Controversies Over Wales Union Recognition Delay Mills Strike
Tense labor clashes drag on across the nation with 30 000 idle workers. Strikes stretch from Ferro Stamping Co to Woolworth five and ten Canada Dry Gin Co and more. Injuries reported as sit down tactics flare amid government mediation attempts led by state labor officials.
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Ferro Stamping Co
Frank Murphy
Krogstad
N Malleable Iron Co
Woolworth
Canada Dry Gin Co
Run Products, Inc
Jons
Fan- Metallurgical Corporation
Chicago
Kidnap Slayer Of Baby Is Sought In Argentine
In Mar Del Plata Argentina the 2 year old Eugenio Peyrerra Iraola, dubbed Argentina's Lindbergh baby, was found murdered in a pigpen after being abducted last Wednesday. Police hold several suspects as a citywide hunt expands, amid crowd tensions near the jail and a vast dragnet across the Es tancia resort area.
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Argentine
LA Plata
Argentina
Eugenio Peyrera Iraola
la Sorpresa
Eugenio
Jose Gancedo
Mar del Plata
Great
Estancia
Coast Guard Aids Vessels and Tows Disabled Ships
Coast guardsmen and amateur radio operators worked to contact distressed vessels after SOS messages were received. Cutter Chelan towed the trawler Gossoon from off Highland Light to a tow near Boston, while other ships aided Gloucester vessels in trouble near Barweigh tightship, with repairs and towage underway.
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Fisher
Eondard
England
Chelan
Gossoon
Ledge
Boston
Highland Light
Gloucester
International
International Fishermen's
Pat Faunce
Rabe Sears
Kin Johnson Buried In Kansas
Kin Johnson, explorer of trap and African jungles, buried in a snow covered Chanute cemetery. His funeral drew loving hometown friends and visitors from other cities. Mrs Johnson attended. she remains unable to use due to injuries from the accident in California that fatally injured him.
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Kas
Johnson
Chanute
California
Legislature Rushes to Pass Must Bills After Budget Victory
North Carolina leaders plan swift action on three gubernatorial must measures social security free school textbooks and highway commission reorganization ahead of next week’s general assembly session. The house approved the largest budget in state history in 53 days, far faster than 1935, with formal ratification soon after careful review for typographical errors. Opposition unexpectedly emerged this week over aid concerns.
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
General Assembly
House
North Carolina
Man Held on Five Charges in Raleigh Auto Crime
George Chappell, 24, was arrested after a wild city ride involving auto theft drunken driving hit-and-run resisting arrest and assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly stole Tom Jones’s car endangered motorists crashed into Rev Dr J H Earnhardt’s car and fled. Chappell allegedly assaulted Patrolman J J Bynum and was knocked unconscious with a pistol.
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Raleigh
George Chappell
J. J. Bynum
Chappell
Tom Jones
J. H. Earnhardt
Raleigh _cem
Inhardt
Government May Build Steel Plant for War Munitions
Washington February 27. A bloc urges nationalizing parts of the munitions industry after steel firms fail to bid on navy orders. Officials cite Walsh Healey act limiting government contracts to 40 hour weeks as a reason for the bidding gap. The bloc plans a Tuesday meeting to discuss legislation authorizing government ownership or purchase of a steel plant.
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Ington
Posal
Navy
Walsh-Healey* Ac
Japs plan to strike first in air defense policy
Tokyo reports a Japanese plan to strike enemy air bases before attacks reach the homeland. Vice Admiral Yonai said the navy will destroy bases in coordination with the army to shield principal cities. General Sugiyama urged boosting the defense budget to strengthen air raid protection as the revised budget nears approval totaling 427.5 million dollars within a 788.3 million total.
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Tokyo
Mitsumasa Yonai
Diet
Sugiyama
Army
Navy
Scottsboro case back in Alabama news in assault charges
Decatur Alabama February 27 nine Negro defendants once tied to the Scottsboro case face renewed attention as trials may restart within weeks. Attorney General A A Carmichael and assistant Thomas Lawson conferred with Judge W W Callahan, who has presided since the case moved from Jackson County. The charges stem from an assault on two white women aboard a freight train near Scottsboro in March 1931. Eight defendants await retrial while the ninth is serving a three year sentence on appeal.
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Decatur
Ala
Morgan Circuit
Jackson County
Scottsboro
Payroll taxes swell coffers in state compensation fund
Raleigh reports payroll taxes totaling more than 500000 dollars increased receipts to 1348470.46 by today. The state unemployment compensation commission said the influx boosts available funds for benefit payments and program administration.
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Raleigh
Final Count Shows High Point Opposes Court Plan
Final tabulation shows High Point voters opposed Roosevelt court reorganization, with a two to one margin against the plan. The Enterprise ofice reports 809 votes for opponents and 291 votes cast during the day, reflecting national sentiment on the issue.
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High Point
Roosevelt
Enterprise Ofice
Liberty League
Crest Waters Near Gulf Amid Mississippi River Flood
High crest waters in the lower Mississippi River moved toward the gulf as Army engineers gain confidence levees will hold the flood to the sea. The Weather Bureau issued small craft warnings east to Carrabelle Florida and 9 am storm warnings from Port Eads La to Carrabelle with coastal watches from Brownsville Texas to the mouth.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Texas
Port Eads
Carrabelle
Fla
Lindbergh Kidnaping Reward Prompts Hope Of Payment
William Allen, the laborer who found the Lindbergh baby body in 1932, says he seeks the $25,000 reward now that New Jersey lawmakers may adopt a payment bill. Governor Hoffman could allocate funds at his discretion. Assembly leaders plan a caucus Monday to decide on passage.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Lindbergh
William Allen
Allen
State Assembly
Peggy Garcia Seeks Bail In Bigamy Case
Peggy Garcia pressed for bail after a bigamy charge, while her $500,000 breach of promise suit against Violinist Dave Rubinoff was dismissed. She and Michael Larocca were arrested Thursday. Garcia called the indictment foolish and denied links to any blackmail ring. Larocca remained silent at the Tombs.
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New York
Peggy Garcia
Dave Rubinoff
Miss Garcia
Michael Larocca
Larocca
William C. Dodge
Rubinoff
House of Detention
Larocea
Disposition Of Fortune To Depend On Kinship Degree
New York judge opens the Fortunes probate process for Mrs Ida Wood estate with 1107 claimants. Claims to the wealth dated back to gold rush era and top about 877 thousand dollars. The court will rule using kinship degrees as two early heirs died before her in 1982.
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New York
Ida Wood
James A. Foley
Surrogates Court
Directors for Blockade Sought to Lead Foreign Warships
International diplomats seek two leaders to run a cordon of foreign warships and observers around Spain. One would oversee sea patrols and the other border guards along the French and Portuguese frontiers. Sir Robert Hodgson is considered for the overall role, though selection is uncertain.
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Spain
London
Europe
International Non-Intervention Committee
Robert Hodgson
Russia
France
Albania
Germany
Geisha Sit-Down Strike Upends Osaka Temple Gathering
In Osaka, 300 Geisha from the Gyozuka temple settle in a mountain shrine to demand collective bargaining rights for the Guild of Entertainers. The action mirrors old practice of sit-down protests, drawing on a history seen in their lineage and cited as a historic labor maneuver.
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Osaka
Japan
Gyozuka
Old Geisha Guild
Geisha
Knights of Old
Great Britain Hit by Severe Storms and Snow
Storms swept parts of Great Britain with heavy seas rain hail and sleet. Banffshire in the Scottish Uplands faced the worst snow storm in 15 years isolating houses burying sheep and forcing motorists to abandon cars. The Thames rose quickly in the upper reaches amid the foul weather.
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London
Great Britain
Banffshire
Scottish
Thames
Anti-Salooners Seek Pledges From Ten Million Youth
The Anti-Saloon League of America plans a nationwide educational drive to urge ten million young people to sign pledges against alcoholic beverages. O G Christeau, associate superintendent, says the campaign is among methods to attack liquor the traffic and will be studied at the convention in St Petersburg Florida.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Anti-Saloon League of America
O. G. Christeau
Roosevelt court plan splits Senate as judges debate reform
In Washington on February 27 supporters and opponents of Roosevelt’s judiciary reorganization gained Senate allies. Senator Smathers backed the plan while Senator Donahey opposed it urging referral to the people. The court’s retirement act and confirmation questions loom as the tribunal readies for a decision day with cases on Wagner act wage rules and state minimums pending.
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Washington
Senate
Smathers
N. J
White House
Supreme Court
Donahey
High Bench
Roosevelt
House
Pope
Idaho
New York
School ruling under attack in Tennessee case
Chancery court in Memphis scheduled a March 22 hearing on a black student's mandamus to admit to the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. William Redmond II argues the state constitution forbids racial exclusion in the old college system and claims conflicts with the 14th Amendment. He seeks enrollment or separate accommodation, noting no other pharmacy school exists in the state.
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Memphis
Tenn
Chancery Court
Tennessee
Lois Bejach
University of Tennessee
College of Pharmacy
William Redmond II
Nashville
Tennessee Agricultural College
University
Redmond
United States
Re establishment Of Camp Sought In Mount Mitchell Park
Raleigh Feb 27 R Bruce Etheridge director of the state department of conservation and development said he sought re establishment of a civilian conservation camp in Mount Mitchell state park Work contemplated includes continuation of a reforestation program to cover an old scar left by a forest fire erection of rest rooms and possible construction of a large camp building
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Raleigh
R. Bruce Etheridge
State Department of Conservation and Development
Mount Mitchell State Park
Rebels Shell Madrid Again Amid Urban Bombardment
In central Madrid the insurgents renewed shelling for about an hour from 3:45 p m, with eight shells hitting mid-city. Casualties were reported as “some,” and three strikes added holes to a building already scarred by prior bombardments as Madrilenas sought shelter and refugees gathered in basements.
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Madrid
Spanish Militiamen Seize Oviedo Prison in Asturias Siege
Government reports say militiamen captured the Oviedo prison and advanced toward the city center. The fortress had been among the insurgents last fortified positions in the war torn capital of Asturias.
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Bayonne
Oviedo
Asturias
News censorship clamped as violence threats loom
In Mexico City officials ordered censorship of district news amid threats of mass violence over the Vera Cruz church state issue. Catholics, who reopened churches in what they called peaceful rebellion, armed themselves against CTM planned demonstrations, with Orizaba dispatches predicting a bloody clash and a government order barring further coverage.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Anti-Religious Confederation of Workers of Mexico
CTM
Orizaba
Ver Cruz
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Detroit
Associated Press
Chill
AST Guard
Hower
SOS
Coastguardsmen
Kin Johnson
Kansas
Solons
Nippon
Robert Moore
Shirley Marie Loomis
Robert
Shirley
Columbus
Peggy
Violinist
Ohio
U.S
J. Lyles Glenn
Chester
S. C
Buzzards Roost
Santee- Cooper
South Carolina
State of Tennessee
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