Flint Michigan Sit-Down Conference Jeopardizes 200000 GM Jobs
About 200 General Motors assembly workers meet at a Flint conference arranged by leaders backing John L. Lewis. They draft terms for a possible general strike to pressure the American Federation of Labor split and to disrupt broader auto industry production, risking 14 500 Flint jobs and shutdowns at multiple plants.
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Mich
General Motors
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers of America
Flint
Nebraska Unicameral Opens Its First Session
George Norris champions a single chamber legislature in Nebraska, arguing it reduces clutter and missteps. The article notes the unicameral’s 43 members elected on a nonpartisan ballot and questions whether a smaller body yields better laws.
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INCE
Washington
Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Assembly
George Norris
The Leaden Souls Who Take Life Too Hard
A reflection on chronically gloomed lives led by grumblers who fear joy and see flaws in everything. The author urges a lighter view, citing Emerson on the crack in creation and the need to smile even when life hurts. Copyright 1937. Dr Newton.
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H. G. Wells
London
Iowa
Crabdump
Zangwill
Emerson
Strike threat at General Motors razes jobs nationwide
A strike closing all General Motors plants would put about 275 000 workers directly out of work and trigger idleness in dependent industries including tire makers. The plan centers on recognizing the United Automobile Workers Association as the sole bargaining agent, giving John L. Lewis power over GM employees.
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General
Michigan
Ohio
UAWA
International Union of the Uawa
General Motors
John L. Lewis
Bitterness Enters Democratic Fight for House Leadership
House Democrats clash as Rep. John J. O Connor accuses Rep. Thomas Cullen of treason for backing Sam Rayburn. Rayburn allies claim strong position with about 225 of 332 votes while O Connor vows victory. Georgia’s Ramspeck says 182 votes on first ballot. Tennessee bloc backs Rayburn unit rule.
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Ins
House
John J. O’connor
New Yorker
Thomas Cullen
Tammany
O’connor
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Cullen
Rayburn
Ramspeck
Georgia
O'Connor
Tennessee
Sam D. McReynolds
The
Senator Robinson Re-elected Senate Democratic Leader
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas was re-elected Democratic leader of the Senate at a Democratic caucus. The group also re-elected Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois as party whip and authorized Robinson to appoint an assistant leader and an assistant whip.
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Washington
INS
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Robinson
Freight Locomotive Explosion Kills Three in Adrian
An explosion aboard a Wabash freight train locomotive in Adrian Michigan killed three crew members. The dead are Engineer Roy Mead head brakeman C R Hudson and Fireman G E Johnson who had recently moved from Rome Georgia to Michigan and all resided in Detroit.
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Adrian, Mich
Roy Mead
C. R. Hudson
G. E. Johnson
Michigan
Rome
Detroit
Germans Seize Third Spanish Ship In Biscay
International News Service reports Germany has seized the Marta Junquero, the third Spanish merchant vessel taken by the Koenigsberg in the Bay of Biscay. Valencia condemns aggression while Berlin pushes its stance as France seeks joint naval steps with Britain. Madrid endures insurgent assaults in north and southeast.
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Germany
Spain
London
Paris
Marta Junquero
Koenigsberg
Bay of Biscay
Valencia
Berlin
France
Spanish ships seized as Berlin warns on Spanish navy actions
German and Spanish fleets clash in a string of retaliations off the Spanish coast. The Koenigsberg seized the Marta Junquera in the Bay of Biscay, following Madrid’s seizure of the German steamship Paloz. Berlin halts all Spanish red ships and the German public tracks the warnings and seizures with growing concern.
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Berlin
INS
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Germany
Spain
Foreign Office
Marta Junquera
Koenigsberg
Bay of Biscay
Madrid
Paloz
Murphy Enters Mediation in Motors Strike Given by Gov Murphy
Governor Frank Murphy announced mediation in the General Motors strike as UAW leaders sought a federal hearing to bar occupancy of two Fisher Body plants. He pledged neutrality while urging peaceful adjudication of the labor dispute affecting about 275,000 workers across GM’s 69 plants. Ten GM plants are closed with about 37,000 layoffs as UAW locals in 16 cities threaten broader action.
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Flint, Mich
Frank Murphy
United Automobile Workers Union
Fisher Body Corporation
General Motors
Capitol
Lansing
Detroit
Homer Martin
United States
Murphy
G. M
High Court declines to rule on tax in Job Insurance Act
The Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a lower court ruling upholding unemployment insurance tax provisions of the federal social security law. No explanation given, case pending in the First Circuit in Boston. George P. Davis, stockholder in Boston and Maine railroad, sought to restrain payment of the tax.
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High Court
Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
George P. Davis
Boston and Maine Railroad
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Davis
Solem Resignation Creates Iowa Coaching Vacancy
Ossie Solem quits as director of athletics and head football coach at the University of Iowa, leaving a vacancy attracting top coaching candidates. The school emphasizes strong support for athletics, the Big Ten position, and a potential split of the director and coach roles as it seeks a capable successor.
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Solem
Iowa
Ossie Solem
University of Iowa
Salem
Burt Ingwersen
Iowa City
Abductors Message Emerges in Tacoma Kidnapping Case
A new advertisement claimed contact with the Mattson kidnapper as Charles Mattson’s father urged authorities to avoid interference to allow the abductors to continue. Investigators, led by Governor Martin, combed the Olympic peninsula for two suspects after the boy’s disappearance.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Mable
INS
Clarence D. Martin
Olympic Peninsula
William W. Mattson
Charles
Tait Denies He Has Resigned As District WPA Head
Cedar Rapids businessman Benjamin Tait, district WPA director at Waterloo, denied he submitted his resignation to the new state WPA director Prof. George Keller. He said he is not contemplating leaving. The rumor originated from an unidentified source, and Tait noted he was appointed district director last July 15.
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George J. Jaeger, Jr
Lake Forest
Ill
Chicago
Ellen Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Jaeger
A. S. Klein
Walter O. Birk Candy Company
Howard Hall
Crescent Street
Margaret Douglas
Hall
Gail Burck
Pasadena
Calif
Barbara Douglas
George B. Douglas
First Avenue E
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Margot
Associated Press
Thomas Kennedy
Lake County
Mr. Jaeger
Kennedy
John L. Taylor
Benjamin Tait
WPA
Waterloo
George Keller
Iowa City
Tait
International News Service
Des Moines
Acosta Reveals Why He Quit War in Spain
Bert Acosta, famed American aviator, returns to Paris after a month in Spain as a paid bombing pilot for the red forces. He describes mid air peril amid battles with German and Russian fighters, and explains why he and others left the conflict.
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Spain
Bert Acosta
Paris
Red Forces
Admiral Byrd
Atlantic
France
Famous Transatlantic Flyer Ends Spain Mission
An American flyer explains leaving the Spanish Civil War effort after a month of contracts, citing democracy rhetoric versus dictatorship. He notes four Americans joined then resigned, and that money and fighting drew them in before choosing to quit and seek Paris.
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Spain
New York
Cold Wave Yields Sudden Warmup In Cedar Rapids
The weather line shows a rapid shift from a Sunday low of 7 above to a Sunday high of 11 above by 3 p.m. The temperature rose to 14 at midnight 28 by 7 a.m. and 33 at 10 a.m. Monday with a 0.05 inch weekend precipitation. The warm spell ended at 2:45 p.m. Monday with 39 as fair weather returned.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Pope’s Heartbeat Grows Irregular at Age 79
The Vatican issued the first official bulletin on Pope Pius XII's long illness stating his heart-beat has become irregular and blood circulation is worsening. The bulletin notes his advanced age requires prudence as the Pope, age 79, faces serious cardiac conditions.
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INS
Pius
Vatican
Vatican State Department
Bomb attack near U.S. Embassy in Madrid kills sixteen
In Madrid a rebel air raid struck Tetuan de las Victorias injuring and killing at least sixteen people. Thirty one American refugees at the U.S. embassy endured the raid with terror as aircraft dropped a large bomb within a block of the compound.
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Madrid
United States
Tetuan de Las Victorias
Marengo Woman Hurt in Collision
Arline Fisher, 23, of Marengo, suffered facial lacerations and a bruised shoulder when the car driven by I. E. Fisher, 46, of Marengo, collided with a machine operated by Don Ross, 25, at Second street and Second avenue SW at 7 15 a.m. Sunday.
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Marengo
I. E. Fisher
Don Ross
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Ross
Fisher
Trombonist pleads guilty to Ginger Rogers extortion attempt
James F. Hall twenty, a sea-going trombonist, pled guilty before Federal Judge Albert Lee Stephens to attempting to extort five thousand dollars from film star Ginger Rogers. He threw himself on the court's mercy.
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Los Angeles
James F. Hall
Albert Lee Stephens
Ginger Rogers
Supreme Court Upholds Ashurst-Sumners Prison Goods Law
The Supreme Court unanimously uph holds the Ashurst-Sumners act regulating interstate shipments of prison made goods and requiring labeling in states where sale is forbidden. The ruling strengthens state controls against convict labor products and bars shipments into restricted markets.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Ohio
Kentucky Whip and Collar Company
Eddyville
Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court Voids Oregon Crimes Law in Syndicalism Case
The U S Supreme Court struck down Oregon’s criminal syndicalism law used to imprison Dirk Dejonge a communist for seven years for aiding in a communist meeting The ruling centers on the state court interpretation of the law. The decision also upholds limit on landlords claims for future rent in bankruptcy cases as applied to United Cigar Stores receivership in Trenton New Jersey.
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INS
Supreme Court
Oregon
Dirk Dejonge
Oregon Supreme Court
High Court
Caroline R. Kuehner
Frederick G. Fisher
United Cigar Stores Company
Trenton
N. J
Four Boys Die in British Columbia Blizzard
Four young Indian boys were found frozen to death along Fraser River shore after a northern British Columbia blizzard. Provincial police sea patrol recovered the bodies, investigators said.
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British Columbia
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