Ford union clash at Rouge plant shocks Dearborn
Detroit dispatch reports Ford Rouge workers beat and chase four United Automobile Workers organizers from company property during a leafleting drive. NLRB and Wayne County prosecutor open inquiries. details cite coercion and interference allegations amid a tense labor action near Dearborn.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Duncan C. McCrea
Wayne County
NURB
Ford Company
Frankensteen
Rewther
Richard T. Frankensteen
Ford Workers
Walter Reidther
Weat
Jaens
Frankenstein
J. J. Kennedy
Robert Cantor
Reuther
Rouge
Heu- Cher
Strent Rior
Barry A. Bennett
Ford Service Department
Harey
Turned Brown By Brown
LONGVIEW Texas speaker notes shifts in national policy while reflecting on Roosevelt era reforms. personal anecdotes about signs and a burned foot illustrate cautionary moments. mentions government layoffs and workers needed to support programs.
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Longview
Texas
Supreme Court
Mr. Roosevelt
Abandon Armistice Proposal in Spain
London reports the British plan for an armistice in Spain was nearly dropped. Geneva notes accuse Italy of grave violations of international law in a white book that portrays Fascist Italy as a belligerent power. The compilation includes a document said to be a secret wartime order from the Italian war office.
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London
Eng
Spain
Italy
Geneva
Switzerland
Governors speech ties highway refinancing delay to political opponents
Arkansas Governor Carl E. Bailey urged county judges at a two day Chicot county meeting that delays in refunding funds for highway refinancing stem from a lawsuit aimed at hampering his administration. He argued the $100000 transfer was necessary to save millions in interest and to ensure obligations are paid. Supreme Court officials and state officials attended as Bailey defended the program amid criticism from lawmakers.
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Board of Finance
Pulaski
Chicot County
State Highway Department
Griffin Smith
E. J. McHaney
T. H
Mwnphreys
Arkansas Supreme Court
Earl Page
70 000 Men Out as Strike Grips 3 Steel Companies
The steel workers strike began at 11 p.m. Wednesday affecting Republic Steel Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube across Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana and New York. About 80,000 employees work for the three firms producing roughly 10 million tons annually and lines were picketed across 34 plants. Production was curtailed as blast furnaces were banked and open hearths not recharged amid disciplined walkouts urged by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee seeking signed bargaining contracts.
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Associated Press
Steel
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIG
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sitel & Tube
Inland Steel Company
Canton
Ohio
South Chicago
CIO
Buffalo
N. Y
Youngstown
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Illnois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
New York
Mahoning Valley
Republic and
Sheet and Tube
Big Frisco Bridge Opens to Pedestrians
SAN FRANCISCO Calif pedestrians walked across the Golden Gate Thursday for the first time as the world s largest suspension bridge opened to the public. The 35 million dollar span of concrete and steel joins San Francisco with Marin county and marks a major engineering feat after nearly five years of work. The over channel span reaches 4200 feet.
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San, Francisco
Calif
San Francisco
Gold Gate
Marin County
California
Redwood Empire
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Golden Gate
Great Need Felt for Skilled Labor in Southwest Arkansas
The National Re-employment Service operates a free employment exchange and seeks qualified workers for local and statewide openings. An advertisement credits F. R. Johnson, Joe C. Coleman, and C. W. Tarpley as Esso product dealers supporting the service. G. T. Cross, Hope district office manager, notes no charge and urges skilled workers to file applications for local or state postings.
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National
Star
F. R. Johnson
Joe C. Coleman
C. W. Tarpley
Esso
U. S. Department of Labor
G. T. Cross
Hope
Arkansas
Rockefeller Buried in Cleveland After Brief Ceremony
John D. Rockefeller Sr. was laid to rest Thursday at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. He was buried between the graves of his wife and his mother after a short ceremony.
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Cleveland, Ohio
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Lake View Cemetary
Cotton Prices Open and Close Higher in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton opened Thursday at 12.58 and closed at 12.64 bid 12.65 asked while spot cotton ended quietly 16 points higher. Middling grade quoted at 13.05.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
Corn Up Four Cents on Short Supply
Chicago reports indicate the 1934 corn crop is virtually exhausted with little prospect of grain to fill Board of Trade contracts. Prices rose four cents a bushel, the limit allowed by trading rules, as market reports circulated about the tight supply.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Stamp History Is Issued by U S A
Information from the Post Office Department announces a June 1 release of a new official booklet detailing all United States postage stamps from 1847 to 1936. It includes descriptive text and two full size stamp illustrations, priced 25 cents paper binding or 75 cents cloth binding, delivered by the Superintendent of Documents in Washington, D C. Postal money orders or personal checks only.
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Post Office Department
United States
U. S
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Farm Bureau Seeks Electric Extension for Rural Project
Waldo Frasier of the Arkansas Farm Bureau and F. Harper Craddock of the Rural Electrification Administration met in Hope with Hempstead County Farm Bureau officials, Mayor Albert Graves, and city power plant leaders to discuss power supply for a REA project across Hempstead Miller Lafayette Howard and Columbia counties. Craddock provided a rate schedule acceptable to REA, and the Hope plant will raise the rates at the next city council meeting.
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Waldo Frasier
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
F. Harper Craddock
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Hope
H. H. Huskey
Hempstead
Hope Plant
Mr. Craddock
L. Carter Johnson
The
Light & Water Committee
Jewish shops must pay employees in full on holidays
Berlin reports a German labor front ruling requiring Jewish owned shops to compensate workers in full when closed for Jewish holidays. The decision cites frequent complaints of unpaid employees and notes Jewish holidays are not legal holidays. It also adds that if shops close for these holidays no pay deduction is allowed. Experts warn factory accidents cluster around 9:30–10:00 am and 4:30–5:00 pm.
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Berlin
German
Labor Front
Patric Faces Struggles On New York Street
A young woman named Patric climbs a five story walk up in New York amid coldly indifferent agencies. She steels herself to face possible rejection and wonders if her sister Trissy has beaten her home as she knocks and hopes for a job and a warm welcome.
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New York
Patric
Trissy
Huy
Kitchener
Two cousins chase stage dreams in Don Monteray tale
In a colorful 1937 scene, Patricia Hiwit Warren and cousin Pats imagine fame on the stage. Pats lands a hopeful job interview after overhearing talk of Don Monteray in New York. The exchange sparks dreams of salary, breaks, and acting glory as Trissy reveals how she secured a chance at the star’s orbit.
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Pats
Patricia Hiwit Warren
L'Rissy
Ogegon
Indiana
Don Monterie
Don Monteray
New York
Avalonoa Park Avenue
Trissy
Senior Play to Be Given Here Friday
Hope High School presents the senior class play Down and Up in the auditorium with two performances at 2 30 p m and 8 p m Friday. The cast lists a dozen characters including Mrs Arlene Archer Ruth Lewis Carlotta Archer and her daughter Martha Ann Singleton Chester Archer and her son Earl Ponder Gay Gorham Enola Alexander Diana Maybe Nell Williams Goldie Blondell Mary Della White Everett Barnes aviator Percy Ramsey Eddie Breeze suffers from a weak heart PFoster Finley Luella Hurst of The Daily Blade Marjorie Lee Threlkel Boots Meredith athletic girl Katheryn Franks Bonnie Briar Daisy Dorothy Heard and Leander Rivers Caro Jones.
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Hope High School
Arlene Archer
Ruth Lewis
Carlotta Archer
Martha Ann Singleton
Chester Archer
Earl Ponder
Gay Gorham
Carlotta
Enola Alexander
Diana
Mind Your Manners Quiz On Picnics And Etiquette
A 1937 etiquette Q and A tests proper picnic conduct. Picnickers must fully extinguish fires, foods should be easy to eat, using paper dishes is acceptable, toothpicks are sometimes permissible, women may wear high heels and silk dresses, and suggestions for handling a group story are given with a corrective approach.
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John
NEA Serview, Inc
Secretary backs AAA proposal costing hundreds of millions
Secretary Wallace urged quick enactment of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937. Farm Bureau officials pegged annual costs at 250 to 1700 million dollars. The measure aims to safeguard the food supply and farm income. A separate House debate centered on restricting relief workers from striking as Congress eyed adjournment in about two months amid party conflict.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
House
Fuller
Arkansas
Capital Tourists Pause in Hope on Arkansas Trip
Good Will tourists from the Little Rock chamber of commerce made a brief stop in Hope on Thursday during a three day tour from Texarkana to Little Rock. The train pulled in at 8 55 a m and departed 9 40 a m with local business leaders guiding the visit. The delegation of more than 100 included Little Rock officials and state revenue Commissioner D L Ford.
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Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce
Bank assets slated for sale this week in Hempstead
The Washington State Bank's assets, closed in 1922, are to be sold Friday or Saturday under Hempstead chancery court authority. W. S. Atkins of Hope, special deputy bank commissioner, will conduct the sale after a bid of 875 was rejected as unrealistically low. The court ordered bids to be received and a sale held this weekend.
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Washington State Bank
Hempstead Chancery Court
W. S. Atkins of
Hope
W. W. Compton
Chancery Court
Mr. Atkins
Coast Guard develops fishing site guidance system
The U S Coast Guard develops a method to show ocean fishermen exact drop points by mapping species habitats through oceanographic data. Vessels in the Atlantic and Bering Sea already collect temperatures, currents, and food sources to locate preferred conditions for sea life. The ruddy turnstone is noted for turning over stones along the shore.
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Washington
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Atlantic Patrol
Bering Sea
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W. Va
Shell Carpenter
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Shell
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Justice Department
Sanford Bates Rucelly
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Steel Companies
U. S. Steel
Murray
United States Steel Corporation
ALP
Abandany Crafts
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewisly
Willian Green
A. P
Maritie Imims
Maritime Department
Lewis
Ship Channel
U.S A
Farm Bureau
Tay
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Hope School
W. S. Atkins
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