Subway Labor Trouble Threatens New York Tube
New York faces a labor dispute over the Mail and Subway system with the post office department's involvement looming. The New York Mail and Transportation Company operates 27 miles of pneumatic tubes carrying 6,000,000 items daily, with payroll and hours under scrutiny as discussions about funding and work rules unfold.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Bronx
Flatbush
Times Square
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
New York Mail and
Newspaper ‘Transportation Company
George J. Murray
Murray
Albert Goldman
Revival of connecting highway project in Bluefield
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce organized a committee to revive the campaign for a connecting highway from Cumberland Pike east to Oakvale. The effort aims to improve regional traffic and economic links, signaling renewed local interest in transportation infrastructure.
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Bluefield
Attacks and diplomatic notes amid Yangtze crisis
Reports detail continued attacks on British and American vessels including Bee Ladybird and Panay, with four foreigners fatally injured. Britain rejects Japan's army version and notes poor visibility on the Yangtze. Japanese notes claim units mistook ships for enemies and vow not to attack non military Chinese vessels. Coast guard lists six rescued from a Mexican coast incident, naming Mrs Gertrude Turner and others with ties to Los Angeles society.
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Ladybird
Wuhu
Panay
Foreign Office
Yangtze River
Mexican Coast
Faulding
Coast Guard
Gertrude Turner
Robert Tufor
Dos Pueblos Rancho
Goleta
Calif
Jack Morgan
Los Angeles
Elsie Berdan
Robert Home
West Los Angeles
George Spernak
Yacht owner report continues from page one
The vessel sailed from San Pedro December 20 on a two day cruise with food water and mainsail gone and lacking fuel for an auxiliary motor. The Perseus towed the Raffe 190 miles south of here after taking it in tow offshore.
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San Pedro
Schooter
Perseus
Raffe
Here
Brooklyn Gas Company Seeks One Third Rate Increase
Brooklyn Union Gas requests PSC approval for a roughly 33 percent rate rise citing steep tax increases. President Clifford E. Paige says expenses rose over threefold the gain in gross revenue in the first 11 months of 1937. Proposed tariff would price 400 cubic feet at $1.00 versus 600. Taxes excluding federal income tax account for about 90 percent of the increase.
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New York
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Clifford E. Paige
Brooklyn
Queens
WPA rolls rise in relief employment in Washington
Relief roll totals show 30 626 more workers added in the week ended December 18 raising total WPA relief workers to 1 588 315 from 1 557 689. Officials said the rise reflects only a portion of the 350 000 jobless workers ordered added by Administrator Harry L Hopkins on December 9.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA Rcords
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Explosions Hit Tsingtao Waterfront and Allied Suspects
Heavy blasts along the water front damaged Japanese owned dry docks and repair shops near Tsingtao before dawn. The electric light plant was warned to expect another blast later today. A British subject in Shanghai faced a Japanese military court over an attempted bombing of two Japanese troop barges. A Christmas day arrest for theft of two oil barges led to release to British custody awaiting court action.
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Tsingtao
Shanghai
Japan
Prominent Catholic of China Is Assassinated
J. Lo Pa Hong, leading Catholic layman and chair of Shanghai New Civic Association, was killed in the French concession by a covert assassin. Police fear the murder may trigger a terrorist drive to deter Chinese cooperation with Japanese plans. The suspect escaped. Lo founded the Catholic Action society and led Catholic charity collections.
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Shanghai
J. Lo Pa-Hong
China
New Civic Association
Civic Association
Catholic Action Society
Kidnapping Trial Cost to Cabell County
Deputy Circuit Clerk Charles E. King reported the kidnapping trial of Dr. James I. Seder's alleged abductors cost Cabell County and the state 1675 dollars, excluding court-attache pay. The jury convicted Arnett Booth, John Travis, and Orville Adkins, who were sentenced to death at the state penitentiary in Moundsville for March 21.
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Huntington
Clair Charles E. King
James I. Seder
Arnett Booth
John ‘Travis
Orville Adkins
Moundsville
Aged Lady Margaret Shinaberry Buzzard Shina dies at 92
Cass West Virginia wired report notes Mrs Margaret Jerusha Buzzard Shina berry died at age 92. Survivors include 42 grandchildren 108 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
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Cass
W. Va
Margaret Jerusha Buzzard Shinaberry
Hollywood coincidence links Butter and Egg Man to Dance, Charlie Dance
Stuart Erwin rose from Egan Dramatic School to stage success and film after being noticed by Edward Horton. A Warner Bros. contract led to Dance Charlie Dance, mirroring his Broadway success The Butter and Egg Man. Erwin starred with Glenda Farrell and others, coaching cast in the Strand production. Also, George Droste was sentenced to 60 days for moonshine possession in Dec. 29.
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Stuart Erwin
Egan Dramatic School
Los Angeles
Broadway
New York
Eddie
Erwin
George S. Kaut‘man
Stu
Warner Bros. Studio
Charlie
Eddie Horton
Strand
Glenda Farrell
Allen Jenkins
Jean Muir
Collette Lyons
Jada Fairmont
H. Pete Hamilton
George Droste
Grant Town
Youth Wounded In Arrowar Accidental Shot Incident
Ezra Muncy, 17, was shot in the chest in Welch when a bullet was said to be accidentally fired. State Trooper B C Millian reported the youth spoke to him about the incident.
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Jayne
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Grafton Drug and Chemical CO
Cene Sandro Sandri
Xinboat Panay
Norman Soong
Central Press
Sentinel
Klein & Co
Brooklyn Gas Company
Cabell County
Jarvis Tire
Beech St
Grafton
Clarksburg Tire, CO
West Pike St
Clarksburg
Life of
Ohio
Ohio River
State Senate
Martin L. Davey
Department of State
Davey
Strand Theatre
Edward Everett Horton
Lel
Continental, Distilling; Corp., Phila., PA
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
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