Labor men attack Perkins and NLRB amid AFL gathering
Thrusts at the Roosevelt administration's labor policy mark preliminaries to the AFL convention in Denver. John P. Frey and Roy Horn attack Miss Perkins for C I O partiality as the Wagner act amendment is opposed. Green remains allied to administration.
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Denver
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
William Green
Federation
New Deal
Green
A. F. of L
Miss Perkins
Roy Horn
Blacksmith’s Union
Horn
Hitler
Mussolini
Business Improvement Boosts Trade and Retail Demand
New York reports a brighter week for business sentiment with retail distribution lead ing the upswing. Wholesale volume rose as orders broadened, though industrial activity remained uneven with slow building and lower steel output as 1938 auto assembly begins.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Northwest
New England
East
Middle West
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Five Die In Detroit Sand Boil Tunnel Accident
Detroit officials report five workers killed and at least a dozen injured in a sand boil during the construction of a West Jefferson interceptor sewer. A collapse trapped up to 30 men as an air lock failed and a shield breached clay, with 12 men rescued within an hour.
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Detroit
West Jefferson Avenue
Traveling Turtle Found Near Nebraska City
Joe McGinnis, a local Nebraska City boy, found a baby turtle in a creek. The turtle bore the carved inscription “Colorado Springs, Colo.” on its back.
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Nebraska City
Joe McGinnis
Colorado Springs
Colo
President Roosevelt Eyes Grand Coulee Dam Impact on Middle West
President Roosevelt toured the Grand Coulee dam project on the Columbia River and predicted the colossal works would open new lands to thousands in crop rich Middle West areas. He praised Northwest prospects while noting other regions faced hardships from forest loss and soil decline. He left Spokane for Fort Peck Dam, Mont, with plans to return in three years.
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Middle West
Spokane
Wash
Roosevelt
Columbia River
Ira Martin
Grand Coulee
Northwest
Supreme Court
Alabama
Black
Senate
Albert Levitt
Virgin Islands
Roosevelt previews Grand Coulee dam future impact on land and shipping
President Roosevelt in Washington state lauds the Grand Coulee for national good and future prosperity. He envisions a Grand Coulee association of workers with badges for building the 863 million dollar project. He notes plans for millions of new acres and homes as the 550 foot dam nears completion with concrete in place.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Wash
Roosevelt
Columbia River
Bonneville
Columbia
Grand Coulee Association
Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Senate
Vargas Declares Brazil In A 90 Day War On Communism
President Getulio Vargas declared Brazil in a 90 day state of war to fight communism. The decree, pushed by army chief Gen Pedro Goes Monteiro, designates Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares to supervise enforcement in Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, with military governors in charge. The measure, approved by the lower house 138 to 62, suspends the constitution and heightens tensions with Gov. Jose Antonio Flores da Cunha in Rio Grande do Sul.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Pedro Aurelio Goesmonteiro
War and Navy
Interior
Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares
Sao Paulo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Ird
Senate
Chamber
Goesmonteiro
Jose Antonio Flores da Cunha
Vargas
Sheriff padlocks tavern at Hickory
Sheriff O D Barrs said he padlocked the Greystone tavern on highway 70 near Con over after Superior Judge Wilson Warlick issued a temporary injunction. The injunction cited conditions there as a public nuisance.
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Hickory
O. D. Barrs
Greystone
Highway 70
Conover
Wilson Warlick
Robert Jackson To Speak On Founders Day
Assistant attorney general Robert H. Jackson will address University Day in Chapel Hill on October 12. The event marks the Constitution sesquicentennial with Memorial Hall at 11 o clock and an accompanying broadcast plan. Dean Pierson leads the planning committee for the celebration.
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Chapel Hill
Robert H. Jackson
United States
W. W. Pierson
S Jr
Jackson
Pennsylvania
Memorial Hall
Britain and France Demand Evacuation of Italians in Spain
Britain and France pressed Italy to evacuate Italians fighting in Spain and warned Rome that non cooperation could shift their Spain policy. In Geneva the league failed to end non intervention as Soviet Russia urged arms for Spain and Abdication of the non intervention scheme. Italy faced a potential conference over the Spanish issue with British and French envoys warning of action if Italy refused to participate.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Geneva
League Assembly
Albania
Portugal
Britain
Mediterranean
Rome
Fr Franco
Lord Perth
J. F. Blondel
Count Galeazzo Cteno
Norlina Man Held On Assault Charge
Henderson October report says Recorder R E Clements ordered Henry Clough of New York and Norlina held for Superior Court on criminal assault charges after Sylvia Swan of Petersburg Virginia said he dragged her from a car and threatened her with death near Norlina.
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Henderson
R. E. Clements
Henry Clough
New York
Norlina
Sylvia Swan
Petersburg
Clough
W. J. Pinnell
Warren County
Safety Classes Set Next Week in North Carolina
In Raleigh on October 8, Dr. H. J. Stack of Columbia University Major Arthur Falk and Miss Marian Telford will lead safety institutes in six NC cities under J. Henry Highsmith. The programs include lectures discussions and demonstrations for principals teachers and coaches with state highway safety officials assisting.
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Raleigh
H. J. Stack
Columbia University
New York
Arthur Falk
Division of Highway Safety
Marian Telford
National Safety Council
North Carolina
J. Henry Highsmith
Division of Instructional Service
State Department of Publi Instruction
British expels Arab leaders amid Jerusalem unrest
Britain speeded four Arab leaders to exile on a remote island after police seized two agitators accused of inciting shop closings in Jerusalem. The crackdown followed the assassination of the British commissioner of Galilee. Grand Mufti Amin El Husseini remained in the Omar mosque as British actions stripped him of offices and control over religious funds and judges.
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Jerusalem
Britain
Seychelles
Hussein Khalidi
Arab Higher Committee
Holy Land
Jacob Hussein
Galilee
Amin el Husseini
Omar
Japanese advance threatens China coal heart Taichow siege
Japanese troops push toward Taichow as they seek rich Shansi coal deposits long guarded by Yen Hsi-Shan. Taichow, taken after fierce fighting, was defended with limited artillery and intact walls until stormed by squads amid air raids.
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Peiping
China
Japan
Shansi
Taichow
Yen Hsi-Shan
No Big Push as Japanese Attack Rages Around Shanghai Chapel
Japanese forces renew assault on Chinese positions near Shanghai's Chapel on the north side as tanks, artillery and infantry clash. Chinese defenses repulse waves amid heavy losses while foreigners observe from the international settlement. An American unit builds machine gun nests along a creek amid the front line fires.
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Shanghai
Japan
Chapel
Ross Kidnappers Invite Talk Amid Negotiation Efforts
Chicago dispatch reports Charles Ross’s wife awaiting word as investigators clear a path for negotiations. A caller claiming to be Bob of New York urged contact and federal agents said wires may be tapped, with authorities directing the probe after days without news. Three attackers abducted Ross near the World Rosa area west of Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles
Ross
North Side
Bob
New York
Federal Ag
Earl J. Connelly
Department of the Wire
Mrs. Rosas
Somu
Govment
Miles
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Hugo Black
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
SINO
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