Green rebukes C10 leader for FDR criticism
Washington report details a heated Labor Day clash between rival unions over President Roosevelt policy. William Green, AFL president, denounces CIO chief John L. Lewis’s pre holiday speech as autocratic while Lewis remains silent amid a widening rift. The two factions, now the nation’s largest labor movement, stand apart as Roosevelt’s labor program faces scrutiny.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Green
Dallas
Tex
Labor
White House
Lewis
Franklin Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Nothig
United Mine Workers
Lewisteen Exchange
Rhode Island
Per- Jang
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Michigan
Lewis Forces
William Becker
Oughters
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Weather Summary for Tennessee Georgia Virginia and Kentucky
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in eastern parts. Georgia shows partly cloudy with local showers and cooler conditions in the east central area. Virginia remains mostly cloudy with possible showers in the south and continued cool. Kentucky stays mostly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
Kentucky
2 223 In State Given Licenses to Sell Liquor
The Internal Revenue Bureau reported Tennessee sold 2 228 retail liquor dealers stamps for the year ending June 30 1937. It notes 17 wholesale liquor stamps, 23 retail medicinal square stamps, three $100 brewer licenses, 1x licenses for wholesale beer dealers, and 4 643 licenses for beer retailers. Also collected were taxes from 820 oleomargarine dealers 30 wholesale narcotics dealers 943 narcotics retailers and 2 755 practitioners licensed to handle narcotics.
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AP Regional Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Tennessee
Alcohol Tax Unit
Medicinal Square
Oleomarganie
Gun Fight Feared in Snatcher Hunt
Syracuse police and New York state troopers widened a manhunt for Clyde Derrick alias Clyde Lamont, the Rome N Y wanted felon who abducted two Johnson City officers. Derrick, armed and described as a car thief, held the patrolmen at a farm near Cincinnatus before escaping in their car. Det.-Insp. A B Moore warned of possible gunplay as the search focused toward Syracuse and police questioned a woman claiming to be Clyde Lamont.
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N. Y
New York
A. B. Moore
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Troy
Moore
Clyde Derrick
Clyde Lamont
Rome N.Y
Derrick
Rome
Cunningham
State Accidents Take Three Lives
Nashville dispatch reports a weekend with three accidental deaths. J S Swain of Detroit, 39, died in a two car collision near Portland injuring four. Clinton Hyder, 23, of Sparta, was killed when a tractor or vehicle overturned near Lebanon. three youths escaped with minor injuries. Marvin Hawkins, 11, a Black boy, was found dead in a Nashville area barn with a mule suspected in the cause.
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Swain
Detroit
Portland
Lebanon
Clinton Hyder
Sparta
Marvin Hawkins
Bela- Sves
Planes lined up for classic event at national air races
Cleveland, Sept 6 The 1937 National Air Races finale drew a large field for a 327000 prize event. New designs fuels and engines propelled speeds beyond prior years with pilots pushing mounts to 270 mph and 268 mph cross country. The piece recalls Beaumont in 1900s and Glenn Curtiss 1910s in context of aviation prizes.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Cleveland
Beaumont
France
Enrland
Glenn Curtiss
Albany
Labor Day weekend deaths reach 233 across nation
Labor Day holiday traffic and weather disasters left at least 233 people dead and many injured as millions traveled. Auto crashes caused 179 deaths, drownings 22, and other causes 32, with Ohio and Michigan among states reporting high tolls.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Michigan
California
West Branch
Cleveland
Lin+ co
Ord
Neb
Navy
Friendsville
Wounded by wife in Johnson City shooting
A. B. Forman, 85, was reported improving after bullet wounds from yesterday on the Johnson City highway. His estranged wife Daisy Forman is jailed in Blountville on felonious assault with intent to commit murder charges. She told Sheriff Newland a struggle occurred as she aimed at a second woman. nine shots were fired, one hitting Forman in the abdomen.
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Johnson City
Appalachian Hospital
Daisy Forman
Brountville
J. D. Newland
Link Jones
Muddy Creek
Forman
Shooting Victims Remain Critical in Memphis Incident
Memphis police report a man shot his wife, mother-in-law, and then leapt from a second-floor window. The wife Delores, 30, her mother Mrs. R. H. O Neal, 55, and Horace Wamble, 40, were all in critical condition with multiple wounds. Wamble allegedly consumed alcohol and fired upon return from an errand before jumping to a concrete runway.
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Frank Gisson
Horce Wamble
Delores
R. H. O'Neal
Glisson
Wimble
Wamble
Genr
Gusson
Bomber May Retire After Next Battle
St Louis Sept 6 A. Joe Louis known as the brown Bomber hinted at retirement after Schmeling bout, noting a long rest before a possible meeting with Max next June. He arrived with a softball team he plays for and promotes during the visit.
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ST. Louis
Joe Louis
Brown Tomber
Max
Cowboy Actor Delights Kingsport Children with Gun Gift
Warner Brothers star Dick Foran and wife visited Kingsport Inn early Sunday. He drew a six shooter from his luggage and gave a bill to a youngster named George Warner Jr, manager’s grandson, who bragged of meeting the star. A mother and child waited outside as Foran moved about gladly greeting fans and posing for photos.
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Wingsport
Dick Foran
Kingsport
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James Gutrell
Foran
New York
George Warner, Jr
George
Getrell
Garrell
New Political Alignment Rise by 1940 Says Lafollette
Wisconsin Governor Philip F. La Follette predicted a new national political alignment by 1940 rooted in Midwest vitality and liberalism. Speaking at a Labor Day celebration in Omaha he urged a realignment to create a clear choice between progressive and reactionary government and argued Roosevelt's large 1936 reelection showed leadership transcending old party lines.
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Neb
Ger- Philip F. la Follette
Wisconsin
Middle West
Roosevelt
America
New ship added to sea casualty amid European talks
London reports another armed vessel sunk by Mediterranean pirates, tying attacks to the Spanish Civil War. Diplomatic moves push toward an all European conference near Geneva to curb piracy, with invitations expected for Italy Yugoslavia Turkey Egypt Albania Romania and Bulgaria. Germany’s inclusion follows naval incidents and non intervention participation.
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Albania
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Bulgaria
Black Sea
Workers Warned In Lewis Address
Pittsburgh area speech by John L. Lewis warned that machines will replace workers unless organized. He spoke to 10,000 to 20,000 in Leechburg and predicted 250,000 to 400,000 would listen later in South Park. Lewis urged mass organization to meet mass production and criticized craft workers for not reaching the masses.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
C. TI
Kiswimizetes
Leechburg
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lewis
South Park
Murray
American Federation of Labor
C. I
Defense Lines Sag but Force Back Invaders
Shanghai battle report describes a massive assault with Japanese infantry air and artillery advancing toward Woosung and the Yangtze, while Chinese forces absorb bombardments and counter with hand grenades mortars and machine guns. American firms suffer damage as the city endures fierce fighting and evacuations, with reports of thousands of casualties on both sides and a new landing field near Shanghai University.
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International
Manchukuo
Korea
Hongkong
China
Canton
Machang
Ching
Tientsin-Pukew
Wanted three secretaries three blondes and a red head
Louisville Sept 6 Tom Manville rushed a fresh consignment order for three secretaries two blondes and a redhead. A mid night 2 am edition carrier revealed plans for a special plane to bring the trio to New Rochelle where Miss Dolly Goering heads the staff. The plan involved Miss Florence Robertson a stenographer for a Louisville asphalt firm and involved promises of travel to New Rochelle with two blonde companions. The three secretaries left Manville’s employ on Sunday and Manville said the plane would arrive today to collect them. Each would earn seventy five dollars weekly with the ministering party awaiting further details on page eight.
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Louisville
Tommy Manville
New Rochelle
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dolly Goering
Manville Secretariat
Courier-Journal
Florence B. Robertson
Ste
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New Rochell
Manzvile Menage
Manville
Miss Goering
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