Union Demands Recall Of National Guard In Anderson
In Anderson Indiana union leaders demanded withdrawal of National Guard troops and an end to martial law claiming troopers favor GM subsidiaries Guide Lamp and Delco Remy. Four more union members were arrested bringing custody to 17. A crash injured several guardsmen and a skull fracture was reported. Governor Townsend was named by union spokesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Michigan
Anderson
Ind
National Guard
Victor Reuther
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motor
Guide Lamp
Delco Remy
Albert H. Whitcomb
General Motors
Alexandria
Joseph Komocai
Cleveland
Ralph J. Landley
Tipton
B. J. Widick
Akron
Union
M. Clifford Townsend
Townsend
Washington
Supposed Batten Victims Found After Parkersburg Fire
Mr and Mrs A W Batten were located in Ripley West Virginia after being initially thought to have perished when their Blennerhassett Island home burned Monday night. Batten said he was unaware of the fire until today. Cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Blennerhassett Island
A. W. Batten
Ripley
Batten
You Can't Blame the Tailor From Now On
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr Ales Hrdlicka announced that most people continue to grow until they are forty years old after measuring thousands of men over time. The idea that pants shrink was debunked as leg growth outpaced waist changes, validating tailors’ long warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Hope for Neutrality in Spanish Civil War
Delegates from 27 European powers made a final push to secure neutrality in the Spanish Civil War, letting Nationalists and Loyalists clash with limited outside intervention. British advice suggested the Nationalists now hold the advantage, dampening enthusiasm for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Bill Provides Memorial Column for Howells Birth Centenary
A bill pending in the Senate provides for a memorial tablet at Martins Ferry to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of William Dean Howells known as Dean of American Literature.
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Columbus
Martins Ferry
William Dean Howells
Senate
Roosevelt outlines four point plan for family size farm remedy
President Roosevelt told Congress the American dream of the family size farm is shrinking and action is needed. The plan includes tenant ownership with liberal credit and guidance, modest loans with education, retirement of unsuitable farm lands with new homes, and joint state local leasing improvements to aid the lowest income farm families. The program builds on relief work already carried out in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Congress
Foes unite to defeat Davey board expansion plan
Anti administration Democrats and Republicans joined to block Governor Davey’s bid to raise the board of control from five to seven members. Opposition also formed to a Senate bill giving the state finance director sole power to issue warrants. Both moves seen as administration attempts to widen financial control amid a deadline rush of measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Davey
Board of Control
Senate
George M. Morris
Franklin
Police, Posses, Planes Search for Convicts
Police and posses across the South Carolina border, aided by planes, hunt seven convicts who escaped from a prison farm Monday. Three hostages who traveled with the fugitives for over 150 miles were released unharmed last night. Officials say the men are well armed and warned they would shoot anyone who tried to stop them.
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Raleigh
N. C
U.R
South Carolina
I. D. Hinton
W. L. Roberts
Walter Willard
Vass
Here
Pickpocket Steals From Men Waiting For License Tags
In Kansas City Missouri on the last day for waived penalties two men J L Rupp and Sheckry Rishra waited in line for a state car license tag. At the clerk window they found a pickpocket had taken their money before them.
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Kansas City
U.P
J. £. Rupp
Sheckry Rishra
Lineman Electrocuted Repairing 23 000-volt Line
Archer W. Caris aged 45, a lineman for the Ohio Public Service Co., was electrocuted Monday when he touched a 23 000-volt line he was repairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Au.p
Archer W. Caris
Ohio Public Service Co
Farley Honored By Democrats Signals Possible Resignation
Postmaster General James A. Farley was toasted at a $10 per plate tribute dinner with about 2000 Democrats led by President Roosevelt. Farley, on leave for the campaign, was confirmed for another four year term but hinted he may resign this spring to pursue private work and possibly run for New York governor in 1938.
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Washington
U.P
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
New York
Mary Dewson
Mail Pouch Valued at 10000 Stolen From Truck
A locked mail pouch containing about 10000 in registered mail was taken from a semi armored mail truck between the Arlington Branch Post Office and the North Postal Station Friday night. The driver George Silva of Merose said he was puzzled by the disappearance.
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Boston
Arlington Branch
North
George Silva
Merose
GM talks seek 30 hour week and six hour day in wage pact
Detroit based General Motors and auto union leaders met to finalize wage, hour, and recognition terms ending the 44 day strike. Production was nearing 225000 cars monthly with plants reopening. Pay hikes at partner bodies and Briggs and Murray firms backed optimism for a settlement.
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Detroit
General Motors
Frank Murphy
Ford
Chrysler
Murray Body Company
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Coal Boat Makes First Erie Cruise of Year
A coal boat named E. C. Pope sailed from Detroit at 10 a.m. bound for Toledo to load 3,200 tons of coal and return to Dearborn. It was the lake’s earliest cruise this year and the first for captain Ralph Millard of the Great Lakes Towing Co. fleet.
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Coal Boat
Erie
Toledo
Lake Erie
Detroit
Ralph Millard
Great Lakes Towing Co
E. c. Pope
Cord Motor Co
Dearborn
Parole Denied for Chicago Lawyer at Leavenworth
Louis Piquet a Chicago lawyer serving a two year term at Leavenworth for harboring John Dillinger gang member Homer Van Meter has been denied parole according to the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Louis Piquett
Chicago
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Homer van Meter
John Dillinger
Justice Department
Nation-Wide Steel Body Urged for Collective Bargaining
A University of Pittsburgh study on the steel industry recommends a national organized body for steelworkers, favoring vertical industrial democracy and collective bargaining across plants. Dr. R. J. Watkins presents findings to 300 Pittsburgh leaders, noting close ties to broader unionization efforts.
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University
Lewis’ Cio
Pittsburgh
U.P
University of Pittsburgh
R. J. Watkins
Bureau of Business Research
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Brookins Institution
Falk Foundation
Watkins
Action Delayed On Project To Revamp Courts
The House Judiciary Committee delayed action on President Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the federal judiciary for at least a week. Senators McAdoo and Byrnes planned radio addresses to state their positions as pressure mounted from opponents led by Carter Glass who criticized the administration’s defense. Chair Hatton Sumners signaled no rush to jam through the legislation though a renewed push on the Sumners Bill to speed constitutional appeals was possible.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
House Committee
William G. McAdoo
Calif
James Byrnes
8. C
McAdoo
Byrnes
Glass
Carter Glass
Virginia
Homer S. Cummings
Jefferson
Hatton Sumners
Sumners
Too Dear Joseph Krachmar Faces High Interest and Health Struggles
Joseph Krachmar lives on borrowed time as high interest looms. Three years ago Dr. Claude S. Beck performed a pioneering heart muscle graft to treat angina, saving his life. Still weak, he cannot work as a ditch digger and relies on relief for his family of five.
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Joseph Krachmar
Claude S. Beck
Cleveland
Krchmar
Kroehmar
Tragic Jump Ends Frances Jones Life in West Virginia Hotel
Domestic trouble and illness were cited as factors in the death of Frances Jones, wife of a druggist, who leaped from her ninth story hotel room in Bluefield West Virginia. She was killed instantly.
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Bluefield
W. Va
UPR
Frances Jones
Woman Jailed Confesses Forging Checks in Cleveland
Mrs. Helen Le Breton 31 daughter of Dr J O Engleman Kent State University president is jailed in Cleveland county lockup after confessing to forging two checks totaling 110 dollars signing her mother Anna Engleman's name. She said she quit teaching to work as a pianist and planned funds to move to Chicago for her husband a research chemist.
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Cleveland
Helen le Breton
J. O. Engleman
Kent State University
Shawnn Field
le Bréton
Anna VU
Engieman
Charles le Breton
Oxford University
University of Vienna
Dust Bowl Blows Across Four States In Spring Dust Storm
Dust storms sweep Kansas Colorado Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle as winds threaten wheat fields. Farmers mask faces and work the soil with a new implement to throw up a furrow and hold dust while hopeful winds set to abate by Monday.
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Garden City
Kan
U.P
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Denver
San Antonio
Farnsworth Ends Espionage Trial Plea of Nolo Contendere
Farnsworth, a former lieutenant commander, will not contest espionage charges and enters a plea of nolo contendere. The case centers on alleged concealment of naval secrets sent to Japan. A judge is expected to sentence within ten days.
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Washington
John Semler Farnsworth
Japan
Farnsworth
U.P
U. S
Joan Lemar Farnsworth
Gallia Postwoman Hurt As Horses Run Away
Mrs Margaret Black Bidwell rural mail carrier was cut and bruised when two horses pulling her vehicle bolted dragging the wagon two miles through Gallia County. No further injuries reported.
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Gallia
Gallipoli8
Margaret Black
Bidwell
Gallia County
AFL and CIO clash widens as strike talks near
A split widens between John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and CIO aligned groups led by the Committee for Industrial Organization. The dispute follows Lewis settlement of the General Motors strike and the expulsion of CIO leader William Green as the two sides prepare wage demands for Appalachian coal operators ahead of talks in New York. If no contract by April 1, 450,000 miners could walk out. Green defends free speech and condemns expulsion as reprisal.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Industrial
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
William Gren
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Green
Virguruu Blys
Appalachian
New York
UMW
Gren
GMC
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Labor
A. F. of A
Seasion
A. F. of L
Drunken Driver Fined for Wreck in Athens
James Sutton driver of the automobile that struck Captain Frank Lowry on W Main St pled guilty to driving while intoxicated before Justice J W McCullough. Sutton was fined 100 dollars and costs and had his license revoked for six months. Arthur Grueser, accompanying Sutton, was fined five dollars and costs on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Sutton
Frank Lowry
Athens
W. Main St
Justice of Peace
J. W. McCullough
Arthur Grueser
Sutton
State Auditor Probes Liquor Profits and Suspected Irregularities
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson said he would withhold payment on state liquor purchases while investigating complaints of irregularities. He will review reports that the state earned more than 30 percent profit on retail liquor sales and that certain distillers may have been favored. Coroner EB Smith announced the death of Arthur G Banderson Jr, 30, OSU graduate student, deemed due to natural causes after his body was found in a hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Columbus
EB. E. Smith
Arthur G. Banderson, Jr
Ohio State University
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UAW
National Guards Handicap Union
Packard
Committtee
Joe
Stanley Evans
Gallipolis
Kent University
AFL
Mittee
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