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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1935
Page
4
John L. Lewis ordered a nationwide work stoppage starting Sunday midnight affecting about 405,000 miners. District chiefs head to field headquarters as operators await White House action and Roosevelt eyes a new stabilization bill while calling for wage talks to resume.
Washington June 29 Only presidential intervention can stop a soft coal strike. Negotiations on new wage and hour contracts for Appalachian fields collapsed this morning. The joint wage conference recessed subject to the call of the chairman. Roosevelt hopes an extension can be arranged. Wages and hours have been extended twice to give Congress time to act on the bill. Chairman Hill of the Ways and Means subcommittee said it would be reported by mid next week.
By the Associated Press reports say the United Mine Workers and Appalachian soft coal operators made progress to avert a strike while scattered violence disrupts public utilities lead and zinc mining and potato farming. Farmers of Virginia's eastern shore were involved in the unrest.
Washington reports a possible 1936 campaign issue as President Roosevelt hopes to abolish utility holding companies deemed unnecessary. Senator Wheeler threatens to block the holding company bill unless a death sentence for unwanted holdings is added, aiming to take the issue to voters. The House pushes to pass the president’s version amid other looming battles. The Treasury cites a near 28.7 billion dollar gross debt as experts draft new tax measures. Unprecedented agricultural imports, spurred by drought and price levels, are noted by the Chamber of Commerce.
Tribute to the late John L Herring longtime editor of the Tifton Gazette will be unveiled with a granite memorial in Fulwood Park Tifton Ga speakers Henry T McIntosh Albany Herald and Colonel C W Fulwood Jr designed by C W Fulwood Jr the monument funded by public subscription and set in the park corner Herring edited the Gazette 1897 1928 and his son and daughter remained with the paper The event honors a Civic leader and journalist born 1866 in Albany Georgia with a life in rural Georgia journalism and community service.
Alfred Stanley, 36, remained in critical condition in Atlanta after a bullet wound to the chest inflicted at his home yesterday. A friend spoke with Stanley on the telephone yesterday and provided details of the incident.
AP reports a wide toll from natural disasters including floods in Osaka Kyoto Kobe and Portugal, earthquakes in Mexico and Hawaii, and heat waves. In Osaka prefectures property damage reaches 10 million yen with many homeless. Japan deaths tallied at 62 with numerous injuries. European storm damage and widespread sunstroke deaths also noted.
Tokyo dispatch reports the worst rains and floods in half a century devastate Osaka Kyoto and Kobe with 62 dead and many missing. Up to 150000 structures may be damaged and damage exceeds 10 million yen. Floods affect northern Kyushu Shikoku Honshu and disrupt railways and crops.
Moscow reports three new provocations by Japanese and Manchukuoan forces across the Soviet frontier on the Amur river. Tass says gunboats Sungteng and Yangming entered Soviet territory, trained guns on Soviet vessels, and took photos while frontier cutters were signaled to keep away.
A witness said he grew alarmed by remarks made by the victim and rushed to Stanley's home. On arrival he heard a shot from inside. Stanley lay across a bed with a pistol near his side and a chest wound.
Washington reports the Department of Justice will no longer use the term Gmen. The term is replaced with F B I agents, aligning with the American FBI acronym and avoiding the stigma associated with the old nickname.
R. W. Randell of Fort Myers Florida was acquitted by a 12 member jury in Ellijay Georgia of the slaying of his wife after a week long trial. He testified the wrecked car was driven by his wife and faulted her for mishandling the foot pedals while defense witnesses denied mistreatment.
Greenville New York June 29 Detectives from the state police Scotland Yard detail joined the search for Helen Glenn nine year old victim of a brutal attack and murder The girl disappeared from her home two days earlier and her body was found in a marsh The coroner described a vicious assault and the killer’s evident strength as he drove the knife into the child Tire tracks led from a Greenville street to an overgrown lumber road where the body was found Suspect near Greenville is being investigated by county police and detectives from the anti crime unit are observing with one man under surveillance.
Meridian Mississippi June 29 The 600th hour in the air for the endurance plane Ole Miss was reached at 12 32 30 p m after pilots Al and Fred Key extinguished a morning fire. This marks their 25th consecutive day aloft as they chase the world record. They had climbed past 590 hours earlier and aimed to beat the Hunter brothers 553 41 30 hours.
Athens June 29 Flue cured tobacco growers in Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia and Florida complete balloting on continued compulsory acreage control for 1936 Votes will be counted by county agents later tabulated at state headquarters and sent to Washington The 1935 program provided rent to government and payments varying with yield No price guarantees but benefit payments on rented acres expected for 1936 as needed The 1934 to 1935 figures show high support for compulsory control with about 12 to 1 in favor last year
Washington June 29 federal funds expected to back a farm to market roads program to employ about one million rural workers on Works Progress Administration relief. President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace support the plan with Rep. Lord and a mid-west bloc seeking $200000 per county. The program aims to reduce relief costs while expanding highways and farm access.
Washington reports Senator George of Georgia urges that federal highway funds for Georgia be handled through the Georgia highway commission as provided by law. He asks the President and federal officials to allow the state board to control allocations with federal engineers inspecting projects and salaries deducted from the state allotment.
President Roosevelt examined the Georgia highway funding dispute as the administration weighed sending works progress division funds directly to counties for rural and feeder roads. Governor Talmadge and Highway Board Chair Wilburn weighed plans, with $12 million state program to run 1935–36 using matched federal aid. Senator George urged funds flow through the state board per law.
Partly cloudy to cloudy in South Carolina and Georgia with local thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Temperatures little changed. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect scattered showers Sunday with similar mild temperature trends.
President Roosevelt appears to hold leverage in the Georgia highway dispute as Governor Eugene Talmadge and his highway board may be excluded from spending federal road funds. Officials consider routing about 16.5 million dollars directly to Georgia counties, while the state government may be bypassed in the process.
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