Third Man Sentenced in Salisbury Dynamiting Case
In Salisbury Maryland the Luffman dynamiting case closes with Vaughn Comes getting a three year penitentiary term for malicious injury to property. Co-defendants Bu ford Luffman and Charles Garis previously received three years after pleading guilty. Garis testified the blasts were to teach a lesson to Mrs Myrtis Luffman.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
Luffman
Vaughn
Mercy
Comes
Myrtis L. Luffman
Wango
Charles Garis
Buford Luffman
Garis
North Carolina
Sea Lions Taught to Stand Erect in Training
Trainers demonstrate that sea lions can be taught to stand upright on the pool deck. The sessions show animals balancing on fins and maintaining posture under directive cues, highlighting cognitive abilities and handler interaction.
Textile Unions Plan Campaign Inactive as Hillman Sets Policy
The Textile Workers Organizing Committee plans to sign up 1,250,000 workers while chairman Sidney Hillman lays a flexible strategy. He says sit down strikes are not contemplated and his first aim is to recruit workers.
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New York
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Sulphate Pulp Shipped From Georgia to Mills
NEW YORK March 20 Union Bag and Paper Co announces it will ship 4 200 tons of sulphate pulp from Georgia to mills to lessen dependence on foreign supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Bag & Paper Co
Savannah Pulp Move Aims at Domestic Supply Shift
Alexander Calder announces a pioneering program moving Georgia pine pulp from Savannah to Northern mills. He says imports of sulphate pulp exceed 700000 tons yearly with less than 20000 tons domestically sold. The Savannah shipment begins a plan to replace imported pulp from Sweden.
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Savannah
Alexander Calder
Calder
Sweden
Countess Seeks Divorce From Prince in Havana Suit
In Havana on March 20 the Countess of Covadonga filed for divorce from her husband, the former Crown. The action marks a royal-seeming separation and reflects tensions within the aristocratic pair.
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Havana
Covadonga
Austrian Cabinet Member Ousted Over German Ties
Vienna reports Odo Neustädter-Stürmer, longtime foe of the Nazis, was dismissed from the Austrian cabinet for allegedly showing too much sympathy toward Nazi Germany. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg replaced him as minister of Internal Security, a position Neustädter-Stürmer helped create in 1934.
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Vienna
Odo Neustaedter-Stwermer
Nafis
Germany
Kurt Schuschnigg
Herr Neustaedter-Stuermer
Prince Alfonso and Edelmira Sampedro Divorce Clash
Prince Alfonso of Spain faces charges of voluntary and continued abandonment in a turbulent breakup with Edelmira Sampedro. The former Cuban beauty says the marriage to the Count failed, and the Prince of Asturias renounced his claim to the throne amid the split.
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Alfonso
Spain
Edelmira Sampedro
Prince of Asturias
Textile wage hikes push pay boosts for thousands
In Charlotte on March 20 the update raises pay for 95,000 textile workers in North and South Carolina by April 1. Organizing efforts by the Committee for Industrial Organization gain momentum with Asheville as a survey hub. Mills in Rhodhiss, Biltmore, Mt. Holly, and Great Falls announce raises for their workers.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Paul Christopher
Committee For Industrial Organization’s
Asheville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Christopher
Rhodhiss Mills
Rhodhiss
N. C
Sayles
Biltmore
American Yarn and Spinning Company
Mt. Holly
Republic Cotton Mills
Great Falls
Hurricanes Pressurize Air at 80 MPH Wind Speed
Hurricanes driving winds of 80 miles per hour exert about 32 pounds per square foot of air pressure, illustrating the force involved in tropical storms on exposed structures and coastal regions.
Prendergast Rites Held On Saturday
Funeral services for George T. Prendergast 74 died at his home 1116 Smith Street were held Saturday at 2 30 pm at the Pilgrim Holiness church the pastor Rev O L Ruth officiated. The church choir sang several hymns and flowers were carried by friends. Pallbearers included B L Franklin E W Jennings G O Hayworth D B Alman J W Hedrick and Norman McDonald. Interment was in Floral Garden cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Prendergast
Smith Street
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. L. Ruth
B. L. Franklin
E. W. Jennings
G. O. Hayworth
D. BE. Alman
J. W. Hedrick
Norman McDonald
Floral Garden Cemetery
UNC summer session enrollment seen rising
Director Edgar W. Knight announced after a survey that University of North Carolina enrollment for the upcoming summer session is expected to greatly exceed 1936 figures.
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Chapel Hill
Mar
Edgar W. Knight
University of North Carolina
Trains Hit Three Workmen at Mount Royal Tunnel
Baltimore March 20 A Baltimore and Ohio railroad train struck three workmen in the Mount Royal tunnel killing one signalman and injuring the other two. G K Clarke died instantly Edward Shrodes 54 signalman had a leg amputated below the knee Clarence Brandenber assistant signalman received facial injuries.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Royal
G. K. Clarke
Edward Shrodes
Clarence Brandenberssistant
Barbed Wire Sold in United States in 1874
A historical note records the first sale of barbed wire in the United States during 1874. The item marked a turning point in agricultural fencing and industrial innovation in the era.
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United State
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City Shoe Shop
West Commerce ST
Boas
Security National Bank
Textile Unions Plan Campaign
Georgia
Ats Thrnetn
Zeigfeld
Foodex
Speedex
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Certified Public
Seidman & Seidman
Stanley
College St
Main St
Ring Drug CO
North Main Street
Sheraton Hotel
Weber Motor CO
Hudson-Terraplane Packard Service
Commerce &T
Snow Lumber Co
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
North Wrenn Street
South Main Street
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