Strikers Evacuated as GM Plants Prepare to Resume
National Guardsmen remained in Flint after a 44 day General Motors strike while prohibition ends and plants gear up for reopening. GM aims to resume production Monday and reach 225000 cars a month by March. Insurance examiners surveyed damage at three sit down sites.
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Flint
Mich
Detroit
Fisher Body Plant No. 2
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
National Guardsmen
Prohibition
Chevrolet
Fisher
Fisher Plant No. 1
Homer Martin
International
Fisher Plant No. 2
National Guard
Chevrolet Plant No. 4
Murphy
Frank Murphy
Pengelly Hall
George Boysen
Domo
Flint Alliance
Cincinnati Water Safe to Drink Without Boiling
Cincinnati residents could drink tap water without boiling for the first time in 19 days. The city announced water safety today as citizens enjoyed direct access to clear, safe water from faucets.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Man 70 Breaks Jewelers Window After Loan Denial
George Mangold age 70 who had his old age pension cut off and was denied county infirmary admission threatened to break a window or go to jail or the penitentiary. He followed through two hours later smashing a large display window with his cane at a jeweler's shop and calmly allowing police to arrest him after taking a diamond ring.
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New
Philadelphia
George Mangold
Mangold
Child Labor Act Needs Nine More Ratifications
Santa Fe New Mexico reports nine more states must ratify the child labor amendment before it becomes federal law after New Mexico approved it late Thursday.
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Santa FE
N. M
U.P
New Mexico
Justices Deliberate Fate of Wagner Labor Act
Washington U P reports the Supreme Court studied the fate of the Wagner Labor Relations Act after four days of hearings. Analysts expect a split decision on New Deal labor provisions with attention on the earlier Guffey Coal Control Act ruling and Justice Stone s sharp dissent.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Akron Democrat Gus Kasch Tops Ohio House Bill Introductions
Akron real estate agent and Summit County Democrat Gus Kasch led as the top bill introducer in Ohio House, adding 35 of the 234 measures filed Thursday, amid a flood of proposed legislation.
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Columbus
U.P
Akron
House of Representatives
Gus Kasch
Summit County
Ohio
General Assembly
Kasch
Earhart Plans 27000 Mile World Flight From Oakland
Amelia Earhart Putnam, 39, prepares for a 27000 mile around the world voyage starting in Oakland California within a month. She will fly east to Honolulu then Howland Island and continue via Australia India Africa Dakar Natal to Brazil and up the U S East Coast back to Oakland.
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Amelia Earhart
Putnam
New York
U.P
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Aviatrix
Oakland
Cal
Globe
Honolulu
Pacific
Howland Island
Equator
Bureau of Air Commerce
Miss Earhart
Flying Laboratory
Purdue University
Australia
Port Darwin
India
Africa
Dakar
Welcome Mat Always Out By Harry R Hurn
Gallia County flood disaster prompts immediate shelter effort for 481 displaced residents. Rev George Sagen leads housing from public buildings with 200 army cots, gas heat, and a base hospital in the George Tabit Building staffed by volunteer nurses.
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Harry R. Hurn
Gallipolis
Gans
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Gallia County
Chamber of Commerce
Rev. Sagen
Woodmen Hall
American Building
Legion Hall
Washington and Lincoln
Baptist
Nazarene Church
Baptist Educational Center
Methodist
Presbyterian
National Guard
Columbus
Red Cross
Vine St
George Tabit
State Budget Measure Goes To Committee
The House Finance Committee moves to study Governor Davey’s budget bill proposing $88,400,000 for state government operations in 1937 and 1938. The highway department would receive $39,106,000, with university appropriations up about 11 percent. Ohio University is funded at $1,184,100. Bowling Green $639,700. Kent State $814,000. Miami $1,179,300. Wilberforce $507,650. and Ohio State $6,511,872.
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Columbus
U.P
House Finance Committee
Davey
State Highway Department
Ohio University
Bowling Green University
Kent State University
Miami University
Wilberforce University
Ohio State University
Patriotic Groups Mark Lincoln Anniversary in Springfield
Patriotic and political groups paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln with pilgrimages to his home tomb and boyhood village. Springfield paused routine business and state affairs as it hosted celebrations for the 128th anniversary of the Great Emancipator.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Army Engineers Plug New Orleans Sandboils
U S Army engineers said they had plugged five large sand boils that flooded 18 square blocks downstream in New Orleans. The Mississippi River rose to just over flood stage of 17 feet but the dock board stated the city faced no danger from flood waters pouring down from the north.
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New Orleans
U.P
U. S. Army
Negro murderer is sentenced to chair in New York
Major Green, an illiterate 52 year old porter, was found guilty of premeditated murder of Mrs. Mary Harriet Case by twelve married jurors after one hour and fifty minutes of deliberation. He faces the electric chair as punishment.
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New York
U.P
Major Green
Mary Harriet Case
Porter
Proposal for New Buildings Goes to Senate
An administration bill to create a state building commission to map a long range construction program for Ohio public buildings passed the House 93 to 52 with Democratic backing. The measure would plan state university and other state institution facilities and a Senate vote follows.
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Columbus
U.P
State
Ohio
Senate
House
H. H. Cully
Cuyahoga
Conservancy
H. H. Wright
Hocking
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Disaster Loan Bureau Set Up
A disaster loan corporation authorized to issue up to 20 million dollars in flood rehabilitation loans was created by the government. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will establish the agency under a swift approved bill signed by President Roosevelt. Loans will be offered to individuals on liberal terms. The detailed policy will be drafted by the RFC.
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Washington
P—A
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Roosevelt
R.F.C
California pro drives ball 340 yards into spectator’s coat pocket
In San Antonio Jimmy Thomson, a California golf pro, missed his opening tee shot into a creek but followed with a second drive that rolled 340 yards down the fairway into the overcoat pocket of a spectator during an exhibition match.
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San Antonio
U.P
Jimmy Thomson
California
Ohio sportsmen meet at annual Izaak Walton League convention
Three hundred Ohio sportsmen gathered in Toledo for the annual convention of the Ohio Division of the Izaak Walton League.
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OHIO
Toledo
U.P
Tin Can Tourists of the World Formed in Florida
Sarasota Florida reports the Tin Can Tourists of the World have been incorporated as a non profit organization under Florida laws.
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Sarasota, Fla
U.P
Tin Can Tourists of
Florida
WPA To Spend 650 Million by Next July First
WPA leaders briefed 48 state administrators on stretching 650 million dollars of relief funds over 4.5 months. They plan 150 million monthly, anticipate removing about 600,000 from relief rolls, and decide allocations between materials and labor for each state. Farmers in drought areas feature prominently in the talks.
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WPA
Chicago
U.P
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Howard
Hunter
U S Marshal Stricken By Two Heart Attacks
Kenneth Kerr age 39 a prominent Ohio political figure newspaper man and U S Marshal for the Southern Ohio District is reported in good condition at Holmes Hospital Cincinnati after two heart attacks He first suffered one en route from Atlanta to Ohio while returning with federal prisoners the second occurred in his federal building office
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Cincinnati
U.P
Kenneth Kerr
Ohio
U. S
Holmes Hospital
Kerr
Atlanta
Federal
Influenza Outbreak Hits Lancaster Boys' School Staff
George Lamb assistant superintendent reports 19 of 130 employees at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster were ill with influenza today.
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Lancaster
A.p—George Lamb
Boys’ Industrial School
Freeze Needed To Aid Maple Sap Flow
Webb Hardy, maple syrup maker near Maxville, says a good freeze is needed to start sap flowing. He plans to tap at least 150 trees this spring and notes two weeks ago tapping began but produced insufficient sap. The Hardy camp has long operated in the district with the present owner in the third generation.
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Logan
Webb Hardy
Maxville
Hardy
Campaign for Coal Control Bill Revival Moves Forward
Washington report says prominent Democrats launched a drive to revive the Guffey Coal Control Act in the current session. The House Ways and Means Committee will meet in secret to discuss the substitute, revised to fit Supreme Court wage and hour limits. Two members spoke on condition of anonymity, noting White House pressure behind the move.
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Washington
U.P
House Ways and Means
Supreme Court
White House
Former Logan Educator Nan McBride Dies
Logan resident Miss Nan McBride longtime Hocking County teacher and former Logan High School principal died at home after a two week illness. Retired in 1914 she taught in New Straitsville and various Hocking County schools before Logan. Survived by three sisters and a brother, and Mrs. Cassidy of Chicago. Funeral Monday at St Johns Church, Rev J P Nevin officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Nan McBride
Hocking County
Logan High School
E. Main St
Katherine
Frank
J. F. Cassidy
Chicago
St. Johns Catholic Church
J. P. Nevin
Oak Grove Cemetery
State Board Paroles Athens Hocking Men
The State Parole Board parole 22 inmates of the Ohio Penitentiary. Notable cases include Hocking inmate William Lohimier on a statutory charge with parole set for December 15, 1937 and continued Athens case Chris Handley on manslaughter to July 1937.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Hocking
William Lohimier
Athens
Chris Handley
Boy Fights for Life After Losing Both Legs
Bernard Be bout, 17, ran away from a Pennsylvania reform school January 29 and was found in a box car in Cleveland February 8 half frozen. Doctors removed both legs to halt infection as he fights for life.
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Cleveland
Bernard Bebout
Mirage blamed for San Francisco airliner crash
A California bar pilot says a mirage over San Francisco Bay may have caused the United Airlines crash that killed 11. Commerce officials opened an inquiry as pilots and investigators assess whether misjudged altitude and water impact caused the 12 ton Douglas liner to capsize.
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San Francisco Bay Region
United Airlines
Department of Commerce
Francie BE. Diggs
San Francisco
Berkeley
Bay Bridge
Alcatraz Island
A. R
Tommy) Thompson
R. W. Schroeder
Department of Commerce Bureau
Airline Inspection Service
Roosevelt Delays Major Judiciary Plan Amid Public Debate
Administration strategists seek to delay the judiciary reorganization bill while surveying congressional strength and opinion. A radio address by the President is likely as liberal critics and Sen Norris press for amendments and term proposals. Debate spurs memorials to Congress as House replows the full pay retirement bill and possible broader measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Administration
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Sumners
Supreme Court
George Norris
Sherman Minton
Norris
White House
Nebraska
Mexicans Demonstrate For Catholic Church Reopenings
In Orizaba and nearby towns demonstrators urged Catholic churches to reopen after authorities faced pressure from large crowds. Protestors carried banners saying We die but God never dies as they joined locals who had stormed churches previously. Meanwhile in Libya Col and Mrs Lindbergh began a 1200 mile flight to Egypt after visiting Italo Balbo governor general.
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Orizaba
Tripoli
Libya
Charles A. Lindbergh
Egypt
Aii
Italo Balbo
trans-Atiantic
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Maury Maverick
Tex
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