Miners and Owners Hit Deadlock in Wage Talks
A joint statement from Appalachian soft coal producers and the United Mine Workers reports a deadlock in wage negotiations affecting more than 338,000 miners across eight states. The full conference is to decide if any agreement remains possible, with issues including a closed shop and protective guarantees amid new union challenges.
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New York
United Mine Workers Union
Ers
Charles O'Neill
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Progressive Miners of America
American Federation of Labor
Union
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Modern monarch dies in automobile wreck
Baghdad date reports King Ghazi I aged 27 a notable motor enthusiast died in an automobile accident. He was raised in Arabian desert Bedouin tents and educated at Harrow School England, succeeding his father King Feisal who died in Switzerland in 1933.
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Baghdad
Irak
King Ghazi
Harrow
England
King Feisal
Switzerland
Teacher at institute entitled to state compensation
The Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled that a teacher attending a teachers' institute is within the employment scope and eligible for state workers compensation for injury.
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WORK
Toledo
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Keota Mining Co. Property Sale Confirmed by Judge
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood confirms the sale of the remaining Kehota Mining Co. property in Perry and Hocking Counties. The decree closes the federal bankruptcy process and transfers assets as ordered.
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Columbus
U.P
Mell G. Underwood
Kehota Mining Co
Perry
Hocking Counties
Foreclosure Sought on Fraunfelter China Co Mortgage
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation filed suit in Columbus to foreclose on Fraunfelter China Co in Zanesville for 135045.55 in mortgages and notes.
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Columbus
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Fraunfelter China Co
Zanesville
Franco orders civil war demobilization in 90 days
General Francisco Franco ordered the demobilization of Spain's civil war forces within 90 days. The directive from Burgos aimed to wind down ongoing military commitments as the country moved toward stability.
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Burgos
Spain
U.P
Francisco Franco
Smith Appointed State Mines Chief in Columbus
Director George A. Strain of the Industrial Relations Department today appointed E. W. Smith of Cambridge as chief of the State Division of Mines and Mining. Smith previously led the division under the Cooper administration and currently serves as a district deputy in the Division of Mines and Mining. He is a member of the United Mine Workers of America.
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Columbus
U.P
George A. Strain
Industrial Relations Department
E. W. Smith
Cambridge
State Division of Mines and Mining
Smith
Cooper Administration
Division of Mines and Mining
United Mine Workers of America
Solons Point To End Work Early in May
Columbus leaders expect adjournment of the 93rd General Assembly around May 10 with possible earlier sessions. A budget and relief bills loom. no recess for drafting the general appropriation bill is planned. Anti injunction legislation and old age pensioner measures are favored. university fee bills face postponement.
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Solons
Columbus
U.P
House
Senate
93Rd General Assembly
Bricker
Labor
Wilberforce
Three Die as Planes Crash Near Wasp Launch
EAST BRAINTREE Mass At least three men died and a fourth may be missing after two Navy planes collided during a Wasp carrier launch. One plane fell through a roof and into a house starting a fire. another crashed in flames. Three bodies recovered within an hour.
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East Braintree
Mass
U.P
U. S. Navy
Wasp
Parental Opposition Blamed for Death by Own Action
Coroner E. E. Smith proposed Betty Hughes 22 a beauty shop employee shot herself in the heart after family objection to her boyfriend. Her body was found in a car borrowed from Charles Murphy with a pistol and a pencil note saying there wasn't any use.
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Columbus
U.P
Betty Hughes
E. E. Smith
Pays Man To Steal Car At Parking Lot
Mrs. Harry Butler of Newark told Columbus police she paid a man 25 cents to steal her automobile in a parking lot on Monday. She gave the man the money and returned to find the car gone. the man had not worked at the lot.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry Butler
Newark
Huron Clears Port For Detroit First 1939 Coal Cargo
The Huron departed from the port late Monday marking the first coal cargo of the 1939 navigation season. The shipment heads to Detroit under the U P line.
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Coneact
U.P
Huron
Detroit
Messenger Cooking School Opens with Enthusiastic Crowd
Large crowd attends first day at The Messenger Cooking School in the Senior High Building. Mrs. Emily M. Lautz leads a lively program as homemakers from across the district view demonstrations on cake making and kitchen tips. Doors reopen tomorrow at 1:30 PM.
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the Messenger
Emily M. Lautz
Messenger
Lautz
Youth Dies in Fall From Breakneck Cliff
District Attorney John Dona said an autopsy would be held on Irving Feigin a 20 year old from New York City who broke his neck while descending Breakneck Cliff along the Hudson River in Cold Spring New York. Girard Block a 21 year old Brooklyn youth testified that he saw Feigin dangling from a rope over a ledge 100 feet above the ground but could not aid him alone.
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Cold Spring
N. Y
U.P
John Donahue
Irving Feigin
New York City
Hudson River
Girard Block
Brooklyn
Aid for small business fuels recovery drive
The administration targets economic recovery with support for small firms. The Securities and Exchange Commission begins a nationwide study to uncover barriers to loans and credit for small and intermediate businesses.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reduced Night Speed Limit Becomes City Law
Kansas City council unanimously adopted a permanent 25 mile per hour night speed limit crediting a dramatic drop in fatal and injury crashes. The ordinance cements Kansas City as the safest large city nationwide.
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Kansas City
United States
Air Corps Begins Building 4500 New Combat Planes
Air Corps planning officers work as leaves are cancelled to meet a goal of 6000 first line planes. President Roosevelt signs the defense bill authorizing growth from 1500 to 6000 planes with funds for about 784 planes. Dayton tests new high speed light bombers with a large scale production plan and a 45 squadron expansion to strengthen national defense.
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Washington
Air Corps
Roosevelt
Congress
Dayton
War Department
Peace Talks Resumed by AFL CIO Labor Leaders
New York U P reports that AFL CIO negotiators seek unity among about 7.75 million union members. CIO President John L Lewis cautioned unity may be hindered after Senate hearings set for April 11 on Wagner Act amendments and a wave of CIO criticisms from AFL President William Green.
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NEW York
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
John L. Lewis
Senate Education and Labor Committee
AFL
William Green
Lewis
Army limits new lieutenants to single men
The War Department issued regulations under the army expansion program stating married men are not sought for new appointments. Lieutenants will be limited to applicants who are single and never previously married, as a wife is deemed a handicap to a young officer.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Army
Plastics Render Cornstalks into Fashion and Fabric
At the American Chemical Society meeting researchers showcased plastics from cornstalks and straw promising low cost houses, durable garments after repeated washing, and artificial leather slippers priced around two dollars. Executives noted plastics still need further improvements before broad auto and aircraft use.
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Baltimore
American Chemical Society
Court Orders Union To Pay Damages For Sit-Down Strike
Philadelphia court rules the American Federation of Hosiery Workers must pay Apex Hosiery Mill $711,932.55 for damages from a 48 day 1937 sit down strike. Jury awarded $237,310.85. judge tripled under Sherman Act. Union leader William Leader named in judgment.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Branch One
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Supreme Court
William H. Kirkpatrick
Apex Hosiery Mill
Congress of Industrial Organization Affilate
Kirkpatrick
William Leader
Union
Tighten Trade Duty on Nazis
Washington officials move to raise economic pressure on Germany by imposing 25 percent countervailing duties above the regular tariff after April 21 to force the Nazi regime toward peace. Hull notes Germany is the sole country with trade frictions and cites German controls blocking American experts from entering.
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Washington
Germany
Hull
Imprisoned Priest To Get Liberty April 18
Picketing parishioners who have imprisoned Rev. Simon Borkowski for seven months in the rectory of St. Barbara's Catholic Church promised to free him on April 18. A circuit court case in Marquette was to decide whether an injunction should be issued to halt the picketing of Borkowski and 35 parishioners.
Movie Star Swamped At National Capitol
Robert Montgomery, a famous film star, testified at a movie hearing in Washington drawing a large crowd of secretaries stenographers and Capitol policemen as onlookers crowded a committee room and pressed to glimpse him during the session.
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National Capitol
Washington
Robert Montgomery
Capitol
Kroger Reports 1939 Third Four-Week Sales Rise One Percent
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co reports sales of 18 406 477 for the third four week period of 1939, up one percent from the same period in 1938, with Cincinnati listing as the news dateline.
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Cincinnati
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Not as Much As Week's Pay Benny Pleads Guilty in Smuggling Case
Jack Benny, a radio comedian, pleaded guilty in New York federal court to smuggling jewelry worth 2131 dollars in conspiracy with Albert N i Chaperau. He received a suspended sentence of one year and one day and a ten thousand dollar fine. George Burns was fined five thousand dollars in a related case.
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Jack Benny
New York
Albert N. i Chaperau
Benny
George Burns
Ohio Senate drops inquiry into alleged un-Americanism
The Ohio General Assembly voided a proposed investigation into alleged un-Americanism in state-supported schools. Sen. Robert Pollock moved to withdraw the resolution, and the Senate unanimously agreed to indefinitely postpone it. A House resolution to create a Little Dies Committee remains, but has little chance of action.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Pepper Seeks Full $150 Million WPA Extension
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida defied economy minded colleagues by urging the Senate to approve the President's request for 150 million dollars to continue the Works Progress Administration through June. Supporters warn of a fight if the administration backing fails to secure the larger appropriation.
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Washington
U.P
Claude Pepper
Fla
Senate
Roosevelt
Ickes May Place Jews In Colony in Alaska
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes studies a privately financed colony for Jewish and other European political refugees in Southern Alaska. He weighs costs financing options economic subsistence of settlers and potential immigration law revisions if the project proceeds.
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Washington
A.P
Harold L. Ickes
Alaska
Ickes
Bees Swarm Early Across Ohio Says Agriculture Dept
The State Department for Agriculture reports unusually early bee swarms across Ohio this year prompting beekeepers to monitor hives and prepare for possible impacts on pollination and honey production.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
State Department For Agriculture
Britain Leads Peace Front as Warning Ignored
The story reports Britain moving ahead with anti aggression plans despite Nazi warnings. In Washington the federal debt hit a new high of 40.04 billion dollars on April 1, the first time surpassing 40 billion.
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Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Treasury Statement
Britain, Beck, and Halifax seek mutual defense pact in Europe
Poland's foreign minister Col. Josef Beck proposed turning Britain's pledge of military aid into a mutual defense pact to strengthen the Stop Hitler front. Beck and Viscount Halifax met in London as Romanian talks move forward. Berlin warned against encirclement as Italy seeks influence over Albania and aggression around the Adriatic. Italy moves heavy artillery into the region while France ponders ceding Alexandretta to Turkey. Italy shifts Alpine command to Trento near Austria and Yugoslavia.
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Poland
Josef Beck
Beck
Viscount Halifax
London
Carol
Britain
United
Berlin
Reich
Paris
Albania
Italy
Rome
Little Kingdom
Adriatic
Zog
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Libya
Tunisia
Mediterranean
France
Alexandretta
Syria
Turkey
Europe
Italian War Ministry
Trento
Austria
Jugoslavia
NLRB Probe Urged by House Rules Committee
Washington U P reports that the House Rules Committee threatened to report favorably within 10 days a resolution by Rep Arthur Anderson urging an NLRB investigation unless Wagner Act revision moves forward. The panel, conservative Democrats and Republicans, warned leaders to choose Wagner Act changes or NLRB probe.
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Washington
U.P
House Rules Committee
Arthur Anderson
National Labor Relations Board
House
Works Progress Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Parole Granted to Five Southeastern Ohio Men
The Ohio Parole Board released 96 prisoners at the London Prison Farm and granted conditional releases to four more. Names listed include Vinton-Warren Chambers for grand larceny on April 20 Chauncey Gibson grand larceny April 20 Gallia-Lyman Peppers rape April 20 Theodore Washington larceny May 5 and Athens-Harrison Hart manslaughter on or after April 15.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio ‘Parole Board
London
Vinton
Warren Chambers
Chauncey Gibson
Gallia
Lyman Peppers
Theodore Washington
Jlarceny
Athens
Harrison Hart
Tax commission allows tax deadline extension in Morgan County
Columbus report says the state tax commission authorized Morgan County to extend real estate tax and assessment payments from January 20 to April 15. The extension aims to ease taxpayer hardship and ensure timely collections.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Morgan County
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Hitler
Tiny Target
Arlen Clarke
Macon
Albert Lee Christmas
Albert Christmas
Roy
Vienna
Ship Lake Coal
Santa Claus
Kenneth H. Barnard
Pacific Mills
Lawrence
Dorman McBurney
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
S. C. Saunders
Chrysler Corporation
Kroger
Dole
NLRB
Morgan
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