Britain France and Soviet fleets move to deter European fascism
Warships from Britain France and the Soviet Union massed in the Mediterranean to back diplomatic moves against Nazi fascist expansion. Dr Hjalmar Schacht warned democracy should be reasonable or risk a fight. Chamberlain signaled possible force to defend Greece Turkey and Romania while Franco and Francoist Spain drew international attention.
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Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Mediterranean
Europe
United States
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Romania
Balkans
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Rome
Spain
Pyrenees
Francisco Franco
Petain
Philippe Petain
Franco
Paris
Nazi Plotters Caught In Act In South
Alfred Muller head of the Nazis in Argentina is held in Buenos Aires as a Hitler plotter to seize Patagonia. Enrique Jurges, associate of leading Nazis, is also held. Oil at Comodoro Rivadavia and sheep at Santa Cruz are believed to be Hitler objectives in Patagonia.
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Alfred Muller
Argentine
Buenos Aires
Patagonia
Western Hemisphere
Enrique Jurges
Germany
Comodoro Rivadavia
Santa Cruz
Hitler
Toledo Firm May Lose State Meat Contracts
Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood recommended cancellation of all state welfare institution meat contracts with Home Packing Co. Toledo and removal from future bidding. He said G. W. Ferguson reported the firm's owners admitted using duplicate government meat stamps and destroying them after discovery.
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Columbus
U.P
The
Home Packing Co
Toledo
Charles J. Stark
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
G. W. Ferguson
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chief Justice Hughes Quietly Marks 77th Birthday
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes quietly observed his 77th birthday in Washington and expressed hope to resume duties next week after a grippe illness. He had been confined to bed following an address to Congress on February 4.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Evans Hughes
Grippe
Bergdoll Draft Dodger to Return Home for Prosecution
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, fugitive from the World War draft, will come back from Germany immediately to face prosecution, his wife stated in New York. The case centers on his evasion while awaiting legal proceedings.
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New York
U.P
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Coal Negotiations Stall Over Closed Shop Demand
In New York the Appalachian soft coal talks broke into a deadlock over a closed shop as management and labor failed to bridge differences on a renewal contract. Union head John L. Lewis rejected several substitute proposals while James F. Dewey kept mediation efforts, and reports indicated a potential freeze with miners facing wage losses while some small industries suspend operations.
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New York
UMW
John L. Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Department of Labor
Washington
James F. Dewey
Progressive Miners of America
American Federation of Labor
AFL
UMWA
Appalachian Conference
Wagner Seeks Safeguarded Labor Act Change
Senator Robert F. Wagner defended the National Labor Relations Act as fair and said he would support with safeguards a change allowing employers caught between rival groups to petition for collective bargaining elections. He indicated the NLRB could enact this via rule making, or Congress might pass legislation if needed.
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Washington
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
National Labor Relations Act
Wagner
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Education and Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Senate Vote Looms On Relief Bill Amid WPA Probe
Senate faced a vote to raise emergency relief from 100 million to 150 million as President Roosevelt urged. A House appropriations subcommittee opened closed hearings on the Works Progress Administration, with WPA Administrator Harrington summoned as the first witness. Administration and economy bloc senators warned the House cut would likely fail to secure 35 votes.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
House Appropriations
Works Progress Administration
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Economy Bloc
House
Justice's Wife Given 90 Day Prison Term
Mrs. Edgar N. Lauer wife of a New York State Supreme Court justice was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 2500 for smuggling. She was convicted with Albert N. Chaperau master smuggler whose clients included Jack Benny and George Burns.
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New York
U.P
Edgar N. Lauer
New York State
Supreme Court
Albert N. Chaperau
Jack Benny
George Burns
Bank Bandit Accuses Captor of Thievery in Texas
Breckenridge Texas police filed charges alleging bank robber Leonard Stockton kept $250 of the stolen money while $520 remained missing. Stockton claimed his captor Guy Hale, a posse member, stole the remainder from him after the Saturday bank robbery and pursuit.
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Breckenridge
Tex
U.P
Leonard Stockton
Guy Hale
Stockton
Columbus Catholic charities to share in Kelly estate
Five Columbus Catholic charities and Bishop James Joseph Hartley will share equally in about 600000 dollars bequeathed by Edmund P. Kelly former president of Capital City Products Co.
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Columbus
U.P
Columbus Catholic Charities
James Joseph Hartley
Edmund P. Kelly
Capital City Products Co
Union Pickets Force Closing Of Ohio Mine
Two Jefferson County coal mines were added to the shutdown list as union pickets closed them in Steubenville. Nicholson mine at Dillonvale saw miners block the highway, slash tires, and smash dinner pails. he expects to resume in a day or two. Brettell Mining Co. at Mingo also shut down. About 100 workers at Nicholson and 50 at Brettell, with coal for domestic use and for Carnegie-Illinois Mingo steel plant, which will end operations in about two weeks.
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Steubenville
U.P
Jefferson County
P. R. Nicholson
Dillonvale
Robert Bates
Brettell Mining Co
Mingo
Nicholson
Brettell
Carnegie-Illinois
Mingo Steel
Labor Day Strike Ruling In Kentucky Mine War
The National Labor Relations Board upheld a union’s right to strike on Labor Day and ordered Good Coal Company of Harlan County Kentucky to reinstate 107 United Mine Workers members with back pay after they struck on September 6 1937. The ruling also granted exclusive bargaining rights to the UMW CI0 amid a long labor battle that earned the county the nickname bloody Harlan.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Good Coal Company
Harlan County
United Mine Workers, Congress of Industrial Organizations
UMW
Harlan
Wheat crop estimate for Ohio reaches 35.6 million bushels
The Department of Agriculture on January 1939 placed Ohio winter wheat production at 35,586,000 bushels. The forecast reflects early government estimates of statewide yields based on growing conditions and regional reports.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Ohio
Phillips May Sponsor New Bill for Red Hunt in Ohio
In Columbus Senator H T Phillips R Athens hints at introducing a new red hunt resolution to probe subversive activities across Ohio. A resolution handed to him suggests inviting Dies Committee or forming a Little Dies Committee. The proposal may not mention schools, and opposition previously stalled the Dies invite option. The Senate also moves to end tenure for Adjt Gen Emil F Marx and two other officials as Bricker gains control of the National Guard department.
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Red Hunt
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Senate
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Ohio Council of
Civic, Fraternal
Dies Committee
Little Dies
Senate
Pollock
Robert Pollock
Stark
Ohio State
Bricker
Adjutant General's Department
Ohio National Guard
Adjt
Emil F. Marx
St. Marys
House
Japs Plan Large Army For Asiatic Occupation
Tokyo reports reveal Japanese military circles plan a large standing army in Asia plus on site industry to feed clothe and arm troops. They expect China warfare to continue for years with guerrilla resistance intensifying.
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Tokyo
A.P
China
Japan
Five Children Die in Swiss Landslide Near Flims
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of five children from a house buried by a landslide in the Glarner Alps near Flims. Officials fear up to 15 others, mostly children, were killed as a children's home was buried.
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Coire
Switzerland
Glarner Alps
Flims
Railroads and Other Carriers Reopen Battle
At the 44th Ohio Valley Improvement Association convention in Pittsburgh delegates hear Chester H. Gray of the National Highway Users Conference accuse railroads and rival carriers of seeking to entangle freighters in government restraints. He notes railroads clamoring for more regulatory agencies despite ICC strict enforcement.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Chester H. Gray
National Highway Users Conference
River Improvement Organization
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of American Railways
Railroad Brotherhoods
ICC
Gray
Losers in Fire Will Be Given Job Insurance
The State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation ruled that a fire is not an Act of God and does not automatically void unemployment claims from the March 31 Sandusky fire that left about 150 jobless. Claims will be reviewed individually to determine eligibility under the law.
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Columbus
Legal Department of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Sandusky
Auto Stealer Returns But May Not Be Tried
Russell Oatley, 27, who fled Ohio for 18 months after helping steal a car in Columbus in September 1937, returned to face the music. He learned the owner likely would not press charges against him.
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Columbus
Russell Oatley
Ohio
Oatley
Smaller Ohio Winter Wheat Crop Expected
Ohio winter wheat crop in 1939 will be over 10 million bushels smaller than 1938. Seedings last fall were about 1,977,000 acres, an 18 percent drop from the prior autumn, per the Federal State Crop Service report.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Federal State Crop Service
Bartering for War Supplies Approved in Washington
State Department officials plan barter deals to trade surplus U S wheat and cotton with Great Britain Holland and Belgium for rubber tin and other strategic materials. The scheme aims to fortify Allied reserves while avoiding cash outlays though Senate approval and law changes may be required.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Holland
Belgium
Death Message Triggers Search for Martha Stewart
Hollywood district attorney orders search for Martha Stewart former book keeper for a movie studio union after an anonymous death message sent to DA Baron Fitts. Stewart, described as an attractive blonde, last seen about March 15, is a witness in an alleged labor racket probe.
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Hollywood
U.P
Martha Stewart
Baron Fitts
Martha Stewart Barstow
Fitts
Stewart
Two Die in Head On Collision Near Massillon
Two men died when a head on crash occurred on the Lincoln Highway five miles west of Massillon. The victims were Jack B. Thomas 37 of Massillon a former high school and semi pro football player and W L Martin 67 a Canton minister. One car reportedly had a blown tire causing it to veer into the other.
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Massillon
U.2
Lincoln Highway
Here
Jack B. Thomas
W. L. Martin
Canton
Six Die in Chicago Rooming House Fire Chronicle
A rooming house fire in Chicago killed six Black tenants and injured eight others. Police say 21 year old janitor William Warren confessed to starting the blaze for revenge against the owner, after scattering papers in the basement.
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Chicago
William Warren
Wilbur Cassidy Loses Hay Load in Wind Squall
Belpre truck driver Wilbur Cassidy loses a load of hay when a light wind squall hits he drives into a neighborhood. The hay blown over the area may cause damage and inquiries.
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Columbus
Wilbur Cassidy
Belpre
Pan-American Yankee Clipper Arrives From Southampton
The Pan-American Airways Yankee Clipper completed a trans Atlantic shake down flight and touched down today in Foynes Ireland after a crossing from Southampton England.
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Foynes
Ireland
U.P
Pan-American Airways
Southampton
England
Roosevelt to Withdraw ICC Nominee Amid Senate Defeat
President Roosevelt expected to accept withdrawal of Thomas R. Amilie a Wisconsin Progressive nominated for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Smith of the National Labor Relations Board remains in recess reappointment as AFL opposition blocks formal Senate action.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas R. Amilie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Murderer of Officer Slain in Zanesville Shootout
In Zanesville an officer was killed by Hubert Pruett a 23 year old Black man. Edwin Tate a 41 year old Black policeman was mortally wounded when he and Patrolman Perce Dilcher tried to serve a warrant on Pruett for threats to his wife Ruth. Pruett died after being shot by officers. Police believe Pruett recently came from Coshocton.
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Zanesville
U.P
Hubert Pruett
Edwin E. Tate
Perce Dilcher
Pruett
Ruth
Old Ballot System Used for OSU Proxy Election
Ohio State University trustees will use the Mary Ann ballot system to select a new president. Each member will pick three to six preferences from 100 candidates and aim to choose a proxy from the list at the next meeting May 8.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Harry Caton
Bloom Seeks Lindbergh Testimony on Neutrality
Rep Sol Bloom says Col Charles Lindbergh is expected to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on neutrality legislation. He indicated the testimony would address the administration policy and the United States stance on neutrality.
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Bloom
Lindbergh
Washington
U.P
Sol Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Evacuation Ordered for 200000 Madrid Refugees
Civil Governor Luis Alarcon ordered the immediate return home of about 200,000 refugees living in Madrid. The directive shifts residents to their hometowns to alleviate crowding and potential crisis in the city.
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Madrid
U.P
Luis Alarcon
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