Weirton Steel Co. seeks injunction on representation plan
Weirton Steel Co filed today in Federal District Court for an injunction to restrain interference in labor elections. The 359 page brief argues the current employee representation plan is company dominated and would disturb peaceful relations among employers and over a million workers. The suit, by the old National Labor Board, contends it would violate Section 7A of the National Labor Relations Act. Continued on page six.
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Wilmington
Del
Weirton Steel Company
Lea
John P. Nields
Fec
al District Court
Timony
Fecial
Iplove
Weirton
Conance
United States
Action
National Record Act
Old National Bar Board
State Liquor Stores Prove Cash Success in 1934
New York reports millions in revenue from first year of state liquor sales. Pennsylvania faces federal taxes after ruling state control divested sovereignty. Virginia, Montana, Oregon show solid profits. Washington nets about 2.5 million on 11 million gross.
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Taylor Henry
Associated Press
New York
V. S
Pennsylvania
U. S
Virginia
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Williams
U. S. Seeks Court Case Over Newspaper Labor Dispute
The National Labor Relations Board invited the San Francisco Call-Bulletin to challenge the board’s authority in court after it ordered the paper to reinstate Dean Jennings, alleging his resignation stemmed from activity with the American Newspaper Guild and because of his role on the staff.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
San Francisco Call- Bulletin Today
NRAA
Call-Bulletin
Blue Eagle
Dean
Jennings
Weite
American News
Lindberghs to Testify State Says
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh are set to testify at Bruno Hauptmann trial in Hopewell. John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk offered to testify against Hauptmann, claiming he spoke with him and saw Lindbergh ransom money. Officials indicated Curtis’s offer would be rejected and the matter is under advisement.
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James Y. Lawrence
Associated Press
Flemington, N. J
Col
Charles A. Bergh
Aga
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Virginia
Curtis
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh JP
Roosevelt Seeks Jobs For All Employable Workers
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration plans to ask Congress for power to place all employables on relief rolls for work. Officials estimate 3.5 to 4 million unemployed, with a flexible program allowing private business to take on much of the job creation. The plan aims at a broad jobs-for-all goal, financed by public projects.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
The
Washington Post
Probers Seek Cause Of Coal Train Blast In West Virginia
Federal investigators examine wreck debris from the Elkhorn Piney Coal Company to determine the boiler explosion cause that killed 16 miners and injured 42. Private funerals and burials are held in Fayette and Kanawha counties as probes continue.
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Powellton
W. Va
Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
Fayette
Kanawha
Bureau of Locomotives
Interstate Com
Charleston
W. Vani
Former Local Girl Held to Marion Court
A Grafton high school graduate, Bernadine Wyckoff, daughter of A B Wyckoff of Prunty Town, is charged with embezzlement by Marion County authorities. Arrested Thursday, she posted $1,000 bond supplied by her father after a night in jail. Wyckoff has been manager of a Ritz Cleaners and Dyers branch on Locust Avenue, Fairmont, with the firm recently reorganized under new general manager Lee Delligatti.
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Grafton
Marion County
Bernadine Wyckoff
A. B. Wyckoff
Pruntytown
Miss Wyckoff
Ritz Cleaners and Dyers
Locust Avenue
Fairmont
Lee Delligatti
Federal Tesi
Big Navy Interes ts Blamed for Pact Wreck
Philadelphia reports Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, head of international goodwill at the Federal Council of Churches, accuses big navy interests of pressuring for larger naval appropriations by portraying Japan unfairly in naval treaty talks. He spoke at a Methodist world peace conference alleging a vicious anti Japanese propaganda campaign aims to stampede Congress.
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Philadelphia
United Sates
Walter W. van Kirk
Department of International Goodwill
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Japan
Vdapam
Congress
Damby Dam Labor Additions Delayed Until Next Week
Construction of a 12 million dollar flood control dam near Grafton Municipal park shows no new labor calls until next week. Snare Corp will give 48 hours notice before additional workers are needed as 18 were called Thursday. A site office building is being erected to handle official business for the New York concern. A conference between railroad officials and Snare reps was held, with no public decision on extra sidings for freight and materials.
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Grafton Municipal Park
National
Snare Corporation
New York Concern
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Formal Note Handed Hull This Morning
Japan scrapped the Washington naval treaty and issued a formal notice that after December 31, 1936 it will not be bound by the 5-5-3 ratio. Ambassador Hirosi Saito delivered the note and said Japan hopes for a new treaty within two years and is not anxious about Laval's race. The foreign office cited arms developments and urged a defense focused not on a fixed ratio but on strengthening armaments for security.
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Lloyd A
Japanese Foreign Office
Japan
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1Weirton Concern
Henry Zumbro
Erie
Lindberghs
Columbus
U.S
Marion
Miss. Wyckoff
Pact
Damby
Snare Company
Saito
Nippon
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