Bitter labor war looms in steel and auto industries
Washington reports a rising CIO drive to unionize steel and auto sectors. Steel leaders discuss strikes as CIO organizers aim to convert company unions into a national steel union, while Detroit automakers face feeder-industry strikes that threaten production at Ford and other plants. A key pact with Pittsburgh Plate Glass failed over the closed shop, amplifying supply shortages for the auto trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Automobile Workers’ Union
John L. Lewis
Center
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Glen W. McCabe
Flat Glass Workers of America
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Black Legion Leader Dies of Pneumonia
In Cumberland Maryland Isaac Peg Leg White 50 reputed leader of the Black Legion died at Memorial Hospital from pneumonia less than a week after capture by John Moritz chief investigator for the Michigan attorney general's office and other officers. In Brookville Indiana a jury began considering evidence against Heber Hicks charged with murder by Harry Miller a former Cincinnati fire department officer. In Miami Beach Florida a large Firestone farm turkey was prepared for Harvey Firestone at his 68th birthday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
U.P
Michigan
Black Legion
Isaac
Peg Leg) White
White
Memorial Hospital
John Moritz
Michigan Attorney General's Office
Brookville
Ind
U.S
Indiana
Heber Hicks
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati Fire
Firestone
Miami Beach
Fla
Columbiana, O
Harvey
Fireas
CCC Camp to Feast Half Million Pounds of Turkey
Two thousand eighty Civilian Conservation Corps members will consume about five hundred thousand pounds of turkey for Christmas.
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Washington
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army conducts ground search for missing airliner near Salt Lake City
U S Army regulars and CCC recruits, about 800 strong, begin a ground hunt in the mountains south of Salt Lake City for the Western Air Express liner missing six days with seven aboard. Allan Barrie of WAE offers a $1 000 reward for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Air Express
Salt Lake City
United States Army
CCC
Air Express
Allan Barrie
WAE
Barrie
Idaho Panhandle
Here
Joe Livermore
A. A. Haid
Northwest Airlines
Army and
National Guard
Mrs Simpson Guest of Rogers in Cannes For Winter
Mrs Wal lis Simpson may become duchess of Windsor and expects a quiet Christmas at the villa in Cannes with Herman L. Rogers and Mrs Rogers. She granted her first audience to newspaper correspondents who were told she must not be quoted. They will be at the villa with Mr and Mrs Rogers until spring with no Christmas tree due to lack of time to arrange one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
U.P
Wallis Simpson
Duchess of Windsor
Herman L. Rogers
New York
Rogers
Sterling veteran Nicholas Van Sant celebrated 90th birthday
Nicholas G. Van Sant, the sole Civil War veteran who also served in World War I trenches, turned 90 at his Sterling Illinois home. He walks downtown daily, reads extensively, and follows veteran affairs closely, with a 28 page Sterling Daily Gazette tribute edition in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas G. van Sant
Sterling
Ill
Sterling Daily Gazette
van Sant
Arms Factory Is Demolished in Civil War Skirmish
Oviedo reports government artillery blew up the La Vega arms factory used by insurgents since the war began. Madrid endured long range bombardment with shells hitting targets including the Madrid Telephone Building where shrapnel narrowly missed newspaper staff in a press room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
U.P
Oviedo
EF Socialista Today
la Vega
Landon Visits White House for Roosevelt Meeting
Governor Alf Landon drew a crowd and photo flashbulbs at the White House steps before his 11 am briefing with President Roosevelt. He posed for photographers, greeted Maine journalist May Craig, and quipped about avoiding an accident during his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.2
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
White House
Kansas
London
May Craig
Maine
Marvin McIntyre
Landon
Salvador Earthquake Kills About 100. Thousands Homeless
Relief forces race to aid 25 000 displaced after a week end sequence of temblors centered on the extinct San Vicente Volcano. At least 100 dead and more than 500 injured, with San Vicente worst hit as wind and falling debris complicate rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Republic of
Maximilian Hernandez Martinez
San Vicente
Here
Republic
St. Vincent
Pan-American Airways
Mexico City
Dick Merrill Injured In Pancake Landing
Dick Merrill, famed trans Atlantic flyer, sustained a fractured jaw broken ankle and five teeth knocked out after a forced landing of his Eastern Air Lines aircraft on a wooded hill top near Port Jervis New York during a rain and snow storm. Eight passengers, plus crew, escaped serious injury as Merrill steered the plane to a safe touchdown. He is hospitalized at St Francis in Port Jervis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N. YY
Dick Merrill
St. Francis Hospital
Eastern Air Lines
Merrill
Negotiations on Release of Chinese General Near Completion
Shanghai reports that terms for the release of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek by Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang were close to final today. The young marshal seeks assurances for his own safety before freeing the veteran leader amid weeks of uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Wife Confession in Bellairе Husband Killing Case
Daisy Williama Hollub, 28, held without bond after confessing to killing her husband Albert Hollub, 35, claiming self defense. Police say the fatal shot came from outside through a window as he prepared to retire, indicating the incident occurred early Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Daisy Williama Hollub
Albert Hollub
Tenement Collapse in Philadelphia Kills Seven
Fire crews report seven dead after the collapse of two tenement houses in Philadelphia. All victims are identified as African American residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Plan Huge Cut in Federal Relief Rolls Next Spring
Washington based report details WPA plan by Harry Hopkins to extend heavy unemployment aid through spring then reduce work relief. It targets 3.2 to 3.3 million jobs in Jan–Apr, cuts 600k to 800k in March onward, and funds 2.5 to 2.7 million jobs for 1937–38 starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Congress
Hopkins
Woman shoots French pilot and wrecks plane on coast
Mme Irene Schmeder-Caphellut shot Pierre L'Allement during a flight near Paris. She then took control of the aircraft, landed it on the south English coast, destroying the propeller and undercarriage. She is in hospital under police custody with a head wound. L'Allement is wounded but reported to have landed the plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
England
U.R
Paris
Mme
Irene Schmeder- Caphellut
Pierre
Pierre L’allement
Mme. Schmeder-Capellut
L'Allemente
13 Killed in Ohio Traffic
Snow and ice made Ohio roads dangerous over the weekend with at least 13 deaths. Two Canton McKinley High School students died after a car hit a freight train north of Canton. A girl and her sister died near Jackson when a passenger train struck their car. A 42 year old stock buyer Raymond Miller and five others were injured or killed after a vehicle slid into a train. In Lancaster, two prison inmates pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the pipe wrench killing of Hobart Stewart, chief engineer of the industrial school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Canton McKinley High School
Canton
Claudine Detty
Duane
Jackson
P. M. Detty
Gallipolis
Raymond Miller
Jamestown
Lancaster
Iu.p
Frank Sedar
Albert Brown
Boys’ Industrial School
Hobart Stewart
Norbeck Dies of Heart Attack at 66
Sen Peter Norbeck age 66 long time U S Senator dies from heart attack Sunday in Redfield South Dakota burial planned Wednesday Norbeck served 16 years in the Senate and was a Republican leader in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
U.pi- Sen
Peter Norbeck
United States Senate
Norbeck
Officers Held After Alleged Killer Escapes
In Pottsville Pa three Schuylkill County jail officials were held on 15000 bond amid claims of deliberate jail delivery after killer Joseph J Bruno escaped from a dentist visit. Bruno's daughter Antoinette Billig was jailed. borders of Canada and Mexico were alerted as authorities vowed to expose a political dynasty behind a 1934 murder case.
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Pottsville
Joseph J. Bruno
Schuylkill County
Charles J. Margiotti
Canada
Mexico
Bruno
Herbert Gosslin
Robert Walker
Guy Irving
Antoinette Billig
Kelay Res
40 Hurt When Cars Collide
In New Orleans a fog shrouded collision between two street cars injured more than 40 passengers including WPA workers. Witness Julius Goldman 33 said visibility was so bad drivers likely could not see each other. One car front buckled and its bumper punched the floor as the other car sidetracked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.P
WPA
Julius Goldman
Goldman
Pope to Broadcast Christmas Peace Plea Worldwide
Pope Pius XI will deliver a Christmas Eve message from Vatican City despite illness. The radio address at 6 30 a m EST on 19.44 meters aims to urge humanity to end warfare and live in Christian peace.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XI
Vatican
Russia Targets Spanish Nationalists Over Ship Fire
London reports say Russia blames Spanish nationalists for setting fire to a Soviet freight ship. Britain will aid by information channels to determine the ship's fate. Russia could seek declarations of piracy and sunk on sight, risking clashes with Italian or German warships. Navy moves to protect Soviet ships in Spanish waters may have begun.
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London
U.P
Russia
Great Britain
Grever
Italy
Germany
Pope Reports Restful Night. Vatican Sees It As Satisfactory
A Vatican spokesman said Pope Pius spent a restful night and his condition is satisfactory. A statement, possibly signed by Prof Arminio Milani, the pope’s private doctor, may be issued later denying false and exaggerated reports of his health.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Arminio Milani
Community Chest Board Thanks Athens Community
The Board of Directors of the Community Welfare Association of Athens expresses gratitude for services to the Community Chest campaign. Special thanks go to John H. Preston for organizing divisions and leadership, to Southern Ohio Electric Co for office donations, Athens Home Telephone Co for phone service, Athens agency for a Royal Typewriter, and The Athens Messenger for service, plus thanks to all donors and cooperating agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Welfare Association
City of
Athens
John H. Preston
Community Chest
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens Home Telephone Co
Athens Messenger
Community Chess Board
Supreme Court Allows Prosecution Of Arms Case Trials
The Supreme Court approves prosecutions of Curtiss-Wright entities and individuals for conspiring to sell arms to Bolivia under Roosevelt era embargo policies. The decision upholds the embargo validity and broad executive delegation power, setting that defendants must face a jury trial on charges of export conspiracy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
New Deal
George Sutherland
James C. McReynolds
McReynolds
High Court
Federal Court For
Southern District of
New York
Bolivia
Curtiss-Wright Export Corp
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Co., Inc
Barr Shipping Orp
John 8. Allard
Samuel J. Abélon
Robert R. Barr
Federal District Court
Cuban President May Resign Before Trial
President Miguel Mariano Gomez began moving his personal effects from the Presidential Palace as impeachment proceeds. Supporters of Col. Fulgencio Batista expect a resignation ahead of a special House impeachment session to be held tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Gomez
Colleges enroll nearly 45000 students in Ohio system
Cincinnati based report by University of Cincinnati president Raymond Waltera shows about 45 000 full time students enrolled in 35 Ohio colleges and universities. The annual survey indicates a 7 8 percent rise over last fall and a broader national increase in higher learning enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio
Raymond Waltera
University of Cincinnati
Army budgets urged to boost regular and reserve forces
Secretary of War Jerry H. Woodring urged Congress to approve further expenditures to expand personnel and equipment for both the regular army and the reserve corps in his annual report to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Jerry H. Woodring
Distress Signal From Butte Huntsman Ends Ambiguous SOS
Albert West Rich of Butte fired a distress signal after a rifle exploded injuring his hand during a deer hunt. The incident inadvertently fulfilled the intended purpose of calling for help despite the accident.
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Butte
Mont
Albert Westrich
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Salvador
Central American Republic
By Francisco Epinosa
United Press Staff
U. S
Senator Norbeck
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Pope
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Sullivan
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