Roosevelt appoints inquiry board for textile strike
President Roosevelt names a five member board led by John G Wigant to study worker complaints in cotton textile woo l and allied industries and to report by October 1. Riots and mass walkouts spread across several states as 336000 workers quit. Labor leaders demand recognition hours and a mediation board while government relief aid remains neutral.
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John G. Wigant
New Hampshire
Marion Smith
Atlanta, Ga
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Brooklyn
N. Y
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Hoke Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
New England
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
America
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Frank Schweitzer
American Federation of Sik Workers
Paterson
N. J
Schweitzer
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hopkins
Lewis Douglas
Congress
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
The
Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Memphian gored to death by bull on farm three miles north
Memphis resident 59 year old father of ten was killed by a bull on his farm three miles north of the city. The stampede followed a farm incident leaving the community shocked.
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Uey Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Walmsley
Allen
Long
Eichsfuehrrer
Hitler
Germany
Nazi Party
Nuremberg
Memphis
Simon Frederick
Here
Flint
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
W. S. Shattuck
Raymond Rice
Frank Rice
Pontiac
Herbert Adams
Adams
John Schram
Clare
Us-27
County Board of Supervisors
Quincy
C.E. Everett
Grand Rapids
Henry A. Schuil
Daphnia
Lansing
Michigan Department of Conservation
CCC
Muskegon River
Houghton Lake State Forest
Sault Ste. Marie
Romeo
Dreath
William Lee
Leonard Lee
William
Sandusky
Sanilac County
Russel Wail
Washington Campaign Heat Rises Over New Deal Struggles
Washington observers report a fierce political atmosphere as Roosevelt aides clash over NRA expansion and processing taxes. Upton Sinclair’s California primary victory heights tensions, while Morgenthau argues the New Deal costs are manageable.
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New Deal
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Sinclair
American Liberty League
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Jouett Shouse
John W. Davis
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Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Helvering
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Idaho
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Congress
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Johnson
Miss Perkins
Donald Richberg
Executive Council
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Mr. Richberg
General Johnson
Department of Labor
Western Newspaper Union
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