Gotham Strike Threatens Nationwide Walkout Tactics
A threat of a national strike by Building Service Employes' Union looms as New York workers show solidarity. Clashes with police erupt on Park Avenue after a mass meeting led by James Bamrick, with hundreds of buildings affected and thousands more possibly to follow. Government officials intervene to halt the crippling walkout.
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New York
Building Service
Srike
George Scalise
Building Service Employes’ Union
Chicago
United States
Fashionable Park Ave
James J. Bamrick
International Building Service
Aeeing
H Prneess
Park Ave
Herbert H. Lehman
Seventy-Sixth St
Central Park
Bambrick
Lindbergh Rents Kent House for Summer
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has rented the 14th century residence Long Barn at Weald near Seven Oaks Kent on a month to month basis. Harold Nicolson confirms the famed flyer may use it as a summer home and has not secured a long term lease.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Weald
Kent
Seven Oaks
Harold Nicolson
Lindbergh
Brewster Nominated in Fifth District Democratic Race
The Fifth Congressional District Board of Townsend Clubs recommended Dr. Swan E. Brewster of Hicksville as the Democratic nominee for Congress.
Zeppelin LZ-129 Makes First Flight From Freidrichshafen
In Friedrichshafen Germany the airship LZ 129 completed its first test flight marking a milestone for dirigible aviation. The lighter than air craft demonstrated lift and handling under the supervision of airship officials.
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Zep
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Clover Gas From Clover Plan At MacAlister College
Two chemistry students at MacAlister College in St. Paul claim to produce commercial gas from clover saying 3000 acres of cheap land could grow enough clover to supply the city for a year at half current costs. They urge readers to buy nearby acres and market the gas via the Messenger classified ads. Also an ad notes a modern house for rent at 98 Sunnyside with hardwood floors and a fine furnace.
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MacAlister College
St. Paul
Minn
Wantad Im the Messenger
Sunnyside
Non Strikers Plan Action in Akron Dispute
Twenty five leaders of non striking workers meet to plan action in the Goodyear blockade idling 14 000 employees. Lyle Carruthers says official inaction risks political extermination while strike leaders order tighter vigil and potential plant reopening attempts. Goodyear president Paul W Litchfield says no resume without safety. Sheriff Flower reports Gov Davey won’t call National Guardsmen absent an overt act.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Lyle Carruthers
Carruthers
Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear
James T. T. Flower
Martin L. Davey
National Guard
Toledo
Summit County
Study Proposed on Local Rates by National Coal Commission
In Cincinnati C F Hosford Jr chair man of the National Bituminous Coal Commission announced a nationwide study of coal rates will be a first task. He said the coal field is open for operators who can produce quality coal and operate economically and that the commission's work will bring lasting benefits.
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Cincinnati
C. F. Hosford, Jr
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Hosford
Pennsylvania Bituminous Commission
NRA Coal Authority
National Bituminous Commission
Breckinridge Runs Solo Against Roosevelt in Primaries
New York lawyer Col. Henry Breckenridge enters his name in the Ohio and Maryland Democratic preferential primaries opposing President Roosevelt. He says anti New Deal leaders act independently and cites World War I’s aftermath and current Washington trends as dangers to political liberty. He believes many Democrats share his view but lack a channel to express it.
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New York
Henry Breckenridge
Ohio
Maryland
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Breckenridge
Harvard Student Reports Lindbergh Baby Case
Dwight W. Morrow Jr., a Harvard Postgraduate School student and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's brother, reports a theft seized kidnapping case concerning the Lindbergh baby.
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Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow, Jr
Harvard Post Graduate School
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Ohio May Be Yardstick of Farm Conservation Plan
Dr. H. C. Ramsower of Ohio State University said Ohio may furnish the yardstick for measuring payments to farmers under the federal soil conservation program. Ohio’s Little AAA, an permanent program, has been sent to Washington for possible use in the new act. Ramsower will explain the plan to farm leaders from eight states at a Chicago conference called by Secretary Wallace.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. Co. Ramsower
Ohio State University
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Ramsower
Agriculture Extension Division
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
Plan Decrease In WPA Rolls
Washington New Deal officials project trimming WPA rolls by more than 700000 in four months. Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins said about 100000 persons per week would be placed in private or other employment through July 1, absorbing jobless through expansion in private work and public projects. WPA rolls to fall from 3037440 in February to 2310100 by June 20.
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Washington
New Deal
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
1935 Relief Costs Higher Than 1934 Totals
Washington reports that direct relief cost for 1935 reached 1,826,008 dollars with 74.5 percent funded by the Federal Government. Officials say the 1935 total will exceed 1934. In Ohio the estimated cost is 97,737,344 dollars with 87.4 percent federal, 7 percent state, and 3.9 percent local funding.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
Ohio River Drops Between Pittsburgh And Louisville
The Ohio River fell today from Pittsburgh downstream toward Louisville, narrowing the stretch between the two hubs. Water levels eased along the river, affecting river traffic and nearby communities.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Surgery Seen As New High Blood Pressure Remedy
Dr. Max Minor Peet of the University of Michigan presented surgery as a potential cure for advanced hypertension at the American College of Physicians session. The procedure removes parts of nerves serving body cavities to ease vessel constriction affecting the kidneys, with 130 patients treated and outcomes showing deaths at 4 percent and cures or improvements in a majority.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
American College of Physicians
Max Minor Peet
University of Michigan Department of Medicine
West Virginia Teen Plagued by Laughter Spasms
Teresa Hawkins an 18 year old business college student in Weston faces a week of near-constant laughter that left her semi conscious. Dr J B Offner plans pelvic surgery but cites no definite link to the case as diagnosis waits.
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Weston
W. Va
Teresa Hawkins
Business College
J. B. Offner
Norris Power Dam of TVA Is Completed
Norris Tenn where President Roosevelt and state leaders celebrated the completion of the 36 million Norris Dam by TVA. The Red House signal lowered sluiceway gates after the White House telegraph key. Power house and top roadway to be finished by August 1 with two 66 000 horsepower generators planned for regional electricity.
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Norris
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Norris Dam
White House
Clinch River
TVA
Tennessee
Alabama
Witness Tells Of Bloodstains In Ruxton Case
A Manchester witness described cleaning Dr. Buck Ruxton s home after the alleged murders of his wife Isabella Ruxton and nurse Mary Jane Rogerson. She said carpets were bloodstained the tub was stained yellow and straw lay on the floor from hall to top floor. The prosecution argues Ruxton dismembered the bodies and left the Devil s Beef Tub as a scene.
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Manchester
England
Buck Ruxton
Mary Hampshire
Ruxton
Crown
Isabella Ruxton
Mary Jane Rogerson
Bradford Fortune Totaled at $1,000 in Estate
Denver officials report Howard L. Bradford left an estate of $1,000 in stocks and bonds after a search of his room and safety deposit box. Police guarded his property after his death and earlier reports noted hidden gold. Bradford was a Columbus Ohio bottling works employee with a brother Phil Bradford.
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Denver
Colo
Howard L. Bradford
Phil 8
Bradford
Columbus
Ohio
Haile Selassie Signals Likely Peace Negotiations
Reuters dispatch from Addis Ababa reports semi official word that Emperor Haile Selassie probably will accept peace talks within the League of Nations framework. The move would respond to an invitation issued by the League at Geneva.
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London
Reuters
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
League of Nation's Council
Geneva
Strike Heroes free climb to hotel for Park Ave tenant siege
Striking building service workers leave thousands stranded in Manhattan as elevators stay idle during a city wide walkout by 70 000 employees demanding higher wages. A relief effort helps stranded tenants reach a customer on Park Avenue amid the high rise standstill.
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Park Ave
Manhattan
Stalin warns of war to safeguard Outer Mongolia independence
In a three hour Kremlin interview quoted by Roy W. Howard, Stalin says the Soviet Union would fight Japan to protect Outer Mongolia if it threatened independence. He argues Japan seeks to wedge Mongolia via Manchukuo to block Soviet resistance. He rejects claims of plans to export revolution.
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New York
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
New York World-Telegram
Howard
Stalin
Kremlin
Moscow
Manchukuo
China
Soviet Union
Dietrich Deserts U S For London Movies
Glamorous Marlene Dietrich, the Teutonic screen star, heads for London film work leaving Paramount with a movie but no star. She walked off the set of I Loved Soldiers nearly two weeks ago as director Ernst Lubitsch also lost his job after a clash with Mae West.
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Hollywood
Calif.a
Marlene Dietrich
Paramount
Fpirner Lubitsch
Mae West
Jap Prince Refuses To Become Premier
Prince Konoye declines to head Japan’s government in a crisis, prompting Emperor Hirorito and advisers to seek a new premier. Martial law HQ says over 1400 officers and soldiers joined the rebellion that began last Wednesday at dawn.
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Tokyo
Konoye
Japan
Hirorito
General Coxey seeks entry in Ohio Republican primary
Jackson Michigan resident Jacob 8 Coxey has applied to Secretary of State George Myers for information on getting into Ohio's Republican preferential primary for the presidential nomination.
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Columbus
Jacob 8. Coxey
Jackson, Mich
George 8. Myers
Mothers in Law Day Proclaimed in Texas
Governor Allred designates tomorrow as official Mothers in Law Day in Texas following a columnist Gene Howe prompted movement. Howe began the drive after offending his own mother in law, Mrs W F Donald, with jibes in his Amarillo column.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Gene Howe
Amarillo
James V. Allred
Howe
W. F. Donald
Norris Pushes Bill for Farm Electrification
Senator Norris of Nebraska pushes a farm power bill for rural electricity with total ten year spending of 420 million dollars. The plan trims the cost from a billion and allocates 50 million annually for two years then 40 million for the remaining eight years. It authorizes the Rural Electrification Administration to fund up to 70 percent of the annual amount to states by farm counts and allows loans to farmers and small communities at three percent for up to 40 years.
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Washington
Norris
R. Neb
Rural Electrification Administration
Road Shooter Is Sentenced
Jackson Ohio Common Pleas Judge Roy Gillen sentenced Major F. Marion Walker to one to 20 years in the penitentiary for the road hog shooting of William E. Davis of Columbus. The state said Walker forced Davis to the road side near Goldsboro on January 4 and shot him after accusing him of hogging the road. Davis and his family identified Walker. alibi witnesses placed him at a Jackson hotel party. Walker has worked for three years in the U S Forestry Service.
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Roy Gillen
F. Marion Walker
William E. Davis
Columbus
Walker
Davis
Goldsboro
Jackson Hotel
United States Forestry Service
Mine Fire Forces 50 To Surface At Bergholz
A mine fire at the Eastern Mine of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co. in Bergholz drove 50 miners to the surface last night. Superintendent Max Speicher ordered the men back in after all were accounted for to combat the blaze whose extent was not yet determined.
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Steubenville
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Co
Bergholz
Max Speicher
Drive Against Stream Pollution Is Reopened
Dr. John Zettle treasurer of the Warren County Fish and Game Association launches a regional effort to combat pollution in streams. He labels paper mills canneries dairies and other industries as offenders and says 70 percent of Ohio River impurities come from its tributaries.
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Lebanon
John Zettle
Warren County Fish and Game Association
Ohio Farmers Received $15.2 Million in 1935 A A A Payments
The defunct Agricultural Adjustment Administration paid $15,210,317 to Ohio farmers in 1935. Corn-hog subsidies led with $11,454,327, followed by wheat $2,070,240, tobacco $1,038,816.48, and sugar $46,932. Local figures include Athens County wheat $1,006.89 and corn-hog $146,408.76. Gallia County wheat $8,642.48, tobacco $43,778.55, corn-hog $6,958.26.
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Washington
Agriculural Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Athens County
Gallia
Girl Hitch-Hiker Recalls Assault Attempt
A 22 year old Chicago resident named Mies Marquez told police in Oberlin that a Black youth attempted to assault her while she was hitch hiking. She escaped unharmed though with two black eyes and bruises.
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Oberlin
Mies Marquez
Chicago
Pension Checks Reexamined To Stop Welfare Abuses
The state inaugurates annual re investigations of pension recipients to curb fraud and ensure continued eligibility. I M Lamoreaux says pensions will now expire at different times of the year to allow thorough reviews and catch changes in need or support from relatives and employment.
Democrats Weigh Sharp Shifts in Roosevelt Tax Plan
Democrats in Congress consider drastic changes to President Roosevelt s corporate tax proposal. The plan would tax corporate profits and stockholder dividends to fund a 620 million dollar annual subsidy bill for farms and veterans bonuses, drawing sharp division between Republicans and some Democrats while New Dealers praise it for accelerating money velocity and wealth distribution.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
New York
Treasury borrows $1.25B as oversubscribed and tax plan debated
Secretary Morgenthau reported the Treasury's March borrowing vastly oversubscribed with bonds likely to exceed seven times the $650 million target. President Roosevelt pushes a tax on corporate surplus with the aim to fund farm subsidies and bonus payments, while Roosevelt cautions against taxing reserves for depreciation and working capital. House opposition argues surpluses support employment.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Snell
New York
Jobless Employees May Petition for New Levy
More than 100 members of the Columbus Police and Fire Departments furloughed after voters rejected a three mill levy plan meet to discuss sponsoring initiative petitions to place a similar proposal on the May 12 primary ballot. Mayor Gessaman and city council members declined to propose another levy, saying interested citizens should act.
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Columbus
Columbus Police and Fire Departments
Myron B. Gessaman
Bridge Commission To Begin Survey on Tolls
Sandusky residents note state Bridge Commission plans meetings with Steubenville leaders next Thursday and Friday to survey toll-free Ohio River bridges. A Marietta meeting follows. Hill says ten years may pass before bridges are state owned or tolls removed.
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Sandusky
State Bridge Commission
Steubenville
Ohio River
Marietta
George C. Hill
Commission
Ohio
Hill
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