Sit-Down At Norfolk Ends Quietly With Arrests
Norfolk August 16 A large scale sit down strike by Farmco Package Corp workers ended two hours after starting with 70 Negro workers jailed on trespass charges. About 325 employees walked out for higher pay and better conditions, CIO affiliated box barrel and veneer workers union says. Police evicted strikers peacefully after management complaint. hearings set for tomorrow.
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Folk
Farmco Package Corporation
Box, Barrel and Veneer Workers Union
CIO
Charles B. Borland
J. L. Helihan
Justice of the
Sol Richter
Relihan
R. Forrest Fowler
CIO Union
Japanese Captain Murders Self in Hara-Kiri
In Yokohama on August 17 Captain Morio Hirotsu aged 39 who longed to serve in China killed himself with a sword in his abdomen and then cut his throat, saying illness kept him from army service.
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Yokohama
Japan
China
Morio Hirotsu
Farm Bureau Chief Urges Action on Farm Parity
Edward O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke in DeWitt Iowa for the 25th anniversary of Iowa s first farm bureau urging local citizens to pressure Congress to demand farm parity. He warned lawmakers must return ready to act.
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DeWitt
First Farm Bureau of Iowa
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Silk Mill At Grottoes Reopens After Lay-Off
GROTTOES, Aug 16 After an eighteen month lay-off the Grottoes Silk Mill reopened on a restricted basis. Plant manager R. Koch of Weyers Cave said full capacity production will resume soon. About sixteen workers are employed now with plans to hire more up to 50 operators as demand justifies. The mill owned by A K Baker interests of New York has operated for years and ships cloth to a dyeing plant and then to silk clothing manufacturers. Former employees will have first chance to return before new hires.
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Grottoes
R. Koch
Weyers. Cave
A. K. Baker Interests
New York
du Plan
Koch
Japan
Dallas Man Reports Theft Of Radio And Typewriter
Dallas man named Ralph Blossom told police a radio on trial and a borrowed typewriter from his landlady were stolen. He reported the incident as a theft and is cooperating with authorities.
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Dallas
Ralph Blossom
Disease outbreak prompts isolation efforts in King county
Dr. H C Givens reports an Equine encephalomyelitis outbreak in Owen, King county, being checked by the State Department of Agriculture to isolate the disease. Mosquito transmission after northeast winds. most horses infected recover or die within weeks. last major outbreak was in August 1933 after coastal storms.
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Richmond
H. C. Givens
Owen
King County
State Department of Agriculture
Seaboard
Givens
E. E. Musselman
Tapphannock
King George
Virginia
Maryland
Robbers Hit Philadelphia Deli for Cash and Caviar
Discriminating thieves broke into a Philadelphia deli catessen and cleaned out $75 in cash and $25 worth of caviar. They ignored other valuable meat items.
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Philadelphia
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Warner Baxter
Elizabeth Allan
Wallace Beery
Miles Music CO
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George W. Kurtz
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Woodward
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Gray & Sheetz
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Clarke County
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Boyce
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Baltimore, Md
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Dollar Store
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King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Ralph Bellamy
Betty Furness
Hipprodrome Theatre
Baltimore
James Ellison
Terry Walker
U. S
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W. B. Snider & Son
Capon Springs
John S. Miller & Co
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Haldeman
Kent St
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