Labor chiefs study plan to remove Lewis in AFL split vote
Washington July 13 Organized labor leaders met on the eve of a crucial AFL ballot to decide whether to oust John L. Lewis and the CIO from the federation The executive committee faced a sharp clash over disciplinary action and the threat to lose 1 250 000 member unions while Lewis pushed to unionize 500 000 steel workers The scene reflected a high tension struggle within labor leadership ahead of a pivotal vote
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Washington
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Rohorta
American Federation of Labor
Lewis Plan
Industrial Organization of Workers
Lewis Committee For
Industrial Organization
Lewis
A. F. of L
Executive Committee
George M. Harrison
William Hutcheson
Carpenter’s Union
Atlantic City
C. I. O. uniJons
Wolfpack mascots die in heat at N C State College
Two timber wolves serving as the Wolfpack mascots at North Carolina State College died from heat during a heat wave. The college has been offered two additional wolves by Minnesota and will keep them in Minnesota until the heat subsides.
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Raleigh
WN. C
N. C. State College
Wolfpack
Minnesota
Gay gentleman confides to police about possibly sighting a turkey
In Chicago on July 13 a man on the north side told officers he might be drunk or saw a turkey, or both. Police, doubtful of the claim, found a turkey and detained it at the station for the owner.
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Chicago
Diagram This
West Palm Beach reports a tangled family situation as Paul Brown Sr remarries a younger sister of his second wife, creating a web where Mrs Brown Sr is both sister in law and grandmother to her nephew Paul Brown Jr. The note hints at further scrambled relations within the family.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Paul Brown
Paul Browns
Brown
Weather outlook across Tennessee to Virginia and the Carolinas
Weather forecasts indicate fair and warmer conditions for Tennessee and Kentucky with rain and storms arriving tonight into Tuesday. Virginia expects fair weather then evening thundershowers in the far northeast late Tuesday, while North Carolina shows partly cloudy skies with coastal thundershowers this afternoon and into tonight. Readings show temperatures around 58 to 69 at 7 am.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Corpse Gets Up Not Hurt At Railroad Crossing
In Winona Mississippi a man slept on the railroad tracks as a train passed over him. He woke unharmed and complained a soap bar in his hip pocket was smashed and his overalls torn. The 25 year old rolled between the rails to avoid injury.
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Winona
Miss
uPi
Apache Hanged After 33 Minutes On Gallows
Apache Indian Earl Gardner, 31, convicted of killing his wife and infant son, was hanged from a government crossbeam gallows at Coolidge dam. The improvised device used a rock crusher frame. guards patrolled the scene as the trap released after 33 minutes. Gardner reportedly faced execution calmly and died at 5:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.
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San Carlos
Ariz
Apgi
Earl Gardner
Gardner
Tan
Coolidge Dam
Ben J. McKinney
U. S
Glode
McKinney
Works Both Ways in Bloomington Cooling Idea
In Bloomington on July 13, hot air is treated by cooling air through a church heating system. The Park Methodist Episcopal Church placed 100 pounds of ice in the cold air duct, ran a fan, and circulated cooled air through the unit and into the registers.
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Bloomington
Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Silver Tongued Suspect In Oregon Store Theft
In Alamath Falls Oregon a desk sergeant fails to show mercy as James Jefferson a Black man being questioned about missing store items produces six silver dollars from his mouth restoring speech. In Beirut Syria nine nationalist demonstrators are seriously wounded in a police gun battle.
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Alamath Falls
Ore
James Jefferson
Jefferson
Beirut
Syria
Girl Tortured by Mobster Marked with Initials on Body
Washington dispatch reports a 23 year old woman rescued from a gas filled DC apartment describes a brutal attack by a man who carved numerals 3 12 and the initials CL on her right thigh. She named Charles Lucky Luciano as linked to the case as authorities search New York for the suspect.
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Washington
Henna
Jean Bell
Charles Lucky
Luciano
New York
Sing Sing
New York City
District of Columbia Women's Bureau
Organized Vice
Parkes Cadman Services Planned
Dr S Parkes Cadman 71 died of peritonitis at Champlain Valley hospital Plattsburg N Y a week after entering with ruptured appendix Funeral by Bishop Francis J McConnell at Brooklyn Central Congregational church burial in Kensico cemetery Westchester county N Y Cadman stricken during a peace lecture finished the talk then went to hospital Born Wellington England Dec 18 1864 he studied for ministry came to America in 1890 later served at Central Methodist Yonkers Metropolitan Temple New York and Central Congregational He was a pioneer radio preacher and led the 1924 Federation Council of Churches of Christ in America presidency and world peace efforts including Lausanne Switzerland conference in 1927.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
S. Parkes Cadman
Champlain Valley Hospital
Plattsburg
N. W
Francis J.mcconnell
Methodist Church
Brooklyn Central Congregational Church
Cadman
Kensico
Westchester County
Wellington
Shropshire
England
America
Central Methodist Church
Yonkers
Metropolitan Temple
New York
Central Congregational Church
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Lausanne
Switzerland
Nurse and taxi driver found guilty in trap gun slaying
In Kingston Tennessee a Rockwood nurse Edith Nance and taxi driver Floyd Doughty were convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 16 year old Charles Clark death from a shotgun trap at a mountain cabin near Rockwood. They were sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in the county workhouse.
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Kingston
Tenn
Edith Nance
Rockwood
Floyd Doughty
Charles Clark
J. Ralph Tedder
John Blair
Blair
Young Clark
Bobby
Harold Humphreys
Bobby Humphreys
Clark
Nance
Doughty
Move to Abandon Railroad Opposed
Washington July 1 A protest filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission challenges a move by the Tennessee Valley Authority to compel the Southern to abandon an 11 mile branch between Jasper and La Follette Tennessee. Campbell County and the city of La Follette say flooding behind Norris Dam would affect the line and object to loss of competition and shipper inconvenience. The TVA has acquired 1 200 pieces of real estate and the notice continues on page eight.
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Washington
Fern
Jasper
TaFoiletto
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Campbell County
la Follette
Norris Dam
TVA
ICC
Southern
Campbell and la Follette
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Campaign News Urged By Barnum
Jerome D. Barnum urged the American press to inform the public on the national election, stressing the duty to reform the public on campaign issues and the evolving media landscape. He spoke at the Institute of Public Affairs as president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and Syracuse Post-Standard publisher.
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Charlottesville
Jerome D. Barnum
Institute of Public Affairs
Barnum
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Syracuse
Post-Standard
Republic
Tin Trust
Drought and Locarno Alliances Shape Europe News
A sharp split across Austria Germany and Italy over the Austro German pact fuels debate on Locarno security. Hitler supports the understanding while Austria restors, Heimwehr and Jews fear loss. France Britain consider a Britain France Belgium alliance if Locarno frays.
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Associated Press
Austria
Hapsburg
Heimwehr
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
TL Duce
Italy
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Bruce and Landon Tout Letter Backing Nomination
A broad group of Democrats sign letters supporting Alf M. Landon and Knox, with former Senator William Cabell Bruce voicing bitter disappointment with Roosevelt and strong approval of Landon. The letters surfaced at the Kansas governor’s office as Landon aides arranged a meeting with George N. Peek, a former New Deal adviser.
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William L. Beale
Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
George N. Peek
New Deal
Bruce
Bryan
Lana
Baltimore
Stoomnadt
Gratin
Sundae
Canitade
Ube
Rm Manetary
Pointrount
Rohde couple tours Niagara after royal wedding
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde and her Danish bridegroom Captain Borge Rohde visited Niagara Falls on a honeymoon tour after their marriage. The former American minister to Denmark led her husband to see the falls by day and night. They hope for a State Department extended leave to travel across the United States ending at Yellowstone, with many stops along the way.
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Niagara Falls
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Captain Borge Ronde
Americas
Rohde
Denmark
United States
State Department
Yellowstone National Park
Rehde
Roosevelt
Candidates Plan Fast Tenn Talks In East Tennessee
Gordon Browning moved his Democratic bid for governor into the second congressional district. He will speak in Wartburg Rockwood Harriman and Burgin area today with 30 speeches planned in East and Middle Tennessee this week. Dossett campaigns in West Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, accusing Browning of opposing the TVA since 1928.
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Browning
East Tennessee
Dossett
Middle
Jacksboro
Middle Tennessee
TVA
Helgoland Fortifications Denied by German Officialdom
London report states Lord Cranborne said Helgoland is not being fortified with leave from anyone. The 50 square mile island near Germany and Denmark is a strategic site for Kiel canal ports at Bremen and Hamburg. Berlin also denies turning Helgoland into a forbidden military area or closing bathing facilities.
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London
Lord Cranborne
Foreign Attairs
Hous of Commons
Helgeland
Germany
Feave
Helgoland
North Sea
Kiel Canal
Bremen
Hamburg
Heat Wave Grips Midwest as Damages and Deaths Rise
Chicago reports nine heat deaths and 159 overall in the current wave as drought worsens across Illinois Indiana and the Northwest. Rain brings faint relief but fails to reach major corn states while forest fires lose ground. Damages exceed 300 million dollars with crop losses mounting nationwide.
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Chicago
Drougne
Middle West
J. BR. Lloyd
America
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesola
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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Lloyd
Tingis
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiania
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Nebraaka
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South Carolina
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Ulinsis
Central
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Amiss Crawford
Parkes Cadman Services
Locarno
Robert B. Parker
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George Rehde
Christian X of
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