Bills Against Sitdowns Before Solons Across States
Labor bills spread through state legislatures as actions range from banning sit down strikes in Vermont to proposed 40 hour weeks and wage rules. Contested measures include injunction limits, arbitration boards, and child labor prohibitions amid nationwide labor dispute tensions.
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Chicago
Vermont Senate
Maryland
Alabama Senate
Connecticut
Adoration of Labor Aponsere
Manufacturers Association
North Carolina
Nebraska
Minois
State Department of Labor
South
Wisconsin
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Weather forecast for Virginia and Kentucky
Fair tonight and Tuesday. In the extreme west tonight warmer. Virginia sees fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer interior. Kentucky forecast calls for fair and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Controversy over Freedom of Seals in Congress
A Washington Associated Press review notes congressional argument over neutrality and freedom of the seas as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considers a bill to keep the nation out of war. The measure, framed 20 years after German submarine activity, would require belligerents to transport munitions in their own ships and pay cash, pushing commerce to a cash and carry basis.
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Minnesota
House
Elmer A. Benson
Iowa
Kansan
Utah
National Guard
Senate
Montana
Texas Senate
Texas
New York
Washington
Diller
America
Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Merchitmien
Dra
United States
Film writer's death mystery shocks Hollywood couple
Humphrey W. Pearson, 43, Hollywood screenwriter, was found shot to death in his Palm Springs home. Mrs Pearson, a former Bowing bowman from Columbus, Ohio, lay beside him screaming to wake up but is in a hysterical state. Paraffine test showed neither Pearson nor his wife fired a gun within hours.
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Humphrey W. Pearson
Hollywood
Palm Springs
Cal
Pearson
Rive-King Bowman
Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Columbua
Ontario Solons Demand Airing Dionne Fortune
Ontario opposition leaders press for a legislative inquiry into the Dionne quintuplets fortune and the large contracts tied to the babies. Welfare Minister Dion and guardianship issues are cited as context as the Dionnes near three years old and awaiting reunion with Oliva and Elzire Dionne. The parents cry foul at guardianship arrangements amid talk of public disclosure of funds.
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Toronto
Ontario
Dionne
Toronto Globe and Mail
Jai
Callander
David Ron
Oliva
Elizire Dionne
Croll
Quints
Fire destroys Davidson County Asylum injuring none
A March 1 blaze gutted two wings of the Davidson County insane asylum, with about 410 inmates escaping safely. Dr H B Brackin praised orderly conduct, said 20 patients fled, and estimated damage at 300000 to 400000 dollars, all medical equipment lost. Staff unlocked doors and deputies aided evacuees to a temporary facility about 300 yards away.
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Nashville
Davidson County
H. B. Brackin
Dr. Brackin
Asylum
Court Change Is Said Unfair Tactics
In Washington March 1 the senate heard charges of unfair propaganda over President Roosevelt’s court plan. Opponents cited a radio address by Harry Hopkins as propaganda and a letter urging protests to congressmen. Senator Burke denied influence from the letter, while Robinson condemned Hopkins’s upcoming speech and contrasted the two appeals as dangerous to free opinion. The letter was written on Wichita letterhead and mailed from Nebraska.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Harry
Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Burke
Neb
Robinson
Cauntel
WPA
Congress
Nebraska
Wichita
Kas
Storm in Europe claims nineteen dead in wide disruption
London reports at least 19 dead from a major European storm battering the British Isles, Western Europe, and North Africa. Winds reached 98 mph at Holyhead with gusts near hurricane force. Britain totals 12 dead from exposure and exhaustion as snow drifts 20 feet in places disrupt transport and isolate villages.
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London
British Isles
Europe
North Africa
Holyhead
Wales
Britain
Casablanca
England
France
Brest
Paris
Rouen
Seine
Dover
Saltburn
Yorkshire
British Broadcasting Company
Fear of Italian German Sea Attack Looms on Spanish Coast
Valencia March 1 government quarters fear German and Italian warships on the neutral blockade may strike the eastern coast of government provinces. The Italo German patrol set to begin March 6 to halt men and munitions for the civil war has caused dismay. Government sources link air raids and naval bombardments to cooperation with insurgents.
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Valencia
Spain
London Non-Intervention Committee
Italy
Germany
Malaga
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Russia
Francisco Largo Cabellero
Madrid
Julia Alvarez del Vaya
Mussolini
Allowed Wife to Meet Death Faces Penalty
EKALAKA Mont March L AP The case of a 27 year old mother who froze to death after stepping into a blizzard during a domestic dispute will go to a district court jury. Louis Richardson rancher stands trial for manslaughter on a charge of failure to protect and criminal neglect. Richardson is free on a $1,500 bond.
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Ekalaka
Mont
March L
Louis Richardson
Richardson
Richayn
Liberty
Writer Pearson Shotself Report From Riverside
Riverside Calif March 1 Sheriff Carl Rayburn announced Mrs Humphrey Pearson Is First Hospital statement. Tardy event reported by NMRS Pearson.
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Riverside
Calif
Humphrey Pearson
Carl Rayburn
Roper Announces Plan to Reorganize Commerce of Air
Secretary Roper unveils a restructuring of the Bureau of Air Commerce with Fred B. Fagg Jr. named director succeeding Eugene Vidal who resigned. Rex Martin and J. Carroll Cone named assistants to study aviation abroad and methods to aid world trade. R. W. Schroeder promoted to assistant director. Fagg, Northwestern professor, has been advising on airline regulation revisions.
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Washington
Roper
Commerce Bureau
Fred B. Fagg, Jr
Northwestern University
C Fagg
Eugene Vidal
Rex Martin
J. Carroll Cone
R. W. Schroeder
Airline Inspection Service
Fagg
Ormy
Rener
Vidalning
Uts Sory
Eigitt
Gold Payment Barred Under Blanket Rule
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling by Justice Cardozo, upheld that the 1933 resolution barring payment in gold also applies to contracts for bullion. Holyoke Water Power Co. sought $28,874 more from American Writing Paper Co. for river rights, but the court said that contracts tied to the fluctuating value of gold are abortive under public welfare.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hulion
Justice Cardozo
van Devanter
Me Reynolds
Sutherland
Butcher
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts Federal District Court
Holyoke
Mass
American Writing Paper Company
Morsechusetts
Reeds
Connec-icut
Les
Congress
United States
New Mechanical Brain Aids Marooned Family Recovery
A novel radio magnetic brain completed by Westinghouse researchers in Pittsburgh solves rotor unbalance and vibration in motors. Tested on a giant Toledo rotor, it guides adding a 15 pound weight for balance. Meanwhile in Elkins West Virginia Dixie Arbogast and nine children were rescued from a snowbound cabin with supplies, mother and newborn in satisfactory condition and others recovering from influenza.
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Howsary W. Blakesler
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Thomas Spooner
Toledor
Baianes
Manus
Elkins
Maren 1
Dixie Arbogast
George Healy
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Tennessee
Sean -Midert Eastman Corporation
Tira
Solons Demand
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Emilie
Cecile
Marie
North Wales
Central Preas
Douglas Aircraft
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Page Eisht
NMRS
Air Commerce
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