Langer Olson Battle Raging in North Dakota
In Bismarck on July 19 acting Governor Ole H Olson seized the chief executive office with two aides as National Guardsmen patrolled the statehouse corridors. He revoked Langer called special session, ousted Langer and locked the doors as lawmakers faced impeachment moves and possible violence.
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Bismarck
N. D
Ole H. Olson
Statehouse
Olson
William Langer
Earle’ Sartes
Sygislalat
Langer
State Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Protests Over TERA Mattress Making Sparks Row
Nashville July 1 Protesting industrialist John E Edgerton warns Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration that private mattress firms could supply relief groups more cheaply and with trained workers. He notes 24 Tennessee makers operate at 30 to 40 percent capacity and urge government orders go to private firms to avoid taxing TERA resources.
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Nashville
Walter L. Simpson
Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration
Thay
John E. Edgerton
TERA
Tennessee
Edgerton
Tente
Nastwiile
E.R. AL Edgerton
Electrical storm kills three in Middle Tennessee
An electrical storm sweeping parts of Middle Tennessee left three dead and several injured. Clarence Summers, 30, a farmer, was killed by lightning while fishing near Winchester. Thomas Thompson, 18, died after severe shock and lung hemorrhage at a Petersburg party barbecue. Petersburg physician Dr Marsh reported about 15 others treated for shocks, bringing total injured to 17. Chattanooga also reported storm damage and one fatality, with continued coverage on page eight.
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Nashville
Spettons
Middle Tennessee
Clarence Summers
Winchester
Thomas, Thompson
W. Thompson
Petersburg
Alaska Fliers Hop Off For Dayton In First Leg
Ten bombing planes of the Alaska flight squadron, Army Air Corps, left Bolling Field at 10 a.m. EST for Dayton as the first leg of an 8,000 mile Alaska round trip. About 400 people, including Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, waved farewell to 30 airmen while Major General Foulois wished Lieut. Col. Arnold luck and brave landings. The formation circled the capitol before heading west down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Alaska
Army Air Corps
Bolling Field
Dayton
Elliott Roosevelt
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
No Relief Sighted as Textile Strike Enters Third Day
Huntsville Alabama July 19 Twenty four minutes were crossed and about 20 400 workers were away from their rooms as the Alabama Textile strike entered its third day with no settlement in sight. In Florence police were called to prevent merchandise movement at Gardiner War ring Knitting Mill. Pickets placed gross ties on railroad tracks to stop the carload of goods. John Dean of United Textile Workers said 20 000 workers walked out and predicted 25 000 by week end. NRA officials in Washington said action could not be taken now but studied if the strike violated the Johnson McMahon agreement.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama Textile
Florence
Gardiner-Warring
United Textile Workers of America
John Dean
Yesteray
Washington
NRA
Johnson
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers
Drought, heat in Fort Smith cited as worst since 1930
Fort Smith Ark July 19 Arkansas farmers faced a drought blight with a 196.2 degree heat record reported for a third straight day. Officials warned the heat wave could rival 1930 in intensity, noting the extreme conditions across the north and west Arkansas drought sector.
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Smith
Ark
Arkansas
South Dakota
Fort ‘Smith
Center
England
Fort Smith
Former McDonald Ally Returns to Political Scene in Britain
London July 19 Viscount Snowden of Tekornshaw, once a top ally of Ramsey MacDonald, reenters politics with sharp criticism of the Prime Minister. At 70, Snowden faults MacDonald as vain and incoherent, urges revolutionary change, and predicts a rising class conflict as Parliament’s function falters. He notes a bicycle accident at 27 but claims no age slowing his drive.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
London
Viscount Snowden
Tekornshaw
Ramsey MacDonald
England
Lord Snowden
Britain
MacDonald
Downing Street
Isis
Canada
The
Lord Sankey
Company Pleads For Blue Eagle In Labor Row
Baltimore July 19 Employees from Lt Grief and Brother Inc three plants urged government officials to spare their factories from closures after the clothing maker claimed a moral victory in restraining the NRA from revoking its blue eagle. A federal judge granted a temporary injunction keeping NRA and code officials from forcing higher wages, while Grief warned of a moral effect sought to avert government action. The firm faces alleged wage underpayment and NRA threats to withdraw its blue eagle despite the injunction.
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Baltimore
Lt. Grief and Brother, Inc
NRA
Washington
Middleburg Manufacturing Company
Hanover
Stewartstown Manufacturing Company
York
Staunton, Via., Manufacturing Company
Grief
Grief Concern
W. Calvin Chesnut
United States District Court
Code
Truckers Strike Enters Third Day In Minneapolis
July 19 report says truck drivers strike enters its third day with pickets increasing and fears of employer truck movements. No major violence reported but vigilance rises around city market area where past fatalities occurred. Mediator Father Haas to confer with union leaders, employers, regional board, and Gov Olson to seek a basis for agreement.
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Minneapolis
Francis J. Haas Feders
Lloyd B. Olson
Haas
Gov. Olson
Father Haas
Britain plans 41 new squadrons to air force
London reports the government will add 41 squadrons over five years. 3 would serve home defense raising total to 75, with remaining units to support overseas and fleet roles. Baldwin cited finance and disarmament talks as factors shaping pace, stressing international aims but need for stronger defenses. Washington analysts note Britain’s plan and compare to U S arms programs while a Nashville obituary notes the suicide of 20 year old William H Curtis found at his uncle’s barn door.
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London
Stanley ‘Baldwin
Council
House of Commons
Baldwin
Nashville
William H. Curtis
Here
Seaplane Round-the-World Flight Grounded in Cleveland
A seaplane tour halted in Cleveland after a fire forced a landing on Lake Erie near Edgewater Park. Two crew members, Maj. W. C. Brooks and Lieut. Com. John W. Iseman, were burned. mechanics estimated three days to recondition the aircraft. The flight, led by Commander W. H. Alexander, aimed to reach New York, then Europe via Bermuda and the Azores, Moscow, and back to Chicago to promote goodwill and Atlantic air routes.
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Cleveland
Chicago
W. H. Alexander
Lake Erie
W. C. Brooks
Lincoln
Nek
John. W. Iseman
New York
Edgewater Park Beach
Europe
Bermuda
Azores
Moscow
Pacific Ocean
Alexander
Labor split over arbitration in San Francisco strike
In San Francisco the labor movement divided over continuing the general strike and seeking arbitration for maritime disputes. Harry Bridges led opposition to immediate arbitration, while others supported the move as stores and transit reopenies began under easing strike pressure. Federal, state, and city officials watched as Alameda County prepared to vote on ending the walkout and resume service with about 900 workers set to return. The tense scene included gunfire near the waterfront as U S Senator Wagner investigated the dispute.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Vive Voce
Frank Ryan
International Seamen’s Union
Norman Bell
Alameda County
Oakland
Reaume
Eastbay
Carmen
San Francisco Bay
United States
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Portland
Ore
E. P. Marsh
United States Department of Labor
Munipal Pier
Rioting Tensions Rise Along Pacific Coast Strikes
Violence surged on the Pacific coast as San Francisco’s general strike waned while Seattle saw 20 injured amid rioting. 1,500 longshoremen and supporters stormed two piers despite tear gas, with gunfire near Senator Robert F. Wagner’s inspection offshore. Food and supplies moved again to San Francisco and Oakland. markets and restaurants reopened. NRA chief Hugh S. Johnson urged an end to the mass walkout as talks continued.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Portland
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Wagner
Seattle
Oakland
Bay
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Federal’ National Longshoremen’s
Stavisky Case Rocks Doumergue Cabinet in Paris Fallout
Paris July 19 Premier Gaston Doumergue faced a possible collapse as charges by Tardieu against Chautemps and radical socialists deepened the Stavisky scandal. Doumergue moved to keep the truce, while Herriot and others faced threatened resignations. A stormy deputies session followed as the political crisis strained the government and the Stavisky affair’s fallout spread through the cabinet.
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Stuart Moroney
Paris
Gaston Daqumergue
Andre Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Camille Chautemps
Tardieu
Chautemps
Serge Stavisky
Herriot
Doumergue
Tourndreuille
TNE
Chamber of Deputies
Stavisky
Bayee
Chautémps
Tarden
Radical Socialist Party
Weather summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Readings show fair and warmer conditions in Tennessee with gradual warming tonight and Friday. In Virginia, generally fair tonight and Friday with slight warming in the southwest portion. High yesterday was 190, low 67. no rain on either date. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. for the previous 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
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Gonnor
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