Mass meeting called as Elizabethton mills face union charges
In Elizabethton Tennessee United Textile Workers leaders plan a mass meeting to press charges of unfair conditions and discrimination against former strikers. Company officials characterized the accusations as ridiculous and said relations with over 3,500 workers are satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Tenn
United Textile Workers of America
Konsul Krummer
American Bember
Glanzstoff
Bemberg and
Glanzstofft
Fire Tears Through Ventura County Oil Belt
The August blaze in Ventura county near Ventura Ojai and Santa Paula burned 25 000 acres in Wheeler and adjacent canyons. Damage est between 3 and 8.5 million dollars with one death and extensive property loss including 126 oil rigs. Tenants fled and 250 people were left homeless as crews battled shifting winds.
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Ventura
Cal
Venura County
Ojai
Santa Paula
Wheeler Canyon
Canada
Larga
Santa Paula Canyon
FE. L. Doheny
Ferndale
Sisar Canyon
Wheeler
Ventura Avenue
Norman Beems
National Forest Service
Capital Crude Oil Company
Pan-American
Rioting Trial Set for Union Organizer in McDowell
An outside jury of 75 men will try United Textile Workers union organizer Hoff man and five cadets on rioting and rebellion charges linked to the Clinchfield and Marion mills strike violence on August 31. Judge John Harwood ordered the venue change after defense motions. 300 jurors would have been called, but 75 were deemed sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Rutherford County
McDowell Superior Court
Alred Hoffman
United Textile Works Union
Clinchfield and Jarion
Otten Mills
John Harwood
Head
Hoffman
Lawrence Hogan
Jugh Wall
Wess Fowler
Will Russell
Dell Lewis
Nien
Monay
McDowell County
Clinchield Mill
Hogan
4Vall
Fowler
Russell
Lewis
Harwood
Prince George Recovers and Plans Return to Office
London reports Prince George, youngest son of the king, has recovered from digestive illness that led him to suspend duties at the foreign office. He is expected to resume his post in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George
London
Prince Eorge
Foreign Office
Simmons Asks Federal Help To Stabilize Tobacco Prices
Senator Simmons of North Carolina urged President Hoover to act to end an emergency in marketing the North Carolina bright tobacco crop. He said the market opens late and the five big buyers pay below cost, risking widespread eastern NC bankruptcies unless prices rise. he discussed options with James M. Stone of the Farm Board and urged direct presidential action.
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Hoover
North Carolina
Washington
Senator Simmons
Simmons
James M. Stone
Stone
Mr. Hoover
Cubs Win Pennant Secures Chicago NL Flag
Pittsburgh faded from the pennant race as the Pirates dropped the opener to Boston 5 to 4 in a double header, clinching Chicago’s National League title.
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Pittsburgh
Pirates
Boston
Chicago
Two Die In Blaze After Truck Crash At Crossroads
Two unidentified white men burned to death when their truck struck a concrete sign post near here. Investigators found a large whiskey cargo in the wreckage and the gas tank exploded, trapping the men between the engine and liquor cans. Only clue to identity was the license tag.
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Bearing
Here
Luan Norris
Mce- Duffie County
Shattuck the Former Stage Star Arrested for Dress Theft
Truly Shattuck once a celebrated dancer and actress was arrested for stealing a green dress from a Chicago department store. Now 54, she said she is broke after years of declining work from vaudeville and cinema. She claimed the dress cost 16.50 and admitted needing work after losing lodging and jobs.
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Chicago
Truly Shattuck
Miss Shattuck
Fairbanks
MacLean
Valentino
Sydney
Detective Headquarters
Lindy Off on Hop to Miami
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh departed from Roosevelt Field at 8 55 am East Central Time en route to Washington and Miami to launch a 20 day Central and South American tour. The six passenger monoplane boat loaned from Morgan Belmont will carry him with planned stops for a Washington business to inaugurate a Pan American Airways airmail line. a mechanic and radio operator are to join in Miami.
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Roosevelt Field
Nee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Miami
Fla
Central
South America
Morgan Belmont
Pan-American Airways
Veteran Air Mail Pilot Dies In Fog Crash
Pilot Henry H. Tallman, 32, of Ridgewood New Jersey, on the Boston to New York air mail route, crashed into Mount Lamentation near Berlin Connecticut during fog and storm. The plane burned with 500 pounds of mail. Tallman died instantly from a fractured skull after taking off ten minutes earlier from Brainard Field Hartford. He was a World War veteran with over 3,000 flight hours.
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Berlin
Conn
New York
Henry H. Tallman
Ridgewood
N. J
Colonial Air Transport
Mount Lamentation
Allman
Brainard Field
Hartford
Tellman
Vare Maintains Lead in Philadelphia GOP Fight
Philadelphia, Sept 18. United States Senator elect William Vare held firm in control of the city Republican organization as his slate swept to victory in the primary. Key battleground was register of wills where William F. Campbell led John F. Dugan by a wide margin as returns came in from 1526 divisions. Other Vare picks, George E. Kemp for city treasurer and Fred Schwars Jr for coroner, won by large majorities.
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Philadelphia
United States
William
Vare
Republican Organization
Republican League
Office of Register of Wills
William F. Campbell
John F. Dugan
Campbell
Dugan
George E. Kemp
Fred Schwars, Jr
W C T U Emphasizes Abolition of Intoxicants at N S Convention
Mrs. Ella A Boole national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union speaks in Indianapolis as delegates arrive for the national convention. She says the organization aims to abolish intoxicants not tobacco and will educate the young to curb tobacco use. She adds that youth drinking reflects adult behavior.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ella A. Boole
Diphtheria Cases Rise in Davidson County
In Lexington on September 18 the county health department reports several diphtheria cases and four new scarlet fever cases. Two diphtheria cases are in Erlanger mill village where quarantines were set, keeping eighty first grade children out of school for a few days to prevent an epidemic.
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Lexington
County Health Department
Erlanger Mill Village
Legal machinery in labor trouble rests
In Charlotte North Carolina legal machinery slowed after Judge Thomas J. Shaw freed seven of the mob suspects and held seven others for kidnapping flogging and conspiracy tied to textile strike violence. Trials include a mis trial of eight unionists over the Gastonia police chief killing and an inquest into Ella May Wiggins death with various hearings paused. The judge condemned mob violence and mob law as a disgrace to Gaston county. Continued on Page 4.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Thomas J. Shaw
National Textile Workers Union
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Ella May Wiggins
Shaw
Wells
Gaston County
GOP Regulars Win First Test on Tariff Amendment
Washington dispatch reports republicans in the senate won the first test of strength on a tariff bill amendment. The proposal requires that imported articles be marked in a conspicuous place unless marking is economically prohibitive. The amendment passed 40 to 32 on reconsideration after an earlier 38 to 28 defeat.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Borah
Idaho
Cutting
New Mexico
Howell
Nebraska
LaFollette
Wisconsin
McMaster
South Dakota
Norris
Nye
North Dakota
Reed
Pennsylvania
Trammell and Fletcher
Florida
Ransdell and
Broussard
Louisiana
Pittman
Nevada
Isaacs Elected NA B A President. Quebec Chosen 1930 Convention
The National Boxing Association elected Stanley Isaacs of Cincinnati as president and selected Quebec, Canada, as the site of its 1930 convention.
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Chicago
National Boxing Association Today
Stanley Isaacs
Cincinnati
Quebec
Canada
Former Topeka mayor calls liquor charges fol de rol
Jay E. House a former Topeka mayor claimed in a letter that he was served liquor in 13 to 14 Topeka homes with about four gatherings nightly. Governor Reed ordered inquiry while six hosts denied any liquor service and officials assess possible criminal action.
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Topeka
House
Kan
Jay E. House
Philadelphia
A. J. Carruth, Jr
Topeka State Journal
J. A. McClelan
Kansas Antisaloon League
McClellan
Clyde M. Reed
William A. Smith
Shawnee County
Smith
La Guardia Wins City GOP Mayor Nomination in Primary
In New York on September 18 Fiorello H. La Guardia defeated William M. Bennett to seize the Republican mayoral nomination. Mayor Walker was renominated by Democrats. Queens saw George A. Harvey defeat John N. Earle as Republicans split, with Edward W. Cox Bernard M. Patten and William F. Brunner leading Democrats in a tight count.
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New York
Fiorello H. la
William F. Brunner
Clean Government
Edward W. Cox
Bernard M. Patten
Cox
Patten
Brunner
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Ahie
Kings Mt
Davis
Krummer
Ben Wells
Kings Mountain
N. C
Cleo Tessner
Tessner
South Carolina
C. S. Hedrick
Tess
Piedmont Avenue
Cora
National Textile Workers’ Union
Bonnie Mill
Walter E. Moore
W. A. Davis
H. M. Robins
O. L. Sapp
Robins
Sapp
Referee Robins
Superior Court
Moore
Mr. Robins
Mr. Davis
Earle F. Peacox
Dorothy Peacox
Peacox
White Plains
N. Y
Catherine Peacox
Rutherford
CUBS
Shattuck
Kings
Lindy
Washington On Business
Anne
AIR Mail
Philly
Davidson
Bennett
Walker
New York City
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