Textile strike toll rises as clashes erupt over labor fight
Picket lines clash with troopers as the textile strike widens. The death toll climbs to 13 with 420000 idle workers. Violence flares in Belmont North Carolina and Waterville Maine as guards disperse crowds with tear gas and fire hoses. A Washington mediation note to Governor Talmadge accuses state action of subverting workers rights and civil liberties.
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Associated Press
Ernest K. Riley
Mount Hally
N.C
Belmont
Den
Roosevelt
Spartanburg
D. C
Lsa
Nashua
M. H
Atlanti
Washington
Talmadge
Georgia
Francis J. Gorman
United States
Becaus
Weather summaries for Tennessee and Virginia report small changes
Readings taken at 60 p m for the preceding 24 hours show fair conditions in Tennessee and Virginia with little temperature change. Highs reached 87 yesterday with no rainfall reported. similar figures to the same date last year.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Samo
Non-Compliance Cited In Lumber Price Debates
Washington reports a public hearing where Walter Mitchell of the furniture industry code authority accuses NRA lumber price non compliance. Deputy Administrator E A Selfridge notes NRA is aware of non compliance as Mitchell argues price fixing harms recovery. Mitchell cites small mills hurt by costs tied to large producers.
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Washington
Capi
Recovery Administration
Walter Mitchell
Funiture Manufacturing Code Authority
NRA
E. A. Selfridge
Hetd
Mitchell
Hugh S. Johnson
Lumber Industre
Simpson Rejects Relief Food Plan in Tennessee
Nashville Sept 19 A plan by Middle Tennessee grocers for distributing food to the needy was rejected by Col Walter L Simpson state PERA administrator He said the plan was inadequate and would inform Robert Fehr president of the Middle Tennessee Retail Grocers Association that a more detailed proposal must be submitted He would hold in abeyance a proposed commissary plan until a second program is received The grocers said they will revise after learning Colonel Simpson’s objections and work toward a mutually satisfactory plan
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Nashville
Middle Tennessee Grocers
Walter L. Simpson
PERA
Colonel Simpson
Robert Fehr
Middle Tennessee Retail Grocers Association
Grocers
Col. Simpson
Simpson
Threatened testimony alleged by Morro Castle crew
Federal authorities investigated a charge that Morro Castle crew members were threatened with a blacklist if they spoke about the disaster. William L. Standard, counsel for the Marine Workers International Union, said he would produce sailors to testify. The commerce board probing the fire remained largely in the dark after a four hour inspection of the ruined hulk.
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New York
Federal
Morro Castle
United States
Martin Conboy
William L. Standard
Marine Workers International Union
Conboy
Inez
Woman Sits in Post Hole to Get Even With Electrical Co
Camden report describes Elsie Barnabie, a mother of six, sitting in a post hole for days to protest a power shutoff. Neighbors support her, while Public Service Electric and Gas crews prepare to replace a poll as police watch to keep the peace and avoid force.
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Electrical CO
Camden
N. 4
Public Service
Electric and Gas Company
Elsie Barbabie
Dina
France's Valot warns America on drink in Kansas City
Dr George Valot, Paris scholar on population and alcohol, sails to New York after reporting a survey of American drinking. He labels Reno and New Orleans the wettest towns and Charlotte the wettest dry town, calls Kansas City the weakest and urges embracing America despite flaws.
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Homer
McCoy
New York
Sep
George G. Vatet
America
Valot
Paris
le Decteur
Pari Social de la Santa
Publique
Office D Etudes Sur L'Alcohol
le Docteur
Jon America
Kansas City
Juarez
Mexico
Cotton control plan faces opposition amid drought drought
Washington discussion unfolds as southern leaders seek to suspend low level cotton program. Secretary Wallace to meet with congressmen Saturday to decide whether to defer or modify operation for 1954 crop amid drought and voluntary acreage cuts. In Richmond, guards quell circus lion escaped, striking a horse and scattering crowds. Police fired on the beast, which fled into a factory area before being contained. Atlanta prison camp houses 130 inmates from a textile strike, praising meals and comfort, with no work and guarded by National Guardsmen.
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Washington
Bankhead
Wallace
Sea ’Son
Richmond
John Robert’ Paul
Hankins+ Johann Sheet Metal Works
Saeves
Npa
Ren TF
MEYER
Atlanta
National Guard
B. Brown
Hogansville
John Wright
Sargent
Bee
Munitions Probe Links Officer to Sales Jobs
Senate munitions investigators traced Federal Laboratories Inc to commissions paid to an active navy officer, Lt. Cmdr. James H. Strong, for Columbian government orders while he served. John W. Young testified commissions were paid 1923 to 1933 for sales and technical work as probes continue into private munitions dealings in South America.
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Washington
Federal Laboratories Inc
Plurgh
James H.strong
United States Navy
Senate Munitions Committee
Strong
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories
Columbia
South America
Arbitration Reaches End Of Des Moines Electric Strike
Des Moines Gov Clyde L Herring led a 5 am meeting with strike leaders and company officials to end a city wide electric light strike that had darkened hospitals and offices. By 6 18 am power was restored after an agreement was reached.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Des Moines Electric Light Co
Iowa Light and Power Co
Des' Moines
Methodist Hospital
City Council Fixes 1934 Tax Rate at 2.10 in Emergency Ordinance
Kingsport officials set the annual tax rate at 2.10 with no budget deficit and a small surplus after expenditures. City Treasurer Black seeks 315,000 added to the sinking fund for bond payments. A three member committee will study the Blackbottom ouster case, while Yellow Cab was denied three cab stand locations. Conference called to remove all allotment restrictions under cotton control act to cover the 1924 harvest.
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Board of Mayor
G. D. Black
Kingsport
Blackbottom
Kingsport Improvement Company
Felix Guenther
Ed Cate
3.W. Moton
Jada
Hyder
Bristol Highway
Jasper
Ala
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallee
J. H. Bankhead
Bankhead
More Liberal ity Urged for Loans
Washington discusses boosting bank lending by extending loan terms. Officials say there is no relaxation of security standards. the aim is to ease holders of longer term, high quality loans to avoid short term distress. Dr. Jacob Viner will report on bank examination policy shaping a more liberal credit approach.
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Washington
Jacob Viner
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Sooh
Federal Ideposit Insurance Corporation
New York Lottery Plans Under Fire From Critics
In New York City criticism mounted against a proposed funding scheme to raise relief funds via new taxes and a municipal lottery. Church leaders and civic groups condemned the plan as immoral, while officials prepared hurried measures and faced potential legal challenges.
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New York
New York Federation of Churches
Board of Trade
Percy ©. Magnus
Wade Bag
Rites Held Today For Mrs Shields Wife Of U S Senator
Knoxville reports funeral services for Mrs Jeannette Shields 73 wife of former United States Senator John K Shields of Tennessee. She died at her Clinchdale Grainger county home of heart disease yesterday. Married December 7 1912 while he led the Tennessee Supreme Court. Survived by husband and a daughter from a former marriage Jeannette Cowen Heath Blacksburg Va.
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Knoxville
Jeannette Shields
United States
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Shields
Clinchdale
Grainger County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Jeannette Cowen, Heath
Blacksburg
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