Communists Blamed For Sit Down Strikes By AFL Official
John P. Frey of the American Federation of Labor told the House committee that Communists bore major responsibility for last year’s sit-down strikes in the United States. He said Communists gained control in key CIO groups and predicted purges from CIO ranks, listing 27 Workers Alliance delegates he labeled Communist.
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Washington
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
House Committee
Communist Party
France
Frey
United States
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
United Automobile Workers Union
Martin Bies
Tex
Martin
UAW
William Weinstone
Central Committee
Harold J. Mosier
Ohio
Milwaukee
Dentes Martin
CIO
AFDL
Auto Workers
Workers’ Alliance
Workers Alliance
Organization of Works Progress Administration
United Automobile Workers Geners
J. P. Thomas
N. J
Alliance
A. F
L. Haseen
Ben Gray
Cleveland
O. V. Hantell
Crime and Betting Pay No Dividends
Columbus report says Fred Althen aged 28 was jailed after a recent escape and for failure to support his two children. Judge Ben Pefferle added 30 more days after Althen wagered he would not serve the time.
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Columbus
U.P
Fred Althen
Althen
Ben Pefferle
Pefferle
Lupe Velez divorces Tarzan again final says actress
Hollywood reports Lupe Velez has filed for divorce from Johnny Weismuller for the second time with no reconciliation expected. Earlier, they had reconciled after a previous suit.
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Lupe
Tarzan
Hollywood
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weismuller
Miss Velez
Dodge Heir Drowns While Honeymooning in Canada
Daniel G. Dodge heir to a $9,000,000 auto fortune drowned near Georgian Bay after a dynamite accident. His wife Annie Laurine MacDonald survived with minor injuries, while two estate employees also escaped. The body was not recovered after a 90 foot water search.
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Dodge
Canada
Mindemoya
Ont
U.P
Daniel G. Dodge
Georgian Bay
Little Current
Mrs. Dodge
Annie Laurine MacDonald
Gore Bay
Frank Valliquette
Lester Bryant
Maple Point
Frey Accuses Communists Ties to CIO Leaders
John P. Frey testifies before the Dies Committee, claiming Communists or sympathizers fill key C. S. O. positions. He cites over 200 alleged Communists connected with the CIO, amid a congressional investigation of un American activities.
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Congressional
Martin Dies
Texas
John P. Frey
A. F. of L
A. F
L. Frey
C. LO
Conflict Over Tax Spreads
Washington report notes the dispute over the undistributed corporate profits tax has reached Treasury deliberations. Senate Chairman Pat Harrison warned Congress may widen the income tax base and raise middle bracket rates if business does not improve by year end.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury. Th
Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Harrison
Congress
Break in heat wave seen across the U S
Cooling winds from the Canadian Northwest move eastward aided by showers in the Midwest bringing relief from record temperatures. Forecaster J R Lloyd of Chicago says eastern seaboard may not feel relief yet but New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and parts of New England should see some relief today. Cooler air spreads over the Missouri Valley and upper Mississippi and Great Lakes regions.
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Chicago
U.P
Canadian Northwest
United States
Middle West
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Seaboard
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Missouri Valley
Missippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ontario
Reeves Favors Federal Aid for Rural Schools
Dr. Floyd Reeves, chairman of President Roosevelt's advisory committee on education, urged federal aid for rural schools before the American Federation of Teachers. He argued wealthier states must tax to support poorer rural states and provide proper educational opportunities for farm children.
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Cedar Point
Floyd Reeves
Roosevelt
American Federation of Teachers
Reeves
Lambertville man tours U S in 1904 crate car
George C. Green of Lambertville New Jersey drives a single cylinder 1904 model automobile bought in 1907 for 165 dollars on a cross country tour. He hopes to cover 7000 miles with his wife, noting the car's 30 mph speed, 28 mpg consumption, five gallon fuel capacity and frequent stops as people react to the unusual vehicle.
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Carson City
George C. Green
Lambertville
N. J
Douglas C. Corrigan
New York
Dublin
Green
United States
America
Niagara Falls
Canada
Detroit
Pacific Coast
Girls Admit 50 House Robberies In Akron Case
Akron detectives arrested two grade school girls and a 15 year old companion who confessed to robbing 50 homes to raise money for an amusement park. The older girl, a East High freshman, led the group using a front door ruse to gain entry while younger girls entered from the rear to ransack interiors.
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Akron-U.p
Akron
East High School
FDR Endorses David J. Lewis In Party Purge
President Roosevelt signals support for Rep. David J. Lewis in Maryland primary aiming to unseat Anti-New Deal Sen. Millard E. Tydings. He praised Lewis as a pioneer in social security while noting White House plans to replace House Rules Chair John O'Connor with a stronger New Dealer.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
David J. Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Lewis
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
White House
John O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Employees Strike Over 15 Percent Wage Cut in Chicago
About 1,300 workers of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway walked out today stopping all trains in a peaceful protest against a 15 percent wage reduction. The interurban line serves North Shore suburbs and Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
North Shore Suburbs
Milwaukee
Albert Dodds Dies in Logan This Morning
NELSONVILLE Staff Special Albert Dodds 29 Nelsonville miner died at 11 am today in Cherrington Hospital Logan after an appendectomy ten days earlier. He is survived by his wife Marie Dewhurst Dodds his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Dodds three sisters Sylvia Adrian and Mrs Merle Dodds and two brothers Clark and Albert all of Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Nelsonville
Arthur Dodds
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Dodds
Marie Dewhurst Dodds
Harry Dodds
Sylvia
Adrian
Merle Dodds
Clark
Albert
Carbon Hill School Given Federal Grant
Grants totaling 673000 for 12 Public Works Administration projects in Ohio were approved by President Roosevelt today. The Carbon Hill School received 31500 dollars as part of the package. Five Navy men were injured in Honolulu in a crank case explosion aboard the submarine Nautilus and treated for serious burns.
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Carbon Hill School
Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
Ohio
Roosevelt
Carbon Hill
Honolulu
T. H
Miss Margaret Carr eyes restore sight in minister
Sees again the benevolence of Mrs. Margaret Carr of San Francisco who willed her eyes to science. A cornea from her eyes was transplanted into Rev. J. F. Harding in Portland, Oregon, restoring partial sight after 43 years of blindness.
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Margaret Carr
San Francisco
J. F. Harding
Portland
Ore
Harding
No Chance To Increase Ohio Wheat Quota
Washington AAA spokesman declared no possibility of boosting Ohio’s 1939 wheat acreage quota under the crop control plan. The national 55,000,000 acre limit is already allocated to wheat states and any state increase would disrupt the program intended to raise wheat prices. Ohio Director Earl H. Hanefeld had asked for a 10 percent rise. the AAA fixed Ohio’s maximum at 1,654,847 acres, 31.6 percent below 1938.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Earl H. Hanefeld
AAA
New AAA Plan May Hit Billion
The Department of Agriculture announced plans for the 1939 Agricultural Adjustment Administration program likely to be the most costly yet, potentially totaling 750 million to 1 billion dollars. Price adjustments on corn, wheat, cotton, rice, and tobacco could add 212 million to government benefits if 1938 39 crop year prices fall below 75 percent of parity. Secretary Henry A. Wallace said the new program will follow the current year's framework. Desperadoes Captured in St Paul after a gun battle near the city, Otis James Meredith and John Couch were taken into custody with Meredith wounded.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Henry A. Wallace
ST. Paul
Minn
Otis James Meredith
John Couch
Southwest
Nazis Study Man Power And Supplies
Nazi Germany broadens war maneuvers to test effects on industry and economy. Goering calls experts to address raw materials and manpower shortages plus tighter resource supervision. A million men will participate as transportation is requisitioned and shortages grow. Also reports on Spain, China, Japan, and Palestine events.
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United Press
Nazi Germany
Hermann Goering
Reich
Spain
Ciudad Real
Almaden
China
Hankow
Yangtse River
Abducators of Couple Seized In G Men Raid
Grand Rapids Minnesota G Men surround a farm hideout and capture two Southwest desperadoes. John Couch 22 surrenders while Otis James Meredith 21 is shot after attempting escape. They abducted Daniel Fox Fahey and Cecelia Gross of St Louis driving them into Minnesota. The men confessed the abduction.
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Grand Rapids
Minn
U.P
Southwest
John Couch
Otis James Meredith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daniel Fox Fahey
Cecelia Gross
St. Louis
Minnesota
Glenn Miller
Big Fork
Harry Lamson
Effie
Charlie Roots
Meredith
Here
Memorial Shaft Marks Post Rogers Crash Site
A granite memorial at Point Barrow Alaska marks the third anniversary of the Will Rogers and Wyol Post crash. The shaft overlooks Walapal Lagoon 15 miles east where Post's plane failed. Approximately 2 300 International Harvester workers returned to work in Springfield after a two week plant closure.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Will Rogers
Wy*y
Post
Arctic Circle
Walapal Lagoon
Here
Springfield U.P
International Harvester Co
Merely Social Denies Bigamy in Indian Hindu Ceremony
Mrs. Lemma Holmes Smith, appealing in New York Supreme Court, denied a bigamy charge by ex-husband Carl Fleischmann Holmes. She described her Hindu wedding in Pun jab as mere social pleas antry and seeks a $300,000 trust fund Holmes set up before their divorce. He contends the Indian marriage remains undissolved, nullifying her claim. Columbus dispatch notes John W. Bricker’s Ohio governor bid promising to purge graft and push a housecleaning agenda, targeting the Davey/Sawyer administration and specific state officials. he vows to dismiss highway department leadership and reform the public payroll.
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Punjab
India
Lemma Holmes- Smith
Carl Fleischmann Holmes
New York
Columbus
A.P
John W. Bricker
Charles Saweyer
Bricker
Ohio
Highway Department
State Highway Department
John Jaster
Murray Anderson
Karl Rothermund
Paul Goodman
B. H. Frasch
Navy Probing Three Monday Plane Crashes
A U.S. navy board of inquiry met in San Diego to determine if three large bombing planes crashing Monday share a common factor. One aircraft crashed north of San Diego killing three crew. two others nosed over in San Diego Bay with two dead and four seriously injured. The VP-5 planes were part of a 16 plane squadron en route to the Canal Zone for a non stop formation flight next month.
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San Diego
Cal
U.S. Navy Board of
San Diego Bay
Canal Zone
Road Recovery Suit Is Heard
Columbus attorney Donald L Littell seeks a temporary injunction in a $500,000 recovery suit against state highway officials H B Fenton and Richard H Schafer of the Ohio Road Improvement Association. Hearing before Judge Dana Reynolds covers Summit Portage Ashland Wayne Tuscarawas and Jefferson Counties. Littell seeks to halt $34,000 already held by the state for Fenton and Schafer. The attorney general did not object to the restrainer.
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Columbus
U.P
Donald L. Littell
H. B. Fenton
Richard H. Schafer
Ohio Road Improvement Association
Dana Reynolds
Common Pleas Court
Summit
Portage
Ashland
Wayne
Tuscarawas
Jefferson
Littell
Fenton
Schafer
Attorney General
Reynolds
Building and Construction Outlook Brightens Since 1929
New York reports a brighter building and construction outlook than since 1929 as July 1 contemplated construction reaches 3.75 billion dollars versus 2.44 billion in 1937. Residential contracts rose to 87.99 million, driven by one and two family homes, while public housing and low rent projects lag behind but PWA work is set to lift volume soon.
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New York
U.P
National Industrial Conference Board
Dodge Corporation
Dodge
Expense Accounts Filed By Victors in Primary
Columbus and state officials report that expense accounts for primary candidates and campaign committees were filed with Secretary of State William Kennedy. Taft for U S Senator Committee by Robert M Switzer of Gallipolis shows expenditures of 16.81 with no receipts, Thomas A Jenkins of Ironton Republican for Congress 10th District shows 206.18 with no receipts, H T Phillips of Athens Republican for state senator shows 151.41 with no receipts.
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Columbus
U.P
William J. Kennedy
Taft
U. S
Robert M. Switzer
Gallipolis
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Congress
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Davey Plans Non-Political Radio Speech
Governor Martin L. Davey in New York for a visit may broadcast a non political radio talk within the next two weeks, officials stated. The plan aims to deliver a state message without political content while he is away.
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Davey
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
New York City
Police hunt vandals in Hopple residence damage
Tiffin police sought vandals who broke into William H. Hopple's home and destroyed three Oriental vases valued at 400 dollars, with no other items disturbed. In Portsmouth, Richard E. Evans faced embezzlement charges of 3300 dollars and was given 10 days to file a new bond or face disqualification.
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Tiffin
William H. Hopple
Portsmouth
U.P
Richard E. Evans
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FDR
Albert Dodds
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Order of Eagles
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Cincinnati
Fred C. Dilley
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Ind
Dilley
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Mordecai Schwartz
Sawer
Francis W. Poulson
Sawyer
Francis Poulson
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Ll. Seth Lehnitman
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