Union backs Labor Non-Partisan League aims for hours wages housing
The United Mine Workers of America endorsed Labor's Non-Partisan League and a federal program including a 30 hour work week a minimum wage and a $5 billion housing plan. The convention urged locals to join the league and rally liberal groups to ally with labor and farmers. Senator Neely urged organizing all industrial workers to preserve democracy and oppose munitions production for war.
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United Mine Workers of America
Labor
League
Victer
E. L. Oliver
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
U.M.W.A
Citiezens
Matthew M. Neely
W. Va
America
Neely
Churches of Christ
New Dealers Study Small Business Aid
Administrations plan to aid small business remains in preliminary study as Commerce and treasury officials prepare for conferences with 500 to 750 small businessmen. UAW officials will meet Roosevelt on unemployment relief. ideas include federal credit banks and a national mortgage corporation.
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U.P
Commerce Department
Capitol
United Automobile Workers of America
Roosevelt
United Press
National Mortgage Corporation
L. T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Crowley
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Fascist Riots Rock Mexico Leads to Border Clash
Gov Marte Gomez walked the streets to calm a frightened public after a fascist uprising in Tamaulipas devolved into fighting at the International Bridge into Brownsville Texas. Official reports say four deaths, while travelers claim 20 plus killed in Matamoros and Ramirez. The riotants follow Gen Nicholas Rodriguez, an exiled Mexican fascist leader, asserting an army of 800000.
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Tex
Marte R. Gomez
Nicholas Rodriguez
Mexico
Barkley Pushes Fast Vote on Housing Bill
Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley urged a quick vote on the Housing Bill conference report to end a dispute over the prevailing wage amendment. The measure would cut down payments and interest to spur home construction and would insure mortgages with government backing.
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Washington
U.R
Alben W. Barkley
Housing Bill
Miner Injured As Coal Fall Breaks Leg at Black Diamond Mine
Howard Poston, 64, was struck by a coal fall at the Black Diamond Mine near Sharpsburg Monday, suffering two fractures of the right leg and minor additional injuries deemed non serious by Marietta hospital surgeons. He was treated and sent home under care. General Francisco Franco assumed the presidency of his new regime in Spain today, taking the roles of commander in chief, president of the council, and head of state.
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Howard Poston
Black Diamond
Here
Marietta
Poston
Burgos
Spain
U.P
Francisco Franco
Nhiaf
Anna Hahn To Be Moved To Ohio Pen Death Row
Ohio Penitentiary completes Death Row and execution chamber on the second floor of the chapel. Anna Hahn, the first woman slated for electric chair in Ohio, will be moved from the hospital cell to new quarters. The unit also houses three other condemned prisoners awaiting March deaths.
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Pen
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
James C. Woodard
William Hobbs
Hamilton
Everett Jones
George Wells
Akron
Sawyer Promises Clean Government in Campaign Address
Cincinnati, U P Charles Sawyer Democratic gubernatorial candidate told Ohio business leaders that if elected they can do state business without paying fixers. In a radio address announcing his candidacy he also said state workers will not be forced to contribute to political networks or private fund drives.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Jap Aerial Attacks Disrupt Wreck Lines
Telegraph links between Hong Kong Canton and Hankow were cut after a major Japanese air raid in the Canton area. A refugee train from Hankow due in Hong Kong today did not arrive as of morning reports.
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U.P
Hong Kong
Canton
Hankow
Plot to take Ross kidnap dugout foiled by Cass County
In Minnesota authorities stopped a plan to move the hideout used in the Charles S. Ross kidnapping to New York for the 1939 World's Fair. Ross, an elderly greeting card maker, was held 14 days near Chicago then killed after ransom. The dugout was found near Emily and reassembled at Mitchell Lake. Cass County attorney Edward L. Rodgers said charges would include larceny.
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Brainerd
Minn
U.P
Charles S. Ross
New York City
Ross
Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Peter Anders
Spooner
Wis
Emily
Mitchell Lake
Edward L. Rodgers
Cass County
High School Students Strike At Waltz Night
About two hundred Roosevelt high school cadets staged a sit down in the regimental hall Monday night to protest waltzes. The students wore full dress uniforms while girls wore evening dresses and remained seated for 15 minutes as the orchestra played music chosen by the faculty chaperone to avoid hotter numbers.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt High School
Jimmy Gantley
Bandits Shoot Toledo Tailor During Attempted Hold-Up
Samuel Alloy, 40, a Toledo tailor, was shot in the back by a bandit when he refused to open a cash register. Hospital attendants described his condition as fair today.
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Toledo
Samuel Alloy
Alloy
Attorney General aide battles police over mysterious shooting
Russell Hardy special assistant U S attorney general refuses to surrender the bullet removed from his thigh after a shooting in Alexandria Virginia The aide's aide Elizabeth Buchanan released a statement saying the event was common and not secretive Police seek the bullet to compare with a gun linked to Cain Jackson the Negro houseboy who said a suspect fled after ordering him to drive away Hardy contends he owns the bullet while police pursue the weapon for verification
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Washington
Russell Hardy
U. S
Alexandria
Hardy
George Mason Hotel
Elizabeth Connor Buchanan
Charles Stanley White
J. R. Duncan
White
Cain Jackson
Jackson
Coal Board Price Fixing Criticized by Justice Groner
Chief Justice D Lawrence Groner of the U S Court of Appeals assailed the Bituminous Coal Commission procedure for fixing minimum prices. He said confidential information in secret meetings denying hearing to interested parties violates government theory and may force a restart of price-fixing efforts. Indiana Gas and Chemical Co appealed to suspend minimum price orders. John Carson urged public hearings and disclosure of data.
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Washington
U.P
D. Lawrence Groner
District of Columbia
U. S. Court of Appeal
Coal Commission
John Carson
Sub Torpedoes British Vessel Near Spanish Coast
The Loyalist government says a submarine sank the Endymion, a coal carrier, 16 miles off the east coast of Spain. Eleven of 15 aboard perished in four minutes, including the captain, his wife, the second engineer, a British crewman, and a Swedish non intervention officer.
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Barcelona
Endymion
Spain
Cape Tinoso
Mussolini Praises Militia on 15th Anniversary
Prime minister Benito Mussolini addressed the Fascist Blackshirts on the fifteenth anniversary of the militia foundation. He praised their bravery writing pages of blood and glory in Libya Ethiopia and Spain and said they are ready for more difficult tasks.
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U.R
Benito Mussolini
Libya
Ethiopia
Spain
Fearful Lion May Hinder Search for Teddy Thompson
In California’s mountains 2100 men and trackers search for four year old Teddy Thompson who wandered from home Saturday. Lion prints meet the boy’s trail and the hunt uses dogs and two night storms hindering scent tracking as volunteers remain hopeful he survived.
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Folsom
Teddy
End of Midwest severe cold wave follows after record lows
Winter’s fiercest cold spell eased as temperatures rose in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and moved into Ontario. Rescue crews fought subzero winds to reach more than 100 people trapped in two logging camps and a homestead in Upper Michigan, with seven miles of drifts blocking relief routes.
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Chicago
North Central States
Ontario
Mercury
Mississippi
Ohio
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Middle West
White River
Ont
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Victor Makelas
Big Bay
Carey
Silver Lake
Midway
State Conservation Department
Road Commission
Japs Reported Building Huge New Warships
Admiral William D. Leahy told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Japan is reported to be constructing battleships much larger than the 35 000 ton London treaty limit. He cited Italian publications and supported Roosevelt’s plan for three more battleships along with 44 combat vessels 22 auxiliaries and 1 000 aircraft.
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Washington
U.P
William D. Leahy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Japan
Leahy
Italy
Roosevelt
Substitute State Relief Measures Are Drawn
Substitute bills to set up a state relief organization were being drawn for submission to the Legislature next week after Governor Davey vetoed similar bills. If rejected, administration of relief could continue to function with current revenue and distribution formulas in place.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Child Falls Five Floors Lands in Baby Buggy
New York report says Helen Mel neck age 10 climbed onto a fifth floor railing and fell to the first floor landing in a baby carriage. She suffered superficial injuries. Cleveland dispatch notes Allen L Hoffman age 31 from Youngstown shot himself when an officer neared his car amid embezzlement allegations involving $800 from a Youngstown newspaper.
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New York
U.P
Helen Melneck
Cleveland
A.P
Allen L. Hoffman
Youngstown
Hoffman
Toledo Bank Theft Suspect Held for Questioning
Peter Hansen aged 38 of New York was held by police for questioning in connection with a theft of 1230 dollars from a teller’s cage at the National Bank of Toledo on Monday.
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Toledo-Ulp
Peter Hansen
New York
National Bank of Toledo
Girdler Attacks Wagner Act and CIO Leaders in North Carolina
Republic Steel chairman Tom Girdler told UNC students the Wagner Act dangerously moves the nation toward industrial warfare. He blamed CIO leadership for labor coercion and denounced union pressure after the Little Steel strike. A third bombing targetting union homes was reported in Cleveland, endangering seven people.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
U.P
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Girdler
Carolina Political Union
University of North Carolina
CIO
Little Steel
AFL Council Moves to Oust Miners and Clothing Union Leaders
The AFL executive council faces punitive action against the CIO and weighs ousting two C IO affiliated unions the United Mine Workers led by Lewis and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led by Hillman. The plan aims to split the CIO amid internal insurgencies and grant new charters elsewhere.
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AFL Council
Cil
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CLO
David Duchinsky
Max Zaritsky
C.S
West Virginia Senator Labels Lewis a Racketeer
Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia denounces John L Lewis as America’s Number One Racketeer amid a United Mine Workers convention clash. Holt vows to keep speaking for miners, demanding votes on officials and accountability for union funds.
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West Virginia
Lewis
Washington
U.P
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization America
United Mine Workers Union Convention
United Mine Workers Officeholders Convention
Holt
America
Securities Sales Law Signed by Governor
Governor Davey signed the Man son Laderman Act to tighten Ohio securities regulation. The law expands powers to curb worthless securities and closes methods promoters used to dodge certification requirements.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Davey
Logan Team Finishes High in State Meet
Columbus Ohio State University officials announced that teams from Savannah Ashland County and Vermilion Erie County won the apple and potato judging contests for vocational agriculture students during Farmers Week. Following Vermilion in the potato judging were Versailles Darke County Vanlue Hancock Suffield Portage Upper Sandusky Wyandot Florence Bureau Erie Logan Hocking Ashland Ridge Township Van Wert Anna Shelby.
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Ohio ” State University
Savannah
Ashland County
Vermilion
Erie County
Versailles
Darke County
Vanlue
Hancock
Suffield
Portage
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot
Florence
Markham Named NYC Public Works Commissioner
Major General Edward M. Markham, chief of army engineers, was appointed commissioner of public works for New York City by Mayor La Guardia today.
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New York
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
New York City
la Guardia
Traffic deaths in 1937 set record high of 39700
The National Safety Council reported 39700 traffic deaths in 1937, part of 106000 accidental deaths nationwide. Total accident injuries reached 9.4 million with home, occupational, and public deaths also noted. State counts show Ohio traffic deaths at 1649, up 392 from 1936. Milwaukee led cities as safest with 10.8 per 100000.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
United States
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