Roosevelt outlines redistribution plan to aid ill nourished
President Roosevelt announced a redistribution program to broaden national income among about 40 million Americans. He said the goal would not drastically change the New Deal but would amend taxes, labor standards, work relief and social welfare, with a radio Fireside Chat planned this summer. The plan aims to lift living standards while keeping debt around 36 billion dollars.
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Congressional
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Department of Social Welfare
Riot at Kansas City hotels as strikers clash after talks
In Kansas City Missouri, hotel strikers rioted downtown hurling bricks at 40 windows in five hotels. Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. The unrest followed a failed settlement plan after 18 days of strike actions and discord over negotiations.
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Kansas City
U.K
Muehlebach Hotel
Girls Mass Fainting Shuts French Refinery
In Lile France the humeries Sugar Refinery closed after 70 girl workers fainted in one day while a physician tried to advise on hysteria. It marked the second mass fainting in ten days with 200 girls aged 16 to 20 previously collapsing.
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Lile
France
U.P
Humeries
Uhrichsville Man Uses Borrowed Gun for Suicide
Martin Vesco a 55 year old Uhrichsville resident used a borrowed shotgun to kill himself here on Tuesday authorities said. The incident occurred in Uhrichsville and the weapon was not owned by Vesco.
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Self
Uhrichsville
Martin Vesco
O. U. Hosts Progressive Education Conference Opening
The Ohio University Progressive Education Conference opens at Alumni Memorial Auditorium with Frederick L. Redefer stating progressives trace roots to Plato and Jesus. Dr. Carson Ryan and Dr. William Kilpatrick will address sessions, with topics on health, learning focus, and parental involvement.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Frederick L. Redefer
Progressive Education Association
America
Progressive Education
Carson Ryan
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
William H. Kilpatrick
Teachers College
Columbia University
Progressive Education Advocates Call For School Change
Mr. Redefer lists five aims for education including meeting individual and community needs, human development, educational freedom, and personality. He says education must march with time and that schools ten years hence should differ from today. A one reel March of Time film showcased schools with progressive programs.
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Mr. Redefer
Redefer
Plan Big Cut In WPA Rolls
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said curtailment of the government work relief program will remove 31,600 workers from Ohio WPA rolls. He projected 92,500 average Ohio WPA employment in the new fiscal year, vs 124,170 last month and 186,626 in February 1936, as federal relief outlays are limited to 1.5 billion dollars in 1938.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Seeks Court Aid on Mails in Republic Steel Strike
In Washington a dispute over postal delivery to Republic Steel plants in Ohio spurs a federal court bid to force Postmaster General Farley to accept food and clothing for dispatch. The Senate Post Office Committee will hear witnesses including Philip Murray as part of its probe into alleged mail censorship by strikers.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
James A. Farley
Senate Post Office Committee
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Striking Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor and Cio
Canton
Citizens’ Law and Order League
Republic
Michigan
Minnesota
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
Daniel Shields
Murray
Bethlehem
Shields
Roosevelt
Canton Law and Order League
Roosevelt Plans Democratic Peace and Love Feast
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders scheduled a Democratic peace and love feast to be held on an isolated Chesapeake Bay island over the June 25-27 weekend.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Ouster Hearing Begun Against Chillicothe Mayor Ford
A citizens committee filed in Ross County Common Pleas Court to oust Chillicothe Mayor James E. Ford charging failure to enforce laws against gambling and allowing slot machines. The petition carried 1,187 signatures, above the 950 needed.
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Chillicothe
INS
James E. Ford
Ross County Common Pleas Court
Man and Wife Die in Ohio Crash
Edward Kuder, 24, and his wife Ellen of Cowlesville New York were killed Tuesday when their sedan failed to turn four miles west of Oberlin and wrecked.
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Elyria
U.P
Edward Kuderna
Ellen
Cowelsville
N. Y
Oberlin
Yoder attacks Davey handbills in state-wide circulation
Lieut. Gov. Paul Yoder criticized handbills attacking Ohio Senate bloc for blocking the budget. The main dodger, signed by Gov. Martin L. Davey, titled A Heart-to-Heart Talk With You, Mr. and Mrs. Ohio Citizen, circulated statewide. State officials questioned use of state employees to distribute the material. Auditor Joseph Ferguson said all travel expense accounts will be audited and department heads must certify full-time work for payroll periods.
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Columbus
AU P
Ohio Senate
Ohio
Paul Yoder
Dodger
Davey
Yoder
Senate
Martin L. Davey
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ad Linked to Disappearance of Mrs Parsons
A New York newspaper ad linked to the disappearance of Mrs. Alice Mae Dowell Parsons from her Long Meadow Farm estate. Investigators found no progress, and Gerald M. Livingston denied involvement in the ad. A taxi driver reported a woman resembling Mrs. Parsons rode with others to Pennsylvania Station, adding to the mystery.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
U.P
New York
Alice MaeDowell Parsons
Long Meadow Farm
M. Sennet
Huntington
Gerald M. Livingston
West Neck Road
Livingston
Funeral services set for Mrs Huntington and sister in Columbus
Funeral services will be held here for Mrs Mary E Huntington widow of industrialist and banker Theodore S Huntington and her sister Miss Blanche E Bugh age 55. Both natives of Summerville Ohio and prominent socially they were killed when their car was struck by a train one mile west of Lewisburg as they traveled from Summerville to Estes Park Colorado. Witnesses said Mrs Huntington drove directly into the engine path.
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Columbus
U.P
Mary E. Huntington
Theodore S. Huntington
Blanche E. Bugh
Lewisburg
Summerville
Estes Park
Colo
Arms search finds toys and fakes at steel plant
Sheriff Ralph Elser and 16 deputies spent four hours at Republic Steel Corporation in Youngstown after a strike leader claimed guns were inside. They found a single fake machine gun built from pipe, two toy pop guns, and fake binoculars made from soda bottles under a court order.
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Youngstown-Aup
Ralph Elser
Republic Steel Corporation
Judge denounces West Virginia prison system in grand jury address
Federal Judge George W. McClintic condemned the state penal system calling it a crime against common decency and civilization and described the Moundsville penitentiary as hell itself during his grand jury charge opening court in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
W. Va
U.P
George W. McClintic
West Virginia
Moundsville
Hell
Federal Grand Jury
Anniversary present from New York landlord grants free rent
David Fawlowitz, 76, marks 50th wedding anniversary by offering July rent free to tenants who have lived in his properties for 25 years or more.
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New York
U.P
David Fawlowitz
Conflict Over Coal Wage Contract In West Virginia
The Kanawha Coal Operators Association says any move to close mines shipping to strike bound steel plants violates their contract with the United Mine Workers. Violators face a $2 per day fine per man, according to William Blizzard of District 17 UMW. Blizzard says the union can interpret the contract and may monitor coal shipments from West Virginia. Three Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube mines have already closed since Sunday following John L. Lewis's CIO call.
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Kanawha Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
District 17
United Mine Work
Ers
Blizzard
West Virginia
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
John L. Lewis
CIO
Fascists May Try To Enter Bilbao Tonight
Reports from the Hendaye frontier said Nationalists might attempt to enter Bilbao late tonight. Basque Loyalists held firm as fierce fighting raged in southeastern and northeastern suburbs. Nationalist airplanes bombed a cemetery near Bilbao and dynamite works at Galdacano while Italian-Spanish columns advanced along the Nervion River east bank. Eighty Nationalist planes dropped 50 tons of bombs northeast of the city as others attacked the Santander road west of the river, driving tens of thousands of refugees from the area. hundreds of women and children were reported wounded or killed.
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Hendaye
U.P
Bilbao
Galdacano
Santander
Hold Men in Girl's Death
Two men aged 27 and 26 from Harrisburg and Parkersburg were held on a murder charge pending an inquest after a 16 year old girl Pauline Tacolla Sturgeon allegedly leaped from a speeding car following unwelcome advances. They were taken to Coroner William McGregor's office after police traced their car. Catherine Tacolla sister of the dead girl and a passenger also jumped from the car but was not seriously hurt.
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Pittsburgh
Pauline Tacolla
Sturgeon
William McGregor
Paul H. Christian
Harrisburg
Joseph Sadley
Parkersburg
W. Va
Christian
Sadley
St. Mary's
Catherine Tacolla
Catherine
Screen Stars To Wed In Hollywood Tonight
Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond plan a ceremonial church wedding in Hollywood at 9 p.m. A dozen stars will attend at Wilshire Methodist Episcopal Church, offering a public diversion as elopements to Nevada remain popular.
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Hollywood
U.P
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Nevada
Wilshire Methodist Episcopal Church
Connery Wage Hour Author Dies Suddenly
Washington sources report the sudden death of William P. Connery 48 chair of the House Labor Committee. An autopsy cites heart attack linked to stomach and intestinal poisoning from food but final analysis pending. A colorful wartime veteran and former dancer, Connery was active in wage hour hearings and Capitol Hill festivities.
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Washington
William P. Connery
House Labor Committee
Connery
Senate House
A. Magruder MacDonald
Capitol Hill
Ohio Republicans Lose Fight for Referendum
The Ohio Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to approve petition forms for a referendum on the county commissioner vacancy law. Republicans challenged the measure as a political move.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ed D. Schorr
W. J. Kennedy
General Assembly
Youngstown Mills Strike Moves Toward Federal Involvement
A 9,000 worker delegation urged Youngstown Sheet & Tube to reopen mills immediately as the nation’s steel strike widens. John L. Lewis prepares to address a Chicago labor rally while CIO talks with Secretary Perkins threaten federal action.
Seamen Union Threatens Waterfront Tie Up
New York AU P The International Seamen's Union warned of a waterfront tie up and ship sailings halt to oppose invasions. President David Grange of the L U affiliate said an election would be demanded to decide if crews want CI O or AF of L representation.
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New York
International Seamen's Union
C.so
David Grange
L.U
A. F. of L
Two Quarts a Day? Fields Denies Doctor Claim
Riverside California U P report on a lawsuit between W C Fields and his doctor over a hospital stay Fields countersued for 25000 alleging mistreatment while Dr Citron sought 12000 for services The case centers on alleged whisky intake reduced from two quarts per day to an ounce and a half during 25 days in hospital Fields testifies later with noted humor responding to the physician at the trial
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W.C. Fields
Riverside
Calif
U.P
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
Fields
Riverside Community Hospital
Citron
Vote Today on Byrnes Clause of Relief Bill
Senate leaders push to strike out a Byrnes amendment requiring local communities to cover 40 percent of Works Progress Administration project costs. Roosevelt opposes the amendment saying relief needs vary by community. A protracted floor debate was expected before the vote.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Boys in Blue Balk At Parade With Rebels
In Columbus 26 Grand Army of the Republic veterans refused to join a Gettysburg reunion if they must march behind the rebel flag. They urged forgiveness for the rebel side but stood firm against the Confederate banner amid ongoing North and South tensions at the encampment.
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Columbus
U.P
Grand Army of the Republic
Gettysburg
Ohioans Vote on One-House Legislature
Ohio Attorney General approves petition form for unicameral legislature amendment. Norman Ford says petitions will circulate and require 304000 signatures with at least five percent of voters in each of 44 counties.
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Columbus
OPA
Herberts
Duffy
Ohio
Norman Ford
Sit-down strike closes Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants
In Buffalo New York a sit-down strike by 700 workers halted operations at the Fisher Body and Chevrolet assembly plants after the company refused to rehire a discharged female employee.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Wright Brothers Honored With Bronze Busts
Bronze busts of Orville and Wilbur Wright, famed air plane inventors, were installed in the Army Aeronautical Museum this week in Dayton. The display honors the aviation pioneers and their contribution to flight history.
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Wright Brothers
Dayton
U.2
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Army Agronautical Museum
Tuese Day
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Jesus Christ
Rosseau
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Allegan, Mich
U. S
Claire E. Hoffman
Monroe
Charleston
Alice
Stony Brooks, L. 1
William H. Parsons
Youngstown
Secretary of Labor
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Chicago
Tom Girdler
Girdler
Frank Pu
John L. Mayo
Reepublic
Sheet and Tube
National Labor Board
Seamen’s Union
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