Union Rejects Peace Move at Briggs Plant
DETROIT UP The United Auto Workers rejected a conciliatory offer and surrounded the Briggs Manufacturing Co plant in Detroit with a massive picket. About 3,000 UAW members formed a running circle to bar workers, with police and guards using tear gas but failing to break the line. The clash echoed the broader General Motors strike as Homer Martin demanded a tougher stance and possible mediation with Gov. Murphy and CIO chief Lewis.
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Mich
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Henry Ford
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George Boysen
Flint Alliance
Martin
Meldrum Avenue
Briggs
Frank Murphy
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Frances Perkins
Glouster Miner Hurt Under Fall of Slate at Mine 267
Carl Orndorf of Glouster was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital for fractures in both ankles and bruises after being trapped by a slate fall in Mine 267. Carl Palmer, also of Glouster, was admitted for observation. Zern Bolin of Albany was treated and discharged after an assault left him on U S Route 50 near Mechanicsburg Saturday night.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Carl Palmer
Zern Bolin
Albany
Mechanicsburg
Loyalist forces drive insurgents from University City front
Loyalist militia men with an Asturian dynamiters battalion fought insurgents in University City front during the night. Hand to hand clashes were reported in the action as troops cleared another section of the front.
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Madrid
University City Front
Senate extends Stabilizing Act amid opposition
The Senate voted 32 to 42 to extend the 2 billion dollar Stabilization Fund Act and preserve the president's power to devalue the dollar. The measure, the second of three extensions, would run the powers to June 30, 1939, after a heated clash over an audit proposal by Senator Vandenberg.
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White House
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Mich
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Henry Morgenthau
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Morgenthau
Committee
Youths Confess to Gallipolis Thefts
Three youths from a Third Street club house gang confessed to a string of robberies including Forest Folden’s home theft of over 200 dollars in cash and checks. They admitted other burglaries at Wagner Grocery Harrison filling station Pine Street and both Gallia Academy and Washington School Buildings.
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Harrison
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Gallia Academy
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Think Mattson Kidnapper May Have Suicided
Tacoma police pursue the Charles Mattson kidnapping case with renewed routine checks after a murder suspect appears to have killed himself. Authorities released all suspects following questioning and returned a bloodstained car to its owner. A man claiming Rockford Illinois ties shouted threats at Portland police and was held for federal agents.
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Charlies Mattson
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George Wilson
Rockford
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Portland
Hughes Sets New York Speed Record Flight
Los Angeles reports Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental speed record in a mystery racing plane landing at Newark Airport seven hours and thirty one minutes after departing Burbank. Officially his average speed was 333 miles per hour.
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Howard Hughes
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Black Voodoo Cult Probe Sparks Detroit Police Action
Detroit police hidden a Black woman and her 11-year-old daughter to protect them from threats of sacrifice in a 20 gallon boiling pot. Detectives arrested Verlen Mae Queen aka Verlen Ali over plans tied to a Day of Sacrifice. Cult allegations trace to 1932 and a 1934 unrest, with a prior altar death linked to Robert Harris who claimed kingship of Islam.
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Detroit
Verlen Mae-Queen
Len Ali
Duncan C. McCrea
Women Stripped and Beaten in Dallas Garment Strike
In Dallas three women workers at M Siegel Manufacturing Co were stripped and spanked and beaten as violence flared in ongoing garment strike activity. The attack followed confrontations as workers approached the plant to report for duty. earlier in the year over a dozen women were striped and assaulted during picketing at multiple garment plants.
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U.R
M. Siegel Manufacturing Co
Roosevelt backs court reform push amid NRA social plans
President Roosevelt’s conference proposal on Supreme Court reform strengthens congressional advocates of curbing the court’s power and of constitutional amendments to permit social legislation like the NRA. Sen. Minton suggests a two thirds court vote to invalidate acts, echoing calls for Congress to override Supreme Court rulings and for broad labor and industry regulation amendments.
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Ferguson orders state examiner reallocation to curb misuse
Columbus Ohio. State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson ordered a general reassignment of the State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices staff to boost efficiency. He told examiners to watch audits for salary hikes intended to swell political campaign contributions and warned that every contract entered by state departments will be closely scrutinized.
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State Bureau of Inspection
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Admits Extortion Plot Aimed at Child Actors
HOLLYWOOD A P reports Dave Harris a 47 year old two time offender faced another prison term for trying to extort 35000 from child stars Jane Withers and Freddie Bartholomew Harris surrendered Monday claiming a troubled conscience He is described as weighing about 90 pounds and four feet eight inches tall Harris says he served sentences in Minnesota and Nebraska prisons for forgery and grand larceny respectively
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A.P
Dave Harris
Jane Withers
Freddie Bartholomew
Harris
Ohio Relief Rolls Grow At Federal Aid Drops
Relief clients in ten large Ohio counties rose by 13 000 in December as state WPA figures show. At the same time more than 10 000 workers and dependents were dropped from federal WPA rolls statewide, with total WPA employment dropping from 130 197 on January 6.
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O.R
Ohio
WPA
Donahey to miss inauguration due to illness
Ohio Senator Vic Donahey will not attend the presidential inauguration because he is confined in Naval Hospital with a bad cold and complications.
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Washington
Aup
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Naval Hospital
Inaugural Parade View From Hermitage Replica
President Roosevelt will view the parade from a replica of The Hermitage, built on the White House sidewalk at over $11,000, with plans for a two hour stay as rain expected. The Hermitage design is copyrighted by the historic society, and the decor includes guard glass and electric heating for guests inside the replica.
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Roosevelt
White House
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
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Historic Society
Trimble School District Bond Issue Authorized
The state tax commission today authorized the Trimble rural school district board of education in Athens County to issue $12,000 in delinquent tax bonds.
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U.P
State Tax Commission
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President To Take Hand in TVA Dispute
President Roosevelt moves to clarify national power policy amid a TVA dispute. He names a five member New Deal panel of power experts to study and report on a national generating transmitting and distribution framework. The panel aims to align TVA policy with private utilities and broader national goals.
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New Deal
Arthur Morgan
TAV
David Lilenthal
Flood Waters Rise Across Ohio Valley Prompting Evacuations
The Ohio River flooded lowlands from Pittsburgh to Cairo driving hundreds from homes as colder weather slowed the rise. In Pittsburgh the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio conspired to crest at 28 feet while towns like Pt Pleasant and Marietta faced partial inundation and shelter operations. Cincinnati stood at 57.3 feet with limited impact as forecasts anticipated rain or snow to ease danger.
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Harry Yates
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Gallipolis
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W. C. Deverneaux
Levees Smashed by River in Missouri Farm Regions
The St Francis River breached levees in five places near Kennett Missouri endangering hundreds and flooding thousands of acres of farmland. National Guard WPA workers and volunteers were marooned as dozens of schools were abandoned and refugees sought shelter in Illinois Indiana and Kentucky while rescuers pulled survivors from icy waters.
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Hocking River Rises Remains Closed Route 50 South
The Hocking River rose to 16.30 feet by 1 p.m. causing Route 50 South to close at Coolville. Water covered areas near Athens and Chauncey with three inches on Route 31 at Chauncey and some on Route 42 between Guysville and Stewart. Heavy trucks barred from Marietta via Athens. detour on Route 50 North open for light vehicles.
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Stewart
Flier Held at Aide In Karpis Robbery
John Zetzer of Port Clinton was to be arraigned in federal court in Cleveland on a secret indictment. Federal agents allege he aided Alvin Karpis and two accomplices after a Garrettsville mail robbery by piloting a plane for Karpis’s escape to Hot Springs Arkansas.
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John Zetser
Port Clinton
Alvin Karpis
Garrettsville
Zetzer
U. 8
Reuben Spiess
Karpia
Hot Springs Ark
Toledo suburb shivers as gas outage hits Ottawa Hills
About 1400 residents in Ottawa Hills suffer through a gas outage after an overnight valve shutoff amid a union gas workers strike. Police and gas crew inspect mains and meters. restoration expected to take days as lines are tested for leaks before reactivating service.
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Maine
Vote Needed On Expenses
Columbus OK ruling says joint legislative committee expenses for Roosevelt inauguration cannot be paid from estate funds without two thirds approval in both houses for a special appropriation. Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy ruled the auditor may pay expenses for the Third Assembly interstate conference in Washington this week.
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Roosevelt
General Assembly
Herbert &S. Duffy
Joseph T. Ferguson
Arnett Harbage
Madison County
Washington
Patrolmen To Speak To Senior 4-H Club
A State Highway Patrol representative will discuss Safety on the Highways at the January meeting of the Athens County Senior 4-H Club. The event at Athens Grange Hall begins 9 p.m. with puzzles and games urged from 7 30 p.m. The business meeting, led by President Agnes Terrell, starts at 6 30 p.m.
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Agnes Terrell
Death Kiss Slayer Gets Life Sentence
Cincinnati report: John Rueger, 52, convicted of the death kiss slay ing of 19 year old Miss Aloerta Judd, was sentenced to life imprisonment Monday by Judge John H. Druffel after a jury conviction for shooting Judd in an embrace. In Wellsburg West Virginia, Mrs Mary Jane Compton, 14, died Monday. she was widowed 72 years ago.
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Aloerta Judd
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W. Va
Mary Jane Compton
Louisville Auto Crash Claims Cleveland Manufacturer
Henry C Gottshalt, a Cleveland manufacturer, was killed near Louisville late Monday when his car overturned while he was en route to Florida.
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Henry ¢. Gottshalt
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