Pay Raises and Cuts Seen in Rail Workers Amid 1932 Fallout
The article reports on wage adjustments for railroad workers tied to a 1932 pay cut. A proposed five percent and payroll changes aim to raise funds and ease emergent charges, with decisions pending from the Commerce Commission and rail company managers. The piece notes regional effects on workers in Athens and nearby towns and references past wage disputes and broader industry tensions.
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The
Commerce Commission
Howallow Permanent Generals
Power plants urged to meet national demand
A study published Monday urged construction of at least 300 million dollars in electric generating plants to avert a power shortage. The report, citing Roosevelt era studies, favors careful federal oversight of new transmission lines and notes only one major new development and one municipal plant underway amid growing industrial demand.
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NGTON
Roosevelt
Middle West
Roosevelt criticism grows as Senator jeers at silence
A fragmentary report notes concerns over Senator Gerald Nye from North Dakota urging silence about a political figure. The text hints at Roosevelt’s waning popularity as debate continues on the matter during a journey to Washington.
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Hugh
Gerald Republican
North Dakota
Sun
Washington
Roosevelt
Cats and Rewards Highlight Classified Ad Tale
A fragmented notice tells of a large yellow male cat with a white chin, likely named Champion Fre of Brambach, seen after nine lives of luxury. The small item mentions an ancestor of feline nobility and includes a reward offer in a Messenger classifieds page.
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Ack Tomeat
New York
Brambach
N.eo
Messenger
Pope Pius Devotes Sermon to War Opponents
Vatican report says Pope Pius XII told 20 cardinals in a secret consistory that war would be an enormous crime and a foolish fury. He urged prayer and warned that those who push nations to ruin and extermination threaten humanity.
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Vatican City
Pius
Thomas Enters Denial in Full
Preston F E Thomas was removed as warden of Ohio Penitentiary after charges of malfeasance misfeasance and immoral conduct. Paul Herbert co attorney for Thomas filed a complete denial before the State Civil Service Commission. Governor Davey inspired the charges while Mrs Margaret Altman welfare director signed them as Bricker officials listened. Herbert vowed to refute the charges and prove they were investigated and disproved by former welfare directors.
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Columbus
Preston FE. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
State Civil Service Commission
Paul Herbert
Thomas
Davey
Margaret B. Altman
John W. Bricker
Herbert
Little Billy Receives Roosevelt Letter on Birth of Namesake
Ten year old Billy Munch of Cleves receives a letter from President Roosevelt replying to his birth announcement of a baby brother named Franklin D. Roosevelt. The president offers hearty congratulations and sends an autographed photograph as a memento.
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Cincinnati
Billy Munch
Cleves
Roosevelt
Billy
Franklin D
April 1 hoax on Hitler death nets insurance windfall
A London alert about Reichsfuehrer Hitler dying soon proved an April fool joke, though Lloyds and other insurers reportedly profited from cheap premiums on policies taken out after the gypsy tale circulated. Similar predictions reportedly spread across Belgium France Spain and Germany.
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Hitler
London
UPI
Germany
Europe
Belgium
France
Spain
Lloyds Ltd
April Foolers Outfoxed by City Zoo Switchboard
Philadelphia news item notes the city zoo hires three operators for the administration desk to trick callers seeking Mr. Fox or Mr. Lyon by making them think they are talking to the zoo and then hanging up.
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City Zoo
Philadelphia
April Foolers
Zoo
Mr. Fox
Mr. Lyon
Court May Clip Wings of NRA
Washington report on a drive toward a Supreme Court ruling on the NRA constitutionality. Senators seek a Justice Department reversal in the Belcher Lumber case where a federal judge found NRA unconstitutional. If the court allows dropping the appeal, a decision would likely come next fall. The Belcher case is the sole Blue Eagle suit before the court. The American Liberty League urged a quick ruling on the National Industrial Recovery Act's validity amid price fixing criticism.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
Justice Department
Belcher Lumber
Alabama
High Tribunal
Belcher
Blue Eagle
American Liberty League
Scottsboro Decision Due in Highest Court
The Supreme Court prepared to rule on Alabama trial validity after a two weeks recess. Justices were expected to rule on death sentences for two Black defendants convicted of attacking two white women near Scottsboro Alabama four years ago.
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Washington
Scottsboro
Alabama
Supreme Court
Banking Superintendent Seeks March 4 Bank Condition Reports
State Banking Superintendent Samuel Squire Monday issued a call for reports of conditions of all state banks at the close of business March 4.
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Columbus
Samuel Squire
Famous Opera Stars Turn to Jazz and Burlesque Farewell Party
New York hosts a farewell tribute to Giulio Gatti-Casazza, veteran impresario of the Met, amid living caricatures of opera and burlesque. Performers including Gladys Swarthout, Lily Pons, and Melchior mix songs with stunts and a mock Wagner Ring in record time as the crowd applauds and the impresario retires to Italy.
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Metropolitan
Lily Pons
Gladys Swarthout
Minnie the Moocher
Retirin Impresario
Associated Press
New York
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Gatti
Gatti
Italy
Edward Johnson
Helen Jepson
Lawrence Tibbett
Charlies Harket
Richard Wagner
Ringling Brothers
Barnum, Bailey & Goetterddaemerung
New Strikes Loom in Ohio As Cleaners Settle Dispute
In Ohio 28 Cleveland dry cleaning plants prep to reopen after cleaners union members voted to accept a settlement. The deal includes a 20 percent wage rise for 65 percent of workers, a dues checkoff, and a preferential shop system.
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Cleveland
Cleaners’ and Pressers
United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Robinson Clay Products Company
Akron
Mogedore
Uhrichsville
Malbern
Parral
Midvale
Crosley Radio Corporation
Cincinnati
Crossey Company
Youngstown
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers
Plane crashes kill six in multiple U.S. incidents
A string of fatal air accidents leaves six dead including pilots Jack Barstow and Eddie Johnson near Chicago and Corpus Christi, with Cecil Cook burned to death in Texas. Other crashes claim L. W. Abbott and Claude Morin near Kimburt, Illinois, and Floyd Davis near Flint. Labor unrest spans Steel & Tubes Elyria and other unions in Ohio and nationwide.
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Chicago
Jack Barstow
Eddie Johnson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Barstow
Jack Cowgill
L. W. Abbott
Claude Morin
Abbott
Kimburet
Floyd Davis
Flint
Midh
Long and Coughlin Boost Each Other's Causes
Washington reports show Huey P. Long and Father Charles E. Coughlin stepping up efforts to expand their movements. Long used a radio speech to push share-the-wealth clubs while criticizing the Roosevelt administration, and Coughlin announced a new National Union for Social Justice plan with state level groups and nationwide radio meetings. The talks fueled third party speculation ahead of 1936.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Father Charles E. Coughlin
Senator Long
Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
National Union For Social
Mellon To Testify In Own Tax Fraud Case
Andrew W Mellon is expected to testify this week before the board of tax appeals. He faces a $5 080 000 assessment on his 1931 income and seeks to prove he overpaid $139 000 that year. The slow speaking financier will close his direct evidence against the assessment and the fraud charge.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W Melon
Board of Tax Appeals
Parachute Record Claim From Soviet Woman
Vera Fedoroffa wife of a Red Army officer claims a new parachute jump record after leaping from an airplane near Leningrad Sunday at a height of 6350 meters 20800 feet. The jump was made without assistance as reported.
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Moscow
Vera Fedoroffa
Red Army
Lenigrad
Poland to oppose security pact opposition in Poland
In Warsaw Captain Anthony Eden will meet Marshal Pilsudski and press Poland against joining the eastern security pact. Polish officials fear the pact could draw Poland into a battlefield involving Russia and Germany, amid hostility to the plan.
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Poland
Warsaw
Anthony Eden
Joseph Pileudski
Russia
Germany
Rain Forecast Pushes Chicago Grain Prices Down
Chicago wheat futures eased as rain forecasts in Kansas and Nebraska weighed on markets. May contracts opened lower before slipping further, while corn showed mixed moves with initial declines then a setback as Liverpool wheat remained firm due to seller activity.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebrarks
Chicagu
Liverpool
Tornadoes Kill Six Injure Eight Across South
Fast moving tornadoes swept Southern Mississippi and coastal Texas on Monday, killing six people and injuring eight. Mississippi reported four fatalities while Texas saw two, with widespread property damage reported along the paths of the storms.
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South
Jackson
Mins
Mississippi
Texas
Duffy, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Leader Dies
James F. Duffy grand treasurer of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Fires since 1932 died at his home in Providence on Monday. His widow Mary T. Leach Duffy and a son James E. Duffy Jr survive.
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Providence
James F. Duffy
Benevolent and Protective Order of Fires
Mary T. (Leach) Duffy
James EE. Dufay, Jr
What About Those Good Old Days in New York City
A reader letter recalls the 1920s tax era and laments income tax while noting urban wealth and cautious optimism. The writer, Wilt Rogers, contrasts present gains with memories of leaner times and questions when the good old days return.
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Yooco—K
New York City
Four Die While Changing Tires on Ohio Roads
Ohio weekend toll includes four fatalities from tire changing accidents. Incidents occurred on State Highway 7 near Steubenville and in Bratenahl and Cleveland Heights. Victims include Charles Annon 4 of Fast Liverpool and Arthur Holsinger 2 of Toronto Ohio, plus Anthony Carte 44 and Anton Michalic 4. Dorothy Herrick 17 of Northfield died when a passenger car blew a tire and overturned in Cleveland Heights. Stanley G ONeill 40 died in Lorain after fainting at the wheel. Two girls Mildred Stone 16 and Leona Byard 17 of River View survived severe injuries after a likely hit and run near Bellaire after a movie.
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Columbus
Ohio
Steubenville
Charles Annon
Fast
Dorothy Herrick
Northfield
Cleveland Heights
Stanley G O'Neill
Lorain
Ohio River
Bellaire
Mildred Stone
Leona Byard
Riverview
Meigs Relief Director Appointed in Pomeroy
Paul H. Rock, formerly of Canton, took over as relief director for Meigs County succeeding Henry Corradini who transfers to Ironton to direct Lawrence County relief. Rock comes from Lebanon County Pennsylvania and has worked in Franklin County Ohio this year. He says Meigs will combine relief into one works program allowing any county resident to work on any project. Corradini built Meigs County office into a leading state agency during his tenure.
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Corradini
Meiga County
House Returns Big Relief Bill To Conference
House leaders plan to send the $4 800 000 000 relief bill back to conference with the Senate after Roosevelt aides urged dropping the direct work clause. Leaders aim to remove the non federal project limit and push a quicker settlement, with a conference expected to delay for two or three days.
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House
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Ickes
Congress
Anti-Sales Tax Drive Opens Across Ohio
Volunteers in Ohio circulated petitions Monday for a constitutional amendment to abolish the sales tax on food shelter clothing and fuel. Congressman Martin L. Sweeney announced his campaign from a radio broadcast urging the legislature to end lobby influence. He proposed a state income tax and higher inheritance and util ity taxes as alternatives. About 300000 signatures are needed for a referendum at the November election.
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Sweeney
Ohio
Cleveland
Martin L. Sweeney
Sweeney Anid
County Committees Resent Administration Spark Tensions
A rising resentment among Democratic County committees against state administration was depicted by Mayor Fred Sattler former Henry County Democratic Central Committee chair who said he resigned to avoid doing the Governor’s dirty work. He warned that the administration ignores smaller county committees and predicts party strength loss.
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Napolfon
Fred Sattler
Henry County
Democratic Central Committee
Sattler
Messenger 110 Years Old Modern Athens Press
The Athens Messenger rises from a one room two man shop to a large modern plant. Forty six on regular staff and 44 full time employees plus 70 news writers cover five county territory. Telegraph printers flash 60 words a minute and the monster press runs 300 newspapers a minute.
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Pioneer
Athéns Messenger
Globe
Miners pay tribute to John Mitchell across three states
About 200000 miners in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania paraded and met to honor John Mitchell father of the eight hour day as mines shut on April 1 in line with wage truce agreements. NRA extension to June 16 removed a potential strike and leaders vowed firmer talks in June.
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John Mitchell
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
NRA
Coshocton
Hocking Valley
Pomeroy
Crookeville
William Keen
American Federation of Labor
Cashorton
Washington
United Mine Workers
Howard T. Colvin
Percy Tetlow
Samuel Pascoe
Clayman Claherty
Akron
Green
Pat Fagan
United Mine Warkere
John L. Lewis
Opwstora
Anid Fagan
Roosevelt
National Recovery Board
Man Seeks 5000 Damages After Alleged Lynching Attempt
Kenton county man A Okey O Dell files a 5000 dollar damage suit against Mardin County Commissioners claiming an attempted lynching occurred August 26 in McGuffey during labor unrest in the Boloto Valley onion marshes. He led the Agricultural Workers Union, first AFL affiliated farm workers group, with national reach.
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Kenton
Okey O'Dell
Mardin
Boloto Valley
O'Dell
Board of
Mardin County Commissioners
McGuffey
Marsh Laborers
Agricultural Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Ite
Hupmobile Office Workers Dismissed
All office employees of the Hupp Motor Car Co including the engineering staff were dismissed Monday and locked out. About 300 persons affected by the order. The action described as a purge stems from a federal court suit seeking Andrews resignation and voiding contracts made by him.
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Detroit
Hupp Motor Car Co
William Hublburt
Archie M. Andrews
Diasmissa
Walter Drake
Andrews
Boy Hit by Car Recovers in Columbus Hospital
Improvement reported Monday in the condition of three year old John Richard Smith son of Mr and Mrs Harry Smith of Jacksonyne at Mercy Hospital Columbus. He was struck on Route 12 last Thursday when he ran onto the highway to rescue his dog.
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John Richard Smith
Harry Smith
Jacksonyne
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
William Alvin Pomeroy dies in Gallia County
William Alvin Pomeroy Sax ton age 72 dies at home on Second Street here. Known as an oil well shooter in the district. Funeral services set for Peace Church Tuesday at one in the afternoon with burial in John's Creek Cemetery in Gallia County.
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Second Street
Peace Church
John's Creek
Gallia County
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