Movie Technicians Threaten Stars Over Studio Picket Lines
Hollywood technicians threaten nationwide theater picketing and vow to confront actors crossing picket lines at nine major studios. They deride the Screen Actors Guild for failing to join. producers gain guild terms while actors must join the union to work. About 500 pickets gathered in Los Angeles with broader action planned in major cities.
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Hollywood
WUP
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Charles Lessing
Los Angeles
Lessing
Painters Union
Federation of Motion Picture Crafts
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Trucks Move After Strike Ends in Toledo
Furniture vans, taxed to capacity, began moving again at 5 a m today for the first time in nine days after drivers' strike settlement. About 300 men were involved in the stoppage.
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Toledo
Au.r
Steel Workers Sanction Strike Targets Major Pittsburgh Mills
John L. Lewis and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee authorize a strike at Jones & Laughlin Steel plants in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa unless a collective bargaining contract is signed by Wednesday. The union seeks deals with Bethlehem, National, Republic, and Youngstown Sheet & Tube. strikes authorized at Republic and Youngstown units.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
S.W.O.C
Aliquippa
Bethlehem Steel
National Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Republic
Youngstown
Germany suspends Graf Zeppelin anti South America flights
Berlin reports General Goering ordered all Graf Zeppelin flights to South America suspended pending a German commission report en route to the United States to probe the Hindenburg disaster.
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Berlin
U.P
South America
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
United States
Son Kills Father in Breakfast Shooting in Atlanta
Arthur W Everett aged 52 a government meat inspector was shot and killed at his Atlanta home as he ate breakfast. Police say his 16 year old son Warren confessed that he killed his father claiming the man was attacking his mother with a butcher knife.
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Atlanta
Arthur W. Everett
Warren
Former County Official Woodworth Dies in Columbus
James Edgar Woodworth aged 61 former Athens County treasurer died at White Cross Hospital Columbus after months of illness. Funeral at family home Wednesday at 1 30 pm with calling hours Tuesday evening. Burial in W Union St Cemetery. Survived by wife daughter Melba and siblings Estella Hayden Mable Sanders Alice Sanders Carl Woodworth.
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James Edgar Woodworth
Franklin Ave
Athens County
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
W. Union St
Millfield
Twenty-First Century Furniture Strike Shuts Plants in Grand Rapids
About 700 workers at two Grand Rapids furniture factories walked out demanding a 40 hour week wage increases and recognition of their CIO union The stoppage marks the first major labor dispute in 26 years in the furniture capital.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
U.R
CIO
Refugee Contingent Arrives in Pauillac France
A new group of about 2,000 Basque refugees, many children, arrived today in Pauillac France aboard French merchant ships. The arrival marks another wave of evacuees seeking safety from the Basque region.
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France
Pauillac
Roosevelt Praises Red Cross at Annual Convention
President Roosevelt commended the American Red Cross at its annual convention for its disaster relief during the past two years. Admiral Grayson reported the 1936 Ohio Mississippi floods affected 12 states with 1.45 million people aided and 1,107,000 in 246,095 families registered for aid.
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Roosevelt
Red Cross
Washington
U.P
American Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
The
Aster
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf
Grayson
America
FDR Faces Annual Clash With Congress Over Key Bills
President Roosevelt schedules talks with legislative leaders as Congress and the White House clash over wages and hours, farm relief, tax extensions, executive reorganization, and court expansion. Morgenthau cites debt near 35 billion as stock markets rise cautiously.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
End of Week Accident Toll Tallies 14 in Ohio
Ohio records show at least 14 accidental deaths over the weekend. Victims include Hobart Holcomb 33 of Alice Vinton County killed by a car driven by Glen Washburn Oak Hill High School student near Jackson. Andrew Forkner 63 and Everett Spencer 33 of South Lebanon die in a crash with a loaded iron pipe truck near Morrow Warren County. James Perkins 27 of Akron drowns after his car goes through a mesh fence into the Little Cuyahoga River. Two sailors Joseph Flannigan 48 and John Gillis 41 die after being struck by a train on an Elyria overhead bridge.
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Columbus
U.P
Hobart Holcomb
Alice
Vinton County
Glen Washburn
Oak Hill
Jackson
Andrew J. Forkner
Everett Spencer
South
Lebanon
Morrow
Warren County
James Perkins
Akron
Cuyahoga River
Joseph Flannigan
John Gillis
Mercury
New York Central
Elyria
Seven Boys Killed In Chattahoochee Bus Crash
A school bus carrying 35 Greensboro Florida Future Farmers of America members was sideswiped by a truck near Chattahoochee. Seven boys were killed and many injured while returning from a convention in Marianna. One student, Henry Dones, was reported in critical condition at Florida State Hospital.
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Chattahoochee
Fla
U.P
Greensboro
Florida State Hospital
Henry Dones
Future Farmers of America
Marianna
Rumor-Chasing Under Way In Baumgardner Search
Officers investigate rumors about 22 year old Ruth Elizabeth Baumgardner missing from Ohio Wesleyan University. A Detroit cafe sighting with a man linked to a motion picture firm is unconfirmed, and a Columbus Salvation Army lodging report is false.
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Delaware
Ruth Elizabeth Baumgardner
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Highway Patrol
Miss Baumgardner
Detroit
Akron Officer Killed by Accidental Shot
Akron police veteran Grover C. Bauman, 44, was fatally shot when an apparently unloaded National Guard machine gun discharged at a show. Theodore Brosch, 15, was handling the weapon when the accident occurred, Bauman shot through the neck.
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Akron
U.P
Grover C. Bauman
National Guard
Theodore Brosch
Bauman
Civil War Vet William Hewitt Dies at 94 in Batavia
William Hewitt, 94, Batavia’s last Civil War veteran, died Sunday. He served in the Union Army and lived a long life in the Batavia community.
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Batavia
U.P
William Hewitt
Richard Dix Arrested After Offer to Fight Officers
Hollywood police report veteran actor Richard Dix was taken into custody on a drunkenness charge early today after he offered to fight two officers downtown.
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Hollywood
Richard Dix
Rosendahl Cites Static Sparks as Possible Zep Fire Cause
Admiral Rosendahl testified before the commerce board at Lakehurst that static electricity in airship hulls near thunderstorms could ignite hydrogen but he had no definite cause for the Hindenburg disaster. He noted the ship was landing normally and described the craft as slightly lighter than prior Lakehurst landings.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
U.P
Charles E. Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Commerce Department
Air Station
Hindenburg
Would-Be Car Thief Abandons Vehicle In Disgust
In Nelsonville an alleged thief could not maneuver in reverse and twisted out of a garage, leaving the doctor N Hill’s car stranded on the corner. The car crossed a flower bed bruised a tree damaged the lawn and halted against the house before dawn Sunday, police said.
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Nelsonville
N. Hill
Mussolini Pressed to Push Empire Even At Cost
Rome reports diplomats await Premier Mussolini's next move as Anglo Italian tensions rise after Italy's Ethiopia conquest. Diplomats from Britain the United States and France snubbed the empire anniversary celebration, fueling anxiety over expansionist aims.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Great Britain
United States
France
Devil Dog officer dies by self-inflicted gunshot
U P reports 34 year old United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Russell Schoneberger born in Marietta Ohio committed suicide in Shanghai. He died Sunday from a self inflicted gunshot wound using a revolver. He was residing in Hollywood California.
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Devil Dog’ Suicides
Marietta
Shanghai
U.P
1. S. Marine Corps
Russell Schoneberger
Hollywood
Calif
Ohio
Basque Loyalists Launch Counter Offensive at Bilbao
Basque forces mount a desperate counter-offensive to stop the Nationalist advance toward Bilbao. Loyalist reports say 10,000 Italian troops are aiding the attack led by German planes, while Gen Emilio Mola offers a so called Catholic peace if Basques yield.
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Hendaye
U.P
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Fireman Survives Submerged Swim After Boiler Blast
Morris Liles a 22 year old Cincinnati fireman swam 40 feet under water to reach shore after a boiler explosion on the tow boat Sam P Suit hurled him into the Ohio River. He remained critically burned and semi conscious at Spers Hospital Dayton Ky with recovery deemed doubtful. Captain Clyde Morrow of Huntington W Va the towboat pilot was cut and bruised.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Morris Liles
Sam P. Suit
Ohio River
Spers Hospital
Dayton
Liles
Clyde Morrow
Huntington
W. Va
Relief Chiseler Is Fined Fifty Dollars and Costs
Columbus. Walter Minnis, 29, convicted of making a false statement of his financial condition to relief authorities was fined 50 dollars and costs today in police court. He had been earning 12 dollars a week working in a garage while receiving relief aid.
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Columbus
U.P
Walter Minnis
Minnis
Former Senator Harry S. New Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Harry S. New aged 68, former postmaster general under Harding and Coolidge and former U.S. Senator from Indiana, died of pneumonia Sunday night at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Md.
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Baltimore
U.P
Harry S. New
Harding
Coolidge
U. S&s
Indiana
Johns Hopkins Hospital
W. A. Cameron Dies of Heart Attack at 63 in Athens
William A. Cameron a 63 year old Athens drayman died Sunday evening at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a heart illness. He leaves wife Millie F. Cameron, two daughters Mrs. Freeman Scott and Mrs. Winnie Hutchins, a son James H. Cameron of Muncie, a sister Mrs. Ella Kincaid, brothers Henry and Charles Cameron, and six grandchildren. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Warner.
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William A. Cameron
Athens
Henry
Athens State Hospital
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eagles, Odd Fellows
Red Men
Cameron
Freeman Scott
Winnie Hutchins
James H. Cameron
Muncie
Ind
Ella Kincaid
Bexley
Charles Cameron
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Warner
Piers Fire Threatens Two San Francisco Piers
A blaze swept along a 2000 foot waterfront front in San Francisco endangering two piers as flames raged atop the docks and threatened extensive damage to harbor facilities.
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San Francisco
U.P
Alarm Clock Triggers Radio Bath In Morning Prank
Richard F. Hess a 21 year old Columbia College senior created a self made alarm system that activates his radio and dumps cold water on his face whenever the alarm sounds. The device was designed after repeated warnings from professors.
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New York
U.P
Richard F. Hess
Columbia College
Hess
Merrill and Lambie land near London after New York to London flight
Henry T. Merrill and John S. Lambie completed the first New York to London flight landing at Croydon Airport at 6 39 p m after a brief stop at Northweald Essex The pair hoped to start back Thursday with coronation pictures for New York The twin motored Lockheed Electra averaged about 173 9 mph well over halfway across the Atlantic and carried 1200 gallons of gasoline and 60 gallons of oil
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London
U.P
Henry T
Dick) Merrill
John S. Lamsbie
New York
Croydon
Northweald
Essex
Merrill
Atlantic
Lambie
Floyd Bennett Field
E.S.T
King George VI
Ben Smith
Mike Bergen
Wall Street
Coronation Pictures
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Unionize Ford is UAW Arm
The United Automobile Workers Union claimed 7500 members in Ford plants and said the campaign will intensify to enroll Ford employees after Packard workers ratified a union contract. Richard T. Frankensteen, UAW organizer, told Packard workers the drive would seek an annual living wage for all automobile manufacturers including Henry Ford.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Packard Motor Car Company
Henry Ford
Richard T. Frankensteen
U.A.W
Packard
Mae West May Be Cited for Contempt
Hollywood report says Mae West could face contempt for refusing to confirm her marriage to Frank Wallace in Milwaukee 26 years ago. In private talks she mocked the idea of an 1911 marriage and declined to testify in a deposition hearing. Wallace’s lawyer said a contempt citation would be requested.
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Hollywood
U.P
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
Wallace
Avery M. Blount
King George and Queen Elizabeth Rehearse Coronation at Westminster Abbey
King George and Queen Elizabeth surprised Westminster Abbey with a dress rehearsal for Wednesday's coronation. Crowds surged past weak barriers as the royal party took part in only part of the ceremony. The event drew representatives from empire and world nations, with a Buckingham Palace banquet planned for 450 guests.
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Webb Miller
United Press
London
George
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
Duke of Norfolk
Rachel Howard
Buckingham Palace
James W. Gerard
John J. Pershing
Edward VIII
Prince Charming
England
Great Britain
Empire
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