Bittner Urges Green to Quit Childishness in WV Labor Split
Van A. Bittner urged William Green to set aside childishness as West Virginia labor factions clash. Green ordered John B. Easton to Atlantic City for a trial over expulsion of CIO unions, while J. L. Lewis called Green a traitor. Easton, reelected WV labor president, had not yet received the summons.
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van A. Bittner
West Virginia
William Green
Green
United Mine Workers
J. C. Leutenant
American Federation’ of Labor
John B. Easton
Atlantic City
Easton
State Federation of Labor
Williamstown
C. SO
John L. Lewis
C.0
Milwaukee
Bittner
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Parkersburg
C. L O
Lewis
AL FO. L
Oarter
Selichos Services Announced At Local Synagogues
Selichos services will be held at Binal Jacob synagogue at midnight with Rabbi Samuel Cooper and Cantor B. Freedman officiating. Charleston Jewry will observe Rosh Hashanah at the synagogue and Virginia Street temple starting Sunday September 5 at sundown with Rabbi Ariel Goldbure officiating. Orthodox and liberal observances vary by day as the year 5698 begins.
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Binal Jacob
Samuel‘Cooper
Freedman
Charleston
Virginia Street Temple
Ariel Goldbure
Labor Hearing At Weirton Steel Extends Into Next Year
NEW CUMBERLAND Aug 27 The labor board hearing on charges that Weirton Steel intimidated employees against joining the CIO will continue into next year counsel said tonight. Em ployes Security League counsel predicted the case cannot be wrapped up this year. Company counsel called the estimate conservative. A preacher worker testified the company plan was the best possible and Beagle a two year employee representative said the group handled grievances.
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New Cumberland
Labor Board
Weitton Steel Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
W.C. Fahey
Inland Steel Company
Weirton Steel
C.D. Beagle
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
iChurch of Christ
Torso slayings suspect held after three-year hunt
Cleveland August 27 three year search ends as police seize a discharged laboratory assistant deemed most likely suspect in ten torso killings. Detective Michael Blackwell described the 40-year-old mill worker as highly skilled in dissection and the prime suspect among hundreds questioned. The man’s name is being withheld pending developments.
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Cleveland
Fordatst
Liext
Michael Blackwell
Blackwell
Lewis Renews Defy to Ford at UAW Convention
Milwaukee Wisconsin August 27 1937 John L Lewis urged United Automobile Workers to organize Ford workers and urged unity among factions. He attacked Henry Ford and called William Green a traitor while praising CIO growth and labor's political role ahead of the UAW national convention.
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Milwaukee
Wic
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers Today
Ford Workers
C.lc
UAW
Lewis
Henry Ford
William Green
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
Congress
Ace Cord
Isborx
CIO
Detter
Auisch Om Green
Tran
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Albany Airport
In Albany New York Aug 27 four people were killed when their aircraft crashed about a mile from Albany airport. Among the dead are State Assemblyman Pritchard H Strong 31 of Rochester and his wife Margaret 30. The wreckage was found after a searching plane located the craft. An immediate investigation was launched by federal commerce inspectors and state and county officials.
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Albany
N.Y
Pritchard H. Strong
Rochester
N. Y
Margaret
Federal Department of Commerce
Suicide Preventable Says Boston Hospital Study
A three year study at Boston City Hospital, led by Dr Merrill Moore of Harvard, finds suicide in many cases preventable. The report cites talking with the person, an hour of conversation, and simple acts like taking them to dinner as life saving. Dr Tracy Putnam is named from Harvard Medical School.
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Boston
Boston City Hospital
Merrill Moore
Pay Chiatry
Harvard Medical School
Moore
Tracy Putnam
Mellon Inheritance Tax May Reach 35 Million
Pittsburgh dispatch reports tax attorneys estimate the federal inheritance tax on Andrew W. Mellon estate could exceed 15 million and approach 35 million. State tax likely about 12 million. Mellon wealth traced to 243 million today with much transferred to Coalesced company. Funeral train to bring Mellon's body home to Pittsburgh as coverage continues.
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U.S
Mellon
Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Register of Wills’ Office
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
R. B. Mellon
Howard M. Johnson
Paul Mellon
David K. E. Bruce
Johnson
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Andrew W. Mellan
Costesced
U S Warns Powers Over Rights in China
Washington Aug 27 AP The United States warned China and Japan it will protect American rights and property in China even as conflict continues. Secretary Hull said the note demanded accountability for any injury to citizens or damage to property from military actions and noted uncertain reports of Japan planning to blockade Chinese ports. He cautioned on potential neutrality act actions if arms shipments are disrupted.
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Washington
U. S
China
Japan
Orient
Sec
Hull
America
Department
Foley
Cime
Spain
Woman's Body Found in Barrel On Queens Shore
A beachcomber found a well groomed young woman’s body packed in a flimsy barrel along the East River in Queens. Clues point to a Kansas City shoe maker and an unidentified car radio. Police traced shipments and searched for the purchaser of the shoe. the barrel lay on a four-foot ledge near Hell Gate until discovery.
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New York
Queens
East River
Kansas City
Brooklyn
Midwest
Flashes of Life In These U S
A collage of quirky regional items. Chicken picker Ernest G. Hensen from Fort Atkinson demonstrates unusual poultry handling, while a New York tourist resists a speeding ticket in Lodge Pole, Nebraska where no jail exists. Nebraska highway patrol uniforms will be made at the state penitentiary with inmates aiding the sewing effort.
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Chicago
Ernest G. Hensen
Fort Atkinson
Wik
Winaix Poultry Improvement Association
Lodge Mole
Neb
Lader Pole
New York
Jay Front
Lodge Pole
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Penitentiary
RF. Weller
Spud Splinter Champs Crowned at Forest Festival
The festival crowned Sid and Anis Hathaway as champions of the lumberjack event with a cross-cut saw challenge producing precise blocks. Henry Rose and Upton Sears previously won a crown, while the Aldelimers drew crowd excitement on the penultimate day of the celebration.
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Nchwood
Sid
Anis Hathaway
Henry Rose
Upton Sears
Aldelimers
Cantor's Magic Carpet Disaster Hits Ali Baba Film
In Hollywood a stage prop magic carpet collapsed during Eddie Cantor's film Ali Baba Goes to Town, killing Philo Goodfriend and injuring three others including Harry Harsha. Cantor, on set minutes after the accident, was unhurt. The 1500 pound apparatus was operated by a single cable.
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Hollywood
INS
Eddie Cantor
Baedad
Cantor
Twentieth Century-Fox
Philo Goodfriend
Harry Harsha
J. D. Bowman
Nick Degenner
Wounded British Ambassador Amid Shanghai Front Fighting
Japanese and Chinese armies clash along a shattered Yangtze front near Lotien twelve miles northwest of Shanghai. Japanese waves push toward the city as Sir Hughe Montgom ery Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British ambassador, is wounded by airplane fire amid heavy casualties on both sides. Reinforcements rush to the front as Chinese divisions hold lines north of Shanghai decked by air raids on Nanking and surrounding areas.
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Shanghai
Whangpoa River
AP Phate
Britain Demands Full Satisfaction Over Ambassador Shooting
London officials informed Tokyo that Britain seeks full satisfaction for the wounding of its ambassador in China. Foreign Secretary Eden pressed the issue at the foreign office, while Japan prepared a forceful diplomatic reply and instructed its Tokyo embassy to present the British stance.
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London
Britain
China
Anthony Eden
Shigeru Yoshida
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Yoshida
Japan
Soviet Ambassador to Return to Washington
Moscow reported that Alexander Trotsovsky, Soviet ambassador to the United States, will return soon to Washington. Despite rumors of a purge affecting senior officials, the envoy remains in good standing with the Soviet leadership and will accompany the ambassador to the U.S. about a month after departure.
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U.S
Moscow
Alexander Troysovsky
Hhe
Washington
Slatin
Union
Rocal
Trayanovsky
Soviet Maneuvers Highlight Far East Tension
Moscow reports 3 300 000 bayonets mobilized for annual maneuvers as Russo Japanese tensions rise over China. The Far Eastern Army, commanded by Marshal Wassily Bluecher, vows to defend the socialist frontier and deter any incursion, with government support.
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Moscow
INS
Japan
Russia
Ned
Far East
Far Eastern
Wassily Bluecher
Sbyane
Franco Forces Drawn to East
SANTANDER Spain Aug 27-07 A government attack threatened to shear off the Insurgents Teruel pocket in eastern Spain drew the first of Generallisimo Francisco Franco's motorised columns today from the conquered northwest Reinforcements rushed to northeast Spain where government forces launched an offensive from two directions against Zaragoza Advices from Insurgent commanders on the Aragon front said government stacks north and south of the Ebro river near Zaragoza were repulsed Heavy fire reported Government reports to Hendaye France said forces pushed within four miles of the city and opened terrific artillery fire Several Insurgent aviators captured behind government lines near Teruel disclosed Franco shifting most of his air forces in the end The war passed Santander rapidly leaving the city to deal with debris of its defense Fresh Insurgent reinforcements marched in to relieve columns which Wednesday captured Santander Just government outlet to the Bey of Biscay and which today Pirate Turn to Page 7 Col 3
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
China
Lotien
Japan
Oan
Tokyo
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesses
Britbe
Knatchbull-Hugessen
Peitalh
Tientsin
Nankowr Pass
Inner Mongolia
Peiping
Hopeh-Chahar
Nan
King
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Jepai
Santander
Spain
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Zaragoza
Kingdom of
Aragon
Franco
Ebro
Biscay
Mellon Methods Differed From Early Buccaneers
Andrew W. Mellon grew up as America shifted from agriculture to industry and prosperity, later facing panics. He opposed the brute-force style of early industrialists, building a vast financial empire block by block. Leaving college early, he plunged into industrial expansion and rose toward the White House through strategic finances and leadership.
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W. W. Chaplin
New York
Andrew W. Mellon
America
Pha Mas Ta
Wiewun
State police to install four radio sending stations
Supt. C C Tallman announced four stations will form a state wide system funded by 2306 000 and located at Charleston Moundsville Clarksburg and Becky Construction has begun but is not complete Preparations require consulting Heald architects and radio engineers The Morgantown trip included talks with Dr Robert F Colwelt and Prof C E Friend of West Virginia University about the broader plan.
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C. C. Tallman
State Police
Tallman
Charleston
Moundrvilly
Clarksburg
Becky
Edwards and
Mazeiln
Detroit
Tailman
Heald
McGregor
Morgantown
Robert F. Qolwelt
C. E. Friend
West Virginia University
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Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Zead
Menners
Weitton
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Ini Iial
Beagle
Tn 10
Ford
United Auto Workers
Wile
Victin
Tay Slater Murphy
New Yorker
Shawn
Newark
N. Je
Nippon War Machine
Eden
I Franco
Shy
Brother
Enterprises
White House
Tate
Moundiaville
Beckley
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