Grand Old Man Of Labor Urges Peace In Ranks
Pittsburgh August 15 AP veteran labor leader M F Tighe on his 60th wedding anniversary calls for an end to CIO AFL hostilities and warns a third union could emerge if labor does not unite He cites �great responsibility� for leaders and says citizenship must come first while praising his wife Mrs Tighe for support and noting his long union career in Wheeling and Marietta.
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Pittsburgh
M. F. Tighe
Labor
CIO
AFL
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Tighe
Rnfl
Elizabeth Leonhart
Marietta
Wheeling
W. Va
Roosevelt Urges Truce Across AFL CIO Rift
President Roosevelt urged a settlement between the AFL and CIO, seeking peace after winter conferences failed. He expressed hope for a united labor front to end the leadership split and resume cooperative efforts.
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Roosevelt
New York
AFL
CIO
Six Bids Near $1.1 Million for Washington Manor Project
Six general contractors bid within a $130,000 range on the million dollar Washington Manor low rent housing project. City CHA offices opened proposals at night, with Skilken Brothers of Columbus and Whittenberg Construction of Louisville as contenders. Officials and USHA tally results into morning.
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Washington Manor
City Hall
CHA
Skilken Brothers of
Columbus
Whittenberg Construction Company
Louisville
USHA
Ohio Company
Skilken
Whittenberg
Problem Child Willie Willis Faces Tough Talk
A local trusted elder describes Willie Willis as a possible troublemaker but warns that continued defiant behavior around the speaker and associates Pug and Skinny may lead to a decisive consequence.
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Pug
PSC Halts Cut In Rail Rate
West Virginia public service commission ordered suspension of a proposed rail tariff that would cut freight rates on petroleum and products by up to 40 percent. Hearing requested by Petroleum Transport Co and National Petroleum Carriers Inc. date not set. Authorities say the plan aimed to curb truck competition and could eliminate petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Petroleum Transport Company
National Petroleum Carriers, Inc
John J. D. Preston
Baltimore and Ohio
Boy Snatched From Falling Air by Stranger on Fire Escape
In New York on Columbus Avenue a four year old, Mickey Collins, fell from a third story fire escape and was snatched midair by George Munroe, 50, who sat on a lower fire escape. An ambulance crew treated minor scratches on Mickey.
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New York
George Munroe
Mickey Collins
Mickey
Collins
Columbus Avenue
Munroe
Alaska Colonies To Aid Defense and Refugees Urged
Washington Aug 15 The Interior secretary proposed forming a public purpose company modeled on Hudson Bay to promote large scale colonization in Alaska of political refugees to bolster national defense. The report touts untapped timber fish furs minerals water power and agriculture could sustain a population hundreds of times current levels. It notes Sitka and Kodiak naval base authorization and quotes the Matanuska valley colony as proof Alaska prosperity can rise by solving under population and high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Hudson Bay
Alaska
Sec. of Interior
Ickes
America
Sec
Harry Slattery
U. S
Europe
Slattery
Sitka
Kodiak
Matanuska Valley
Morris Harvey Seeks Site for Future Growth in Charleston
Morris Harvey college seeks a new campus site in Charleston to accommodate growth after merging with Kanawha college. President Dr Leonard Riggleman says suitable sites are scarce and the college will not move until a fit is found. Charleston remains the board’s preferred location for expanding teaching and services. Dr L V Cavins notes state surveys show private colleges here receive 67 percent of funding versus neighboring states, but higher wealth may permit stronger support.
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Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey College
Kanawha College
Riggleman
Charleston
Barboursville
Morris Harvey Board
L. V. Cavins
State Department of Education
Morris Harvey
West Virginia
Train Wrecker Widely Sought
Federal investigators took charge of the City of San Francisco wreck probe after a rail move derailed the 17 car train in a Nevada canyon killing 23 and injuring 109. Rail officials say they have definite evidence but withhold details as searches widen across Nevada Utah and California for the suspect or suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walker
Southern Pacific Railway
San Francisco
Reno
Nevada
A. D. McDonald
Southern Pacific Company
Utah
California
McDonald
Two States Join Oil Well Closing
Oklahoma and New Mexico governors ordered a 15 day shutdown of state oil wells to support crudes prices, following Texas action. About 2,200 wells in New Mexico and most Oklahoma wells were halted, with exceptions for unusable shutoffs. An interstate oil compact session addressed the price crisis as 25,000 east Texas homes lacked gas.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Leon C. Phillips
Santa Fe
John E. Miles
East Texas
Railroad Commission
Cefi
Wrong Calendars Only Right Ones Now
Defiance Sales corporation withdrew apologies for mislabeling Thanksgiving on its 1939 calendars. The firm had sent 75,000 to 100,000 desk calendars last December. A May inquiry by Los Angeles county questioned whether Thanksgiving fell on the 23rd or 30th. The company stood by the 30th before President Roosevelt moved the holiday to November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Defiance Sales Corporation
Legal Department of
Los Angeles County
Defiance Sales
Roosevelt
Drum decries First Army maneuvers as unreal paper force
Lt Gen Hugh A Drum at Plattsburg denounced the First Army field maneuvers as woefully short in manpower and weapons and urged using actual units and equipment. He said the current field force is not a true army but a collection of individuals and warned against plans based on paper strength.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Hugh A. Drum
Plattsburg Barracks
Drum
WPA Increases Relief Wages Across Nation
Col. F. C. Harrington announced a new nationwide schedule of monthly security wages for all WPA workers. The plan raises average relief pay by 2.50 per month, increases up to 10.70 in several Southern states, and reduces some wages in parts of the East and West. The schedule, effective September 1, bypasses the former prevailing wage system and targets WPA relief labor under the 1939 relief appropriation act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Col. F. C. Harrington
WPA
South
Harrington
AFL Overrules Ouster of Union
Atlantic City report states the AFL executive council moved to settle theater labor conflicts by reinserting the American Federation of Actors into the Four A's and recognizing Four A's jurisdiction over performers while upholding its right to expel the A.F.A. The action signals possible federal enforcement if needed despite Four A's objections.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
A.F.A
American Federation of Actors
Four A's
Associated Actors and Artists of America
Four A
Executive Council
William Green
A. F. of
Slapping Incident Strains U S Japan At Tientsin Concession
The U S consulate reported sending a full account to Washington on the slapping of 59 year old American widow Mrs Mary Frances Richard by a Japanese sentry after a dispute over identification and language. Richard, a San Francisco native long resident in China, says she was detained and her goods dumped when a fellow entered a shed for a search and refused her entry into the French concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
U. S
Washington
N. Nishida
Mary Frances Richard
Trains in West Virginia to be Eliminated by PSC
The Public Service Commission authorized discontinuance of 10 central West Virginia passenger trains costing about 60000 dollars yearly and said the move is imperative to help the Baltimore and Ohio railroad avoid insolvency. Eight trains are B and O only, two run Grafton to Elkins with Western Maryland. service for other communities will expand via WV Transportation and Reynolds Transportation company bus linkages.
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West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B, and O
Grafton
Elkins
Maryland
West Virginia Transportation Company
Reynolds Transportation Company
Nazis Close Traffic Along Polish Border
The Polish tele graph agency reports German authorities closed all border traffic along the Silesian frontier facing Rybnik and cut telephone links between the district and Poland. No reason given, but Polish circles fear secrecy for fortifications or troop movements in the area.
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Warsaw
Polish Telegraph Agency
Rybnik
Poland
Swift Bandits Take 70000 In Long Beach Robbery
In Long Beach New York on August 15 five bandits robbed two bank messengers of seventy thousand dollars under gunfire on a street near the post office. Police swarmed the area with wireless coordinated searches by land sea and air as agents and federal authorities joined the hunt.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Long Island
Nassau County
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau
Mercy slaying ends sister's life at Allentown hospital
In Allentown Pennsylvania 67 year old Mrs Louella Saeger was shot and killed by her 77 year old sister Miss Margaret Cowan a nurse who said she felt happier now that she had put her sister out of her misery Detectives report Cowan will be charged with murder likely tomorrow authorities say the shooting followed a hospital visit by the sisters and the husband of the victim
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Allentown
Louella Saeger
Allentown State Hospital
James L. Christine
Margaret L. Cowan
John S. Saeger
Miss Cowan
George Westinghouse
Charles M. Schwab
Asst. Dist
Edwin K. Kline, Jr
Gridiron Rebellion Grows Over Thanksgiving Date Shift
A wave of protests from traditionalists erupted against President Roosevelt’s plan to move Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23. Critics fear disrupted schedules for games and the season, while business leaders support the change to boost commerce. The dispute spans Congress, New England, and national retailers.
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New York
Roosevelt
New England
Sen. Bridges
I. H
Washington
Holt to Follow Suit on Thanksgiving Proclamation
Gov Holt signaled he will likely follow President Roosevelt in declaring Thanksgiving Day on November 23 rather than November 30. He will wait for the president’s formal action before issuing the state proclamation.
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Gov. Holt
Roosevelt
Hitler offers Danzig settlement plan with safeguards for Poland and corridor road
The British note details Hitler’s push to restore Danzig to the Reich before the Nuremberg rally, seeking German sovereignty and a plebiscite while promising Polish trade rights and a German corridor road. Burckhardt relays talks with Hitler who hints at a Polish-German pact if talks advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Hitler
Poland
Pomorze
Burckhardt
Thefuehrer
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Danzig
Italy
Count Ciano
Warsaw
Free City
Nuremberg
Reich
League of Nations
Halifax
Britain
Biggest U.S. Land Plane Sold to Nippon Airline
The Douglas DC4, America's largest land plane, was sold to Japan Airlines. Douglas Aircraft said U S military and State Department officials supported the sale to boost U S production without harming defense. The DC4 weighs 65 000 pounds and seats 42 passengers. The package price, including the ship and assembly drawings for abroad, is 725 000 dollars.
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Santa Monica
Calif
America
Japan Air Transport Line
Douglas Aircraft Company
U.S
State Department
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Willie Willis
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PSC
City of Charleston
East
Sophie Tucker
AFA
England
Western Maryland
Swift Bandits
State Hospital
Turkey
Hahn
Holt
Fuehrer
By William Hillman
Nippon
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