CIO Contends 986 Employes Joined Union at Borden Mill
John A. Peel, TWOC regional director, testified at a labor hearing that 986 Borden Mill employees signed membership cards from April to September this year. He claimed TWOC has 90 percent membership, and described organizing actions, resignations, and conference efforts with plant officials to recognize TWOC as the bargaining agent. A June 20, 1937 Kingsport Times editorial and related notices were questioned, with some evidence ruled inadmissible.
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John A. Peel
Rnanoke
TWOC
National Labor Relations Board
Borden Mill, Inc
Peel
Kingsport
George H Hughes
W. L. Holyoke
C. Cross
Hughes
WLRB
James G. Ewell
NLRE
Atlanta
W. J. McAuliffe
Kingsport Times
Borden Mill
C. P. Edwards, Jr
McAufffe
John T. Mahoney
Faber Board
Bee
Examiner
Harvey Dietrich
Weather Outlook With Cloud Cover and Rain Areas
Tennessee shows mostly cloudy skies tonight with periods of rain in the north and very wet areas. little temperature change. Occasional rain in the south and sleet in the north tonight, with a slightly warmer north on Wednesday. Virginia predicts mostly cloudy nights and Wednesday, with probable sleet in the west and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Kienlocky
North
Virginia
West
Labor Board Hearing Against Borden Mills Underway
The National Labor Relations Board hearing against Borden Mills Inc. continues into a second day with numerous witnesses scheduled to testify. In the photo, E G Hunter for Borden Mills, John T Mahoney for the board, and Winfield Hale for the employees association flank attorneys while William Heath testifies about being discharged for his TWOC membership. Examiner James G Bveel presides.
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Borden Mills, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
G. Hunter
John T. Mahoney
Labor Board
Winfield Hale
William Heath
TWOC
James G. Bveel
Buchepround
Colonel Watkins testifies for TVA before three-judge court
Chattanooga December testimony covered dam choices for flood control navigation and regional impact. Watkins asserted high dam system offers reliable protection for Tennessee lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers, while low dam plans lack flood control. TVA officials argued the unified plan would make the Tennessee River a top national waterway with needed reservoirs and surcharge storage.
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Chatpanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gol
Lewis’ H. Watkins
US 5
TVA
Watkins
Raymond Jackson
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Chattanooga
James Lawrence Fry
TVA United Plan
United
Great Lakes
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Public Works Administration
PWA
TWA
Ask Steel Workers To Give Contract Powers To Heads
Dev PMSBURGH reports the first Steel Workers Organization convention asks delegates to grant full negotiating powers to officials to set wage agreements replacing expiring terms. Philip Murray says the CIO steel unit will lead talks, with SWOS claiming over 500,000 members and CIO as the bargaining agency for 2,106,000 workers.
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Pmsburgh
Dev. W.P
Steel Workers Organization
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel
Murray
John L
Lewis
Maaner
SWOS
Friends of Richer Days Come to Aid of Fortune Liser
In San Francisco on December 14 Gus Oliva once a potato peddler who saw his 1932 fortune of 4.6 million plunge to 1.50 faced grand theft charges in Los Angeles. Five thousand supporters attended a testimonial benefit to raise funds for his upcoming trial as Tigiels sold for 60 cents. Oliva, once wealthy, was celebrated for his earlier success and for being a “good guy” despite his later downfall after police arrested him for allegedly placing a bad mexer in a pay phone.
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San Francisco
Gus Oliva
Los Angeles
Tigiels
Gus
Oliva
Ship Nearing Coal Bearing Refugees Manila
The liner President Dollar with 444 passengers sailed toward Manila Bay as salvage plans for the Hoover drew doubt. Quarantine may delay docking before noon and experts doubted the luxury liner could be re floated after grounding off Formosa. Local aid networks prepared to assist refugees from earlier crises as authorities weighed salvage prospects and Christmas mail hopes.
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Manila
Dee
Stermey
D Meltinteyoenreed Mawihi
Weaver
China
Hoover
McSkinley
Manila Bay
Capris
Hong Kong
Formosa
Tomorrosy
Divorcee killed by calm slayer in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police described a youth as a calm killer after he killed divorcee Mrs. Wilma N. Carpenter, 38, at her Camp Hill home. Miss Mary Griffin, 22, a beauty shop operator, said the intruder tied her to a bed, forced Carpenter to bind her, and then shot the pair after attempting to assault Griffin. The assailant fled with about $2 after the bedroom violence.
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Philadelphia
Wilman
Carpenter
Camp Hill
Mary Griffin
Miss Griffin
Elm
Flexible wage for South hits snag in House
Washington December 14 A small group of Northern Democrats blocked Southern colleagues as they pushed for flexible wage hour rules. Four Northerners offered substitutes to impose uniform standards on interstate firms, while administration backers sought a plan with regional differentials. The House planned a late vote, weighing board governance versus a single labor official, amid broader farm bill and Senate timing pressures.
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Washington
Meson-Dixon Line
House
Labor Department
Labor Committee
Senate
Barkley
Rep
Dackwelle
D.-Calif
American Federation of Lenox
Dockweiler
Griswold
Rutes Committee
Body of Woman Found Near Railroad in Nashville
Unidentified young woman’s badly mutilated body was found early today near a railroad in Nashville. A wedding band was noted on one finger as investigators search for clues into the death.
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Wnasiiville
Sitanghal
U. S
Japan to meet demands of U S in averting crisis
Survivors of the Panay bomb attack return inland toward the Yangtze with two dead and eight seriously wounded. From Hanshün they planned to reach Hanlin as ships and aircraft linger offshore to aid the injured. The dead include Charles L. Ensminger and Sandro Daniel, Italian journalist aboard the Panay.
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Japan
U.S
Charles.l. Ensminger
Ocean Beach
Cali
Panezy
Sandro Daniiel
Kingsport Freed From Frigid Grip
Kingsport and nearby areas thawed from a crippling ice cover that shut highways and paused activity. Schools reopened in limited capacity as buses avoided treacherous roads and attendance suffered with many students staying home. Weather forecasters noted little change with lingering clouds and cold temps. In Virginia, ice and snow closures persisted with two fatalities and significant work stoppages as roads remained hazardous.
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Kingsport
Sinc
Sullivan High
Dows
GOP Selects Part of Policy Makers St. Logue
The publican executive committee, after midnight, sorted 3000 nominees for a 100 member policy committee in a nine hour closed session. National chairman John D. M. Hamilton attacked critics while observers named possible future chair candidates including E. M. Hopking, Frederick Dartmouth, James Truslow Adams, John H. Wigmore. The meeting, seen as potentially shaping the party's future, had not yet chosen committee members or a chair. Hamilton also rebutted calls for his retirement directed at Robert S. Johnson and others.
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Sterling Group
E. M. Hopking
Frederick Dartmouth
James Truslow Adams
Stealer
Oregon
John H. Wigmore
Chicago
Legal Authority
Hamilles
Tubure of Nation
Hamilton
Robert $8
Johnson
New Jersey
Japanese Forces Move By Capital In China Battle
Dec 11 dispatch reports fires in Nanking as Japanese forces push beyond the fallen capital while communication lines fail. Unverified claims say Chinese troops were slaughtered around Nanking, with Americans missing and refugees at risk near Hoihien as gunboats try to aid their evacuation. another item notes Matt J. McLaughlin, 76, dies after being struck by a car, the last of five brothers to die in recent years.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Jack
Yangtze
Hoehsien
Hohsien
Panay
Hoohsien
Patiay
Lexington
Dee
Matt J. McLaughlin
Matt
Formal note filed over ship's bombing prompt dispatch
President Roosevelt demanded full satisfaction for the Panay sinking and Japan delivered the memorandum to Emperor Hirohito. A Japanese note expressed apologies and promised indemnification with preventive measures, while U S officials awaited a Washington statement aligned with Roosevelt’s memorandum.
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TGKYO
Roosevelt
U.S
Hirhito
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Koki Hirota
U. S
Joseph Co
Washington
Foreign Office
Nanking
Berry Leases Valued At Two Million By Expert
Knoxville December 14. A marble operator estimated leases in the Norris Dam reservoir area are worth about 2 million dollars. The TVA seeks to have the leases declared worthless. The expert testified that a 2 million investment could yield long term quarry operations, with market development needed for marble.
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Knoxville
Bai Jones
Inoxville
George L. Bersani
TVA
Norris Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Commission
Berry
Jones
Frank Montgomery
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