Lewis to Move Next On Steel Industry
John Lewis signals a CIO steel organizing drive within sixty days. The plan aims to standardize pay and reduce the seven day work week, seeking rises from 54 cents an hour for unskilled labor with women earning slightly more. A 40 hour max week and new wage scales are proposed. strike options remain under consideration.
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Lewis
CIO
Murray
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate passes moratorium bill for farm mortgages
The Iowa Senate backed a two year extension of the 1933 farm mortgage moratorium, postponing foreclosure suits for mortgages before January 1 1936 until March 1 1939. Gov Kraschel cited drought and pests as a basis for the measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Nelson G. Kraschel
House
Senate
L. H. Doran
Boone
State of
Iowa
Federal Judge Rules Windfall Tax Upheld in Processing Levy
U S district judge Elwood Hamilton upheld the windfall tax on processors ruling the levy constitutional. The Louisville Provision Field Packing Henry Fisher Packing Munns Brothers and Pennyroyal Packing firms were dismissed from suits seeking injunctions against collector Seldon R. Glenn. Temporary injunction dissolved with about 500000 dollars involved.
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Louisville, Ky
Elwood Hamilton
Louisville Provision Company
Field Packing Company
Henry Fisher Packing Company
Munns Brothers, Inc
Pennyroyal Packing Company
Seldon R. Glenn
Internal Revenue
Experiments Aim at Hardier California Game Trout
Experiments underway at Bishop California seek to develop a hardier game trout breed suited for California waters, potentially benefiting local angling and fisheries.
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California
Bishop
Calif
Next War May Begin Without Formal Declaration
Col O W Mull, a former German WWI officer, told the High Twelve club at the Roosevelt hotel that the next European war will start without a formal declaration and be won by the power that strikes first. He argued motorized divisions can move 300 to 400 miles overnight, making surprise attacks decisive and devaluing declarations. He urged trained US officers and troops, noted shifts in aviation to observation and mass bombing, and warned of gas use in a wide conflict.
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Europe
Col
O. W. Mull
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Col. Mull
United States
Norris Attacks F D R Court Plan as Bad
Norris calls the president's plan not fundamental and says seven supreme court justices may strike state laws by a five to two margin. His opposition boosts a senate bloc organized to oppose the plan while administration leaders insist they have enough strength to enact it.
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Supreme Court
Norris
Senate
Doings in Congress Explore War Bills and Trade Acts
In recess committees study bills to extend Connally hot oil law and strip profits from war while expanding reciprocal trade. La Follette panel pursues Pinkerton and GM inquiry as House hears Lincoln eulogy and panels weigh repeal of long and short haul rule and civil service status for emergency workers. Both houses extend federal housing administration debentures and authorize a disaster loan corporation.
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Connally
la Follette
Pinkerton General Motors
HOUSE
Abraham Lincoln
Federal Housing Administration
Coliseum Rome Seats 87 000 of 100 000 Capacity
The Coliseum at Rome housed 100000 spectators with 87000 seated. The arena measured 182 feet across and 285 feet long.
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Rome
Masses Reopen Churches in Violent Demonstration
In Orizaba Vera Cruz State Mexico a crowd estimated at 50 000 surged into 14 Catholic churches after police closed them following a police raid that killed a girl worshiper. Gov Miguel Aleman ordered closures but crowds reopened churches and blocked traffic demanding religious liberty.
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Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Miguel Aleman
Whiteman Denies Ramona's Charge Of Slave Driving
Paul Whiteman, a New York orchestra leader, said he had no idea what Ramona Davies is doing or how much she earns. Davies sought an injunction in New York Supreme Court to bar Whiteman and the management bureau from claiming exclusive rights to her services. Whiteman denied being a slave driver and noted they were traveling to Florida for an engagement.
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ST. Louis
Paul Whiteman
New York Orchestra
Ramona Davies
Miss Davies
New York Supreme Court
Whiteman
Artists’ Management Bureau
Davies
Ramona
New York Court
Florida
Former Wife of Rubinoff Jailed for Drunken Driving
In Chicago Blanche Moreland 35 divorced wife of violinist David Rubinoff began a 10 day jail sentence after pleading to drunken driving She testified she had only two drinks of wine with friends.
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Chicago
INS
Blanche Moreland
David Rubinoff
Cap May Be Clue In Mattson Case
Detectives found a checkered cap in a hideaway linked to the underworld that may connect to the kidnapping and murder of 10 year old Charles Mattson. The cap matches the description of the headwear seen when he was seized on December 27, 1936. Tim Donovan alias James G McDonald is tied to the note demanding 28 000 dollars. Police question two more persons, a man and his wife, and monitor their whereabouts on the night of the kidnapping.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Tim Donovan
James G. McDonald
Tim
Jailer Finds Two Vagrants In His Bed In Cal
El Cerrito California police found two vagrants asleep in jailer T. J. Harris’s bed upon his return. The court sentenced both lodgers to 10 days suspended, sparing the jailer from embarrassment while keeping the peace.
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EL Cerrito
Calif
T. J. Harris
Supreme Court Deliberates Wagner Labor Act Case
Washington The Wagner labor relations act described as labor's magna carta faced deep questions as nine justices heard four days of arguments from government and industry counsel. Final decision date remained uncertain with earliest possible March 1 after a two week recess and possible ties to Roosevelt’s court reform plan.
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Washington
LLP
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Reopened GM Plants Promise Payroll Boost After Strike
General Motors plans a swift reopening of plants with a wage rise adding about 25 million dollars to annual payroll. Homer Martin governors union leaders to meet in Detroit to present demands at the next bargaining conference. Canadian plants Windsor and Oshawa likely avoid shutdowns. GM’s truck division unaffected.
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Harry J. Carmichael
General Motors of Canada
Windsor
Oshawa
Ont
Chevrolet
General Motors
Detroit
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
LaSalle
Knudsen
Pope Pius III Condition Still Good After Night
Vatican officials said Pope Pius remained in stable condition Friday after a fairly good night and several hours of sleep. No new complications were reported as doctors monitored his heart and respiration.
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Vatican City
Ins
Pius
Vatican
Davenport Youth Held As Suspect In Alchy Running Car
Fred Briggs a 17 year old Davenport resident was arrested by local detectives and held for investigation as to his identification and possible connection with illegal transportation of alcohol through the city. Police and federal agents tracked a car into Cedar Rapids Wednesday night carrying alcohol in gallon cans. several cans were discarded during pursuit and later confiscated. Briggs is believed to have been an occupant of the car.
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Fred Briggs
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Briggs
Linn doctors keep cancer data and study heredity
Linn County Medical Society heard Dr Maud Slye of Chicago University describe breeding cancer out of mice and its implications for human heredity. She outlined recessive factors for each cancer type and location, with notes on record keeping for potential county hospital care and future family studies.
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Society
Maud Slye
Chicago University
Slye
Linn
Linn County Medical Society
Roosevelt Approves Flood Loan Bill
President Roosevelt signed a disaster bill authorizing the reconstruction loan program. The corporate lender may issue up to 20 million dollars in character loans for flood stricken areas in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
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Washington (Lp
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mississippi
Debenture Guarantee Powers Extended to 1939
Washington AP reports the House voted to extend the federal housing administration authority to guarantee debentures until July 1 1939. The Senate had already approved the extension. Debentures are exchanged for insured mortgage covered property.
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Washington
House
Federal Housing Administration
Senate
Solons Reject Child Labor Amendment in South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota The legislature refused to ratify the child labor amendment after the house adopted a majority committee report recommending rejection. The vote halted any approval of the proposed amendment in the state.
U S Officials Praise Auto Peace End of GM Strike
Washington officials hailed the 84 million dollar General Motors strike settlement as a fair compromise. President Roosevelt congratulated Michigan Governor Frank Murphy, while Frances Perkins and aides stressed cheaper dispute resolution and cautioned about future industrial strife.
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Washington
Llp
General Motors
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Frances Perkins
General Motors Corp
John L. Lewis
Miss Perkins
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Murphy
Capitol Hill
Lewis
Noah M. Mason
300 ARRESTED IN AUSTRIA OVER DOLLFOUSS ANNIVERSARY LEAFLETS
Vienna reports 300 people arrested after leaflets circulated on the third anniversary of the Dollfuss socialist revolution. The leaflets carried the slogan Neither Hapsburg nor Hitler.
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Vienna
INS
Engelbert Dollfuss
Hapsburg
Hitler
Pickets And Police Clash At Nash-Kelvinator Plant
In Detroit, union pickets clashed with police at Nash-Kelvinator’s Fort street plant while 100 pickets mingled with a police squad. Separately, 127 sit-down workers occupied the Plymouth road plant as officials seek circuit court action to oust them. Arbitrations talks were planned with the Mechanics Educational Society of America.
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Detroit
INS
Nash-Kelvinator
Corporation
Fort Street
Plymouth Road
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Amelia Earhart Plans World Flight Next Month
Amelia Earhart announced from New York she will depart Oakland California next month on a two week around the world flight with eight stops. A male mechanic will accompany her and she described the flight as experimental and not aimed at breaking records.
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Amelia Earhart
World
New York
Amelia Earshart
Oakland
Calif
Miss Earhart
Noah Webster’s Dictionary Project Span 1807 to 1828
Noah Webster spent twenty one years from 1807 to 1828 compiling the American Dictionary of the English language. The work defined American spelling and usage and established Webster as a pivotal language figure.
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Noah Webster
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