Wage Hour Bill Faces Turn in Congress as Adjournment Looms
Washington July 30 Two groups rally around labor standards push as House members led by Representative Healy seek to block adjournment until the wage hour bill passes. AFL chief William Green opposes a senate move to send the measure back to committee, while A F L metal trades chief Frey favors delay until next year.
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Washington
Congress
House
Representative Healy
D-Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Labor Committee
Green
John P. Frey
A. F. L. Metal Trades Department
Frey
Rankin
D-Miss
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Labor Board
The
Smith Seeks Tammany Unity In Mayor Race
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith presses to unite Tammany Hall behind United States Senator Royal S. Copeland for New York City mayor. Copeland and Fiorello LaGuardia both seek the Republican nomination, forcing cross party support amid a tangled campaign and party leadership disputes.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
James J. Dooling
United States
Royal S. Copeland
New York City
Copeland
Fiorello LaGuardia
Empire State Building
Grover A. Whalen
Tammany-controlled
Manhattan
Tammany
William P. Kenneally
Dooling
Kenneally
Virginia Power Abandons North Carolina Rate Cut
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne said Virginia Electric and Power abandoned plans to reduce rates in North Carolina after employees formed an independent union and sought wage increases. The plan had been tentatively set to take effect June 1.
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Raleigh
Stanley Winborne
Virginia Electric and Power Company
North Carolina
Winborne
Powell to Take Johnsons Place on Public Works Panel
Raleigh July 30 A F Powell Whiteville businessman and farmer will replace Robert Grady Johnson Burgaw on the state highway and public works commission Governor Hoey announced Powell s appointment last night He will assume office once Johnson resigns as director of prisons Powell was chosen as Johnson heads the penal system at a 6000 salary effective September 1
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Raleigh
A. F. Powell
Whiteville
Robert Grady Johnson
Burgaw
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Hoey
Powell
Johnson
Inland Storm Blows Itself Out To Sea
A Florida storm swept inland near St. Petersburg blew out over the Florida interior. The disturbance likened to a thunderstorm brought heavy rain and winds up to 50 mph to the St. Petersburg Tampa area. Slight tree damage reported with no injuries.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Florida
Greather Bureau
St. Petersburg-Tampa
Parliament ends notable session in Britain amid abdication and armament plans
London July 30 Parliament adjourned for summer recess after a notable session that saw Britain crown a new king and launch a 7.5 billion five year armament program. The crisis over Edward VIII abdication dominated debates on Anglo Italian relations and non intervention in Spain as observers worried over Russian stance.
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London
Britain
Europe
Edward VIII
Viscount Cranborne
Italy
Great Britain
Spain
Lord Cranborne
Mediterranean
Reginald Fletcher
M. P
Murphy Emerges as Possible Supreme Court Candidate
Frank Murphy's White House weekend visit sparks speculation he may be named to the Supreme Court vacancy. White House aides refused to confirm the purpose of the trip and denied any plan to rewrite the Wagner Act.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
White House
Michigan
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Waldbreitbach Catholic hospital becomes state property
In Cobsenz Germany on July 30 the government seized a Catholic hospital at Waldbreitbach after removing all patients due to alleged immoral conditions, making the facility state property.
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Cobsenz
Germany
Waldbreitbach
Lloyd George warns on Mediterranean guns and Gibraltar danger
In London July 80 AP David Lloyd George former wartime premier pleads to defend Mediterranean trade routes. He cites Clemenceau and questions France’s response as Gibraltar faces risk from fascist Germany and hostile Italy with Spanish insurgents nearby.
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London
David Lloyd George
Britain
George Clemenceau
France
Gibraltar
Thas
Clemenceau
Germany
Italy
Balearic Islands
Spain
Gibraltan
Two Executed in Gas Chamber in North Carolina
In Raleigh July 30 Thomas Perry 23 of Wake County and A W Watson 21 born in Athens Ga died by gas in the state prison. Perry received death for rape of a Wake Forest resident while Watson was executed for the robbery murder of Thomas Holliday in Martin County.
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Raleigh
N. C
Thomas Perry
Wake County
A. W. Watson
Athens
State’s
Perry
Wake Forest
Walter Morrison
Robeson County
Watson
Thomas Holliday
Martin County
Ray Hoover
Cabarrus County
R. M. Hardee
Stoneville
S. J. Starnes
Tobacco prices reported good in Georgia Florida markets
Douglas Georgia July 30 buyers and sellers met after brisk opening day business with hundreds of thousands of pounds sold at prices described as good. Unofficial opening quotations ranged 26 to 39 cents a pound with Hazlehurst reporting top grades up to 64 cents. Georgia official J W Sikes said opening middle grades were slightly higher than last year while lower and top grades were about the same as 1936. Last year Georgia produced a money value of 17 670 567 dollars and a 61 150 000 pound crop is anticipated this season, short of last year’s 86 500 000 pounds.
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Douglas
Georgia
Florida
Hazlehurst
J. W. Sikes
Georgia State Bureau of Markets
Sikes
Two Pilots Escape Death In Air Collision
In Rochester New York last night two planes collided while approaching the airport. Dr James B Watson of Rochester piloted a cabin monoplane that caught fire but was extinguished with chemicals. The other plane owned by Donald West and piloted by Elmer Page sustained a crumpled wing tip.
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Rochester
N. Y
James 8. Watson
Donald West
Elmer Page
Former City Worker Sentenced for Embezzling City Funds
Asheville report says J. Dwight Morgan, a former city employee, received an 18 month jail term after entering a no contest plea to embezzling 3,300 dollars of city funds.
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Asheville
J. Dwight Morgan
Sabotage Blamed In Atlantic Ship Disaster
Captain Charles O. Brooks of the City of Baltimore says sabotage may explain the rapid fire that swept the wooden ship killing two and leaving two missing. A federal inquiry board was named in Washington to conduct hearings into the disaster and its cause.
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Baltimore
Charles O. Brooks
Brooks
Washington
Buying Continues At Mart As Market Near Close
The midsummer furniture and rug market enters its fifth day of the second week with registration near 2400. Buyers from South Carolina Virginia Florida Georgia Ohio West Virginia Tennessee and Alabama must purchase heavily to complete business before market close tomorrow.
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South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Georgia
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee Andnessee
Alabama
Three year old hit by truck in Thomasville
Three year old Thomas Bryant son of Mrs Edna Bryant of 714 English Street is critically injured after a truck driven by Alfred Myers of 204 June Street struck him as he darted from behind a parked car. The child is at Burrus Memorial hospital with a fractured skull contusions and lacerations and little hope for recovery.
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Thomas Bryant
Edna Bryant
English Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Alfred Myers
June Street
Thomasville
Myers
Paris St Etienne Express Wreck Near Paris Leaves Many Dead
Rescue workers freed passengers from twisted wreckage after the Paris St Etienne express derailed near Villeneuve Saint Georges. The death toll stood at 27 with 50 injured, as officials cited a confusion of railroad orders causing the derailment.
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Villeneuve
ST. Georges
France
Paris
St. Theresa
Lisieux
Graham White Man Put Under Hospital Guard After Holdup
Dave Hogan of Graham is held under guard at Asheboro hospital after a holdup at EB E McDowell’s filling station on Highway 61 south of High Point. His wife Annie Hogan is a material witness. Hogan was wounded in a car pursuit and arrested in Greensboro.
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Dave Hogan
Asheboro
McDowell's
High Point
Greensboro
C. E. King
Graham
Asheboro Hospital
EB. E. McDowell
Annie Hogan
Hogan
Plotters Held in Spanish War Plot
Two Frenchmen charged with spreading typhoid and sleeping sickness germs behind insurgent lines were sentenced to death by a Pamplona military court. Franco reportedly ordered stay of execution pending an international commission’s review. The report notes the alleged plot and espionage charges amid the Spanish conflict.
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Associated Press
Pamplona
Francisco Franco
League of Nations
Chamber of Deputies
Obdulio Castel
Nimes
France
Market Leaders Follow Steels
New York stock leaders moved higher in steel shares with slow trading but fractional gains spread near mid session. Bethlehem Steel boosted sentiment after reporting best earnings in seven years and a raised dividend, while most reports showed mixed results but upturns versus a year ago buoyed buyers.
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New York
Bethlehem
Congress
Far East
WPA Allotment for North Carolina Recreation Funds
The WPA has allotted 266,742 dollars for recreational work in North Carolina.
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WPA
Allatment
Raleigh
N. c
North Carolina
Fuller Property Sold For 38000 To Mrs W O Burgin
Creditors of bankrupt BR Ragan in High Point met in Greensboro and confirmed Mrs W O Burgin of Lexington’s cash bid of 38000 for the Fuller property at North Main Street, while rejecting a 9000 bid on the 108 East Commerce Street brick building with 1000 cash and balance in 24 monthly installments.
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Greensboro
BR. R. Ragan
High Point
Kenneth M. Brim
East Commerce Street
Americans Save Peiping Refugees as Japanese Fight Reaches City
J Leighton Stuart president of Yenching University reported that a group of Americans in a refuge near Peiping were safe after a new Japanese battle area opened south of the city.
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Peiping
Yenching University
China
Dent J. L. Stuart
Yangting River
J. Leighton Stuart
Yenching
Chinese forces maneuver near key river crosses
The report notes units attempting to force crossings of the Yungting river at Wanpinghsien and the Marco Fi bridge. It mentions support for the 87th Division and the 29th Army, with entrenched positions on the west, under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the allied command.
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Yungting
Wanpinghsien
87Th
29Th
Chiang Kali
Hoey Speaks on Land Use Plans at Sandhills Project
Governor Hoey and Dr. George Mitchell Jr. praised the 62 000 acre Sandhills development aimed at putting land to sound public use. James M Gray and Don Harold Cooley outlined forest, wildlife, and recreational goals including a large forest nursery and mammoth fish hatchery as part of regional land development.
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Gray
Mammoth Fish Hatchery
Indian Camp Park
Leibowitz Presses Freeing Five of Scottsboro Nine
Samuel Leibowitz and allies renewed appeals to Alabama officials to free five of the nine Scottsboro boys still jailed after a mass rape case dating from six and a half years ago. The group celebrated the liberation of four defendants Roy Wright Olen Montgomery Willie Roberson and Eugene Williams at a mass meeting, pledging a fight to the finish.
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New York
Samuel Leibowitz
Scottsboro Boys
Alabama
Leibowitz
Norman Thomas
Ruby Bates
Roy Wright
Olen Montgomery
Wil
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