Bank
Roosevelt nominates Poe for reappointment to federal board
President Roosevelt names Clarence Poe of North Carolina for reappointment as a member of the federal board for vocational education.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clarence Poe
North Carolina
Federal Board For Vocational Education
North Carolina Legion Names New Commander and Officials
Hector S Blackwell of Fayetteville was unanimously named commander of the North Carolina American Legion in Durham, after State Senator Arthur B Corey of Greenville withdrew. New officers elected include vice commander Thompson Durham, judge advocate R L Millan of Raleigh, and historian A R Newsome of Raleigh.
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BU Ulbetin
Durham
Hector
Sbilackwell
Fayetteville
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
Arthur B.B. Corey
Greenville
Thompson Durham
R. L. Millan
Raleigh
Governor Hoey Addresses Legion Convention
Governor Hoey told the annual North Carolina American Legion convention that United States World War soldiers served in the greatest conflict and displayed loyalty and sacrifice, urging remembrance of their service.
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Durham
Hoey
North Carolina American Legion
United States
Alabama Senator Opens Wage Hour Debate in Senate
Senator Black of Alabama opened the wage hour bill fight in the Senate arguing for federal wage and hour standards. He said pauper wages are not confined to any single section despite opposition to the Black-Connery labor standards bill.
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Washington
Alabama
Senate
Southland
Black
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Georgia desperados compel men to surrender clothes
Elberton Georgia July 27 officers from two states and the federal government chased Thomas Meryle Smokey Wofford the states top fugitive who led a five man gang that overpowered a guard last night and fled to South Carolina in a county prison truck The four other convicts forced four travelers to strip at gunpoint and switch clothes before fleeing in the travelers car Wofford a 22 year old twice escaped convict was captured in Times Square New York and returned to the Alber t county chain gang last Friday.
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Elberton
Georgia
Thomas Meryle
Smokey) Wofford
South Carolina
G. ©. Crawford
Wofford
Anderson, &.C
Pris
L. H. Deadwyler
Anderson
F. O
Storm Lake
Cowboy Lamente
Albert County
New York
Times Square
Federal
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James J. Dooling
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