Move Is First In Commodity Price Fixing
The National Bituminous Coal Commission denied a stay by the American Association of Railroads on soft coal price schedules under the Guffey Act. The order, effective 12 01 a m, places coal producers under federal regulation or tax for noncompliance, with several district adjustments and temporary reliefs issued.
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National Bituminous Coal Commission
American Association of Railroads
Carter Coal Company
West Virginia
New York
Associated Industries of
Carter
District No. 7
Virginia
Commission
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandle
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Call Postal Telegraph Strike in East Cities
The Committee for Industrial Organization announced a sit down strike at 10 19 a m in Postal Telegraph Company offices in Washington Philadelphia New York Detroit and Buffalo The C I O union seeks a collective bargaining election to be run by the National Labor Relations Board while the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union objects to board intervention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Communications Association
Postal
Legraph Company
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
Buffalo
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Commercial Telegrapher's Union
Sandwoman Shops Despite Icy Walks
Kansas City reporter notes Mrs. Sterling P. Everly a 57 year old shopper who braves snow sleet and glaze to complete Christmas purchases. She walks with a carton of sand sprinkling it ahead to prevent slips and continues shopping despite hazardous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Claim Franco Closed Border To Foil Plot
A London report says Spanish nationalist authorities closed frontiers to foil a vast foreign plot to attack Franco and assassinate him. Lisbon correspondents for Exchange Telegraph and The Daily Mail carried the claim with no details. The move follows rumors of a large nationalist offensive in northeastern and eastern Spain and potential world attention.
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London
U.P
Francisco Franco
Exchange Telegraph
Daily Mail
Lisbon
France
Portugal
Spain
NYC Merger Plans Approved by New York Central Directors
The New York Central Railroad announces directors approved merging 13 subsidiaries into two systems. Mergers await stockholder and Interstate Commerce Commission approval. Companies to join Toledo Ohio Central Railway include Kanawha & Michigan, Kanawha & West Virginia, Zanesville & Western, Bailey Sugar Creek & Athens, and Middleton & Northern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
New York Central Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Toledo
Ohio Central Railway Co
Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co
Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad Co
Zanesville & Western Railway Co
Bailey Sugar Creek & Athens Railway Co
Middleport & Northern Railway Co
Defense Begins Case in Kidnaping Trial at Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia the defense opened its case in the kidnapping trial of Orville Adkins and John Travis the state seeking the death penalty. The defendants were previously co indicted with Arne condemned by a jury last week to the hanging of Dr. James Seder a 79 year old crisis leader.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Orville Adkins
John Travis
Adkins
Travis
Arne
James I. Seder
Icy Roads Blamed for Haydenville Car Crash
Icy road conditions were blamed for a Route 31 collision one mile north of Haydenville. Henry Spencer of Murray City drove north and skid into a southbound truck driven by Gus Dinovo of Columbus. Damage was about 50 dollars to the truck and 100 dollars to the car.
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Route
Haydenville
State Highway Patrol
Henry Spencer
Murray City
Gus Dinovo
Columbus
Dies From Fall On Ice In Sugar Creek
John W. Huprich aged 74 died after sustaining fatal injuries when he fell on an icy sidewalk in Sugar Creek on Wednesday. Authorities report the accident occurred during regular foot traffic and no other persons were involved.
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Sugar Creek
U.P
John W. Huprich
Lewis speaks as SWOC convenes over steel wage talks
John L. Lewis addressed the Steel Workers Organizing Committee convention in Pittsburgh amid plans to seek new wage contracts from about 445 steel firms. He warned the AFL must digest CIO membership or none and signaled a split with AFL craft unions, drawing sharp criticism of the CIO board’s treatment of industrial unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Philip Murray
U.P
Amercan Federation of Labor
Committee For
Industrial Organization
Steel Workers’ Organising Committee
CIO
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor Craft Unions
House Wages and Hours Bill Battle Narrows in Capitol
The House narrowed the choice to a Labor Department administrator plan or a five member board as the AFL plan for 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour week failed 162 to 131 after seven and a half hours of debate. Leaders say defeat boosts chances for passage and conference with the Senate, but which version will be chosen remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Labor Committee
Labor Department
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Commission Purchases Hungarian Partridges
Ohio Conservation Commissioner L A Wooddell announced the purchase of 700 pairs of Hungarian partridges at 6.85 dollars per pair. Birds will be shipped from Hungary in coming weeks and released only in areas where they thrive, as propagation has failed in southern and eastern Ohio hill counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
L. A. Wooddell
Hungary
Ohio Hill
Milder Weather Ahead For Two Days Across Nation
Chicago based report says rain and rising temperatures shrank a large ice sheet from Nebraska to Pennsylvania. Government forecasters promise milder weather will prevail over most of the nation for at least two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Pleads Guilty to Murder in Ohio Slaying
Alexander Man of West Homestead Pa pleaded guilty at arraignment to a first degree murder indictment for the sex slaying of Ramona Louise Hornbeck in Grafton Ohio on October 18 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.P
Alexander Manoff
West Homestead
Ramona Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Meigs County Youth Killed While Hunting
Vinton Gilkey, 19, died after a shotgun discharge while hunting near Bedford Township in Meigs County. He reportedly had the gun resting against his body when the trigger was touched, dragging himself to a farm house for aid but dying from loss of blood. He leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilkey and six siblings. Funeral services were set for Friday at Burlingham Church with burial in Burlingham Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Vinton Gilkey
Bedford Township
Gilkey
Tom Gilkey
Burlingham Church
Burlingham Cemetery
County Board Names Beards Meigs Sheriff
George R. Beards of Middleport was appointed by the Meigs County commissioners on Wednesday to fill the unexpired term of Roscoe O. Fowler as sheriff. Hank Young will remain as deputy. Beards had served as acting sheriff during Fowler's suspension and won the post by a two to one vote with Beegle and Riggs in favor and Bingham dissenting.
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Pomeroy
George R. Beards
Middleport
Board of County Commissioners
Meigs County
Roscoe O. Fowler
Hank Young
Fowler
Beards
Arthur Beegle
Herb Riggs
A. B. Bingham
Beegle
Gangster Perjures Self Testifying Before Jury
Ohio special grand jury voting perjury charges against Andrew Marino of Youngstown after his testimony before the panel. Marino, brother of the late Roy Marino, was linked to Ohio parole system probes. Prosecution cites alleged perjury from last week’s testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Andrew Marino
Youngstown
Ohio
Herbert S. Duffy
Marino
Roy “Happy” Marino
Damage estimated at $10,000 in freighter J. S. Ashley fire
Damage to the freighter J. S. Ashley burned at its winter dock in Lorain was estimated at 10 000 dollars today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
Two Cattle Rustling Bills Before House After Daveys Plea
Columbus Ohio news reports Gov Davey labels livestock theft as organized by modern gangs. House members introduce two rustling bills with penalties from fines to long prison terms, plus permits for transporting live stock and stricter trespass provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Davey
Columbus
U.P
Panay sinking data collected as survivors are moved
U S officials gather details on the Panay attack awaiting Japanese action. Reports from Shanghai claim Admiral Mitsunami was relieved, possibly over the incident. Survivors move down the Yangtze aboard allied gunboats, with casualties Jim Marshall, C Vines, and John L Hodge reported in hospitals and recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Shanghai
Teizo Mitsunami
Panay
Standard Oil
Yangtse River
Jim Marshall
Seattle
Collier's
Co. C. Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
Hush Probe of Dorm Food Report Redirected
Ohio State University student committee delaying its dormitory food report to the Student Senate. The report will go to Carl Steele, university business manager, after a dean of men recommendation. It cites two university health bureau doctors saying some girls became ill from dormitory meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Carl Steele
Joseph Parks
University Health Bureau
British Bandits Clash In Holy Land Warfare Near Acre
British troops clashed with a large armed band near Acre in the Holy Land, suffering heavy casualties. Information was hard to verify and casualties were not officially released. reports said the bandits took a number of troops captive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Jerusalem
U.P
Acre
Changed Farm Bill Heads To Final Senate Vote
The farm bill, stripped of major controversial provisions, moves toward a final Senate vote. Majority Leader Alben Barkley cautioned a possible night session if the chamber cannot conclude by late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Escaped convict Boston Blackie arrested in San Francisco
Herbert C. McCurdy, 39, known to police as Boston Blackie, was arrested on a shoplifting charge in San Francisco and held for authorities. He had escaped from Ohio State Penitentiary on August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Herbert C. McCurdy
Boston
Picketing and arrests surge at Kansas City Ford plant
United Automobile Workers pickets flood the Ford assembly plant area in Kansas City as police clear three precinct jails to hold arrestees. Hundreds jailed since Saturday include men women and children. Gunfire and brick barrages accompany ongoing demonstrations with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ford
U.P
United Automobile Workers
Ford Assembly
Carl Stevens
Committee For Industrial Organiza
Tion
Select Leader for GOP Program Committee in 1930s split
The Republican National Executive Committee chose a chairman for its program committee and nearly finished naming the 200 member committee to shape new party principles. A compromise between Hoover and Landon factions produced the non aligned chairman to ease intra party strife after three days and screening over 1000 names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Republican National Executive Committee
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Children Die in Fire After Father Lights Stove
Three children burned to death in a Columbus bedroom fire after their father lit a coal stove in the room. Victims were Robert Lee Reeves age 4 Marie Esther Reeves age 6 and Walter Blackman age 2, grandchildren of John Reeves.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert Lee
Marie Esther
John Reeves
Walter Blackman
Reeves
Pair Held In Fraudulent Passport Case In Moscow
A man and a woman, entering Russia on fake American passports in the name of Donald Louis Robinson and Ruth Norma Robinson, are under arrest for investigation. Officials may file a formal charge of involvement in a Trotskyist conspiracy, with death penalty possible. The couple’s disappearance sparked silence until the U S State Department confirmed passports were issued on others’ documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Donald Louis Robinson
Ruth Norma Robinson
State Department
Intrastate Freight Rate Increase Suspended in Ohio
The Ohio State Public Utilities Commission suspended a general intrastate freight rate increase until April 18 pending a hearing on January 25. Interstate increases are pending before the ICC and would take effect Monday unless suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Consideration Of Deficiency Bill Is Started
Columbus report says the House opened debate on the administration's $3,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill as relief legislation stalled after a 27-member conference. The main measure before the House was supplemental appropriations for state departments bureaus and institutions for 1938 amid expected fierce opposition to reductions.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Unemployment relief clash shapes Ohio New Jersey ruling
Attorney General Homer Cummings ruled that states slow to pass unemployment compensation laws cannot rush benefit payments. The decision relates to New Jersey with a similar issue in Ohio. Gov. Davey asked for a ruling as leaders debated a compromise relief program in a three hour House session.
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Washington
Homer Cummings
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Cummings
Dies Trying To Help Injured Coal Miner
Wheeling West Virginia Chaplain reports Charles F E Brown 37 Shadyside Ohio died in a mine accident while rushing a fellow worker John Zulpan to help. Brown was crushed by a hoisting drum while his motor pulled him toward the injured miner at the Costanzo Coal Mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Charles FE. Brown
Shadyside
John Zulpan
Costanzo
Brown
Zulpan
Woman Burned to Death in Mansfield Home Fire
Margaret Sams, 17, trapped alone in her Mansfield residence, died last night from burns after a fire believed caused by an overheated stove. Fire officials say the woman lived alone and perished in her dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Margaret Sams
Democratic Leader Price Russell Struck Ill in Medina Home
Price Russell former Democratic floor leader in the Ohio House of Representatives lies in critical condition at his Leroy residence after an attack of paralysis. His illness follows a recent health event and prompts concern among local and state political circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina
U.P
Price Russell
Ohio House of Representatives
Leroy
Grange Head Urges Farmers To Organize For Power
Cincinnati dispatch reports L. J. Taber of the National Grange urged American farmers at the Ohio State Grange to unite to boost national consumption. He warned against new laws, urged cooperation to fix prices and distribution, and claimed a million new Grange members could outpace a $100 million farm relief appropriation in value to agriculture. He cautioned against mounting debts and called for unity across levels of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Head
Ees
Cincinnati
U.P
L. J. Taber
Columbus
National Grange
Ohio State Grange
Taber
America
Congress
Grange
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Nyc
Lewis
Labor Board
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Beards Meigs
William M. McCullouch
Miami
A. Lee Fair
Holmes
U.S
China
Carl H. Carlson
Waterbury, Conn
U. S
Arthur Anders
UAW
GOP
Frank R. Aible
League of Municipalities
Paul P. Yoder
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