Republicans Seek Labor Act Reforms for Fair Play
Ohio rallyer John D. M. Hamilton says next Congress will amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure fair play for workers and employers. He pledges no repeal, cites GOP labor friendliness, and links platform to protections for both labor and capital amid midterm campaigns.
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Hamilton
Warren
U.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Williamsen
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
GOP
Columbus civil service exam notices up to 10 percent rejected
Commissioner Ralph Emmons said about 10 percent of the roughly 4 000 applicants for unemployment insurance commission civil service exams lack required qualifications. Mailing cards began today to notify applicants of acceptance or rejection.
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Columbus
Ralph Emmons
State Civil Service Commission
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Emmons
No Traffic Deaths for 42 Days in Columbus
Columbus reports a 42 day streak without a traffic fatality as of Wednesday marking a new record for 1938. The city had 26 traffic deaths this year through January, compared with 72 on the same date last year.
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Columbus
Catholic Eucharistic Congress Climaxes In Big Parade
In New Orleans 70,000 Catholics filled City Park Stadium for a final procession ending the National Eucharistic Congress. Cardinal Mundelein, papal legate, will celebrate mass at the open air cathedral as Monsignor Haas condemns democracy’s flaws and warns divorce harms family welfare amid warnings against communism fascism racism and Nazism.
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James A. Farley
Joseph Francis Rummel
New Orleans
Farley
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
New
Orleans
City Park Stadium
George William Cardinal Mundelein
Pius XI
Monsignor
Francis J. Haas
Department of Social Science
Catholic University
Washington
Monsignor Haas
U S Arraigns 36 for Illicit Liquor Trade
In Cincinnati federal court 36 persons were arraigned in secret indictments as part of two bootleg liquor rings. Judge John H. Druffel set trials for Nov. 1. Agents from the alcohol tax unit led arrests after a year long probe tracing illegal liquor flow into Cincinnati and Lawrence Scioto Athens and Morgan Counties from Indianapolis and Chicago.
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Cincinnati
U.P
United States District Court
John H. Druffel
Federal Alcohol Tax Bureau
Lawrence
Scioto
Athens
Morgan
Indianapolis
Chicago
Prisons-made Goods Charged in Hawes-Cooper Case
Two Moundsville firms face federal charges after a grand jury indicted them for violating the Hawes Cooper Act by shipping improperly labeled prison-made goods across state lines. The probe by the Department of Justice led to penalties of up to $1,000 fine per offense if convicted.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Moundsville
Grand Jury
West Virginia
Hawes- Cooper
Department of Justice
British Lift Two-Day Siege in Old Jerusalem
British troops rounded up 300 Arab prisoners in Old Jerusalem after storming the gates of the 16th century walls and lifting a two day rebel siege. The occupation restored order in most areas but the Moslem quarter remained unsettled and rebels still held about two thirds of Palestine.
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Jerusalem
U.2
Old Jerusalem
Palestine
Nazi Plan for Czechoslovakia Revealed by Spy Trial
In New York a Nazi spy trial disclosed that Nazis planned to make Czechoslovakia their next objective. Guenther Rumrich testified about a Prague letters referencing the goal and described espionage by German War Office and Naval Intelligence agents including mail theft and a weekly weather report to Germany.
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New York
U.P
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Guenther Rumrich
Hansjord
Prague
Rumrich
German
War Office
Naval Intelligence
United States
Germany
Department of Commerce
Metzenbaum urges legislative peace for next session
In Dayton a plea for harmony between the Senate and House in the next Legislature was voiced by James Metzenbaum Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. He told Rotary and Exchange Clubs Americans should study public officials and civic affairs rather than treat it as mere politics.
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Dayton
A.P
Senate
House
James Metzenbaum
Rotary
Exchange
America
Service Cross Awarded Lindbergh by Goering
Germany presented Col. Charles A. Lindbergh with the Distinguished Service Cross and the star of the Order of the German Eagle. Col. Gen. Hermann Goering awarded the honors on behalf of Adolf Hitler after Lindbergh’s study of German aviation progress.
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Berlin
U.2
Germany
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hermann W. Goering
Adolf Hitler
Lindbergh
Reds Threaten Detroit Union Member in Hearings
James Mitchell of Murray Body Works in Detroit testified to the House Committee on Un American Activities that Communists threatened his life. He claimed to have found a red Communist flag in a desk drawer of Lou T. Jones, UAW local president at Murray Body Works, and said Communists directed sit-down strikes with influence from Homer Martin and John L. Lewis.
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Washington
U.R
James Mitchell
Detroit
Murray Body Works
House Committee
Mitchell
Lou T. Jones
United Auto Workers
Homer Martin
Automobile Union
International Union
Lewis
John L. Lewis
New Charge Links Davey And Bricker
Columbus reports Democratic candidate Charles Sawyer leveled a charge that Republican flagbearer John W. Bricker struck a deal with Gov. Martin L. Davey’s administration. Bricker dismissed the accusation as frantic falsehoods.
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Davey
Bricker
Columbus
Charles Sawyer
John W. Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Sawyer
CIO
Tower Collapse Kills Two Workmen in Maysville Deconstruction
In Maysville Missouri two workers die as a 75 foot tower at the old DeKalb County Courthouse collapses during razing. Robert Orr aged 40 and Ray Edmonson aged 42 were buried under debris and recovered soon after. Blocks and tackles were in place for the pull when the structure caved in and victims could not escape despite warnings from colleagues.
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Maysville
U.P
DeKalb County
Robert Orr
Ray Edmonson
Orr
Edmonson
Italy Welcomes Army Returning From Spain
Naples reports ten thousand Italian soldiers, back from the Spanish civil war, greeted by an uproarious welcome as the government hopes for British recognition of Ethiopia conquest and France’s prior acknowledgment. In Missouri a 22 year old man tells police kidnappers showed him his car in the Neosho Public Square and sent him to Kansas City.
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Naples
U.P
Italy
Ethiopia
France
Neosho
U.rf
Liam Partridge
Rootstown
Neosho Public Square
Kansas City
Diphtheria Epidemic Closes Cincinnati Area Schools
St Bernard public and parochial schools remained closed as authorities monitor for signs the diphtheria outbreak has been checked.
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Cincinnati
St. Bernard
U S Deficit to Hit Billion As WPA Spending Surges
Washington reports the gross Federal Treasury deficit likely exceeds one billion dollars for the fiscal year due to relief and pump priming outlays. The national debt rises about three billion dollars versus last year as WPA spend reaches over six hundred million this year, doubled from last year.
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Washington
Treasury
WPA
Board Victory Declared in NLRB Ruling Against Republic Steel
Philip Murray of SWOC lauds NLRB findings against Republic Steel for Wagner Act violations and orders reinstatement of 5,000 workers from the 1937 Little Steel strike with back pay. He calls a future SWOC style contract a end to violence and union busting, hailing the decision as a great victory for steel workers.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Relation Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
NLRB
Steel
Murray
SWOC
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Dies Demands List of Aliens
The Dies committee said it will ask the Labor Department for names and records of 3,000 aliens allegedly subject to deportation but still in the United States. Chairman Martin Dies and Rep. Harold Mosier urged action, accusing the department of withholding deportations including alleged communists such as Harry Bridges and Alexander Bell.
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Washington
Dies
Labor Department
Martin Dies
Tex
Harold Mosier
Harry Bridges
Alexander Bell
Forest Fire Fight Aided By West Virginia Rains
West Virginia rains aided forest service rangers after more than a week of fires. Twenty nine new fires were reported Wednesday night and Chief Forester Dan B. Griffin called the situation desperate.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Forest Service
Dan B. Griffin
Thugs Shoot Officer and Escape With $3,000
In Chicago two armed holdup men shot Officer John Olson who was guiding an insurance company bank messenger. The pair fled with an estimated $3,000.
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Chicago
John Olson
Grand jury drops embezzlement charges in Lancaster case
The Fairfield County grand jury declined to indict George Hartt his wife Erma and son Julian in connection with embezzlement tied to The Lancaster News Review. The action ends the county’s formal criminal case against the Hartts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
U.P
Fairfield County Grand Jury
George Hartt
Erma
Julian
The
Lancaster News Review
Sparks testifies in bid to regain Ohio highway post
Columbus. Harry E. Sparks, an abolished bituminous engineer in the Ohio Highway Department, stood for cross examination today in the resumption of his suit to win back his former job.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry E. Sparks
Ohio Highway Department
Baby Girl Born In Iron Lung Dies After Hours
Fort William officials report a baby girl born to a 17 year old infantile paralysis victim in an iron lung lived only a few hours. The mother will live.
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Fort William
Ont
U.P
State Militia Guards Swift Company Against Strikers
Sioux City Iowa National Guardsmen protected the Swift and Company packing plant area under Gov. Kraschel orders. Police cleared streets of strikers and sympathizers as workers returned to a limited schedule. About 200 employes at the plant with 100 having lived there since the strike began.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company Packing Company
Iowa National Guardsmen
Nelson Kraschel
Packinghouse Workers’ Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Kraschel
Forest fire ends after killing six men in Cameron County
A two day blaze in Cameron County's Sportsmans Paradise burned 50 square miles and left six men dead and 20 injured. More than 300 workers fought the flames until a heavy rain cooled the area. The dead include five CCC enrollees and Gilbert Mohney 38 of Ridgeway. Other victims listed are Basil Bogosh Andrew Stenzanich John Boring Howard May and Ross Hallbaugh.
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Sinnamahoning
Sportsman's Paradise
Cameron County
CCC
Gilbert Mohney
Ridgeway
United States Department of Forests
Othr
Basil Bogosh
Conemaugh
Andrew Stenzanich
Twin Rocks
John Boring
Johnstown
Howard May
Erie
Ross Hallbaugh
Rimersburg
Lorain Sheriff Grall Indicted on Bribery Charges
Lorain County Sheriff William F. Grall resigned after testifying in a slot machine bribery trial and was indicted today by the new county grand jury on bribery charges not tied to gambling. Grall was jailed for arraignment before Judge Guy B. Findley after immunity was promised by the prior grand jury.
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Elyria
William F. Grall
Lorain County
New County Grand Jury
Gral
S. C. Ward
Guy B. Findley
CIO Warehouse Strike Settled by Arbitration
In San Francisco Paul Co. Smith an outside mediator announced that CIO warehousemen and operators reached full accord on all points. The dispute tied up more than 130 warehouses in San Francisco and Oakland for four months leaving about two thousand idle workers.
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SAN Francisco
U.P
Paul Co. Smith
CIO
Oakland
Fifth ALC Convention Nears Adjournment After Memorials
The fifth convention of the American Lutheran Church was to adjourn late today after memorial services for the late Dr. C. C. Hein first president and completing reading of reports and unfinished business.
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Sandusky
U.P
American Lutheran Church
C. C. Hein
Parents Accept Pasteur Rabies Treatment For Girl
In Menlo Park California the parents of one of two children feared to have rabies decided to allow her to receive the Pasteur treatment. The other child's parents were ready to yield to medical authorities and friends. The children had contact with a mad dog last Thursday.
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Menlo Park
Calif
U.P
Girl Admits Kidnap Story To Be False
Betty Gazarek 18 of North Baltimore admitted to Sheriff Arnold Isch that her report of being kidnapped and mistreated by two men last week was false. She said she invented the story in anger at her father over a disrupted date last Wednesday night.
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Bowling Green
Arnold Isch
Betty Gazarek
North Baltimore
Miss Gazarek
Five Czechoslovaks killed in skirmish with Germans
The army reported five Czechoslovaks were killed in a skirmish yesterday between German customs officials and a Czechoslovak patrol near Prague.
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Prague
U.P
Governor Davey signals action on Ohio pensions
Governor Martin L. Davey told a 22 member legislative committee he would take action to provide full pensions for Ohio’s aged, without detailing plans. State Auditor Joseph Ferguson urged impeachment if the governor blocks a federal settlement, threatening to withhold pay and payroll funds until compelled. The Federal Social Security Board had cut 50 percent of Ohio pension funds until administrative changes were made. The group called the conference “most satisfactory” and adjourned without pursuing further meetings.
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Davey
Sawyer
Bricker
Mansfield
Don S. Ebright
Clarence H. Kinsley
Ebright
Knisley
Ohio
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Federal
Pension Administration
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Bevens
Federal Board
Pension Division
Federal Social Security Board
State
Franklin County
Lady Huml
George J. Harter
Akron
A. Lee Fair
Holmes County
T. J. Johnson
W. F. Krafft
Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners
Roosevelt
Wray Bevens
Henry J. Berrodin
Senate
House
New York Building Congress Sees Postwar Construction Boom
Thomas S. Holden, president of the New York Building Congress, forecast the postwar recovery could push annual construction volume to 4.8 billion dollars within five years. Speaking at a conference in Washington, Holden and industry leaders planned a private construction stimulus program. He also noted a new recovery cycle with 140 percent growth projected by 1943 from the current private construction total of 2 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Thomas S. Holden
New York Building Congress
Construction Industry Conference
Holden
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Dewey Declares Middle Ground in New York Governorship Bid
Rochester dispatch reports Thomas E. Dewey opening his campaign by disavowing support from both radicals and conservatives. He stresses a middle of the road stance and accuses the Democratic Party of enduring public discredit from ongoing scandals.
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Sawyer
Democratic Party
CIO
Bricker
Poulson
Francis W. Poulson
Jumpy Nye
Billy Leonard
Burr Gongwer
Davey
Rochester
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Child Thrown From Mother's Car Dies in Lima Collision
Mary Ellen Quinlan age 3 daughter of Dr and Mrs C D Quinlan of Lima was killed when her mother's car collided with a vehicle operated by H R Bonnewitz of Van Wert. The accident occurred today in Lima prompting a Sinclair County police investigation.
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Lima
U.P
Mary Ellen Quinlan
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