68 000 Automobile Workers Idle As Strike Closes Bodies
The United Automobile Workers strike halts Briggs Manufacturing plants in Detroit and Indiana. About 68 000 workers idle as 26 grievances, including 14 discharges and 12 dockings, trigger shutdowns across De Soto, Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, and Lincoln plants. Federal conciliator James F. Dewey arrives to aid negotiations.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Chrysler Corporation
Lincoln
Ford Motor Company
Briggs
Indiana
L. A. Young Steel and Wire
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
Chrysler
Newcastle
Kokomo
Ind
James F. Dewey
Federal Labor Department
Republic Seeks Damages From Strike Leaders
Republic Steel files a 7.5 million dollar damage suit in federal court against the Congress of Industrial Organizations the Steel Workers Organizing Committee John L. Lewis and Phillip Murray over the 1937 Little Steel strike. It claims 2.5 million in losses plus threefold damages and names hundreds of strikers and officers in Ohio.
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Cleveland
U.P
Republic Steel Corporation Today
Congress of Industrial Organizations
The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Phillip Murray
Youngstown
Warren
Niles
Canton
Massillon
Ohio
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Company
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Indiana Banker Dies Witness
Washington report states Felix McWhirter Indianapolis banker and Republican state finance official testified before the House committee investigating un American activities. He said his inquiries into Jewish connections of prominent persons aimed to obtain factual information for personal satisfaction. He was questioned about a letter to James Erwin Campbell Owensboro Kentucky linked to an anti Semitic campaign intended to counteract a Leftist revolution.
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Washington
Felix McWhirter
Indianapolis
House Committee
McWhirter
James Erwin Campbell
Owensboro
Presbyterians Meet To Discuss War Objections
Cleveland reporters note the Presbyterian Church in the United States opens its 151st general assembly. The group centers on conscientious objection to war and questions of church unity amid debates over policy and eligibility.
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Cleveland
U.P
Presbyterian Church
United States
General Assembly
Knights Elect Deputy Findlay Bellefontaine Man Leads Session
The Ohio State Council of the Knights of Columbus closed its 40th convention after electing John D. King of Bellefontaine as state deputy. The session honored past officers and outlined goals for the coming year.
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Knights
Findlay
U.P
Ohio State Council
the Knights of Columbus
John D. King
Bellefontaine
Girl Struck by Truck Cuts Arm Off Near Tiffin
Miss Dolores Morris 22 of Findlay suffered the loss of her left arm when a truck sideswiped her car on a Findlay to Tiffin trip. Her fiancé Neal B. Bloom of Tiffin drove 25 miles to a Tiffin hospital with Morris clinging to her mangled limb. The couple planned to marry in June despite the injury.
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Tiffin
U.P
Dolores Morris
Miss Morris
Findlay
Neal B. Bloom
Bloom
Protestants Reluctant to Follow Pope on Peace Plan
In London at Westminster Abbey the Archbishop of Canterbury said many Protestants in Europe would resist following any lead by Pope Pius XII toward an international peace conference. He recalled his March speech urging the Pope to unite Christian churches in condemning aggression and seeking peace.
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London
U.P
Canterbury
Westminster Abbey
Europe
Pope Pius
House of Lords
Athens and Meigs County Men Paroled by Board
The state pardon and parole commission granted paroles to 88 prisoners and conditional releases to six others at London State Prison Farm. Among counties listed are Athens Charles Dusenberry for non support on July 1 and Meigs Fred White for non support on September 1.
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Columbus
U.P
London State Prison Farm
Athens
Charles Dusenberry
Meige
Fred White
Royal Couple Heads West After Visiting Quintuplets
King George and Queen Elizabeth travel by royal train through Ontario toward Port Arthur and Fort William after a Toronto reception with Dionne quintuplets. In White River Indian women greet them. quintuplets kiss the Queen during a casual audience before returning to Cal lander.
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Toronto
Queen Elizabeth
O’shaughnessy
Yvonne
Marie
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
ROYAL
King George
Ontario
Port Arthur
Fort William
White River
Quebec
Callander
Dafoe Nursery
UMWA Seeks More Pacts in Harlan County
In Harlan Kentucky the United Mine Workers press for new contracts as about a third of the counties 14 000 miners are under union agreements. A third conference with the Harlan Coal Operators Association aims to end a labor dispute that brought 1250 National Guardsmen. Signing with Harlan-Wallis and Darby coal firms added 1540 workers to union shop coverage bringing total union workers to 5665 across five companies.
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Harlan
U.P
Harlan County
United Mine Workers For America
UMWA
Harlan Coal Operators’ Association
A. B. Chandler
Harlan-Wallis Coal Company
Darby Coal Corporation
Harlan Association
Queen Mother Escapes Injury in Wimbledon Car Crash
Queen Mary mother of King George V escaped injury when her automobile overturned after a collision with another car in the Wandsworth section of Wimbledon just outside London. She will be 72 years old on Friday.
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London
U.P
Mary
George V
Wimbledon
Wandsworth
Youngstown Steel Workers Get Paid Vacations This Year
About 5,000 workers at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co plants will receive paid vacations up to 10 days or vacation pay while remaining at work, announced William B. Gillies vice president of operations.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tubé Co
William B. Gillies
James A. Rosselot Struck by Street Car in Columbus
James A. Rosselot aged 65, a former street car conductor for 27 years, who recently moved to an office job, was killed when struck by a street car on his way to work last evening in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
James A. Rosselot
Spellman Installed as New York Archbishop at St Patrick’s
The Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman aged 50, formerly a Whitman Mass resident and grocer’s son, was installed today at St Patrick’s Cathedral as the sixth archbishop of New York, the church’s wealthiest see.
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New York
Francis J. Spellman
Whitman, Mass
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Man Seriously Hurt In Gallia Auto Collision
Clyde Stepher aged 54 of Thurman remained at Holzer Hospital in serious condition after a car crash in Gallipolis this morning suspected skull fracture noted by authorities.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Clyde Stepher
Thurman
Holzer Hospital
A Ohio merchant hits New Deal at Retailers Forum
Mt. Vernon Ohio merchant John W Rudin told the Retailers National Forum the New Deal promotes class envy and harms successful business leaders. He urged a recovery program including balanced budgets private capital and ending government subsidies. Roosevelt defended New Deal policies in a separate address while outlining deficits as a tool for growth.
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Washington
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
National Forum
Roosevelt
John W. Rudin
Downs-Rudin Company
Andrew Mellon
White House
Little Fellows
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Temporary
National Economic Committee
U S Sub Squalus Sinks Off New England Coast
The U S S Squalus sank off Portsmouth New Hampshire in 240 feet of water. It was believed to carry over 60 crew and officers. Divers were rushed to the scene and the rescue ship U S S Falcon was dispatched from New London.
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Washington
Navy Department
Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Navy Yard
U. S
Provincetown
Mass
U. S. Coast Guard
Paulding
Sculpin
U. S. S. Falcon
New London
Conn
Expect Soviet To Sign With Democracies
London reports and Paris reflections say Soviet Russia and Japan may soon join European anti aggression alliances. Britain weighs a final cabinet decision on a possible Soviet alliance while seeking a formula acceptable to Japan and Moscow without losing leverage.
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London
U.P
Russia
Japan
Paris
Moscow
Rome
Berlin
Italy
Germany
Britain
Great Britain
Three Daytonians Sought in Auto Death
State police held warrants for the arrest of three Dayton residents in connection with the death of 12 year old Victor Poindexter who was struck by a car while riding a bicycle near Lostantville. The driver stopped promised to summon aid but did not return to the scene.
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Muncie
Ind
A.P
Dayton
Victor Poindexter
Lostantville
Strike May Be Used in Battle Over Wagner Act
Francis P. Fenton of the American Federation of Labor warned the Senate labor committee that the AFL might resort to strikes if the Wagner Act fails to deliver justice. He accused the labor board of delays and bias in favor of the CIO and against the AFL, and urged amendments to curb administration shortcomings.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Francis P. Fenton
A. F. of L
Senate Labor Committee
Fenton
Labor Board
Co. I. O
A. F. of T
Bradbury Cooley Family Reunion Held in Gallipolis
12 children and spouses of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bradbury and Mrs. Fannie Symmes Cooley gathered at Perry Bradbury’s home in Kgger Sun day for a picnic dinner and reunion honoring his birthday.
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Gallipolis
C. A. Bradbury
Fannie Symmes Cooley
Lancaster
Perry Bradbury
Kgger
Tornado Kills 3 in Arkansas
A spring tornado in south central Arkansas killed at least three people and injured others. The storm began near England and swept a mile wide path about 30 miles long with heavy rains. At Cummins State Prison Farm near Pine Bluff, guards requested state police to tally missing prisoners after at least ten fled. An empty barracks was demolished with no injuries reported.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.P
Arkansas
England
Here
Cummins State
Pine Bluff
Probe Death of Cook Believed Murder Victim
EAST LIVERPOOL U P Coroner Arnold W Devon reopened his inquiry into the death of 44 year old Salem cook Nicholas Katsikakis after state patrolmen found a blood stained wrench with hairs near the body. Police had been told Katsikakis leaped from a moving auto when he feared a collision.
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East Liverpool
U.P
Arnold W. Devon
Nicholas Katsikakis
Salem Cook
Katsikakis
Muskingum Cooperative Gets Power Line Funds
The Rural Electrification Administration allotted an additional $30,000 to the Guernsey Muskingum Electrical Cooperative of New Concord Ohio for the construction of power lines in Muskingum Guernsey and Noble Counties Ohio.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Guernsey - Muskingum Electrical Cooperative of
New Concord
Muskingum
Guernsey and
Noble Counties
Stratford Inn Fire Destroys Route 23 Lodge
A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Stratford Inn south of town on Route 23 early today. Local fire crews battled the flames but the building could not be saved. No injuries were immediately reported.
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Delaware
U.P
Stratford Inn
Here
Solons Hope To Adjourn By June
Ohio senators and representatives eyed adjournment by May 31 or June 1 amid debates on the general appropriation bill. The bill rose to about 316.85 million with increases for the public employees retirement fund and state salaries, while welfare reforms aim to reallocate relief funds and implement a 50 50 state match. A separate measure passed to curb German American Bund activity. it bans public wearing of foreign uniforms including the Storm Trooper garb.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Frank Whittemore
House
Senate Finance Committee
Portage Lake
House Welfare Committee
Ohio
Leo Ascherman
Cuyahoga
Russia
Taft Warns Spending Hurts Small Business in Radio Speech
Senator Robert A. Taft argued on a national broadcast that a balanced budget is essential and warned that increased government spending and deficits threaten America's future. He said New Deal spending, regulation, and taxes are harming small business much more than large firms.
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Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Washington
U.P
Republican Party
Taft
State Police Hold Pair In Gas Station Robbery
Two Marion men are in custody after a gas station robbery yielded $51. Suspects Paul Wade, 19, and Chester James, 36, were arrested two hours after the crime. James claimed he escaped from a Georgia chain gang a month prior.
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Delaware
Marion
Paul Wade
Chester James
James
M. F. Pinney
Georgia
Man Sentenced to Finish Time for Bad Check Offenses
Lloyd Campfield a 24 year old Vin ton resident is returned to Mansfield Reformatory to serve eight or nine years on a prior bad check conviction. He had been at liberty on parole and offenses involved Athens Gallipolis Jackson Huntington and other places.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Campfield
Vinton
Athens
Jackson
Huntington
Mansfield Reformatory
German playwright Ernst Toller hangs himself in New York
Police report that Ernst Toller the German revolutionary playwright who was deported by the Nazis hanged himself in his Mayflower Hotel suite in New York yesterday.
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New York
Ernst Toller
Mayflower Hotel
Japs Rush Military Aid To Manchukuo Frontier
Japanese advices report reinforcements rushed to the Manchukuo Outer Mongolia border after three days of heavy fighting. A Domei News Agency dispatch from Hsingking describes Mongolians against Manchukuoans with strong aerial fleets engaged near Nomonhan.
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TOKYO
U.P
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Nomonhan
Manchukuo
Domei
Hsingking
Danzig Quiet Incident Declared Liquidated
Warsaw reports Polish and Danzig authorities declared the shooting incident at Kalthof in Danzig territory liquidated. The calm returned and Danzig allowed Polish customs officials to resume posts at Kalthof.
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Danzig
Warsaw
UPR
Kalthof
Pan American Yankee Clipper Inaugurates Trans Atlantic Mail
The flying boat Yankee Clipper arrived from Marseilles to inaugurate regular trans Atlantic air mail service for Pan American Airways.
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Marseilles
Southampton
England
Pan American Airways
Mareseilles
France
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Meigs County
Youngstown Steel
New Deal
Wallace Fearful
Atlantic
Cook
Muskingum Cooperative
Solons
Toller
Manchukuo Frontier
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