Leaders Order Workers From Major Plants Now Effective
Detroit area industrial action escalates as United Automobile Workers calls strikes in Chrysler plants in Detroit and Flint. Chrysler resists recognizing the union, while Chevrolet Flint divisions close and talks continue on wages and conditions. AFL CIO tensions rise as labor campaigns expand into textiles and other industries with planned sit-down and organization drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
March
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Corp
Chevrolet Motor Co
Flint
Hudson Motor Car Co
Packami Motor Car Co
U.A.W.A
Mich
General Motors
Motor Assembly
Motor Parts
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
C.E.O
John L. Lewis
Wiliam Green
A. F. of L
United Textile Workers
Cottonunills
Lewis
Clin
Inetud
Weather Forecast Across Regions With Seasonal Notes
Light rain this afternoon followed by mainly fair and colder conditions tonight and Friday. North Carolina generally fair and cool tonight and Friday. High yesterday reached 33 degrees while today at 4:30 p.m. readings by Tennessee Eastman Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fursdas
Chaning Co
North Carolina
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Reappearance of Frank Vosper After Liner Vanishing
Actor and author Frank Vosper, 37, reappears after vanishing from the liner Paris following a party in Muriel Oxford’s stateroom. Vosper left just hours before the ship reached Portsmouth from New York. Oxford denies threats to jump overboard if marriage is demanded by Vosper, who was in the U S for film tests in Hollywood.
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Frank Vosper
Paris
Muriel Oxford
Aged Man and Son Wounded in Knife and Shotgun Fight
A father and his son were wounded last night in a knife and shotgun assault about 10 miles south of Kingsport. Kermit Cox, 25, suffered shotgun wounds to the head, shoulder and back and remained in a coma. Rufus S. Cox, 57, was treated for knife wounds to the right leg and later returned home. The assailant and motive were under investigation as police noted a struggle at the family home on Mill Creek road and shots fired from outside the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
Kermit Cox
Mill Creek Road
Rufus S. Cox
Kermit
Sullivan County
Mr. Cox
D. C. Pierce
Hubert Riggs
Cox
Walter Chinouth
15Th District
Edith Maxwell seeks third trial in Wise county murder case
Wise Va March 3Coun sel for Edith Maxwell filed nine affidavits charging three jurors with pretrial opinions on guilt or innocence in her second degree murder conviction for killing her father Trigg Maxwell. Commonwealths Attorney Gresar asked time to study the affidavits and a new trial motion hearing set for 1 p m Tuesday. The defense had delayed the proceeding to pursue a set aside verdict and new trial after Maxwell was convicted twice.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Commonwealth
Fred B. Gresar
Miss
Labor League Backs Roosevelts Court Plan At Convention
Labor leaders at the convention urged a strong, nonpartisan push for President Roosevelts court reorganization. Senator LaFollette called the struggle a clash between popular democracy and reaction. League officials planned White House talks and farm leader briefings before Congress.
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Washington
LaFollette
Vfis
Labor
Roosevelt
America
Court to Review Legality State's Employment Bill
The Supreme Court agreed to review constitutionality of a state unemployment insurance act supplementing federal law. The court may delay ruling on New York’s similar act while weighing Alabama litigation, with a potential written opinion. Also, the court turned down Ritter’s impeachment challenge and declined review of Detroit Bankers stock assessments.
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League
Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Senate
Capital Committee
McGill
D-Kas
LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee
Burns Detective Agency
Alabama
New York
Suprems Court
Washington State
Detroit Bankers Company
First National Bank
Detroit
Singing Strikers Walk Out at Tri-State Dress Plant
About 50 women from Tri-State Dress Manufacturing walked out chanting for a living wage. affiliated with ILGWU and John L. Lewis committee, they accuse dismissals for union activity. Plant runs 150 workers. Krivcher cites flood losses and piece rates from 38 to 7 a week.
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Memphis
Mareh &Pj
Tri-State Dress Manufacturing Co
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Joseph
John Krivcher
St R A. Mu
Myrle Zappone
John Kriveher
Kriycher
Krivcher
Jurist Dewitt Dies of Heart Attack in Nashville
Judge John Hibbet Dewitt, a 12 year member of the Tennessee Court of Appeals and noted banking law authority, died at his Nashville home after a brief illness. Funeral services were planned at Hillsboro Presbyterian Church with honorary pallbearers including Chief Justice Grafton Green and eight Court of Appeals judges. Dewitt, who would have turned 65 in September, left widow Rebekah Ward Dewitt and two sons.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Hibbett
Dewitt
State Court of Appeals
Tennessee
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church
Howard ¥. Kerr
Rebekah Ward Dewitt
Ward Dewitt
John H. Dewitt
Grafton Green
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Arthur Crownover
Bombarded boat sends SOS from Bay of Biscay
Four British destroyers stood by a burning British merchant ship believed bombarded by an unknown vessel ninety miles out in the Bay of Biscay. French fishing boats and tugs sped to the scene as SOS calls came in from the Ada or Adda, a vessel of about 7000 tons, burning and sinking. Passengers were aboard as a French destroyer was dispatched and a French fishing fleet moved toward the ship’s position.
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Bordeaux
France
March
Bay of Biscay
Girdone
Cape Ortegal
Advieas
Rochefort
GIPR
Adda
Homesick Sailor Revived After Street Sayout
Terry O'Brien a 27 year old sailor from Charleston South Carolina was found unconscious on the street in New Brighton Pennsylvania. He was transported to a hospital and revived after telling investigators he felt land sickness. In Lowell Massachusetts delivery boys struck halting telegram and other mail services.
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New Brighton
March &Pi
Terry O'Brien
Charleston
S.C
County court rejects school bond plan 27 to 18
Sullivan County court in special session votes 27 to 18 against issuing 500000 bonds for school construction and repair. A committee will revise the program to raise 200000 to 250000, with Kingsport and Bristol receiving smaller shares. The vote echoes the recent election results as heated debate fills the court room.
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Phe Thess
Kingsport
Bristol
Barnes
Baumgardner
Burrow
Booker
Bradley
Dickson
Estep
Fain
Frazier
Gray
Griffith
Johnson
Ketron
Larkin
O'Dell
Offield
Thomas
Zimmerman
Arnold
Barger
Bei- Meman
Carroll
Cross
Crumley
Green
Holt
Hughle
Hyder
Lady
Maassengill
Morelock
Morrell
Neal
Peters
Potter
Rogers
Shipley
Shoun
Savelling
St. John
Weaver
Whitaker
Wolford
Wood
Yoakley
Brown Speakshee K. Brown
J. Matt Yoakley
J3ristol
BE. W. Palmer
T. R. Bandy
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Chrysler
Hudson, Packard
UAWA
Plymouth
DeSoto
Dodge
Highland Park
Corporation
Maurie Oxford
Freak Vospar
Frese
Edith
O. M. Vicars
Gresar
Labor League
Solans
U. S
Amelia Winging
Amelia
Manning
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Pacific
B ‘Ronight
Henry Mating
Putuaaa
Tennessee State Court of Appeals
John Hibbett Dewitt
Franklin Power and Light
Franklin
Baker
Tom S. Baker
Clifton, Tenn
Lowell
Mass
Western Union
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