Roosevelt Eyes Breakthrough in AFL CIO Peace Talks
Washington reports a senior official says Roosevelt may push peace talks between AFL and CIO before spring. Both sides seek an honorable settlement and urge no outside interference, while disputes over jurisdiction and leadership loyalties challenge unity efforts.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
CIO
Organ—3D Labor
Houston
Pittsburgh
United Press
Holt Attacks WPA Cuts as Favoritism Revealed
Senator Holt reveals in a mailed letter that WPA reductions fall largely on project workers while supervisors and higher paid staff escape. He cites Raymond O. Lewis, brother of CIO leader John L. Lewis, with a $900 raise since 1936 and relief workers earning $439 less than Lewis.
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Washington
U.P
Holt
W. Va
Raymond O. Lewis
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
Daladier Claims France Strike Failure Amid Public Service Reforms
Premier Edouard Daladier said the 24 hour general strike failed with about 1 000 000 strikers still at work and 1 000 arrested. He announced plans to press on with decree powers while violence was limited to Lille and port cities as public services remained largely operational.
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Paris
U.P
Edouard Daladier
Leon Jouhaux
General Labor Federation
France
Daladier
Marseilles
Lille
Ministry of Interior
Munich
Great Britain
Rioters Storm Exclusive Club In Kansas City
A 700 strong mob stormed the Kansas City Club as strike sympathy protests spread. Police used tear gas and night sticks to disperse the crowd. eight demonstrators were arrested with no injuries reported and theatergoers added to the scene.
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Kansas City
American Federation of Labor
Oldest Eastern Star Patron Tobias Weinstein Dies at 95
Tobias Weinstein aged 95, the oldest known past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star in the United States, died yesterday at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield.
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Springfield
U.P
Tobias Weinstein
Order of Eastern Star
United States
Ohio Masonic Home
Sawyer Sees Democratic Return in Ohio 1940
Charles Sawyer former Ohio governor candidate predicts the Democratic party will regain power in Ohio in 1940 amid post election analysis.
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Sawyer
Washington
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Wildcat strike idles 21 thousand at Plymouth Briggs plants
A wildcat walkout by United Automobile Workers at the Plymouth and Briggs body plants shuts both plants, leaving about 13 000 workers at Plymouth and 7 000 at Briggs idle. Chrysler warns up to 21 000 could be affected if unresolved. no Briggs dispute reported.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Briggs
The
Automobile Company
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Chrysler
Plane Flies From Berlin To Tokyo in Two Days
The German four motor Condor completed a speed test from Berlin to Tachikawa Airport in about two days, aiming to cut the Berlin Tokyo journey from six days to four. The plane previously flew Berlin to New York last August.
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Berlin
Tokyo
U.P
Condor
Tachikawa
New York
Bank head dies in Columbus at 65
Leslie P. McCullough president of Buckeye State Building and Loan Co. in Columbus died of a heart ailment at age 65. He was a Perry County native.
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Columbus
Leslie P. McCullough
The
Buckeye State Building & Loan Co
Perry County
Teacher’s Premonition Saves Pupils From Collapsing Ceiling
In Joplin Missouri Miss Dollie Beard a 60 year old primary teacher led 34 pupils from her classroom before a plaster and metal lath ceiling collapsed causing desks and table legs to be driven through the floor. Engineers cite faulty construction as the likely cause while the teacher credits a premonition and providence.
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Joplin
Dollie Beard
Roosevelt Maps New Legislative Program For 1939
President Roosevelt shifts focus from international tensions to a broad domestic agenda to be sent to Congress on January 3. He plans expanded national defense spending over 500 million dollars beyond current outlays and will meet with Speaker Bankhead to outline the program. Earlier talks with Rep. Marvin Jones covered the cotton price situation and agriculture policy.
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Warm Springs
Tu.p
Roosevelt
Hugh Wilson
Germany
William Phillips
Italy
Washington
Congress
William Bankhead
Bankhead
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Traffic fatalities drop 23 percent in October nation wide
The National Safety Council reports 3130 traffic deaths in October, a 23 percent drop from a year earlier. Providence Rhode Island led large cities with a 71 percent decline, while Columbus Ohio followed with a 63 percent decrease.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Providence
R. I
Columbus
Hopkins Cancels Order To Cut 7 000 Off WPA
WASHINGTON U P Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins cancelled orders to remove 7 000 workers from New York City relief rolls. He said reductions in WPA rolls would be achieved by absorption of workers by private industry.
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Hopkins
Washington
U.P
Works Progress
Harry Hopkins
New York City
Peace talks fail as stockyard strike expands embargo
Chicago reports that an embargo on all livestock shipments to the Union Stock Yards was ordered by exchange president Charles R. Rice after talks with strike leaders. About 400 workers seek a written contract, closed shop, checkoff, paid vacations, overtime pay, and concessions for 65 percent of members. Negotiations paused until Monday.
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Chicago
U.P
Exchange
Charles R. Rice
Packing House Workers Organization
Congress For Industrial Organizations
Two Survive Plane's Crash Into Pacific
San Francisco report says five died when a United Air luxury liner crashed in the Pacific near Point Reyes. Only Isadore Edelstein and Capt. Charles Baldwin Stead survived after landing ashore. investigators note others could have lived if they had done the same. Edelstein, paroled twice from life terms, was en route to Los Angeles before heading to Honolulu and had pledged to leave the U.S. for good.
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San Francisco
U.P
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Pacific Ocean
Isadore Edelstein
Charles Baldwin Stead
United Air Luxury
Point Reyes
Edelstein
Clarence D. Martin
Washington
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Martin
United States
Donahey Threatens To Adjourn TVA Probers
In Washington the Tennessee Valley committee debated TVA land purchase costs causing an angry clash. Chairman Vic Donahey threatened to adjourn hearings as Republicans Jenkins and Wolverton pressed that title clearance by the attorney general was required before the 850000 tract purchase.
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Washington
U.P
Tennessee Valley Investigating Committee
Vic Donahey
TVA
Republican House
Thomas Jenkins
Charles Wolverton
N. J
Daveys To Move From Mansion Before Jan 9
Governor and Mrs. Martin L. Davey will vacate the executive mansion several days before the January 9 inauguration to allow Governor elect and Mrs. John W Bricker to move in. Mrs. Myrna Smith said the Daveys will likely return to their Kent home at least a week before the inauguration.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Myrna Smith
Daveys
Kent
Nazi Blackshirts Attack Roosevelt in Derogatory German Editorial
Das Schwarze Korps, organ of the Elite Blackshirt Guards, warned that any Jew driven attack on a German official would trigger extermination of Jews in Germany. The piece targets Roosevelt, calls Americans joy drunk, and parodies U S reactions with a full page Roosevelt image amid lynching photos.
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Berlin
U.P
Das Schwarze Korps
Blackshirt Guards
Germany
Roosevelt
New York Daily News
United States
Russia
Way For Davey To Get Confirmations Before Leaving Office
Columbus AP reports parliamentary experts propose using a July 24 1937 pro roguing plan to reconvene the 92nd General Assembly for confirmations. If Governor Davey secures a quorum with Senate allies the confirmations could occur before the lame duck session ends. Rumors also touch a potential fourth special session on school financing for December 15 if Senate backing returns.
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Columbus
A.P
State House
Davey
92Nd General Assembly
Senate
Irish Factions In New Clash
Belfast reports show border closures between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State after a night of terrorism and attacks on customs posts. No casualties were reported as dynamite damaged customs houses on the Northern Ireland side. Nationalist members of the Northern Ireland Parliament passed a resolution likening the Northern government to Fascist regimes.
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Belfast
Ireland
U.P
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Doubts on Constitutionality of Ohio Wage Hour Law
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce issued a manual to help employers understand the new wage hour law while expressing doubt about its constitutionality. The guide asserts that until the Supreme Court rules, all provisions should be considered constitutional.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
Borah Warns Against Aggressor Action Amid Neutrality Debate
Senator Borah warns the United States against moves against aggressor nations as reports surface of proposed neutrality act amendments. He says such terms have dubious history and would hinder Congress. Senator Holt calls for a thorough review of the national defense program amid administration criticism.
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Washington
Sen. Borah
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
State Department
Borah
Congress
Sen
Holt
W. Va
Asia
Healers’ Mrs Volstad Convicted Over Refused Care
Mrs Lillian Volstad was convicted of manslaughter by a Los Angeles court for refusing medical care for her son Francis after a burst appendix led to his death. She declined to take him to the hospital, relying on “divine care.”
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Lillian Volstad
Los Angeles
Francis
Monoxide Fatal To Woman at Marietta
Marietta reports the death of Frances Lansley nine after inhaling carbon monoxide from an automobile exhaust in her garage. Firemen attempted revival with an inhalator after she returned home with toys for the American Legion Christmas project.
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Marietta
Frances Lansley
George Lansley
American Legion
Czechs Elect High Court Official to Presidency
PRAGUE Czechoslovakia UP Dr Emil Hacha president of the high court of administration was elected president of Czechoslovakia today Hacha succeeds Eduard Benes who resigned after Czechoslovakia surrendered territory to Germany
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Emil Hacha
High Court of Administration
Hacha
Eduard Benes
Germany
Nervous bandit robs Cleveland mail carrier and workers
A neatly dressed man with a trembling hand robbed a mail carrier and eight Ohio Loan & Discount Co. employees in Cleveland. The bandit fled with 2500 dollars in cash and 4000 dollars in diamonds.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio Loan & Discount Co
Sunday Movies Probed as Officials Fined
In Cambridge the Cort Theater manager Dan Gilhula and three workers were ordered by a court to pay $50 each for violating a Sunday movie ordinance. The fines stem from breaching Sunday theater restrictions.
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Cambridge
Dan Gilhula
Cort Theater
Two Convicted As Nazi Spies Face 20 Years
New York report states Johanna Hofmann, 27, a former hairdresser, and Otto Hermann Voss, 39, a Seversky Aircraft mechanic, were found guilty of spying for Nazi Germany and face up to 20 years in prison. Erich Glaser, 28, awaits verdict as jurors continue deliberations.
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New York
Farmingdale
Long Island
Army
Erich Glaser
Army Air Corps
Madmen Are Re-Captured After Stockton Fire
Stockton Calif police American Legion members highway patrolmen and citizens rounded up most of 50 half naked dangerously insane patients who fled the Stockton Home for the Insane after a morning fire. Sheriff Odell said order was restored with 20 captured on a freight train and one in Sacramento after fleeing in a taxi.
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Stockton
Calif
U.R
American Legion
Harvey Odell
Odell
Sacramento
Screen Stars Flee to Island to Escape Fans
Tyrones Power and Annabella seek privacy on Pleasure Island in Brazil after crowds besieged their hotel. Island owner Darrie De Mattos lent the refuge to the stars to escape fans and enjoy a vacation away from movie society.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.P
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Tropical Pleasure Island
Darrie de Mattos
Impounded Ballots Ordered in Pike County Contest
Secretary of State William J. Kennedy ordered detention of ballots in Pike County today pending resolution of the congressional election contest in the Sixth District.
Bricker Urges Total Change in State Highway Dept
Governor elect John W. Bricker called for a complete personnel overhaul of the state highway department, saying a non partisan board is less essential. He noted several candidates are under consideration for highway directorship and hinted at another cabinet appointment to be announced tomorrow.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Highway Department
Bricker
Convict to Die Tonight in Ohio Penitentiary
Fred Mosley a 45 year old Canterbury farmer will be executed by electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary this evening for the murder of his wife Philia aged 40 on March 31 in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Fred Mosley
Centerbury
Farmer
Ohio
Philia
Kerensky refutes Coughlin charges on Jewish role in Russian Revolution
Alexander Kerensky, former vice-president of Russia's provisional government, rejects Father Charles Coughlin’s claim that Jews led or dominated the revolution. He asserts there were Jews among participants but no Jewish-led conspiracy and stresses the revolution was a broad, multiracial effort. He speaks during a lecture tour.
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Chicago
U.P
Alexander Kerensky
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Kerensky
Russia
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