Miners Idle as Operators Mull Demands in 338000 Strike
About 338,000 soft coal miners in eight states abstained from work as the operators review labor's demand for a formally written closed shop in a new contract. Old two-year pact expired, unions say most workers hold union cards, and daily losses run up to 2 million dollars.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
Michigan
Appalachian
Alabama
Union
Miners Idle as Wage Talks Loom in West Virginia
West Virginia coal fields shutdown with over 100000 miners idle awaiting a new wage pact. Nonunion Elk River operation at Widen employs about 600 while 500 captive mines close except essential maintenance. UMW claims majority at several sites while labor board settles the dispute.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Widen
Clay County
Elk River
Labor Relations Board For Settlement
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Huntington
That Man At School Defies Hawks In Sharp Challenge
Willie Willis voices defiant remark about battleships consuming millions in target ice and invites a rival to prove skill by bringing down a hawk with no shooting practice.
Senate Seeks Compromise On Relief Aid
In Washington a Senate drive aims to settle on 100 million dollars for relief, signaling a compromise with Roosevelt’s 150 million demand. The move follows an 8 to 2 subcommittee vote to oppose the higher sum and against further reductions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Appropriations
Administration
Appropriations Committee
Pepper
Fla
House
Coal Board Sets Final Hearing on Bituminous Coal Rules
The National Bituminous Coal Commission announces its final hearing on marketing rules for bituminous coal to begin in Washington on April 17. Regulations for all districts except No. 20 Utah have been published and No. 20 rules will be announced soon.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Utah
Miners Ignore Contract Dispute in Fayette County
In Mount Hope on April 3, Fayette county coal fields show miners idling over sports and gardens as wages talks stall. Miners savor a vacation while company stores issue scrip and accept over drafts. All mines remain closed amid the dispute.
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Mount Hope
Fayette County
Priest Talks Bandit Into Surrender In NY Gas Hold Up
Father Francis X. Quinn persuaded John Naumo 23 to surrender after a tense hostage situation in a gas filled apartment. Naumo, accused in a robbery case, held an elderly couple for over an hour before yielding to police thanks to the priest’s negotiations.
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John Naumo
Center
Francis X. Quinn
Quinn
New York
Naomo
Council Sets Rent For Auditorium
The city approves an ordinance authorizing auditorium rents of 250 dollars per day for profit groups and 50 dollars for conventions and non profit exhibitions with openings free except for rally costs. A three person board will supervise. the city manager remains landlord with an 1800 dollar annual custodian. Councilman Harry Silverstein notes a ceremonial opening is planned.
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Harry Silverstein
Coin Program Is Approved by House Coinage Panel
The House coinage committee voted 9 to 5 to extend the treasury stabilization fund of 2 billion dollars for two years and to renew the president’s authority to devalue the dollar and to buy domestically mined silver above world prices. Sec. Morgenthau urged continuation as a shield against international crises, comparing devaluation power to a navy in defense.
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Washington
Sec
Morgenthau
Treasury
House Coinage Committee
Nationalist representative reopens Spanish Embassy in Washington
Juan Francisco De Cardenas the Spanish charge d affaires arrived in Washington from New York to take possession of the vacant Spanish embassy for the Nationalist government and raised its flag. He declined to correct the upside down flag saying its display symbolized diplomatic recognition. Colombian Ambassador Miguel Lopez Pumarejo accompanied him as they broke seals and entered. A notice of Cardenas appointment was received by the State Department from Spanish Foreign Minister Jordana. Hull announced C Freeman Matthews will become American charge d affaires at Burgos and the former staff in Paris will join the new diplomatic system in Spain.
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Washington
INS
Juan Francisco de Cardenas
New York
Cardenas
Miguel Lopez Pumarejo
Franco
State Department
Jordana
Hull
Department
C. Freeman Matthews
Paris
Burgos
Claude G. Bowers
San Juan de Luz
France
Spain
State Moves on 72 Corporations for Delinquent Taxes
The state filed suits in Kanawha county circuit court against four named companies and cited 68 more in an intervening petition seeking over $200,000 in unpaid unemployment compensation taxes. Officials say more actions follow.
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Kanawha County
John H. Fox
Department of Unemployment Compensation
Fred Haught
Fox
United Dry Cleaners of
Charleston
Columbia Cafe
Logan
Warman Baking Company
Morgantown
Charles
Hemphill
Snead Machine and Electric Company
Mabscott
Sun Motor Company
Welch
Ward Hoyt Mining Company
Bickmore
Whitesville Mining Company
Whitesville
Elk Motor Sales, Inc
General Roofing and Air Conditioning Corporation
Potterfield, Inc
Operation Movie Basis of Suit for $75,000
Mrs Olive Anthony sues Dr William Weber in Los Angeles for $75,000 claiming motion pictures were taken during surgery without consent while she was under anesthesia. She says the films were printed and shown, causing mortification and invasion of privacy. Weber denies ordering the filming and says a friend recorded with consent.
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Los Angeles
Olive Anthony
Dr. Weber
Anthony
TVA Acquitted on All Counts by Committee
A joint congressional committee mostly exonerated TVA on malmanagement and efficiency charges. The majority found TVA rates honest, personnel competent, land acquisitions proper, and comptroller audits unnecessary. A minority report condemned the yardstick as misleading, urged reorganization, and cited alleged waste and discrimination against labor and Black employees. Senators Donahey led the majority signers.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
TVA
Congress
Arthur E. Morgan
Roosevelt
Comptroller General
Donahey
Army Air Fund Measure Signed In Georgia
President Roosevelt signed the 358 million emergency army air defense bill and the government reorganization measure in Warm Springs Georgia. The army plan increase to 6000 fighters is planned under a broader defense program totaling 552 million, with 300 million for the army air corps. A separate commodity loan of 18 million was approved for naval stores prices.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Army
Navy
Army Air Corps
Douglas confirmation delayed by Frazier attack
In Washington on April 3 the Senate, without debate, confirmed former Senator Fred H. Brown as comptroller general. Action on William O. Douglas for Supreme Court justice was blocked by Senator Frazier who questioned Douglas’s legal experience and views on labor agriculture and civil rights. The chamber was expected to confirm Douglas the next day.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Fred H. Brown
N. H
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Sen
Frazier
N. D
Douglas
Britain Extends Policy To Protect All Nations Against Aggression
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi spokesmen reaction to Prime Minister Chamberlains pledge to back all states threatened by aggression. Germany accuses Britain of planning a new war while defending self defense claims, notes Hitler in Wilhelmshaven and tracks Polish and Romanian moves as Beck travels to London to assess German Polish ties.
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Britain
Berlin
Germany
Chamberlain
Wilhelmshaven
Hitler
Foreign Office
Poland
Rumania
Joseph Beck
London
House of Commons
Robert Ley
North Sea
Beck
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Lebrun Reenters Presidency Race in France
Paris April 3 President Albert Lebrun agreed to run again for the seven year term after urgent requests from national leaders amid a tense international situation. He becomes only the second French president to seek reelection, with a national assembly vote set for Wednesday.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
Lebrun
Hungary Slovakia Fix New Frontier After Negotiations
Hungarian and Slovak negotiators fixed a new Ruthenian Slovak frontier and planned a protocol signing. The accord grants Hungary title to most Slovak areas occupied in March frontier fighting, totaling about 386 square miles and about 45 000 new citizens. The ceded land includes mountain ledges forming a natural defensive frontier along key routes between Hungary and Poland.
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Budapest
Slovakia
Hungary
Ruthenia
Ung
Poland
Russia denies pledging aid to Poland in case of war
Moscow rejects reports that the Soviet Union promised to aid Poland or supply war material, denying such obligations in a Tass communique. The denial notes Russia did not undertake to embargo raw materials to Germany and emphasizes ongoing interest in collective security without creating a regional fence.
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Moscow
Russia
Poland
Germany
France
Soviet Union
Tass
Union and President Ordered to Pay Sit Down Strike Damages
A federal court jury ruled Apex Hosiery mill damages totaling 711,932 be paid by the branch 1 American Federation of Hosiery Workers CIO and its president William Leader. The verdict marks a first since the Supreme Court deemed sit down strikes illegal and does not attach the union’s 16,000 members.
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Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery
Branch 1
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
CIO
William Leader
U. S. Supreme Court
ABCs of Our U S A i Of the People
This essay argues there is no fixed hereditary elite in America and leadership comes from among all citizens. It emphasizes open shores and doors of opportunity for all religious and social groups and warns against excluding others from high office. It introduces a twelve part series on democracy.
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America
Europe
National League of Women Voters
Chamberlain pledges united front to deter Nazi aggression
In London Chamberlain announces a broad pledge of British and allied aid to defend Poland and potentially other nations against Nazi domination. He signals readiness to defend independence of all states at risk, while Lloyd George presses for Russian involvement and new anti-Hitler alliances.
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William Hillman
London
INS
Chamberlain
British
Britain
Europe
Alli
Poland
House of Commons
France
England
Rumania
Lithuania
Carol
Commons
Bucharest
David Lloyd George
Hitler
Hindenburg Line
Germany
Lloyd George
Russia
Josef Beck
Viscount Halifax
Halifax
House of Lords
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