Textile Workers Get Ten Percent Pay Increase
Immediate ten percent wage raises were announced today by Brandon Corporation mills in Greenville Woodruff Renfrew and surrounding South Carolina plants. Other mills Greenwood Ninety Six and Woodside Easley also pledged increases as part of a broader textile market upturn.
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Greenville
8. C
Piedmont
South Carolina
Brandon Corporation of
Woodruff
Renfrew
Greenwood
Grendel
Mathews and Panola Mills
Ninety Six
Ninty Six
Brandon Corporation
Brandon and Poinsett
W. J. Bailey
Clinton Mills
Judson Mills
Woodside Mills
Simpsonville
Fountain Inn
Easley Mills
Liberty
Easley
Pickens
Woodside and
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
J. 8. Bache and Co
Ehringhaus Accepts Big Cut in Pay
Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus takes a 40 percent salary reduction from 10 500 annually due to state finances. He returned 218 75 of April pay. Other officials including State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson and Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt also cut their pay, with various voluntary refunds noted.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Baxter Durham
Budget Bureau
Charles M. Johnson
A. L. Fletcher
Isabor
Supreme Court
Superior Court
A. T. Allen
Roper Outlines Roosevelt Rail Plan and Executive Role
Secretary Roper told the House Commerce Committee that the rail plan hinges on railroad executives and not just federal coordinators. The proposal envisions regional coordinating committees, five members per region, with a federal coordinator guiding operation for up to two years and ICC oversight of holding companies. Labor rights remain protected, and the recapture clause is repealed.
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Roosevelt
Roper
House Commerce Committee
Joseph Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. E. Williamson
New York Central
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
J. J. Pelley
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Henry Bruere
Savings Roper
Roosevelt program pressed as Congress weighs power shifts
House and Senate pushed Roosevelt program measures in a day of floor and committee action. A presidential power expansion to control expenditures sparked debate while Muscle Shoals and securities bills moved toward conference. Individual votes on farm relief inflation and Norris-Simpson changes shaped the session as confrontation over authority persisted.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Muscle Shoals
Rankin
Dmiss
Snell
New York
O'Connor
D-Ny
Letter to the Editor on Debt Policy and Politics
A reader laments the president and Congress for expanding power over debt and warns that any push for sole control will arouse strong opposition. The writer compares debt debates to religion, noting entrenched public opinion and the risk of shifting none.
North Carolina House Debates School Supplements
Raleigh May 8 The house opens debate on school supplements amid two bills. The Griffin senate bill requires eight months schooling with local votes and abolishes existing local units. Aycock’s bill mandates eight months statewide, allows local supplements, and maintains some local units. Both propose similar teacher salary adjustments and flexible teacher loads for economic need.
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State School Commission
Aycock
Griffin
School Commission
Beer Taxes Bring In Fifty Thousand Dollars For Week
North Carolina revenue officials estimate the first full week of 3.2 percent beer legality yielded about 50 000 in state revenue. Reported receipts exceed 30 000 with roughly 20 000 unreported, as wholesalers retailers and salesmen paid per unit taxes and a one cent per bottle levy produced about 5 000 from roughly 500 000 bottles shipped legally into the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Revenue Department
Richard R. McLaughlin
Department of Revenue
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Kidnapers Held For Bail Of $100,000 Trial May 22
Kenneth Buck and Cyril Buck jailed in Barnstable on charges of kidnapping and extortion in the Margaret McMath case. Each held on $100,000 bail for hearings May 22, prosecutors call it a major case. Kenneth alleges another party fled the scene. Cyril seeks a prompt joint hearing.
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Kenneth Buck
Cyril
Provincetown
Mass
Margaret McMath
Kenneth
Barnstable
Crossley
Robert A. Welsh
Steel production jumps in Youngstown district as furnaces start
Steel activity rises from 33 to 36 percent of capacity as three open hearth furnaces begin operation. Two blast furnaces are expected to come online this week. Carnegie Steel Ohio works add two open hearths, Youngstown Sheet and Tube adds one, and Republic Steel replaces a small open hearth with a larger one.
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Youngstown
Ohio Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Wall Street Focuses on Disarmament and Trade Links
New York May 8 Major financiers link disarmament talks in Geneva to London economic plans. They argue nationalism blocks trade as war threatens and nations seek self sufficiency. Commentary recalls Edison era rubber drives while Malay Peninsula and Brazil face low prices and large stockpiles.
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New York
Wall Street
Geneva
London
France
Germany
Italy
Cana
United States
Argentina
Mas Edison
Malay Peninsula
Brazil
England
Senate approves administration bill to protect investors
Washington May 8 The administration bill to protect the investing public in the purchase of securities was approved today by the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Poland elects Ignaz Moscicki president
In Warsaw on May ? Moscicki was re elected president by the national assembly. The AP reports the vote reaffirmed his leadership amid Poland's political scene.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ignaz Moscicki
National Assembly
Roosevelt Bill Sends to Conference Over Muscle Shoals
The Roosevelt Muscle Shoals Tennessee basin development bill will be sent to conference tomorrow under procedure approved today by the rules committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt Muscle Shoals Tennessee
Belgium Accepts U.S. Tariff Truce Plan
Undersecretary William Phillips announced Belgium had unqualifiedly agreed to the tariff truce proposed by the United States after a State Department conference with Belgian representatives.
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Washington, May
Belgium
United States
William Phillips
State Department
Farm relief inflation measure sent back to conferences
The house postponed action on the farm relief inflation measure as technical objections delayed approval and the bill was referred back to conference for further changes.
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Washington
May
House
Yen Drops Stir Trade Ties as Japan Faces China Venture
The article notes the yen's depreciation tied to costs of Japan's China venture and doubts about stabilization, contrasting with the pound. It highlights how the weaker yen allows Japan to push into Great Britain's Far East trade, especially in cotton textiles.
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Japan
China
Great Britain
Far East
Raleigh Hopes to End 125th Assembly Phase Soon
Raleigh May 8 Legislators returned to the state capital for a marathon session now on day 125, aiming to adjourn by week’s end. The House prepared to finalize a biennial revenue bill with a 3 percent sales tax, while the Senate would ratify it and move toward adjournment. The major hurdle remained school supplements with the ninth term abolished but a proposed eight month, 16 million dollar school fund pending voter approval.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Tornado Strikes S. G. Brunson Area Causing Crop and Home Damage
A tornado moving about two miles wide and eighty miles long ripped through farming sections between here and Walterboro last midnight. It uprooted trees, damaged crops including corn and cotton, wrecked several buildings, and tore off roofs from at least three dwellings with no injuries reported. A follow-up hail storm and heavy rain ruined remaining crops in the area.
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Brunson
Here
Walterboro
Moran to Return as Coach Umpire for Next Season
Salisbury reports Charlie Moran veteran National League umpire and former Center College football coach will return next fall for another season as head coach at Catawba college. Moran has also considered a similar post at the University of Louisville.
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Salisbury
Charlie Moran
Wired Catawba College
Moran
University of Louisville
Senate panel backs Gore Puerto Rico governorship nomination
The senate territories committee ordered a favorable report on the nomination of Robert H. Gore of Florida and Chicago to be governor of Puerto Rico after a brief hearing in Washington on May 8.
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Washington
Robert H. Gore
Florida
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Senate Territories Committee
Roosevelt outlines government industry partnership to lift economy
President Roosevelt proposes a government industry partnership to raise wages shorten hours and curb surplus production. He signals using inflation powers to support credit and expands government bond purchases to free funds for industry while pursuing new industrial supervision beyond the 30 hour work week bill.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
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