Tide Of Wage Increases Sweeps Workers Pockets
York reports a wave of wage boosts and extra dividends totaling over 100 million dollars for 1936. Steel motor meat packing and rubber industries lead as earnings rise, with bonuses and Christmas pay hikes reaching nearly 69 million for tens of thousands of workers. Major firms like Motors and Packard announce sizable payroll increases, signaling widespread industry gains and anticipated further raises in coming weeks.
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Uis
Motors
Packard Motor Car Co
Newad
Maritime strike leaders threaten inland port tieup to force talks
In San Francisco on November 14, maritime strike leaders warned they would send western longshoremen on a swing through Gulf and Atlantic ports to complete a dock shutdown unless ship owners entered peace talks soon. A San Francisco Industrial Association committee urged business owners to prepare for an inland march by the Longshoremen's union as strikes spread.
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San Francisco
Gulf
Atlantic
San Francisco Industrial Association
U. S
Washington
New York
Industrial Association Committee
International Longshoremen’s Association
Bay Area
Angelo J. Rossi
White House
Roosevelt
Perkins
Rossi
G-Men Expand White Slave Probe From Coast to Coast
J Edgar Hoover said federal agents are widening the hunt for interstate white slave rings from Maine to California. He noted arrests in the past ten weeks totaled nearly 80, including three rings supplying prostitutes to New England and southern beach resorts, with no planned drive or roundup.
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Washington
Novo
J. Edgar Hoover
Pacific Coast
East
South
Middle West
Bureau of Investigation
Maine
California
Hoover
New England
Autopsy Revealssingle bullet killed Mrs Verna Garr Taylor
Grave findings in La Grange Ky show Mrs Verna Garr Taylor died the night of November 6 from a single bullet that pierced her breast and exited shoulder after two shots were heard. Gen Henry H Denhardt faces examining trial in New Castle as detectives link a blood stain along the highway to the slaying.
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LA Grange
Verna Garr Taylor
D. L. Ricketts
Louisville
Henry H. Denhardt
New Castle
Sergt
John S. Mesemer
Louisville Criminological Laboratory
Madrid bomb strike and Madrid siege update from Nov 14
Reports from Marseille and Madrid describe the Spanish government freighter Manuel sunk by a fascist cruiser with 18 lives lost and nine saved. Fascist bombing in Madrid kills 53 and wounds at least 150 in a crowded plaza as workers discuss defense. authorities report heavy damage and a mass reaction.
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France
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Clorieta Atocha Plaza
Howell Sr. Dies at 70. Georgia Dem Figures Mourn
Clark Howell Sr. longtime Georgia publisher and president of the state Democratic committee died at his northside home at 6 15 a m. CST after illness and failed operations. He backed Roosevelt early and served on Democratic committees from 1896 to 1924. He aided Eugene Talmadge and later supported Senator Richard Russell’s 1932 bid. Howell had a noted New York Times start and became a leading Associated Press director before his death. Funeral arrangements announced.
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At- Constitution
Roose
Roosevelt
Jong
Howell
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
State of
New Deal
Richard l
States Senate
Senate
Russell
York Times
Supreme Court May Rule On Seven Decisions This Week
The court plans to issue up to seven decisions Monday as it weighs challenges to the New York unemployment insurance act and several New Deal controversies. Proceedings include review of PWA hydro plants and the public utility holding company act, with possible rulings December 7 or later.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hmeadinwe Aews
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Kansas City Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
PWA
Public Utility Holding Company
Treasury May Realize Profit From Payroll Tax Collections
Washington expects a potential profit of 100 million dollars or more this year from unemployment insurance taxes under the social security act. Tax credits apply in 14 states with approved laws. those without approved plans fund the full federal tax into the treasury.
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Washington
Treasury
Social Security Board
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sammy Baugh Fires Two TD Passes as TCU Trounces Centenary
In Fort Worth on November 14, Sammy Baugh threw two touchdown passes in a brilliant offensive period helping Texas Christian University to a 26 to 0 win over Centenary Gents. The defeat marked a rare mark for Centenary this season.
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Oo U
Fort Worth
Tex
Sammy Baugh
Texas Christian University
Centenary Gents
Navy May Build More Dirigibles
Washington November 14. The navy studies resuming big lighter-than-air dirigible development despite Akron and Macon disasters. The Bureau of Aeronautics proposes a new construction program and also seeks more combat airplanes aviators and shore facilities.
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Washington
Akron
Macon
Navy High Command
Bureau of Aeronautics
A. B. Cook
Bureau
Navy
Threat Of Lynching Heard In Chicago Little Italy
Chaos surrounded Chicago on November 14 as threats of lynching rose after the murder of five year old Antoinette Tiritilli. Police detained four men while fifty officers swept the near southwest side death valley district in a razor attack case.
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Chicago
Little
Italy
Antoinette Tiritilli
Death Valley
Jerry Kearns
Ethel du Pont Engaged to Franklin D Roosevelt Jr
Miss Ethel du Pont of Greenville Delaware is engaged to Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the President. The wedding is planned for late June. Miss du Pont is a niece of Lammot du Pont Pierre S du Pont and Irene du Pont and is a board member’s relative at Du Pont company.
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Powder Millions
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Jone
Wilmington
Del
Eugene du Pont
Ethel du Pont
AFL Rejects Berry Arbitration Proposal in Labor War
In Tampa on November 14 the American Federation of Labor spurned George L. Berry’s bid for arbitration to end its fight with John L. Lewis. Federation leader William Green said the plan unlikely to satisfy either side and that the council favors expulsion of the rebel unions threatening a major labor clash since the Knights of Labor era.
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Fla
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George L. Berry
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Berry
Printing Pressmen’s Union
William Green
Federation
Lewis
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Committee For Industrial Organization
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Knights of Labor
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Metal Trades Department
Duke Carolina clash ends in tragedy with fatal heart failure
Alvis Patterson a 50 year old Kernersville druggist collapsed and died en route to a hospital after Duke's Ace Parker 105 yard TD sparked a game at Chapel Hill. Patterson a Chapel Hill native worked previously in Winston Salem and Wilson. He is survived by his mother two daughters and a son. The body was returned to Kernersville for burial.
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Winston-Salem
Kernersville
Patterson
James Hutchins
Jim Hutchins
Carolina
Parker
Burnette
Duke
Seek Extradition Of Reese Bailey
Hickory reports Sheriff O D Barres asked the U S Justice Department to return Reese Bailey to Catawba county from Jackson North Carolina where federal agents captured him after a gun battle Bailey is wanted for wounding Deputy Sheriff Ray Pitts and night Policeman Arthur Huffman in Newton on May 18 1934 If returned he will be tried in Newton next week for assault with a deadly weapon Barrs said Bailey faces enough charges to land him in prison for 50 years if convicted
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O. D. Barres
U. S. Department of Justice
Reese Bailey
North Carolina
Desperado
Catawba County
Jackson
Bailey
Ray Pitts
Arthur Huffman
Newton
Barrs
Catawba
Roosevelt Drives Budget Work Ahead of Vacation Plans
President Roosevelt nears completion of the federal budget and begins studying government reorganizing plans. He aims to wrap urgent business before leaving for Charleston to board the Indianapolis for a cruise likely to Buenos Aires for the Inter American peace conference opening.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charleston
D. C
Buenos Aires
Harry B. Mitchell
Leslie Weil Heads Governing Boards Of Land Grant Colleges
Leslie Weil of the University of North Carolina was elected president of the association of governing boards of land grant colleges at its three day meeting closing at the University of Kentucky. D. W. Springer of Washington, D. C. was reelected secretary treasurer.
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Lexington
Leslie Weil
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Association of Governing Boards of Land Grant Colleges
University of Kentucky
D. W. Springer
Washington, D. C
Germany Renounces Versailles Rivers Control
Berlin reports Germany resumes river traffic regulation and Kiel canal control, repudiating the internationalization clause of the Versailles treaty. Foreign traffic rights are questioned, with potential limits on upper Rhine and other rivers during emergencies. The move comes eight months after Rhineland rearmament and prompts French protests.
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Germany
Kiel Canal
Third Reich
Foreign Office
Upper Rhine
Rhineland
France
Weather notes for the Carolinas Georgia and Washington
Partly cloudy Sunday with colder Sunday night and Monday fair and colder in North Carolina. In South Carolina and Georgia, fair Monday with slightly cooler conditions in extreme north portions. Washington report supplies AP weather bureau records for 24 hours ending PM for cotton regions and other areas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
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