Causes for Labor Unrest Highlighted by Iowa Professor
Karl E. Leib of the University of Iowa warned at a Lions Club lunch that strikes at General Motors and Pittsburgh plate glass plants show labor is portrayed as victim by exploiters. He urged rights protection within legal bounds and argued that class conflict and obsolete wage theory feed unrest, while employer and worker interests largely align.
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General Motors
Pittsburgh
Karl E. Leib
School of Commerce
University of Iowa
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Leib
General Motors Strike Settlement Reached With CIO Help
The article outlines terms of a strike agreement between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers, including no discrimination for returning workers, union restraint during negotiations, and a six month window before new bargaining with other unions. Letters to Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan praise the settlement and list affected GM plants. John L. Lewis calls the settlement a milestone for labor and the automotive industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
John L. Lewis
CIO
Frank Murphy
United Automobile Workers of America
Atlanta
Fisher Body
Rush Serum Flown Across Nation To Aid Myron Selznick
Two one pound packages of pneumonia serum were rushed by chartered plane to Santa Monica hospital in a bid to save theater agent Myron Selznick. Doctors rated his condition extremely dangerous as the news reached Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Selznick
Hollywood
Santa Monica Hospital
Selznick
Think Couple Found Dead In Home Were Victims Of Slaying
FT. PIERCE Florida two people identified as Mr. and Mrs S L Williams were found shot dead in their home on Wednesday by Mrs Alto Adams wife of a lieutenant colonel on Governor Cone staff Police believe the couple were murdered and both victims were killed with a shotgun
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FT. Pierce, Fla
S. L. Williams
Alto Adams
Fred Cone
Florida
Harold Lloyd and Wife Celebrate 14th Anniversary
Hollywood notes Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis celebrate 14th wedding anniversary at their Beverly Hills home with their three children, amid a city known for frequent divorces in the movie colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lloyd and Wife
Hollywood
Harold Lloyds
Mildred Davis
Beverly Hills
Sit-Downers Await Call to Quit GM Plants
In Flint Michigan about 1300 sit-down strikers awaited a union call to quit three GM plants as the strike truce was signed. National guard forces were increased in the area and workers inside the plants were to vote on terms before any evacuation. Strikers cheered the news while guards patrolled the zone and sentries watched the gates.
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Flint
Mich
National Guard
General Motors
Chevrolet
Fisher Body Corporation
Fisher No. 1
United Automobile Workers of America
Adolph Germer
CIO
Germer
Union
Detroit
UAWA
Fisher
Prisoner Reveals Disguised Cop About Slaying Girl
New York report says Major Greene confessed to a cellmate disguised officer that he struck Mary Harriet Case with a hammer, choked her, and tied her body in a bathtub. Police witness John Roberts testified Greene claimed he killed a white woman near Jackson Heights.
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New York
Major Greene
Harlem
Mary Harriet Case
John Roberts
Greene
Skidmore College
Jackson Heights
Roberts
Vessel Blown Aground Off Oregon Coast
PORT ORFORD Ore. The coastwise steamship Cotonova of San Francisco was blown aground on the beach south of Battle Rock in a heavy wind while loading lumber. The crew awaited lines from shore as a rescue attempt unfolded. storm conditions threatened total loss of the vessel.
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Port Orford
Ore
Cotonova
San Francisco
Battle Rock
Coast Guard
Examine plane to find crash cause
Coroner William Crosby of San Mateo county will hold an inquest into the crash area. In Washington Vidal announced an 11 point safety program to halt Western Airline crashes that have killed forty three since Dec 15, including radio direction fliers and enhanced pilot training.
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H. D. Friedlander
Los Angeles
John A. Grennan
San Francisco
Gertrude
William Crosby
San Mateo County
Washington
Vidal
Entire Hospital Quarantined in Pennsylvania Town
Rochester General hospital housing 125 patients, nurses, and staff was quarantined to prevent a scarlet fever outbreak after orderly Joseph Campbell was found with the disease. Dr. Pierson summoned 32 doctors to examine anyone in contact and serum was rushed from Harrisburg for injections.
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Rochester
Rochester General Hospital
S. H. Pierson
Beaver County
Joseph Campbell
J. Moore Campbell
State Department of Health
Harrisburg
Piersol
Survivor of Newhall crash returns home by air
Arthur S. Robinson, a survivor of the Newhall transport plane crash that killed five, began his trip home to Rochester, New York, by plane. He dismissed the San Francisco airliner tragedy as not affecting his view on flying and said he would continue to fly whenever possible.
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Burbank
Calif
Arthur S. Robinson
Newhall
Rochester
N. Y
San Francisco
Settlement Near in Flint GM Strike Talks
A high stake wage dispute between General Motors and United Auto Workers neared a settlement as key talks moved to bed side conferences at the Statler Hotel. Union head Homer Martin and GM leader William Knudsen, with mediation by John Thomas Smith, resolved plant evacuation, injunctions, and a path to resume operations across 69 plants. Roosevelt pressured for prompt, peaceful resolution with Murphy reporting progress ahead of a 1 pm court signing.
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William S. Knudsen
John Thomas Smith
Donaldson Brown
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Lewis
Roosevelt
Murphy
Smith
Union
Mr. Smith
Mr. Lewis
Flint
Statler
Lansing
Knudsen
George Boysen
Flint Alliance
Chevrolet Plant No. 4
Cubans Form Group to Oppose Batista Dictatorship
A democratic parliamentary front was announced in Havana to oppose Col. Fulgencio Batista. The 45 members of the chamber of representatives who backed former President Miguel Mariano Gomez prepared the move, marking the first open official opposition and including all congressional parties.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Chamber of Representatives
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Batista
Congress
Stewardess Narrowly Missed Earlier Fatal Plane Crash
Ruth Kimmel 28, a stewardess who died with 10 others when an airliner plunged into San Francisco Bay, missed an earlier December crash by seconds. Her brother Floyd Kimmel said she was assigned to the ill fated flight after the regular stewardess did not appear and she boarded, closed the door, and the other stewardess arrived to take her place before disaster near Burbank.
Twin Bellante Brothers Seek Dual Weddings With Bridget Twins
Washington AP report states the Bellante brothers 27 win licenses to wed the Bridget twins. Phillip Bellante asks to marry Fanny Bridget and Nene Bellante asks to marry Frances Bridget, explaining he introduced his brother to Frances after the first suitor fell for her twin.
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Washington
Bellante
Bridget Sisters
Bellantes
Bridgets
Phillip Bellante
Fanny Bridget
Nene Bellante
Frances Bridget
Bridget
Frances
Van Sweringen Farm Goes Up For Sale
Daisy Hill farm on Cleveland’s outskirts, once owned by O P and M J Van Sweringen, placed for sale. The 600 acre estate with eleven master bedrooms and an indoor pool passes to Union Trust Company in liquidation, offered preferably in a block.
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Cleveland
Daisy Hill Farm
van Sweringen
O. P
M. J
Daisy Hill
Union Trust Company
Union Trust
Rev Wilson Denny Former Cedar Rapids Pastor Dies
Obituary note reports the death of the Rev Wilson Denny former pastor of the First Congregational church Cedar Rapids from 1907 to 1915. He died in Beloit Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Funeral services will be held in Beloit at 2 30 p m Saturday. He had come to Cedar Rapids from Charles City and later moved to Beloit where he lived with his daughter Mrs Marion Denny Leishman.
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Wilson Denny
First Congregational Church
Beloit
Wis
Denny
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
Marion Denny Leishman
Lindberghs Fly to Libya to Visit Gen Balbo
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh flew from Palermo to Tripoli after refueling in Sicily. They planned to visit Air Marshal Italo Balbo in Libya and then continued toward the Gulf of Tunis. A British newsreel firm sought Lindbergh or Mollison or Markham to fly the Atlantic for coronation pictures.
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Tunis
North Africa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tripoli
Libya
Bocca di Falco Field
Palermo
Sicily
Lindberghs
Mediterranean
Gulf of Tunis
Lindbergh
Italo Balbo
Rome
London
INS
Col
Amy Mollison
Beryl Markham
New York
King George VI
Munificence Of Husband Branded As Mental Cruelty
In Chicago Mrs. Willard L Curtis seeks a divorce claiming mental cruelty after her husband allegedly behaved provocatively over dinner gifts. Sister Mrs. P D Custer testified about lobsters and chocolate pie brought home, prompting the judge to question the cruelty claim. No decision yet.
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Chicago
Willard L. Curtis
P. D. Custer
Curtis Home
Walter O'Malley
Mrs. Custer
Doings in Congress Routine Business
Finance committee hears Secretary Wallace on reciprocal tariffs. Banking committee takes up flood relief bill. La Follette committee continues investigation of labor espionage. House considers renewal of federal housing authority debentures. Merchant marine committee opens hearings on government fish purchases for flood sufferers. Judiciary discusses attorney general role in suits on constitutional federal laws. Senate passes minor bills. House okays full pay retirement at 70 for Supreme Court justices after ten years. Flood control committee seeks revised Ohio Mississippi plan.
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Finance Committee
Wallace
Banking Committee
la Follette Committee
HOUSE
Merchant Marine Committee
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Kidnap Suspect Used Alias Tim Donovan in Mattson Case
Federal state and city officers questioned ex convict H A Post 32 who used the name Tim Donovan and Tim in the ransom note and negotiations for 10 year old Charles Mattson. Post also known as James G McDonald denied involvement as officers hunted a red headed woman claimed to be his companion.
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Seattle
Tim
Charles Mattson
H. A. Post
Seaman
Tacoma
Post
Tim Donovan
Mattson
Everett
James G. McDonald
San Quentin
Calif
Foster mother to be questioned in Loomis slaying
The Loomis murder case shifted focus as Allan Myer announced that Mrs. George Loomis, Roger Loomis foster mother, will be questioned. Police dropped the sex-morons theory and pursue a local motive while Keeney returns from Florida to lead the investigation. Roger disappeared, his body found after the mother reported a possible sighting of him with a bearded driver.
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Ohio
Associated Press
John Boettiger
William Randolph Hearst
Boettiger
Hearst
Constance Bennett
Gilbert Roland
Marion Davies
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Flint, Mich
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Recorder’s Court
Philippines
New Deal
Anderson
Ind
Martin
Frances Perkins
Alfred P. Sloan
Sloan
Miss Perkins
Dave Woods
Washington, D. C
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Gen
Balbo
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2Nd Ave
Cedar Rapids, Ja
Sanford
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