President Is Asked to End Steel Dispute
Roosevelt referred the Calumet region unions appeal for presidential intervention in the steel strike to the labor relations board, which announced it has no basis for action at present. The telegram urged joint wage agreements, while lawmakers pressed for postal service probes into alleged mail delivery interference with strikebound mills.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Relation Board
Calumet
Indiana
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Labor Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Perkins
White
Ohio
House
Farley
Bridges
N. H
Senate
Watt
Robinson
Senate Post Office Committee
Jesse M. Donaldson
Catche
Post Office Department
Park Facility Vote Advances To City Council
A community group seeks city park use for a parkside project with bleachers a fence and night lighting estimated at about 1000 dollars. The plan would be funded by memberships and an executive share-buying proposal while council debate lingers over treasury limits.
Labor Holiday Ends Return to Work Today
A Capitol City Wrecking Company strike prompted releases after bond set at 200 dollars each for three picketing charges. Prosecution hints at possible dismissal after talks with witnesses. Demonstration remained peaceable though some picketing occurred as Detroit and Flint delegations joined locals at East Lansing. Students and townspeople repelled UAW members with a Red Cedar river hazing incident. The strike idled 10,000 to 12,000 automotive workers across Olds Motor Works, Fisher Body, Reo, and related firms.various unions and employers faced tension amid a high-profile labor dispute with broad regional impact.
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Capitol City Wrecking Company
Thomas C. Bailey
Claude P. Dewis
UAW
Red Cedar
Olds Motor Works
Fisher Body Corp
Reo Motor Car Co
I Motor Wheel Corp
Public tax plan to start with 1 percent in January 1934
The plan, citing a 70 000 new tax return blanks print for June, envisions a 1 percent levy in the first seven days and 2 percent for the rest of the month with retailers retaining 3 percent if paid early. Exemptions include feed for market livestock, advertising, laundry and cleaning and dyeing services, and freight transport under the 2 percent law. Annual revenue reaches 2 000 000 dollars for social security funding. The piece notes William Wirt as a longtime attorney-general from 1817 to 1829.
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Smith
Jean Harlow dies. star of Hell's Angels and more
Tributes flood Hollywood as Jean Harlow dies after prolonged illness. Meyers says Saratoga will be discarded and re-shot with a new lead. Harlow's life included multiple marriages and a famous past with Paul Bern, whose death shocked the industry. Her estate is estimated near a million, largely in policies and annuities.
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Harlow
Hollywood
Paul Bern
Beverly Hills
Harold G. Rosson
Powell
House Approves 48 Million Welfare Appropriation
The House approved nearly 48 million dollars for social security uses including 29,162,400 from state funds. A conference committee report on the measure faced delays as the Senate House talks deadlocked over a five year county residence requirement for welfare workers. Direct relief was set at nine million by the conference, with old age assistance funds potentially raised to 17 million if retained. Additions include 165,000 for the distribution of relief commodities and 122,400 for child welfare services.
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House
Senate
Conference
Conference Committee
Spccial Security Commission
Legislature Extends Effort on County Officers Pay
Both Houses toiled late seeking a vote on a bill to raise pay for county school superintendents this session but did not pass. They approved the conference committee report on the anti narcotics bill, Senate measure by Philp M Donnelly of Lebanon, endorsed by Governor Stark, now awaiting signature.
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House
Conference Committee
Senate
Phil’p M. Donnelly
Lebanon
Stark
Continuance of Election Probe Asked by Baptists
The Baptist Ministers Alliance of Kansas City adopted a resolution urging the continuance of the election cleanup. The group praised federal judges Merrill E. Otis and Albert L. Reeves and U S attorney Maurice M. Milligan for their work.
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Kansas City
Baptist Ministers Alliance of
Merrill E. Otis
Albert L. Reeves
Maurice M. Milligan
United States District
Senate Confirms 41 Stark Appointments to State Boards
The Senate confirmed forty one Stark appointments including Dr Malvern B Clapton to the state board of health and Frank J Lahey to the workmen's compensation commission. Appointments span university curators boards regents and election commissions across Missouri with names from St Louis St Joseph Paris Hannibal Joplin Springfield Fulton Kirksville and more.
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Malvern B. Clapton
St. Louis
State Board of Health
Frank J. Lahey
Men’s Compensation Commission
Col
B. Marvin Casteel
St. Joseph
Richard Johnson
William L. Igoe
Frank B. Coleman
Grover C. James
Joplin
Sam I. Trimble
Springfield
Board of Regents
Springfield State Teachers
PWA Workers Strike for Higher Pay in Gallatin
About 50 workers on a 70,000 PWA high school project in Gallatin protest for 40 cents an hour and an eight hour day. They claim current pay is 25 cents hourly with 1 to 30 hours weekly. A picket line may be formed tomorrow and no agreement was reached with C A Kelley Construction Co of Kansas City.
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Gallatin
PWA
C. A. Kelley Construction Co
Kansas City
Ground Party Nearby Scene of Lone Peak Crash
An Alpine Utah search party nears the Lone Peak crash site as the battered cabin is spotted high on a mountain ledge. A shin bone and shoe found amid wreckage raise hopes of recovering the seven deceased passengers and crew, including pilots and two women.
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Ime Associated Press
Alpine
Utah
E. L. Mansfield
M. G. Wenger
Lone Peak
Wenger
Hardy Ridge
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
S. J. Samson
William Bogen
Gladys Witt
Carl Christopher
Dwight
John F. Wolfe
Chicago
Henry W. Edwards
Minneapolis
Jong
Western Air
Farmer Dies in Campbell Car Crash Near Campbell Mo
Claude McIntosh 33 a Campbell farmer was killed when his car struck a parked vehicle near Campbell Missouri. Three other passengers Bertha Cossey 30 Altha Hillis 21 and William Hillis 22 all of Campbell suffered serious injuries in the same crash.
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Campbell
Claude MclIntosh
Here
Bertha Cossey
Altha Hillis
William
Invasion of Army Worms Threatens Wheat Yields
A county report notes army worm damage remains severe in river and creek bottoms, but harvest loss may stay under ten percent if no new storms hit. Wheat harvest likely late, barley ready, corn planted late for ensilage, and potato prospects look good with strong yields across smaller grains. Clarence Schoenen grows 15 acres in Marion Bottoms near Centertown.
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Clarence Schoenen
Marion Bottoms
Centertown
Settlement Likely in St Louis Stockyard Strike
In East St Louis on June 7, 300 livestock handlers at the National Stockyards walked out seeking higher wages and a 40 hour week, with overtime terms. Talks between Kenneth Sowers and J G Schaefer suggested an imminent settlement as misload and unloading delays roiled the yard with 24,500 head awaiting shipment.
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East ST. Louis
National Stockyards
Kenneth Sowers
J. G. Schaefer
National Stockyards Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union
AFL
Livestock Commission
Stark vetoes bill to repeat 1934 investment law
The governor signed into law bills raising pay for state assistant attorneys general, levying a $100 annual permit fee on barber colleges, and doubling barber license fees. Ten ASGs would have max salaries of $3,500, with others at $3,000 or $2,800, and the chief clerk’s pay rising to $2,800.
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