Frey urges probe of federal departments for un American activity
Washington Aug 15 AFL leader Joan P Frey tells a House committee that federal departments should be investigated for un American activity. Frey cites officials allegedly linked to the league for peace and democracy and notes past CIO and UMW ties.
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Washington
Joan P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
House
Frey
Rep
Mason
R-Ill
League For Peace and Democracy
Spain
Tlinois Rmember
League
Harry F. Ward
The
Civil Liberties Union
United Mine Workers
CIO
John Brophy
Ivery
Lewis
Wren
Communist Party
Newton
Iowa
CIG
Nelton G. Kraschel
House Committee
Wiliam Sencener
Comist Party of
New Britain
Acerella
Weather outlook for several states
A fragmented weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions with local showers in Kentucky and Tennessee tonight and Tuesday. Virginia is fair with cooler tonight. North Carolina expects generally fair conditions tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and scattered showers.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Health Insurance Eyed As Roosevelt Seeks Social Security Expansion
Washington Aug 15 The president may include health protection in Social Security expansion plans. A statement by Social Security Board chairman Altme yer hints at a health safeguard system to parallel unemployment and old age protections. The White House speech at 9 39 p m EST is expected to be general with few political references.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Altmeyer
Social Security Board
White House
Page
Movie Stars May Face Solon Query
Washington reports that a House committee may question Hollywood stars over charges they financed communists. Chairman Dies said hearings could occur on the west coast before January. Sullivan has submitted a report on conditions. Frey charges implicate CIO. Lewis and Kuhn are named for replies.
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Washington
Congressional
Dies
D.-Tex
House Committee
West
Edward Sullivan
Frey
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
CIO
John L. Lewis
Fritz Kuhn
River
Germany
Sullivan
Madman’s Hatred of Cops Triggers Deadly Memorial
Police probe motive after a gunman opened fire at a police memorial in Central Park, wounding five people, including two officers, during a service. The assailant, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle and shotgun, fired as names were read, prompting mass gunfire from officers in attendance.
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Charles Sen Filippo
Cenini Park
Laose
Sring
Puge
Stokowski Silent On Talk Romance With Greta Garbo
Gersald Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, returns from a European trip aboard the Normandie. He avoids discussion of Greta Garbo or romance rumors, replying only about music as a lawyer and friends accompany him aboard.
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Stokowski
Greta Garbo
Gersald Stokowski
Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra
Tofay
Eempe
CIO Rallies Against Wage Cut By Telegraph Firms
The Committee for Industrial Organization mobilized to oppose what it calls a planned 8-12 percent wage cut by two major telegraph companies. John Brophy warned in a circular that firms would use a loophole in the wage and hour law to reduce pay while shortening the work week to 44 hours, urging full CIO support to resist the move.
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Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
Cirewar
CIO
John Brophy
Brophy
George compares for and Sherman George
Senator Walter F. George told a Waycross audience that President Roosevelt’s bid to unseat him raises whether people can choose their own servants. He likened Roosevelt’s campaign to Civil War echoes, calling Roosevelt’s Georgia appearance “the second march through Georgia” and noting the president’s expansive powers amid an uneasy intra party clash.
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E. L. Bridges
Waycross
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
Georgia
Tobacco Belt
Mr. Roosevelt
Barnesville
Shermen
George
Lawrence
Hitler Witnesses German Reserve War Maneuvers Near Berlin
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler observed today as large scale German reserve forces began two weeks of springlike autumn maneuvers across the nation. Officials noted training at Jueterbog south of Berlin with up to a million mobilized troops cited by observers.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reichsfuehrer
Jueterbog
Czechoslovakia
France
Munich
Europe
Soviets and Japs Deflect Blame Over Border Rift
Soviet Russia and Japan accused each other of violating the Changkufeng truce on the Siberian Manchoukuoan frontier. Japan charged dugouts in the neutral zone, while Russia said Japanese troops advanced after the armistice. Europe watched Germany's large motorized maneuvers near Czechoslovakia as Britain and France worried over potential flare ups.
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Uly
Jena
Russia
Japan
Europe
Germany
Tokyo
Domei
No-Man’s-Land
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Tax exemptions may be lowered if business stalls
Senator Harrison of Mississippi warned that unless business improves before Congress convenes income tax exemptions might be cut and middle bracket rates raised. He, as Finance Committee chair, favored avoiding a return to the 1936 undistributed profits tax and noted constitutional questions about taxing federal and state securities.
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Washington
Santor Harrison
D.-Miss
Congress
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Druggist Dies in Tennessee Visit
Maryville Tenn Aug 15 38 year old druggist W H Byrne died today of a heart ailment while visiting his parents in Cookeville Tenn He is survived by his widow and two sons The article notes Texas manufactured products now exceed farm goods in value.
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Maryville, Tenn
W. H. Byrne
Cookeville, Tenn
Eva
Last Minute News Flashes From Aug 15
Reports from Washington New Orleans and Shanghai outline protests over reciprocity talks a hurricane gale affects Cameron Louisiana and British Japanese tensions rise as a tugboat incident is cited Ford resumes output with about 25000 workers recalled to build 1939 models
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New Orleans
Cameron
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Shanghai
FORD
Detroit
Ford Metal Car Company
Hines Faces Conspiracy Trial In Policy Racket Case
James J Hines Tammany district leader goes on trial in New York on conspiracy charges linked to a policy racket. Judge Ferdinand Pecora oversees jury selection as 300 veniremen are screened. Dewey, the district attorney, seeks severance for co defendant Martin Weintraub to speed the proceedings.
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New York
James J Hines
Tammany
Thomas E. Dewey
Yor
Hines
Ferdinand Pecora
State Supreme Court
Veniremen
Pecora
Tatesman
Dewey
Werther
Nine Die As Airliner Falls Into Rio Harbor
A Condor flying boat named Anhangah sank in Rio de Janeiro bay after taking off in heavy fog. All nine aboard died, including four crew. Bodies were recovered by fishermen. pilot Jong Urubupina was Brazilian. Investigators led by Trajano Reis began inquiries into the crash.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Condor
Rio de Janeiro Bay
Condor Syndic
Ilha Do Governador
North American
Jong Urubupina
Germany
Syndicator
Lufthansa
Syndicator Condor
Panair Do Brasil
Pan-American Airways
United States
Urubupina
Trajano Reis
Civil Aviation
Largest opium shipment seized off Brooklyn pier
New York reports the largest illicit opium haul in over a decade found suspended in 40 feet of water at a Brooklyn pier. About 1 380 taels valued at $660,000 were seized as 24 crewmen jumped overboard during the capture. Officials note careful packaging in oil soaked burlap and waterproof cans.
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New York
Brooklyn
Elmer L. Iraq
Treasury Department
Washngton
Treasury
Will R. Walker
Jine
Irey
Washington
Oplum
PWA to Equalize Plan Aims for State Quotas
Washington officials announce that the Public Works Administration will set state quotas on loans and grants to balance participation in the 1928 construction program. Acting administrator Howard A. Gray disclosed the plan after a Friday recap showing the program ahead of schedule and funds largely allocated, with many states not yet qualified.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
PWA
Serbian Croat opposition calls for end to despotic Yugoslav regime
Belgrade August 15 leaders Vladko Machek and Croatian chiefs urge followers to free themselves from the unpatriotic dictatorship established in 1929. They claim Premier Milan Stojadinovic's government denies liberty and justice and cites parallels with Slovakia's bid for concessions from Czechoslovakia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladko Machek
Milan Stojadinovich
Slovacks
Machek
Czechoslovakia
British Mediation Commission to Oversee Prisoner Exchange
London August 15 the opposing sides in Spain accepted a three man British commission to mediate a prisoner exchange. The commission will travel to Toulouse France and begin work likely by month end.
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London
Spain
Toulouse
France
Skim milk suits predicted as fashion's future cloth
Washington reports fashion experts may adopt skim milk fiber as a fabric announced by the agriculture department. Scientists Stephen P Gould and Hart Whittier described a process to create synthetic wool from casein a skim milk by product. They compare its composition to wool and estimate pricing near rayon.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Stephen P. Gould
Hart
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