Strike Penalty Clause Blocks Coal Contract News
Eight negotiators were ordered to resume negotiations on the stalled coal contract as 338,000 miners awaited word. Philip Murray urged elimination of the penalty clause for illegal strikes and a possible union shop, while operators resisted. Unemployment claims rose as West Virginia miners faced idle time and potential hearings on benefits.
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New York
Joint
Conference of Representatives of
Appalachian Management and Labor
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Murray
UMWA
United Mine Workers
Walter L. Robinson
Cleveland
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
Robinson
Mayor Kelly Reelected in Chicago Victory Over Green
Mayor Edward J. Kelly, 62, wins a record city turnout with 808,862 votes to Dwight H. Green’s 630,967. Kelly campaigned on his six year record, avoiding direct attacks on Green, whose challenge was backed by the Republican party in Chicago. The election set a city record with about 1,474,941 votes cast, second only to the 1936 presidential total. Green, 42, was drafted to lead a comeback from his first elected-office bid as an assistant U.S. district attorney.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Dwight H. Green
Kelly
Green
Board of Election Commissioners
Gore
Party
U.S
Democrats Win In Logan Voting
Logan voters restored Democratic control for two years with W. B. Johnson reelected mayor by 231 votes 1212 to 981. Five Democrats won council seats C. W. Bias Charles Clark Phil Glick Wade S. Hill Hurtle White. Republican Walter T. Mitchell narrowly trailed.
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Logan
W. B. Johnson
J. E. Reed
C. W. Bias
Charles Clark
Phil Glick
Wade S. Hill
Hurtle White
White
Walter T. Mitchell
W. N. Grif
Benny Pleads Guilty to Jewel Smuggling Charge
Comedian Jack Benny apologizes and pleads guilty to a technical jewel smuggling charge. He is fined 10000 dollars and placed on probation for one year and a day after admitting that Albert N. Chaperau imported two diamond clips and a bracelet from France, valued about 2131 dollars, with duty unpaid around 700 dollars.
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New York
Jack Benny
Albert N. Chaperau
U. S
France
Benny
Mary Livingtone
Jobless Levy Slash Opposed by Social Security Chief
Washington April 4 A J Altmeyer chairman of the social security board opposed cutting the 3 percent payroll tax for unemployment compensation urging states to liberalize their systems instead He said the 3 percent tax is necessary to fund a long range unemployment program and that benefits must be expanded beyond current 50 percent caps through liberalized state plans
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Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Altmeyer
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Demure Blonde Heads Chorus Girl Factory Across Cities
Mildred Ray runs a streamlined chorus girl factory with 200 to 300 dancers aged 18 to 25 across 12 American and Canadian cities. She designs costumes and routines, rehearses multiple groups daily, and employs three assistants, three seamstresses, and three music arrangers.
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Mildred Ray
New York
Miss Ray
Jack Silverman
Lower East Side
Montreal
Union City
N. J
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Broadway
Harlem
Nazis Seek Way Out as German Debt Grows
Berlin reports Germany’s indebtedness at 28.11 billion marks as Polish British negotiations in London raise questions about the nation’s future. The controlled press attacks Britain while observers see little appetite for war among Germans. Some think peace could hold if Beck aligns Poland with Britain, prompting a potential decisive action by Hitler if talks shift Poland into an anti German bloc.
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Viscount Halifax
Col
Joseph Beck
London
Poland
Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
United States
Berlin
Great Britain
Hitler
Col. Beck
Peoples' Party Wins Second Term In St Albans
Dr. H. M. Escue reelected mayor as Peoples' party retains power. Unofficial returns show Escue 562 votes to 412 for Citizens' candidate Co. F. Carnes. Peoples councilmen J. S. Stanley 502 Lee Pack 500 L. S. Coleman 592. Citizens' council candidates F. D. Burgess 414 B. O. Good 366 H. G. Shrewsbury 398.
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H. M. Escue
St. Albans
Peoples’ Party
Escue
Co. F. Carnes
Citizens’ Party
Peoples
Four Killed in Navy Planes Crash at Wasp Launch
A midair collision during the launch of the aircraft carrier Wasp in Quincy, Massachusetts, killed four Navy reservists including Lieut. Commander Waldo H. Brown of Milton. The victims also included Aviation Cadet Ellsworth Benson of Newton and Walter Kirk, a Quincy Marine. The tragedy occurred as Mrs. Charles Edison broke a champagne bottle to christen the ship.
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Quincy
Mass
Wasp
Charles Edison
Navy
Waldo H. Brown
Milton
Frances Gray
Detroit
Ellsworth Benson
Newton
Walter Kirk
Iraq King Ghazi Lives on Through a Royal Adulthood
In Baghdad a three year old boy becomes king after the death of Ghazi I in a car crash. The council names Emir Abdul Illah as regent while mourning crowds gather and a fire at the consulate in Mosul is reported amid unrest.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Ghazi I
Council of Ministers
Mosul
Tigris
Baghdad
G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason
London
King Ghazi
Ghazi
King Feisal
Emir Abdul Ilah
Mohammed
Douglas Gets Confirmation of Supreme Court Nomination
The Senate confirmed William O. Douglas 62 to 4 as a Supreme Court justice. Four Republicans joined in opposition. Douglas, 40, chairs the securities commission and will replace Justice Louis D. Brandeis. The court is in recess and Douglas can take the oath when it reconvenes April 17.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
Supreme Court
Senate
Douglas
Sen
Frazier
N. D
Mahoney
Conn
O’mahoney
Wyo
Frazier and Nye
North Dakota
Lodge
Massachusetts
Reed
Kansas
Yale Law
Washington State
Louis D. Brandeis
Roosevelt
Sen. Barkley
Mass Plane Production For Emergency Studied
The Army began seeking bids for mass production of warplanes in a wartime emergency. Invitations were sent for nearly 2,400 planes across multiple types and data on quantity production costs. The government eyed rapid prep to build about 500 light training planes if awards were made, using optimized contractor assembly capacity.
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Devon Francis
AP Aviation
New York
Army
Great Britain
Ers
Observation Corps
Fiision
British Naval Chief's Talk Triggers Outcry Abroad
Earl Stanhope announced all anti aircraft guns of the British fleet were manned in readiness for possible air attack. Government denials followed as papers defied requests to suppress the remarks with press support from the Daily Express and Mail. The speech, given aboard Ark Royal, prompted questions in Parliament and raised concerns over cabinet reliability and naval alert status amid Adriatic and Mediterranean tensions.
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London
INS
Earl Stanhope
Ford
Admiralty
Britain
Stanhope
Daily Express
Mail
The
First Lord
Express
Ark Royal
Portsmouth
George Formby
No. 10
Downing Street
Chamberlain
Commons
House of Commons
Arthur Greenwood
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Britain Warns Italy Over Albania Troop Moves
London announces that Italian troop movements toward Albania violate the Anglo Italian status quo pact. Prime Minister Chamberlain may extend aid to Albania if Nazi threats arise, with Lord Perth pressing Ciano after reports of Italian forces at Brindisi and other ports.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Rome
Italy
Albania
Mediterranean
Chamberlain
Lord Perth
Britain
Galeazzo Ciano
Brindisi
Foreign Office
Hines Released Pending Appeal
Ex Tammany leader Jimmy Hines freed from Tombs after 13 days of a four to eight year sentence. A state supreme court justice issued a certificate of reasonable doubt and he is free on 35000 bail pending appellate division decision likely not before 1941. He stepped out to attention from a crowd of about 300 Tammany club members and declared he felt fine.
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New York
INS
Tammany
Jimmy Hines
Tombs
Supreme Court
Hines
Tammany Hall
Tammany Club
Suspected Fascist Headquarters Stoned in Mexico City
More than 1,000 Mexican workers stormed a suspected Spanish Fascist head quarters called the Spanish casino on Calle Isabel la Catolica. Police and firemen dispersed the mob with tear gas and fire hoses. windows were smashed in the building.
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Mexico City
INS
Isabel la Catolica
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