Washington Vote Looms In Prohibition Repeal Drive
Washington voters face a repeal referendum as anti prohibitionists press for momentum after Texas and other states moved to rescind the eighteenth amendment. Campaign leaders warn of a potential stake and call for broad turnout while noting dates in Vermont Maine Colorado Maryland Minnesota Idaho New Mexico Virginia Florida North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Utah.
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Texas
Morris Sheppard
Lone Star
Washington
J. C. Herbsman
Seattle
Association For
James A. Farley
Vermont
Maine
Colorado
Maryland
Minnesota
Idaho
New Mexico
Virginia
Florida
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
OUR NEW DEAL PROMOTES HOME PATRONAGE IN THOMASVILLE
At a Thomasville League meeting the emphasis is on supporting local industries over traveling peddlers. Residents are urged to buy home made goods to boost salaries, tax contributions, and local commerce, while discouraging out of town sales that drain revenue.
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Thomasville League
Thomasville
League
Auto code may get court tests this year
Washington reports that provisions in the automobile competitive code face court tests as cases of law violations are found. Labor leaders question language allowing merit-based firings while affirming employee organizing rights under the law. NRA efforts push coal and other industries toward agreement, with enforcement possible if talks fail.
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Washington
Labor Advisory Board of the Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
United Mine Workers of America
Johnson
NRAA
NWA
Negro Slain After Shooting Woman and N. C. Deputy Sheriff
Burgaw N C August 28 The body of Doc Rogers 45 year old Negro farmer who shot a white woman and a deputy sheriff yesterday and was then slain after a three hour gun battle with officers was dragged about the lawn of the Pender county courthouse last night. Rogers was killed as a result of his drunken insistence that he eat breakfast with a white family Mrs Tom Pinder wife of a farmer and R T Murray Jr deputy sheriff of Pender county were felled by the Negros gun both seriously wounded.
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Burgaw
N. GC
Doc Rogers
Pender County Court House
Rogers
Tom Pinder
R. T. Murray, Jr
Pender County
New York Suspends Antitrust Law for NRA Operations
Albany August 28 state lawmakers approved a measure suspending New York antitrust law to allow full operation of the national recovery act. Gov Lehman signed the bill, making codes of competition approved by President Roosevelt into state law for the act's duration.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Herbert H. Lehman
Roosevelt
Premier Daladier visit stirs European politics
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier visits and fortifications along a frontier as he pledges France will guarantee independence. He calls for regular organization and notes the global balance of power, amid broad debate on security and peace in Europe.
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Paris
Peremier
Edouard Daladier
Ste
France
Bette
Power Ruling Upholds Governor's Removal Authority
Lincolnton August 27 AP The Supreme Court authority over removing members of the AntGervice commission is upheld by Judge Perry in proceedings against P Wilcoit Beaufort chair. The ruling confirms the governor’s power to remove commissioners and sets the stage for possible Supreme Court appeal by Perry.
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Spence
AntGervice Commission
Perryman
Dar
Agai
P. Wilcoit
Ion
James A. Perry
Ote Ayrors
Sta Supreme
Perry
County to Employ Range Riders in Screw Worm Fight
Thomas county will hire two range riders to help eradicate the screw worm fly threatening livestock. The riders will supervise carcass burning, patrol the county, and assist owners in destroying dead animals to prevent fly breeding. Experts say burning is the best control, with weather favorable to breeding and tick control also noted.
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Thomas County
Campaign For
J. S. Pittman
Court House
Pittman
P. H. Ward
H. N. Ratfensperger
Moultrie
W. F. Dove
Savannah
Bureau of Entomology
Federal Department of Agriculture
Washington
R. D. Carr
Raffensperger
Dove
Carr
Raffenperger
Talmadge Forces Rest Case With 2 Bits of Evidence
In Buchanan Georgia on August 28, Governor Talmadge moves to settle a highway board dispute. Judge Hutcheson admits the governor’s order ousting Captain Barnett and the Mangham commission. Barnett fights abandonment claims as Mangham maintains office amid a $10 million federal highway funding hold.
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Talmadge
Buchanan
John R. Hutcheson
J. W. Barnett
J. J. Mangham
Highway Board
M. J. Yeomans
Mangham
Barnett
Yeomans
Captain Barnett
R. R. Arnold
Heresay
Hutcheson
J P R. Hutcheson
Douglasville
Gov
Capt. Barnett
Arnold
Johnsons mandate drives NRA volunteers across the nation
President Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration campaign push spreads through business lines with volunteers urging support for the blue eagle. Johnson urges compliance on codes, warns against boycott or intimidation, and notes progress on automobile code and coal talks.
Atlanta drives to pledge Georgia to blue eagle
An army of volunteers began a house to house drive in Atlanta to secure pledges from consumers and employers to follow the blue eagle program. The Atlanta NRA campaign aims for 100 percent participation with 500 Junior Chamber of Commerce members and women’s groups canvassing households. Local pastors endorsed the program as Columbus and other Georgia cities launch parallel efforts.
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Vessek
Pete
Bieter
the Johnson
Roosevelt
Grover Whal Laughter
New York City
NRA
Fannie Hurst
Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Blue Eagle
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert F. Maddox
Columbus
Moley Leaves State Dept and Private Life Beckons
Raymond Moley is officially out of the State Department position after his activities ceased weeks ago. Secretary Cordell Hull denies any prior suggestion of resignation by the president or Moley and wishes him success in his new field while retaining cooperation. The move marks a quiet victory for Moley in his policy clashes with Hull that dated from the Roosevelt era and culminated after Moley dispatched an emissary to London before returning within a week.
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Washington
Raymond Moley
State Department
Cordell Hull
Virginia
Hull
Professor Moley
Mr. Moley
Moley
Roosevelt
London
Moley to Complete Crime Report After Resignation
Professor Raymond Moley said the crime and racketeering report for the president will be ready between September 15 and 20. He noted this will follow his resignation as assistant secretary of effect and that all material is at hand for completion.
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Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Ford Company
Ford
New York
Raymond Moley
Moley to edit national weekly after Roosevelt partnership
Raymond Moley, close adviser to President Roosevelt, will resign from Columbia University and edit a new national weekly published by Vincent Astor. The move follows a publicized strain in the state department and ends Moley’s two year role shaping policy.
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State Department
Hull
Moley
Roosevelt
Tutt
Mr. Roosevelt
Weather forecast for the Southeast states
South Carolina shows partial clouds and showers in the northwest tonight and interior Tuesday. Georgia expects partial clouds with showers Tuesday and tonight in the north. Florida will be fair tonight and Tuesday with local thundershowers. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida stay partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday with probable local thundershowers.
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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