Labor Secretary Perkins Seeks End Of Chrysler Strike
Detroit March 20 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said she hoped efforts to end the Chrysler automobile workers strike would bear fruit later. After late night talks with Governor Murphy and Walter Chrysler in New York she said no progress could be reported yet. Detroit March 14 Intensive efforts toward peaceful evacuation of 6 090 Chrysler sit down strikers continue, with Governor Murphy mediating.
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New York
Frances Perkins
Chrysler Automobile Workers
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Walter P. Chrysler
Parley Ly
Chrysler
Michigan
Chrysler Automobile
Young Roosevelt criticizes federal court plan in Athens
In Athens on March 19, James Roosevelt, aide to the president, challenged the federal court reorganization proposal. He accused the judiciary of distancing itself from public will and failing to stay within its constitutional sphere, speaking at a late democratic victory dinner.
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Athens
Tames Roosevelt
Jedetary
Roosevelt
Defective Fluids Blamed For Horror In School
An expert in gas explosions suspects the London Consolidated school disaster stemmed from defective flues in hollow tile walls. Dr Schoch noted radiators lacked proper vents and asserted gas filled the walls with no exit, then a spark caused the blast killing about 425 students and teachers.
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New London
Texas
London Consolidated School
P. Sehouch
University of Texas
Schoch
Dry Forces Back Referendum On Liquor Bill
Following a statewide conference led by Dr Horace Turner the Association to Prevent the Return of the Saloon states its sole aim is the referendum on House Bill 196 for retail liquor sales. Officers deny any involvement with other petitions and plan an Helena meeting March 30 to push this referendum.
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Horace Turner
Billings
Associacion
Helena
Inflation taxes and the path to balance
Walter Lippmann discusses Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles and the need to balance the budget through honest income and profits taxes to curb inflation. He warns that failure to cut spending or raise taxes will force painful inflationary taxes on every wage, pension, savings, and policy, reshaping Washington’s calculations.
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Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S. Eccles
Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Trongevelt
Motern Aga
Tot
Congrea
Robinson
Vinson
Congress
Earhart Flight Delayed as Engine Trouble Found
Honolulu reports engineers found a potential disaster threat in Earhart's flying tab or factory. Wilbur Thomas warned propeller bearings were nearly dry after a record Oakland to Honolulu flight. Earhart planned a late night hop toward Howland Island if weather stayed favorable, to ensure a daylight landing on the distant route.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Trowland Island
Wilbur Thomas
Oakland
Thinger Thomas
Marhart
Howland Island
Measure to merge road water and planning boards vetoed by governor
Governor Roy Ayers vetoed the eight of ten remaining measures including a bill to consolidate the state highway commission, state water conservation board and state planning board. He cited financial strain and concerns over one department head administration, noting federal highway grants would not be affected. The veto ends passage of the controversial reform. Continued on Page 10.
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Roy FB. Ayers
Ayers
Public Works Administration
Montana
State Highway Commission
State Water Conservation Board
State Planning Board
Department of Public Works
Senate
House of Representatives
Funds recommended for new revolving pest fund
Washington March 11. A congressional conference committee from the senate and house agreed to recommend a $2,000,000 revolving fund to combat insect and plant pests.
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Washington
Congressional Conference
Senate
House
Printers End 24Hour Strike Return To Indiana Papers
In Indianapolis on March 19 union printers voted 267 to 18 to return to work on three local newspapers, ending a 24 hour strike that left the city without a focal paper. Charles P Howard, international president, had called the strike a violation of an obligation.
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Tadianapolis
Charles P. Iloward
A Minute With Cay on Poker as a Game and Sacrilege
Santa Monica March 19 California's attorney general rules draw poker is not gambling when played as a pet but questions whether modern play remains a true game. The piece laments new variations like deuces wild and one-eyed Jacks, praising the bluff and strategy that define poker as an American pastime, while asking where the traditional players are today.
New London Texas School Disaster Ends Rescue Effort
The New London Texas explosion rescue operation concluded with 425 bodies removed from the wreckage. A military board began investigating the disaster as authorities and families prepared for widespread funeral services across nearby towns and oil belt communities.
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New London
Texas
World Powers Express Sympathy After New London Blast
Foreign governments voiced sympathy for the New London Texas school disaster. Germany led expressions, soon joined by France Poland Norway and Canada. Roosevelt ordered Red Cross and agencies to assist. five explosion experts were dispatched and Works Progress Administration aides mobilized for relief efforts.
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Mareh
United States
New London
Texas
Whch
Adolf Hitler
France
Poland
Norway
Canada
Wall Springs
Im Congress
Ant
Roosevelt
Red Cross
William de Kieine
Wane
Cary T. Grayson
The
Sit-Down Strikes Debated in Senate and House
Washington March 19 Angry debate over sit down strikes stretched through both houses of Congress with claims the president takes orders from John L. Lewis and that the Supreme Court has caused industrial warfare. Michigan lawmakers clashed over state action as Borah and Vandenberg urged more enlightened labor relations while critics called trespass illegal and sit-downs anarchy.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
John L. Lewis
Supreme Courts
Michigan
Borah
Idaho
Hoffman
House
Lewis
Ohn L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Supreme Court
Black
Ata
Vandenberg
Mich
Bill
Cox
Pope Fus XI Celebrates Mass After Illness
Vatican City March 19 Pope Fus XI regained strength after a period of partial leg paralysis and for about thirty minutes celebrated his first Mass since December 5. The pope appeared able to carry out the ceremony though slightly frail, signaling a cautious recovery.
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Vatican City
Fus XI
Remains of Children in Bib Baskets
Witness recounts a night of destruction as workers pull apart mangled remains from a school wreck. Faces and bodies crumble into peach baskets while a buried, unexploded dynamite bundle lies among the debris.
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New London
Texas
Insurgents claim major victory near Guadalajar front
Reports from the Guadalajar front say insurgents consolidated gains in a key victory. About 200 war captives were taken, many believed Italian. An Italian general reportedly died when his car overturned, a detail not officially confirmed. News agencies in London relayed word of Ethiopians being shipped to Spain to join the insurgents.
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Madrid
Guadalajar
Genral
Pebug
Italan
Newa Agency
Fwondon
Italian Coloniala
Spain
Women own vast share of wealth says Babson official
Boston March 19 Ralph B Wilson vice president of Babsons Reports Inc predicted that women already own 70 percent of the nations private wealth and would eventually own all of it He added that a woman may sit in the White House if current trends continue
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Boston
Ralph B. Wilson
Babson’s Reports, Inc
White House
Obstacle to Simpson Decree Cleared by Clerk in Court
London March 19 An elderly clerk Francis Stephenson once obstructing Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson’s divorce decree withdrew objections. His change follows the king’s farewell broadcast and clears the last obstacle in the Windsor marriage case. Sir Boyd Merriman, court president, dismissed the charge of collusion and allowed the divorce proceedings to proceed.
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London
Edward of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Francis Stephenson
Edward
Cupid
Boyd Merriman
Colhusten
Sare
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