Mediation Sprints to avert eight state coal tie up by May fourth
Federal mediators rush to avert a widespread coal strike as the United Mine Workers warn 126000 miners in 21 states could walk off by May 4 over a wage hour contract expiring at midnight. John L. Lewis defiantly denounces the talks amid mounting fuel shortages and railroad staffing cuts.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Allen
Sureco
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
UMWA
United Mine Workers
WPA Work on State's Roads To Begin Soon
Columbus report states the first 20 projects of Ohio's $15.8 million WPA road program will start within two weeks. Chief maintenance engineer Harry D. Metcalf announced routes including State Route 346 in Vinton County with three bridges and four miles on State Route 683 northwest of Hamden.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry D. Metcalf
Highway Department
Vinton
Hamden
Gallia
Rio Grande
Monarchs to Travel by Special Chartered Liner
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that the battleship Repulse would not carry the king and queen to Canada. They will sail on the chartered liner Empress of Australia due to the tense European situation and potential Royal Navy needs in European waters.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Canada
Australia
Chamberlain
Submarine Sighted Off Halifax Coast Report
Commander H E Reid said headquarters is probing fresh reports of a mystery submarine near the Tusket Islands. Lobster fishermen Herman and Victor Nickerson said they saw oil on the water and a smooth path as they approached and nearly kicked the sub while lobster fishing.
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Halifax
N. S
U.P
H. E. Reid
Reid
Herman
Victor Nickerson
Naval
Runs From Police Ends With Youth Wounded In Woods
James Dunn, 22, was shot in the back while fleeing as police tried to arrest eight men in a wooded area near Louisville. He was in critical condition. Officer J Burns was questioned. arrests occurred outside city limits, outside Burns jurisdiction.
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Louisville
U.P
James Dunn
Dunn
J. Burns
Burns
Profits Rise at National Steel in First Quarter 1939
National Steel Corporation reports net profits of 2,426,668.79 dollars for the first quarter of 1939, up from 1,088,635.50 dollars in the same period in 1938. The Pittsburgh area plant operations contributed to the earnings increase.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
National Steel Corporation Today
De Valera postpones US trip during Dublin Dail session
Prime Minister Eamon De Valera announced in the Dail that he has postponed his planned trip to the United States. The decision comes amid ongoing discussions and political considerations in Ireland.
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U. S
Dublin
Ireland
U.P
Eamon de Valera
United States
Increase Efforts To Secure Aid of Romania and Turkey
Western nations pressed for aid commitments as Adolf Hitler prepared to address the Reichstag and Britain moved toward conscription. France sought a united front with Romania against Germany while Moscow advanced talks to draw Turkey into anti aggression plans. Japan edged toward a counter alliance with European totalitarians. Germany bolstered reserves as Hitler eyed future negotiations amid looming confrontation.
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Romania
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Europe
Paris
Georges Bonnet
Grigore Gafencu
Rumania
Germany
Istanbul
Italy
Cologne
Far East
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Berlin
Hitler
Mr. Roosevelt
Fuehrer
France
Rome
Consolidation Plan Dropped
President Roosevelt has dropped plans to consolidate treasury law enforcement agencies fearing creation of a centralized police akin to Germany’s Gestapo or Russia’s OGPU. Secretary Morgenthau, a proponent of consolidation, advised the decision to avoid concentrating power and suppressing opposition.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Treasury
Gestapo
Ogpu
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Morgenthau
Steel Plant Employes Fail to Return to Jobs
Glasgowport, Pa. The Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation plant, closed almost two months by SWOC refusal to accept a 15 per cent wage cut, did not reopen today. A crowd of over 700 SWOC pickets and sympathizers discouraged entry, leaving only maintenance workers at the whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glassport
U.P
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Akron milk group seeks Ohio milk cost probe
State Agriculture Director John T. Brown was asked by the Akron Milk Producers Association to study the cost of producing and marketing milk in central Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
IUP
John T. Brown
Akron Milk Producers Association
Ohio
Hitler Speech Broadcast to U.S. Tomorrow at 6 A.M.
Berlin reports Hitler’s Reichstag address in response to President Roosevelt’s peace appeal will be aired in the United States at noon tomorrow, 6 a.m. EST, via all three networks.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
United States
Passage of Parole Bill Is Scheduled
The Ohio Senate expected to complete passage today by concurrence in House amendments of the four member parole board bill creating a three member pardon and parole commission. The measure would oust Myrna Smith and others. retention chances for Judge Jewell noted. The Wilkinson Bill banning state car use by employees cleared 105 to 3. The Senate also ratified an interstate compact creating a 27 member pollution control commission. a second bill limits mine drainage regulation unless a health threat is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate
Myrna Smith
Davey
Harrison K. Jewell
Delaware
Frank Sotak
Cleveland
Reverdy Ransom
Wilberforce
Judge Jewell
Ripper
House
Wilkinson
Ohio River
State Health Department
Robber Flies On Foot After Fremont Gas Station Hold Up
A young thief robbed a Fremont gas station last night, fled in a stolen car, was chased at 90 mph for 30 miles, wrecked the car in Perrysburg, then escaped on foot with $33.65 taken. The incident involved Herman Crown and a stolen auto owned by John Shamp.
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Fremont
U.P
Perrysburg
Herman Crown
John Shamp
Athenians Host Hundreds at SAR Conference and More
Athens welcomes hundreds for the fiftieth annual Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution conference. Governor Bricker will speak at the SAR banquet, with Lena Madison Phillips of New York addressing the Busi ness and Professional Women’s Clubs. Bankers from Southeastern Ohio attend with talks this afternoon and a 6:15 banquet. The event includes a plaque unveiling at 4:30 and a closing session Saturday morning.
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Athens
Ohio Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Mothers of Ohio University
Banking Forum
John W. Bricker
Lena Madison Phillips
New York
Fine Arts
Berry
Southeastern Ohio
A. G. Brown
Ohio Citizens Trust Co
Toledo
Emerson J. Boyd
Second National Bank
Warren
Montford Jones
University of Pittsburgh
George K. McCabe
Ohio University
SAR
Hotel Berry
Board of Management
J. H. Heidler
Ewings
Will
Cliff Cornell
Herman G. James
J. W. Darby
Ewings Chapter
Vinton County
Atty
H. W. Holsinger
Cleveland
State Society
Presbyterian Church
Athens County
Bricker
O. D. Dailey
Albany
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Henry A. Williams
Columbus
Athens County Men Arraigned In Still Case
Three men from Buchtel Athens County pleaded not guilty at arraignment on charges of possessing an illicit still and fermenting mask. U S Commissioner Robert Newton announced the hearings with multiple sentences and bonds. Edgell and Stephenson received prison terms while Love's case was deferred for probation review.
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Columbus
U.P
Buchtel
Athens County
U S
Robert Newton
Robert Novak
Clyde Mount
Newton
Fred Courtney
Herbert Edgell, Jr
Nelsonville
Gerald Stephenson
Murray City
George Thomas Love
Glouster
Higher type of miner called for by convention
Cincinnati based report notes Frank E. Christopher president of Christopher Mining Co Morgantown WV says mechanization of coal mines requires a higher type of worker. He explains that miners no longer use their own tools and are paid for daily wages rather than just the clean coal they load, amid rising equipment costs.
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Cincinnati
U.P
American Mining Congress
Frank E. Christopher
Christopher Mining Co
Morgantown
W. Va
Christopher
Jap Militarists Alone Blamed for Aggression
Miss Bertha Clawson a long time missionary in Japan told an Athens audience the military leaders, not the Japanese people, bear full responsibility for the invasion of China. She said island peoples are patriots misled to fight China as a bulwark against Russian Communism and noted Japan’s literacy and scientific prowess under censorship.
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Charles R. Lewis
Japan
China
Miss Bertha Clawson
Miss Clawson
Athens
of Christian Church Missionary Societies
Ickes Denounces Germany as Culture Thief and Assassin
Secretary Harold L. Ickes called Germany a character assassin and culture murderer in a nationwide radio broadcast. He contrasted the U S stance with Hitler's imminent reply to Roosevelt's plea for peace and praised the United States as a haven for exiled German scientists artists and writers who have witnessed desolation and terror.
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Washington
U.S
Harold L. Ickes
Germany
United States
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Ickes
Versailles Pact Blamed for Europe’s Ills by Kruger
Dr. Frederick K. Kruger of Wittenberg College denounced the Treaty of Versailles as the root of Europe’s problems before the Congress of Social Problems at Ohio State University. He ridiculed preventive war and warned against attacking American shores.
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Columbus
U.P
Frederick K. Kruger
Wittenberg College
Congress of Social Problems
Ohio State University
Kruger
Adolf Hitler
Swing to vanish in a year says Ford figure at Washington dance
Benjamin B Lovett claims hot swing will disappear in a year and group dancing will return to America He spoke at a dancing of the minuet in Washington where Washington and Jefferson College students danced colonial era forms at Ford sponsored fifth annual quadrille
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Washington
U.P
America
Benjamin B. Lovett
Henry Ford
Washington and Jefferson College
Auto Crash Kills Mrs Florence Gibson Near Sheffield Lake Village
A noon hour collision on a rural road near Sheffield Lake Village claimed the life of Mrs Florence Gibson 39 and seriously injured her husband Earl 48. The couple was traveling near their home when the crash occurred this morning. Authorities investigated the wreck and identified the deceased at the scene.
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Lorain
Florence Gibson
Earl
Sheffield Lakes Village
U S Will Hold To Peace FD Tells Church
President Roosevelt writes to the Methodist Unification Conference pledging that democracy must defend freedom of conscience. He says the United States will sustain the torch of liberty and seeks peace beyond current turmoil, greeting the new church and urging unity among the people.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Methodist Unification Conference
New Methodist Church
Uniting Conference
Barrymore Romance To End With Divorce
John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie, in a quarrel amid their marriage, face a possible divorce as they star in My Dear Children in St Louis. Theatre patrons report a scene where Barrymore scolds and spanks Barrie, highlighting the couple’s troubled relationship offstage and on stage.
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ST. Louis
U.P
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Hollywood
Roush Electrocuted for Murder of Landlord
Harvey L. Roush, 43, was executed by electric chair in Columbus for the double murder of his landlord Homer T. Myers and Mrs. Minda Myers on April 30, 1938 in Marion County.
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Columbus
U.P
Harvey L. Roush
Homer T. Myers
Minda Myers
Marion County
Oslofjord Rams Pilot Boat in Fog on New York Harbor
In dense fog the Norwegian liner Oslofjord rammed and sank the pilot boat Sandy Hook near the outer harbor. Its 26 crew abandoned ship and were rescued by lifeboats from the Oslofjord. The royal visitors Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha are on an American goodwill tour.
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New York
U.P
Oslofjord
Olav
Martha of
Norway
Sandy Hook
New Defense Plan Aims to Expand Army Air Force Strength
The War Department signed a contract for 571 bombers and pursuit planes costing 50 million dollars, boosting aerial strength to 6,000 planes. President Roosevelt nominated Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall as Army Chief of Staff, and the administration sought 31.6 million to start a 66 million dollar chain of naval air bases.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
George Catlett Marshall
Gen
Malin Craig
U. S. Army
War Department
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Harry H. Woodring
Congress
Alaska
South Pacific
West Indies
Florida
Court Rejects Meigs Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review a Meigs County appellate ruling voiding deeds given by Lucas Cross before his 1936 death. Administrators of Cross estate challenged transfers alleged to be obtained by fraud after care agreements with his aged brother William E. Cross and Ermina Jewell.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Ervil Nelson
Lucas Cross
Meigs County
Cross
William E. Cross
Ermina Jewell
W. R. Halliday
Ervil
Rinnie Nelson
Senator Van Nuys to Leave Hospital After Operation
Van Nuys Indiana Democrat Senator Frederick Van Nuys is slated to leave Van Nuys hospital today after undergoing an operation here a few days ago, according to his surgeon.
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Rochester
Minn
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
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Church
Barrymore
Roush
Rams
Army
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Conn
Robert J. Corbett
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Regular Army
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