British Cruiser Ordered to Fire On Rebel Ships
The British battle cruiser Hood rushes to Bilbao to open fire on any Spanish insurgent ship that halts or attacks British merchant vessels carrying food. The admiralty ordered warning first, then direct fire if ignored, as cabinet actions signal strong support for international commerce and Basque relief.
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U. S
London
Admiralty
Hood
Bilbao
Drastle
Spain
Stanley Baldwin
Bay of Hiscay
Gibraltar
St. Jean de Luz
France
Mexican Is Held In Brick Slayings
Los Angeles dispatch reports David Madrid a 20 year old Mexican held on four brick killings after allegedly attempting to attack a aged home resident. He admits a midnight urge to kill but denies murder. investigators note the urge began after CCC camp exposure and leads to several downtown Los Angeles murders including Mrs Edna Worden and her 12 year old daughter.
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Los Angeles
Little Sisters of the Poor Home For the
David Madrid
Madrid
Civilian Conservation Corps
California
Edna Worden
Los Anatles
Chio City
Rose Valdez
Tom
Walk to Death Cell Taken by Pramesa
In Moundsville on April 11 Frank Pramesa, 22, walked from his cell to the yard death house, set for hanged at 9 o clock Wednesday for the July Windsor Heights slaying of Louis Thames. He testified against Mrs Pearl Thames, widow of Thames, who was acquitted. Pramesa claimed she was his sweetheart.
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Moundsville
Frank Pramesa
Louis Thames
Brooke County
Windsor Heights
Pramesa
Demeanor
Dee
Wheeling
Pearl Thames
Rebels Strike At Loyalists in Madrid Bombardment
Madrid reports a heavy insurgent artillery bombardment on the western approaches as government forces press a three night siege. Shells fell for about 45 minutes from Mount Garabbas into Casa de Campo area as Gen Jose Aojoa defends and insurgents push around positions near the mount.
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Madrid
Mount Garabbas
Casa de Campo
Bourton Royalty
Jose aUoje
Indians Still Revered Gandhi Faces Renunciation Claim
ROMBAY April 1. Malan dax K Gandhi renounces his title Mahatma in vain. To India’s millions the leader remains Mahatma the great soul despite his humility and disowning efforts. Indians respond with increased reverence as Gandhi questions the label.
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Rombay
Malandax K. Gandhi
Mahatma
India
Belgian Fascists Defeated as Van Zeeland Wins Seat
Brussels dispatch reports a stunning breakthrough for anti fascist forces in Belgium. Paul Van Zeeland, American educated premier, won a parliamentary seat with 275 840 votes to 9 242 for Leon Degrelle. The Rexists trailed by about 4 470 votes compared with May 1936. Degrelle faced criticism from followers over losing and the broader political implications for future elections.
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Brussels
Paul van Zeeland
Leon Deprelle
van Zeeland
Degrelle
Princeton
Act
Rexists
Degrette
van Zealand
Degredte
Leopold
CIO Oil Drive To Be Opposed
Houston April 10 The Committee for Industrial Organization drive to organize workers in the petroleum industry faces sharp opposition from the International Oil Workers union and from the American Federation of Labor plus two large groups of restless workers. Recruiters talk with workers benefiting from recent wage boosts and hear of attempts to outlaw sit-down strikes. The organizers deny any aim at a strike and emphasize collective bargaining as their objective. The AFL plans to begin actions soon.
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Houston
Tex
Committee For Industrial
International Oi Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
C. O
A. F. of L
Pontiff Makes First Auto Ride in Months at Vatican Gardens
Vatican City reports the pontiff, recovering from a serious illness, took his first automobile ride in months. He traveled the Vatican gardens in multiple circuits, marking his first visit there since December 5 when he was gravely ill.
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Pontiff
Vatican City
Vatican Gardens
Christian Unity Urged By Church of God Pastor
Rev. F. M. Eby of the First Church of God in Florida Street urges unity in a Gazette sermon based on John 17 21. He notes Jesus prayed for oneness, laments division among disciples, and says full fellowship requires church membership.
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F. M. Eby
First Church of God
Florida Street
Jesus
God
Christ
Relief Sit Downers Refuse to Give Up
In Columbus Ohio April 1917 a crowd of relief demonstrators forced out of Gov. Davey’s office gather in a dilapidated church seeking relief. They plan to press Governor Megray state secretary of the workers alliance for renewed access and to sustain protests until adequate food clothing and shelter are obtained.
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Columbus
Walt
Martin L. Daves
Goverenor
Nelann
Bus Franchise Aired by Charleston Officials
City officials yesterday sought a satisfactory settlement of the Charleston Transit company bus franchise as a step toward ramp traffic regulations and faster vehicle movement. The council plans to discuss the proposal at a recessed meeting tonight with some members favoring buses over trolley cars but opposing parts of the draft from the joint traffic-ordinance committee.
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Charleston Transit Company
Road Commissioner Rules on Franchise Transit Changes
The Charleston Transit company must remove street car tracks on all state highways in the city and obtain permission from the state road commission to substitute buses. Road Commissioner Burr W. Simpson has written Mayor D. Moone Dawson with requirements that the company place tracks removal sheets in proper condition before approval.
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Charleston Transit Company
State Road Commission
Burr Wi. Simpson
D. Moone Dawson
Commission
Amendments Target Abandoned Tracks and Street Wires
The document contemplates removal of poles and wires on permanent street railway abandonments. Wires must be removed at company cost. rails removal is optional but requires filling grooves and restoring pavement if rails are removed before repaving. Roads between tracks and two feet each side remain the company’s responsibility.
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Opon
Identification of Girl Auto Victim Near Charleston
Sheriff J M Slack said the victim killed by a car near Ueckley Saturday night was Edith Smith Miller who had stayed on Elk River Road near Charleston. Trooper B F McLaughlin noted the girl appeared to be hitchhiking south and a truck driver claimed to have delivered a girl matching her description to Charleston three days ago and she said she was going home to Macon. A tent dweller near Lew B Rock River Road with several others matched the victim’s description, and witnesses said they recently worked in a midwest stage show. A constable obtained a photo that tallies with the deceased, while Mrs Crookshanks reported the driver said the victim was walking in the highway center and the crash was unavoidable.
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J. M. Slack
Ueckley
Edith Smith Miller
Elk River Road
Charleston
B. F. McLaughlin
Beckley
Macon
Slack
Lew B. Rock
Rikver Road
Midwest
Miss Miller
McLaughlin
W. G Crookshanks
Laidley
Flood Fund Plan To Spend 200 Million On Ohio Basin
The national resources committee urged President Roosevelt to allocate about 200 million dollars for flood prevention pollution control and related projects in the Ohio river basin. They propose 85 million for 14 reservoirs and 75 million to curb pollution including treatment for 6 million residents and 3.8 million sewered directly to the river, citing industrial and domestic waste and acid mine drainage as main causes.
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Washington
National Resources Committee
Roosevelt
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Ghia
Reesearch
Baby Carriage Firebug Strikes in Bronx Tenement
New York April 11 The so called baby carriage firebug blamed for over fifty fires and two deaths struck again in a Bronx tenement fire causing two deaths and injuries to five others. Fire Marshal Brophy said the blaze started in a baby carriage on a ground floor hallway and another similar fire nearby was extinguished minutes later. Police fear a single arsonist network is behind the spate of infant carriage fires and have warned radio patrols to remain vigilant. Morro Bressetti 47 and his year old daughter Celia died as neighbors escaped from a second floor fire.
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New York
Bronx
Thomas P. Brophy
Evides Follee
Sirebug
Morro Bressetti
Celia
Brophy
FDR Defender To Join Battle In Texas Race
Lyndon Johnson, a 20 year old defender of the supreme court reorganization plan, won the tenth Texas district special election to fill James P. Buchanan's seat. He touted support for Roosevelt's program, praised the court reform, and opposed foreign entanglements while stressing farm benefits social security and labor. The vote was seen as a direct referendum by observers with all candidates Democrats.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Texas
Roosevelt
Johnson
James P. Buchanan
House of Representatives
Nine Are Wounded in Clash Between Rival Lead Unions
In Oshawa Ontario a mass rally led by Thompson warned of a general GM shutdown in sympathy with strike action as Mayor Hall backed GMC strikers. Separately in Galena Kansas nine metal mining workers were wounded in a violent clash between the Tri-State Metal and Smelter Workers union and a CIO aligned group, with gunfire and smoke bombs at CIO offices.
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CIO
U. S
Oshawa
Ont
General Motors
America
Hugh Thompson
Canada
John L. Lewis
Thompson
A. C. Hall
Galena
Kas
Wh (Ap
Committee For Industrial
Tri-State Metal and Smelter Workers Union
Internsional
Tri-State
T Ia
Naional
Jtbor
Picher
Okla
CIO Offica
Galena Cio
Joplin
Steel Contracts Sought by CLO in Pittsburgh
Lieutenants of Jotu L. Lewis moved today to gain a contract with three large independent steel companies while expediting a membership drive in the electrical and aluminium industries. David J. McDonald sped east for a conference with Bethlehem Steel officials and a spokesman said tentative meetings were arranged with H. Lewis of Jones and Laughlin and with Youngstown Sheet and Tube. The committee seeks a wage and working agreement like that of U. S. Steel subsidiaries and others. Brophy will meet tomorrow in New Kensington with men from all dates who mine, reduce and fabricate and discuss plains.
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Pittsburgis
Jotu L. Lewis
Willy
Electrical and Aluminium Industria
David J. McDonald
Steel Workers Oreganizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organizaon
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
H. £. Lewis
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown , Sheet and Tube Corporation
U. S. Steel Core Oporation
Brophy
Aldes
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
New Kensington
Jobs Demanded For 3 000 000
WALLINGTON April 1 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor demanded today a federal works program to provide at least 3 900 000 jobs for the unemployed during the 1937 38 fiscal year. He said the present works program is inadequate and falling short by about 1 000 000 jobs. He argued to avoid the stigma of relief and to support unemployed families, as Roosevelt’s budget estimates and WPA levels drew scrutiny.
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Wallington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cane Press
Roosevelt
Ford Official Denounces Class Struggle in America
Detroit reports Ford Motor Company figure Yam Cameron says there is no class struggle in America and that the nation’s current unrest is largely publicity driven. He likens social tension to a vibration period in machinery and argues balance will be restored as speed changes.
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Detroit
Yam J. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
America
Auto Director Ralph Ince Killed in London Accident
Ince, a Boston born director and actor best known for Little Caesar and Havana, died in Kensington when a car he rode with his wife struck an iron standard. Mrs Ince, driving, sustained facial fractures and was hospitalized. Ince led Hollywood Paramount and Warner Brothers projects in England before his death.
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London
Ralph Ince
Toston
Mass
Kensington
Ince
Ines
Hollywood
England
Irving Asher
Warner Brothers
Joe E. Ince
Joe E Brown
Boston
Havana
Hershey Parley To Resume Today
Hershey, Pennsylvania labor talks resume after tentative pact, with officials reporting progress on seniority rights. Conferees consider polling workers on representation by United Chocolate Workers or Loyal Workers Club as plant operations resume amid strikes and disorder.
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Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Tor
Relph M. Bashore
of Labor and Industry
Bashore
Yesterda
Confertes
Pickers
John Ll. Lewis
Hereshey
United Chocolate Workers
Loyal Workers’ Club
E Watan FR. Murfle
Dante
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National Resources Board
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Lyndon Johnson
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U.S
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Marchera
Kansas
Virgil Darnell
Frank McDaniels
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