Thomasville Upholstering Company Secures Charter
Thomasville Upholstering Company Inc of Thomasville gains charter with $3000 of $50,000 authorized capital. Directors J Roy Proctor H C Edinger and Velva Kaney are all Thomasville residents. The action occurred as Thad Bure secretary of state issued charters to several firms.
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Raleigh
Thad Bure
Thomasville Upholstering Company, Inc
Thomasville
J. Roy Proctor
H. C. Edinger
Velva Kaney
Hopkins Defends WPA as Democratic Will and Economic Support
Fayetville Ark October 8 Harry Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration, argued the program reflects public demand not coercion. He said WPA preserves free economic institutions, aids private industry, and sustains the social fabric by employing the unemployed. He framed six years of work as genuine economy.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Arks Progress
Hopkins
North Carolina tobacco prices rise across belts
Raleigh reports show three tobacco belts posting higher prices than last week with gains in common leaf and low quality lugs. Eastern belt cutter and lower quality grades rise, while middle belt tones are modest. overall bulk tobacco averages about 27.13 dollars per hundredweight, 1922-23 season figures.
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Raleigh
North
Lina
Virginia
Federal Agricult
North Martes
Carolna
Natorios
Yanks Beat Cubs as Pearson Fans Nine in World Series Game
Monte Pearson struck out nine, limited Chicago to five hits, as the New York Yankees won 5 to 2 in the third game of the World Series. Joe Gordon drove in three runs with a homer and single, while Clay Bryant exited after a Credited performance by Pearson and a late Cubs rally.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Monte Pearson
Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Joe Gordon
Yanks
Clay Bryant
CUBS
Hack
Herman
Pearson
Yankee
Cavarretta
Dimaggio
Marty
Crosetti
Reynolds
Dickey
Gabby Hartnett
Gabby
Hartnett
Cub
Collins
Jurges
Bryant
Gehrig
Selkirk
Gordon
State Department Officials Comment on German Passport Invalidation
Washington officials expressed belief that the German government’s move to invalidate German passports held by citizens may affect travel and diplomacy as the situation unfolds. The note underscores uncertainty over how this policy will impact nationals abroad and potential consular responses.
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Washington
State Department
Peiping Hankow Railway Reaches Shanghai In Chinese Campaign
Japanese forces report reaching the Peiping Hankow railway and advancing toward Hankow. They describe cross country drives from Hefei and Kiukiang, with gains along the Yangtze and incursions toward Liuling and Chw Teh amid ongoing battles and muddy conditions.
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China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Kichun
Eighth Army
Chw Teh
Liuling
Anhwei
Henan
Chengchow
Peiping
Hefei
Kiukiang
Czechs Protest as Hungary Presses Minority Demands
Budapest reports Hungary protests to Czechoslovakia over frontier defense measures and alleged terror in Hungarian districts. Diplomatic talks on minority claims planned at Konarom begin Sunday. Hungary may symbolically occupy two border towns before negotiations.
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Budapest
Hungary
Konarom
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Trade plan to swap surplus cotton for silver and other materials
Southern senators discussed trading surplus American cotton for raw materials not produced here. The plan, inspired by Pittman, envisions exchanging part of the 13.4 million bale cotton carryover for rubber tin coffee and other commodities, or silver, with the treasury paying farmers $1.29 for 10 pounds of cotton and issuing silver certificates at the same value. Some worry about affecting reciprocal trade treaties.
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Washington
Pittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harrison
D-Miss
Finance Committee
State Department
Treasury
Cotton Crop Forecast Climbs To 12 212 000
The Federal Crop Reporting Board forecast a cotton crop of 12,212,000 bales as of October 1, up 387,000 from September 1. Forecast cites favorable September weather, regional drought in Oklahoma and Northwest Texas, and gains in the Mississippi River states and Alabama offset Oklahoma losses.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi River States
Alabama
South Carolina
Supreme Court reviews cases as term opens
The court finished reviewing about 300 summer filings and will reveal Monday which will be heard. Key issues include Mooney parole bid from San Quentin, Ford NLBR withdrawal from Michigan plant case, NLRA status after contract breach, reinstate cases for Terre Haute and Cleveland plants, and Anna Marie Hahn’s bid to escape the electric chair in Cincinnati.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Circuit Court of Appeals
Automobile
Michigan
Labor Board
National Labor Relations Act
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Terre Haute
Ind
Memphis Furniture Manufacturing Company
The
Sands Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Jacob Wagner
Georgia Tobacco Growers Lose Court Ruling on Penalties
A three judge federal court held that tobacco growers may be penalized on sales beyond marketing quotas under the new farm act, saying Congress regulates marketing of crops not the states. The ruling dissolves a restraining order on 50 percent penalties and directs impounded fees to the government. growers may appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Macon
Congress
South Georgia
United States Supreme Court
UAW and Auto Firms Clash Over 32-Hour Week
Detroit dispatch reports UAW push for a 32 hour week to recall workers collided with Chrysler Plymouth Briggs and Buick GM managers. Fifteen thousand idle as Plymouth plant workers refused 40 hour week. Briggs unit to reopen after planned 32 hour week. A deferred Buick vote and talks with Chrysler officials were underway. In Houston the AFL council faced Roosevelt plea for labor peace amid calls to settle civil war.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Richard T. Frankensteen
International Uaw
L. Kenkler
Chrysler
Mack Avenue
Briggs Manufacturing Company
C. G. Edelen
Briggs
Flint
Jank Lide
Buick
General Motors
Deane and Burgin Deny Plan to Quit Eighth Race
In Raleigh North Carolina C B Deane of Rockingham and W O Burgin of Lexington deny they will withdraw from the Eighth district congressional race. The News and Observer reports neither side urged withdrawal to settle the contest before November elections.
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Burgin
Raleigh
N. C
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
News and Observer
W. O. Burgin
Lexington
Pat Taylor
Wadesboro
Eighth Congressional Democratic Executive Committee
Southern Port Workers Strike Seaside Longshoremen Walkout Spreads
Deepwater longshoremen in Savannah walked out and threaten Jacksonville and Charleston crews with noon strikes if pay demands are not met. Townsend said 1,000 Savannah workers voted for action, with potential impact on ports from Wilmington to Jacksonville as talks with shipowners drag on.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ike Grayson
International Longshoremen's Association
Charleston
D. C
Savannah
Brunswick
W. E. Townsend
International Longshoremen’s Association
Townsend
Wilmington
N. C
Longshoremen’s Association
American Federation of Labor
French Reds Move Against Munich Pact
Aides to Senator Reynolds of North Carolina said he called from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota that he likely cannot take any speaking engagements before November. Reynolds plans to start his speaking campaign about mid month but a medical checkup and treatment will take longer than expected.
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Washington
Oct
Senator Reynolds
SNC
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Reynolds
Government built pants factory closed in Greensburg
A $260000 federal pants factory near Mt. Pleasant township, opened to employ Norvell homesteaders, shut down by a strike of eight women and ten men. The workers, led by Mrs. Sarah Karp of the Norvell United Clothing Workers local, demand union recognition as exclusive bargaining agent, reinstatement of a dismissed watchman, and a closed shop with a union dues checkoff.
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Greensburg
Mt. Pleasant Township
Norvell
Sarah Karp
United Clothing Workers of America Ic
I. O
Sofikers
Italy to recall legionnaires from Spain after 18 months
The Franco government announced that Italian troops with more than 18 months of uninterrupted service in Spain would be repatriated. Private estimates put withdrawals at about 10,000 men, a move seen as restoring international confidence and easing Italo British tensions over the Spanish Civil War. Talks between Earl of Perth and Count Ciano highlighted a possible partial withdrawal while keeping aviation and artillery.
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Rome
Italy
Vatican
Grand Council
United States
Count Galeazzo Ciano
William Phillips
America
Council
L’osservatore Romano
Spain
Francisco Franco
Salamanca
Stefani
Franco
Earl of Perth
Galeazzo Ciano
Mediterranean
Ciano-Perth
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Mussolini Withdraws Some Italian Soldiers From Spanish Insurgents
Paris reports Mussolini ordered a recall of Italian troops from the Spanish Insurgent army in a move welcomed by France as a sign of improving ties. The limit to 18 months service drew skepticism from leftist parliament members who said most troops would remain in Spain and the insurgents’ strength would barely change.
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Paris
Italy
Mussolini
Spain
Pension plans to get hearing in next Congress
Rep. Doughton said the House Ways and Means Committee will study Social Security proposals after January. Hearings will cover Townsend plans and the general welfare concept offering up to 200 monthly dollars to those over 60, funded by a 2 percent transactions tax, with funds spent the month received.
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Washington
Doughton
D-C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
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