Labor Federation Pushes Federal Unions and Plant Pickets
The Federation of Labor plans to form mass production unions for auto and other industries, organizing workers under employer in plant groups. William Green says these "Federal" unions will operate largely through nonunion workers and seek to bargain under the act with expert counsel. Pickets spread to five states as labor hopes to extend Industrial Recovery Act actions.
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Federation of Labor
William Green
N. Pa
U.R
Ohio announces three appoints to Works program advisory board
A three member committee will administer the Works program in Ohio. William A. Engineer from the Cleveland Park Board serves as administrator with attorney Hen I and Columbus director of civil act as advisory members. A review of the public works in Cleveland and nearby areas is planned.
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William A
Cleve Park Board
Heni
Columbus
cVil Act
Ohio
Exin
Cleveland
Arrests Collected in Greens Run Incident
Greens Run residents were arrested by Deputy Roy Golds and Claud Steppe after a disturbance on Route 13. Officers reported possible charges for both spouses and a third person. all were jailed in Athens County awaiting further action.
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Greens Run
Athens County
Roy Goldsfe
Claud Steppe
West Virginia Sales
Plans for a to be operated utility limited FPA University
Fragmented notice indicates plans filed on a date in tabular form for a utility project connected with University and town committee. The text mentions estimated costs around 30000 dollars and occupancy of a dwelling as part of the plan. Further readable details are obscured in the fragment.
Wall Street limited to three hours daily to work on suckers
Beverly Hills dispatch reports Wiley Post quotes about an offer on stage and a jab at Roosevelt cutting the stock market to three hours daily. The note ends with a wink about fishermen’s laws and a signature from Will.
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Wall Street
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wiley Post
Counties Distribute $45000 to School Staff Eight Districts
Forty five thousand dollars was shared today among teachers other school employees and business houses in eight Athens County districts Ames Bern Athens Township Carbondale Luh rig Carthage Jacksonville Lodi The funds form part of about 125000 the county system will receive to cover debts dating back to January 1 with the rest expected soon Local boards borrowed from the state teachers retirement fund on certificates of indebtedness to be repaid by the equalization fund an action approved by the Legislature.
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Athens County
State
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Returns Home To See Wife Who Buried Him
Harry Greer returned to Toledo and was greeted by his wife Mrs Cora Greer who had identified him as dead and supervised his burial four years earlier. Detroit police had removed his body on July 1 1929 after he was murdered near the river at the 12th Street Pier.
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Toledo
Harry Greer
Detroit
Cora Greer
Harry
12Th Street
Death penalty for ransom kidnapping in Kansas City
A jury sentenced Walter H. McGee to death for the ransom kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Judge H. F. McElroy, city manager. She was held for over 24 hours in a secluded house near Kansas City while ransom negotiations unfolded.
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Kansas City
Walter H. McGee
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
Cleveland Downtown Sales Jump Twenty Percent
Downtown Cleveland sales rose twenty percent as nearly 15 million dollars in deposits from the Union and Guardian Trust bank receivers were released. The payoff reached 22,550 of about 130,000 expected dividend recipients after two days of distribution.
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Cleveland
Closed Union and
Guardian Trust
Work Begins on $1 Million Steel Dredges for Mississippi
Construction started today at Marietta Manufacturing Company Point Pleasant plant on two $500,000 steel dredges for the United States government. Some preliminary work done. peak activity may employ about 500 men.
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Gallipolis
United States
Mississippi River
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Point Pleasant
Stranger hails New Deal memberships in Piqua
A stranger solicited National Recovery Act memberships in Piqua this week and fled when police were alerted. His pitch started at one dollar and was halved in one case but yielded no sales as he departed quickly.
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Piqua
Ford Took 4 Million From Ohio City Bank
Senate hearings reveal Henry Ford withdrew 4.4 million dollars from Guardian Trust Company of Cleveland between 1931 and its closing. Police guarded former Guardian officials J Arthur House H C Robinson and Thomas E Monks as they testified, with House criticizing banking methods and urging statutes to outlaw certain practices. He supported separating savings and commercial banking and limiting bank stock purchases.
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Cleveland
U.P
Henry Ford
Guardian Trust Company
Senate Committee
Guardian Bank
J. Arthur House
H. C. Robinson
Thomas E. Monks
House
Guardian
Ohio
Addison Death Is Not Murder Case Reopened
Gallipolis Ohio July 27 The theory that Mrs Ruby Ely Addison postmistress found dead in an unused cistern was murdered was abandoned after chemists found no poison in the vital organs Coroner James T Hanson said he still believed the woman was murdered and several persons including her estranged husband were questioned and released
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Gallipolis
U.P
Ruby Ely
Addison
Two Injured in Shade Road Collision Near Jerseyville
Ted Brooks of The Garden and Frank Guthrie of Alexander Township were injured when a Columbus driver’s truck forced their touring car off the road into a concrete bridge by the Ray Bobo farm near Jerseyville about 8 p m Wednesday. Brooks suffered severe facial cuts and a fractured rib. Guthrie had minor facial cuts. both received medical attention. The truck driver was uninjured.
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Ted Brooks
The
Garden
Frank Guthrie
Alexander Township
Columbus
Ray Bobo
Jerseyville
Brooks
Guthrie
Balbo Delays Trans Atlantic Flight To Saturday
General Italo Balbo studied ocean charts as seaplane crews refueled and overhauled planes at Shoal Harbor N F. The take off on the homeward Trans Atlantic flight was postponed from Friday to Saturday due to superstition about Friday being unlucky.
Relief Demands in Cleveland Show Monthly Drop
Cleveland relief agencies report a five percent decrease in the number of families receiving aid since employment increases. Improved steel and auto industry jobs are cited as the main cause.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Relief Agencies
Lancaster fatal crash leaves Roy McCandlish dead
An empty automobile carrier truck driven by A. D. Betzing struck a road grader on the Lancaster Rushville Road four miles east of Lancaster today, killing Roy McCandlish, 41, operator of the grader.
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Lancaster
A. D. Betzing
Zantaville
Lancaster-Rushville
Here
Roy McCandlish
Weirdest mystery of year baffles New York police
Police probe a baffling case where Henry Jellinek and Lillian Rosenfelt collapsed and died within hours in a Manhattan restaurant. Neither ate there nor knew the other, yet chemical analysis shows the same poison killed them. A breakfast roll fragment found in Rosenfelt’s purse prompted further tests.
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New York
U.P
Manhattan
Bith
Henry Jellinek
Lillian Rosenfelt
200000 Car Workers Get Pay Increase
Detroit July 2 Nazi era? Workers in the United States will receive a wage rise around August 1 under a plan announced by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The move covers all NAC C member factories and follows a trade code discussion with the Federal Administration. Ford is not a member. Chevrolet and Pontiac announce a 15 percent hourly rate increase for 40000 workers in 20 plants at August 1.
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Detroit
United States
Federal Administration
Ford Motor Company
Chevrolet
Pontiac Motor Companies
Commission Declares Old Tax Tickets Valid in Ohio
The State Tax Commission announced that existing admissions tax tickets remain valid. Taxpayers may continue to use them by stamping the tax amount in a conspicuous place. The order takes effect immediately.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Crops Halved Through Ohio Despite Rains
In Ohio crops face 30 to 75 percent loss despite rains that helped timothy and clover. Oats corn barley potatoes and tobacco show record lows while wheat stands out with 34.73 million bushels harvested, about 7 million above normal, keeping Ohio among top wheat producers.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. R. Tuttle
United States
Death claims Doris Wilhite at University Hospital
Miss Doria Wilhite assistant professor of Music Education at Ohio University died at 9 30 last night at University Hospital. Her father H T Wilhite professor at Ball State College left with the body for Muncie Indiana this morning. She joined the Ohio University faculty in 1928 after studying at Oberlin and Indiana State Normal and earning a Master of Arts from Columbia.
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Doria Wilhite
Ohio University
University Hospital
Muncie
Ind
Miss Wilhite
H. T. Wilhite
Ball State College
Ohio Beer Tax Set to Take Effect by Aug 4
Columbus reports the new two cent beer tax will likely be in force by August 4, according to Carlton Dargusch of the state tax commission.
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Columbus
Carlton Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Silence on Ursc hel abductions deepens in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City on July 27 reports no word from kidnappers about Charles F Urchel as five days pass with no contact, keeping the city tense and waiting for any update on his condition or location.
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Urschel
Oklahoma City
Charles F Urachel
Buckeye Industries Pledge Support to NRA Campaign
Ohio workers and companies across the state pledged support for the National Recovery Administration. The LOL: Hornstein Newman, Ohio Overcoat announce 40 hour week and minimum wage plans. NRA chairman William McLaughlin reports broad employer backing. several large firms confirm full NRA terms. codes under consideration target steel coal and rubber sectors.
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Buckeye Industries
NRA
Galion
Hornstein-Newman Company
Ohio
LIMA
William McLaughlin
Toledo—Maytag Sales Company
Meilink Steel Safe Company
Defiance Spark Plugs, Inc
Roosevelt
Steel
Poison Liquor Traps Thiefs Toll Now 13
In West Philadelphia 13 people are dead and several more injured after drinking poisonous liquor. Detectives investigate a rumor that a bootlegger planted hidden liquor to deter thefts, with eight arrests and some admitting to selling tainted liquor found in a vacant house. The motive is linked to hijackers preying on the bootlegger’s wares.
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Philadelphia
Ohio Township Abolishes Billboards in Scenic Campaign
Burton Ohio on July 26 became the first township in the state to ban billboards. A bonfire of boards from 25 square miles of territory and 60 miles of paved roads will burn in the Public Square on Saturday night. Farmers refused renewals and advertisers were persuaded to discontinue leases.
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Burton
Geauga
Ohio
Air Tight License To Aid Milk Firms
Legal experts of the farm recovery administration announced a comprehensive license intended to stamp out milk industry racketeering and price cutting. Secretary Wallace had said a licensing system would ensure fair prices for producers and consumers, with safeguards against violations and court delays.
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Washington
Farm Recovery Administration
Wallace
Courses at O. S. U. Reduced Next Year
Ohio State University will cut several teaching positions to fit a reduced budget this year. President George H. Rightmire said the changes will raise teaching loads and place more beginning students under professional rank instructors.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Board of Trustees
George H. Rightmire
Rightmire
Five Million Sent Today To Every Part of Nation
President urges rapid signature to a mass re employment drive sending five million workers toward shorter hours and minimum wages. Forms were distributed by postmen to 5,000,000 employers with a 35 hour week and 40 cent minimum for factory labor, 40 hour max and 12 to 15 dollars weekly for clerks. Johnson backs swift action as canvassing continues for five to six weeks to boost employment and purchasing power nationwide.
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Speed
Johnson
Roosevelt Says Conference Not a Failure in Message
President Roosevelt Declares World Economic Conference not a failure and urges continued U S cooperation. Cordell Hull reads his brief message at plenary as leaders discuss deadlock and recess.
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MacDonald
London
Roosevelt
Stadying
United States
Cordell Hull
Barmeaay MacDonald
Ready To Vote Ohio Milk Code
The Ohio Milk Marketing Commission faces judgments on producer distributor agreements across the state. Chairman Wellington says no drastic changes unless unfair conditions exist as the Burk Act grants licensing powers and ongoing review of the act.
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Ohio
Marketing Commission
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Milk Marketing Commission
Burk
George Warner
Wellington
Commission Board
Commission
Maximilian jewels salvaged as salvage crew seeks treasure
Norfolk, July 27 The Salvor crew believes they salvaged Mexico's crown jewels from the Merida wreck and now seeks five million dollars in gold and silver. The safe raised from the wreck is to be moved to New York amid a likely civil action by Captain Halli and Diver Evarts over a cut cable during the treasure hunt.
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Norfolk
Mexico
Maximillian
Merida
Virginia Capes
New York
John Halli
Klass Evarts
Spanish Cabinet Recognizes Soviet Russia
The Spanish government under President Alcala Zamora recognises Soviet Russia at a cabinet meeting in Madrid. The move marks formal diplomatic acknowledgement of the Soviet state amid ongoing international shifts.
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Madrid
Alcala Zamora
Soviet
Russia
Feder
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