Gov Murphy Tells Flint Alliance No Guarantee of Worker Protection
Detroit Jan 28 AP Governor Frank Murphy said in Lansing that the state aims to prevent bloodshed in General Motors strikes but cannot guarantee all workers safe passage to and from work. He urged anti strike leaders to pursue peace and warned against inciting riots, noting federal and state efforts toward conciliation. A Flint alliance delegation pressed for a yes or no guarantee for 8,000 workers, while National Guard presence followed riots outside a Fisher Body plant.
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Frank Murphy
Lansing
General Motors
Flint Alliance
S. A. Rasbach
Flint
Buick
Murphy
Rasbach
Rasuach
Fisher Body Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Generals Motors
Committee For Industrial Organization
Leo J. Nowicki
Michigan
Fisher
Bast City
Saginaw
W. Os] Hynes
United Mine ‘Workers District
Uniontown
Bay, City
John Mayo
Pittsburgh
Robert Travis
Poncern
Mayo
Stewart Seeks Alimony Racket Bill in Ava House
Mrs Gladys B Stewart of Ava introduces a measure in the house to stop alimony for divorces within five years. The bill would require the estranged husband to support their children but deny alimony to the wife in short marriages. If couples live together longer and save, alimony could be possible.
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House of Representatives
Gladys B. Stewart
Ava
Anti union clashes disrupt Detroit area prompted by UAWA strike
Police reported no request for help as anti union demonstrations peaked with a taxi wreck near Flint injuring four organizers. Pickets at Cadillac plant entrance were withdrawn while UAWA leader Walter Reuther announced continued but reduced picketing. Ed Hall and Maurice Sugar left for Anderson Indiana amid reports nonunion men urged them to depart.
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Saginaw
Flint
William Bloom
Genesse County
Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Walter Reuther
U. A. Web
Reuther
Ed Hall
Anderson
Ind
Antiunion
Maurice Sugar
Gilbert Clark
AL W. A
Muncie
Uncem
Alexandria
Hall
Washington
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
First Truck Load To Needy In Flood Belt
Citians continued to lend aid as Governor Lloyd C. Stark left for an airplane inspection tour of the inundated area escorted by the highway patrol. He said the trip aimed to determine how the $50,000 legislative appropriation should be spent to relieve refugees. At noon, Cole county Red Cross funds topped $1,300, triple the $420 quota, with more gifts expected before payday.
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Citians
Lloyd C. Stark
Columbia
Highway Patrol
Roy Cobble
Cole County
The
American Red Cross
Cobble
Prison Horror Haunts 6th Ward Riot Toll at Frankfort Prison
Gov Chandler tours the 135 year old Frankfort prison as flood water and debris hinder search for dead inmates. Rescue efforts pause with waters receding, while guards and reporters scour blocks A and B for missing prisoners amid a nightmarish scene of torn doors and battered windows. Outside, flood victims like Welton Richardson recount a harrowing escape, riding ice and boat rescues as towns along the river face mass evacuations and ongoing relief work by Red Cross volunteers.
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Frankfort
Alan
A. B. Chandler
National Guards
Chandler
Aslum
Cairo Seawall Holds As Floodwaters Rise In Mighty Basin
The city completed a 244 mile bulkhead as floodwaters from the confluence of two rivers threatened 20,000 refugees in Missouri camps. Government engineers flooded spillways to relieve Cairo’s pressure while residents questioned if the levee would hold as the 121,000 acre basin swelled with water.
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August Bade
Cairo
Minois Central
Missouri
Bootheel
Illinois
Doctor Davis Kidnapped In Missouri Ozark Case
West Plains Mo Jan 28 AP State highway patrolmen pursue theory that Dr Cc B Davis 66 Willow Springs physician and Democratic leader was kidnapped to treat a sick companion and held at an Ozark hideout A description fits the car seen near Rover and a filling station near Thayer Witnesses say a bound man rode in the back seat Davis left with a stranger after a brief meeting with a man called Mr James His son Clinton doubts ransom robbery motive The doctor a long time Willow Springs resident chaired Howell county Democratic committee and headed local school board
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West Plains
Cc. B. Davis
Willow Springs
Ozarks
Thayer
Sherl Taylor
Sedalia
Miss Fromwell
Lieve
Howell County
Democratic Committee
Mountain View
Local option bill introduced in flood control act move
Hood control under the Overton flood control act receives a local option bill. Howard Elliott of St Louis seeks to bar attorney members of the legislature from unethically seeking continuances in general assembly sessions. A trial court could hear if an attorney legislator aimed to win a continuance, then deny it. A. Gray from Atchison county submits a joint resolution urging a constitutional amendment to provide a secret ballot at election polls.
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Hood
Overton
Howard Elliott
St. Louis
A. A. Gray
Atchison County
House
Hardy Old Home Built to Withstand Missouri Floods
New Madrid, Mo. residents recall the William Daw son, Jr. house as the town’s stalwart flood survivor. Erected in 1859, it stood against the high waters of 1870, 1882, 1883, 1897, 1912, 1913, and 1927, marking the city’s hardy resistance to floods.
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New Madrid
William Dawson, Jr
Bishop Francis Johannes Remains Critical in Denver Hospital
Denver hospital doctors report Bishop Francis Johannes of Leavenworth Kansas remained in critical condition with no change overnight and into morning. The bulletin notes he has been confined for several days under careful medical supervision.
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Bolton
John Bolton
Lohman
St. Mary's Hospital
Denver
Cola
Francis Johannes
Leavenworth
Kans
Death toll rises in Boot Heel flood scare at 17
Rescues totaled 17 as the Boot Heel flood threat grew with news of rising stages along the Mississippi. New Madrid reported 54.61 feet while Cairo faces a crest approaching, and officials warned the Birds Point-New Madrid spillway setback levee could not hold higher floods. Caruthersville and Charleston residents prepared, while disaster relief officials expressed guarded confidence as water and levee statuses were monitored.
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Cooper
Charleston
O. K
Cairo
Birds Point
Caruthersville
New Madrid Levee
Associated Press
Wilsons
Black Island
Christy Seeks Single Bill To Reform Dentistry Practice
Speaker John G. Christy, a noted reform advocate, announces he will offer only one bill this session. He introduces a measure to eliminate unethical practices in dentistry, a field in which he is a member. Two years ago he filed a bill requiring safety glass on all new Missouri cars.
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John G. Christy
General Assembly
Christy
Missouri
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