Western Coal Agreements Extended Across Outlying Districts
United Mine Workers officials seek to extend current bituminous contracts outside Appalachia to blunt potential strikes and pressure for wage increases. A new Appalachian pact opens March 14 in New York, with negotiations covering 28 percent of production beyond Appalachia.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
North Dakota
Montana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Lewis
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Newsreels of Bund Meeting Withdrawn
Pathe News pulled film of the German American Bund meeting at Madison Square Garden after theatergoers reacted violently. The footage reportedly showed an assault on Bund leader Fritz Kuhn by a Jewish unemployed plumber, deemed too inflammatory.
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New York
U.P
Pathe News
Madison Square Garden
Pathe
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Movie Awards Honor 1938 Acting Roster
Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis were named outstanding actor and actress of 1938 at the 11th Academy Banquet. Tracy said he did not deserve the honor, accepting it as tribute to Father Flanagan and Boys Town founder. Davis thanked director William Wyler for Jezebel. Best Picture went to You Can’t Take It With You.
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Hollywood
U.P
Spencer Tracy
Bette Davis
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Tracy
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Miss Davis
William Wyler
Yacht Murder Still Unsolved Says Widow
Mrs Esta Swanson Lawrence widow of Capt Arthur Lawrence says the yacht shooting in Miami remains unsolved after more than a year. She returned to Gallipolis for a visit with her sister Mrs Charles Arthur and notes several suspects were held for examination.
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Gallipolis
Esta Swanson Lawrence
Arthur Lawrence
Miami
Fla
Charles Arthur
Lawrence
Polish Students Riot in Anti Nazi Protests
In Warsaw Polish students staged the largest anti-German demonstration since the non aggression pact five years ago. More than 2000 students attempted to march on the German embassy after mass meetings at four universities. Speakers bitterly attacked Germany.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.P
Germany
Red Cross to Sell First Aid Kits to State Officers
Red Cross first aid instruction and kits will be given to all conservation officers game protectors and game management agents by May 1 according to the State Conservation Division.
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Columbus
U.P
Red Cross
Awards To Jobless Are To Be Raised in Ohio
Ohio unemployment benefits will be revised upward under a new rule by the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission. The calculation will use the most recent full time earnings in the last completed calendar quarter, or if no full time work occurred that quarter, total earnings divided by weeks worked.
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Columbus
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Nazi Party Dissolved in Hungary by Government Decree
In Budapest a government decree orders the dissolution and prohibition of the Hungarian National Socialist Party. Coloman Hubay, Nazi leader, defied the government in Parliament, warning of concentration camps. The move follows weeks of tense Eastern European developments including Russia severing relations and Hungary aligning with the Anti-Communist bloc.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Coloman Hubay
Hubay
Paul Teleki
Europe
Poland
Germany
Soviet Union
Bela Imredy
Russia
Call Truce in UAW Scrape
Detroit area plants Plymouth Dodge and Briggs halted a 24 hour shutdown as UAW factions claimed to end work stoppage. Plymouth ran a four day week with night shifts. production to resume Monday. CIO supported leader R J Thomas and UAW head Homer Martin ordered workers back.
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Detroit
U.P
Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs
United Automobile Workers
H. L. Weckler
R. J. Thomas
CIO
Homer Martin
UAW
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Cited For Unfair Labor Practices
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. was cited for unfair labor practices in an NLRB complaint alleging the firm refused to recognize an NLRB order certifying a CIO union as exclusive bargaining agent for employees at all flat glass plants.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Congress of Industrial Organization
Beerys Reach Friendly End to 15-Year Marriage
Mr and Mrs Wallace Beery announce a friendly agreement to dissolve their 15 year marriage. The actors state they will maintain mutual respect and continue their careers separately.
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Beerys
Hollywood
U.P
Wallace Beery
Cardington Fire Truck Catches Fire
A Cardington fire truck caught fire today but was quickly extinguished by local firefighters. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardington, CO
U.P
Cardington
Morgenthau Reverses on Taxes and Debt Limit Increase
The Roosevelt administration reversed from earlier statements by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau who disclosed that new taxes are not planned and that the debt limit may be raised from 45 to 50 billion dollars. He insisted Congress may need to extend borrowing authority while noting two major cost items for parity payments and defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
House
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Clarence J. McLeod
Mich
McLeod
Governor states willingness to seek Billings pardon
San Francisco Governor Olson said he is willing to apply to the California Supreme Court for approval of a pardon for Warren K. Billings despite the state advisory pardon board's refusal. Olson noted Billings is a two time offender, limiting his own power to act.
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SAN Francisco
U.P
Culbert Olsen
California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
State Advisory
Billings
Olson
Tom Mooney
Nelsonville Native Named NYA Work Experience Director
Columbus native George W. Stuart, a Nelsonville, Ohio, native, was appointed director of the National Youth Administration Newton Falls work experience center. A Navy veteran from 1917 to 1922 he served as executive officer and previously led high schools in Crooksville Delaware and Toronto Ohio.
Timken Plant Closed in Mt. Vernon Sit-Down Strike
Locked doors blocked 165 Timken Roller Bearing Co. workers from entering the Mt. Vernon plant as efforts to settle a sit-down strike progressed slowly.
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Timken
MT. Vernon
U.P
Timken Roller Bearing Co
End of Spanish Republic Near Al Azana Prepares to Resign
Loyalist leaders move to announce the end of the third Spanish republic as Manuel Azana plans to resign. Barrio Martinez will announce no successor while Negrin and Del Vayo seek terms from Franco and assurances against reprisals. Franco mounts a major offensive to seize Madrid.
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AL Azana
Parish
Manuel Azana
Spain
Great Britain
France
Francisco Franco
Azana
Diego Barrio Martinez
Barrio
Paris
Juan Negrin
Julio del Vayo
Negrin
del Vayo
Franco
Britain
Madrid
Bilbao
Reiners Defends Purification Bill Amid Lobbying Claims
Ohio State Senator Fred G. Reiners accused coal lobbyists of using all the objectionable practices to defeat stream purification legislation. He warned the Senate Judiciary Committee may not report the bill favorably and suggested a possible inquiry into lobbying activities after recounting a party hosted by a coal lobbyist.
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Cincinnati
Fred G. Reiners
Reiners
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Senate
Murderer of Two Goes to Electric Chair
OSSINING New York Michael Alex 27 who robbed and murdered two men faced the electric chair at Sing Sing Jail just before midnight. He stood with a priest at his side and proclaimed his innocence as tears streamed down his cheeks. Father John McCaffrey offered a crucifix as the chair was sprung and four minutes later New Yorks most convicted murderer was pronounced dead.
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Ossining
N. Y
U.P
Michael Alex
Sing Sing
John McCaffrey
Alex
New York
Hopkins Woos Big Business in Des Moines Speech
Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins addresses the Des Moines Economics Club in his first major cabinet speech. Reports from Washington vary on content with speculation about emphasis on good business-government relations or a concrete program including tax revision and reforms for utilities railroads and labor policy.
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Des Moines
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
New Deal
Hopkins
Des Moines Economics Club
Washington
Coal Miners to Work Under Present Pact in April Standoff
Wyoming coal miners will continue under the current wage and hour scale if no new two year agreement is reached by April 1. United Mine Workers leaders and mine owners’ representatives agreed to extend the contract as talks resume in New York on March 14.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming
Appalachian
John M. Freeman
United Mine Workers Union
New York
Scarlet fever confines 13 Amish children at Middlefield
Thirteen of eighteen children of Mr and Mrs Abe Weaver Amish farmers near Middlefield are confined to their homes with scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
U.P
Abe Weaver
Firm withdraws water clean up support after coal threat
A firm that backed stream purification withdrew its support after a coal company threatened to cancel an order. The clash highlights industry pressure over environmental measures and supplier loyalty amid ongoing negotiations.
Southern Ohio Road Project Gets Approval
WPA approval of a rural secondary road building project covers 12 Southeastern Ohio counties. The plan budget is 2,073,000 with 660,000 state share for widening and grading in Monroe Noble Washington Morgan Athens Meigs Gallia Vinton Hocking Guernsey Perry and Muskingum.
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Columbus
WPA
Ohio
Robert S. Beightler
Monroe
Noble
Washington
Morgan
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Vinton
Hocking
Guernsey
Perry
Muskingum
Ohio sales tax revenue rising in 1939
Ohio Treasurer Don H. Ebright reports the weekly tax stamp sales for Feb 11 total $636,373 versus $556,517 in the week ending Feb 12, 1938. For the year to date, stamp sales amount to $4,020,517, up from $3,875,918 in the prior year, suggesting 1939 revenues could exceed 1938 by over one million dollars if the trend continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Townsend Plan Challenged by Brookings President
Dr. Harold G. Moulton, Brookings Institution president, told the House Ways and Means Committee the Townsend Old Age Pension Bill is fantastic. He warned a two per cent tax on all transactions would absorb about 25 to 30 percent of national income and fund up to 200 dollars monthly for everyone over 60 who retires from work.
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Washington
U.P
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution
House
Ways and Means Committee
Moulton
Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Sandusky Bay Bridge Bonds Retired and Free Bridge Planned
George J. Hill of the Ohio bridge commission announced retirement of $25,000 more bonds for the Sandusky Bay Bridge, bringing total retired to $498,000 since 1956. Outstanding bonds amount to $1,427,006 and a free bridge is expected in five and a half years.
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Sandusky
George J. Hill
Ohio Bridge Commission
Sandusky Bay Bridge
Hill
Preacher’s Son Executed for Kidnapping and Slaying
Franklin Pierce McCall 21 died in the Raiford Florida Prison lethal chair for the kidnapping and slaying of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. Court appeals and late efforts to declare him sane failed. McCall read a prepared statement protesting his innocence and claiming betrayal as Christ.
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Franklin Pierce McCall
Raiford
Fla
James Bailey Cash
McCall
Christ
Bill to Fortify Guam Is Lost, Senators Say
Senate Naval Affairs Chair David I Walsh and other influential senators predicted the Senate would uphold the House refusal to authorize harbor and airport developments on Guam. The House rejected the Guam project 205 to 168, effectively killing the $5,000,000 naval base for now. Ohio reps voted 21 to 1 against the base. Rep Michael Kirwan of Youngstown cast the lone favorable vote.
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Washington
U.P
David I. Walsh
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Guam
United States Pacific Frontier
Japan
Administration
Walsh
Ohio
Michael Kirwan
Youngstown
Southern School Tour Flight Leaves for Student Self Help Sites
President W A Lewis, Dr. Charles Weed of Rio Grande College, and Prof. H W Nisinger of Ohio State University depart Gallpolis this morning in Dr C E Holzer's Waco cabin plane piloted by Capt H M May. They plan to visit student self help schools in the South and will remain there until the inspection tour ends before returning.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Lewis
Charles Weed
Rio Grande College
H. W. Nisinger
Ohio State University
C. E. Holzer
Waco
H. M. May
Savannah
American Made Planes Damaged in Jap Raid
Shanghai dispatch reports 50 Chinese aircraft shot down or damaged in a Japanese raid on Landon Thursday. Most of the damaged planes were American made including Curtiss Hawks and Seversky models, along with Soviet fighters, marking their first appearance in the Chinese war.
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Shanghai
U.P
Domei
Severskys
Hitler Raises Income Taxes Hitler Raises Income Taxes
Berlin reports drastic tax increases by the government as part of the four year plan belt tightening. An official commentary states some rises are social measures to reduce inequality while others are simple necessity. The average middle class German faces about 40 dollars more in annual income tax with higher brackets hit harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Bricker Signs Bill to Liquidate School Deficit
Columbus governor Bricker signed bills totaling 12.6 million dollars for schools in early 1939 and measures to refund and gradually liquidate a 17 million dollar school foundation deficit. He also approved The Phillips Bill allowing universities to refund dormitory notes.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Phillips
Roosevelt Rejoins Fleet East of West Indies
U R President Roosevelt returns to the Atlantic fleet after a stop at St Thomas Virgin Islands to attend to Washington mail following a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.R
Roosevelt
Atlantic
West Indies
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Washington
Cherry Pie Wins Trip for Baker Ruby Hudson
Miss Ruby Hudson a 16 year old 4 H Club member from Smithton Missouri started for Washington DC on an outing that ended with her cherry pie winning praise and earning a trip.
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Chicago
U.P
Ruby Hudson
Smithton, Mo
Washington, D. C
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