Nine Bodies Still Missing In West Virginia Mine Blast
Rescue workers in Logan West Virginia labor to reach nine bodies in the Hutchinson Coal Company shaft disaster. The catastrophe left 18 dead in Thursday’s explosion, with nine already recovered or identified in funeral homes or at homes in Macbeth community. Rescue teams persisted through the night battering a slate-filled shaft entry as they hope for survivors.
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Logan
W. Va
Mac Beth
Hutch-ingon Coal Company
Fleak Macbeth
West Virginia
Sworst
Sorrouw
Moss
Chrysler Spar to Forefront in Labor Turmoil
Michigan Governor Frank Murphy framed the Chrysler controversy as serious and warned on upholding law and order as GM executive J. S. Knudsen said four months of capacity operation were needed to clear orders from a strike. The AP index showed a output drop, while 11,500 Akron workers and 6,000 Chicago workers faced idle time amid sitdowns and wage drives across multiple plants and firms.
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Frank Murphy
Michigan
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit
J William S. Knudsen
Associated Press
Chrysler and Hudson
Firestone Tire & Rubeler Co
Akron
Chicago
Chicago Gmail
Dr .Mets, Inc
Daily News of
Miami
Fla
Miami Herald
Standard Cigar Co
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Tenn
Furniture Mig. Co
Hartwell Brothers Co
Reade Mig. Co
LaFollette
Wo Duluth
Minn
Charleston
W. Co
Committee For Industrial Organization
E. J. DuPont de Nemours Co
Electro-Metallurgical Co
Carbide and Carbon Corp
Westvaco Chlorine Products Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Port Arthur, Tex
Houston Packing Co
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Allegheny Steel Co
Bendix Products Corp
South Bend
Ind
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Burbank Calif
Contemporary Of Edison Dies In Swampscott Mass
Dr Eliza Thomson 83 of General Electric inventor of electric arc welding and a contemporary of Thomas A Edison died at his Swampscott home after a serious illness. He would have been 84 March 29. His widow Clarissa Hovey and three sons Roland Malcolm and Donald Thomson were at his bedside. Last fall engineers attended Detriot and Lynn for the 50th anniversary of his discovery.
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Swampscott
Mass
Eliza Thomson
General Electric Company
Thomas A. Edison
Clarissa Hovey
Boston
Roland J. Thomson
Schenectady
Malcolm Thomson
Donald T. Thomson
Rye N
Detrait
Lynn
Dr. Thomson
Steel unions win wage gains and new bargaining plan
District announcements push pay boosts across mills including Spang Chalfant and Jones and Laughlin to 41 0 cents an hour and $5 a day for many workers. Bohne proposes a Carnegie-Illinois plan with two delegates per plant to a central bargaining group as Westinghouse rejects higher minimums. Stand-in talks resume Monday as union members press for 62 1/2 cents for higher speed work. Two hundred fifty girl sit down at a Pittsburgh cigar plant seek $15 weekly minimum and 40 hour week amid a pay day, while Philadelphia ash wagon drivers strike over shorter hours and higher wages with mayor backing.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Allegheny Steel
Spang Chalfant and Company
Fred W. Bohne
Carnegie-Ilinois
Murray
John L. Lewis Associates
Bohne
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
John A. Metcalfe
United Electrical and Radio Workers
Standard Cigar Company
R. R. Russell
Russell
Julian J. Hast
St. Louis
Josephine Bankowski
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Wilson
Civil Servicest
Jury Investigates Deaths In Slickville Car Crash
A third inquest exonerated Frank Resnick of Slickville aged 22 in the death of Stanley Medvesek aged 18 when a car driven by Resnick left Route 80 near Salisbury struck a tree and porch. The jury recommended continuing county investigations to determine the true cause of death and pursue murder charges if applicable. Coroner Cyrus Davis of Cambria County and visiting Coroner Woods assisted.
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Frank Resnick
Slickville
Westmoreland County
Stanley Medvesek
Resnick
Route 80
Salisbury
Cyrus Davis
Cambria County
Woods
Lockard in New Life Try Harrisburg March 24
Counsel for Roy T. Lockard will again seek to spare him from the electric chair by arguing mental irresponsibility in the slaying of a three year old boy with a railroad spike. The case, heard with Mrs. Margaret Karmendi, heads to the Pardon Board March 24 in Blair County. Also noted is John Curry, serving life for the same York County killing, seeking commutation to become parole eligible now. Other cases include Alvie Studies and James Pugliese.
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Harrisburg
Roy T. Lockard
Margaret Karmendi
Lockara
Karmendi
Blair County
York County
Curry
John Blymie
William G. Hess
Nelson Rehmyer
Indiana
Alvie
Jefferson
James Pugliese
Westmoreland
Armstrong
Harry Harris
Roosevelt Court Bill Debated By Senators Across Nations
Three Democratic senators urged limits on the Roosevelt court bill at a New York mass meeting, arguing it would erode judicial independence. Administration backers urged reforms to fit current conditions, with quotes from Copeland Ickes Walsh Roper and Burke highlighting concerns about politicization and necessary adjustments amid changing social and economic realities.
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New York
Copeland
D-Ny
Supreme Court
Court of Justice
Ickes
Raleigh
N.C
Waleh
D-Mass
Supreme Court of the
United States
Roper
Greenville
Burke
D-Neb
New
Red Hen Reading Theory Sparks School Debate
New York on March 13. psychologist Prescott Lecky of Columbia University challenged the view that girls learn to read faster due to native ability. He argued boys resist reading because current texts feel feminine, preferring cowboy and G-man roles. He cited the Little Red Hen as an example of out of character material. Roosevelt bill criticized as weakening state power and judiciary. Senator Black predicted quick action to move toward government of the people. Revenue offices to stay open late as tax returns are received.
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Pittman Eid
Senate
Norris
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Wheely
New York
Sage
Prescot Lecky
Columbian University
Soffe
York
Senator Black
D-Ala
Washington
Big Powers Take Over Coast Guard Duties in Spain War
The article describes major powers seizing control of ports and coast guard duties to enforce a 27 nation arms embargo on Spain. Diplomats note the plan lacks international peers in wartime cooperation. Spain accuses Italy of warring with regular units, sends a note to the League of Nations. Britain France Germany and Italy deploy warships to police the Spanish coast and enforce the embargo.
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Spain
Trijueque
Madrid
Guadalajara
Francisco Franco
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
Great Britain
France
Germany
Stiffer levies lift revenue for government coffers
Treasury officials forecast that steeper taxes on corporations and top earners will add more than 300 million dollars in revenue by July 1. They expect at least half to show by Monday’s filing deadline. The 1936 and 1984 acts raised surtax rates to 75 percent, imposed new undistributed profits levies, and tightened the tax structure. Total expected income tax receipts reach about 840 million dollars, accounting for roughly 18 percent of the anticipated total. The Internal Revenue Bureau moved to speed collections.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Game Protector Acquitted in Death of Chester Kapuscienski
William Pinkerton, traveling game protector, was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of Chester Kapuscienski on August 1. Pinkerton testified he acted in self defense during a scuffle after Chester and his brother Stanley resisted arrest while fishing. Chester allegedly pointed a gun, and Pinkerton said he fired when Chester raised his weapon, choosing self preservation over surrender in Sullivan County. The trial moved to Lycoming County at the defense’s request.
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Williamsport
O. M. Pinkerton
Chester Kapuscienski
Pinkerton
Kapusienski
Chester
Stanley
Sullivan County
Lycoming County
12 Hour Race to Ship Afire Off Pacific Coast
A 12 hour race against fire at sea began when the British motorship Silverlarch sent a distress plea for help with passengers. The motorship Fijian answered, racing to the Silverlarch, about 12 hours away, as Captain F. H. Henderson reported a long burning fire in No. 3 hold that threatened to rage out of control.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Silverlarch
Honolulu
F. H. Henderson
No. 3
Roosevelt swims and tours on southern vacation
President Roosevelt plans a morning swim at Warm Springs followed by a countryside drive in an open car. later he will view spring plowing on his 2,800 acre farm after lunch at his pine cottage overlooking the infantile paralysis foundation. In other notes, Sam Traci faces murder trial in New Castle. 250 girls strike at Standard Cigar in Pittsburgh. geese fly northward over Dormont.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
PRESS TOWARD COAL ACCORD
New York March 13 The Appalachian coal wage conference opened its first Saturday session as miners led by John L Lewis and operators led by Charles O Neill pressed toward a settlement on main demands. A sub committee had sparked rumors of progress but officials cautioned that two weeks remain before the March 31 deadline. The meeting at the Engineers Club followed a walkout from the Biltmore Hotel as Lewis aides refused a picket line by a unions group.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Engineers’ Club
Biltmore
Lewis
Buildings Service Employees Union
Obituary notices for Balbridge and Sterner
John Balbridge prominent Latrobe retired meat man dies at 2 30 pm in Ligonier street home survived by three sons from Latrobe and Pittsburgh with one son in law of Judge Laneham funeral plans not announced Clara Margaret Sterner 54 dies at home Hillsdale daughter of Ferrier family survived by husband Mont and three brothers and one sister funeral Monday 2 30 pm East Mahoning Baptist Church cemetery listed backup details unknown
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John Balbridge
Latrobe
Ligonier Street
Thomas Baldridas
Joseph
Raymond J. Baldridge
Pittsburgh
J.N. Laneham
Indiana
William Baldridge
Lydia Fritz
Clara Margaret Sterner
Hillsdale
John
Elizabeth Washington Ferrier
Montgomery Township
Mont Sterner
Thomas Ferrier
Mahaffeys
Markets Livestoon Hogs and cattle prices steady in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on March 13 traders reported hogs at 1250 head with 1050 direct, cattle around 150 including 140 direct, top steers at 10.80 and calves near 11.50 for week gains. Sheep and lambs showed small weekly lifts, apples and potatoes listed with mixed regional prices. The closing line notes early banks and ancient temples at Delphi and Delos.
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Pittsburgh
Tbs
Who's Who In Groceries Now at State College
State College reports a first Who's Who of groceries study at Penn State to rate foods by health effects. Pauline Beery Mack, chemistry professor and home economics director, leads with A Pauline Sanders of Seton Hill College assisting. One hundred representative families across Centre Westmoreland and Blair counties—income from 15 000 a year to relief—will reflect varied occupations and living standards.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Pauline Beery Mack
Home Economic Research
A. Pauline Sanders
Seton’ Hill College
Greensburg
Mack
Sera
Pennsylvania
Centre, Westmoreland
Blair
Stock Market Names and Companies Listed in Abridged List
An extended OCR style list catalogs numerous corporations and brands across industries including Am Can Am Com Amex Allied Stock names appear alongside major firms such as Chrysler General Electric Mack Trucks Johnson wax and North American rails. The fragment hints at a historical trade or securities reference with varied company names and ticker-like entries.
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Alaska Jun
Allied
Aico
Am Smelt
Teland
Anaconda Arm
Atl
Retin
Atlas Tack Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loc Balt
Ohio
Barnsdall Bendix
Avia Beth Sti
Blaw Knox
Borden Borg Warner Briggs Nig Burr
Caterpi
Tract Celanese
Chrysler City
Colgate Palm Colum G
Credit
Congoleum
Container Corp
Oil del Crane Co
Curtis Pub
Curtiss Wright Curtiss Wr
A Deere and Co
del Lack
Dome Mines
Douglas Aire du Pont
Lorillard
P Mack Truck
McCrary
McIntyre Pore
Rob McClellan
Minn
Montgom Ward Murray Corp
Nash Kel
Nat Biscuit
Nat
North Ab
Northern Pac Chie Oil Packard
Penn RR
Phila RC
Phillips Pet Ca
Bank Bandits Leave Clue in Northern Westchester Holdup
Three gunmen raided the Northern Westchester Bank in Katonah and escaped after wrecking a car in Bridgeport. A second vehicle linked to the men was found, and government agents questioned an unidentified man without releasing potential connections. The $18,600 robbery followed a prior holdup within 15 days in which Merle Vandenbush and two accomplices were arrested.
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Kotanah
N.V
Westschester Bank
Katonah
Bridgeport
Merle Vandenbush
Patience in Faith Amid World Evils and Judas Tale
A daily Lent meditation urges patience in Christian reform and warns against rushing spiritual birthrights. It cites Hebrews on endurance and Judas’s impatience as a cautionary tale, praying for strength to pursue righteousness without becoming tools of agitators.
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Jesus
Jesus Christ
Judas
Drought relief proposal amid a sprawling federal system
Amid a broad drought relief plan the president proposes a single federal coordinating agency to streamline reclamation. The move aims to reduce confusion from 50 agencies operating in drought zones and bring unified leadership to relief efforts.
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Continental
United States
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
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Lockard
State Pardon Board
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New Castle
Sam Traci
Cleveland
Robert Dukes
Angelo Pedonesi
Dormont
W. W. Pique
Kelvin Stone
Stong
Frank Z. Butin
Carlos Morales
Morales
Butin
I Wag
Wisconsin U
New York Baldwins
Pennsylvania Starks
Virginia Staymans
Green Mountains
Pennsylvania Rurals
Eo Florida Bliss Triumphs
Delphi
Delos
Greece
Vandenbissh
Geo. D. Leydic
Wayee Avenue
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