Senators Propose U S Vote on War Before Foreign Conflict
A Senate panel debates a constitutional amendment to require a national referendum before United States enters war overseas. Twelve senators from four parties back the measure, challenging administration foreign policy and touching on recent arms sales to France. The same session lists arguments for and against the plan as it weighs armament funding and U S global role.
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Washington
United States
Senate
State Department
Camainiatretion
Nye
N.D
Europe
Army Air Corps
France
Lee
Okla
Clark
Idaho
Logan
England
Glass Workers Strike For Union Pay Scale
War referendum page note left unresolved as workers in Jane Lew West Virginia report a split in the Lewis County Cooperative Glass Company. Twenty three organizers stayed at work while forty others went on strike demanding a union wage scale. The plant faced a picket, but operation continued at a reduced rate.
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Jane Lew
W. Va
Lewis County Cooperative Glass Company
Robert Yughtman
Yughtman
Lewis Accepts FDR Bid to Peace Talks
John L. Lewis accepts President Roosevelt's invitation to reopen peace talks with the AFL. He names a three member committee including Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman to meet rival AFL representatives. The letter signals a move toward resolving the CIO AFL split over political and economic stances.
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Seerat
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Invita
AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
John L. Lewis
Commons Ok's Recognition Act
London. The House of Commons voted 344 to 137 to recognize the nationalist Spanish government led by Franco after a heated debate over Labour’s censure motion. Chamberlain read a Franco telegram pledging Spain’s sovereignty against foreign intervention, as Attlee pressed for truth.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Labor
Chamberlain
Generalissimo
Franco
Commons
Burgos
Duke of Alba
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Spain
Spring flowers Bloom as Warmth Returns in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 28 spring like weather arrived with temperatures reaching 72 degrees despite officials delaying the start of spring by two weeks.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Surrender Debate as Azana Quits Spanish Republic
Paris reports the Spanish Republic faces armistice or renewed war after President Azana resigns. Negrin to consult cabinet as Franco’s forces push north. Azana cites irretrievable loss of war and confines his farewell to a tearful note from Collognes-Sous-Saleve.
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Azana
Paris
Manuel Azana
Collognes-Sous- Saleve
Erile
Britain
France
Juan Negrin
Franco
Republican
Blican
Jose Miaja
Spain
Republic
Fines Imposed In First Wage Hour Prosecution
Boston February 28 plea of guilty and fines totaling 1500 dollars ended the federal government first criminal wage hour case. Brown Contract Stitching Inc a Lawrence shoe company and treasurer Nathan Brown faced four indictments for underpaying workers and falsifying records. Judge Brewster ordered 1000 dollar fine for Brown and 500 for the company with three penalties suspended for restitution. Company employs about 300 workers.
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Boston
Brown Contact Stitching, Inc
Lawrence Shoe Company
Nathan Brown
Elisha H. Brewster
Brown
Joseph E. Brill
Department of Justice
Brewster
Brill
Mexicans Nab German as Opy in Espionage Sweep
Baron Hans Heinrich von Holleuffer, brother in law of Berlin's police chief, and seven others were arrested in a Mexico City espionage probe. The German legation blocked deportation and offered no charges. A Pole arrested for falsifying birth certificates was named as another suspect. Investigators seek a hidden short wave radio station near the city, with signals strongest near the Spanish Cemetery.
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Mexico City
Hans Heinrich von Holleuffer
Berlin
Baron von Holleuffer
Legation
Herusband
Immigration Department
Attorney General and Communications Department
Six Die on Boston Trolley Collision
Six people die and about forty are injured when a Boston elevated trolley jumps rails near Franklin Park Zoo after brakes fail on a steep down grade. Operator Edward Hanley is charged with manslaughter as victims include four girls and two boys aged 12 to 20.
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Franklis Park Zoo
Cityital
Edward PF. Hanley
Bos
George Walter
Alice R. Sloane
Alicck Kozak
Eleanor Schrieber
Portia Law School
Diana Lax
Boston University
Derritt Ruth Forman
West Newton
Was
Israel Diamond
Franklin Park
Miners Certification Approved by West Virginia Legislature
West Virginia lawmakers sent to Governor Holt a bill placing miner certification in the state Department of Mines. The house passed the act 81 to 6, with the United Mine Workers backing a substitute. The day featured fights over child labor provisions and a tie vote on a police wage bill.
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W. Va
Holt
State Department of Mines
House
United Mines Workers
Senate
Glenn Callaghan
NYA
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Public Service Commission
Road Commission
Public Service
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Logan County schools hit by budget cuts and unpaid staff
Logan West Virginia February 28. The Logan County board of education ordered a budget driven economy plan. Coaches at junior and senior high schools worked without pay and janitors wages were cut in half. All school telephones were removed as the district faces an $89,000 shortfall for the nine month term and must save $1,600 a month for the remainder of the year.
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Logan
W. Va
Board of Education
Logan County
Chicago Mayoral Race Thunders With Kelly Victory and Green Comeback
Mayor Kelly wins decisive Democratic nomination in Chicago with strong 468,528 tally as Green, the former prosecutor who led Capone’s conviction, edges Thompson for a April 4 runoff. Courtney trails receiving 243,015 officially, while Green vows to lead a drive against the Kelly Nash machine.
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Kelly
J. Courtney
Kelly-Nash Mac F
Eeao
William Habbie
Bill” Thompson
Green
al Capone
Courtney
Thompson
Fed
Wabash College
Republic
Kelly-N Machine
Nash
Thom
Cardinals Meet in Rome Today
Vatican City February 28 62 cardinals begin the secret conclave to elect a new pope joining six late arrivals including Cardinal OConnell of Boston Cardinal Leme of Rio and Cardinal Capello of Buenos Aires The opening deliberations are set for 3 30 p m local time and the Vatican radio will broadcast four daily votes following the start of balloting to choose the spiritual leader for 330 000 000 Catholics.
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Vatican
Pius XI
St. Peter
O'Connell
Boston
Leme
Rio d de Janeiro
Cardinal Capello
Buenos Aires
Rome
Pauline Chapel
Holy Ghost
Ormang Ts
Wagner Offers Health Measure
Washington February 28 Senator Wagner proposes a national health bill with an initial federal outlay of 80 million dollars rising to over 250 million annually within three years. Funds would support state grants for public health, child and maternity care, hospital construction, medical care, and sickness payments. Critics question the cost while Dr. Morris Fishbein of the AMA urges careful study and notes the president's recommendation.
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Washington
West
Wagner
N. Y
Tyerhan Gisabi
Vandenberg
Mich
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Miners End Strike at Oneida Mine in Hazelton Pa
Miners at the Oneida coal mine in Hazelton return to surface after a week entombed to protest overdue wages. Company funds of $14 000 were paid tonight with total back wages claimed near $66 000 for more than a year. Illness from cleared lamps and protest tensions followed the sit down.
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Hazelton
Oneida
Bluefield City Moves to Halt Lottery Rackets
Bluefield city officials pledged drastic action to curb lottery ticket sales and gambling. The board backed revocation of licenses for offenders and planned court action, citing cases of families harmed by rackets and urging police to curb all forms of vice.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Earl Doak
C. A. Thornton
A. Bereett Jennings
D. A. M. Nichols
A. E. Davis
J. E. Payne
T. L. Henike
William Taylor
Wilson
John R. Dillard
Pectame
W. C. Snyder
T. L. Brown
Snyder
Brown
Government seeks penalties for subversive military literature
Acting secretary Charles Edison asked Congress to criminalize distributing literature that urges disobedience to orders. The draft bill would punish anyone who advises soldiers or sailors to disobey with up to two years in prison and a $1000 fine.
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Navy
Charles Edison
Congress
Edison
House
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