AFL Seeks Steel Union Alliance Ties
John P. Frey of the AFL metal trades says he will rush to Pittsburgh to explore steel company unions joining the federation amid rival CIO and Communist links. CIO leader Murray blasts the move as another labor betrayal as Green flags a broader anti Communist drive. Frey plans talks with Carnegie Illinois Steel’s employee group as organizers weigh ties to the CIO and Communist factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John P. Frey
Federaon
Labor Metal Trades
Pittsburgh
Frey
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
John le. Lewis
Murray
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
CIO
Lewis
William Green
A. F. of L
America
Moscow
Communist Party
United States
American Federation of Labor
Farmer-Labor
Green
Federation
Ion Hinges
Carnegieunois
Little Supreme Court
Ralph Martin
Court
Carnegie- Illinois
Martin
Former Athens Pastor Near Death Reported
Rev. A. G. Jenkins former Wesley Foundation pastor at Ohio University suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and is described as likely to die within hours a telegram from Mrs. Jenkins said Rev. Burr, the IU Bloomington pastor, is in Indiana Polis and Jenkins had been injured in an October auto crash while returning to Bloomington from Chicago.
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A. G. Jenkins
West Foundation
Ohio Univrsity
Jenkins
Indianapolis
B. L. Burr
Ohio University
Carbondale M. EB
Burr
Rev. Jenkins
Athens
Wesley Foundation
Indiana University
Bloomington
Chicago
Local Liquor Violator Pleads Guilty in Athens County Court
Jim Ogle of Canaanville pleaded guilty to possessing illegal home brew. Judge Rowland deferred sentence pending investigation after agents seized 17 quarts of beer and 17 pints. John Adkins, busted the same night for moonshine, failed to appear. warrant issued.
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Jim Ogle
Canaanville
Athens County
Casket Workers Begin Sit Down Strike in Springfield
Three hundred Metalic Casket Co. workers led by 75 women started the second day of a sit down strike in Springfield. The action protests a company plan workers say would cut wages and affect conditions.
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Springfield
U.P
Metallic Casket Co
Hospital Drama Fatal to Three in Shoals
In Shoals Indiana a 19 year old expectant mother Pauline May Boyd dies in a three room cottage as Dr Charles F Hope 69 collapses and dies of a heart attack during emergency delivery efforts. Dr E E Long arrives but the unborn child is dead.
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Dr. Long
Drive Against Chiselers on Relief Initiated in Columbus
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson issued orders to state relief examiners and county boards to remove chiselers from relief rolls. A 35‑person audit team plus secret investigators will continuously review relief expenditures in the largest counties. New rules require signed relief orders by clients, witnessed documentation, itemized supplies, and uniform local prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Road Repairs Start as Funds Routed for Ohio Flood Damage
Ohio officials report $2,000,000 federal aid will be matched by state funds to repair roads damaged by January floods. The Highway Department estimates about 500 miles on the federal system were affected, totaling roughly $4,500,000 in damages. Transportation leaders said about half of the $10,000,000 bill is covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Ohio
John Jaster, Jr
Rebels Aided by 7000 Italians Charged by Madrid Chief
Gen Jose Miaja, loyalist commander, charged that an entire Italian division of 7000 men aided the rebel attack on the Guadalajara front. He said prisoners named an Italian general in command and provided the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
U.P
Jose Miaja
Guadalajara
Miaja
Roosevelt to broadcast plan on Supreme Court change
President Roosevelt will speak tonight at 10 30 p m EST in a fireside chat outlining his plan to expand the Supreme Court to 15 members if aging justices do not retire The move has split his party and drawn opposition from Senate foes Meanwhile labor leaders pledged to back court reorganization but a Willard Hotel event faced a strike and John L Lewis did not attend Church leaders were invited to testify against the plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
New Blood
Willard Hotel
Lewis
Senate
Carter Glass
William E. Borah
Idaho
Miller Indicted in Strouse Murder Probe Opens Trial
Charlottesville police moved quickly after dentist Richard G. Miller was indicted on murder charges in the death of 18 year old Cleo Strouse an Auburn hair high school honor student. The case prompted an early trial petition as investigators pursued evidence and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
U.P
Richard G. Miller
Cleo Strouse
Athens Feels Mild Earthquake Shake Before Dawn
Local residents report feeling an Athens tremor lasting five seconds to one minute with times ranging from midnight to shortly before 1 a.m. Ex-Californian residents compare it to Mexico City shocks. observers differ on exact onset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lena K. Swaim
Franklin Ave
California
Mexico City
Swaim
Neil Crawford
West Coast
Ohio Workers In Six Plants Get Pay Hike
Wage increases granted by six Ohio companies affect about 25 000 employees. A M Maxwell of Standard Oil said 3 000 workers will gain, costing the firm 300 000 dollars annually. Increases take effect March 16 for those earning 150 dollars a month or less. Fred A Miller of H C Godman Co announced rises to be effective April 26, about 10 percent, benefiting 3 000 workers and adding 500 000 dollars annually to payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
American Rolling Mills
Crowell Publishing Co
H. C. Godman Shoe Co
Standard Oil of Ohio
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Hercules Motor Co
A. M. Maxwell
Standard Oil Co
Fred A. Miller
H. C. Godman Co
Lancaster
Logan
Xenia
General Motors
Flint
Chevrolet
Fisher
United Automobile Workers Union
Detroit
Robert C. Travis
George C. Paterson
Ith
Roy Reuther
Minister's Case To Go to Grand Jury
Beckley W Va The Raleigh County grand jury will be asked by Prosecuting Attorney W A Thornhill Jr to consider the case against Rev Monta H Ball age 38 accused of killing his pretty blonde wife Victoria Gay Ball age 28 The chunky Methodist Episcopal minister of the Rock Creek mountain community waived preliminary hearing and was held to the grand jury before Justice of the Peace J P Meadows
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh County Grand Jury
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
Monta H Ball
Victoria Gay Ball
Rock Creek
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Meadows
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Youth
A 16 year old boy admitted shooting at a target and faced a juvenile court manslaughter charge in the death of 9 year old Wilma McCafferty who was killed while playing with dolls in her home when a bullet entered through the door.
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Youngstown
Wilma McCafferty
French Finance Minister Presses billion defense loan
Paris minister of finance Vinecent Auriol presented the government bill authorizing an estimated one billion dollar defense loan to parliament and urged speedy enactment.
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PARIS
U.P
Vinecent Auriol
Loss of Ship May Threaten Madrid's Fall
Madrid may fall as the steamer Mar Cantabrico carrying 2.7 million dollars in war materiel from the United States was sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Archachon in the Bay of Biscay. An uncaptured Loyalist survivor said the ship, torpedoed and shelled, was towed to port as a prize, and the cargo included airplanes and machine guns crucial to the Loyalists’ offensive against Madrid. British destroyers Echo and Eclipse arrived off port to assist, with other vessels following after the ship’s destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Biscay
Archachon
France
U.P
Canarias
Madrid
Echo
Eclipse
Mar Cantabrico
Americans Cannot Aid in Proposed French Loan
Sen. Hiram Johnson, author of the act prohibiting European war debtors from floating loans in the United States, said there is no loophole allowing Americans to participate in France's proposed no limit defense loan. He warned that sending funds abroad to buy French bonds would violate the law in fact and spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hiram Johnson
France
Johnson
Ohio March relief funds allocated to counties
The State Relief Commission in Columbus allotted 810 000 to counties from a 3 000 000 state fund for March relief. The allocations include Athens 3065 Gallia 502 Hocking 935 Meigs 1801 Morgan 750 Perry 3328 Vinton 59.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Athens
Gallia
Hacking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Heidelberg College elects Passaic pastor president
Rev. Clarence J. Josephson pastor of the First Congressional Church Passaic New Jersey was elected president of Heidelberg College by the college board of trustees on Monday.
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Tiffin
U.P
Clarence J. Josephson
First Congressional Church
Passaic
N. J
Heidelberg College
College Board of
Ohio House approves speed limits and loan regulation bills
The Ohio House passed a 25 mph urban speed limit bill with 75 to 30 support and backed by police chiefs, while another measure allows 35 mph on state routes and 20 mph near schools. The House also approved a building and loan lending increase from 62.3 to 75 percent of property value and lower minimum payments. In a special session, the Hum! Anti-Injunction Bill failed 7 to 8 in the Judiciary Committee, blocking further action.
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Columbus -Hup
House
Senate
Louis N. Laderman
Lucas
Paul P. de Carlis
Hamilton
House Judiciary Committee
Coal Regulation Bill Debated to Protect 500000 Miners
Washington U P reports the Vinson Guffey Coal Regulation Bill faces a key House debate on wages hours. The plan creates a federal coal commission and 23 regional code boards with price fixing powers, largely controlled by mine operators. Roosevelt backs the measure as part of his industry regulation program. In Oxford an estate of 250000 is left to fund a hospital.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Federal Coal Commission
Fire Chief's Away Wife Answers Call
Fire was spotted in the basement at William A. Lewis home president of Rio Grande College. Mrs. Jenkins took the chemical truck, laid a hose line, and extinguished the blaze before other volunteers could arrive.
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Gallipolis
William A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
Steve Jenkins
Jenkins
Second Quake Rocks Ohioans During Night
A strong tremor struck near midnight causing alarm across Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky and Illinois. Seismologists say the quake was a more violent follow up to last week with a similar center near Bellefontaine and stress still easing beneath the surface.
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Columbus
Victor
Stechschulte
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Bellefontaine
Atrata
Flood Control Canal Proposed From Beaver River to Lake Erie
Cleveland plan seeks a 60 mile 700 foot wide canal from Beaver River near Pittsburgh to Lake Erie at Painesville. Flood locks at the Ohio Beaver junction would divert rising water into Lake Erie to prevent Ohio flood stage.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Mississippi
Lake Erie
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
Michael A. Feighan
M. A. Eiben
Eiben-Feighan
Beaver River
Pittsburgh
Painesville
Beaver Rivers
Black Legion Members Sentenced in Kingsley Murder Plot
Nine members of the Black Legion were sentenced to prison terms from one to five years for conspiring to murder Arthur L. Kingsley, a Detroit area publisher, in Highland Park during 1933 and 1934.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Tribute for Papa Champ in Brooksville shanty town
In Brooksville's shanty town Ambrose Hilliard Doug las, 91, is the nation's champion papa. A three room shack holds a crowd, 11 children, 12th infant, and Minnie, once his foster daughter now his wife. The scene shows a bare yard with goats and hogs as family life continues around the old man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksville
Fila
U.P
Papa
Ambrose Hilliard Douglas
Ambrose
Minnie
Bunday
Louisiana
Sit-down strikes halt Chrysler and Hudson plants
Sit-down strikes shut Chrysler Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company plants in Detroit area, idling 58,590 workers. Governor Murphy returns from Florida to mediate as picket lines form and Women’s Emergency Brigade prepares to feed 12,910 strikers.
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Acme
United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler and
Hudson Motor Companies
Detroit
Hudson
Murphy
Florida
Chrysler Corporation
Hudson Motor Car Company
Frank Murphy
Chrysler
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler and Hudson
Womsen
General Motors
Brother Sister Die As Farm Home Burns
Toledo report states John Shepherd 60 a WPA worker was found burned to death in his two room farm house north of Crissey Ohio his sister Mia Mina Potter is also believed dead in the same fire that destroyed the structure the incident remains under investigation
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Toledo
John Shepherd
WPA
Crissey, O
Mia
Mina Potter
Young Child Dies Of Auto Crash At Chillicothe Camp
William Hudson a one year old Black resident of Xenia died at the Chillicothe CCC camp from internal injuries after a Monday automobile collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mienia
U.P
William Hudson
Xenia Negro
Chillicothe
CCC
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Steel Company Union Alliance
Tims
State Highway Department
Shoe Manufacturing Company
U. S
Saint Jean DE Luz
Mar Canta
Heidelberg
House Taxation Committee
Jake Davis
Pike
Oxford
Elizabeth McCullough Heath
Clevelander
Papa Champ
Ing
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Henry Ford
William Teahan
Miami
B. B. Hutchinson
Finance Committee
United Austomobile Workers of America
Dodge
DeSoto
Plymouth
Amplex
Dodge Forge
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