Strike Vote Ordered at Viscose Company Plants
New York Oct 24 United Textile Workers of America ordered a strike vote in five Viscose Company plants amid alleged discrimination against members. The union seeks 5 cent hourly and 10 percent piece worker pay hikes, with talks planned in Philadelphia before the vote.
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New York
Berry Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Viscoe Company
Marcus Hook
Viscose Company
Pensylvania Virginia
West Virginia
Viscose
McMahon
William F. Kelly
Viscose Federated Council
Kelly
Philadelphia
Athletics And European Hates Have No Place
Avery Brundage, Chicago, president of the American Olympic Association and AOC chairman, declares that American sportsmen will not tolerate old world hatreds or use athletics to spread them. He affirms America will compete in the 1936 Berlin Games and says the stance reflects leaders of about seventy amateur athletic organizations. Brundage notes a 16 page pamphlet will be published by the American Olympic Committee.
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Chicago
America
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Association
American Olympic Committee
Brundage
United States
Berlin
Amateur Athletics of America
Brundage Defends 1936 Olympic Participation Policy
Brundage asserts the American Olympic Committee will compete in Berlin despite political concerns. He says the games belong to the athletes, not politicians, and that accepting the invitation does not endorse Germany's policies. The committee, he notes, follows four decades of Olympic precedent, ignoring political or religious issues.
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America
Brundage
Amerpone
Germany
CCC Camps To Be Maintained Through Winter
The Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the Valley area will be kept through winter. Robert Fechner announced 91 camps in Virginia will employ 18,750 men, with 200-man forestry units protecting and improving forests in George Washington National Forest and Shenandoah National Park including Wolf Gap Roosevelt Mt Solon Freer Run Damascus Lyndhurst Snowden Natural Bridge Speeedwell and Cavities along Skyline Drive.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Washington
Robert Fechner Co. C
National Park
Grottoes
Skyline Drive
Luray
Front Royal
Pront Royal
Vesuvius
Virginia
Fechner
Italian Diplomat to Leave Ethiopia Amid Tense Departure
Count Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci, Italy's minister to Ethiopia, agreed to depart Addis Ababa peacefully tomorrow after Haile Selassie sent his passports and demanded exit within 48 hours. He will be joined by two Italian commercial agents from Magalo, who are en route, with the diplomat delaying departure until they arrive. The consular team had journeyed about 200 miles overland.
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Addis Ababa
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Magalo
Ickes Delays Byrd Conference on Shenandoah Park Delays
Secretary Ickes has not acted on Senator Byrd’s plea for a conference on Shenandoah Park and parkway issues. Byrd sought a meeting with park service leaders and Virginia officials over deeds for rights of way for the Shenandoah Great Smoky Mountains parkway.
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Ickes
Byrd
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Shenandoah Park
Parkway
National Park Service
Park Service
Peery
Virginia
Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains Parkway
A A A Expects Big Corn Hog Vote Saturday
Washington officials anticipate a heavy turnout for the national corn hog referendum set for tomorrow He notes more than 1 000 000 corn hog adjustment contracts are in effect this year and farmers producing corn and hogs totaling over 4 500 000 will vote on supporting an adjustment program for 1936
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Washington
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Dandy Weather Predicted For Notre Dame Navy Game
In Baltimore on October 25 the weather bureau forecast a great day for the Notre Dame Navy clash. Meteorologist John R Weeks predicted a morning low of 38 to 44 degrees and an afternoon high of 65 to 70 degrees ensuring comfortable conditions for the big game.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
John R. Weeks
Nine of Tug's Crew Drowned in Hoogly River Capsize
Calcutta dispatch reports nine crewmen drowned when the tug capsized in the Hoogly river while towing the German steamer Lindenfels. The accident occurred today and involved the Tug’s crew during the river passage.
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Calcutta
India
Hoogly River
Lindenfels
Views Differ On Virginia Unemployment Insurance
At a Richmond hearing, state labor leaders urged a Virginia unemployment compensation act that stands independent of the federal act, while business spokesmen questioned the federal plan and urged caution, arguing potential unconstitutionality and large tax costs.
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Richmond
Virginia
Peery
Capitol
Labor Federation
Virginia Labor Commission
Virginia Manufacturers Association
John Hopkins Hall, Jr
Commissioner of
Labor
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Louthan
Federal payroll tax plan discussed for Virginia totals
A 3 percent payroll tax under the federal act on Virginia’s roughly 300 million dollar annual payroll would affect employers with eight or more workers and exempt those with fewer. The wage share in industries ranges from 30 to 90 percent, suggesting varied impact across sectors.
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Virginia
Two Villages Captured by Italians in Somaliland Push
Rome October 25 Italy's Somaliland army reports progress toward Harar Ethiopia as two more villages, Calago and Celedi, are captured in the Sclaweli region on October 20 and 21 following Daguerres fall. The communique notes Italian forces moved in after the gains.
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Rome
Italy
Webbe Shibelt
Harar
Ethiopia
Sclaweli
Callago
Celedi
Daguerres
Ethiopian campaign reports capture and air raids advance
Callafo and several tribal chiefs submitted to Italian command while 500 Ethiopians were captured. Aviation reconnaissance extended to Sasa Banch and Magalo in Ogaden and Juba sectors as air strikes targeted multiple objectives to clear the path for northern advance.
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Callafo
Sasa Banch
British Somaliland
Ogaden
Magalo
Juba
Tribal Warriors Plead For Modern Gans In Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa on October 25 former war minister Fitaourah Birru rode at the head of about 1,000 Kaffa tribal warriors in a loud parade through the capital. Emperor Haile Selassie reviewed 10,000 Gall a swordsmen as part of the same display.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Fitaourah Birru
Haile Selassie
Modern home for rent in best locality
Classified list item notes a modern six room house at 328 E Piccadilly St for sale and other ads include paper shell pecans offered by D P Magruder of Gulfport Mississippi with delivery by parcel post, and job notices for housework in two entries with references required. Barbara Bell fashion patterns feature a princess style dress with a wide V neck and dart detailing and pattern No. 1765 B sizes 36 to 54 with materials listed.
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Barbara Bell
Barbara Ell
Dignitaries Meet as Warriors Demand Modern Rifles
Dedjazmatch Aptemariam Gabregziaher leads warriors who demand modern rifles to fight enemies. They abandon old weapons while the Lion of Judah watches. Warriors perform grim war dances with swords as five hours of feudal pageantry ends with Haile Selassie greeting chiefs with imperial kissing gestures concealed by white shawls.
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Dedjazmatch
Aptemariam Gabregziaher
Lion of Judah
Haile Selassie
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