Tennessee Officials Hear Plan to Ease Unemployment
Nashville August 26 Tennessee unemployment is not hopeless says John E Edgerton Lebanon president of the National Association of Manufacturers He cites census figures showing about 21000 idle workers and argues distributing them among about 5000 plants could add four men per plant He urges manufacturers to hire more people by trimming work time rather than cutting jobs and notes plans for plant repairs and extensions discussed at Governor Hortons conference with mayors and industrial leaders.
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Nashville
Tennessee
John E. Edgerton
Lebanon
National Association of Manufacturers
Horton
Edgerton
Mr. Edgerton
Watkins Overton
Memphis
James A. Trent
Knoxville
Bankers Meet Hoover On Drought Relief Plans
Bankers from the drought hard-hit states gathered at the White House to discuss funding and credit for farmers. The National Drought Relief Committee outlined a plan to create state or local credit corporations to loan via intermediate credit banks, with Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles leading coordination.
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Washington
Hoover
State Relief Committee
White House
National Drought Relief Committee
Mr. Hoover
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Girl Kidnapped in Wisconsin Case Ends With Suspect Jailed
Ten-year-old Betty Jane Foster was found unharmed near Elk Horn Wisconsin and returned to her farm home. Claude Dillner a 27-year-old farm hand captured after a car chase and jailed on kidnapping charges admitted taking the girl saying he fell in love and planned to raise her as his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Betty Jane Foster
Elkhorn
Wis
Claude Dillner
Betty Jane
Dillmer
Dillner
Ernest Foster
Tennessee
Indiana
Foster
Betty Jane West
Landis at Tennessee Legion Meet in Chattanooga
Landis urges veterans survey to map World War II needs, calling for quick hospital building and appropriations. James F. Barton says the Legion is past its formative stage as officers election looms. Landis will attend the junior league world series in Memphis after the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
State Department
American Legion
James F. Barton
Indianapolis
National Adjutant
Legionnaires
Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
John E. McCall
Memphis
Nashville
Landis
No Pictures of Suffrage Event
Washington marking ten years since the nineteenth amendment took effect the quiet signing by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. Leaders recall years of struggle facing another push for constitutional equal rights with the National Woman's Party pursuing an amendment.
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Washington
United States
Bainbridge Colby
Alice Paul
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Shaw
Mary Garrett Hay
Inez Milholland
Maud Younger
South Carolina Democrats vote in multi race primary
South Carolina Democrats went to the polls to nominate township officials and the U S senator in a pivotal primary. The race centers on Cole L Blease Leon W Harris and James F Byrnes with a runoff two weeks away. Prohibition highway bonds and other issues frame the contest.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
United States
Cole L. Blease
Blease
Leon W. Harris
Anderson
James F. Byrnes
Spartanburg
Congress
Winter coat fashions draw New York notice this year
New York fashion dictates serious attention to winter coats for women as sober colors and refined lines replace boxy shapes. Black furred coats top the palette with beaver trims, madame's waistlines nip in, and long and short fur styles promise elegant drape, with Russian influence visible in waist emphasis and cuffs.
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New York
Madame
Paris
Frances Clyne
Couturieres
Breitschwanz
Tariff Experts Order Inquiry on 35 Articles
The Tariff Commission, awaiting Henry P. Fletcher’s confirmation as chairman, issued orders for investigations of duties on 35 articles. Proceedings cover boots and shoes, woven wire fencing, cement products, tools, umbrellas, iron goods, wood products, pipe organs, cigars, hides, leather, wool felt hats, lumber, glass, straw hats, bonnets, and related items.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Tariff Commission
Senate
Congress
Legge Sees Strong 1930 Crop Prospects in Upper Valleys
Alexander Legge chairman of the Federal Farm Board says drought damage has been overstated and 1930 yields in the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys may match or exceed 1929. He notes serious damage mainly near the Rocky Mountain region and in several southern states.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Legge
Rocky Mountain
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Texas
Stockwell Elected General Grand Master of Masonic Council
Walter L. Stockwell of Fargo North Dakota was chosen general grand master at the seventeenth triennial assembly in Tacoma Washington He succeeds O Frank Hart of Columbia South Carolina Stockwell previously served as general grand conductor of work for the Masonic General Grand Council
Democrats Pick Opponent For Heflin In Alabama
Democratic leaders from across Alabama gathered as the state party prepared a campaign plan to oppose the independent ticket led by Senator J Thomas Heflin in November. A campaign manager was to be named at the caucus with headquarters to be set in Birmingham and Montgomery.
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Senator Heflin
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Thomas Heflin
Birmingham
Bankhead
Miller
Merrill
Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Dempsey Powell
Ward Politician Wedberg Shot After Raid in Chicago
Three hours after a raid on a disorderly house police officer Alvis Meyers shot ward politician Nels M. Wedberg outside the east side police station. Wedberg, seriously wounded, claimed Meyers followed and beat him with a gun. Meyers said he fired in self defense.
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Chicago
Nels M. Wedberg
Alvis Meyers
Meyers
Wedberg
East Side
John R. Gordon Dies After Illness
John R. Gordon president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation died at Garfield hospital after an appendicitis operation. He passed away late last night with his death reported from Washington on August twenty six.
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John R. Gordon
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Garfield Hospital
Uncrowned King Again Rules Poles
Warsaw reports Marshal Joseph Pilsudski has tightened control of Poland’s government and will fight parliament to finish, retaining his colonel group and adding Joseph Beck as ally. Former Premier Slawek is expected to back Pilsudski in sejm maneuvers as Poland seeks six months to recover from sejm discord.
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Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Lima
Warsaw
Poland
Joseph Pilsudski
Marshal Pilsudski
Joseph Beck
Slawek
Sejm
Pilsudski
Veteran J J Lawson Dies at Lookout Mountain Event
J J Lawson a 38 year old World War II veteran from Cookeville Tennessee collapsed and died of a heart attack at the Fairyland Club Lookout Mountain during a dinner and dance honoring attendees of the state American Legion convention He was 38.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. J. Lawson
Cookeville
Fairyland Club
Lookout Mountain
American Legion
Chief Freeman Cleared in Zuta Loan Case in Evanston
Evanston Illinois August 26 194? Chief of Police William C Freeman was exonerated by Mayor Charles H Barrett after a loan of 300 dollars from slain Chicago underworld figure Jack Zuta was found in Zuta’s deposit box. Freeman said the loan funded paying a house judgment.
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Evanston
Ill
William C. Freeman
Charles H. Barrett
Jack Zuta
Chicago
Buta
Freeman
Barrett
Zuta
Valiant Actor Lon Chaney Dies After Sudden Hemorrhage
Lon Chaney known as the man of a thousand faces died in Los Angeles at 47 after a valiant fight against anaemia and bronchial congestion. He entered hospital Aug 15 for pneumonia and underwent multiple transfusions before a sudden lung hemorrhage ended his life. He leaves wife Mrs Chaney and son Creighton. Chaney rose from stagehand to silent film icon famed for grotesque characterizations.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Chaney
New York
Cnaney
Cheney
Creighton Chaney
Hollywood
Colorado Springs
Col
Pike’s Peak
George
Oakland
Cal
Old Martmann Opera Company
San Francisco
Hazel Hastings
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Elease
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponce
Leguia
Almirante Grau
Callao
Panama
San Lorenzo Isle
Callao Harbor
Legai
Adelaide
Kerry
Marguerite Angermeier
New Tariff Commission
T. J. Heflin
Ed. Pettis
Selma
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
B. M. Miller
Camden
Aimee
Mae Waldron
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
Warren Kerrigan
Universal
the Frog
Speakies
Grote
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