Peace Front Bristles as Miners Press Recognition Demands
The Progressive Miners Union an AFL affiliate threatens NLRB charges if Appalachian coal operators do not recognize the union. Joe Ozanic says PMWA represents 54,000 workers in 224 West Virginia and Pennsylvania mines and sets April 15 for conference scheduling.
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Joe Ozanic
Progressive Union
National Labor Relations Board
Appalachian Coal
Charles O'Neill
PMWA
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Cooking School Program Captivates Homemakers
In Athens Senior High School Auditorium a large audience of homemakers watched The Messenger's modern Cooking School. The program showcased simplified methods and labor-saving equipment that promise to ease kitchen drudgery and usher in a new era of gracious living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Senior High School
Bride's Day at Athens High School Cooking School
Thursday afternoon features Bride's Day with homemaker lessons led by Mrs. Emily Lautz. Brides learn cooking to please husbands, gain tips on home economics, and receive free recipe sheets, market bags, and gifts from local merchants. Final Cooking School class concludes Friday April 7 with awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Lautz
Athens High School
Propose Reduction in Vote on Bond Issues
A proposed constitutional amendment petition submitted to Secretary of State Earl Griffith would allow political subdivisions to pass bond issues by a majority vote at any election. It would also permit levying taxes beyond the 10 mill limit to pay bond principal and interest.
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Columbus
U.P
Earl Griffith
Italian novelist Guido Da Verona dies at 58 in Milan
Milan reports the death of Guido Da Verona 58 a renowned Italian novelist known for his prolific output. The obituary notes his popularity and influence in Italian literature.
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Milan
Italy
U.R
Guido da Verona
Rivers and Harbors Group Seeks $696 Million Capital Plan
Resolutions of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress urged Congress to approve 696 million dollars for river and harbor projects. The proposals were presented to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
John N. Garner
William B. Bankhead
Four Fliers Die To Save Others
Naval investigators said the four fliers died saving a crowd of 10,000 at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company plant in East Braintree Massachusetts. The four were in a six plane naval reserve formation when two planes collided and locked wings, sending them to their deaths to avoid endangering spectators.
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East Braintree
Mass
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
House To Vote On Civil Service Changes
Columbus Ohio dispatch reports the House will vote on a bill to improve job protections for civil service workers against political discrimination and rework the civil service commission. It adds a third member, elevates the secretary role, and raises the salary from 3600 to 6000. The bill allows appeals from layoffs and pay cuts while preserving seniority in job abolition and reestablishment.
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Columbus
House For Representatives
Civil Service Commission
Dictators Map Plans as War Preparations Grow Across Europe
European powers tighten defenses as Britain, Poland align in an Eastern bloc. Hitler and Mussolini discuss strategies to break anti Nazi front while Italy reinforces Mediterranean lines and eyes Albania. British naval precautions trigger cabinet tensions amid Berlin denial of troop movements.
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United Press
Europe
New “Peace Front
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
London
Neville Chamberlain
Poland
Britain
United Front
Mediterranean
Albania
Mussolini
Zog
Jugoslavia
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Suez Canal
Spain
France
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
Lord Stanhope
Hitler
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Berlin
United States
Santiago
Chile
Coster-Musica Aides Face Trial in East New York
Eight indicted associates of the late F. Donald Coster-Musica pleaded not guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy charges in federal court. They were assigned bond pending trial date setting for May 11. The indictment says false statements about nonexistent assets were mailed and filings to the New York Stock Exchange violated SEC rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald Coster-Musica
New York Stock Exchange
Chinese Girl Leads 500 Guerrillas Against Japs
From Chungking dispatches the front reports that the girl known as The Golden Flower leads 500 men and women guerrillas in South Anhwei Province. She has led successful thrusts against Japanese forces and is noted for Chinese girls and women serving in her band.
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Chungking
China
U.P
South
Anhwei
Roops
Fore Not Cried, Golfer Brings Suit for 25000
Randolph L. Wadsworth of Dayton Kentucky sued Cincinnati Country Club and attorney Walter F. Murray for 25000 claiming a golf ball swing that wasn’t preceded by a shout of Fore caused damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Randolph L. Wadsworth
Dayton
Cincinnati Country Club
Walter F. Murray
Sleep-In Strike Protests Layoff In Washington
About 400 unemployed men slept on grass and cots in Seattle under a large circus tent on the County City Building lawn in a sleep in strike. They protest federal relief cuts and 7000 WPA layoffs in Washington state, naming the camp Martin's Starvation Camp No 2.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
WPA
Washington State
Martin
Clarence D
GOP Predicts Victory in Illinois in 1940
Chicago Republicans claim a moral victory after Edward J. Kelly was retained as mayor. They say gains in Chicago and downstate strongholds assure Illinois 29 electoral votes for the GOP in 1940, citing Kelly's vote pulling power offsetting GOP majorities elsewhere.
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Chicago
U.P
Edward J. Kelly
G.O.P. Illlinois
Kelly
G.O.P
Illinois
Senate approves William O. Douglas for Supreme Court
The Senate approved by a 62 to 4 vote the nomination of William O. Douglas, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a member of the Supreme Court.
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Senate
Douglas Washington
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme Court
Solons Predict End of WPA After June
Washington conservatives on the House predict WPA will no longer exist after June 30 as Appropriations probes seek a full revamp of federal job programs. Senate leaders favor trimming emergency relief to 100 million dollars, with Byrnes and allies pushing to 83 million unless New Dealers drop plans to restore 50 million.
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Washington
U.P
House
Works Progress Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Southern Ohio Girl Is Victim Of Gas Fumes
Sheriff Miller said a couple found dead in a tourist camp near St. Joseph Michigan were victims of asphyxiation though a toxicology report was awaited. Nate Rosenberg 42 of Michigan City Ind and Mildred Stanley 34 a waitress died of suffocation with a gas heater unlit and a partly open cabin window. Arthur Stanley of Watertown O took his daughter’s body home for burial while Rosenberg’s body was sent to Michigan City.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
U.P
Charles Miller
Miller
Nate Rosenberg
Michigan City
Ind
Mildred Stanley
Arthur Stanley
Watertown
Marietta
Rosenberg
Argentina Nazi Leader Jailed
Alfredo Muller, head of Argentine Nazis, jailed after handwriting experts confirmed his signature on a facsimile of a secret document urging Patagonia annexation to Germany. The facsimile appeared in Noticias Graficas, with the original reportedly sent to the German Foreign Ministry with Patagonias defenses and resources.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.P
Alfredo Muller
Patagonia
Germany
Noticias Graficas
Berlin
American-Born Queen Becomes Mother Today
Queen Geraldine age 22 daughter of Gladys Virginia Stewart of New York gave birth to a male heir to the throne as tensions rose over Italy intending to protect Albania. If the child lives to ascend the throne he will be the first American blooded monarch in Europe.
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Tirana
Albania
U.P
Geraldine
Gladys Virginia Stewart
New York
Italy
Vatican considers air raid shelters on Vatican grounds
The Vatican News Service reports that senior church authorities are studying the possibility of constructing air raid shelters within the Vatican grounds as a precautionary measure.
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Vatican City
Vatican News Service
Vatican Grounds
Aftermath of Spanish War Felt in Mexico
Three leaders of the Spanish Phalanx, a Rightist society with about 40,000 members in Mexico, were rushed to Vera Cruz by train for deportation after an anti Spanish Nationalist outbreak in Mexico City last night.
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Mexico City
Phalanx
Mexico
Francisco Franco
Spain
Vera Cruz
Roosevelt urges destruction of interstate tariff walls
President Roosevelt appeals for a truce in interstate trade warfare. In a letter to state legislators and officials at a conference called by the Council of State Governments, he warns that tariff walls threaten social and economic problems. He notes the U.S. has long been a leading free trade area due to mobile trade across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Council of State Governments
United States
More Funds Sought by Kent State University
President K C Leebrick asked the House Finance Committee for a biennial budget increase of 44000 for salaries and 55893 for WPA campus work. The administration's plan would cut operating revenue by about 6000 from last year due to student fee handling changes.
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Columbus
U.P
K. C. Leebrick
Kent State University
House Finance Committee
Leebrick
Sharp Reduction in Wheat Crop Forecast
Private crop experts forecast winter wheat production at 540 million bushels, far below last year’s 687 million but near the 1927 36 average of 546 million. The report centers on Chicago based projections and compares to historical harvests.
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Chicago-U.p
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Review in Roush Case
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review Harvey L. Roush’s case. The Marion County farmer, 49, was convicted of killing his landlord Homer T. Myers and faced execution set for April 26.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Harvey L. Roush
Marion County
Homer T. Myers
Roush
Agreement Fails in New York City Miner-Operator Talks
A joint Appalachian wage hour conference sub-committee failed to break a three week stalemate over a new contract for 338 000 soft coal miners idle since April 1 and about 2 000 operators. UMW officials demanded strike penalty removal and a closed shop while operators claimed no authority to finalize terms.
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New York
Appalachian
Murray
UMW
John L. Lewis
Hopkins signals bid to lead 1940 Democratic ticket
In Warm Springs Georgia Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins announced his plan to establish residence in Grinnell Iowa. Observers say making Iowa home improves his nomination chances by presenting him as a regional candidate aligned with President Roosevelt.
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Warm Springs
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
White House
Hopkins
Grinnell
Iowa
New York
Washington
Peace Parley Is Postponed Indefinitely
New York CIO head John L. Lewis announced that peace talks between the CIO and AFL to resume labor peace conferences have been postponed indefinitely. He cited upcoming Senate hearings on Wagner Act amendments and ongoing coal industry bargaining as reasons, with meetings to resume on a mutually satisfactory date.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CTO
AFL
Lewis
Senate Education and Labor Committee
CIO
Columbus Man Abducted to Florida Forced Run With Gun
Boyce Workman, 21, was abducted from Wellsburg West Virginia and forced to drive to Florida by two well dressed men, possibly drug smugglers. He endured 1,100 miles with a gun in his ribs while exhausted from travel and illness.
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Columbus
U.P
Florida
Boyce Workman
Wellsburg
Minameyer First to File Petition for City Election
George Minameyer Athens councilman at large is the first to file a petition to run in this year’s city elections. He was appointed after T. R. Bennett could not qualify due to his justice of the peace position. Minameyer submitted the petition at Len McCune’s office, the election board clerk.
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George Minameyer
Athens
Minameyer
T. R. Bennett
Len McCune
Man Found Dead After Ledge Stand at Hotel Belmont Plaza
In New York a man in pajamas sat on a 15th floor hotel ledge on Lexington Avenue. Patrolman Peter Quinn pulled him inside before firefighters entered and removed the body. A house doctor attributed death to a heart attack. The deceased was identified as C. M. Davidson of Hampden, Connecticut, with tablets for heart stimulation found in his pocket.
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New York
O.P
Belmont Plaza
Lexington Avenue
Peter Quinn
C. M. Davidson
Hampden, Conn
Federal prisoners seek habeas relief over lack of counsel
In San Francisco 15 inmates with crimes including robbery and kidnapping file writs of habeas corpus claiming they were not advised of their right to counsel at sentencing. Harold M. Brest of Sharon Pennsylvania, a kidnap robber serving life, sparked the mass move after his successful 1937 Pittsburgh Federal Court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Alcatraz
Harold M. Brest
Sharon
Pittsburgh
Quail Remains Listed as Song Bird by Ohio Lawmakers
Ohio legislators kept the bob white quail on the song bird list and tabled a biennial bill to remove it and allow hunting in propagation districts. The House Conservation Committee postponed action, delaying changes for at least two years.
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Columbus
Pan American Clipper Returns After Weather
The Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper took off from Southampton for Foynes Ireland at 7:58 a m local time but turned back 46 minutes later due to bad weather, delaying the flight.
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England
Southampton
U.R
Pan American Airways
Foynes
Ireland
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