Borden Mills workers win major demands in new contract
About 1490 Borden Mills employees started under a new contract granting four key demands and three others to be considered. TWOC aims for immediate Wagner Act action at the Labor Board over charges that mill executives intimidated and coerced a company union. Officials report 90 to 95 percent support for TWOC and say supervisors warned workers they could lose their jobs if they did not sign. A wage increase and time and a quarter over 40 hours are among top gains. a one week vacation after one year is also included. A meeting at city hall is set to discuss ongoing organization and possible clubhouse construction.
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Borden Mills, Inc
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Barden Mills
Labor Board
Cisim
TWOC
Bordeng Mills
Atlanta
Borden Mills Employes Association
Ity Hall
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Partly cloudy conditions with locally scattered showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Thursday. Temperatures remain steady across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia with minimal changes.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
West Portion
Virginia
Mother Follows Children in Death Without Talking
Isabella Diblas a 32 year old divorcee died an hour before her three children's funeral after being found unconscious with gas leaks at their Lawrence Massachusetts home. Firemen found gas jets open as police investigated. She had reportedly been upset over a divorce dispute involving Sindis Diblas and a truck driver who refused her plea.
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Lawrence
Mass
Ifrs
Isabella Diblas
Diblas
Genevieve
Mary
Raymond
John J. Kelleher
Salem, N. H
House Act Delays Wage Bill Debates
Washington August 11 Stubborn opposition in the House rules committee temporarily blocked the Administration wage hour bill. A meeting was called off unexpectedly as farm loan crop legislation negotiations influenced the delay. Proponents lacked sufficient committee votes to move the measure to the House floor, with a possible continuation on tomorrow’s agenda.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Mans
O'Connor
House
Administration
Roosevelt
Memphis Eligible for New Per Capita School Fund
Nashville announced a new per capita education fund where approved cities may receive state aid for operating schools. Memphis is eligible among Tennessee’s four largest cities, with Kingsport also determined eligible. If Kingsport joins, it could receive about 3420 per year per high school, based on past enrollment levels.
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Hingsagrt
Bristol
Nashville
W. A. Bass
Memphis
Port
Springfield
E Ach
Dokyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport
Ross N. Robinson
Lodey
Perseid Meteor Shower Captures Night Sky Tonight
Philadelphia August 11 The Perseid meteors, called tears of St Lawrence by Irish peasants, will be visible hundreds tonight away from city lights. Meteor counts may reach 50 per hour after 10 p m with meteors traveling at about 40 miles a second. Astronomers seek a million counts to help test whether the universe is youthful or ancient follow up on Page Seven.
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Homer W. Blakeslers
Awsocated Press
Science Maitor
Philadelphia
St. Lawrence
Charles FP. Olivier
Flower Onservatory
Upper Darby
Newton
Tokyo
i—Domei
Nankow Pass
Peip- Ing
Nankow
Great Well
China
North China
Hopeh
Chahar
Peiping
Russian purge reports 72 more executions in Siberia
Moscow dispatch says 72 alleged far eastern railroad workers were executed for conspiring with Japanese secret service. Total known executions in the Siberian purge reach 320. Victims included workers en route to Khrasomel. one wreck killed 34 people. Also noted is poet Alexander Bezimensky’s expulsion from the Communist Party for Trotskyist ties and anti party activity.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
Leon Trotsky
Bezimensiy
Trotsky
Dem Ranks Sound Harmony Pledges
Washington Aug 11 Pledges of party harmony echoed among senate Democrats today but the voice of President Roosevelt was missing from the harmony dinner held last night by Democratic senators recently split over issues. Barkley of Kentucky was honored. Copeland of New York and Lewis of Illinois spoke on unity and loyalty. Vice President Garner presided as speeches by Glass Smith and Wheeler highlighted ongoing opposition to some administration measures.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Senator Copeland
New York
Senate
Lewis
Sinois
Garner
Glass
Virginia
Smith
South Carolina
Wheeler
Montana
Angel Falls From Stage In Atlanta Play
Louise Taylor, performing in Heaven Bound, fell 20 feet from a cloud during the musical drama. She suffered facial bruises, a dented harp, and a crumpled wing but received hospital treatment and planned to return for tonight’s performance.
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Atlanta
Louise Taylor
Taylor
Japan chokes Chinese river with warships crisis widens
Washington Aug 11 Tax Commissioner Walter Stokes insists he cannot compromise in a dispute over who leads Hamilton county gasoline tax audits. Governor Browning's investigator Lewis Pope offered to settle, but Stokes refuses, saying compromise would harm the public interest. The audit will proceed, with or without a resolution in the near term.
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Washington
Walter Stokes
Lewis
Browning
Minnesota
Stokes
Pope
Department of Finance and Taxation
Hamilton County
UAWA Heads Will Visit Ford Plant
About 800 to 1,000 United Auto Workers volunteers gather at noon for a second literature distribution attempt at Ford Motor Co Rouge plant gates. May 26 raid beatings injured several union officials and workers, including Richard Frankensteen and Walter Reuther, who now directs 500 labor volunteers at gate 4.
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United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Co
Walter Reuther
West Side
Incal
Miller Highway
Reuther
Nordmeer Seaplane Begins Transatlantic Survey Flight
Seaplane Nordmeer, a six ton flying boat, starts maiden survey for a German US transatlantic service. Captain Blankenburg reports passage over Bay of Biscay toward Lisbon and plans 2300 mile final hop to New York after refueling at the Azores. Continued on Page Seven.
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Luebeck
Germany
Nordmeer
United States
Travemuende
Bay of Biscay
Lisbon
Loire
Portugal
France
Switzerland
Spain
Joachim Blankenburg
Azores
Schwabenland
New York
Lubeck
Blankenburg
Syria Rebels Battle French Forces In Eastern Syria
In Deir el Zor Syria on August 11 AP reports French army air bombers and troops engaging open rebellion. Airplanes bomb three villages serving as rebel HQs while Beirut general staff sends motorized infantry to restore order in the region.
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Syria
France
Deir-Elzor
Beirut
Belzoni
Miss
J. E.barnett
Jordon Barnett
Barnett
Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Court bill wrangle ends in House action
Washington August 11 The House approved the lower court procedure bill and sent it to the White House ending this session’s bitter court controversy. The conference report, accepted by the Senate, removes Roosevelt’s proposed Supreme Court recommendations. Chairman Sumners presented the report and noted a quorum of 387 of 432 members. Speaker Bankhead twice cleared the floor for order amid confusion. The bill provides direct Supreme Court appeal from lower courts in constitutional acts of Congress, attorney general intervention in certain cases, three judge lower courts for injunctions, and transfer of judges to ease congestion. Justice Department officials said Attorney General Cummings is reviewing candidates for the Supreme Court.
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House
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sumners
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Fish
R-Ny
Bankhead
Roosevelt High Court
Attorney General
Justice Department
Cummings
Department
Plane Wreckage Guarded After Fatal Daytona Crash
Police guarded a wrecked Eastern Airlines plane and a toppled power pole as federal and state investigators opened a probe into a crash that killed four and injured five. Pilot Dietz died, co-pilot Reed and two passengers were fatally injured. A public hearing was planned as inquiry teams examined wreckage and questioned Airport Manager Dygert about the pole’s placement.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Peter Dygert
Dygert
Stuart G. Dietz
Hastern Air
Dietz
Fier
Robert R. Reed
J. Triana
Mexico City
J. F., Phillpotts
Kingston
Jamaica
Pisa
Federal Department of Commerce
Florida
Florida Power and Light Company
Zionists vote on Palestine partition plan at Zurich vote
In Zurich on August 11 the world Zionist Congress voted 304 to 458 to study British royal commission recommendations for partitioning Palestine into Jewish Arab and British zones. Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York opposed the division, while many delegates wept as a speaker from Palestine urged duty. The vote authorizes no final yes or no, only exploration of terms.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Great Britain
Palestine
Stéphen Wise
New York
Holy Land
World Zionists
Royal Commission
Youthful Hitch-Hiker Bitten by Spider in Subway
A 22 year old Memphis man Harry Shumaker collapsed at a New York subway station after saying he was bitten by a black widow spider on Saturday while hitch-hiking to find work in New Jersey. Bellevue Hospital doctors assessed his condition as not serious.
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New York
Harry Shumaker
Memphis
New Jersey
Bellevue Hospital
Air War Escalates As Ships Mass Near Shanghai
Shanghai reports a Sino-Japanese clash as 20 Japanese warships crowded the Yangtze waterfront while 500 to 1,000 bluejackets landed near the Woosung forts. Japanese carriers and aircraft feared off Wonsung amid tense airport standoff and Chinese guard firings. Tokyo also cites fighting near Nankow pass northwest of Peiping as Beijing and Tokyo push toward broader conflict.
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Shanghai
Japan
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Woosung
Whangpoo
Hungjao
China
Sharghai
Nippon
Chinaea
Chine See
Yangtze River
Woosung Forts
Whangwoo
Gain
Evolution teaching charges vehemently denied at trial
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a crowded country school heard teacher Laura Elms Morris deny teaching Darwin’s theory while admitting she struck a 14 year old pupil with a three foot board. The hearing sought whether to re employ her as the school board weighs the monkey business claim.
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Waynesburg
Laura Elms Morris
Ley Township
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