Indict Bombers in Warren Steel Strike Violence
Warren Ohio indictments target eight men in bomb blasts that shook the steel city during the strike. Seven in custody, one unnamed. Gus Hall linked to the case as CI0 organizer. Front quiet as Republic Steel plant in Cleveland resumes with guards watching the opening amid tense labor unrest.
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Warren
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
Youngstown
National
Reublic Steel Corporation
Seven State Steel
Barney J. Gillen
Gus Hall
Warren-Niles
Hall
Republic
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
Green Says Lew Has Lost Strikes
Washington reports William Green president of the American Federation of Labor declares to night that the steel strikes led by John L. Lewis have failed. He condemns what he calls violent undemocratic policies and warns that unions using such methods cannot succeed.
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Washington
William Green
Cc. I. O
Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland Steel Co
Cumberland
Republic Steel
Seattle
Seattle Star
New York
Ma Point
Co. I. O
Detroit — Automobile Union Post
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Hoodums
Alcoa
Tenn
Tennessee
AFOL
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Green
America
Bor
Committee For Industrial Organization
United States
New wage hour bill guts power in Senate action
Washington July 8 A revised Black Connery wage and hour bill won Senate labor committee approval though narrowed. The measure would set minimum wages up to 40 cents an hour and maximum 40 hours a week, with exemptions for certain industries and labor groups. The panel struck out its most controversial section giving a board authority to fix fair standards and dropped a prohibition on espionage and strike breaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Black
Ala
Senate
Robinson
Russians warn Japan over border killings in Siberia and Manchukuo
Moscow reports Japan warned the Soviet Union that border clashes were too frequent. Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu told Maxim Litvinoff during talks on recent fighting in which both sides suffered deaths and injuries. Shigemitsu called for Moscow to order troops off Manchoukuo soil.
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Moscow
Japan
Soviet Union
Russian Siberia
Manchukuo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Maxim Litvinoff
Shigemitsu
Foreign Office
Hsinking
Manchoukou
Litvinoff
Amur
Dary
Siberia
Manchoukuo
Far East
Confessed Slayer Three Girls Wins Sanity Trial
Alvert Dyer, 32, who confessed to killing three young girls, won a sanity examination today after public defender motioned for it. The ruling delays his court appearance on murder indictments until Monday as experts prepare written reports.
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Los Angeles
Alvert Dyer
Dyer
Frederic H. Vercoe
Holt Asks Demos To Pay Mortgage
Washington July 8 The so called baby members of congress attacked labor disputes today denouncing John L. Lewis while another assailed steel leader Tom Girdler Senator Holt of West Virginia urged the Democratic party to repay money Lewis spent in the last campaign and pay the mortgage on the White House. Representative O Connell of Montana called Girdler a gangster who would make industry a racket prompting criticism from Representative Cox of Georgia who questioned attacks on Lewis and the C I O.
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Washington
Congress
John L. Lewis
Steel
Tom Girdler
Holt
D. W. Va
Lewis
Democratic Party
White House
Rep. O'Connell
D. Mont
Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Britain pushes Palestine partition plan amid mixed reactions
London reports the British government defends a three way split of Palestine into Arab Jewish and British zones to end 15 years of Arab Jewish conflict. The royal commission's plan drew protests in Jerusalem while some press backed the move and Zionist leaders warned of continued struggle.
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London
Palestine
League of Nations
Holy Land
Royal Commission
Jerusalem
Evening Star
Aos
Rabbohonie Perlzweig
Josiah Wedewood
Rock blast injures woman on highway job near Oakland
An explosion on a highway construction site hurled a rock several hundred yards striking Mrs. K. Robert Hazelett wife of the Dollar Savings and Trust chairman. The blow knocked her into the Youghiogheny River near Oakland Maryland where she had paused with two friends to view the scenery. She was reported serious.
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Wheeling
W.va
K. Robert Hazelett
Dollar Savings and Trust
Youghiogheny River
Oakland
Railroads Begin Refunds to Employees After Tax Cut
The Federal railway retirement act amendment triggers refunds totaling about 6 million in the Chicago area with nationwide estimates over 62 million. Norfolk and Western, Virginia Railway, Norfolk Southern, Seaboard Air Line and others will distribute sums including roughly 1,000,000 for N and W and 150,000 for VR, with Roanoke and Bluefield areas affected.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Bluefield
Roanoke
Norfolk
Virginian Railway
Norfolk Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Henry Anderson
Richmond
L. R. Powell
Chicago
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
Chicago and Northwestern
Convict Killed as Prison Break Splits Eastham Farm
Nine inmates burst from Eastham prison farm in Huntsville Texas wounding a guard and causing one inmate death. Officials suspect W H Bybee led the escape and planted rifles used in the breakout tying back to the June 22 break that freed 19 convicts.
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Huntsville
Tex
Eastham
W. H. Bybee
Fighting Planes Extend Search for Amelia Earhart
Naval and air forces widened the search for Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan in the Phoenix Island area. Lexington and Colorado planes scoured Winslow reef near Howland, while Itasca and Avocet supported operations. Authorities planned deeper southward sweeps if no clue emerges, with Rear Admiral Murfin guiding the hunt.
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Amelia
Honolulu
Phoenix Island
Amelia Earhart
Winslow Reef
Howland Island
Pacific
Miss Earhart
Coast Guard
Lexington
Lahaina Roads
San Diego
Howland
Pearl Harbor
Avocet
C O
New
Colorado
Enderbury
Canton Islands
Phoenix Group
O. G. Murfin
14Th District
Murfin
George Palmer Putnam
Miss Farhatt
San Francisco Coast Yard
Vid Binney Putnam
Bryan
Senate Riles Roil as Roosevelt Court Bill Sparks Disorder
The Senate erupts in a two hour clash over the Roosevelt court bill with Robinson enforcing strict speaking limits and rulings to curb filibuster tactics. Wheeler challenges the procedure as opponents protest, rising to personal privilege and demanding order while the bill fades from view.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Pitman
Nev
Wheeler
Pittman
Non intervention crisis in Spain nears decision
London reports the European non intervention effort in Spain stands at a critical crossroads on the eve of a dress review. Italy Germany versus France Great Britain debate over bypassing the issue to a special sub committee intensifies. Germany Italy or France may block by demanding the neutrality committee's verdict.
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London
Spain
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
Full Neutrality Committee
Europe
Hters
Morgenthau Plans Treasury Borrowing to Replenish Funds
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Treasury will increase borrowing next week to keep more than 1 billion dollars in the federal pocketbook. He said the government would issue weekly certificates and noted a large cash balance aids day to day operations and gold acquisitions.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt T
Heat Wave Drives 33 Deaths Across Northern States
The Associated Press reports the severe heat wave raises fatalities to 33 with New York City noting 93.4 degrees and other cities across Michigan Connecticut Chicago New York state and Indiana Ohio reporting deaths. Temperatures reach into the 90s across Albany Eau Claire Syracuse Detroit and Louisville as residents seek relief but no relief is seen.
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Associated Press
Ee Senate
New York City
Elgin
Washington, D. C
Michigan
Connecticut
Chicago
New York State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Albany
N. Y
Centralia
Eau Claire
Wis
Syracuse
Rochester
Elmira
Springfield
Ill
Detroit
Louisville
St. Louis
South Jaee
Rail holding merger eyed for Chesapeake Alleghany
New York plans for merging Van Sweringen holdings move forward with Alleghany Corp and Chesapeake Corp recommending stockholders approve the consolidation August 17. The trio Robert R. Young Frank F. Kolbe and Allan P. Kirby would control about 43 percent of the new Chesapeake stock though conversion privileges could cut holdings below ten percent. Other lines under working control include Missouri Pacific Pere Marquette Erie and Wheeling Lake Erie.
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New York
van Sweringen
Alleghany Corp
Chesapeake Corp
Robert R. Young
Frank F. Kolbe
Allan P. Kirby
Chesapeake & Ohio
Allegheny Corp
Missouri Pacific
Pere Marquette, Erie
Ouenge & Eastern Illinois
Nickel Plate
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Pittston Co
Ally Corp
Government drives to encircle insurgents near Madrid
Madrid July 8 government troops pressed a three day offensive along the front driving south and west to foil insurgent forces on Madrid fringe. The move aimed to cut the rebels from their main army with tanks favored by treeless plains south of the Casa De Campo near Quijorna. General Jose Miaja commands the push.
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Madrid
Quijorna
Jose Miaja
Casa de Campo
Louisville cab driver offers to take burn
A 29 year old Louisville cab driver Ray Peninger said domestic troubles ill health and job worry drove him to offer to take another man's place in Kentucky's electric chair He told Governor Chandler he would gladly substitute for any inmate and let the man live his life His proposal was discouraged by the governors aide noting substitution isn t allowed He said he would do it today if required to stop living as things stand
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Louisville
Kentucky
Ray Peninger
Peninger
Walter Mallory
WPA Workers in Tampa Go on Sit-Down Strike
Tampa, July 8. A general sitdown strike on all WPA projects in Tampa was called for tomorrow, affecting over 2000 workers. Women sit downers held a four story WPA sewing center, refusing to move, in protest of 88 dismissals and demanding a 20 percent wage increase. No disorder was reported.
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Tampa
Fla
WPA
Workers Alliance
Cloak and Suiter Shot Amid Labor Trouble in Brooklyn
John Pizzo, 43, cloak and suit maker, was shot dead outside his Brooklyn shop tonight amid rumored labor unrest. District Attorney Frances Madden said investigators believe the killing may have a labor dispute background as workers reportedly walked out earlier.
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New York
John Pizzo
Brooklyn
Aeneas
Frances Madden
Pizzo
Nicho
Evacuation of Peiping War Area Under Peace Agreement
Japanese troops withdraw to the left bank of the Yungting river northeast of the Peiping Hankow rail line while Chinese forces pull back to the river’s right bank. Diplomatic talks in Peiping yield a ceasefire on the Sino Japanese frontier as both sides halt hostilities after the clash near the Marco Polo Bridge.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Yungting
Peiping-Hankow
Yungting River
Hean
Statewide Property Revaluation Likely in West Virginia
Charleston July 8 data prepared for an interim legislative committee suggest a statewide revaluation of property to boost school and municipal revenues. The auditor's office and state plan board compiled county by county valuations for comparison.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Plan Board
West Virginia
Jury Deliberates in Preacher Monta Ball Murder Case
Beckley West Virginia July 8 a jury weighing whether Rev Monta H Ball 38 deliberately shot his second wife or killed her by accident failed to reach a verdict after two hours of deliberation They will resume at 9 oclock tomorrow morning The defense argued the state did not prove murder or manslaughter and the case revolves around the death of 29 year old Mrs Crory Gay Ball last March 5.
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Beckley
W. Va
Monta H. Ball
Hill
Shi
Shaffer
Mr. Ball
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Senate Committee
Demos
Britain
Pugh
SRATE
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Ofanth
Combine
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Cloak and Suiter
Sind
China
War Office
Preacher
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