Sit-Down Strikes Halt Work In General Motors Plants
Sit down strikers occupied two General Motors plants in Detroit forcing closures at Pontiac body factory Fisher Body and Cadillac foundry. Cadillac Detroit and Pontiac Pontiac plants also shut due to material shortages, with the Pontiac strike marking the second in three days and the company calling the actions unauthorized by the union. The UAW and CIO affiliate face strained relations as talks continue.
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General Motors
Detroit U.P
General Motors Corporation
Giant Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
Pontiac
Fisher Body Co
G. M
Cadillac Motor Car Co
Detroit
Pontiac Motor Car Co
Mich
Movie Producer's Home Burglary Reported in Hollywood
Police report a $20,000 burglary at the mansion of Louis D. Lighton a motion picture producer. Jewelry furs and silver were stolen along with an expensive automobile owned by George Templeton a fellow producer and Lightons friend. Lighton works for Paramount and recently made Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
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Hollywood
U.P
Louis D. Lighton
George Templeton
Lighton
Paramount Studio
United States Considers Reciprocal Trade Pact With Britain
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced the United States contemplates negotiating a reciprocal trade agreement with Great Britain. The move marks the most significant step since trade negotiations began nearly four years ago. Britain is described as the U.S. best customer and influential in global commerce and politics.
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Washington
U.S
Cordell Hull
United States
Great Britain
Truck driver injured as train strikes trailer near Marietta
Roy Mason aged 34 of Urbana was injured when his northbound trailer was struck by a train on the Ohio River Division near Marietta today.
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Marietta
Roy Mason
Urbana
Here
Robbery at Logan Beer Parlor Near Main Street
A man armed with a pistol robbed Chester Appleman at the Apple man beer parlor on Main Street around 1 am. He demanded $35 to $50 from the cash register, then ordered Appleman to lie under a steam table for 15 minutes before fleeing east in a car, with another man possibly in the vehicle.
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Logan
Chester Appleman
Appleman Beer Parlor
Main St
Appleman
Measure To Be Objective By Christmas
Washington dispatch reports Congress debates a farm bill and tax reform amid filibusters over the anti lynching bill. Senate leaders push for action before Christmas while Bailey urges broad tax relief and labor measures spark House reactions amid economic pressure.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Josiah Bailey
Med
House
Bailey
Paris Denies Japan Ultimatum Demanding Arms Stop
The foreign office issued an official denial to reports that Japan had issued an ultimatum demanding France halt arms shipments to China. No further details were provided.
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PARIS
U.P
Foreign Office
Japan
France
China
Girl Dies in Hunting Accident Near Lancaster
Mildred Byers, 17, of Lancaster, was killed when a rifle discharged while she rested it on the ground during a hunting trip 15 miles southwest of Lancaster. Her brother Melvin, 19, was with her and reported the accidental discharge to the coroner.
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Lancaster
U.P
Mildred Byers
Here
Melvin
J. D. Dupler
WPA relief rolls show small October increase in recession
WPA statistics indicate October relief payments rose slightly for four weeks ending October 30, with 27,190 more recipients than the prior four weeks. The October rise contrasts with 1936 drought driven gains, and total government aid at month end reached 1,964,089 including CCC and road bureau workers.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bucreau
What No Liverwurst Case Heads to Jury
New York jury deliberates in a libel suit over whether Charles A. Stiff can claim 250000 for alienation of affections after his wife stopped packing liverwurst in his lunch. He accuses Oscar Douglas Jr, a chain store executive, of stealing his wife’s affections.
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New York
U.P
Charles A. Stiff
Stiff
Oscar Douglas, Jr
Mrs. Stiff
Attorneys To Be Called in Utilities Trial in Tennessee
In Chattanooga utilities press their case before three federal judges challenging the Roosevelt era TVA power program as unconstitutional and in direct private competition. Duke Power Company argues the Public Works Administration aims to force rate cuts regardless of legal justification.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
U.P
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Florence Allen
John D. Martin
John J. Gore
TVA
U. S. Supreme Court
Duke Power Company
Public Works Administration
Escape gang member Geary believed trapped in Syracuses dragnet
Syracuse police tighten a citywide net for Percy Geary the last of the O Connell kidnapers at large after John Oley and Harold Crowley were captured without resistance. Geary escaped by leaping from a window of a rooming house while Ivan Whiteford the janitor who supplied food to the trio earned a $6000 reward.
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Syracuse
N. Y
A.P
Percy
Angel Face
Oley
Crowley
Geary
Ivan Whiteford
Labor Leader Shot to Death in Minneapolis Bryn Mawr
Patrick J. Corcoran a 45 year old prominent Northwest labor leader was killed by a gunman late Wednesday near his Bryn Mawr home in Minneapolis. His son said his father had been slugged last Saturday and warned a shot might come. Cedric Adams of The Minneapolis Star reported a tip foretelling the assassination but would not name the source.
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Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Patrick J. Corcoran
Bryn Mawr
Patrick Corcoran
Cedric Adams
Minneapolis Star
Adams
Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Self in Maumee Home
Harry Haudenschild, 50, and his wife Ouella, 48, were found shot to death in their Maumee suburb home. A note on a neighbor’s door indicated a death pact due to unmanageable financial troubles.
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Toledo-U.p
Harry Haudenschild
Maumee
Haudenschild
Ouella
Knisley Files Nominating Petitions For State Treasurer
Columbus Ohio state treasurer Clarence H. Knisley today filed nominating petitions in seeking re election for 1938. The move marks Knisley’s bid to return to the treasury post amid ongoing political activity in Columbus.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Knisley
Air Raid Widow in Lerida mourns dead husband and 120 victims
A grieving widow kneels beside her husband’s body and pleads for a sign he lives. The Lerida air raid on the Aragon front in Spain left 120 dead, including 50 children, marking a deep wound in the town.
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Lerida
Aragon Front
Spain
Jury calls for strict regulation of labor unions
New Yorks rackets grand jury urges enactment of laws to govern all labor organizations after a seven month probe. It cites factional strife within unions as a key disturbance and urges government supervision of union funds and disbursements to protect workers and the public.
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New York
U.P
Grand Jury
Ask Yanks To Leave Nanking
The American Embassy advised all Americans in Nanking to evacuate as the Chinese government prepared to depart. There were 57 Americans, including 19 women and one child, with many heading to Shanghai or Hankow as U.S. gunboats Luzon Guam Oahu moved on the river to support operations.
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Nanking
U.P
Shanghai
Hankow
United States
Luzon
Guam
Oahu
New Compensation Rule Affects Small Employers
Ohio announces a rule requiring small employers with fewer than three workers to contribute to unemployment funds if they hire a third worker even briefly. Fred L. Biechele, executive director, stated the rule applies to the entire payroll for the year.
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Columbus
Fred L. Biechele
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Fund
Welfare fund claim filed in Steubenville court
The Union Building and Loan Association asks the common pleas court to determine the legal claimants of a World War welfare fund totaling $18 726 held in their vault since 1917.
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Steubenville
Union Building and Loan Association
Common Pleas Court
Well-digging man buried. 30 neighbors rescue Denman
William Denman aged 54 was buried to the neck when the top of a well he was digging caved in near Mansfield. Residents, 30 neighbors, carried him clear and freed him. He was rescued unharmed and treated at the scene.
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Mansfield
U.P
William Denman
Labor Racketeering Probe Opens in Cleveland
Witnesses from a dozen cities testify before the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury in Cleveland as part of a labor racketeering investigation. Officials allege union leaders shook down workers for tribute while Eliot Ness and undercover investigators wrapped a separate six month probe into blackmail in Cleveland's building industry.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cuyahoga County
Safety
Eliot Ness
G-man
Ness
Fire Scarred Walls Ordered Torn Down
Demolition of the fire scarred walls of two downtown buildings destroyed by a $500,000 blaze was ordered by city building regulation superintendent George Matson. Firemen kept watering the smoldering ruins as the walls posed a hazard to pedestrians and traffic was detoured for blocks.
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Columbus
U.P
George Matson
Final Arguments Presented By Attorneys In Fowler Case
Attorneys for Roscoe Fowler rested after calling expert witnesses challenging the states version of Williamson death. Ohio State surgeons testified the fatal blow likely left no scalp mark and that Williamson could not have walked far unconscious after such an injury, supporting the defense’s doubt of the prosecution’s narrative. The case adjourned to rebuttal and closing arguments.
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John W. Means
Ohio State University
Harry FE. LeFever
Columbus
Williamson
Fagles Club
Pomeroy
Both United
Willamson
Holzer Hospital
Curtis Reed
Dr. LeFever
le Fever
Food poisoning scare hits 22 Western Reserve students
Food eaten at a Cleveland restaurant near the campus is believed to have poisoned 22 Western Reserve University students, including four football players, as city inspector Frank Brown analyzes samples. Delegates to the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's nineteenth annual meeting open in Columbus with a push for a broad national and state agriculture program.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Frank Brown
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Fowler Murder Trial Hearings Conclude Closing Arguments
State's Attorney Manning G. Webster argued that the Delaware County case ties together to prove Roscoe Fowler's guilt after testimony from Hogan and other defense counsel contended the state offered flimsy evidence. Webster cited Williamson's dying statement naming Fowler and described medical testimony on skull fracture and unconsciousness, while Hogan assailed the state's case and questioned motive and reliability of witnesses with a verdict expected after Judge Acton's charge.
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Henry Cherrington
L. Crarg Davis
Fred Crow
D. Curtis Reed
Frank Acton
Webster
Fowler
Eagles
Lafe Williamson
Williamson
Dr. Holzer
Annette Ashworth
Marcella Hodge
Hogan
Holzer
Meigs County
Roscoe Fowler
L. Crary Davis
Lenore Giles
A. A. Wilson
Charseston
W. Va
Charles E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Turkeys Ordered for CCC Thanksgiving Anniversary
Washington reports the Civilian Conservation Corps will receive 500000 pounds of turkey for its fifth anniversary celebration. The CCC has about 300000 members and the provision highlights a large federal food distribution.
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Washington
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Woman wed to killer two years later charged in murder
In Saint George Utah a widow who married Charles Bosshard two years after her first husband Spencer Malan disappeared is linked to his death. Bosshard and the woman's brother George Schaeffer are jailed on murder charges after Malan was found dead in a well on the Bosshard ranch following a party. The case hinges on a reported confession and a wall collapse revealing the body void.
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ST. George
Tah
Charles Bosshard
Spencer Malan
Malan
Bosshard
George Schaeffer
Bosshard Ranch
Schaeller
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