General Motors defies labor board in wage and union fight
General Motors challenged a labor board order to bargain amid threats of strikes in the auto industry. Executives warned unions were pressuring workers toward company unions and argued the Wagner Act changes are needed to prevent industrial strife.
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GTON
General Motors Today
Labor Board
Knudsen
Press- Green
American of Labor
Hers Cartier
Hodson and Fisher Body
Vidla
Cme
Makley Named as Pierpont Gangster in Sarber Slaying Trial
Deputy Wilbur Sharp testified Makley struck Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber during the Lima jail raid, helping to secure a death verdict against Harry Pierpont. Edward Shouse plans to testify again for the state. A new trial motion by Pierpont rests with Judge Everett.
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Makley
Lima
U.P
Wilbur Sharp
Harry Pierpont
Jesse L. Sarber
Charles Makley
Pierpont
Sharp
Makey
Sarber
Botkin
Edward Shouse
Dillinger
Indiana
Michigan City
Shouse
Wage reduction clash over workers' pay in Washington
Summary notes a Wage battle in Washington with unions resisting further pay cuts while some demand larger reductions and others claim wage levels already reflect prosperity. The passage references a United Press report and mentions a proposed 30 percent salary deduction amid broader labor tensions.
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The
United Press
Truck Rampage Ends In Fatal Akron Wreck
A truck plowed through a wall and plunged over a sewage embankment onto a railroad line in Akron Ohio killing the driver. Debris blocked tracks as authorities cleared the scene and investigated the crash. A railroad worker named Castner was asleep nearby when the truck struck.
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Akron
Ohio judge trio sentences first waive- jury murder case
Irma Kittrnre 26, a Black woman, was found guilty of first degree murder by three common pleas judges in Hillsboro Ohio under a new law allowing waiver of a jury. She was scheduled to die in the electric chair at the state penitentiary on June 25 for the killing of Thomas Mitchell 91 a Civil War veteran retired farmer and local wealth holder during an attempted holdup.
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Hillsboro
U.P
Common Pleas Court
Irma Kittrelle
Ohio
Kittrelia
State Penitentiary
Kittrens
Thomas Mitchell
Senate Votes to Extend Whittemore Act Delinquent Tax Plan
The Senate approved extending the Whittemore Act to Sept 1, 1934, for collecting delinquent real estate taxes and assessments from years before 1932, with installments. The benefit applies to personal and classified property taxes delinquent before 1933, allowing 10 annual installments if current taxes are paid on time and a prompt payment discount is offered.
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Columbus
Senate
British Trade Faces Competition of Japan
London reports Britain and Japan failed to reach terms on textile markets. The breakdown threatens Britain with renewed Japanese influence in global trade, akin to Germany’s prewar presence in world politics.
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Japan
London
Great Britain
Germany
Ford of Canada Restores $5 Day Wage Nationwide
Windsor Ont March 15 Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd announces restoration of the five dollar daily wage across Canada following the U S wage hike.
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Windsor
Ont
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United States
Ford Motor Company, of Canada, Ltd
Canada
Something Practical Happens for Once at International Parley
In Santa Monica a Russian plane made a forced landing over Manchukuo and was captured by Japan. At a Rome conference Dollfuss Gumbo and Mussolini discuss who starts a war, but Dollfuss sells Mussolini 12 million bushels of wheat, the only practical outcome noted.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Manchoukuo
Gumbo
Hungary
Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Little Dollfuss
Changes Due In Business Places In Athens
Athens business district sees new houses and relocations. The state liquor store on West Washington Street is moving ahead and may open by early next month with interior painting and furnishings arriving soon. Athens Furniture Exchange operates temporarily at Home Furniture Store as it vacates its Washington Street site. Hillcrest Inn south of Athens on Route 60 is leased to Cecil Westfall with a new opening to be announced. The Molers move from the inn to College Street. The C and H Cafeteria closed and Ellis Furniture and Link Men’s Furnishings liquidate stock amid further unannounced Court Street changes.
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Ray Michael
Exchange
Washington Street
Hillcrest Inn
U. S. Route 60
Athens
Cecil Westfall
W. E. Moler
Inn
College Street
C. and H
Ellis Furniture
Link Men's
Court Street
Woman Held in Cafe Double Murder in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati two suspects are held on murder charges after a Vim Cafe shooting that killed Jimmie Myers the owner and Philip Citron. Prosecutor Louis J Schneider plans to present evidence to the grand jury likely next week for indictments against Mrs Alice Martin Reynolds and David Polinsky.
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Cincinnati
Vim
Detective Bureau
Louis J
House Sends Veterans Aid Bill Back to Senate
The House approved a compromise veterans aid package by 222 to 192 and backed restoring 10 percent of government pay cuts by 185 to 101. The package, costing about 90 million for veterans benefits, would join a Senate bill totaling 114.3 million in benefits and 183 million in pay increases.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Blast Kills 100 as Dynamite Explodes at La Libertad
BAN SALVADOR March 16 Officials investigated an explosion that killed 100 people and shook the area for miles. About 150 cases of dynamite were being loaded onto a two car freight train when the charge detonated. The dock warehouse with coffee drums oil and gasoline and 4000 cases of inflammables was blown apart. Workers nearby were killed or injured as barges were blown away.
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Salvador
la Libertad
White Urges Federal Loans for Hospitals
Governor White asks the General Assembly for 2.0 million dollars to qualify Ohio for PWA grants and loans to repair and enlarge state hospitals and welfare facilities. The plan seeks a 600 thousand dollar PWA grant and about 1.4 million dollars in loans for Hawthorn Den Farm, Athens State, Dayton State, Girls Industrial School Delaware, Longview Cincinnati, and Apple Creek institutions.
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Columbus
U.P
White
PWA
Hawthornden Farm
Cleveland State Hospital
Athens State Haspital
Dayton State Hospital
Girls Industrial School
Delaware
Longview State Hospital
Cincinnati
Apple Creek
Buffalo Nickel Chief Two Gun White Calf Dead
Glacier Park Mont March 15 Chief Two Gun White Calf dies in his Browning tepee on the Blackfoot Reservation after months of illness. The Buffalo Nickel namesake was among friends Theodore Roosevelt and James J Hill.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Chief Two Gun
Theodore Roosevelt
James J. Hill
Blackfoot
Browning
U S Navy Gunboat Fulton Rescued After Fire Tow Tow toward Hong Kong
The U S Navy gunboat Fulton, badly damaged by a mysterious blaze while on pirate patrol near Bias Bay, was towed toward Hong Kong. Its 180 crew members including officers sailors and marines were rescued by British warships and merchant ships in the pirate-infested waters.
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Hongkong
U.P
U.S. Navy
Fulton
Bias Bay
Bian Bay
Lindbergh to Testify on Permanent Air Mail Law
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh accepted a Senate Post Office Committee invitation to testify on permanent air mail legislation and will appear tomorrow. He asked to clarify prior aviation board opinions and criticized air mail contract cancellations. The hearing will mark his first congressional appearance.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate Post Office Committee
Lindbergh
Committee
Kenneth McKellar
War Department Aviation Board of
Clarence Chamberlin
Eddie Rickenbacker
William Mitchell
Rickenbacker
Oir
Gallia County Democratic Leader John Callihan Dies at 72
John T. Callihan 72 longtime Gallia County Democratic Central Committee chairman dies at home in Gallipolis from respiratory complications after throat infection. He co owned Callihan Bros. Monument Shop, later sold, and was active as Grace M. E. Church trustee and Knights of Pythias member. Funeral plans not set. survived by wife Nora Evans.
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Gallipolis
John T. Callihan
Gallia County
Democratic Central Committee
Ohio
Fourth Avenue
Callihan
Jackson County
Oscar
Callihan Bros. Monument Shop
West Virginia
Hl, Saunders
Columbus
Halliday-Merriman-Callihan
Mr. Callihan
Grace M. E. Church
This City
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Arthur Miller
Gallipolis Dry Goods Company
Lupton
Nora Evans
Julian Buys Farm Near Wilmington
W. A. Julian of Cincinnati, United States treasurer, disclosed the purchase of the 1,260 acre Smith Mc Clintock farm near Wilmington, D. C. for $60,500.
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Wilmington
Smith McClintock
Here
W. A. Julian
Cincinnati
United States
Middleport Man Killed by Fall on Railroad Tracks
Middleport residents wake to news of William Oblinger age 1 found dead beside Second Avenue railroad track near his home. Sheriff and deputies report he died from a skull fracture after striking a steel rail during a fall early tonight. Coroner estimated the accident occurred about 2 am. Oblinger’s wife died February 3. he leaves five daughters and two sons. Separate notes report the death of Chester resident Charles Fox and Selma with Otto Wintgen’s daughter dying from burns.
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William Ohhlinger
Second Avenue
A. O. Tracy
Potie
William Robson
Henry Ewing
Marke
Oblinger
Clara Murray
A. B. Misner
V. BE. McCartney
Akron
Mra. Ll. A. Brackley
Columbus
Late
William
Arrests in Extortion Plot Targeting Busch Heir
Three Filipino men were arrested in St Louis and New Orleans on charges they planned to extort 55000 from Louis A. Hager Jr to thwart a 100000 kidnap scheme against his son Louis III. George Cubano Manuel Lopez and Andrew Haime were implicated and confessed.
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ST. Louis
Louis A. Hager, Jr
Hager
Louis III
August Busch
George Cubano
Manuel C. Lopez
Andrew Haime
New Orleans
Tear Gas Used to Quell 400 Strikers at Racine Plant
Police used tear gas bombs and clubs to rout about 400 workers from the main entrance of the J. J. Case Company plant in Racine Wisconsin as riot erupted during a strike action. Office workers were trying to enter the building when clashes began.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
J. J. Case Company
Waterway Advocates See Treaty Defeat as Postponement
Washington observers say the defeat of the proposed St. Lawrence Waterway treaty should be viewed as a delay rather than a failure of the seaway project. Advocates urge continuing study and future action to advance the development.
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Washington
Republicans to Bury Hatchets At State Rally
In Columbus Ohio a Republican gathering aimed to unite factions for the fall campaign with party harmony as the keynote. Ed Schorr state chairman described the event as a processional push for solidarity. More than 700 potential candidates and workers attended last night’s meeting, with speakers barred today as leaders planned a broader rally expected to draw over 3,000 Republicans at the Columbus Auditorium.
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Republicans
Ohio
Prese
Young Republicans Club of Columbus
The
War Veterans Republican Club
Columbus
Texas Youth Who Shot Man Hangs Himself
Cambridge report identifies 25 year old Marvin Carroll as the son of A D Carroll of Rising Star Texas. He hanged himself in city jail on Feb 24 after a gas station hold up in Butte Montana left the attendant slightly wounded.
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Cambridge
Marvin Carroll
A. D Carroll
Rising Star
Tex
Carroll
Butte, Mont
Ex Police Chief Killed Near New Lexington
Ex Salem police chief T. W. Thompson was killed in an automobile accident on state highway 12 six miles west of Somerset. He rode with present Salem Chief R. M. Staffer and H. V. Robinson, all of Salem, en route to Cincinnati to recover a stolen car.
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New Lexington
T. W. Thompson
Salem
Somerset
Thompson
R. M. Staffer
H. V. Robinson
Cincinnati
Ohio House Committee Defeats County Wide School Tax Plan
In Columbus on March 15 the House Taxation Committee voted 12 to 4 to drop the administration backed 3 percent retail sales tax from its final revenue plan. The panel aims to present a compact tax package to the Legislature when it reconvenes next week, or report no agreement.
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Columbus
U.P
House Taxation Committee
Ohio
Assembly
House Committee
Double shooting in moving car ends in fatal injuries
In Frankfort Kentucky authorities investigated a drive by shooting that left Nathan Gray six, head of the state tax commission automobile department, and his secretary Myrtle McCracklin fatally wounded. Police believe Gray shot McCracklin while driving and then turned the gun on himself as the car overturned.
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Frankfort
Nathan 0. Gray
Automobile Department
The
State Tax Commission
Myrtle McCracklin
Gray
Roosevelt To Spend Vacation in Bahamas
President Roosevelt plans to sail from Miami around March 27 aboard the Astor Yacht Nourmahal for a Bahamas fishing trip. He will spend several days there before returning, as announced by the White House.
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Roosevelt
Bahamas
Washington
Miami
Fla
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Song and Dance Troupe Wiped Out in Accident
A group of performers traveling by car was struck at a crossing in Flint Michigan by a fast freight train. Four killed and two injured including 31 year old twins Harry and Hurle Nay. Lawrence Nay 87 and wife Gladys died later in hospital.
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Mich
U P
Harry
Hurle Nay
Lawrence Nay
Gladys
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