Battle to Showdown Gains Momentum After Payroll Boosts
Pittsburgh March 7 AP report says a fight between John L Lewis led union forces and employe representatives for steel workers escalates as a wage boost widens payroll. United States Steel Carnegie-Thainis Corp extends a 10 cent an hour raise to all mill hands, boosting typical weekly wages and signaling push toward a 40 hour week with overtime. Overtime promised and plant managers seek no new hires for shorter weeks, while the industry watches how dependent producers align with this shift.
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Steel Employment Hits Record High
New York March 7 The American Iron and Steel Institute reports January steel employment reached 548000, a record high, up 76000 from January 1920 and 94000 from last year. Payrolls total about 47040000, below December but 42 percent above January 1926. Average earnings rose to 72.5 cents hourly.
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Blind Workers Sit-Down Strike Enters Second Week
In Pittsburgh the nation's first blind sit-down strike continues as 107 workers at the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind refuse to work. They protest piecework pay from 3 to 15 dollars weekly, demand a 35 hour week, minimum 16 dollars for married men and 12 for bachelors, plus state pensions averaging six dollars monthly. The comfortable, heated building allows shifts and social games like checkers as they press for better wages and conditions.
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Lovely Oxford Reenacts Paris Tragedy on Stage
Miss Oxford, crowned Miss Britain 1936, staged a dramatic re enactment of the Paris shipboard champagne party where Frank Vosper vanished to his death. In Vosper s lawyer Pengally s office in London she described the last night at sea with Vosper and Peter Willies present. Police from Britain and France weigh whether Vosper killed himself or fell overboard as the liner neared Plymouth.
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Armed Taxi Drivers In Chicago Strike
Chicago march incident reports armed taxi drivers as unions back a citywide strike against Yellow and Checker cabs. Leaders include Joseph Jacobs Oscar Koffin Arthur Cele and Cherker group representatives. Companies claim service cut by 40 to 59 percent while strikers say greater reductions occurred.
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Two Reported Killed on Rex Liner in Storm Off Azores
Genoa dispatch says a passenger and a crew member on the Rex were killed when the luxury liner encountered a storm off the Azores. An informed source reported 74 others aboard were injured. officials and Italian papers gave no confirmation. The Rex was returning to Genoa from New York after a Naples stop.
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Man Saved by Obedience Declares Dunbar Pastor
Rev. H. F. Lucas of the Church of Christ at Dunbar asserts obedience to God’s word as essential for salvation. He states that as long as humans share today’s physical form, salvation comes through the Bible and the Spirit works through God’s words, not an abstract inner change.
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Lawmakers Entering Session's Final Week
Lawmakers enter the session's last week as spending plans for the next two years and coal miner licensing top the agenda. The budget conference opens with five senators and five delegates to reconcile house and senate versions. The senate proposes 862.4 million general revenue for two years, with school funding shifts and cuts to public assistance. The house budget stands at 62.4 million, and final passage by Wednesday would avoid a recess extension. The coal miner licensing bill moves to the senate, with backing from Governor Holt and Senator Neely. the measure would require permits after April 1938 and a 1 annual fee. Other major issues include official salaries, municipal finance, and income tax revisers, while a plan to reallocate property tax funds for operating expenses faces debate.
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Holt Unpledged On Miners Bill
Gov Holt denies pledging to back the miners certificate bill, says he has not urged passage or talked with Bittner about the measure. He notes safety concerns for miners and calls for fair hearings for both supporters and opponents, insisting no administration bill and no extra pressure on legislators.
Fatal Auto Crash Probed in Lee and Dickinson Streets
Police continued their investigation after an early morning crash on Lee and Dickinson streets killed W. H. Stalnaker, 24, of Summers Street. Stalnaker suffered a fractured skull and broken neck when his car collided with a vehicle driven by W. H. Hannold, 26, of East Virginia Street. Stalnaker’s body would be taken to his parents' home in Cowen, Webster County, for funeral arrangements.
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Happy) Hannold
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Charleston plantworker injured in nonfatal crash
Charleston General Hospital attendants reported Honnold suffered scalp lacerations after a incident at the Carbite and Carbon Chemical plant in South Charleston. Initially feared a collar bone fracture. no confirmation of further injury provided. Formerly employed at the same plant.
Insurgent Push Near Madrid Front in Civil War
Madrid reports a major insurgent offensive is forming as government troops brace along the front in all sectors. Gen Jose Miaja says preparations are complete to repulse any attack while a bridge over the Manzanares was blown, and Madrid’s defense claims a three mile Jarama advance and the fall of hill No. 70 to the Rea militia.
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Skunks Routed. Church Services Resume at St Matthew's
Woodlands Wisconsin reports services at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church resume after a wooden trap removed skunks that spent two weeks in the church basement and pews. The animals entered last autumn and were awakened by warm weather.
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President and Cabinet Member to Carry On Supreme Court Fight
President Roosevelt and a top cabinet member will press the administration’s plan in a week of speeches as opposition to the court proposal grows. Farley will speak at Chapel Hill, while Cummings testifies before the judiciary committee with hearings opening. The White House signals continued, unified action as the session begins with leaders planning broad outreach and testimony.
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Tot's Slaying Of Little Girl Baffles Law
Windsor Vermont reports a brutal four year old Beverly Ann Page murder involved a five year old and two older boys. Police say the five year old confessed to beating stoning dragging and holding the girl underwater at Mill Brook while others played nearby. The two older boys deny knowledge.
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Child Slayer Ends Own Life After Gruesome Murder
Walter C. Wengert, driven by jealousy, killed 20 month old Clyde Atherton in his crib and later shot himself with the same revolver. He had threatened Ruth Atherton, who had spurned him after a theater job denial, and forced entry at the Athertons’ Williamson home before the fatal shooting.
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Pope Blesses Golden Rose For Queen Helena Of Italy
Pope Pius XI blessed a golden rose in a Vatican ceremony to be presented to Queen Helena of Italy on April 4. The rose, valued around 5000 dollars, honors the queen as the Vatican’s high token of reverence, joining a select line of royal recipients.
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Moley and Pecora Debate Court Plan in Radio Talk
In New York on March, Raymon Moley and Ferdinand Pecora offered divergent views on enlarging federal power through a constitutional amendment. Moley urged a proposed amendment as a path to broader economic controls, while Pecora framed their exchange as a discussion, not a debate, and criticized delays in seeking public assent.
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