General Motors strike widens as new plants join action
Amid hope for peace, GM strike expands with 124 600 workers out across subsidiaries as shortages trigger plant closings. Settlement in the Libber Owens Ford dispute and talks between GM leaders and Secretary Perkins in Washington frame a tense national labor scene with sit-down threats at Baltimore Fisher plant and new strikes in related auto plants.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
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Roosevelt takes second oath amid rain as poverty crusade begins
President Roosevelt repeats his oath in a rain soaked ceremony and renews his pledge to fight poverty. Secretary Perkins schedules new talks with General Motors executives on a nationwide auto labor dispute as flood risks rise in the Midwest and South. Detroit mourns Bishop Callaghan a Coughlin ally dies. Monroe police capture slayer of state trooper. Vatican doctors say pope has no recovery hope. Madrid endures insurgent shelling after air raid kills many.
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Two Major Bills Advanced in House Define Removal and Appointive Power
The House of Representatives prepares for a 10 o'clock session as committee reports on two companion bills advance. H. R. 60 would empower the state board of examiners to authorize additional employees for elective civil offices that cannot meet duties with existing clerical staff, with compensation set by the board and limits on further hiring
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Bombings Hit Madrid As Rebel Artillery Reaches Center
Madrid reports say government militia fortified positions near the city center as shrapnel from insurgent artillery rained down. At least 20 people were killed in an aerial bombing of the naphal, with central Madrid amid the deadly bombardment tonight.
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Drowned Passengers Reported After Pearl River Tug Crash
Canton Jan 20 Virtually all 309 aboard the Pearl river tugboat Man Chuk were reported drowned after the vessel hit a rock near Kongmoon in fog. The disaster occurred about 180 miles south of Canton as survivors lacked time to escape.
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Second fatality from cold snap recorded in Butte
Butte Jan 80 The second fatality from freezing within four hours was recorded when the body of John Panyon 21 was found in a stalled car one block from a mine. Ward Thompson Jr 21 walked eleven blocks for aid and was exhausted. The first victim was Hugh Malloy 60 a former night club operator found frozen at a street intersection yesterday. A Milan highway incident left three people narrowly escaping when car lights and heater failed and the driver Mrs W N Mitchell and Mack Reese were later found at a ranch house.
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Ward Thompson, Jr
Hugh Malloy
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Slay er of Toper Benoit Confesses in Trooper Hammond Killing
Al cide Benoit a 24 year old parolee confessed to slugging and shooting Michigan State Trooper Richard F Hammond in Monroe County. He was captured an hour earlier by four state troopers after a large manhunt spanning Michigan Ohio and Indiana. Benoit said the shot occurred during a fight with the trooper and he fled hiding in a field before being nabbed. He also admitted robberies in Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing and Pontiac Ohio Toledo Cleveland and Chicago.
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Joseph J. Bakley
Monroe County
Alcide (Frenchy) Benvil
Michigan
Richard F. Hammond
Benoit
Francis C. Ready
Lawrence A. Lyon
Hammond
Detroit
Flint
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Pontiac
Toledo
Cleveland
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Railroad Board May Shift To Governor Appointive System
Senate debates a bill to make the railroad board appointment by the governor with senate consent, replacing elective terms. The plan requires six year terms, residency and age restrictions, and governor filling vacancies with senate confirmation, starting January 1939 to replace aging members.
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Flathead
State Railroad Commission
Wie
Montana
Senate
Tom Carey
B. @. Krebsbach
Horace Cassy
Hitler bans Mrs Thompson's book in Germany
New York dispatch reports Dorothy Thompson learns that her book I Saw Hitler was banned in Germany. She retorts that German censors move slowly, while their secret service acted quickly to ban her in person two years earlier.
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Hitler
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Eight States Flooded And Many Lose Homes
A sweeping cold wave drenches the West and Midwest as eight states endure floods and record low temps. Oregon and California faced subzero echoes while Salt Lake City logged heavy snowfall and towns near Hangar Mont saw extreme cold. Levees fail in Indiana and Illinois, forcing evacuations along the Ohio and Mississippi basins. Red Cross reports hundreds displaced and floodwaters threaten Nashville and other river towns.
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Pope Pius IX Reputedly Failing at Vatican Hope Fades
Vatican doctors express grave concern over Pope Pius age seventy facing terminal decline though not yet in immediate danger of death. Sources note elder brother Ferme Hatti died years ago with similar disorders yet lived beyond a year after illness. Chile’s former foreign minister Ramon Suber Caseaux also dies in separate note.
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Just a Minute With Irving Cobb Inaugural Remarks
Santa Monica column notes the second inaugural lacks the same relish as the first and contrasts hunger versus security among officeholders. It mulls whether Uncle Jack Garner will be sworn in and recalls Garner’s remembered attire from four years ago as Irvin Cobb signs off.
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Ayers to probe state boards to cut expenses
Governor Ayers announced plans to investigate state boards under his control to remove unnecessary officers and reduce costs. He ordered a full personnel listing for the Water Conservation Board and the State Planning Board, citing payrolls totaling about 165 thousand dollars yearly and noting a planning board may operate under the water board. He emphasized that non salary expenses of executives and attaches drive waste beyond salaries.
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Five rail brotherhoods seek 20 percent wage boost
Chicago January 20 A joint committee of five railroad brotherhoods announced it would seek a 20 percent pay raise for all members. The proposal would total about 116.5 million annually for roughly 300 000 workers. No date was set for filing and the action covers only the five major unions at the conference. Under the Railway Labor Act railroads have 40 days to respond after demands are presented.
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Fro
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Tanlight
David B. Robertson
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Infon
Railway Labor Act
Roosevelt Inaugural Address Published In Helena Independent
The inaugural address of President Roosevelt delivered yesterday in Washington will appear on Page ? of this issue in The Helena Independent.
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Helena
Inaugural Address in Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt, standing bareheaded in a pouring rain, took the oath and began his second term to aid the economically distressed. Thousands gathered on Capitol Plaza and along Pennsylvania Avenue for the parade, but cold and rain drove many away while the soggy crowd heard only scattered phrases as umbrellas beat out the speaker system. The address opened amid a murmur of doubt and continued with a somber, restrained reception.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Many Montanans View Ceremonies In Washington
Western officials and citizens gathered in the capital to honor President Roosevelt at his second inaugural. Montana was represented by delegates including R. Douagers for Governor Roy Ayers and state legislators from Butte and Livingston. The event highlighted intermountain participation despite long travel distances.
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Jerry J. O'Connell
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Brent Host Attends Inaugural Ceremony
In Washington on inauguration day President Roosevelt was sworn in at 10 20 p m local time and pledged to pursue his second administration aimed at aiding the needy. Vice President Garner attended the ceremony as military units paraded for about three hours with police estimating crowds between 180000 and 290000.
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Anaconda Company Workers Get Daily Wage Increase
Butte January 20 Anaconda Company workers in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls will receive a 23 cent daily raise on the morning shift starting tomorrow The increase follows a contract provision tied to copper maintaining an average price of 11 5 cents per pound or higher for 30 days The 10 000 workers in three cities will be affected The miners rate becomes 5 60 a day and mockas ses 6 26 Men on contract will have terms adjusted to reflect the raise
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