Labor Wage Bill Faces Opposing Views In Senate Hearing
Opposition to the administrations wage hour bill grew at a Senate House committee hearing. Critics warned about the discretionary power given to a labor board to set minimum wages and maximum hours, while Father John A. Ryan backed the proposal as a check on capitalism. Supporters pressed broader measures to strengthen the merchant marine and explore a general labor investigation led by Senator Copeland.
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Washington
nate-House
Harvey Wilson
Roy A. Cheney
Roosevelt
Copeland
Senate
Britain Blames Spanish Insurgents For Seamen Deaths
The British government alleges that eight seamen were killed and 24 wounded on May 13 when the destroyer Hunter hit a mine off southeastern Spain. London protests to General Franco’s regime and contemplates damages. Germany and Italy may return to the neutral naval patrol soon, while Madrid’s forces push on northwest of the capital and a coastal anti submarine fleet remains on alert after recent insurgent shelling.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Hunter
Spain
London
Henry Chilton
Generalisiemo
Francisco Franco
Salamanca
Italy
Germany
Britain
Anthony Eden
Berlin
Madrid
Mediterranean
Driverless Safety Parade Car To Highlight Thursday Event
A driverless "Magic" automobile will headline High Point's safety parade Thursday with Capt. John J. Lynch aboard the pursuing car behind. The event, endorsed by the State Highway Safety Division and led by Andrew Jackson post No. 87, aims to promote safe driving and raise funds for the American Legion junior baseball team.
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High Point
John J
Wild Jim) Lynch
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion
State Highway Safety Division
Church Street
Main Street
Green
Jim
Lynch
Lyles Chevrolet Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Highland Motors, Inc
States Cooperate in Tax Roundup
Treasury officials said states must join the federal plan to recapture revenue lost to exemptions. President Roosevelt urged removal of income tax exemptions for federal and state employees and taxed securities income. The House approved a tax inquiry resolution. chamber forecasts pressure to modify undistributed profits tax.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
House
Senate
United States Chamber of Commerce
Earhart Eyes Next Leg of World Flight
Woman flyer Amelia Earhart studies maps in Dakar awaiting favorable weather for the next stage of her planned around the world flight. Assisted by flying officials and French headquarters, she aims to take off in her twin motor airplane once weather allows, weather delaying today’s schedule.
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Dakar
Senegal
Amelia Earhart
Africa
Theorld
France
Themerican
Miss Earhart
DOP KILLED IN PISTOL BATTLE IN SHAW MISS
In Shaw Mississippi on June 9 the deputy marshal B C Harrington was killed in a pistol battle at the drug store of De Vance. Grace Vance, a Bolivar family member, was wounded in the hip. County Attorney FE H Green said he would file an order charge against the druggist.
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Shaw
Miss
B. C. Harrington
T de Vance
Bolivaranty
FE. H. Green Vance
Insurance Man Taken By Death
Elizabeth City June 9 W Daily 67 well known insurance man died here early this morning after an attack of angina suffered last night Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Elizabeth City
W. Daily
Surance
UNC Commencement Speakers Urge Dreams and Integrity
At Chapel Hill the University of North Carolina closed with Herbert Agar of the Louisville Courier Journal delivering the commencement address and 485 diplomas awarded. Governor Hoey urged graduates to be dreamers, efficient, and cultivate integrity of character while referencing Joseph from the Bible.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Herbert Agar
Louisville Courier-Journal
Roosevelt
Agar
Hoey
Joseph
Jean Harlow Mourned By Hollywood In Sudden Death
Glendale, California June 9. The famous and obscure of movieland said their last goodbyes to Jean Harlow the 26 year old screen star who died unexpectedly Monday of uremic poisoning at the height of a career rivaling romance and tragedy any of her roles.
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Glendale
Calif
Movieland
Jean Harlow
Pope Pius Talks with Bavarian Pilgrims in Italy
Pope Pius addressed Bavarian pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo saying religious pressures in Germany cause sorrow yet he prays for them and their pastors. He urged reliance on God and the old faith as the path to happiness and pledged ongoing support despite criticism.
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Castel Gondolfo
Italy
Pius
Holy
Haile Selassie Sues Il Duce in French Courts
Haile Selassie filed suit against Benito Mussolini and Italy in French law courts. He asks to establish his right to sell stock held in the Ethiopian government name in the railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti.
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Paris
Haile Selassie
Benito Musolini
1 Duce
Italy
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Inter state hearing on Horton Lines purchase of Manor Express
Arguments were heard in Charlotte by John Higgins, I C C examiner, on Horton Motor Lines Charlotte seeking approval to buy Manor Motor Express of Rome Ga with operating rights between Rome and Atlanta. The case concerns interstate motor carrier regulation and route authorization.
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Charlotte
Horton Motor Lines
Manor Motor Express Company
Rome
Atlanta
John 8. Higgins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Missing beauty is found after eight day disappearance
London Yard reports Diana Bayette, an 21 year old model known as England's most photographed beauty, was found on a doorstep near her Oxford fiance Michael Asquith. She could not explain her ordeal and was taken into care at the home of Michaels mother Lady Cynthia Asquith.
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London
Tland Yard
Diana Bayette
Sodigirl
Eoame
Oxford
Uate
Michael
Didi
England
Cynthia Asquith
Eclipse Study Rare Success Sails Home After Pacific Eclipse
A US navy and National Geographic expedition at Canton Island wrapped up a 8 000 mile voyage to document yesterday's total solar eclipse. The team reported a rare success as they packed instruments and prepared to return with a cargo of photographs.
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Washington
South Pacific
United States Navy
National Geographic Society
Canton Island
Insurance Rate To Drop July
Raleigh June 9 State Insurance Commissionean C Boney said a 12 percent cut in the total premium rate for workers compensation would take effect in July The reduction follows a review by the compensation rating and inspection bureau of 1935 records Boney announced rate cuts by industry where manufacturing group 123 percent contracting and erecting group 18 percent and all other groups seven percent
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Raleigh
State Insurance Commission
Ean C. Boney
Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau
Boney
Craven County Seeks July 4 Court Term
Seek court term now Bern Craven county commissioners asked Governor Hoey to approve a special term of superior court there July 4.
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Bern
Craven County
Hoey
More Stringent Keeping Of Sunday Observance Discussed
A meeting at Central Friends church urged stricter Sunday observance and abolition of Sunday moving pictures. Attendees included Jay Hendrix, president of the City Christian Endeavor Union, Robert Smith, state Christian Endeavor president, and John Reavis, Baptist Training Union president, with local ministers C N Royal E W Suits and Lincoln Fulp participating.
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City Union of Christian Endeavor
Baptist Training Union
Central Friends Church
Jay Hendrix
City Christian Endeavor Union
Ministerial Association
Robert Smith
Christian Endeavor
John Reavis
C. N. Royal
Green Street Baptist Church
E. W. Suits
Rankin Memorial M. P
Lincoln Fulp
North Main Street Baptist
High Point Eemic Clubs
Irregular Early Trading Marks Stock Market Gains
Specialties and shipbuilding issues led gains in an irregular session in New York. Stocks opened quiet, then moved unevenly, with shares slipping later as investors mixed results and prices fluctuated through the day.
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New York
Federal Judge Targeted in Puerto Rico Attack Plot
Police sought a group of Puerto Rican nationalists for an assault on United States Judge Robert A. Cooper. Judge Cooper, former South Carolina governor and district judge for Puerto Rico since 1984, had sentenced eight nationalists to prison for conspiracy and they began serving terms in Atlanta yesterday.
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Ban Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Robert A. Cooper
Cooper
South Carolina
U. S
District of Puerto Rico
Federal
Atlanta
Stalin's Mother Claimed By Death
Katerina Georguyna Djuga shivili 77 year old mother of Joseph Stalin is dead at her home near Tiflis. The death occurred June 4.
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Moscow
Katerina Georguyna Djugashivili
Joseph Stalin
Tiflis
Rotary group elects president of Rotary International
Maurice Duperrey, president of the Rotary club of Paris, was elected president of Rotary International today. He will preside over the 29th annual convention in San Francisco next year. Duperrey is a world traveler and well known in the United States.
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Nice
France
Maurice Duperrey
Rotary Club of Paris
Rotary International Today
Order
San Francisco
Duperrey
United States
Georgia Vote Tally Shifts Against Repeal
Early tabulation from rural counties shows anti repealists ahead in the Georgia referendum with 82 881 against 81 166 based on returns from about 1 298 of 1 700 precincts. The lead reflects strong rural turnout and shapes final outcome expectations.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Gaston County approves bonds for courthouse addition
Gaston county commissioners authorized issuing thirty thousand dollars in bonds to fund a courthouse addition. The action was taken at a county meeting in Gastonia on June 9.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
NLRB probes strike at Mansfield Cotton Mills
In Lumberton on June 9, NLRB attorneys prepared evidence against Mansfield Cotton Mills as workers returned under sheriff protection. The Jennings Cotton Mills remained closed after Monday’s walkout of 300 workers. Officials claimed full machinery operation while nonstriking weavers resumed work with 40 deputies guarding the plant. Chester Manning of the TWOC alleged management hired and armed deputies to protect the facility.
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Lumberton
National Labor Relations Board
Mansfield Cotton Mills
Jennings Cotton Mills
Mansfield Mill
Chester Manning
TWOC
Strike Looms in Silk Mills
Sidney Hillman, chairman of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee, said the union probably will call a strike in about two weeks in the nation's silk manufacturing plants. He argued that nothing but a strike will remedy long hours and low wages and that employers fear signing contracts first to avoid being put out of business.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Hillman
Inland Steel accused of unfair labor practices in first use of act
The Wagner Labor movement filed a complaint with the local labor relations board alleging Inland Steel violated the act through unfair labor practices. Chicago’s Van A. Bittner said the complaint would target Inland Steel as the seven plant strike, now two weeks old, continues amid union efforts and potential trials. Strikes also ripple through Detroit area amid wage talks and plant reopenings.
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Chicago
Wagner
Inland Steel Company
van A. Bittner
Steel Organizing Committee
Tonal Labor Relations Board
Inland
Town Sheet and Tubecom
Republic Steel Company
Daniel A. Knaggs
Monroe
Newton Company
Detroit
Flint
Bay City
Tea Company
Two Automotive
Michigan
Toast Incident Is Considered Closed In Manila
High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt said the toast incident is closed after letters he sent to foreign consuls. The controversy arose from a directive that he be toasted before President Manuel L. Quezon at social functions.
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Manila
P. I
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Commonwealth
aMnuel L. Quezon
Hitler to Speak on Frontier Claims in East Prussia
Marienwerder East Prussia June 90 AP Adolf Hitler's expected speech will address frontier issues before Nazi leaders. The disclosure sparked speculation over the fate of Danzig and Polish Silesia as 600 high Nazi officials gather for the event.
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Hitler
East Prussia
Danzig
Silesia
Lems
Fuehrer
Free City of
Polish Silesia
Local golfer eliminated in Carolina tourney first round
Francis Ford of Charleston, the medalist, defeated W S Terrell of Greenville 2 and 1 to win his opening match in the Carolinas Golf Association tournament. W H Williamson of Charlotte upset Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point 2 and 1 to advance.
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Greenville
8. C
Francis Ford
Charleston
Carolinas Golf Asociation
Terrell
W. H. Williamson
Charlotte
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Rail Unions Plan Unity Despite AFL CIO Split
Charleston dispatch reports that local railway union officials will attend a June 27 meeting of standard railway labor groups and will not consider the AFL CIO split. The meeting aims to maintain unity among labor organizations despite the rift.
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D. C
The
Evening Post
Standard Railway Labor Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congressman Barden Urges Courthouse Funds For Jones Pamlico
Rep Graham A Barden said he urged WPA officials to approve funds to build courthouses at Trenton in Jones County and Bayboro in Pamlico County North Carolina.
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New Bern
Graham A. Barden
Third
North Carolina
WPA
Trenton
Bayboro
Jones and Pamlico
Sutherland to Keep Court Job Despite Vacation Plans
Justice George Sutherland stated he will not retire and plans a European vacation with Mrs Sutherland. He expects to return before the Supreme Court reconvenes in September, maintaining his conservative stance on the bench.
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Sutherland
New York
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Baldwin Is Seated In House Of Lords
Earl Baldwin, recently retired as prime minister and elevated to the peerage, took his seat today in the House of Lords in a traditional ceremony in London.
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Baldwin
House of Lords
London
Earl Baldwin
Durham Wins Airport Case and Extradition Order
The state supreme court ruled that Durham's land purchase for an airport does not violate state law and upheld a dismissal of an appeal in a Nash county death sentence case. The court did not adjourn its spring term and a related suit over funding and tax use was discussed. Chief Justice W. P. authored an opinion on Alfred L. Malicord extradition to New York over arson charges.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
The
Durham
North
Caroline Stes
Melvin
Nash County
W. P
Alfred L. Malicord
New York
Peace plea by Hull at university graduation in Philadelphia
Secretary Cordell Hull urged graduates that peace within and among nations is essential to preserve freedom and democracy. He called for responsible shipbuilding and stressed each nation must contribute its spirituality and resources while being a good neighbor in the community of nations.
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Philadelphia
Cordell Hull
University of Pen
Frn
Hull
Daffy Dean Returns to Practice After Arm Surgery
ST. LOUIS June 9 Paul Dean St Louis pitcher return from arm operation continues to work out daily. He stresses not pushing hard and notes pain when tossing but can throw naturally with regular running and conditioning.
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ST. Louis
Paul Dean
Kidnap Trial Nears Close in Rutherford County Case
Attorneys filed final summaries in the kidnap assault trial of Dufay Blackwell and C J Goode, Rutherford county men. Judge J H Clement was expected to charge the jury by nightfall after the state rested and the defense moved for a non suit. the count concerns Rector a nurse who testified Blackwell, coroner of Rutherford county, and Goode allegedly abducted her on May 29 and drove toward Chesnes Spartanburg South Carolina, with assault reported multiple times.
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Marion
Dufay Blackwell
C. J. Goode
Rutherford County
J. H. Clement
Rector
M Said Blackwell
Rutherford
Goode
Chesnes
Spartanburg
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