Sit-Down Strikers Routed by Ford Union Drive
John L. Lewis asserted that unionizing Ford Motor Company's workers is the next objective for the United Automobile Workers. He spoke at a rally in the Coliseum at the Michigan State fairgrounds, saying organization would wait until the problem is before them. Ford had previously stated he would never recognize the union.
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Detroit
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Lewis
Michigan State Fair Grounds
Ford Workers
Henry Ford
Ways, Ga
Unted
Automobile Workers’ Union
Ford
Severe fighting in Spanish War rocks fronts across Spain
The Associated Press reports severe fighting as government and insurgent forces clash on widely separated fronts in Spain. Insurgents under General Emilio Mola claim gains near Durango and Am voto peak while government troops recapture heights near Mount Chimorre in Cordoba province. Casualties cited include hundreds on both sides, with 976 government dead claimed in one sector.
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Associated Frees
Oiner
Emilio Mola
Tlasque
Durango
Thao
Racque
Spain
Karriere
Bilbao
Cordoba
Madrid
Insurgenta
Chimorre
Former Governor Lowden Opposes Court Reform Proposal
Chicago late tonight Frank C. Lowden, a former governor and elder statesman of the Republican party, denounced President Roosevelt’s court reorganization plan. He warned centralized power could force price and wage controls, threatening farmer and urban interests alike, and urged the people to guard against a potential shift toward fascist tendencies while noting opposition among Roosevelt supporters.
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Chicago
Frank C. Lowden
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Iam
Toyartha Blue Network
Natonal Urdadenating Company
Lawden
Lowden
Mr. Noodsevelt
Landis discusses sit down strike and new labor rights
Harvard Law dean Landis argues the sit down strike may be recognized as a right and explores how law must adapt to wage collective bargaining, property concepts, and new mechanisms to meet economic pressures. The piece notes the shift from early 19th century rights to modern labor claims and hints at continued debate on legal validation. Continued on Page 10.
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Jamen M. Jandia
Landis
Harvard Law School
Bia
Inii
Long
Ford rejects union recognition amid nationwide labor tension
Across the United States thousands of workers and farmers join sit down actions, injuring several at a candy factory. Senate denounces strikes and company unions while foreign and domestic events unfold from London to Manila. Helen Burgess, 18, dies of pneumonia in Beverly Hills after rising as a film feature.
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Heeshey
McNary
Ariz
Alriner
Washington—House
Senate
Helen Burgers
Beverly Hills
Cal
Helen Burgess
Portland
Ore
Senate condemns sit down strikes amid debate
Washington reports the Senate denounced sit down strikes and condemned company unions and industrial espionage. The body approved a formal statement 7 to 3, sending it to the House as officials debated possible action on nationwide strikes. Opponents cited by Senator Borah and others opposed the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dies
Henry Ford denounces labor unions in sit-down strike call
In Ways Georgia April 7 Henry Ford declared he would not recognize the United Automobile Workers or any union at his St Louis plant. He reported a few sit-down strikers were escorted out, vowed no grudges, and said workers who strike will be rehired after being removed. Ford urged public officials to protect industry from such actions and linked union coercion to lost pay and political influence. He returned from Dearborn after Kansas City settlement and asserted no concessions were made.
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Ways
Henry Fon
St. Louis
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford
Ford Gat
Ford Wald
Tesson
Tistocy Ahowa
Tia
Ford Ts
Dearborn
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain Snow Delays Roads in Wet Blanket
Denver April 7 A wet above freezing snow layer falls across the Rocky mountain region tonight causing highway closures at higher elevations due to drifts. In eastern agricultural areas melting quickly from the main roads.
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Denver
Granada
Rocky Mountain
Lindberghs Reported Safe in Munich Germany Airfield
Munich dispatch says Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh landed at Oberwiesenfeld airfield late last night after leaving Zagreb Yugoslavia. Official word on their exact whereabouts remained unreported for hours. Flight said to have proceeded without incident.
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London
Manila
Fira Teaven
Munich
Lindburghs
Yugoslavia
Madrid
Cordoba
Germany
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oberwiasenfeld
Zagreb
Lindberghs
Kansas to Try Beer Again After Prohibition Era
Sante Montea Cal April 7 Pretty soon Kansas will dig up Carrie Nation and reinter her as beer returns after 57 years of dryness. The beer will be mild with about 3 percent alcohol, enough to elicit singing or sleep without sparking violent battles. Beer may soothe nerves and avoid revolutions, unlike the past bans.
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Nana Irvin
Cobb
Riot at Hershey Plant Triggers Police Probe
A riot at the Hershey chocolate plant drew hundreds of onlookers and left many injured as workers and farmers clashed with aides and town residents. Governor Earle ordered state police to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the disturbance near Harrisburg on April 7.
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LNB
Eni
Hershey
Poorarm Bay
Prode
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Great Northern Executive Credits Montana Role in Railroad Build
A Great Northern executive outlined Montana’s key role in the railroad’s construction and its broader economic impact. He cited Montana’s resources and transport benefits, noting the railway’s dividends and purchases from Montanan suppliers, and praised state development aided by the railroad network.
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Great Northern
Montana
Confidenza
Northwest
M. Sims
St. Paul
We Pkenney
Norman Winestine
Heart of Directors
H. Walter l Larnon
John Millun
Carl Anderson
Myron Wilson
George Robertson
Werve
Robert C. Kerr
O. J. Brackman
FE. D. MacHaffle
R. C. Ioffman
Great. Northern Railroad
Sims
Monetana Wan Uta Keysloae
Sling
Uuwlnesa
Glainst
Montana Central
James J Hill
Parts Gibson
Little Sara Roosevelt Undergoes Operation
Washington April 7. White House officials said 6 year old Sara Roosevelt granddaughter of the president is recovering from an acute appendicitis operation performed last night in Emergency hospital. She spent a comfortable night and awoke wondering what it was all about. Sara is the daughter of James Roosevelt the president's secretary and ardent son.
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Wsshington
White House
Sara Roosevelt
Sara
James Roosevelt
Sumner Bill Sent to Senate by House amid debate
Washington April 7 The house passed a bill by a 122 to 14 vote authorizing the attorney general to intervene in private law actions challenging congressional acts The measure aligns with President Roosevelts court proposals and moves to the senate judiciary committee for reference hearings continue with Ignatius Wilkinson Fordham and historian Fred Wilson testemun.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Acta
Congress
White Hawls
Supreme Court
Hansa
Senate
Judiciary
Ignatius M. Wilkinson
Fordham Univernity School of Law
Fred ‘Taylor Wilson
Gora
Sumners
Hopkins Rejects WPA Wage Increase Request
Washington April 7 The WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins rejected a request from the Workers Alliance to ask President Roosevelt for an immediate 20 percent wage increase for WPA workers. He also refused to speak for presidential approval of a bill providing 4 000 000 000 for relief in the current financial year.
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Washington
WPA
Harry A. Hopekins
Workers Alliance
Roosevelt
Alan
Bodies of eight victims found in Douglas airliner crash
McNary Arizona April 7 177 A tailwind search party crawled from the snow to reach eight corpses left beside a burned luxurious airliner wreck in a mountain pass. Pilot Glen Moser and co pilot Jon Wolfalk were trapped in seats half burned while six others lay amid charred wreckage as the storm hampered removal efforts.
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McNary
Ariz
Mountain Wilds
Here
Vicinitt
Glen Moser
Jon Wolfalk
Atx
Burbank
Calif
New York City
Mall of the Tallway
Northwest Plans Conference Opens in Idaho City
Leading recreation and conservation authorities gather in Idaho’s capital for the Pacific Northwest National Planning Conference April 8 to 10. Topics include irrigation, power development, water conservation, and land resource use. Idaho estimates recreational spending could reach about 200 million dollars if allocated by suitable area.
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Abolse
Ideho
Apel
America
Evergreen Northwest
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Will Simons
Idaho Planning Commission
United States
25 Thousand Homeless by Manila Fire Rages Through Tondo
Fire swept one and a half square miles of Manila's Tondo district, leaving about 25 000 people homeless, one dead and eleven injured as flames destroyed 700 to 1 000 dwellings. A paralytic woman died of fright near the home for the aged. Relief agencies called for immediate aid while troops and US Army fighters assisted firemen to control the blaze near Manila Bay.
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Manta
Fiimey
Tondo
Manila
Theames
United States Army
Fort
Gantiago
Manila Bay
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Mnigh
Chocolate Avenue
Hsi
Little Sara Roosevelt
Isumners
Hopkins
Arizona
Northwest Plans Conference
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