Roosevelt Seeks Economic Relief as Prime Issue
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt declares the main campaign issue is economic relief and vows to urge Congress to legalize beer if elected. He cites Lausanne debt progress and warns against trade barriers while reiterating repeal of Prohibition as platform policy.
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Chicago
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Mills Readjust Wage Scale Reopens High Point Hosiery Mills
Agreement ends the High Point seamless hosiery strike and sets a Monday reopening. Workers return to pre cut rates with boarding scale adjustments, pending review of knitters and related trades. Arbitrators and governors oversee the deal with an eye to future pay alignment and no immediate wage cuts.
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High Point
N. C
Max Gardner
D. W. Bradley
L. H. Robbins J. O. House
W. H. Slane
J. E. Millis
Charles L. Amos
Gardner heads talks as strike ends with agreement
Governor O Max Gardner presides over arbitration for 5000 seamless hosiery workers idle since July 18. Settlement shifts workers back to seamless mills Monday hours, with open door for future adjustments after a survey of competition. 1000 full fashioned workers remain in separate negotiations. Adams Mill and Highland Mill conflicts continue unresolved.
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O. Max Gardner
Highland
Owens Convicted in Secret Assault Trial in Grenesboro
In Grenesboro North Carolina Mrs William E French and Bert B Owens were found guilty in superior court of a secret assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill William E French husband of Mrs French The jury recommended mercy for Mrs French The court postponed Mrs French sentence pending a motion for new trial Owens received 15 to 20 years confinement with commitment on hold pending disposition of a highway robbery case against him
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Owens
Grenesboro
N. C
William E. French
Bert B. Owens
French
Shaw
US seeks opinion on world parley and debts issues
The administration surveys American opinion on a world economic parley including war debts revision and reparations cancellation. Senator Borah campaigns for the cause while the League of Nations monetary conference agenda reaches the state department. Roosevelt urges initiative but opposes debt cancellation and favors tariff cuts to revive trade. France awaits U S position post election. The U S links debt talks with disarmament in any accord.
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Borah
Idaho
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State Department
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Albany
Paris
France
United States
Gardner Praises High Point Hosiery Settlement
Governor O Max Gardner announced a peaceful wage conference ended a five thousand worker strike in High Point hosiery mills. He said mills would reopen Monday and the settlement would guide future industrial disputes in North Carolina.
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North Carolina
To Full Fashioned Workers and Friends Musical Event
The event features Il Aycock pastor at South Main M. B. E. church with music by the Clark Brothers string band and the William Penn high school male quartet performing several selections.
Woodcock backs agents in dry raid controversy
Washington reports say Secretaries Wilson and Pickett call for immediate indictment of Alexandria New York citizens for assaulting government agents destroying property and interfering with authority during July 12 dry raids. Woodcock defends raiders saying property damage was minimal and warrants could have waited for a veterans convention.
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Alexandria
Bay
N. Y
Clarence True Wilson
Deets Pickett
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Federal Prohibition
Woodcock
Bradley's statement on seamless hosiery strike in High Point
Fae D. W. Bradley representing the strikers says the settlement ends the seamless hosiery dispute for now. He notes no full victory but cites halted wage decline and progress in wage discussions with employers and hopes for quick, satisfactory resolutions elsewhere.
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