Burlington Mills Buys Premier Silk Mill In High Point
Burlington Mills buys the Premier Silk Mill for about 100000, announcing plans to operate the plant with 200 to 300 workers and expand equipment. J Spencer Love of Greensboro leads Burlington, which will run rayon weaving and keep the site in operation after May.
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Burlington Mills Company
High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Caner
United States
Stehli Silks Corporation
East Green Street
Premier
Hillcrest Silk Mills
Marshal Field and Company
Mr. Phillips
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Torry
FH. A. Knight
J. Spencer Love
Greensboro
Phillips
Government militiamen seize streets of Gandesa in Catalonia
Last Minute Bulletins from Hendaye report that UP Government dispatches claim militiamen fought into Gandesa, a key city in southern Catalonia and erstwhile insurgent HQ for the district.
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Hendaye
France
Gandesa
Catalonia
WPA chief disputed on Roosevelt vote share
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee dismissed WPA Administrator Hopkins's claim that 90 percent of WPA workers would vote for President Roosevelt. Hopkins had asserted broad support among WPA employees for Roosevelt, but the committee rejected the statement as unverified.
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Washington
Upr
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Elections Board to Release Findings Saturday
Chairman W A Lucas of the state elections board said it now appears findings will be released Saturday on investigations into recent primaries.
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Raleigh
W. A. Lucas
State Elections Board
Indianapolis News editor Warren C. Fairbanks dies at 60
Warren C. Fairbanks 60 of Indianapolis died at his home after a short illness. He was a longtime editor for the Indianapolis News and son of Charlies Warren Fairbanks former vice president of the United States.
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Indianapolis
Warren C. Fairbanks
The
Indianapolis News
Charlies Warren Fairbanks
United States
TVA Engineers Deny Testimony In Tennessee Power Case
Four TVA engineers testified today in Knoxkyville Tennessee denying a charge that they were coerced by TVA attorneys to prepare testimony for use in a Chattanooga winter power case.
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Knoxkyville
Tenn
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Cnet
Tanooga
Tobacco Growers Challenge AAA in Georgia Florida
Tobacco farmers in Georgia and Florida won temporary court orders blocking the Agricultural Adjustment Administration tax on all tobacco sold beyond quotas. The move aims at halting the levy as the case proceeds toward the Supreme Court after a prior Kerr Smith act program was struck down. Dr. R. B. Harkness led several hundred growers in Lake City Florida with a Florida hearing date pending.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Florida
Supreme Court
Harold W. Adams
Lake City
Fla
AAA
R. B. Harkness
Roosevelt Party In Archipelago Aboard Houston
Charles Island hosted the presidential party aboard the cruiser Houston in the Galapagos Archipelago. Gifts were sent to Heine Wittmer, his wife Margaret, and their three children, as the group anchored following a visit.
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Houston
Galapagos Archipelago
Charles Island
Eloise Wehrborn
Heine Wittmer
Margaret
Wallace Defends New Deal Debt Policy At Iowa Talk
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told Iowa Democrats that Republican policy drove the rise in federal debt over the past decade. He argued that total U S debts are lower than 1930, cited shifts in private and state debts, and claimed the 1930s brought health to the nation while easing red ink for state and local governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Steel Corporation
Wallace
Sun Draws Large Crowds to Southern Furniture Exposition
Sunlight boosted attendance at the Southern Furniture Exposition building with 202 registrations by noon and a record attendance today. Yesterday's turnout set new marks for July and January markets as buyers pressed exhibitors and trading gained momentum across the Tomlinson Exhibition building as well.
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Tomlinson Exhibition
Setcnden
Special Session For Committee Special Session For Committee
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee meets in special session to hear charges of political abuses across eight states. Chairman Sheppard calls for examination of alleged shakedown of federal employees in California and coercion of WPA workers in Kentucky.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
California
WPA
Kentucky
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Mercury on Way Back Horta Transatlantic Flight
The Mercury seaplane departed for Lisbon at 12 05 a m BST on its return leg. It arrived yesterday with the upper half of a new pick a back plane from Botwood and completes its first round trip between Foynes Ireland and New York.
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Mercury
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
New York
Assassination Triggers Fresh Palestine Terror Wave
In HASPA Palestine on July 2 an Arab religious leader Shirk Herel Abdul Hamid, head of a mosque in Acre, was shot dead by a gunman who fled. The incident sparked renewed fear and mass flight of Jews from Acre as guerrilla fighting resurged since July 5. Police patrolled the Haira road.
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Haspa
Palestine
Holy Land
Shirk Herel Abdul Hamid
Acre
Haira
No Control for Egg Production Roars in Chicago Markets
Chicago July 27 PF The natal hens show an all time high nest output in this season birth control is out of the chicken house window The July 1 chick population is 18 percent higher than last year Egg prices rise and feed costs push hen output to record levels Farmers remain cautious Mercantile Exchange statisticians estimate U S egg production at about 69000 eggs per minute day and night
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Chicago
Natai
Mercantile Exchange
United States
Poisoning rumors swirl in Kentucky Senate race
Reports from Frankfort and Louisville detail a heated poisoning controversy tied to Governor Chandler and Senator Barkley campaign actions. Health officials say open theory investigations continue. police and officials deny a political motive, while Logan disputes allegations as a lie.
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A. T. McCormack
Chandler
Joe Burman
John Malley
Louisville
Joseph Stewart
Logan
Justice Sutherland
U. S. Supreme Court
Heavy selling creates losses in New York stocks
In New York on July 27 stocks dropped over three points at the peak as heavy selling saturated the market. A midday rally faded and trading drifted quiet in the afternoon while rail bonds and commodities also declined in sympathy with shares.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Roadhouse operator condemned to die in boy’s killing
In Waycross Georgia Harvey Nelson a 36 year old innkeeper was found guilty of first degree murder for poisoning the death of his 12 year old son J C Nelson in an insurance plot. Two young waitresses Mary Kent and Verna Mae Fowler faced testimony as key witnesses.
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Wayross
Harvey Nelson
J. C. Nelson
Mary Kent
Verna Mae Fowler
John Gibson
Nelson
J. C
Mary
Steps Taken To Address Czech Minority Issue
A new minority statute in Praha and the appointment of British mediator Viscount Runciman mark progress toward settling Czechoslovakia's Sudeten German minority problem. Concessions cover school administration government jobs and language use, but autonomy remains unresolved pending a later statute.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Slute
Two-Ton Tony Ga leentee Rises From Pneumonia
ORANGE N J July 27 Two-Ton Tony Galente knocked through pneumonia and showed definite improvement. Doctors at Orange Memorial hospital reported the heavyweight’s condition improving with temperature and pulse nearing normal and no current complications.
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Orange
N. J
Tony Galentee
Joseph Higt
Orange Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Herty Dies in Georgia at 71
Dr. Charles H. Herty, 71, chemist who advanced making newsprint from southern pine pulp, died in Savannah. Born Milledgeville December 4, 1867, he studied at Georgia and Johns Hopkins, taught at multiple universities, and contributed to naval stores chemistry.
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Savannah
Charles H. Herty
Herty
Milledgeville
University of Georgia
Johns Hopkins
United States Bureau of Forestry
Naval Stores Industry
University of North Carolina
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Hosiery Group to Hold Asheville Convention
Charlotte July 27. Taylor R Durham secretary announces the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association annual convention will be held in Asheville on September 16 and 17.
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Charlotte
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
Asheville
Floods surge as Cape Fear tops normal levels in NC
Eastern North Carolina rivers crest in heavy floods with the Cape Fear at Fayetteville reaching 40.4 feet and a 45 foot forecast. Roanoke at Weldon nears crest, Neuse and Tar rivers exceed banks. Roads, bridges damaged, trains delayed, and tobacco damage reported in Guilford County.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Roanoke
Weldon
Neuse
Smithfield
Rocky Mount
W. Vance Baise
United States
Petersburg
Virginia
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Batse
Lee A. Denson
Weather Bureau
Guilford County
J. J. Wagoner
Doctor Testifies In Tharrington Murder Trial Opens
Dr Landis Brown testified for the state in Smithfield North Carolina as evidence began against James E Tharrington former banker and hotel man charged with killing John McMillan oil dealer of Selma Brown said he treated McMillan after he was shot on March 31 and remained at his bedside until the death on April 9 The jury was selected from a set of dozens of potential jurors earlier this week with additional venire members brought in for the trial proper.
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Smithfield
N. C
James E. Tharrington
John McMillan
Selma
Landis Brown
McMillan
Model Wage-Hour Law To Be Drafted By Labor Leaders
Secretary Perkins will convene a conference of about a dozen state labor executives in August to draft a model wage-hour law. If approved, it could be submitted to over 40 legislatures in January to augment federal standards. North Carolina and Oklahoma are highlighted as early examples, with debates over coverage and constitutionality.
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Washington
Perkins
Labor Department
Europe
W. A. Zimmer
Division of Labor Standards
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Major A. L. Fletcher
Zimmer
Fletcher
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Morgan
GOP
Gordon M. Robinson
American Furniture Mart
Paul W. Casey
Southern Furniture and Rug Market
Sun
Furniture Mart
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Gov. Chandler
Senator Logan
A. J. Legum
Norfolk
F. E. Satterfield
Satterfield Brothers
Runciman
Tony
Southern Pine
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