Lewis Talks Peace With Auto Official
In Lansing and Washington reports, John L. Lewis and Walter P. Reuther met to end a Chrysler strike that idled nine plants and left about 60 000 workers idle. Gov Frank Murphy arranged the Lansing talks while Congress moves toward federal action, with a formal plan expected after Roosevelt's Warm Springs visit.
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Lansing
Mich
John L. Lewis
Walter P
Bte
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Detroit Labor Tensions Ease During Capitol Talks
Police and Chrysler executives await outcomes as mass meetings in Lansing reveal no violence at Cadillac Square. Hom er Martin demands Henry Ford negotiate with organized workers while Chrysler rejects trade for strikers release and asserts law enforcement limits.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Michigan
al- Cadillac Square
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers Union
Henry Ford
Cadillac Square
UAW
Dust storm linked illness name per pharmacist
Charlies T Barnam a pharmacist states inhalation during a dust storm can cause choking and coughing identified as pneumonoultram icroscopic silico volcanosis in medical terms. The report notes the term encompasses lung damage from inhaled silica dust.
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Charlies T. Barnam
British Move to Curb Press Attacks on Mussolini
London authorities acted to restrain British newspapers and news agencies from publishing material likely to inflame Mussolini as tensions rise over Italy's stance in Spain and potential Ethiopian echoes. The cabinet and non intervention committee met to discuss the Italian situation and a coast guard plan.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Mungiolini
Spain
Committee On Non-Intervention
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Child Killed as Auto Strikes Bumgardner in Mason City
Four-year-old Jackie Bumgardner was killed Monday near his home in upper Mason City West Virginia after running into the road. He suffered multiple injuries including broken limbs and a fractured skull. Driver James Phillips of Hartford City WV swerved to avoid him but struck the child.
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Pomeroy
Jackie Bumgardner
Upper Mason City
W. Va
George Bumgardner
James Phillips
Hartford City
Kiwanians Told Glouster Coal Will Provide 50 Year Supply
Oral Daugherty of the Sunday Creek Coal Co. told Kiwanis Club members at Hotel Gordon that Glouster coal suffices for 50 years at current output. He urged continued coal mining cooperation, warned against non union operations, and urged Ohio to buy Ohio coal to boost local markets. He criticized city plans for an oil burning plant and noted Ohio cities rely on foreign coal.
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Kiwanians
Glouster
Oral Daugherty
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gordon
Sunday Creek Valley
Ugherty
Ohio
Daugherty
Sale of Bridge at Belpre Nears
Columbus Ohio Bridge Commission chairman Nick Stevens said acquisition of the Parkersburg Belpre toll bridge across the Ohio River is a probability in the next weeks. The commission awaits finalizing minor negotiations before purchasing the structure for 1 250 000 from the Parkersburg Community Bridge Co.
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Columbus
O.R
Nick Stevens
Oak Harbor
Ohio Bridge Commission
Parkersburg-Belpre
Ohio River
Stevens
Parkersburg Community Bridge Co
Counties Pay State or Lose Tax Income
Governor Davey approved two bills. One allows the state to withhold sales tax distributions from counties starting in 1938 if counties owe the state for care of wards or fail to arrange payment. The other authorizes Boards of Education to borrow money in anticipation of Public School Fund distributions.
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Columbus
Ol.r
Davey
Davis
Boards of Education
Girl Clings to Fireman in 60-Foot Fall Tragedy
In Cleveland a 13 year old girl Catherine Gloor clung to firefighter William Volkman as both plummeted 60 feet during an apartment fire. Volkman survived with injuries and was hospitalized with possible back and skull fractures while the girl died at the scene.
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Cleveland
U.P
Catherine Gloor
William Volkman
Trial Begins In West Virginia Killing Case
Huntington court case of 41 year old Charles Baldwin charged with killing his socially prominent mother Mrs Juliette B Enslow was set for jury deliberation later today in a Thuredey session expected to end with a verdict by 12 jurors.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Charles Baldwin
Juliette B. Enslow
Thuredey
Boy Suggests National Memorial Dime Drive
Nine year-old Tommy O Connor of Ambridge Pennsylvania proposes that every school child in the United States give a dime for a memorial to the victims. He writes to a Pittsburgh newspaper editor saying Here is my dime to start with.
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Ambridge
U.P
Tommy O'Connor
Pittsburgh
Income Tax Shortfall Strains Roosevelt Budget Outlook
Washington officials said March income tax receipts lagged estimates, boosting the 1937 deficit by at least 150 million dollars and threatening the 1938 technical budget balance. Roosevelt and New Deal leaders urged avoiding new taxes this session, while statisticians warned other treasury estimates may also be too high.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Matty
Treasury
Goering Demands New Territory for German Economic Needs
Berlin reports Col. Gen. Hermann Goering urged other nations to cede territory to Germany to secure vital resources and ensure economic independence for the Reich. The statement emphasizes expansion as essential to Germany's future.
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Berlin
U.P
Hermann Goering
Germany
Kidnapper of Heir Commits Suicide in Jail
In Buenos Aires police report Joe Gan cedo, who confessed to kidnapping two year old Eugenio Pereyra Iraola heir to a large cattle fortune, died by suicide during a jail raid today.
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Buenos, Aires
U.2
Joe Gancedo
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola
Princeton U Head Attacks Court Change
Princeton University President Harold W. Dodds told the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan is a scheme to control the court. He warned that enlarging the Supreme Court would threaten constitutional government and judicial restraint.
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Washington
U.R
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton University
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Dodds
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Mrs. Joe Walker Dies At Home Near Athens
Mrs. Joe S. Walker aged 48 died Tuesday evening at her Ath ens Route 4 home after a brief illness. She lived in the Athens area most of her life and belonged to Canaan Grange Methodist Church Rebeah and Mac cabee Lodges. She is survived by her husband three daughters Lorraine Walker Athens Mrs. George N. Smith Athens and Mrs. C N McFarland Columbus. three sisters Mrs. Frank Thornton Ath ens Mrs. Walter Hartley and Mrs Beatrice Preston Columbus. and one brother Thamel Heath Linton Ind. Private funeral services will be at ten Thursday morning at the home with burial in W Union St Cemetery.
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Joe S. Walker
Athens Route 4
Athens
Canaan Grange
Methodist Church
Rebeah and Maccabee Lodges
Walker
Lorraine Walker
George N. Smith
C. N. McFarland
Columbus
Frank Thornton
Walter Hartley
Beatrice Preston
Thamel Heath
Linton
Ind
W. Union St
Boulder topples from Pomeroy cliff near church
Residents awoke Tuesday to rumbling sounds mistaken for an earthquake. A roughly 40 ton boulder fell from the William Downie residence bluff at Second Street, loosening nearby trees and stones and causing prior damage to Simpson M. E. Church.
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Pomeroy Cliff
Pomeroy
Second St
William Downie
Simpson M. E
17 Day-Old Cuts Teeth In Mansfield
17-day old Jean Kay Frasher daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Frasher of Mansfield is cutting teeth already.
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Mansfield
A.P
Jean Kay Frasher
Ray Frasher
Tragic 3-Year-Old Falls 40 Feet Near Minersville Home
Donald E. Roush aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denner Roush, fell about 40 feet from a cliff behind their Minersville home near the Zahl filling station. County officials say almost all bones were broken. His mother found the crushed body after a search. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the family home, conducted by Reverend Morrison of the M. E. Church.
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Pomeroy
Donald E. Roush
Denner Roush
Minersville
Zahl
Roush
Morrison
M. E. Church
Raven High students form Roosevelt For King club
Youngstown reports Raven High School students forming a Roosevelt For King club after several meetings they issue proclamations naming Franklin as King and Emperor with Eleanor as Consort. The group claims members may wear crowns to support F D R in royal power in America following the death of the late Supreme Court.
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Youngstown
U.R
Raven High School
Yale
Roosevelt For King
Franklin I
Eleanor
F.D.R
America
Supreme Court
Woman Victor In Fight With Crazed Man In Uptown NY
Elizabeth Marans a 38 year old pianist con valescing from abrasions bruises and shock survived a 15 minute clash with Al Sylvester a 30 year old handyman in her uptown Manhattan apartment He struck her tried to kill her they wrestled she talked him into leaving after offering him his $4 payment and promising to see him again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NW York
U.A
Elizabeth Marans
Manhattan
al Sylvester
Sylvester
Mayors Attack PWA Proposal
Washington U P A policy would fund relief workers' wages only, a move the U S Conference of Mayors denounces as a polite way to kill the PWA. The program nears end unless new funds are requested, with speculation of a broader federal heavy construction plan.
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Washington
U.P
Public Works Administration
U. S. Conference of Mayors
PWA
Department of Public Works
Roosevelt
Coal Conference in New York Resumed
Negotiations between the United Mine Workers of America and soft coal operators in Appalachian districts were postponed to 2 p m today due to operator representative L T Putman being delayed returning from Beckley West Virginia The conference opened February 17 with 300 miners and operators and adjourned last Friday without conclusions.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
L. T. Putman
Beckley
W. Va
Lewis
Ickes' Son Held in Car Accident Inquiry
Martins Ferry dispatch says Robert Ickes 23 son of Harold L. Ickes was held at Wheeling request after admitting he drove the automobile that seriously injured Charles Borchart 46 in Wheeling Monday night. Ickes planned to report the accident here and had been fined last week for reckless driving.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
Robert Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Wheeling
W. Va
Ickes
Charles Borchart
Young Ickes
Pittsburgh
Yorkville Mill
Ohio WPA employment rises after six weeks of decline
Ohio workers saw WPA employment increase for the first time in six weeks, reversing a prior downturn. Officials attributed the uptick to new job programs and seasonal demand, with several counties reporting higher allocations and active projects underway.
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Columbus
U.P
WPA
Ohio
Lima Hospital guard discharged for abusing patient
Otto Seppler testified at a habeas corpus hearing that asylum guards’ brutality caused fear at the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Dr. R E Bushong said guard Daniel J Williams was discharged for striking a patient with a rasor strop.
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Lima
U.A
Otto Seppler
Toledo
Ohio
Leroy Beard
Hillsboro
Lima State Hospital
Columbus
U.P
Daniel J. Willams
Lima Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Williams
Former inmate testifies guards beat Beard at Lima Hospital
Seppler, a former Lima Hospital inmate, testified he saw guards kick Beard and one guard step on his face after Beard fell unconscious. He described the solitary confinement cell as inhuman. Superintendent Dr. Bushong denied the charge, saying guards may strike only in self defense or extreme emergencies and that solitary confinement is needed for violent patients.
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Seppler
Lima Hospital
Beard
R. E. Bushong
Explosion on Fijian Forces Crew to Desert Ship
A radio from the Panamanian freighter Fijian reports a terrific explosion in the forward hold. Captain Alfred Parker and 40 crewmen abandoned ship for lifeboats. Most crew members were Orientals. no passengers aboard.
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Honolulu
T. H
Alfred Parker
Street Car Strike Averted in Columbus
A threatened Columbus street car and bus operators strike was canceled after union officials and company heads agreed to negotiate before the 2 a.m. deadline.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey Confident in Legislature on Tax Crisis
Governor Davey said the tax relief program was disrupted by Tuesday’s defeats but would not veto the issue, stating the Legislature must solve its own problem and expressing concern about April 15. The House defeated Zablotny Bill 110 to 14.
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Columbus
Davey
General Assembly
House
Dee
Ohio Chamber Opposes New State Taxes Plan
Directors of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce reiterated opposition to new taxes. They urged balancing the budget, collecting $182 million in delinquent taxes, tightening sales tax collection, targeting relief to the needy, reducing old age pensions, and cutting a proposed five million dollar state building commission program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House Crashes City Relief Plan With Crushing Defeat
The opposition bill to let counties bear half relief costs by a $3 automobile tax and a levy on liquor and beer permits failed decisively. Gov. Davey warned money for relief would run out by April 15, urging action or risk of relying on city tax powers under home rule.
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J. Zablotny
Cuyahoga
House
Jacob Davis
Pike
Davey
Senate
Finance Committee Approves Parental Education Bill
The Waldvogel bill proposes a 7 million dollar parent child education fund in 1937 and 1938 to aid families with children in non state funded schools. Grants of 10 to 15 cents per day would go to parents for up to 180 days of schooling without state support.
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Columbus
U.P
John Taylor
Columbiana
Boards of Education
Aly
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