Chrysler Plants Feel Labor Pinch In Nationwide Strike
The Associated Press reports the United Auto Workers strike hit Chrysler plants in Detroit and Bludson as General Motors faced new bargaining disputes on Feb. 11. About 50,000 workers were idled as Chrysler refused UAW recognition as the sole bargaining agent for all Chrysler employees. The Fisher Body plant began a separate wage increase dispute. The Chrysler situation developed rapidly, prompting plant quits and resumed negotiations.
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Roosevelt to Be On Air Tonight Afresh
President Roosevelt will address the Supreme Court issue once more in a nationwide network broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern. NBC CBS and others join the hookup, with Postmaster Farley to discuss the court from Chapel Hill NC.
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Supreme Court
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
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A F L Tightens Lines for Showdown Struggle
Washington March 8 William Green announced the American Federation of Labor would press a direct organization campaign in the steel industry amid a clash with John L. Lewis led unions. The plan targets 500 000 workers in steel and allied sectors while other Lewis campaigns seek to enroll 1 250 000 tertiary mill workers and oil field refinery and filling station employees into Lewis unions.
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Lowh
Abli
Daniel J. Tobin
Aleo
Premming
Tobin
United Shoe Workers of America
Otaire Rally Sparks Sit-Down Strike at Willard Hotel
A sit-down strike by waiters and kitchen staff broke out at the Willard Hotel in Washington as Labor's Nonpartisan League meeting opened. Pickets lined Pennsylvania Avenue while unionists and hotel management offered conflicting statements about the dispute, linked to a discharged coffee shop waitress. George L. Berry condemned the action as a trap to embarrass the league. Separately, Malcolm F. Campbell, 65, former Idaho Statesman city editor, died in Los Angeles.
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A New Epoch in Steel On the Record
Dorothy Thompson reflects on the steel labor movement, its history in Braddock and Homestead, and the national impact of Myron Taylor and John L Lewis’s deal. She recalls immigrant workers in Hungary, union struggles, and the wartime Czech Slovak effort for workers’ rights, noting enduring hopes for freedom of speech at work.
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Shots Suffered by Baron Fitts in Suspected Political Attack
Los Angeles dispatch reports District Attorney Baron Fitts shot last night as he sat in his car. Investigators pursue multiple clues after a black sedan fired two shots, with one bullet hole in the windshield and another in the car roof. A threatened man and a letter to Fitts’ office are under scrutiny, while officials view the incident as likely the act of an amateur gunman.
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Glyde Plummer
District Attorney’s Office
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Charles Dice
Santa Monica
Dice
Police Probe Vosper Disappearance At Sea
French police opened a formal inquiry into the disappearance of British stage star and playwright Frank Vosper who vanished at sea on Saturday while aboard the liner Paris near Le Barre France. The case centers on the missing actor and writer as authorities search for clues aboard the ship and in port.
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World News Gist From Fragmented Dispatches
Domestic Detroit reports auto plants paralyzed by new strikes as workers walk out. In Flint, plant layoffs follow tense negotiations. In Los Angeles a wounded prosecutor probes an alleged attack. Washington notes AFL plans independent drives in crafts. Farm leaders back scrap surety proposal amid push. Foreign London reports munitions ship sunk off Spain by fascist cruiser. Geneva cites Japan seeking emigration rights. Tokyo quotes foreign minister denying territorial aims in China.
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Japan
Tokyo
Chi‘gett
Propaganda Accusations Roil Senate Over Court Plan
In Washington March senators clash as Robinson accuses anti reform forces of flooding lawmakers with propaganda against Supreme Court reorganization. Clark cites a criminal statute to bar government money from influencing Congress as pro Roosevelt elements rally in support.
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Copper, Lead and Zinc Rally on Global Demand
Copper, lead and zinc surged to recovery highs as industrial and armament demand boosts markets. Domestic copper rose to 16.4 cents per pound, with export copper at 16.75 cents to European ports. Lead jumped to 7.25 cents per pound in New York and 7.10 cents in East St. Louis, while zinc climbed to 0.50 dollars per pound at St. Louis, highest since February 1938.
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St. Joseph Lead Company
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Marriage of girl of 1413 not permitted in Bozeman
In Bozeman on March 4, a 14 year old girl and a 29 year old man were refused a marriage license at the Clark County Court office. William Stewart and Josephina Russell, residents near Belgrade, faced the denial as the girl cannot legally wed until age 16 even with parental consent. the father, Robert Tunsell, was reported ready to consent but lacks legal authority.
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Just a Minute with Irving Cobb
Santa Monica column notes rumors about Washington politics in March. Speculation touches Mrs Roosevelt, Uncle Jim Farley, and revived NRA plans with a new blue eagle. The piece praises humor and oratory, especially General Hugh Johnson, and ends by praising Irvin S Cobb’s wit.
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Tremors Ripple Across U S Canada Alarming Many Areas
A string of minor to moderate earth tremors rattled communities from Ohio to Kentucky Indiana Michigan and Ontario with scattered reports of shaken buildings and waking residents. Seismology expert Father Joseph Joliet of John Carroll University said the quakes likely shared a common upthrust in the old glacial crust of the region lasting about eight minutes.
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San Francisco District Hit by Temblors With Minor Damage
A pair of moderate earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area early today, causing slight damage in East Bay cities including Oakland Berkeley Albany and Richmond. No injuries were reported and major bridges including the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge were undamaged officials said.
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Pleasure fishing boat Sunshine 2nd missing near Santa Cruz Island
San Pedro Cal March 8 Coast Guard dispatched three cutters to search for the commercial pleasure fishing boat Sunshine 2nd carrying 40 or more persons from a nine week cruise to Santa Cruz Island. Fog hampered the search and officers believed the mist delayed the boat’s return. sea conditions were rough and the crew possibly endangered.
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Japan Seeks Emigration Access at League Conference
Delegate Yuko Shudo urged the League of Nations to permit Japan to send its excess population to undeveloped territories, arguing crowded Japan faces industrial raw material limits. He warned export restrictions hurt industry while nations seek self sufficiency, impacting global economy.
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League of Nations
Yuko Shudo
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Mar Cantabrico sinks in Bay of Biscay with crew aboard Canarias
The Spanish freighter Mar Cantabrico, delayed by a U.S. action against its munitions cargo, sank in flames after bombardment by the insurgent Canarias in the Bay of Biscay near the Spanish coast. The Canarias reported the sinking and that the crew of 40 were aboard the cruiser.
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Joe Santa Maria
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Mexico
Patrol of Spain Opens March 13 Amid War Threats
London reports 27 nations back a four power naval patrol to isolate the Spanish civil war with a March 13 start. Britain France Italy and Germany say readiness by then but frontier boarding agents will take at least a fortnight to recruit. In Madrid siege Gen Franco presses at upper Guadalajara as fighting nears the capital. Zinc shipments in February 47 591 short tons with 38 010 produced. Paul HeXner 54 dies.
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Japs Renounce Territorial Ambitions in China Empire
Tokyo reports that Japan renounces territorial ambitions in China and offers equal, friendly dealings to improve economy and trade. Foreign Minister Naotake Sato frames a fresh start with China amid regional suspicion and war-talk, seeking Britain’s favor and broader economic ties.
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