Coal Operators And Miners Still Far Apart In Talks
In New York on April 15 AP reports bituminous coal operators and United Mine Workers of America negotiating a contract for 330,000 miners to avert a soft coal shortage. Talks paused with John L. Lewis leaving the room. a closed shop demand remains a sticking point.
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Miners Face Wage Dispute Amid Idle Deep-Well Shutdown
Charleston reports efforts by United Mine Workers to secure back wages for idle miners in the wake of a wage deadlock. A departmental ruling barred unemployment pay to workers without work, as John J. Saton Jr. and peers dispute the shutdown’s impact. Northern West Virginia union leaders convene to discuss possible rulings and responses.
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Love Theft Suit Testimony Is Re-Read
Bradford Pa combatant James Edgar faces an alienation of affection suit with a $300,000 claim as testimony is re read. Kathryn Crawford describes a 1935 Detroit hospital visit and a beating by Edgar, while Mallory and Crawford witnesses were elusive.
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Kathryn Crawford
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Miami
Fla
Lewis B. Riallory
Clinchgo Miners Seek Protection Amid Labor Clash
In Clinchco Virginia a clash over union organizing leads to miners seeking protection as hundreds of United Mine Workers remain in the area. State authorities close liquor stores and beer gardens as Governor Price cancels a Chesapeake Bay cruise to monitor the tense situation.
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Norfolk
Richmond
Britain and France seize on Roosevelt peace plan for a decade pact
April 15 report says Britain and France back Roosevelt proposal for a ten year non aggression pact. Daladier told Bullitt Paris ready to join such a world agreement. Chamberlain called the plan a statesman like initiative and both governments expressed hope it could lead to broader steps in Europe.
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Davis Winner in Debate Contest
Four West Virginia high school students from Huntington Webster Springs Buckhannon and Bluefield won top honors in the 20th annual inter scholastic speech contest in Davis West Virginia. Irvin Kraft won extemporaneous speaking and defeated Barbara Williams in the finals Kate Tenney won oration Vernon Bailey beat Hunt Vernon Bailey in oration and Davis defeated Ruth seemers in the debate on whether the United States should establish an alliance with Great Britain.
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FDR Pleads Ten-Year Peace to Hitler and Mussolini
President Roosevelt asks Hitler and Mussolini to pledge a decade of peace and non aggression. He proposes a world conference to reorganize armaments and economies, offering to mediate. The appeal sparks rapid reactions across Europe and polarizes U.S. isolationists and interventionists.
Fairbanks Jr to wed socialite Mary Lee Epling Hartford
Hollywood announces actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Mary Lee Epling Hartford will marry in a church ceremony within ten days. The bride-to-be, recently divorced from G Huntington Hartford, travels with her mother and attends Stuart Hall in Staunton while a sister and brother are noted among family ties. The exact wedding date depends on Fairbanks current film work.
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Doug Fairbanks, Jr
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Mary Lee Epling
Hartford
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Free Monohan In Brother's Death
A jury in Princeton acquitted James Monohan of murdering his brother Harry Monahan after a second trial. The first trial in January ended without a verdict. The court recessed after the jury announced the not guilty finding.
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Princeton Bureau Daily Telegraph
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Upsate streams rise Salem woman drowns
Clarksburg West Virginia April 5 One woman 55 Jane Wanstreet is feared drowned after falling into Salem Fork of Ten Mile creek during floods. Rescue efforts in five feet of swift water continue as roads flood and detours appear Route 19 closed Haleville Weston suburb.
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Showdown Predicted Over Hopkins Recovery Program
New York April 15 members of Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins's advisory council predicted a showdown in attitude toward the Hopkins recovery program at a Washington meeting set for Thursday and Friday. E. J. Noble was named under secretary of commerce this week, viewed favorably by the financial community as an able man. Council members fault the program's progress while Hopkins, ill since March, reportedly plans to urge the president to back the program despite limited support to date.
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Business Visory Council
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Shee Hopkins
E. J. Noble
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Pacific Fleet Recalled From Atlantic Amid Peace Plea
Washington orders the fleet to return to the Pacific coast ending an Atlantic visit five weeks early. The move, issued by Secretary Swanson after Roosevelt's peace appeal, trims plans for a New York World’s Fair naval display and shifts some ships toward potential Pacific readiness against Japan. Over 50 000 personnel affected as leaves, fuel, and food arrangements are adjusted.
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Tornado Kill Toll Rises Across Oklahoma Towns
A Savage spring tornado ripped through northeast Oklahoma from Vici to Hopeton, killing seven people and injuring 33 plus. In Capron nearly every building was demolished but no deaths were reported there. The dead include Mrs. Bessie Wendel, wife of a Woods County official, with fatality traced to Vici.
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Oklahoma
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Here
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Woods County
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Baltimore reports a series of grisly dissections by a skilled anatomist as parts of a young woman are found in bramble back of City hospital. Pieces including lower torso and hips, a bloodstained dress, and severed limbs wrapped in newspapers are linked to a suspected surgeon.
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Howard Clark
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Geonel
Hitler Likely to Spurn Roosevelt Peace Plea
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler intends to reject President Roosevelt's appeal for a world conference and an Italian German ten year non aggression pledge. Munich officials and Nazi press criticize the message as misguided and claim Roosevelt addressed the wrong audience. Hitler weighs reply as Mussolini consults by telephone amid rumors of Danzig troop actions timed to his approaching fiftieth birthday.
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