Southern Furniture Plants Adopting Blanket Code
Over sixty southern furniture plants have adopted the blanket code drafted by President Roosevelt's recovery program. The measure enforces a 44 hour week and 30 cent per hour minimum wage in the south, with 34 cents in the north, plus other provisions to curb piracy in design and eliminate child labor. The code is to be phased in this week as plants begin operations under its terms. It was coordinated by J. T. Ryan, secretary of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association, with national discussions in New York and Washington.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturing
Sevelt
Washington
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Southern Furniture
Association
Ryan
New York
Southern and National Furniture Manufacturers Association
Robert W. Irwin
Grand Rapids
Mr. Ryan
Tts
First Texas cotton planter to sign acreage cut contract
President Roosevelt presents a $517 check to William E. Morris of Neuces County Texas as the first Southern cotton farmer to sign an acreage reduction contract. Morris also receives an option on 2312 bales of government cotton at 6 cents a pound amid a nationwide program to reduce production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William E. Morris
Neuces County
Texas
Kleberg
Wallace
Ator Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agricultural Committee
Representative Jones
House Agricultural Committee
A. Cobb
Agriculture’ Department
Morris
United States
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Deadlock Extended As Hosiery Strike Vote Rejected Plan
Workers in High Point voted against a proposed end to the July 17 strike in 21 local hosiery mills. Unofficial tallies from 18 mills showed 1,730 no and 1,047 yes, rejecting a 40 hour week at $12 minimum and back pay for 55 hours. The deadlock continues as talks with BE. H. Dunnigan and D. W. Bradley proceed without a clear path to settlement.
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High Point
BE. H. Dunnigan
Department of Labor
Mr. Dunnigan
D. W. Bradley
Industrial Workers Association
P. E. Sink
Triangle
Interpretations Requested Upon New Rules
Post office workers across the country report更多 wage-raising and job-making agreements while requests for interpretations rise. Donald Richberg and Thomas Hammond work on blanket code terms as Hugh Johnson travels to Detroit to meet auto leaders. New Orleans employers ask how to handle wages for messengers and charwomen amid ongoing guidance delays.
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Washington
James Cope
Associated Press
The
Recovery Administration
Post Office
Donald Richberg
Thomas 8. Hammond
Hugh S. Johnson
Detroit
New Orleans
Admin
Hosiery Strike In Carolinas Prompts Action Across Factories
Some 6,500 workers in North and South Carolina hosiery mills walked out over wage scales under the new textile code. About 4,000 at High Point plants vote on reopening under a 40 hour week with pay for 55 hours, while 1,000 at Greenville idle after a partial walkout. Other plants in Atley Atley, Pickett, and Winston-Salem faced protests as talks continued. The White House issued an executive order bringing several textile and related industries under new wage and shift rules, with southern minimums at 12 to 13 dollars and skilled wages up to 27.50, and a two 40 hour shift limit for production.
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Charlotte
High Point
F. W. Poenufacturing
Greenville
8. C
Willl
Atley
S. C
Arial
Alice Mills
Appleton Mills
Anderson
Southside
Winston-Salem
Industrial Workers Association
South Carolina
Wheat Production Control Associations To Be Set Up
Washington July 28 Farmers will form county wheat production control associations as part of the voluntary domestic allotment plan. Extensions will push these groups in three weeks after Wallace announces state and county allotments. He may require up to 20 percent reduction for cash payments and will specify the percentage within 19 days.
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Washington
Wallace
Farmore
London Wheat Conference
Aged Slave Caesar Bradley Dies in Tarboro
Caesar Bradley a 90 year old former slave who served fifty years as janitor at the Whitaker Street church in Tarboro North Carolina died here July 28. He had long been a fixture in the church and town.
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Diles
Raleigh
Walter Murphy
Salisbury
United Repeal Council of
North Carolina
United Repeal Council
United Dty Forces of
John D. Bellamy
Wilmington
John H. Small
Washington
John W. Hinsdale
Walter D. Siler
Jamess. Manning
Lyman A. Cotton
J. Robert Young
Harnett
W. L. Lumpkin
Franklin
Ed G. Flanagan
Pitt
Harris Newman
Clyton Grant
New Hanover
George McNeill
Parliament Adjourns for Summer Recess
The British parliament adjourned today for the summer recess, marking the end of its current session as officials prepare for the parliamentary break.
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London
London conference closes after brief session and disbands
Special to EM TO Carers describes the London conference ending its session with delegates leaving in disagreement. The writer notes the event failed to unite nations yet exposed shortcomings and sparked tales on return. The piece ends with a playful jab about the banquet and questions the location of the next conference.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
London
Armed Posse Hunts Bandits After Raleigh Robbery
In Vanceboro a posse of about 100 men from three counties scoured the area after Oscar Paramore and wife were robbed at their store filling station. The bandits fled in a car later found abandoned. four convicts believed linked to the holdup were being sought.
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Vanceboro
Oscar Paramore
Louise Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Clifton Thomas
Washington County
A. G. Taylor
Chowan
William Taylor
Whiley Jones
Kinston
War Which Gushed Forth 19 Years Ago Today
On the nineteenth anniversary of World War I headlines flood front pages. Officials recall 1914 declarations as editors note persistent echoes in today’s stories from Russia to Spain and the NRA drive, Capone indictments, and the Hindenburg line battles.
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Raymond Crowley
New York
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Russia
Chicago
Indicta al Capone
Lehman Ada
State
NRA
Spain
Soviet
O'Ryan
John F. O'Ryan
Perphaps
Leanee
New York Stock Exchange Restores Regular Hours
The governing committee announced regular trading hours from 10 A M to 3 P M starting next Monday. The exchange will be closed on Saturdays through September 2, and past weeks saw shortened sessions to relieve brokers amid heavy work and rising turnover.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Excha
Leading Names Linked In Conspiracies Of Gangsters
Chicago prosecutors issued a blanket indictment charging 24 defendants with conspiring to curb trade through bombings strikes and intimidation. Names include New York attorney Aaron Sapiro University of Chicago lecturer Dr Benjamin Squires and Chicago alderman Oscar Nelson. Also named were Capone and Murray Humphreys as top figures in the gangster network tied to a nationwide crime spree.
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Chicago
Jay
New York
University of Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Aaron Sapiro
Sapiro
Grand
Br. Squires
Cage Master Barbers
United States
Oscar Nelson
Dye House Drivers Union
Europe
Joseph A. Ricker
Nelson
Ricker
Thomas J. Courtney
Scarface
al Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Murray Humphreys
Capone
Courtney
Atlanta
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Southern Furniture Plants
South
Mills
Dunnigan
W. H. Slane
Manufacturers’ Committee
Sheraton Hotel
Sink
Carolinas
National Recovery Administration
Repeal
North Carolinia
Cumberland
Larry J. Moore
Yen
Stock Exchange
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