General Motors Plan For Negotiations Is Impractical
John L. Lewis denounced GM plans for individual bargaining and urged industry wide talks by the United Automobile Workers. He argued for CIO led collective bargaining across the automotive industry, linking all GM workers. A neutral party was seen mediating at Kelsey Hayes, while a 10 day sit down strike remained unsettled.
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General Motors
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
United Automobile Workers
United Mine Workers Union
W. 8. Knudsen
CIO
Automotive Industry
Ing
Richard T. Frankensteen
Kelsey-Hayes
Lester R. Downie
Settlement of strikes in feeder shops near Detroit
United Automobile Workers backed by the CIO sought a collective bargain as strikes in glass and feeder plants crippled the auto industry. Indications of a peace move emerged with more than 27,000 workers affected as negotiators moved toward settlement.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Four Die in Rosita Coal Mine Gas Explosion
A deadly gas explosion and ensuing fire at the Rosita coal mine in Nueva Rosita Coahuila Mexico killed four workers. Thirty four bodies were recovered and 35 survivors faced critical burns as rescuers worked after the Tuesday morning blast.
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Nueva Rosita
Coahuila
Mex. HU
Rosita
Churchill Daughter Plans Wedding To Comedian Vic Oliver
New York reports Titan-haired Sarah Churchill daughter of Winston Churchill planned a wedding with Vic Oliver, a comedian. The romance shocked the Churchill family as the 22 year old announced she would engage in vaudeville with Oliver.
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New York
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Vic Oliver
Churchill
Sarah
Oliver
Ohio Counties Share $208,814 for Dependent Children
The federal government distributed $208,814 to Ohio counties for caring for 26,000 dependent children under the Social Security Act in the last three months. Athens received 1124 dollars, Gallia 662, Hocking 949, Meigs 887, Morgan 511, and Vinton 543, among others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
San Salvador Quake Toll Could Top Thousand
Reports show the San Salvador area hit by a major earthquake with potential death toll surpassing 1,000. Tecoluca volcano near San Vicente erupted, sending dense black smoke from the crater.
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San Salvador
U.R
Tecoluca
San Vicente
Pope Pius Shows Signs of Improvement After Night
Vatican says Pope Pius had a fairly good night with some leg pain from swelling varicose veins. Dr Milani states the Pope is completely out of danger and hopes recovery is only a matter of time.
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Pope
Milani
Vatican City
U.P
Pius
Vatican
Prof
Former York Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Columbus
Mrs. Bernadine Woodard Marshall age 27 of Nelsonville and Jefferson County died after a collision near Columbus. Her husband Delbert Marshall was seriously injured and unconscious in Columbus hospital. The couple, en route to Fayette County to fetch Mrs Eleanor Parker, were in a farm vehicle when their car struck another and both vehicles were destroyed by fire.
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Nelsonville
Delbert Marshall
Jeffersonville
Fayette County
Columbus
Marshall
Bernadine Woodard
Clyde Woodard
York Township
Eleanor Parker
Early settlement predicted for Florence-Wehbe Stove Co clash
Newark AU officials and union representatives forecast an early settlement of labor difficulties that previously led to the factory closing. Talks aimed to avert further disruption at Florence Wehbe Stove Co and resume production.
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Newark
Florence-Wehbe Stove Co
X Ray Finds Missing Mixer Part in Fruit Cake
In Grand Rapids Mrs Louis Hake asked Dr G G Stonehouse to X-ray 12 fruit cakes for Christmas gifts. After testing three cakes the X ray revealed a missing part in cake number three. The doctor refused a fee and was rewarded with a fruit cake.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
G. G. Stonehouse
Louis Hake
Clash Over Relief Appropriation Size Probed
Washington reports a developing clash between Congress and the Roosevelt administration over the deficiency relief appropriation. The dispute centers on whether to fund 500 million or 750 million dollars or more, with leaders quietly lobbying back home. The plan aims to keep relief rolls at 3.2 to 3.3 million through winter before trimming 600,000 to 800,000 workers in spring.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Capitol Hill
Hopkins
Democrats Set Jan. 2 Caucus to Elect Ohio Senate Leaders
Ohio Senate Democrats announce a January 2 caucus to elect officers including president pro tem and committee chairs. Senator John P. Bower of Pennsylvania hosts as the oldest member. A three way fight for majority floor leader pits Edward Waldvogel Bernard Donovan and Keith Lawrence.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
John P. Bower
Rushylvania
Senate
Paul Yoder
Edward N. Waldvogel
Hamilton
Bernard R. Donovan
Liability Insurance Required for School Bus Coverage
Ohio Attorney General Bricker ruled that boards of education cannot contract for school bus insurance lacking liability coverage for injuries to pupils during transport. He said such policies fail legal requirements and districts cannot pay premiums with public funds.
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Columbus
Board of Education
John W. Bricker
State Bureau of Inspection
Attorney General
Land Deed Authorized For Memorial Site
Gov. Martin L. Davey won Senate approval to deed 25 acres to the federal government for a memorial in Marietta tied to the Northwest Territory celebration of 1937 and 1938. The bill passed 23 to 0 after House approval, with Rep. Lloyd L. Stacy of Washington as sponsor.
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Columbus
A.P
Martin L. Davey
Northwest Territory
Marietta
Senate
House
Lloyd
Stacy
Washington
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Mia Seymour in Columbus
In Columbus late Tuesday a hit-and-run driver killed Mia Seymour 46 and injured Nellie Everhard 43 and Dollie Beatty 41. The victims were women known locally and the crash drew police to the scene. Investigators seek witnesses and vehicle details.
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Columbus
U.P
Lillian Seymour
Nellie Everhard
Dollie Beatty
Adopt Plan To Halt Import of War Materials
The international committee on non intervention in the Spanish War adopted a resolution to urge effective neutrality. It plans a detailed supervision scheme for Spain with 100 control points, dividing the front into zones and seeking acceptance within 10 days.
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London
U.P
International Committee On
Spain
Woman slain by burglars in Wheeling store
Mrs. John Bries aged 40, wife of a Wheeling beer merchant, was shot and killed after catching two men robbing her husband's store. A dog’s bark woke her in the apartment. she confronted the intruders alone and was fatally shot. The killers fled across the river into Ohio in a gray sedan.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
John Bries
Bries
Ohio
American Sailor Paroled by German Officials Sails Home
Lawrence Simpson an American seaman released on parole by German authorities after 17 months in prison on treason charges sailed from Hamburg to New York today aboard the President Roosevelt. Simpson had been sentenced to three years for smuggling communist literature into Germany with Hitler ordering parole.
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Hamburg
Lawrence Simpson
New York
President Roosevelt
Simpson
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Exiled Russian Leader and Wife Sail for Mexico
Leon Trotzky and his wife Sat urday departed from Hurum north of Oslo on a sea voyage toward Mexico to seek refuge near the United States where he once resided. Police guarded the farm until the news leaked Tuesday night, signaling his escape.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
United States
Trotzky
Hurum
Ohio Supreme Court rejects Cadek bribery appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the case of Louis J. Cadek a former Cleveland police captain serving a two to twenty year sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary for taking bribes.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Louis J. Cadek
Cleveland
Ohio
Simeon Fess Dies Former Ohio Senator at 76
Simeon D. Fess, longtime Ohio Republican leader and Hoover era national party chairman, died of a heart attack in Washington just after arriving from Ohio. A former two term senator, he was 75 turning 76, and had focused on Ohio political history since leaving office in 1934. He also served as president of Antioch College and taught at Ohio Northern University.
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Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
Washington
Republican National Committee
O.R
Simeon D. Ferxs
G.O.P
Fess
Smart Carleton
Senate
Vic Donahey
Plane Sighting Sparks Search Near St George Utah
Reports of radio signals possible from a survivor of the Western Air Express liner crash led M. D. Talley to report seeing a liner in distress near St George Utah the morning of the disappearance. Western air officials said signals could refer to St George or indicate a crash in the area and ground and air searchers planned a sweep of the region.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Western Air Express
M. D. Talley
St George
Utah
Ohio
St. George
Western Air
Peace Conference Closes in Buenos Aires With Accord
Buenos Aires reports the Inter American Peace Conference ending today. Delegates hail a general treaty banning war among 21 American republics and promising quick consultation on external threats. New trade pacts are expected to reduce business barriers across the hemisphere.
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Buenos Aires
Western Hemisphere
Americas
Steel mill operation schedules reported in Mahoning and Trumbull counties
Mahoning and Trumbull counties saw steel mill operations at about eight percent of normal today as plant schedules were adjusted amid widespread production cautions.
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Youngstown
Mahoning
Trumbull Counties
Insults Trigger Fierce Civil War Clash Near Madrid
In a frozen No Man's Land north west of Madrid insurgent and loyalist forces fought a battle sparked by insults. Over 100 soldiers died as Nationalists and militiamen exchanged taunts and charged government barricades, leaving dozens dead on both sides.
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Madrid
U.P
No Man's Land
Moncton University
Bank President Sentenced to Prison for Funds Misuse
Charles F. Wheland, 45, president of the Union Bank at Uhrichsville, Ohio, was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to 55 counts accusing him of misusing about 450 000 dollars in bank funds. He began as a clerk in 1917.
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NEW Philadelphia
U.P
Charles FE. Wheland
Union Bank
Uhrichaville
Ohio
Wheland
William Cameron Collapses From Heart Attack at City Intersection
William Cameron of 5 N Stewart Street collapsed at Court and State Streets yesterday from a heart attack. He was confined to his home today and his condition was reported unimproved.
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William Cameron
N. Stewart St
Mother Ends 21 Year Search Finds Her in Northwich
Wallace Ford a film actor also known as Samuel Jones locates his birth mother Catherine Jones known as Mam Kit near the river at Northwich Cheshire. After five hours of conversation he is certain the reunion is real and his mother and her husband a match seller called Blind Dan can now live in peace. Ford was placed in Dr Barnardo's Home at age three and sent to Toronto at seven with hundreds of others before entering the American stage in 1915. The reunion followed clues from Scotland Yard and a scrap iron merchant in Northwich last July and an aunt Mrs. Beddoes of Birkdale helped confirm the kinship.
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Northwich
Cheshire
Mam Kit
Blind Dan
Ford
Samuel Jones
Barnado
Toronto
Catherine Jones
Los Angeles
Scotland Yard
Lancashire
Mary Beddoes
Birkdale
Southport
Sales Tax Bill Passes Senate Without Fight
The Ohio Senate narrowly approved the administration tax package including a 50 million dollar sales tax after a heated debate. Opponents dwindled to six as 18 supported the measure, with other tax bills and related measures moving swiftly toward adjournment around December 28.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio
James Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
Ohio 3 Percent Minimum Sales Tax Becomes Law
Ohio merchants will owe at least 3 percent of taxable sales in tax beginning Jan 1 even if they do not collect that amount. The change sets a 3 per cent minimum, with higher rates like 10 percent on certain small sales under bracket rules. Senate testimony projected 3.17 percent would have been collected in 1956 under the minimum rule.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Senate Taxeation Committee
Carlton Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Closing Hours for Liquor Sales Waived
The Ohio state liquor board waived state closing hour rules for permit holders, aligning with past practice. They cautioned venues to comply with local ordinances and avoid late openings that violate local rules.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
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