Southern opposition to wage hour act stirs Senate revolt
Senators from the South challenged the Roosevelt wage and hour plan as an eleventh hour revolt. A Davis amendment to exempt employer commission pay drew opposition from La Follette, while Byrd and Smith helped rally rebels. Administration backers still expected passage in a 3 p.m. vote as southern Democrats pressed to sidetrack the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Connally
Texas
Roosevelt
Labor Committee
Senate
Byrd
D.va
Smith
DSC
Seven Bombers Plead Guilty in Warren Bombings
Seven of eight defendants in the Warren steel strike bombings pleaded guilty to possession of explosives. They include John Borasiec George Bundas Andrew Marsh Arthur Scott Sidney Watkins Charles Byers and Joe Craweic. Gus Hall remains jailed and will be tried in September after his July 1 arrest. Hall pleaded innocent.
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Warren
Warren Steel
Gus Hall
John Borasiec
George Bundas
Andrew Marsh
Arthur Scott
Sidney Watkins
Charles Byers
Joe Craweic
Hall
Longtime Caroline County School Chief Edward M Noble Dies
Edward M Noble 65 longtime Caroline county schools superintendent for 29 years died at his Greensboro Maryland home after a long illness A native of the county he was a Washington College graduate and regarded as a leading state educator
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Greensboro
Edward M. Noble
Caroline County
Noble
Washington College
Weather forecast for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay area
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with brief rain in extreme southeast this afternoon. Temperatures little changed. Chesapeake Bay expected cloudy to partly cloudy with the same mild trend and winds shifting from north or northeast to northwest, moderate to fresh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for Quay North and Mid-Atlantic
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions from Monday through the week with showers expected midweek. Temperatures will be near normal to slightly below at the start and end, warming through the middle of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monquay
North and
Middle — Atlantic States
Wage-Hour Bill At A Glance
Washington July 31 Here are the main points of the Senate Wage and Hour Bill A five man labor standards board would set minimum wages and maximum hours for interstate industries No minimum wage above 40 cents an hour and a 40 hour work week for any industry Goods made against wage and hour rulings or by child labor could not be sold interstate Child labor defined as under 16 or under 18 in hazardous jobs The board would rule after public hearings and a employer employee advisory panel from affected industry The panel's recommendations would not be compulsory In the House a committee proposed higher wages up to 70 cents and a 35 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Friction Over Roadside Trees Sparks State Dispute
Walter J. Quick Jr an assistant state forester is blamed for friction between Maryland State Roads Commission and State Forestry Department. Paul E Sutherland cites discord since Quick's installation, following road widening that led to 111 trees being cut along Waldorf Hughesville road. Attorney General rulings split jurisdiction over roadside trees and advertising signs.
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Baltimore
Walter J. Quick, Jr
State Roads Commission
State Forestry Department
Paul E. Sutherland
Highway Department
Nathan L. Smith
Attorney General's Department
Waldorf- Hughesville
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
Besley
Roads Commission
O'Conor
Forestry Department
Democratic Women and Men's Club to Meet Monday
The Democratic Women's Club of Williamsport has called a meeting for Monday evening at 6 o'clock in the clubroom of the Men's Democratic Club in the KB building. Plans for the annual August outing, likely a barbecue supper, will be discussed. Several speakers are expected and all club members are invited.
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Democratic Women's Club
Williamsport
Haseen
Democratic Club
KB. of P
August term opens for Washington County Circuit Court
The August term of the Washington County circuit court will convene Monday morning at 19 o'clock.
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Washington County Circuit Court
Bold thief strikes again at Hotel Belmont robbery
A daylight thief took $6 from a purse under a woman’s hat on a sewing machine in a second floor room of the Hotel Belmont in Hagerstown yesterday afternoon. The crime was reported by Harry Heleine, owner of the Antietam Cafe on the hotel’s first floor.
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Hagerstown
Belmont
West Antietam Street
Harry Heleine
Antietam
Sex education courses eyed by grand jury Chicago
In Chicago a grand jury urged public schools to offer sex education to curb sex crimes. Chief Justice McKinley supported frank discussion between parents and children while School Superintendent Johnson favored home instruction. Foreman Pettit called for criminology courses focusing on sex crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael L. McKinley
William H. Johnson
George D. Pettit
U S Inquiry Opens On City of Baltimore Ship Blaze
A federal inquiry opens in Baltimore as investigators examine the fire aboard the City of Baltimore with at least two dead and several injured. Captain Cy Haynie remains missing and two identified corpses are recovered while H Paige, last seen missing, is found alive in New York. Fifty officers and crew members testify about the blaze and rescue efforts as authorities assess causes.
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Baltimore
A. L. Stephens
Chesapeake Steamship Line
City of
Chesapeake Bay
Stephens
Federal Board of
Bay
J. S. Polikoff
Aiken
S. C
Abel T. Whealton
Crisfield
H. Paige
New York
Cy Haynie
City of Baltimore
Washington
J. F. Staley
Department of Justice
H. N. Perham
Coast Guard
Eugene C. Carlson
Court urges six removed in Dearborn policing probe
Detroit court action followed a one man grand jury probe into May 26 clashes at Ford Rouge plant gates between Ford workers and United Automobile Workers. Judge Ralph W. Liddy urged discipline or removal of a police inspector, a sergeant, three patrolmen and a police matron for passivity during the confrontation. Eight men were indicted on assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
Dearborn Safety Commission
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers
Liddy
Ford Rouge
Dearborn
Lightning strikes Rocky Ridge Farm barn near Frederick county
A barn on Russell Fisher’s Rocky Ridge Farm near Rocky Ridge Frederick County was struck by lightning and burned, destroying 800 bushels of wheat six calves eight hogs three horses poultry and machinery valued at 8000 dollars. The Thurmont fire department saved adjacent buildings but two adjoining silos were destroyed.
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Russell Fisher
Rocky Ridge
Frederick County
Thurmont
Miner Hurt In Two Accidents At Coal Pit
ACCIDENT CHAMP BECKLEY West Virginia July 31 R F Pennington sprained his wrist Monday in a coal mine. He resumed work Friday and lost two teeth in another accident. A cable struck him in the eye hours later. hospital said his sight would be saved.
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Beckley
W. Va
R. FE
Pennington
Murphy Not Considered for Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington July 31 Predictions that a Federal judge will be promoted to fill the Supreme Court vacancy quiet speculation over Gov Frank Murphy of Michigan The forecast came from two high administration officials before Murphy's weekend cruise with President Roosevelt He said the visit had no significance Senator Brown had said it was possible a success to Justice Van Devanter would be discussed The officials noted several circuits lack representation on the bench making selection from those circuits illogical
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Roosevelt
Brown
D. Mich
Earier
Justice van
Tiny stream to torrent floods Owings gardens
In Calvert county Moses Lot branch near Owings surged after a cloudburst, rising about 10 feet in 90 minutes and washing away fields and gardens. Dr and Mrs Hugh Ward lost a garden and a pen of half grown pigs swept away by the strong current.
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Prince Frederick
Calvert County
Moses Lot
Owings
Hugh Ward
Annapolis Hit by Heavy Rain and Strong Wind
Annapolis Maryland July 31 A fifty mile wind lashed the city as a rainstorm poured down between 2 36 and 3 a m 1 54 inches of rain in half an hour. No damage reported though the storm seemed confined to the city and the Severn River valley. Lower and western Anne Arundel saw normal rainfall.
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Annapolis
Severn River
Anne Arundel
Japanese forces close on Peiping in encirclement push
Reports from Peiping indicate Japanese advancing from the west have surrounded the capital area, with Chinese gendarmes retreating toward the Yungting river. Rooftop machine gun positions and fierce guerilla resistance marked the battle northwest of Peiping as reinforcements race to Tungchow to seal any available gap.
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Peiping
Legation
Yungting
China
Hsiyuan
29Th
Japan
Tungchow
Terrorists In New Outbreak In Belfast Violence
Belfast experiences a fresh wave of violence as terrorists ignite dynamite near a police barracks in the west end and assault a man calling him a spy. Police conduct house to house searches while extra precautions are taken against demonstrations. A dawn attack on Thomas Doherty and five companions ends with Doherty beaten by revolver butts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
George
West End
Ulster- Free State
Thomas Doherty
Doherty
Warns Against Enforcing Law In Asiatic Crisis
Senator Lewis warns that enforcing the neutrality law immediately could trigger an American entry into war with China or Japan within an hour. He argues that labeling aggressors now would provoke seizures of ships and trade delivering American goods to the Orient by both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis
D-Ill
United States
China
Japan
Senate
Orient
AFL May Oust Green Over Wage Hour Bill
Washington July 31 opposition to re election of President William Green may grow within the American Federation of Labor as he backs the Senate Wage Hour Bill. The AFL convention is two months away and factions wonder if peace can be reached. Metal and building trades sent lobbyists to the Capitol to delay the bill until next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
A. F. of L
A. F. of L. Metal Trades and Building Trades Departments
Ghost ship hunt aims at Great Lakes Griffin grave off Manitoulin
An expedition led by veteran yachtsman Commander Eugene F. McDonald sails toward Lake Huron to verify reports of the Griffin ghost ship grave off Manitoulin Island. The party of 29 will anchor in the exploration zone next Saturday as previous sightings proved false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Yachosman
Lake Huron
Cumberlanders Praise This City's Progressive Spirit
Cumberland readers note with pride the progressiveness of Hagerstown as shown in a Cumberland newspaper story. Visitors admire Hagerstown’s two parks, Municipal Band, modern fire stations with electric alarms, a large municipal market, neat residential streets, weed control, city power plant providing low cost electricity to police, fire, and municipal buildings, and firemen acting as inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Central Chinese Army Advances Toward Japs Main Force
Bitter fighting erupts at the Central Railway station in Tientsin as Japanese forces press to seal control of the northern commercial gateway. Reports say Japanese troops pushed along the Hankow Peiping line and that Chinese units near the city walls resist entrenched positions amid heavy bombardment.
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Tientsin
Japan
North China
Hankow-Peiping
Peiping
Nanking
China
Liulho
Franco's Rear Guard Revolts at Mobil and Malaga
Spanish government sources reported revolt spreading through the Insurgent rear guard with open fighting in Mobil and Malaga on the Southern coast. The Granada uprising, linked to Italian volunteer pressures, aimed to force changes in Franco's forces and to isolate mutiny efforts in the region.
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Hendaye
Francisco Francos
Mobil
Malaga
Granada
Alhambra
Fabra
Gibraltar
Franco
Trolleys Leave Frederick After 26 Years
Frederick city officials and Potomac Edison officials marked the end of streetcar service as buses begin operating three routes. A group of company officials and prominent citizens took the last trolley ride before the new bus service started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Offcals
Dr William J Sullivan Leaves Hospital for Funkstown Home
Dr William J Sullivan well known veterinarian will leave Washington County Hospital for his Funkstown home tomorrow. He has virtually recovered from an illness attack suffered a few weeks ago.
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William J. Sullivan
Washington County Hospital
Funkstown
Sullivan
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