Indicted Labor Chiefs Seek Bonds Amid Racketeering Charges
Four high labor leaders in Cleveland asked union treasuries for 30 000 to post bonds while awaiting trial on extortion and blackmail charges. Surety firms refused. Named are Don Campbell John McGee James McDonnell and Mose Donley. Officials vow continued probes into labor racketeering as Ness cites impact on business.
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Cleveland
U.P
Treasuries
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Don Campbell
Painters’ District Council
Glaziers’ Union
John McGee
Laborers’ District Council
James McDonnell
Glaziers
Mose Donley
Painters
Eliot Ness
Prisoner Not Employed by WPA Says Gallia Official
lL C Gibson WPA director in District Three said Ted Halley of Vinton who is held in connection with a $1 900 robbery is not a WPA foreman. Halley formerly supervised the WPA Rio Grande sewer project but was discharged Oct 14 for unsatisfactory work.
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Ll. C. Gibson
Ted Halley
Vinton
Gallipolis
Halley
Rio Grande
Gibson
78 Are Killed In Tokyo Fire
A Tokyo fire killed 78 people while villagers watched a news reel of China war at a primary school. The crowd included 27 children and 21 women, with many victims found in the school ruins after a stampede during the film screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Nishimura
Wakayama Prefecture
China
Former Shade Woman Vienna Kelley Dies in West Virginia
Vienna Kelley age 70 widow of John L. Kelley long a Shade native and Athens visitor died Monday night at the home of her half brother Everett Bissell Ambrosia West Virginia Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Carlton Church Kingsbury burial will follow She is survived by her half brother Everett Bissell a full brother Charles Bissell of East Liverpool and a stepson J L C Kelley of Athens Mrs Kelley moved to West Virginia from Shade about three years ago.
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Vienna Kelley
John L. Kelley
Shade
Athens County
Everett Bissell
Ambrosia
W. Va
Carlton Church
Kingsbury
Church
Charles Bissell
East Liverpool
J. L. C. Kelley
Athens
Kelley
West Virginia
City of Hamburg Sinks After Collision Near Terschelling
Lloyds North Foreland Radio intercepts report from the American ship City of Hamburg saying it is sinking ten miles east of Terschelling after a collision.
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U. S
London
U.P
North Foreland
Lloyds
City of
Hamburg
Terschelling
Nazi censorship bans foreign music including jazz and modern works
Berlin authorities move to protect Germans from so called poisoning music. Importation of harmful music from abroad will be stopped under the propaganda ministry. The music department targets jazz and works by Jewish composers and modernistic styles.
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Berlin
Propaganda Ministry
Jenkins Says GOP Must Let Voters Choose in Primaries
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins denounced Republican state chairmen and national committeemen for trying to dictate primary candidate choices. He said the party must win from the bottom up and stressed that officials not elected by the people should not influence primaries.
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Washington
U.P
Thomas A. Jenkins
Jenkins
U. S
Ohio
TVA Commission Probes Marble Fraud Claims at Norris Dam
Three member federal panel studied TVA assertions of intent to defraud the government over marble leases held by Senator George L. Berry and 29 associates in the Norris Dam Reservoir. TVA seeks to deem leases worthless while defense witnesses claim marble deposits are worth several million dollars. Morgan, a surprise witness, said he opposed paying Berry interests for lands in the TVA project.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam
George L. Berry
TVA
Morgan
Martin attacks city county administrations over Ford strike
Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers accuses Kansas City city and county officials of anti labor bias after arrests of UAWA pickets at the Ford plant. He demands a changed attitude toward the 12 day old strike.
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Kansas City
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
UAWA
Ford Assembly
Martin
Ford
Soviets Bolster Far East Forces Reports Persist
Persistent reports say Russia is strengthening its Far East air and sea forces on a large scale, with new deployments and expanded patrols. The claim centers on intensified Soviet military activity in the distant theater and raises concerns about regional security.
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London
U.P
Russia
Far East
Capone Loses Bid to Cut Tax Evasion Term
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Alphonse Capone's plea to reduce his income tax evasion sentence by one year.
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Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Alphonse (Scarface al) Capone
Labor Spying Charged by Civil Liberties Committee
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee reports labor spying is widespread in American industry. It says about one third of Pinkerton Agency spies were union officials including a national union president, local presidents, and officers with access to membership lists and finances.
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Labor
Civil Liberties Committee
Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Congress
Pinkerton Agency
Pinkerton
Peace at Any Price Not U. S. Plan, FD Says
President Roosevelt in a telegram to former Kansas governor Alf Landon rejects a policy of peace at any price. He says the American people want peace but will not accept security by ignoring events abroad amid the Far Eastern crisis.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
United States
London
Japan Retains Stance On Panay Attack Amid Army Split
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan shifts again on the Panay incident admitting their crews doubted their own shells were fired at a Japanese launch. Survivors dispute the claim while conservatives and radicals in the army clash over future actions and foreign involvement.
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Shanghai
United States
Japan
Imperial Army
Vote on Bill Believed Near
Washington leaders pledged to hold Congress in session to finish housing bill amendments. Senate Majority Leader Barkley and House Speaker Bankhead urged quick action with a Wednesday target to send the bill to the White House, as the special session has only approved travel expenses so far.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
House
William B. Bankhead
Ala
White House
CIO Loses Election in Pacific Coast Utility Labor Fight
In San Francisco nearly 7,000 PG&E outside workers chose the California Gas & Electric Employes' Union over the CIO affiliated United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers' Union in a pivotal National Labor Relations Board certification vote. The result was 3,550 to 2,254 for the non-CIO union.
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San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
California Gas & Electric
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers’ Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Community correspondents urged to mail Sunday news letters
The Messenger will be off on Sunday December 26 to allow staff to celebrate Christmas. All community correspondents should mail their Sunday news letters to be published on Thursday and Friday of the same week.
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Messenger
President Receives Special Report on Northwest Lumber Labor Fight
Roosevelt read a Labor Department memorandum from Frances Perkins on the AFL CIO dispute in the Northwest timber industry. Peace talks between the AF of L and CIO were to resume at 2 30 pm after a 18 day recess as governors seek settlement and the NLRB mediation failed.
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Perkins
Afl-Cio
Northwest
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor and
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
Oregon
C.so
John L. Lewis
A. F
William Green
Labor Department
Federation
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
C.I.O
New Timber Workers Union
A. F. of L
Co. IL. O
Refugees Flee Up Yangtze Aboard Woosung Near Nanking
Under sniper threat and river mines, the British steamer Woosung with 300 British and American refugees from the upper Yangtze Valley neared Nanking. A Japanese minelayer was reportedly clearing mines ahead of the fleet.
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Shanghai
U.P
Woosung
Yangtze Valley
Nanking
Strikers Found Guilty in Douglas Aircraft Conspiracy
In Los Angeles superior court 22 alleged ringleaders of a Douglas Aircraft strike were convicted of conspiracy to commit unlawful detainer marking the first felony convictions tied to sit-down labor unrest at the plant.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Mayor Bans Free Taxicabs Over Public Safety
Columbus Ohio mayor Myron Gessaman orders free taxicabs removed from streets claiming the public safety is endangered by striking cab drivers. The move targets protests against cab service disruption and aims to restore regulated operations.
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Columbus
U.P
Myron Gessaman
Hopkins Resting Easy After Mayo Clinic Operation
Rochester report says Harry Hopkins federal WPA administrator is recovering at Mayo Clinic after an abdominal operation and is resting easy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, Minn
Tu.p
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Mayo Clinic
Columbus Youth Killed In Bicycle Collision
Billy Snyder, 12, died Monday night after an automobile struck him as he rode his bicycle in Columbus. The driver remained at the scene and law enforcement investigated the crash.
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Columbus
Billy Snyder
Mussolini Praises Italian Mothers in Baby Race
Benito Mussolini urged Italian husbands to be dutiful as he lauded 94 provincial winners in the national baby race begun in 1926. Mothers sobbed and fathers blushed while Il Duce announced awards for bearing 727 children, averaging 7.7 per mother, amid praise from winners like Maria Cardellio-Chio of Taranto.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mappa Mondo Hall
Roosevelt Eyes Higher Budget Deficit Revision
Washington report notes repeated forecasts raising the deficit for the current fiscal year from $418 million to $695 million, with President Roosevelt signaling another possible revision. Observers expect a further increase beyond the $695 million forecast as discussions continue in Congress.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Relief rolls grow by over twenty thousand in a week
The Works Progress Administration reported a weekly increase of 20,128 on relief rolls, raising total relief registrations to 1,557,689 as of December 11. It was the largest weekly rise in 1937, with five areas showing declines including Illinois and New York outside NYC.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Illinois
District of Columbia
Florida
New York
New York City
West Virginia
Railroad seeks nonagency station at New Marshfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asks the state utilities commission for authority to make its station at New Marshfield nonagency. The commission set January 27 to hear the request.
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Columbus
U.P
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
State Public Utilities Commission
New Marshfield
Athens County
Northwest Territory covered wagon trek starts from Washingtonville
Drawn by two black oxen, the Northwest Territory covered wagon left Washingtonville in snow early today for Warwick New York as part of a trek from Ipswitch Massachusetts to Marietta.
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Washingtonville
MN. Y
U.R
Northwest Territory
Warwick
N. Y
Ipswitch
Mass
Marietta
Missing Farm Agent Believed Kidnap Victim
J F Johnson 36 a Paudling County agricultural agent has been missing five days. H C Ramsower Ohio State University director of agricultural extension suspects foul play and shared the theory with Col Lynn Black Ohio Highway Patrol. A motorist report noted three hitch hikers roadside while Johnson headed to an agricultural meeting in Bowling Green.
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Columbus
J. F. Johnson
Paulding County
H. C. Ramsower
Ohio State University
Ramsower
Johnson
Lynn Black
Ohio Highway Patrol
Black
Bowling Green
Awarded $21,000 From Mother of President
A Supreme Court jury in White Plains awarded Frederick Grewen of New Rochelle 21,000 damages from Mrs. James Roosevelt mother of the president and chauffeur Louis E. Depew for injuries claimed from an April 3 collision in Manhattan. Grewen sought 100,000. Depew drove the car with Mrs. Roosevelt not in it.
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White Plains
N. Y
U.P
Supreme Court
Frederick Grewen
New Rochelle
James Roosevelt
Louis E. Depew
Grewen
Veteran Professor Dies After Heart Attacks
Springfield reports Dr. T. Bruce Birch age 71 a longtime philosophy professor at Wittenberg College since 1908 died Monday after several heart attacks.
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Springfield
V.rp
T. Bruce Birch
Wittenberg College
Metcalf Leads Fight To Form Inquiry Group
Ohio senate votes 21 to 5 to create a seven member committee to probe charges of graft in state government. Sen Verner Metcalf declares there is “something rotten in Ohio” and urges full inquiry with power to subpoena records and hire counsel. House considers governor action for tougher penalties on commissions in state contracts.
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Columbus
U.R
Senate
Paul P. Yoeder
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga
W. F. Garver
Holmes
Verner Metcalf
Marietta
Denmark
Ohio
Metcalf
Garver
A. D. Baumhart, Jr
Erie
Coal Board Sets Prices for Pithead Coal Districts
The National Bituminous Coal Commission fixed pithead coal prices in eight districts for trucks and wagons. Effective Jan 3 these schedules follow revised minimums from Dec 16. Districts 3 4 and 6 show prices from 1.66 to 2.40 per ton. Near Pavonia, Ohio area, George Ohl 82 and wife 79 were killed in an automobile train collision near their home Monday.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
West Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandle
Mansfield—V.p
George Ohl
Pavonia
Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Over Ohio River Bridge Toll Plan
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered dismissal of the suit filed by Clarksbury Columbus Short Route Bridge Co against the proposed lower tolls for the Parkersburg Belpre Ohio River Bridge.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Clarksburg-Columbus
Short Route Bridge Co
Parkersburg
Belpre Ohio River
Rumored Election Irregularities Probed at Pomeroy
James Welker from the Secretary of State’s office arrived in Pomeroy Meigs County to investigate rumors of irregularities in elections. The probe aims to confirm or debunk hearsay reported by The Democrat. Earlier activity involved the Carey Bond issue and a bond spending dispute. Charles Stivers faced grand jury action after a justice court waiver.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
James Welker
Secretary of State
Democrat
Manning D. Webster
Charles Stivers
Election Board
State Department
Stivers
Grand Jury
Justice Court
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Houston
Tex
Gallia
Lancashire
Gop
Commission To Study
Capone
Landon
Panay
CIO
Attention Community
American Federation of Labor Today
Hopkins
Mussolini
Duce
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Wisconsin
Cummings
Geiger
Inquiry
Coal Board
Train
Man
Malcolm Hartley Messenger
City Today
Welker
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