Sit-down strike at Woolworth in Detroit stalls store
Sit-down strikers, mostly young women, barred management from a downtown Woolworth store as union leaders prepare a telephonic conference to decide if the strike will spread to other Detroit stores. The company says other stores remain open and will operate unless the strike grows.
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Detroit
F. W. Woolworth Company
Louis Koenig
Waiters and Waitresses Association
American Federation of Labor
W.F. Maher
Midwest
Cleveland
New York
Woolworth
United States
Koenig
Buffalo
N. Y
A. J. Dahlquist
Vera Tarrel
F. A. Low
Grandfather of Screen Star Robert Taylor Dies
Beatrice Nebraska March 1 AP Jacob A Brugh 83 grandfather of screen actor Robert Taylor died last night at a son's home near Beatrice from influenza and old age. Formerly a Holmesville resident he lived in Gage county relief aid at 16 dollars a month until recently. Relief officials moved him to Roy Brugh's home last week and later said he no longer needed aid. The story notes changes in relief and a grandson promising to help.
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Beatrice
Neb
Jacob A. Brugh
Robert Taylor
Brough
Gage County
Roy Brugh
Holmesville
Brugh
Taylor
Democrats Aid Of Party Debt In Campaign Financing
Washington March 1 AP W Forbes Morgan Democratic treasurer said the $420000 party deficit nearly vanished and outlined plans to raise at least $350000 via victory dinners in four states. He and James A Farley outlined a national program seeking $10500000 to fund campaigns through four years with county regional and state quotas and central redistribution. 1192 dinners would mark Roosevelts inauguration. up to 1800 people may pay 100 dollars for the main dinner addressed by the President. Vice President Garner to speak at a separate New York sea plate dinner. Mrs Roosevelt and congress members to attend a $10 dinner for young Democrats. A special guard will enforce 100 dollar tickets for the No. 1 dinner. Six months for installment payments.
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Washington
W. Forbes Morgan
Morgan
Roosevelt
Garner
New York
Congress
Radio Schedule for Tuesday March 2 shows a full day lineup
The station lists programs from 6:80 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. including Reveille Early Rhythm Morning Melodies King’s Men Gypsy Fortunes and Thrill Hunters. Sponsored items include Jefferson City Baking Co and Capitol City Oil Company with news and market updates throughout the day.
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Harry Resev
Jefferson City Baking Co
Mona Hess
Lis
Jimmy Grier
Detective
Buccaneers
Gaines
Capitol City Oil Company
Union Pay for Felons Urged by Social Worker
LORONTO Ont March 1 UP Mrs Jean Laing social worker testifying before the royal commission investigating Canadian prison conditions urged that prisoners be paid union wages for work. If granted such pay prisoners could rehabilitate after release.
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Loronto
Two Survivors Recount Plane Crash Near Brisbane
Rescuers reached two starved survivors eight days after the Sydney to Brisbane airliner crash in the MacPherson range. One man Proud has a broken leg, Binstead is too weak to assist. both suffered infection amid the wreckage. A third passenger, J G Westray, died after slipping from a cliff seeking aid.
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Sydney
Australia
MacPherson Range
Brisbane
O'Reilly
Queensland
Proud
Binstead
Fountain
J. G. Westray
Bride Seeks Marriage Abduction Charge in Chicago Case
Police prepared to mail warrants in a Chicago case charging Margaret Eustice a 35 year old with abducting Quin O'Brien 46, to Morrison Tennessee to force marriage. The bride and five others faced charges for coercing the city official into wedlock at gunpoint. O'Brien plans extradition after his wife’s disappearance and subsequent discovery in Clinton Illinois.
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Chicago
Clinton
Ira
Margaret Eustice
Quin O’brien
City Corporation
O'Brien
Morrison
Miss Eustice
William Eustice
Galena
Thomas J. Courtney
George Casper
Elizabeth
Ill
Eustice
Frank Penicaram
James Norman
Joseph Abbaticola
Oxford Roy Leads Stuarts Appeal For British Throne
Oxford student Geach, 21, from Cardiff, proclaims the Stuart line legitimate and urges monarch restoration. He heads 50 Oxford students who say Britain's kings since Queen Anne held the throne illegally, seeking only a quiet academic life if Ruprecht becomes king.
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Thomas Hamilton
Oxford
England
Mar
Burecht
Bavaria
Peter Geach
Geach
Oxford College
Britain
Anne
Ruprecht
House of Stuart
House of Hanover
Stuart
Charles I
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cardiff
Wales
Prince Ruprecht of
Unusually Cold Weather Dampens January Business Activity
Unusually cold weather in the Tenth Federal Reserve district reduced activity across agriculture and mining in January, with the oil industry bucking the trend by boosting petroleum prices and maintaining high production. Commercial failures hit a new January low, while wholesale trade fell from December yet stayed above January 1936 levels.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Tri-state
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Production activity and flour sales trends in January report
From 64.4 percent of full time activity in December to 69.3 percent in January, production rose only fractionally due to one fewer milling day. Flour sales remained small, averaging about 20 percent of production as buyers bought only immediate needs in anticipation of price reductions.
Residential Show Houses Bombed in Kansas City Mystery
Mysterious blasts Mar 1-4 struck two previously bombed residential theaters on West 39th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City. Managers said unions were not employed. fires, holes and damaged seating were reported at the Roanoke and Sun theaters, both linked to past unrest. Managers Edwin S. Young C W Rohde and Homer Pautz stated non union labor.
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Kansas City
West 39Th Street
Roanoke
Sun Theater
Prospect Avenue
Edwin S. Young
Roanoke and
the Sun
C. W. Rohde
Homer Pautz
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