Labor Disputes Spread In Eastern Sector Amid Walkouts
The strike picture widens as 10 000 steel workers in Pittsburgh join about 70 000 coal miners in a labor walkout. Ford plant in Chester Pa sparked sympathy actions in Edgewater N J with 500 quitting. Pickets targeted the Shamrock Coke Co auto as state police intervened. Philadelphia bakeries operated under guard to ensure bread delivery. Silk workers in Hazelton Pa planned more disruption. Paterson silk dispute nears settlement as talks progress. NRA mediation in New York City reported back 165 900 strikers to work and 16 074 more to be involved.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Ohio
Ford Motor Company
Chester
Edgewater
N. J
Pennsylvania
Shamrock Coke Company
Philadelphia
Hazelton
Paterson
New York City
Grover Whalen
NRA
City
Ford plant walkout prompts sympathy strike in Edgewater
Five hundred Ford Motor Co. assembly workers in Edgewater New Jersey stayed away from their jobs in a sympathy walkout for strikers at the Chester Pennsylvania plant.
Waterway Improvement Fund Allocated for Cape Fear Route
Major General Lytle Brown announced a 1,250,000 allotment for inland waterway work from the Cape Fear River to Winyah Bay in North Carolina and South Carolina. The decision targets coastal navigation upgrades and related projects to better connect the region’s ports and shipping lanes.
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Washington
Lytle Brown
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Winyah Bay
South Carolina
James W. Collier Dies Former Tariff Commission Member
James W. Collier of Mississippi who served on the tariff commission and led the house ways and means committee as a Democratic chairman died suddenly at his home. He was a prominent national figure in fiscal policy. Collier’s death marks a notable loss for the Democratic Party and federal economic leadership.
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Washington
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
North Carolina Alumni Meet At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill September 28. AP report says about fifty UNC alumni clubs are expected to gather for a one day session.
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Chapel Hilal
University of North Carolina
North Carolina to open bids for 11 highway projects
Raleigh September 28 The state highway and public works commission will open bids tomorrow for the construction of 11 highway projects in North Carolina. Estimated total cost about 100000 dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State School Commission
Tyrrell County
Tyrrell
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Disarmament Talks Show U.S. and Japan Excluded
The current negotiations appeared to exclude both the United States and Japan, signaling a shift in the disarmament talks and leaving the major powers out of the framing of the picture.
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United States
Japan
Radio commissions and rumors about power limits
Beverly Hills letter criticizes radio commissions for focusing on kilowatts and detours while spreading unfounded rumors. The writer decries being used as a catastrophe target and calls for action that would curb rumor propagation and force accountability, even suggesting lawsuits and bluffed taxes.
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Beverly Hilaa
Cal
Keenan vows to wipe out gangland in kidnaping case
Assistant U S Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan opened closing arguments in the Charles F. chechel kidnapping case declaring the government will erase kidnaping and its machine gun gangs. He outlined four groups of conspirators from caretakers to money changers across four states and urged federal action to aid states overwhelmed by the crime.
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Oklahoma City
Joseph B. Keenan
U.S
Charles F. Chel
Keenan
Albert Bates
Harvey Bailey
George Kelly
Memphis
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Ora
Armon
Union
Arachel
Texas
Joplin
Kansas City
Minnesota
President Roosevelt rests at Hyde Park amid policy notes
President Roosevelt begins a days rest at his Hyde Park estate while hints of a forthcoming statement on expanding credit for farming and industry surface. He aids rail equipment purchases with federal support and uses the rail coordinator to secure best prices, while inviting steel industry bids. J 8 McBride, 53, Watauga tax supervisor, dies from heart trouble.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Roosevelt
New York
Hyde Park
Washington
BOONE
McBride
Watauga County
Kronick On Trial Five Days Before He Realized He Was One of Defendants
OKLAHOMA CITY Sept. 23 Sam Kronick of St Paul was tried for the Urechel kidnapping five days before he knew he was a defendant. Kronick hoped to testify about bad money and cried when told of his trial. His co-defendants from Minneapolis described Kronick as unaware of the case until immersion in the proceedings.
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Kronick
Oklahoma City
Sam Kronick
St. Paul
Urechel
Twin Cities
Isadore Blumenfeld
Cliff Skelly
Barney Berman
Aineapolis
America
Russia
Sam Kosberg
Kosberg
Rozberg
Blumenfeld
Sam
Bates
Albert Bates
Urachel
Marconi Sees Television Emerging From Research Stage
Guglielmo Marconi arrived in New York for a three week stay to attend the Chicago World’s Fair and learn about U.S. radio. He said television is not yet ready though emerging from research and may find uses in facsimile and newspaper transmission.
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BE. Butterfield
New York
Guglielmo Marconi
Italy
United States
Bank Examiners Appointed to Review Insurance Bank Membership
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation names 99 new bank examiners to assess banks for FDIC membership. They will work under the Comptroller of the Currency to support deposits guarantee starting January 1. Georgia North and South Carolina examiners listed with towns and names.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Today
National Bank Examiners
Kelly and wife captured after long manhunt across midwest
Federal agents traced gangster George Kelly and Kathryn through Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, Des Moines, Omaha, Reno and Texas before closing in near Memphis. Agents say the pair moved through the middle west avoiding capture as a long pursuit ended with their arrest after a raid on the bungalow hideout.
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Memphis
Tenn
George
Kelly
Wie
Kathryn
W. Afi Rorer
Department of Justice
Kellys
Minneapolia
Coleman
Texas
Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit
Arechel
Des Moines
Omaha
Middle West
California
Reno
Ford Plant Adopts 35 Hour Week Under NRA Code
Ford officials announce the plant will run five days a week at 40 hours with periodic shutdowns to average 35 hours weekly under the NRA automobile code not signed by the company. Earlier plans for a four-day start were dropped. Registration for Ford jobs in Detroit is suspended until October 16 after legion officials say too many men are being sent for medical examination.
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FORD
NRA
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Edgewater
N. J
Ford Company
Rex Humphrey
Wayne County
Humphrey
Legion
Tobacco marketing deal held up by licensing terms
Washington reports farm administration official Cheater Davis said the flue cured tobacco marketing agreement is delayed by government scrutiny of a provision to reserve licensing power. The plan would let the government license domestic buyers later if needed and require purchases through March 31 at least equal to last year’s volume.
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Washington
Cheater Davis
Farm Administration
Davis
Davia
Grange elects officers today in state meeting
Lexington reports the state grange amended its by laws to allow a third term of three years for state officers. W Kerr Scott of Haw River is named state master. Miss Jean Cockerhan of Forsyth is named most representative Orange girl. Other honors go to Miss Katherine Barringer Rowan Miss Clara Fay Hedrick Davidson and Miss Eunice Wilson Orange. Mrs J B Latta Orange county is banner woman lecturer and R C Adame Rowan prize man lecturer. Schiffman trophy for winning debate goes to the team led by Mrs W T Lauten and W H Johnson of Rockingham.
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Lexington
Grange
W. Kerr Scott
Haw River
Jean Cockerhan
Forsyth County
Katherine Barringer
Rowan
Clara Fay Hedrick
Davidson
Eunice Wilson
Orange
J. B. Latta
Orange County
R. C. Adame
W. T. Lauten
W. H. Johnson
Rockingham County
Abor Troubles Harass Gueans And Havana Strikes
Havana dispatch reports government machine gun units sent to Camaguey to guard sugar mills as labor unrest grows. Hershey sugar interests halt operations across Matanzas and Havana. a Matanzas factory clash injures a female worker. Neutral mediation fails as Havana newspaper workers strike and service club members threaten broader action. President Gran San Martin bullish on finances as opposition demands his resignation. Sailors roundup suspected Communists and detain eight men for deportation.
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Havana
Camaguey
Hershey Sugar
Matangas
Hershey Electric
Matanzas
Service Club
Ramon Gran San Martin
Éo Ald
Sailent Ane
Sus O
Life of W E Yopp Former Official Dies at 73
W E Yopp aged 73 a longtime Wilmington city and county official and former head of the State Funeral Directors Association died after a long illness.
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Wilmington
W. E. Yopp
State Funeral Directora Association
Gangster Confesses In Urschel Kidnapping Case
Memphis report says federal agents disclose a confession by a southwest gangster in the Charles Urschel kidnapping. W A Rover notes the man admitted involvement while denying two other crimes linked to him. A confessor named Albert Bates as Urschel’s accomplice and described taking Urschel to Paradise Texas then returning to Oklahoma City for ransom.
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Memphis
George
Kelly
W. A. Rover
Department of Justice
Southwest
Charlies F Urechel
Oklahoma City
Urechel
Chicago
Kansas City Union Station
Rover
Kelee
Albert Bates
Gumman
Oracel
Paradise
Texas
Kely
Ealh
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Nash
Asije
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Leroy Martin
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W. 8. Sykes
L. N. Davenport
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C. J. Cahoon
J. Ernest Norris
John KE. Sawyer
County Board of Education
Jim Collier
U. S
Urschel
Charles Urschel
Bates, Bailey, Et
R. R
Marcon
Wizard of Wireless
U. S. Radio
Bank Examiners Probe Insurance
Georgia
J. N. Bell
Griffin
Angus Edwards
Cairo
Samuel B. Groover
Stateboro
Wm. L. Paullin
Fort Gaines
John G. Pullen
McDonough
J.£. Rabbitt
G. C. Hunter
Kinston
H. W. Turnage
Albemarle
Wiliam M. Wiggins
C. B. Carter
P. C. Evans
Marion
J. A. Price
Newberry
ABOR
Martin
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