AFL Council Set to Oust United Mine Workers Rebels
The American Federation of Labor executive council reportedly prepares to suspend United Mine Workers and 11 other rebel unions amid a plan to organize all workers in mass production industries. John L. Lewis was asked to appear before the council but did not. The plan and tensions reflect a broader split within the federation over craft unions' roles and the CIO strategy.
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Joseph L. Miller
Associated Press
Washinton
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
C. O
Lewis
William Green
George Harrison
Weather Summary For Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and North Carolina
Generally fair with continued warmer and fair tonight and Wednesday. Scattered thunder showers Wednesday afternoon. Virginia: scattered thundershowers probable tonight and Wednesday, warmer tonight, cooler Wednesday afternoon and night. North Carolina: partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, scattered showers Wednesday. Highs and lows vary. yesterday’s low around 78 at Nurai. readings at 7 am daily for the past 24 hours.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Propaganda Charges Spark Fire in Presidential Campaign
Washington reports labeled propaganda from both parties as the campaign heats up. Republican chair John D. M. Hamilton accused Democrats of injecting racial and religious questions. Democratic chair James E. Farley claimed anti Roosevelt papers colored coverage to mislead about Roosevelt’s support and questioned a publisher statement about Lehman steering Jewish voters to back Roosevelt.
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Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
New York
James E. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Paul Black
Herbert H. Lehman
Hamilton
East
Alf M. Landon
West
Landon
Mossman
Militia Guards Negroes as Lynching Threats Echo
Atlanta dispatch reports about 150 guards from Alabama and Georgia mobilized to escort a negro to Athens for murder trial. A manhunt for Strange, accused of attacking a farm woman, led to gunfire and a wounded posse member. Governor Bibb Graves ordered soldiers and highway patrols. swirl of lynching talk followed.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Athens
Alexandria
Joe Hill
J. A. Hicks
R. B. Carr
Bibb Graves
Anniston
Birmingham
Eugene Trimadee
Masked riders flog farmer in Carolina border area
Fowler, a 40 year old South Carolina farmer near the North Carolina line, reported to Conway sheriff that he was flogged four nights ago by about 25 masked white robed vigilantes. He showed deeply livid welts and said he was blindfolded and beaten near a swamp after being seized from the road. The incident follows a grand jury finding that night riders flogged at least six people in Clarendon area.
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Wilmington
N.C
Columbus County
Mionren Fowler
South Carolina
Conway
S. C
Tabor
Clarendon
Rep Zioncheck attacks psychiatrists and DC critics
Seattle reports Rep Maria A. Zioncheck, recently escaped from a Maryland mental hospital, railing against psychiatrists as the greatest menace. He denounced D C commissioners as dumb or crooked, mocked police, and criticized the army housing bill while defending cuts and his taxpaying stance amid a vivid speech on "Who's Crazy."
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Seattle
Maria A. Aienrheck
Maryland
Dioncheck
Himington
Detectives Doubt Girl Accuses Gang Torture
In Washington on July 14, 23 year old Jean Bell faced a circle of detectives after 16 hours of questioning and firmly denied a tale that a vice ring branded her with initials and a killer mark. Police noted conflicting statements, while continuing to pursue leads in New York and Washington.
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Jean Bell
Eddie Gilmore
Associated Press
Washington
Bernard Thompson
New York
Washngton
Ex-editor assails politics on radio in Charlottesville
Pi Raymond Gram Swing former editor of The Nation told the Institute of Public Affairs that radio endangers democracy unless programs are edited and political broadcasting is separated from commercial interests He warned against the sale of radio time for politics and said broadcasters who sell time cease to be democratic Public Opinion In Democracy was the topic as Swing criticized muddled public affairs broadcasts and listener overload
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Charlottesville
Pi Raymond Gram Swing
the Nation
Institute of Public Affairs Today
Swing
British Broadcasting Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting Corporation
School of the Air
Tf News
Karpis Pleads Guilty in Hamm Kidnap Case
Alvin Karpis admitted conspiracy to kidnap William Hamm Jr., a St. Paul brewer, in the $109,000 ransom case. Federal Judge M M Joyce deferred sentence until after trials of related defendants, including Edmund Bartholmery and John P. Clark Peifer, as heat limited court attire.
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ST. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Wiliam Hamm, Jr
Steadar
James J. Newman
Karpis
Hamm
Joyce
Byron Bolton
Bremen-Karpis
Charles
Big Fits) Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Farmers warned by rally speaker in Kentucky
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation opened four addresses in Kentucky warning farmers they must prepare for a fight to hold gains. He praised platform support from both parties and urged organized action to achieve a national program ensuring justice for all in agriculture.
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Hopkinsville
Edward A. O'Neal
Alabama
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky
Flemings Cave
O’neal
Former Navy Lieutenant Farnsworth Held by G Men
John S. Farnsworth, a former United States Navy lieutenant commander, pleaded innocent to a charge of relaying confidential naval information to a Japanese agent. He was arrested secretly by navy officials and J. Edgar Hoover’s agents and arraigned with bond set at 310,000, which he could not meet. A preliminary hearing was postponed to July 23. Farnsworth requested hospital treatment, citing a nervous condition, as he was taken in handcuffs to Gallinger hospital. He claimed illness and said he was picked up after visiting his former wife’s home.
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Washington
John S. Farnsworth
United States Navy
Navy
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Needham
Turnage
Farnsworth
Thomas E. Oz
Roger Robb
Gallinger Hospital
French Rally and Clash on Champs Elysees Sparks Injuries
Paris reports say nationalist demonstrators clashed with police during a Champs Elysees march while Premier Leon Blum addressed a 750000 strong crowd in support of the people’s front. Mobile guards patrolled sidewalks as cafes evacuated patrons and doors opened to admit the wounded.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
Leon Blum
People's Front
Blur
Champs Bryscess
Champs Liysees
France
Crockett to be honored in 100th birth anniversary pageant
Greeneville Tennessee marks the 100th birth anniversary of Davy Crockett with a two day pageant depicting eight scenes of his life from backwoods youth to congressman. A 3,200 strong cast will perform with diary excerpts. The pageant narrates his courting Polly Fin lay, Creek War service, hunting, military duty and career in Congress.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Davy Crockett
Congress
The
Alamo
Tennessee
Texas
Crockett
Davy
Polly Finlay
Birt
Andrew Jackson
Youth Confesses Killing Father in Vidalia Jail
In July a 14 year old, Charles Phillips Jr., held in Vidalia, Louisiana, due to a fatal hunting incident, admits in his jail cell to shooting his father. He says the father starved and beat him, that he stole once, and reflects on life with his late mother and a carpenter dad.
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Charles Phillips, Jr
Vidalia
E. W. Voght
Ferriday
Charles Phillips
Vidalla
Dad
Gulfport
Paralysis Experiments Planned in Two States
Alabama and Tennessee health officials map experimental campaigns against infantile paralysis outbreaks. A new preventive spray using pieric acid and alum is being tested as physicians in Northern Alabama report stronger outbreaks. Eight deaths in Alabama and 154 cases overall prompt conferences with Drs. Armstrong and Warrison as Dr. Baker weighs procedure choices. The epidemic may be cooling slightly.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Charles Armstrong
W. T. Warrison
Central Methhad
Baker
Heat wave relief forecast as cool air moves east
Chicago weather reports describe a changing pattern with a cool mass advancing from the Dakotas toward middle America at about 33 miles per hour, promising relief for Minnesota Iowa Missouri and other Midwest states. Deaths from the heat surpass 2,082 and crop damage tops a billion dollars while rainfall varies across regions aiding drought areas.
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Chicago
North Central States
J. R. Ljova
Lloyd
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Middle America
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Pierre
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Jamestown
Bismarck
Fullerton
Minot
Fargo
Jone
North Dakota
Glendive
Poplar
Kalispell
W. E. Mau- Bhan
Helena
Gulf and
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Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Washington
Works Progress
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
N. Dbd
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Zioncheck
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