Eight Bodies Found in Mountain Plane Wreckage
In Arizona, eight people die when a Douglas transport crashes into Mount Baldy in a blinding snowstorm. Rescue teams prepare to carry the eight bodies from the rugged slope on toboggans as searchers report pilots lost radio contact and tried to reach a safe landing.
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Mountain Top
Arizona
McNary
Ariz
U.P
White Mountains
Mount Baldy
Civilization
Glen Moser
Joe Wolfolk
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Escadilla Peak
Mt. Baldy
OSU Alumni Association Nominates Two Presidents
Dr. Charles F. Scott of New Haven Connecticut and Dr. Charles E. Holzer of Gallipolis Ohio are named as nominees for the presidency of the Ohio State University Alumni Association. Scott is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Yale and son of a former OSU president. Holzer heads Holzer Hospital and leads the Albany New York alumni slate.
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Columbus
Charles F. Scott
New Haven
Lindberghs in Munich On Flight to England
Mechanics at the Munich airport refueled and checked the Lindbergh monoplane as Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh prepare to fly back to England from a India trip. The fliers landed Tuesday night and stayed at their hotel this morning.
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Munich
Germany
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
India
Aged Dentist Dr C J Nichols Dies After Fall
Dr C J Nichols aged 87 a retired dentist died from injuries after a fall suffered Wednesday in Marion U P. The veteran practitioner retired two years ago and his death ends a long career in dentistry.
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Marion
U.P
C. J. Nichols
Mrs Lippert Burned To Death Pouring Kerosene
Mrs May B Lippert 68 wife of Rev W G Lippert Williamsburg was burned to death when her clothing caught fire as she poured kerosene on a slow burning blaze in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
U.P
May B. Lippert
W. G. Lippert
Williamsburg
Union Leader Faces Death Threats in Oil Field Drive
John P. Frey head of the Metal Trades Department says he has been threatened with death for taking part in the AFL drive to unionize oil fields opposing the CIO. He called a meeting of 16 craft-union presidents in Houston for the petroleum organize drive to begin April 15 and to map campaigns in steel and shipyards. CIO leaders say they will grant charters to locals expelled from the federation over CIO leanings.
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Washington
U.P
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frey
Federation
Houston
Texas
CIO
Bus Accident In Bethesda Injures 16 Children And Driver
State highway patrol and school authorities investigated a Bethesday area bus crash that injured 15 children and the driver Walter M. Tracy. The bus overturned after a steering rod broke on Badgersburg Road, sending the vehicle down a 40 foot embankment. Children were treated at local doctors’ offices.
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Bethesda
U.P
Walter M. Tracy
Bethesday School
Badgersburg
Drivers Crash While Hearing Safety Talk
Kansas City radio safety program ends with a crash as two motorists collide head on near the studio while a safety squad member quizzes drivers by remote control. Both drivers were injured but their names and exact injuries are not listed in the report.
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Kansas City
U.P
Fireman's Wife Whips City Manager Over Salary Cuts
Mrs. Mary Wyatt struck City Manager H F Lever with a horsehair whip outside the City Building in Kansas City, protesting a 50 percent firemen pay cut to about 60 dollars monthly. The incident followed her claim that politicians caused worsening living conditions for firefighters families.
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Kansas City
Mary Wyatt
Ansas City
H. F. Lever
Judge McElroy
McElroy
Huml Income Tax Bill Advances From Committee
The House Taxation Committee approved the Huml Income Tax Bill 14 to 0 in Columbus. An amendment requires public employees to pay an extra tax equal to the federal tax they now avoid. The plan sets 3 percent on the first 3000, rising to 9 percent over 8000, with exemptions for singles and married filers and extra relief per dependent.
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Columbus
U.P
House Taxation Committee
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House shifts probe of sit-down strikes to Congress
Congress moves to investigate sit-down strikes with a Dies resolution calling a seven member committee to probe all aspects of sit-down actions. The House will consider a measure to sweep labor tactics while Senate backed Pittman Resolution is set aside for now.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Pittman
Martin Dies
Tex
Charlottesville Dentist Sentenced in Slaying Case
In Charlottesville Virginia Judge Lemuel F. Smith sentenced 53 year old dentist Dr Richard G Miller to 16 years in the state penitentiary for second degree murder in the death of 18 year old high school student Cleo Sprouse.
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Charlottesville
Lemuel F. Smith
Richard G. Miller
State Penitentiary
Cleo Sprouse
Strikers Seize Ohio Governor's Office in Sit-Down Protest
In Columbus, about half of the 35 Ohio Workers' Alliance members occupying Governor Davey's reception room demand a guarantee that relief programs avoid politicization. Delegates outside circle the capitol, supporting the sit-in while urging a $50 million annual welfare reform bill before the House Welfare Committee.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Workers’ Alliance
Martin L. Davey
National Guard
House Welfare Committee
Ben Gray
Cleveland
Gray
Davey
Tears Flow Too as Beer Is Destroyed in Detroit
In Detroit at the Eckhardt and Becker Brewery hundreds of people watched as over 3,000 barrels of beer, produced by the recently acquired brewery, were poured into the sewer. The stock was valued at 23000 dollars.
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Detroit
U.P
Ekhardt and Becker Brewery
Eckhardt and Becker
Ohio and West Virginia Miners Ratify Wage Scale Meeting
A 52 member scale committee of United Mine Workers representatives and operators from Ohio and the Panhandle of West Virginia met in Cleveland to ratify the New York agreement signed April 2 and to settle detailed working conditions. The session aims to agree on dead work increases and other terms benefitting both miners and operators, with a full committee session expected tonight.
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Ohio
W. Virginia
Athens Messenger
Hocking Valley
United Mine Workers
W. F. Smiley
Cleveland
New York
Panhandle
West Virginia
John Owens
Thomas Price
G. W. Savage
Woll
Outline Model Of Minimum Wage Measure
A special minimum wage committee of the labor department met to draft a model state law covering wages for men and women. They will decide to adopt a new law or amend existing statutes, guided by the Washington Supreme Court ruling and Roosevelt’s letter to Congress.
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Washington
U.P
Labor Department
Supreme Court
Congress
Cleveland Woman Killed When Car Plunges Into Mad River
The body of Miss Edith Hudson of Cleveland, killed Tuesday in a crash that sent the car she rode in with Harry Marlin of Battle Creek, Michigan into Mad River, was recovered later the same day. Marlin's body was found inside the submerged vehicle.
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Dayton
U.m
Edith Hudson
Cleveland
Harry Marlin
Battle Creek
Mich
Marlin
Watson Confirmed to Lead Ohio WPA Post
Washington report notes the Senate confirmed Carl Watson to continue as state administrator for the Works Progress Administration in Ohio. His tenure oversees federal relief programs and public works projects across the state.
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Washington
Senate
Carl Watson
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
WPA Strike Delays Dayton Airport Work at Vandalia
A protest by 690 WPA workers halted construction on the Dayton Municipal airport project at Vandalia Ohio. An unknown number of WPA truck drivers in Dayton joined the strike delaying related WPA projects.
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Dayton
U.P
Dayton Municipal
Vandalia
Denhardt Faces Trial Over Fiancee Death in Louisville
Brig Gen Henry R Denhardt was ready for trial in Louisville on April 20 charged with killing his fiancee Mrs Verna Carr Taylor The defense claims the widow died by her own hand and not by homicide Detailing attorneys stressed the defense theory of self destruction by the deceased with social prominence noted as context.
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Henry R. Denhardt
Louisville
Verna Carr Taylor
Denhardt
800 Women At Athens Messenger Cooking School Session
Flock from Athens and neighboring towns pack Schine’s Athena Theater for the third day’s session led by Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins. Hazel McWilliams and Betty McBride distribute leaflets as crowds sample dishes and plan home kitchen improvements.
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Messenger
Schine
Athena
Athens Messenger School
Elizabeth Robbins
Hazel McWilliams
Betty McBride
Hunt Sculptor In Mountains Becomes Nationwide Search
Police shifted the hunt for Robert Irwin the sculptor to the Pocono Mountains as reports tied the Beekman Hill triple murders to him. A traveling salesman provided a description fitting Irwin and dropped him near Stroudsburg Pa, a gateway to the Poconos, late Tuesday.
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New York
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
John Lyons
Irwin
Poconos
Canadian GM Labor Strikes On UAW Order
About 3,700 General Motors of Canada workers walked off plants in Oshawa Ontario and set picket lines in a strike led by the United Automobile Workers seeking a 40 hour week overtime pay time and a half and union recognition. A Windsor plant employing 500 men was not immediately affected. Union organizer Hugh Thompson warned that any US GM car shipments could trigger a broader strike across GM plants in the United States.
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Oshawa
Ont
General Motors of
Canada
United States
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Hugh Thompson
Sit-Downers Driven From Candy Plant by Farmers
Hershey Pennsylvania news reports farmers marched on the Hershey Chocolate plant after sit-down strikers were evicted in a midnight clash. The plant will reopen in a few days. Governor Earle ordered an investigation and said the sheriff bears responsibility. John Loy of the United Chocolate Workers union was wounded.
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Hershey
U.P
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
George H. Earle Ord
Commonwealth
Earle
John Loy
United Chocolate Workers Union
Hershey Community Hospital
Organization of Workers Is First Act
The United Automobile Workers moves to organize Henry Ford plants fully before engaging Ford who rejects unions. Ford vows to deal with individual workers and denounces sit-down tactics as 90,000 Chrysler and feeder workers settle a month-old strike. Governor Murphy pushes mediations, while UAW leaders urge careful organizing and warn against immediate recognition at Ford plants.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers
Henry Ford
Ford
U.A.W
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors
Chrysler
Lewis
Ford-Lewis Exchange
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Reo Motor Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
United Automobile Workers Union
Cincinnati Pastor To Head Marietta College
Dr. H. K. Everskull, 43, longtime Walnut Hills Congregational Church pastor, named president of Marietta College succeeding E. S. Parsons. World War veteran, he has ties to Western College for Women, Miami University, Berea College, and served as a trustee for Elon College and Vanderbilt University.
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Marietta
U.P
H. K. Everskull
Walnut Hills
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