Compromise Sets 40 Cent Wage in Interstate Industry in Seven Years
A joint congressional committee agreed on wage hour reform to raise interstate wages to 40 cents an hour in seven years, with a 25 cent minimum in the first year and 30 cents the second year. Boards of industry representatives would set and raise wages, while constitutional challenges were anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Thomas (Dutah
Senate Labor Committee
Borah
Idaho
Thomas
Ellender
D-La
Senate
Mary T. Norton
DNJ
Penny reports campaign spend no contributions in Sixth District
George Penny of Greensboro, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in North Carolina’s Sixth District, says he spent 942.07 on his campaign and had no contributions to report.
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Raleigh
N. C
George Penny
Greensboro
Prison escape shot wounds inmate in Brunswick county
Raleigh dispatch reports Oscar Pitts, state prison supervisor, said LeRoy Thomas, 25, a black man sentenced in April in Brunswick county to 10 to 15 years for second degree murder, was shot and seriously wounded while attempting to escape this morning.
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Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
Leroy Thomas
Brunswick County
Wall Street Creeps Higher Amid Selective Buying
New York stock market edges up in a thin, selective session. Air craft and electric equipment led the rise as many issues showed minor gains around midday, with only about 60 000 shares traded in the first hour.
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New York
American protest over Lingnan University campus bombing
The United States protested to the Japanese consul general in Hong Kong after Japanese planes bombed the Lingnan University campus in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
Honk Kong
Lingnan University
Canton
Inquiry into county funds quashed after four hours
A commissioners' inquiry into the alleged unaccounting of 876000 of county school funds was quashed today after four hours of testimony. The action followed Commissioner Thom as H. Woodward's motion to end the proceedings and adjourn the meeting.
Ford to Carry On Fight With NLRB
Covington Kentucky June 8 The Ford Motor company notified the sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals of its intention to seek Supreme Court review of a National Labor Relations Board order. It would apply next Friday for a stay of the NLRB decree of May 5 and for withdrawal of certain case records, a move linked to a Kansas City stockyards decision.
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Covington
Ford Motor Company
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Company
NLRB
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Parker Addresses N. C. Graduates
Chapel Hill June 8 Federal Judge John J. Parker told the University of North Carolina graduation ceremony that democracy depends on protecting constitutional principles and applying them to changing conditions. He warned democracy is in danger, noting individual liberty is liberty under the law, not freedom from restraint.
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Chapel Hill
John J. Parker
United States
Parker
Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
University ii North Carolina
Waterloo
Berty
January In June In Colorado Town
COLORADO SPRINGS June 8 Residents of this city at the base of Pike's Peak danced to mark June again. Whistling blizzards on the 14 000 foot peak dumped six inches of snow and drove temperatures to 46 degrees.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
CCA Cleared of Charges by Senate Agriculture Group
The Senate Agriculture committee voted 11 to 2 to clear the American Cotton Cooperative Association of all charges after an investigation that began over a year ago. A clean bill of health was issued on all specifications raised by Lawrence Westbrook and the committee staff. The panel also approved a proposal for government quality rating on every bale of cotton ginned.
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CCA
Senate Agriculture Group
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Cooprative Association
Bankjad
D-Ala
Ellender
D- 1
Rence Westbrook
ACCA
Smith
D-Sc
Secretary of Agriculture
Smith and Frazier
RND
Hearing on Charges By J. O. Atkinson
Public hearing on alleged election fraud linked to J C Atkinson Jr converts Greenboro reports to High Point venue. Edwin W Pearce Guilford County elections chairman says 11 precincts to be subpoenaed with 40 plus witnesses. Proceedings unlikely to exceed one day.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
J. C. Atkinson, Jr
Congress
High Point
Edwin W. Pearce
Guilford County Board of Elections
Pearce
Harriss Jarrell
Atkinson
Board of Elections
May Recover More Of Robbery Loot
Detective Chief Frank Littlejohn said a large steak with onions and fries may aid the recovery of 450000 stolen in a Charlotte mail truck robbery. Rufus Costner named accomplices Ludwig Schmidt Basil Banghart Ike Costner and Ice Connors. two other suspects are jailed and another was shot dead. About 8000 of the loot already was recovered on a Tennessee bluff and two more arrests are anticipated.
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Asheville
Charlotte
Frank Littlejohn
Rufus Costner
Costner
Ludwig
Dutch) Schmidt
Basil Banghart
Ike Costner
Ice Connors
Chicago
Elia Costner
L. F. Costner
Newport
Tenn
Pat Sisk
Valdosta
Pigeon River
Tennessee
Littlejohn
Cash Kidnap Case Moves Toward $50,000 Reward
Washington reports that Senator Adams predicted a $50,000 appropriation for hunting the kidnapers of James Batley Cash. President Roosevelt backed the request after receiving a budget bureau report showing the FBI sought the funds to cover investigation expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adams
D-Cole
Senate Appropriations
Litle
James Batley Cash
Roosevelt
Garner
Budget Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canton Hit For 12th Day By Japanese Warplanes
Canton China, June 8. A big fire raged after Japanese raids dropped incendiaries in the third attack of the day. The city’s air raids since May 28 killed an estimated 3,000 with 5,000 wounded. American properties Lingnam University and a Standard Oil storage plant were struck. The US consulate protested the bombing of Lingnam. About half a million residents had fled and extensive destruction occurred, including the Canton Hankow Railway terminal and outer districts of Honam Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Lingnam University
United States
Hongkong
Lingnam
South China
Shameen
Macao
Canton-Hankow
Ankow
Ventetenailinntal
Honam Island
Pearl River
Honam
Reward Increased For Kidnappers Of Cash Junior
Prize money rose to 5000 dollars for the capture of James Bailey Cash Jr. A 1000 dollar reward from the Miami Daily News supported by authorities. The county commission Miami Beach council anonymous Redlands citizen and plus 500 from Palm Beach council and a Pahokee resident contributed smaller rewards.
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Princeton
Fla
James Bailey Cash
Miami Daily News
County Commission
Miami Beach
Redlands
Palm Beach
Former Guilford Lawyer Sentenced For Embezzling
Former Greensboro lawyer Fred F. Myrick pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling Veterans Administration funds. Judge J. J. Hayes sentenced him to three years in prison. Myrick, once a judge pro tem of the municipal court, did not testify.
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Greensboro
Fred F. Myrick
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
J. J. Hayes
Myrick
Son Of UMWA Organizer Testifies In Kentucky Trial
Sherman Clouse an 18 year old son of Lloyd Clouse slain UMWA organizer testified his father loaded eight bullets into his pistol the night he died. He said the gun still had eight bullets when brought home to his mother. The defense seeks to link Clouse to the fatal April 24 1937 shooting outside a Verda Kentucky saloon. The trial also heard testimony from Jasper Clouse Lloyd Clouse’s brother and from the slain man’s widow Minnie Clouse who supported her son’s account.
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London
Sherman Clouse
Lloyd Clouse
United Mine Workers of America
Harlan Labor Conspiracy
Clouse
Verda
Young Clouse
Charlie’ Middleton
Minnie Clouse
Sherman
Johnston recount sought in fourth district contest
The Johnston county elections board set a Friday 11 AM hearing on J. R. Young of Lillington request for a recount after he lost to C. C. Canaday of Benson in the fourth district solicitor primary. Walter Siler cited irregularities at Smithfield and other precincts and will file affidavits. Canaday led with 7 683 votes to 2 005 for Young.
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Smithfield
Johnston County
Canaday
Young
Siler
Elections Board
J. D. Benton
Benson
State Senate
Elmer Wellens
Lawrence Wallace
R. T. Fulghum
House
Mexico Oil Expropriation Case Heads to Supreme Court
In Mexico City a $500 million dispute over expropriation of foreign oil properties advances to the Supreme Court after District Judge Manuel Bartlett ruled the 1936 expropriation law constitutional. He ordered return of bank accounts archives and cash, and rejected the companies injunction against the expropriation measure affecting production and distribution properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Supreme Court
Manuel. Bartlett
Lazaro Cardenas
Jon Hall Weds Frances Langford in Beverly Hills Elopement
Hollywood report says Jon Hall and Frances Langford eloped to Prescott Arizona and were married on Saturday. The couple, famed for The Hurricane, are now keeping house in Beverly Hills.
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Jon Hall
Frances Langford
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Prescott
Anna
British Port Bombed by Spanish Insurgents
A night raid by a German-maned seaplane damaged the British port of Gandia on Spain's Mediterranean coast. The dredger Gandia sank hours later. damage valued at 1,500,000 pesetas. No casualties reported. London seeks effective response amid ongoing Franco air attacks on shipping.
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Gandia
Spain
Mediterranean
Apfel
Haras
Madrid
Valencia
London
Viscount Halifax
Lord Halifax
Foreign Office
Francisco Franco
Franco
United States
Britain
Senators Propose Three Man Panels to Probe Relief Politics
Ten Democratic senators led by Tydings introduce a proposal to appoint a three member senate committee to investigate any charges of partisan influence in WPA relief during the 1938 campaign. Hatch vows further action to curb relief worker participation in politics as Gillette narrowly wins renomination amid WPA politics debate.
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Washington
Tydings
Harry L. Hopkins
Gillette
WPA
Iowa
Roosevelt
Adams
Colorado
Bulkley
Ohio
Burke
Nebraska
George
Georgia
Gerry
Rhode Island
Hatch
New Mexico
King
Utah
McAdoo
California
Wagner
New York
Wheeler
D-Mont
D-Neb
French Socialists Split Wide Open
In Royan France on June 8 the Socialist party split as Premier Edouard Daladier's government won a congress vote supported by Leon Blum. The revolutionary left walked out and announced a new Workers- Peasants Socialist party and set a July 16 Paris convention. The party had earlier expelled the Paris federation after a March 26 senate protest.
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Royan
France
French Socialist Party
Leon Blum
National Congress
Edouard Daladier
Revolutionary Left
Workers- Peasants Socialist Party
Paris
Socialist Federation of
Senate
Blum
Internal Revenue Rules No Tax on 65 Year Old Social Security Benefits
Washington June 8 The Internal Revenue bureau ruled that payments of Old Age Benefits by the Social Security board to persons reaching the age of 65 are not subject to income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Social Security Board
Rialto Tragedy as Police Officer Slays Wife and Man
In Chicago the Rialto theater district saw a deadly double shooting when a policeman killed his wife Phyllis Lewe, 40, and a man identified as Harry Johnson, 49, after a rendezvous in a car on Randolph and Wabash. Police officer William McCarthy arrived. a bystander claimed to be another officer, revealing the slain couple and the man's motives.
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Chicago
Rialto
Loop Rialto
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
Mc.Carthy
John Lewe
Phyllis Lewe
Harry Johnson
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Pedro) Braxton
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Kenneth Simmons
Milton
Pierce County
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UMWA
Kentucky
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Bill Lewis
Melvin Moore
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King OF
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Il Duce
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Toronto
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Aliiante Harbor
Edwin Apfel
WPA Group
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