President acts to avert rail strike across eight eastern lines
President Roosevelt creates a three member board to study the labor dispute threatening 25 000 rail workers and delays a national strike. Police guard Parke Davis plant as sit down workers hold drugs worth 2 000 000. Commissaries feed 2000 shoe strikers in Auburn Maine.
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Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Parke Davis & Co
Detroit
Auburn
Harry Manser
State Supreme Court
Parffin Test Considered for Denhardt Trial
In Newcastle Kentucky the paraffin test of gunshot evidence may be shown to the Denhardt jury to support the prosecution claim that Brigadier General Henry H. Denhardt shot his fiancee Verna Garr Taylor. Detective Sergeant Messmer testified the test could place the timing of a gun firing around the death and suggest Mrs Taylor did not kill herself. The defense argues against admitting the test results.
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Verna Garr Taylor
New Castle
Henry H. Denhardt
Denhardt
Taylor
Allen H. Brown
Frances Taylor
E. S. Garr
Newcastle
U.R
Commonwealth of Kentucky
John L Messmer
Louisville
Messmer
World War Surgeon J A Sherbondy Dies at 59
Dr J A Sherbondy aged 59 a World War surgeon decorated by the French government died at his Youngstown home Saturday night.
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Youngstown
U.P
J. A. Sherbondy
Three Thousand Return To Work At GMC Plant Canada
In Oshawa Ontario more than 3000 workers returned to the General Motors plant after a strike. An agreement signed in Toronto on Friday met most workers demands except for formal union recognition.
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Oshawa
Ont
U.P
General Motors
Britain to Issue 100 Million in Defense Bonds
Neville Chamberlain announced London will issue 100 million pounds in 2 percent national defense bonds redeemable in 1948. The government frames the sale as backing defense needs amid looming global tensions.
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Britain
London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
American Hawk Man Dies In Parachute Failure At Air Show
Clem Sohn of Michigan who dubbed himself Hawk Man died at a flying festival in Vincennes when his two parachutes failed to deploy. He plunged from near 10 000 feet after wings strapped to his body could not slow his fall. Born in Fowler and later from Lansing, Sohn pioneered bird like flights across the United States.
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Vincennes
France
U.S
Michigan
Clem Sohn
Sohn
Ai Field
United States
Fowler
Mich
Lansing
Florida
Rain and Snow Push Tri-State Flood Toward Peak
Flood fears rise as heavy rains and five inches of snow push mountain streams over banks in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia. Four deaths are linked to flooding including a heart attack in Johnstown and workers struck near McKeesport. Predictions place Pittsburgh at 35 feet and Wheeling at 43 feet as rivers surge.
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United Press
Tri-State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio River
McKeesport
Baltimore & Ohio
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Allegheny
Monongahelah
Steel City
Ohio
U. S
W. S. Brotzman
Wheeling
W. Va
J. R. Hill
U. S. Dam
Wheeling Island
Cumberland
National Guard
American Legion
Works Progress Administration
Willis Creek
Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Mariett
O. Huntington
Cincinnati
Evansville
Marietta
Parkersburg
Muskingum River
Phone refund order condemned by court
The Supreme Court condemned orders of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission directing Ohio Bell Telephone Co to refund more than 13 million dollars to subscribers and establish new rates. The action upheld the company’s appeal from a state supreme court finding the commission’s orders just and reasonable.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio State Supreme Court
Permanent Neutrality Program Attempted
A joint Senate House Conference Committee met in Washington to quickly craft a permanent neutrality program before the current temporary act expires Friday midnight. Conferees strive for a compromise and prompt passage by both houses.
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Washington
Senate House Conference
Ohio River Rises 2.4 Feet After Heavy Rains
The Ohio River climbs 2.4 feet in the last 24 hours reaching 274 feet as rain-battered valleys flood. Weather observers say the rise is not alarming.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio River
Obituary for F. A. Healy longtime Cincinnati & Lake Erie official
F A Healy age 75 former secretary treasurer of the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Co died at his home in Springfield after a two month illness. He was a longtime railroad official and local resident. The death occurred Sunday with funeral arrangements pending.
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Springfield
F. A. Healy
The
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co
Triple Murder At Portmouth Leaves Family Wounded
Portsmouth authorities report 22 year old John Owens killed his wife 23 Mrs Sarah White Owens his mother in law 54 Mrs Catherine White and his 20 year old brother in law Chester White then shot his father in law 54 Benjamin White before dying by poison. A neighbor 17 Harry Hughes was wounded accidentally. The couple had attended a party and domestic troubles were described as minor.
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Portsmouth
U.R
John Owens
Owens
Sarah White Owens
Catherine White
Chester White
Benjamin B. White
Harry Hughes
FASTER AWAITING ORDER FROM GOD STOOPING OAK MAN FASTS DEATH
Jackson Whitlow a 47 year old Mountaineer in Stopping Oak Tennessee enters his 48th day of fasting as neighbors gather to pray. Dr J B Smith warns death could occur within days unless he eats. Whitlow says God may still command him to fast.
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Tenn
U.P
Jackson Whitlow
Whitlow
J. B. Smith
Rand and Bergoff Plead Not Guilty to Charges
James H. Rand Jr., president of Remington Rand, and Pearl L. Bergoff, head of a New York strike breaking agency, pleaded not guilty in New Haven to federal Byrnes Act violations barring interstate transport of strikebreakers. An NLRB finding of wholesale Wagner Act violations accompanied the case.
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New Haven
American Says Russia Is Not War Threat
O. B. Gerig of Smithville Ohio, a member of the League of Nations Secretariat, explains Russia will focus on internal development for the next 50 to 100 years and thus pose no aggression threat, while on a brief vacation in Wooster.
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Russia
Wooster
U.P
O. B. Gerrg
Smithville
League of Nations Secretariat
League
Gerig
Local Gmen Pupils Nab Fugitive in Backyard Capture
Eight year old Robert Schaefer and seven year old Jack Hauser, nicknamed Gmans, reported catching Owen Bickel, 17, who had escaped federal officers en route to Chillicothe reformatory. Bickel, from Coshocton, had prior convictions in Pittsburgh for auto theft forgery and mail tampering. The boys’ disguises and headquarters at the Schaefer home aided the arrest as Officer Harley Highley assisted.
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Lancaster
U.P
Robert Schaefer
Jack Hauser
Schaefer
Owen Bickel
Coshocton
Chillicothe
Pittsburgh
Hauser
Bickel
Robert
Harley Highley
Highley
Pupils Favor WPA In Avocation Poll
Gallia County eighth graders faced a question on their future avocation. The reviewer noted a pair of responses saying two pupils intended to be WPA workers, reflecting early interest in the federal program.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. Bion Bradbury
Hamilton to Speak on Radio to Break Silence
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican National Committee announced four May radio talks, saying he will discuss shifting political loyalties and the GOP’s stance in the changed national landscape. The speakers are set for May 1 NBC Red, May 8 NBC Red, May 16 CBS, and May 23 CBS.
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Washington
U.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee Today
Hamilton
Republican Party
National Broadcasting Company
Red Network
E.S.T
NBC Red Network
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Economy Drive Threatens Change in Relief Bill
Congress presses an economy drive led by Southern Democrats to cut President Roosevelt’s 1.5 billion relief bill. Supporters warn reductions may be temporary as deficit needs and future funding are expected to require more money next winter. Deficit-conscious lawmakers push a 10 percent spending cut amid ongoing relief debates.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Court Orders Spanking For Unruly College Bay
In New York a magistrate tells a mother to take her 20 year old son home and apply a traditional spanking after he and others are accused of striking a woman early Sunday. The judge emphasizes parental responsibility to keep children at home.
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New York
Louis B. Brodsky
A. L. Moore
William
Delay Seen in Adjournment
Columbus AP reports the Ohio Legislature faces potential fights that could push back adjournment next Thursday. In the House parochial school bill supporters threaten a filibuster against the 89 million general approprations bill and aims to push the Waldvogel 7 million bill reconstruction.
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Columbus
A.P
Education Committee
Five Ohioans Die In Weekend Traffic Accidents
At least five people were killed in Ohio traffic crashes over the weekend. Maynard Williams 54 of Morgan County was crushed between two cars on Route 77 near Zanesville. He was assisting Harold Smith whose car lay in a ditch when a vehicle driven by Paul Massy 40 from near Mt. Vernon struck the Smith car. Sheriff L B Adrean Morgan County held Massy for investigation.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Maynard Williams
Morgan County
Zanesville
Harold Smith
Paul Massy
Mt. Vernon
Smith
L. B. Adrean
Massy
Stepin Fetchit Critically Hurt in Auto Accident
Lincoln Perry a Negro comedian known as Stepin Fetchit was in critical condition after an automobile accident in New York. He sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized with authorities reporting his condition as critical.
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Stepin Fetchit
New York
Lincoln Perry
Pay Increases for Ohio Hotel Workers Begin May 1
Ohio hotels and restaurants will implement a standard wage scale on May 1 for about 35 000 women and juvenile workers in three city population classes. The move gives the minimum wage division legal enforcement to recover back wages and extend protections to laundry and dry cleaning employees already under wage codes. The program aims to cover retail workers next, expanding protections to about 105 000 employees within a year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elaine Sheffier
Tetlow Named To Commission By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt approved the Guffey-Vinson Coal Bill to stabilize prices and aid 400,000 miners. He named C. F. Hosford Jr, C. E. Smith, Percy Tetlow, John C. Lewis, Thomas S. Haymond, Pleas Greenlee, and Walter H. Masloney to a four year national Bituminous Coal Commission. John Carson was named consumer's counsel. The bill envisions regional boards with price setting and a per ton tax to fund federal regulation. captive mines excluded from penalties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
National Bituminous Coal Commission
C. F. Hosford, Jr
Pennsylvania
C. E. Smith
W. Va
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
John C. Lewis
Iowa
Thomas S. Haymond
Kentucky
Pleas E. Greenlee
Indiana
Walter H. Masloney
Missouri
Hosford
Smith
Tetlow
Masloney
U.S. Supreme Court
John Carson
Federal
Bituminous Coal Commission
House
Senate
Labor Contract Laws Proposed by Chamber of Commerce
The U S Chamber of Commerce opens a four day meeting in Washington focusing on labor relations under the Wagner Act. About 1 500 member groups attend as they mark a 25th anniversary and prepare five recommendations for laws holding unions liable to contracts, protecting private property during strikes, incorporating unions, and barring federal relief to strikers.
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Washington
LLP
United States Chamber of Commerce
Duke Threatens Libel Suit and Book Withdrawn
The book Core nation Commentary, containing stinging comments about the Duke of Windsor, is out of print after the duke’s solicitors demanded withdrawal and an apology by today’s mail. The article notes Tuesday ends six months for Mrs. Wallace Simpson to obtain a final divorce decree.
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London
Corenation
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Insurgents Bombard Madrid Hit British-American Club
Rebel shells attack Madrid with twenty three eight inch projectiles striking the city center and shaking the British-American Club building as the assault targets civic heartland amid the fighting.
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U.R
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