Slight Earthquake Shakes Ohio and Nearby States
A slight earthquake rocked Ohio and parts of adjacent states at 45 a m EST. The tremor lasted about 90 seconds with uniform intensity across Ohio Northern Kentucky and West Virginia. No major damage reported though dishes broke and windows rattled. Bellefontaine reported 99 seconds and schoolchildren were dismissed briefly for fear of a second shock.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kendky
West Virginia
Bellefontaine
U.P
Sit-Down Strike Hits Jami Son Mine In Pennsylvania
About 250 to 350 coal miners at the South Union Coal Company's Jami son Mine in Uniontown Pennsylvania began a sit-down strike late Monday. They say they will stay underground indefinitely until demands are met, protesting assessments by the company for alleged contract violations. No violence occurred though entrants were barred. wives and children waited, later delivering food and blankets to the strikers.
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Uniontown
South Union Coal Company
Jamison
Coal Company
Ohiowide tremor rattles cities. Bellefontaine near epicenter
An Ohio seismic event caused swaying in offices and homes with clothing on hooks moving and furniture shifting. John Carroll University seismology head Father Joseph Joliat placed the center near Bellefontaine, recalling 1875 and 1929 quakes and a notable March 1, 1925 tremor lasting about a minute.
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Ohio
Joseph Joliat
Department of
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Bellefontaine
Joliat
Governor M L Davey Considers Extradition Request
Governor Martin L. Davey will conduct further investigation as he weighs extradition of T J Cannon an escaped Ohio convict now in Pittsburgh authorities hands. Cannon at liberty after 17 years since escaping London Prison Farm.
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T. J. Cannon
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Martin L. Davey
Cannon
Liberty
London
Pennsylvania
Doubling Up System Of Ohio Penitentiary Criticized
Penologists from the Osborne Association denounced Ohio Penitentiary for its doubling up prisoner cells. The report to the Sherrill Committee called conditions deplorable and criticized lack of official leadership aiming to improve the situation.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Osborne Association
Sherrill Committee
Neighorhood dispute leads to unlawful assault trial in Athens
In Athens County Common Pleas Court William T. Martin of Chase faced unlawful assault charges against neighbor William McColley. Only two of five defense witnesses were called as testimony wrapped before noon and jurors prepared to deliberate after lunch. McColley claimed Martin cursed him and tried to grab him during a fence boundary dispute on the front porch.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
William T. Martin
Chase
William McColley
McColley
Martin
Foes of Court Changes Seek Popular Vote
Washington report shows opponents of Roosevelt's judiciary plan urging a national verdict by any method. Sen. Burton Wheeler asserts the public should decide on enlarging the Supreme Court while noting Roosevelt would be the clear loser in a congressional vs nationwide vote. The Supreme Court’s term closed with no labor decisions and Roosevelt signed a bill to grant full retirement pay at age 70.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Senate
New Deal
Nine Children Rescued From Burning Minersville Home
Nine children aged 17 to six were saved from a blaze by neighbor Edward Borham who entered the burning two story home at Minersville about 8 am. He sustained facial burns while awakening the sleeping children and guiding them to safety. The father was at work, mother died years ago in an auto accident. The home and contents were a total loss.
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Pomeroy
David Joseph
Minersville
Edward Borham
Borham
Nick Grueser
Joseph
Minersville School
Lorenzo Parker
Grueser
Arrest Six on Liquor Charge Near Gallipolis
Six men were arrested in Gallia County by three federal officers and Deputy Sheriff Dale Russell for illegal liquor at two locations. The group included Mack Bradham Lando Cagg Harold Queen and Charles Queen found near a Bradham still and Alva Lane Cleveland Chapman seized at Bidwell. About 35 gallons of liquor were seized. Bradham and three others were sent to Chillicothe for federal arraignment while Lane and Chapman were held for the grand jury in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Dale Russell
Gallia County
Mack Bradham
Lando Cagg
Charles
Harold Queen
Bradham
Alva Lane
Cleveland Chapman
Bidwell
Bradham’s
Chillicothe
Lane
Chapman
Stormont
Analysis Committee Report Revealed by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress highlighting a study by the Committee on Industrial Analysis of the old NRA. It notes wage distribution gains and issues with overreach, stating no concrete action is urged and that NRA policy aligned with anti trust laws in its final days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Committee On Industria
NRA
Urge Recall of Examiners
The State Board of Parole urges reestablishment and expansion of the Bureau of Examination and Classification, abolished as a cost saving measure two years ago, to provide full mental and physical health data, family life, neighborhood influences, education, criminal history, prison conduct, and parole plans for each inmate at the first hearing.
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Columbus.au.p
Bureau of Examination and Classification
State Board of Parole
Board of Parole
Trucker Strike Demands 26 Percent Pay Rise in Rhode Island
More than 2,000 truck drivers walked out in Rhode Island demanding a 26 per cent wage increase. The union allowed only milk, medical supplies, and food deliveries, as most trucks were idle across the state.
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Providence
U,r
Rhode Island
Chauffeurs’ and Teamsters’ Union
Widows Plan Sit-Down Strike March 1 1500 Widows
Mrs Nellie Brooke Stull national president and founder of the Widow and Widowers Club orders a mass sit-down strike of 1500 widows on April 1 in Chicago. She says women are entitled to a man and a home and demands the right of collective bargaining in romance.
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Chicago
U.P
Nellie Brooke Stull
Stull
Widow and Widowers’ Club
Woolworth Sitdown Strike Threat Looms Nationwide
The union representing sales girls threatens a nation-wide sit-down strike against F. W. Woolworth Company. Woolworth operates 1,788 stores in the United States and hundreds more worldwide. In Detroit about 100 girls have occupied the main store since Saturday and 11 to 40 in another shop. Louis Koenig warns union leaders to settle by Saturday or seek a national action. Rounded up wording follows.
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Detroit
U.P
F. W. Woolworth Company
United States
Detroit Woolworth
Louis Koenig
Waiters and Waitresses Association
American Federation of Labor
Woolworth
Tramp Admits Kidnap Slaying in Argentina
Jose Gancedo, an itinerant ranch worker, confessed to kidnapping and smothering 2 year old Eugenio Pereyra Iraola, heir to a cattle fortune. Authorities seek a quick trial but he faces life in prison as Argentina has no death penalty. The confession followed over 100 hours of police questioning.
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Mar del Plata
Argentine
U.P
Jose Gancedo
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola
Argentina
Lindbergh
Gancedo
Ohio Bell rate case may settle refunds of 18 million
Columbus reports the 12 year old Ohio Bell Telephone rate case could be resolved by compromise refunds totaling about 18 million dollars. Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy's office released the statement.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone
Herbert S. Duffy
Germany Triples Air Force to 2000 Planes
Germany has swifty rearmed and tripled its air force over the last year, now totalling more than 2,000 warplanes and bombers, according to responsible quarters.
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Germany
London
U.P
Roumanian Cabinet Moves To Curb Student Politics
The Roumanian cabinet orders closure of all universities and expulsion of students linked to political groups. It also authorizes the Interior Ministry to dissolve secret societies and expel students who demonstrate. In Washington the Navy Department reopens bids for about 20 million pounds of steel to build six destroyers and three submarines.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Ministry of Interior
Washington
U.P
Navy Department
Department
Lie Detector Trial Ties to Murder Case in Chicago
In Chicago a convicted murderer faces execution after his sister pleads with Governor Horner to spare him. At the station she curses the risk of state murder and Horner delays the electric chair. A lie detector test is sought to prove the inmate's innocence. Prof. Leonard Keeler conducts the test as Joseph is strapped to the device to measure blood pressure changes during questioning.
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Chicago
Rose Rappaport
Joseph
Henry Horner
Horner
Cook County
Leonard Keeler
Northwestern University Crime Laboratory
Keeler
Max Dent
Cury
League to Meet at Athens Izaak Walton Chapter
The Athens Izaak Walton League will hold its regular meeting in the nest chambers of the city hall at 7 30 tonight.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
Haliight
Industry Wide Steel Wage Rise Shifts Labor Landscape
Five major steel firms move to raise wages from 4.20 to 5 a day and cut the work week to 40 hours. Ernest T. Weir and others announce new terms affecting about 130,000 to 174,000 employees as CIO talks with U S Steel engage the issue. The shift, effective March 16, signals formal industry adherence to labor demands and aims to curb potential strikes.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube
Fairless
Philip M. Murray
Lewis’ Steel
CIO
New York Stock Exchange
Murray
Navy Department
Lewis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated
Bethlehem
Workera
CLO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois
Court restrains AFL over Columbus Federation charter
A common pleas court issued a temporary restraining order against the American Federation of Labor to stop revoking the Columbus Federation charter amid alleged backing of CIO leader John L. Lewis during the GM strike. Judge Cecil J. Randall set a Friday injunction hearing.
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Columbus
U.S
American Federation of Labor
Columbus Federation
John L. Lewis
CIO
General Motors
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Nine Black Legion Members Guilty in Kingsley Plot
Nine members of the Black Legion were found guilty of conspiring to murder Arthur L. Kingsley, Highland Park publisher, in 1933 and 1934. Judge John V. Brennan also acquitted seven other hooded order members.
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Detroit
U.P
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Recorder's
John V. Brennan
Hooded Order
Worker killed as boiler room explosion hits Carnegie Steel South Chicago plant
A blast in the roller room at Carnegie-Illinois Steel South Chicago works killed one worker and burned eight others, three of them seriously, in the early hours. Fire and rescue crews battled the blaze and transported the injured to area hospitals.
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Chicago
South Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Fascist Grand Council Approves Nationwide Militarization Plan
The Fascist Grand Council, Italy's supreme advisory body, approves a plan to militarize all able bodied men aged 18 to 30. The decision signals a broad mobilization of the population for national defense and regime objectives.
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Rome
Fascist Grand Council
Navy construction plan for fiscal 1938 exceeds half a billion dollars
Admiral William D. Leahy outlined a $526,555,428 navy program for 1938, aiming for treaty strength and expanded Pacific forces. Hearings before the House Appropriations Committee noted a push to raise navy personnel to 110,000 and prepare for potential international developments as part of a broader defense package. The Navy measure would be followed by a War Department bill, together forming about $1 billion for next year’s national defense.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Congress
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Pacific
Leahy
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
War Department
America
Tax Program 4 Fight Is Won By Governor
Columbus report says House Republicans and Democrats conceded the tax program resolution to call on Gov. Davey to submit a definite tax plan is effectively dead after failing to gain an immediate vote. The measure led by Rep. Michael V. Di Salle, with 13 Democrats supporting, failed when the House voted 74 to 38 to refer to the reference committee, tying it up for weeks per opposition claims. City and county officials press for an additional 3 million dollars beyond 4 million already in a relief stopgap for poor and flood relief for the current year.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Davey
Michael V. di Salle
Lucas
Supreme Court Reform Resolution Heads to House Vote
In Columbus the delayed resolution backing President Roosevelt’s court reorganization moves to a House vote after the Senate rejected a Republican bid to commend Senator Doneghey for opposing the change. The document, once harshly attacking the court as tyrannical, now notes that the president has called Congress to address abuses and delays in federal courts.
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Columbus
U.P
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
House
Senate
Metcalf
United States
Vic Doneghey
Supreme Court
Congress
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Parole Board
Tramp
Roumanian
Brother
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Benjamin F. Fairless
Committee For Industrial Organization
U. S. Steel
Weir
Charter of Columbus Federatio
Gigantis Navy
U. S
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