Recovery plans push on with CWA wage concerns noted
March reports show workers quitting NRA code jobs for higher CWA pay at 50 cents an hour in Toledo and at Chattanooga. Harry Hopkins orders inquiry into Toledo conditions while others warn pay boosts under NRA and CWA raise employment and bus industry wages. Hopkins rebuts Georgia Governor Talmadge as criticism grows.
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CWA
Ohio
Toledo
Harry Hopkins
Chattanooga
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Talmadge
Georgia
Guisti Admits Slaving Opera Singer Amid Fatal Shootings
Umberto Guisti confessed to holding the opera singer against her will after a quarrel over her departure for New York for an opera engagement arranged by Alexandre Annini. Police described the confrontation preceding a shooting as crowds gathered outside the station and Percio De Prato, her brother, shouted for vengeance.
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Umberto Guisti
New York
Alexandre Annini
Guisti
Percio de Prato
Visitors and locals mingle during holiday season in Thomasville
A long list of local residents and out of town visitors arrive for Christmas week. Names include Mr. M C McManeus of Cairo, Mr J O Smith of Atlanta, Miss Ruth Wood visiting Tallahassee, and many others from Jacksonville, Tampa, Savannah, New York, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wood
Thelma Wood
Tallahassee
Hospital Receives Christmas Gift of Plunkett School
At a Board of Trustees meeting Judge H W Hopkins presented a deed to the Plunkett School property donated by Mrs May B Archbold and her children for hospital use. The board accepted with thanks and appointed Judge Hopkins and W D Hasty to study its best use. The property on Gordon Avenue includes a large colonial dwelling a school plant and a dormitory now used by Joye Commercial School. The Christmas dinner for trustees followed the meal.
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John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
H. W. Hopkins
Plunkett School
May B. Archbold
F. H. Brooks
T. A. Futch
W. D. Hasty
Gordon Avenue
Joye Commercial School
Alabama Governor Gives 298 Holiday Paroles From Bed
Ailing Alabama Governor Miller, bedridden with undulant fever, orders 298 long term prisoners released on holiday paroles as a man to man gesture. Some are due back January 1, while Arkansas withholds releases due to a camp quarantine and Florida grants over 100 conditional pardons.
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Miller
Alabama
Tucker Prison
Futtrell
Arkansas
Florida
Progress Toward Recovery Sought in NRA Code Board Debate
Senators discuss creating a board to aid the “little man” in business similar to the national labor board. Roosevelt reportedly approves, but powers are undecided. Some argue codes favor monopolies, harming small merchants and forcing closures. others want an independent board accountable to Congress.
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Roosevelt
National Labor Board
NRA
Senate
Congress
Shelton Chastain Seeks Thomas County Tax Receiver Post
Shelton C Chastain a Thomasville resident and Golden Brothers veteran announces his candidacy for Tax Receiver of Thomas County to fill the unexpired term of the late Fred S Norton. He stresses local roots integrity and accountability and urges voters to support his bid in the special election on January 4 1934.
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Thomas County
Shelton C. Chastain
Fred S. Norton
Shelton Chastain
Thomasville
Golden Brothers Company
Elmo Chastain
Chastain
Coounty
Times-Enterprise
Indiana Policeman Shot in Gun Battle at Crown Point
An Indiana policeman was wounded during a gun battle with a convict in Crown Point. The incident followed Lake County grand jury indictments of seven officials from the Northern Indiana Service Company amid an embezzlement case and corporate irregularities involving Howard Duncan and Morse Dell Plain.
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Crown
Point
Ind
Lake County
Howard Duncan
Farmer
Duncan
Ney
Roosevelt weighs Navy Coast Guard merger plan
President Roosevelt considers consolidating the navy and the coast guard to save costs while keeping the coast guard under treasury control for smuggling and coast protection. If unified, the coast guard would become a corps in the navy but led by its own officers.
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Oosevelt
NAVY
Coast Guard
Wahsington
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
White House
Treasury
Seven Indicted After Probe Into Indiana Service Co
In Paris Indiana trooper Eugene Teague was fatally shot during a pistol battle as Edward Shouse the escaped convict, arrived with two women companions. Indiana and Illinois officers had learned of Shouse presence and 15 patrolmen waited with Edgar County deputies in front of the France Hotel. The fugitive was captured after a chase that ended with Shouse's arrest.
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Paris
Eugene Teague
Indiana
Illinois
Edward Shouse
Michigan City
Ind
Shouse
Edgar County
France Hotel
Fire Aboard Rydboholm 500 Miles Off Scotland bound for Boston
The Rydbholm, a SwedishAmerican Line motorship, reported a fire in No 1 hold containing matches about 504 miles southwest of Rockall off Scotland. The freighter with general cargo and mail left Gothenburg December 13 and is not carrying passengers. It was expected in Boston on Christmas Day.
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Boston
Rybonolm
Scotland
Rydboholm
Gothenburg
Rockall
Hunk Anderson Receiving NC State Coaching Offer
Raleigh NC December 20 North Carolina State College authorities outlined a football coaching proposition to Heartley W Hunk Anderson former Notre Dame mentor He indicated the proposal was interesting enough to warrant staying for further talks after meeting with the faculty alumni athletic council The article notes Anderson left in a sedan bought in Terre Haute and carried no further details.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State College Athletic Authorities
Heartley W
Hunk) Anderson
Notre Dame
Anderson
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Atlanta
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Jacksonville
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Tampa, Fla
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Coast Line of
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Ochlocknee
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Fla
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Mrs. Royal of
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Joe W. Turner
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Mary Fowler
Englewood, N. J
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Sally Fowler
Monticello Road
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Hubert Moller
Baby
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Clifford Eugene Hay, Jr
North Georgia College
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University System of Georgia
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Henry Herbener
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Theo Hendricks
Florida Military Academy
St. Petersburg
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University of Georgia
Athens
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Elizabeth Smith
Valdosta
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Tad Norwood
Vidalia
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Cleveland Park
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Thomasville Hardware & Supply Co
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N. C. State
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