Wallace warns on farm controls and tariff changes
Secretary Wallace told the Chamber of Commerce that if tariffs and other laws are not adjusted, the nation may need distasteful agricultural controls. He urged rules based on long term economics and cooperation among business, agriculture, and labor to expand production and steady trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Brackett
Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Senate
Joseph R. Nutt
Union Trust Company
Cleveland
George Armstrong
Fort Worth
Farm Holiday Association
House
Federal Reserve
Army Air Mail
NRA
Amoskeag
Manchester
N. H
Forest Fires Rage Across Blue Ridge Front
May 4 report from Doughton says four major fires burn unchecked over a wide front in Blue Ridge country. Volunteers and hundreds of men battle blazes near Mitchells River and Stone Mountain Roaring Gap area. Two missing persons were found safe. Continuous flames threaten new territory if winds rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doughton
Blue Ridge
Mitchell's River
Stone Mountain
Roaring Gap
Roaring Gap Mountain
Thomas Byrd
G. E. Blevins
Woodin Dies After Prolonged Illness and Service
New York, May 4. William H. Woodin, frail treasury secretary who guided the nation through the banking crisis, died last night from complications after a throat infection. He would have been 66 on May 27. Woodin resigned after health declined, with President Roosevelt praising his work and noting his grand job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Treasury Post
Woodin
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
J. P. Morgan and Company
Potomac River
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Arizona
Coast Guard Receives Crane Message From Stranded Freighter
A wireless message from the Norwegian freighter Chil bound for the mouth of the Columbia reports it is aground in a heavy gale. The crew of 80 says they have no chance to save themselves and four men are believed lost after lifeboats were cast adrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Coast Guard
Chil
Columbia Wer
Miners Walk Off Mass Strike Across Alabama District
In Birmingham on May 4, about 6000 to 8000 iron ore miners in the am district walked off the job demanding higher ages shorter hours and recognition of a union. The action reflects growing labor tension in the iron ore sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Am District
Conference Defeats Term Limits for Bishops in Church
In Jackson Mississippi on May 4 the 22nd quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South rejected limits on bishop terms. The body voted to elect bishops at conference and to amend the discipline to permit setting bishops for accountability and inefficiency.
Morehead City Port Project Under Engineers Study
Washington reports engineers and officials Tuesday weighed a $2,000,000 Morehead City port improvement still in study. A final report is awaited as War Department considers plans for a PWA loan and harbor works to finance channels jetties and maintenance costs. protests from local interests were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
Washington
N. C
Bile Works
More City
War Department
PWA
Army Engineers
Imington
North Carolina
Farm rental woes trace back to Eden says Landess
W M Landess, state agricultural agent, recalls Secretary Wallace's cotton plan and Eve in the Garden of Eden as a parable for rental disputes. He notes a long history of tenant problems stemming from land use and agreements.
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Garden of Eden
W. M. Landess
Sherbyry
Agricul Wallace
Eve
Landess
Weather forecast by states and cotton region temperatures
Carolina forecast fair with gentle southerly winds while Hatteras sees moderate northwest winds. Official records show 24 hour temperatures with highs around the 70s and lows near 50 to 60 across cotton areas, with scattered readings across several locations.
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Carolina
South Carolina
Ras
Jacksonville
Hook
Hatteras
Labor strikes ripple across industries as talks progress
Nationally, strikes pause and resume: Campbell Soup workers in Camden accept 7 percent wage rise and bargaining plan. 7000 leather workers in Northeastern Massachusetts vote to end strike for talks. Gulf coast shipping paralyzed by 4000 longshoremen. Norfolk dock workers walk out. 600 Vancouver waterfront workers vote on strike May 12. Seminole oil area workers 800 and Paterson New Jersey typographers strike for higher pay.
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Campbell Soup Company
Camden
N. J
Massachusetts
National Leather Workers
Gulf Ports
Norfolk
Vancouver
D. C
Seminole
Okla
Sinclair Prairie Organization
Paterson
N. J.) Typographical Union No. 195
Patterson Morning Call
Patterson Evening News
Cotton Mills Store Managers To Unite
About 100 mill store managers from the Carolinas and Georgia plan a Greenville meeting Tuesday to form an association. W P Jacobs Hunter Marshall and Tech Forces secretaries coordinate the effort for South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia Manufacturers associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
D. C
Carolinas
Georgia
W. P. Jacobs
Hunter Marshall
Tech Forces
South Carolina
North Carolina
Three Cornered Battle for GOP Chair Unfolds After Sanders Resigns
Everett Sanders resigns as chairman of the Republican National Committee sparking a three way struggle among the Old Guard Hoover forces and congressional leaders for the party chair. Names like James Watson and Frank O Lowden are floated as possible successors as leaders debate timing and direction. Sanders letter calls a special meeting for June 5 in Chicago to select his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Stephenson Washington
Republican Party
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
G. O. P. Old Guard
Herbert Hoover
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Frank O’lowden
Illinois
Capitol Hill
New York
Charles D. Hilles
Sanders
Chicago
Giving Up Life To Help Family Through Ride To Governor
ATLANTA May 4 AP Williams left Villa Rica Ga to seek aid from the governor for his family. He walked and rode for 30 miles to Atlanta and collapsed in the governor’s secretary office. Doctors at Grady hospital said his eagerness and travel caused a stroke of apoplexy from which he died. He was about 45. Welfare workers investigated the case. in death Williams did not know his wife and children were being cared for.
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Atlanta
Capitol
Villa Rica
Williams
Linder
Grady Hospital
Bids Sought for 110 Army Planes in Development Program
The War Department will request bids within days for 110 airplanes costing $7.5 million under a three year aviation program funded by the Public Works Administration. Eighty bombing planes and thirty attack planes are planned. Previous objections by the Army Judge Advocate General to bid terms have been resolved in new specifications.
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Washington
War Department
Public Works Administration
Army Judge Advocate General
District of Columbia
Congressional
Silas Says We Are Drifting A Chamber Speech
In San Francisco on May 8 the chatter centers on Silas an attorney from Chicago who spoke in Washington before the U S Chamber of Commerce. His talk was summarized in brief form and left listeners unsure of the destination or what direction the drift might take.
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San Francisco
Calif
Silas
Chicago
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Dillinger
Japan's New Policy Hands Off China Says Hirota
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota announced Japan will not discuss Eastern Asia peace with Western powers at length and may avoid debating Oriental questions on equal terms. He urged respect for treaties, hinted at bilateral talks, and warned against outside meddling in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Japan
China
Far East
Geneva
Asia
League of Nations
Hirota
Géneva
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Hirata
Eastern Asia
East Asia
Nine contracts let for air mail routes to private firms
Washington reports nine contracts awarded to private firms for air mail routes ending May 25 with 11 of 16 winners having prior contracts. Five former operators retain routes, four new firms win, and officials review reorganizations following February 9 contract cancellations amid anti collusion concerns. Eastern Airlines, Inc. inherits Newark Miami New York New Orleans and Chicago Jacksonville routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Farley
Oll
Kohler Aviation Corporation
Grand Rapids
Richard W. Robbins
Eastern Airlines, Inc
Eastern Air Transport
Newark-Miami
Nework
New Orleans
Chicago
Roosevelt warns big business to quit crying wolf
President Roosevelt told the Chamber of Commerce to stop crying wolf and cooperate for economic recovery. He praised improvements and urged intelligent cooperation between the federal government and business to stimulate employment and raise American values. Delegates at the convention applauded Representative Snell of New York as speeches praised and attacked the New Deal continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Brackett
Washington
Big Business
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Wolf
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Snell
New York
Arthur Krock
New Deal Scrutinized by Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reviews New Deal components in 23 resolutions while Henry J. Harriman is reelected president. House work on stock market regulation advances as NRA code authority powers face calls for loosening. Secretary Wallace stresses reciprocal tariff goals amid agriculture industry ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Henry J. Harriman
Chamber
Capitol
House
Senate
Snell
Roosevelt
Darrow
Clark
D-Mo
Trade Commission
Brain Trust
Raymond Moley
Charles W. Taussig
Wallace
White House
Derby Weather Forecast for Kentucky Classic
Louisville May 4 AP reports the weather office sees possible showers tomorrow, Derby day. After a perfect spring day today, forecasters decline to promise similar conditions and say odds of fair weather when the race is called tomorrow are about even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Weather Office
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