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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1934
Page
5
A telephone company asks a federal court to hold the Public Service Commission in contempt over a rate dispute. The company contends the commission’s members depend on rate reductions to keep their jobs, urging judicial action.
The Georgia Continental Telephone Co seeks a federal court order citing the Georgia Public Service Commission for contempt and enjoining further rate reductions. It alleges the commission violates a recent restraining order by issuing a new rate schedule, and accuses members of being aligned with state officials whose salaries depend on cuts. The petitions, filed in Atlanta federal court, complicate a broader dispute involving Governor Talmadge and a suspended prior commission.
Los Angeles reports revive the William F. Gettle kidnapping case as extortion notes demanding 6000 dollars surface to pressure his court testimony against two women. The letters threaten dynamiting his home and harming his family, prompting increased security around Gettle’s Beverly Hills estate. Loretta Woody and Mona Gallighen were convicted of conspiring to misuse the mails in a 60000 dollar ransom plot.
Baton Rouge reports that New Orleans considered mobilizing the state militia to raid gambling dens. Governor O K Allen gave evasive replies while Senator Huey P Long asserted he would have used troops long ago if he were governor.
Harriman Tennessee June 26 a long labor dispute ends with Harriman Hosiery Mills closed and 653 workers laid off. NRA Administrator Hugh S Johnson accuses the company of seeking to wreck the plant while the company claims constitutional rights were denied. Johnson says the blue eagle may not be restored without relief.
Chicago police detained 17 suspects including one woman in a probe claiming a million dollar arson ring ran extortion and kidnapping schemes. Investigators allege 23 fires started and up to ten percent fees charged merchants with more cases under review.
Rotarians from 60 nations at the 25th Rotary International convention in Detroit scrutinize American business codes under the NRA. Charles Kettering of General Motors leads a keynote address as 10 000 delegates weigh whether national economic planning or international exchange best develops world resources.
Vienna police plan two indictments against Captain Ivan Ivanovich Poderjay in connection with the disappearance of Agnes Turverson. They seek perjury charges over his marriage status and extradition prospects to the United States. Massachusetts investigators pursue the theory Turverson may be alive, possibly hiding due to romance scandal. A Boston cleaner identified Turverson’s photograph tied to clothes dropped for cleaning in May and June.
Buenos Aires reports a fortnight of heavy fighting as 100,000 Bolivian and Paraguayan troops clash over Fort Tallivan in the Chaco Boreal. Paraguayan flanks extend the front with three aims to dislodge Bolivians at Avanti Pallivan, cut Bolivian lines toward the Pilcomayo, and sever communications with Dorbigny. The battle remains stubborn with massed Bolivian forces along the line.
South Carolina fair tonight and Wednesday. Georgia generally fair tonight and Wednesday with scattered thundershowers in extreme south on Wednesday afternoon. Florida generally fair Wednesday afternoon. Alabama generally fair tonight and Wednesday but coast partly cloudy and unsettled.
Milwaukee workers walked out at 4 am as about eight hundred union employees left the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company. Union leaders warned of crippling power and lighting facilities while a minority removed key personnel at the Lakeside plant. Dawn broke with low streetcars rolling, some armored with mesh, as strikes spread after recent terminations.
Washington reports a public hearing where NRA officials were urged to shield Georgia trucking from collapse due to a 27 percent rate cut below rail tariffs. H J L Spring of Georgia Highway Express argued for an exemption from trucking hour limits to offset losses, aiming for an average fifty four hour week for outside workers.
Washington reports to the house military sub committee evidence that twelve CCC Fargo trucks were sabotaged by sand poured into oil systems. Brigadier General A G Lott cited replacement motors after an investigation confirmed abrasive sand in oil reservoirs. The motive suggested was to discredit the trucks. In other dispatch Hugh S Johnson announced receipt of the aluminium code with no comment.
Atlanta report details a near confrontation between Judge Claude Pittman and Charles F. Stewart, naval stores inspector and Talmadge ally, in the Piedmont Hotel lobby. Milton Fleetwood, editor, and others were present as Pittman and Stewart exchanged heated words. Fleetwood says he intervened to avert violence. Pittman and Stewart exchanged threats before police were summoned.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington for a week of high pressure action. A new emergency labor board with wide powers is expected to emerge from conferences, with personnel announced and its authority outlined within hours. Leaders consider Landis Pecora and Sykes for key posts. The board may replace the 13 member National Labor Board and will investigate bargaining disputes and oversee secret elections.
President Roosevelt vetoed 14 routine bills as he shifts focus to capital and labor after a series of conference meetings. He acted on measures passed in the closing days of Congress.
Chicago police think a gang of five to six abductors is holding Andrew Sciacca the 50 year old Oriental cafe owner at his West Jackson Boulevard home. Sciacca was seized as he parked his car with his three children present. a caller warned Carlo not to alert authorities and to contact his uncle.
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