Wagner Labor Act Critic Says It Shields Unions
William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors, told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the Wagner act is the largest drawback to good industrial relations. He cited board timidity and questioned its treatment of employers while tracing GM sit-down strikes and wage losses. The speech followed a call from Senator Burke for board resignations and a push for legislative changes to the act and union funding.
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General Motors Corporation
Washington
William 5. Knudsen
United States Chamber of Commerce
Luscussine Lie
Va’rious
Knudsen
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Burke
D.-Neb
Labor Section
Chamber of Commerce
Bur
Congress
Frank Bow
Central Council of the Republic Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
H. J. Heinz Company
Duquesne Light and Power
Remington Rand, Inc
Jones and Laughlin Corporation
Pressed Steel Car Company
National Steel Corporation
Krindsen
General Motors
CIO
Weather outlook with showers and cooler temperatures
Tennessee reports showers and thundershowers tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in the western areas. Virginia foresees generally fair tonight and Thursday, followed by showers in the west Thursday afternoon, with cooler air arriving later.
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Lonicht
Virginia
West
Hitler does most talking on visit to Rome
Hitler began a weeklong guest visit in Rome paying homage at Vittorio Emanuele II monument and the unknown soldier site. He laid a wreath as bands played and salutes were given before touring Capitoline Hill. Mussolini hosted the guest at the Quirinale, with a patrol through crowded streets as the pair discussed Nazi Fascist aims, focusing on colonies and Germany regaining lost territories.
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Rome
Fuehrer
Hitler
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Verezia Square
Capitoline Hill
Mussolini
Quirinale Palace
Calathay
iQuirinale
Germany
Ethiopia
Moore County approves whisky making in dry Tennessee
Tennessee May 4. Moore county voters approved resuming whisky manufacture for sale outside the state by a 595 to 411 vote in a special referendum. Motlow, a large Moore County landowner, plans to restart distilling Jack Daniel Whisky, with warehouses to be built and a plant ready to start within months.
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Lynchburg
Tenn
Lew Maadlow
Moore County
Tennessee
Mottan's
Mowlow
Motlow
Marlow
Felix
Ex Monarch Blesses Grandson Wedding in Exile
Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, 74, bestowed a blessing on the marriage of his grandson Prince Louis Ferdinand to Grand Duchess Kyra of the Russian Romanoffs in a Protestant ceremony at his exile home castle. Attending were Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. The nuptials, the third of three, were conducted by Rev. Bruno Doekring. The couple wed Monday at Potsdam, Germany.
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Dc. Stark
Netherlands
Hussars
Germany
Hohenzollern
Kyra
Wilhelm
Louis Ferdinand
Hirill
Gyrll
Rus Sas
Juliana
The
Prince Bernhard
Bruno Doekring
Potsdam
Pepper Named in 1938 Florida Democratic Primary
The Senerifzed Press reports Senator Claude Pepper won Florida's Democratic primary, defeating four rivals, with 252,007 votes to 78,403 for J. Mark Wilcox and 31,401 for Dave Shultz. Pepper urged unity with FDR for prosperity as James Roosevelt endorsed him.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
Roosevelt
Pepper
Duncan Fletcher
James Roosevelt
J. Mark Wilcox
Wilcox
Dave Shultz
Allen Walker
Winter Haven
Thomas Swanson
Fort Lauderdale
Alabama
Lister Hill
Herbert Hitchesck
South Dakota
Tom Berry
Berry
Fred Hildebrandt Ram
Hitchcock
J. Chandler Gurney
Leslie Jensen
Harlan Bushfield
Oscar Fosheim
Frank M. Dixon
Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
Eufaula
R. J. Goode
Gastenbure
House
Alahama
Indiana
Virginia Jenckes
Bankhead
Joe Starnes
Thomas J. Heflin
Dixon Leads Blitz in Alabama Democratic Gubernatorial Race
In Birmingham on May 4, Frank M. Dixon led the Democratic gubernatorial primary with 92,005 votes from 1,502 of 2,200 precincts. Chauncey Sparks held a slim lead over R. J. Gonde as missing South Alabama boxes could decide if Dixon earns a majority or faces a runoff. Other candidates included Goode, Riddle, and Arnold. Ballots showed Dixon strong in Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery, while many boxes remained to be counted.
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Leroy Simms
Birmingham
Biringham
Frank M. Dixon
Dixon
Chauncey Sparks
Eufaulo
R. J. Gonde
South Alabama
Sparks
Goode
Riddle
Arnold
Mobile
Montgomery
Senate Wage Bill Fight Sparks Prep And Strategy
Senate gears up to block wage hour legislation amid party tension. Senators George and Smith urge sending the measure to labor committee rather than a direct conference, risking delays. House proponents push to rally support from organized labor and secure 238 signatures to override rules, while Healey seeks help from John L. Lewis and William Green.
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Washington
Senate
House
George
D.-Ga
Smith
Senate Labor Committee
Joint Conference
Capitol
Organized Labor
Representative Healey
D.-Mass
John L. Lewis
G I. O
House Rules Committee
Healey
William Green
A. F
Martin
R.mass
Minotus Leadher
Police Seek Child and Car After Car Theft
Los Angeles police and other authorities search for Sally Iesanga a year old girl who was sleeping in the back seat of a 1927 blue eyed blonde child was left in a car in front of a cafe with the mother Mrs Herman Yesanga reporting the vehicle missing after she briefly stepped inside with friends the search spans Southern California for both child and car.
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Los Angeles
Phieves
Sally Iesanga
Herman T. Yesanga
Sally
Southern California
Conversations on monetary stabilize franc amid talks
Officials said conversations began among the United States France and Great Britain to amend the October 1936 monetary accord aiming at franc stabilization. Bankers expect a downward readjustment with the franc around 35 per dollar and 174 per pound, with discussions tied to a London visit by Daladier and Bonnet and meetings in Washington.
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Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
London
Edouard Daladgier
Georges Bonnet
Treasury
Washington
Morgenthau
Count Rene St. Quentin
Ronald Lindsay
Unification plan to be challenged in courts by Methodist group
Mrs. May reports that the Laymen's Organization for Preservation of the Southern Methodist Church will attack the Birmingham conference unification plan in court. Daladier announces devaluation and stabilization of the French franc for fall, with US and UK governments to cooperate. Pope Ping comments that a cross symbol lifted in Rome on Holy Cross Day is a misused artifact not the true cross. A 76 year old bale of cotton arrives for the Memphis Cotton Carnival textile show May 10-14.
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Columbus
J.W. Lipscombb
Pope
Hitler
Atican City
Pi—Pape Ping
L'Osservatore Romane
Vatican
Castel Gandolfo
Christ
Rome
Memphis
China Drives Japanese Back in Shantung Offensive
Shanghai dispatch reports a Chinese command claim of a south Shantung offensive breaking through the center near Taierhchwang. advance guards moved five miles in a night battle, adding to seven miles gained in the prior day’s assault as Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces say the tide of war is turning in China’s favor. Japanese spokesmen offered no comment.
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Shanghai
Shantung
St. Taierhchwang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ss High Command
Nippon
Taterhehwang
Shentung Province
Mercy Approved for 21 Prisoners in Tennessee Clemency Actions
May 4 Nashville The Tennessee pardon board approved clemency for 21 prisoners after its Tuesday session. three applications were denied and four deferred out of 28 considered. Notable cases include West Tennessee inmates and a Dresden bank robbery defendant, with several decisions postponed.
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Nashville
Clancy
Tennessee Pardon Board
John L. Lively
West Tennessee
Wrank Linkswiler
Shelby County
Edward Jordan
Jordan
Lively
W. T. McLein
Earl Bircham
Dresden
Unification Upheld Unanimously By Church Court
The supreme court of Southern Methodism ruled unanimously that the plan to unify the 8 million adherents, split since 1844 over slavery, is legal. The decision backed the general conference vote approving merger with the North and Protestant branches, with new bishops named and to be ordained.
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Birmingham
Supreme Court
Judicial Council
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference
Ponuselt
M. E. Lawson
Liberty
Coltncil
Lawson
Methodist Episcopal
North
Methodist Protestant
Ivan Lee Holt
St Louis
W. W. Peete
Greensboro
Clare Purcell
Gadsden
Charles C. Soleeman
Southern Methodist Universit
W. C. Martin
Dallas
W. T. Watkins
Emory University
Tanta
J. L. Decell
Jackson
Miss
Bachman Denies Fraud Charges In Primary Hearing
H N Bachman election officer for the sth district denies crookedness in the April 2 Democratic primary. He rebutted Charles F Lingay’s testimony and claimed 25 witnesses will prove Lingay was not at the 43rd district polls. Bachman noted the noon box was sealed during lunch and not reopened until returned to the polls. Lingay testified of observed irregularities across districts, while other voters allegedly cast multiple ballots.
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H. N. Bachman
Sth
Charles F. Lingar
Blountville
Bachman
Lingay
Sue Ivan
Singer
Semery
Girl Held Heroine In Hold Up Murder
Rose Lorber a 25 year old Brooklyn tobacco firm clerk earned praise after triggering an alarm that halted a $3,000 payroll robbery during which two ex convict robbers were shot dead and a police sergeant was wounded in a shootout at the firm’s office in New York two gunmen and a third inmate were downed while staff hid behind desks and tables the sergeant underwent emergency surgery and remained in danger.
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New York
Rose Lorber
Brooklyn
Miss Lorber
William Jacobs
Sidney Cohen
Moskowitz
Samuel
Taxes Paid On Land Turned Highway Creates Refund
Spokane May 4 Mrs Belle Wilson of Chicago discovered land she had been paying taxes on for five years is now part of a highway. City officials reviewed the case and granted her a tax refund plus a purchase price of 1500 for the altered property.
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Spokane
Belle Wilson
Chicago
Thieves Try To Sell Car Wheel To Owner
Chicago, May 4. James Grimes reported his car stolen and, while walking home from the police station, saw three men rolling a wheel down the street. They offered to sell a good wheel. Grimes alerted police, the men were arrested, and the rest of the car was recovered.
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Chicago
James Grimes
Grimes
Kingsport Trade Days Set For Two Day Sale Event
Merchants in Kingsport announce a two day sales event next week to showcase new merchandise and city improvements. The Retail Merchants Association aims for an elaborate affair with deep discounts to attract out of town shoppers. A Times special edition will inform shoppers of bargains and circulars will be distributed locally.
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Kingsport
the Times
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Carl ¥. Weigandt
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Chiang Kai- Shek
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