Promise Aid For Ontario Sit-Downers
In Oshawa Ontario union organizers pledged unlimited financial aid to General Motors strikers to prevent a U S Canadian split in the United Auto Workers. Hugh Thompson of C I O promised support for workers and families until recognition and settlement, as picket lines strengthened and talks with Toronto failed.
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Oshawa
Ont
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Sates
United Autophile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
Hugh Thompson
C.I.0
United States
Stewards Committee
United Press
Thompson
Toronto
Mitchell F. Hepburn
John L. Lewis
C.S.O
Ontario
Wife Slain as Man Mistakes Boy for Rival
In Santa Cruz California Major Allen D Boggs a retired army officer shot his wife Sally Boggs 37 as he believed she was unfaithful He followed her to a friend s home found her asleep and shot through the covers The other bed housed his 12 year old stepson Danny Renear He then fled and was arrested later He may face first degree murder charges as his attorney says he will plead the unwritten law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Calif
U.P
Sally Boggs
Allen D. Boggs
Boggs
Benjamin Knight
Sanford Smith
Nazi Leaders Alter Four Year Plan To Seek Self Sufficiency
In Munich Dr Hjalmar Schacht announced changes to the four year plan allowing more foreign raw materials imports while increasing demand for restoration of colonies to offset the broadened supply. The move aims to ease material shortages and keep wartime readiness intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Munich
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Sonomic
Bavarian Merchants’ Organization
Schacht
Europe
Boy Hit Run Victim Clyde Simpson Killed Near Uniontown
Clyde Bernard Simpson aged 19 of Parkersburg West Virginia was killed on the National Pike about 15 miles from Uniontown by an alleged hit and run driver, authorities said.
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Uniontown
U.P
Clyde Bernard Simpson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Roosevelt Opens Baseball Season as Pitcher for a Day
President Roosevelt throws the ceremonial first pitch at Griffith Stadium to start the 1937 season as fans watch 30,000 and 18 players keep alert for danger from above. The scene blends pomp, security, and a touch of history, with anecdotes about Hoover Coolidge and Harding.
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Washington Court Battle
Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
Washington
U.P
Groton Prep
UAW President Says Ford Wagner Act Violations Likely
Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers said the union will file unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB against Henry Ford within days. He cited discriminatory discharges of union workers and violations of the Wagner Act as the basis. He spoke in Washington during AFL leadership discussions on CIO influence and federation convention plans.
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Washington
U.P
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Henry Ford
Martin
Detroit
NLRB
International Executive Board
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization Unions
Auto Union
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Federation
Houston
Texas
CIO
Frey
Gunmen Targeted in Topeka as G Man Baker Dies
U S Attorney S S Alexander moves to file murder charges against Alfred Power and Robert Suhay held in Kansas City jail. He seeks quick grand jury indictments and the death penalty for both for killing federal agent Wimberley W Baker in a shootout at the Topeka post office last week. Baker, 27, died after four gunshots while defending himself in a battle that marked the tenth G Man death since 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
Department of Justice
U. S
S. S. Alexander
Alfred Power
Robert Suhay
Kansas City
Wimberley W. Baker
New York
Department
Baker
Court Plan Supporters and Foes Begin Closing Drives
In Washington supporters and opponents of President Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization push final appeals as the Senate committee readies the first test. Labor groups stage nationwide mass meetings with speakers Cummings Mrs. J Borden Harriman and Major George L Berry on NBC network. Attorneys seek to take the Old Age Pension tax case to the Supreme Court before term end in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Labor
League
White House hints at economies in 1937 38 budget
The White House stated it is a safe assumption President Roosevelt will outline definite economies in government spending for the 1937-38 fiscal year in his special budget relief message to Congress this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator Van Nuys Plans Split of Judiciary Bill
Senator Frederick Van Nuys said he would move at the first executive session to separate Section One on Supreme Court retirements and appointing new justices for those over 70 from Roosevelt’s judiciary bill. He said the move would allow a direct test of tampering with the Supreme Court. Attorney General Homer S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ohio gasoline tax yields 370 million in 12 years
Columbus report shows the state collected 370 million dollars from the gasoline tax over 12 years. The highway levy began April 18, 1925, starting at two cents a gallon and rising to four. First-year receipts were 11.99 million, and in 1936 motorists paid 44.26 million in gasoline taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Kerosene Blast in Dayton Kills Boy and Wounds Five
A kerosene can exploded in a West Carrollton kitchen as a father started a fire. William Bronson, 13, died from injuries. Five others were burned, including Herman Paris, 12, who remains in fair condition in hospital.
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Dayton
William Bronson
West Carrollton
Herman Paris
Bronson
Wright Company Unveils 1500HP Plane Motor for Clipship Fleet
The Wright Aeronautical Corp announces a 1500 horsepower air cooled twin row engine to power six new super clipper ships for Pan American Airways. Each 14 cylinder cyclone engine costs about 13500 dollars and will deliver about 6000 horsepower per ship with a 200 mph top speed and 5000 mile range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Company
Pan-American Airways
Seattle
Army
Naval Air Services
Navy
Girl Violinist Beaten To Death In Times Square Studio
Night club violinist Mischa Ross identified as suspect after Tania Leelova is found unconscious in a sound proof studio in Times Square and dies later at a hospital. Ross was arrested Sunday night at his father in law's home in Mountaindale. police say the hammer blow fractured her skull and fingerprints are found in the room. The manager and booking agent who rented the room had encouraged her career and lured her to night clubs.
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New York
U.P
Mischa Ross
Tania Leelova
Paul Klein
Ross
Mountaindale
Sullivan County
Klein
Leelova
Times Square
Miss Leelova
Nathan Nesselovitz
Monticello
Bridgeport
Boarder Stabs Woman Fatally in Cincinnati Home
In Cincinnati a boarder, Fred Crawford, 33, fatally stabbed Cecilia Bagby, 37, mother of three, with a hunting knife during a kitchen confrontation. William Bagby, 18, witnessed the attack. Crawford surrendered and was booked on a murder charge. Virginia 15 and Helen 12 Bagby were present during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
William Bagby
WPA
Cecilia Bagby
Bagby
Fred Crawford
William
Crawford
Virginia
Helen
Welfare Heads Forced To Quit for Drunkeness
Hamilton County Welfare Department officials faced resignation demands after accusations they held drunken parties at the station. County Commissioner Charles G. Merrell cited two major gatherings on Christmas Day and St. Patrick's Day, with smaller parties noted among civil service staff.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Hamilton County Welfare Department
Charles G. Merrell
Merrell
Ben
Dynamite Blast Kills Mother and Eight Children in Wisconsin Home
In Muskego Wisconsin investigators search wreckage for three year old Raymond Waszak as the blast from stored dynamite killed his mother three brothers and four sisters. Only father John survived though incoherent with grief.
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Muskego
Wis
U.R
Raymond Waszak
Raymond
John
Rusty .22 Rifle Causes Death of 7 Year Old Boy
In Tiffin Ohio a rusty .22 rifle found by three Kansas Village boys led to Patrick O Toole's death at age seven. The weapon discharged when the cartridge was found and Patrick’s spinal cord was severed. His brother James died ten days earlier of scarlet fever.
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Tiffin
U.P
Kansas Village
Patrick O’toole
James O'Toole
Patrick
James
Jail Watchman in Bronx Pyromaniac Terror Fires
George Stanley Preston a 47 year old Bronx watchman was jailed as the man behind numerous incendiary fires in crowded tenements over the past two years. He admitted starting nine fires but denied causing ten deaths this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
George Stanley Preston
Bronx
Preston
Boston
Whitney Bemoans Missed Race After Forced Landing
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and his wife survived a forced landing near Albany after an oil line failed on their Waco plane. They diverted to Athens Airport for repairs then continued to Lexington, arriving too late for Keeneland races. A piston ring was found broken and a Wright factory man was summoned for repairs.
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Albany
Athens
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Pan-American Airways
New
Keeneland Track
Lexington
Whitney
New York
Whitneys
Parkersburg
Wright
Patterson
N. J
Lewis Gomer
27 Nations Striving to Confine War at Spains Frontiers
London reports that 27 European nations dispatch warships to Spain and its frontiers to form a living wall. Observers from Britain France Germany and Italy will monitor ports and rails to prevent troops and munitions reaching the combatants. The plan admits gaps but aims to curb foreign intervention as mediation hopes rise.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Greenwich
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Mediterranean
United States
Akron Bus Strike Continues After Failed Talks
For the fourth day Akron left without bus and streetcar service as a Sunday meeting failed to resolve a wage dispute. Strikers demand 1 dollar per hour versus 65 cents, and leaders say they repudiated the AFL in favor of a new organization. Amalgamated Association books sent to Detroit as operators seek CIO charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Detroit
CIO
Officers Overtake Car Of Hit Run Drivers
Rio Grande Marshal Lindawood and Sheriff Hatfield stopped a car driven by Wesley Miller 27 Harrisburg after it struck a car driven by J H Howard colored Middleport near Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Sunday night. Miller and Dale Musselman 33 Derby were jailed on driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene charges while Hannah Persinger 26 Gallipolis faced intoxication charges.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande Marshall
Lindawood
E. E. Hatfield
Wesley Miller
Harrisburg
J. H. Howard
Middleport
Pine Street
Miller
Dale Musselman
Derby
Hannah Persinger
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Philadelphias
Washingtons
John N. Garner
Secret Service
Bucky Harris
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Mr. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Ford
Auto Workers’ Union
NLR
Ask Chair
G-Man
Blind Workers’ Union
City Hall Park
LaGuardia
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Booker
Boarder
William L. Morrison
Riverside
Morrison
Lida Alsup
R. E. Boldt
Waukesha
Uvur
Prepasousy
Jail Watchman
Race
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