Union Sets Aim for New Goals in Oil Textiles
The Committee for Industrial Organization moves to organize 2,250,000 workers in textile and oil industries and to form rival unions to the American Federation of Labor. Chrysler and Hudson strikes leave tens of thousands idle as CI0 expands tactics, while Pittsburgh talks hint at possible AFL-CIO realignments.
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Associated Press
Washington — Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
A. F. of L
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
C. O
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler
Hudson Motor Co
Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Chicago
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Weather forecast snippets for Kentucky and Virginia
A fragmented weather note indicates light rain tonight in eastern Kentucky and generally cloudy conditions in Virginia and the east. It also mentions a cloudy trend and gradually rising temperatures through Thursday with light precipitation possible in the southern portion.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Denied New Trial. Edith Maxwell to Appeal Verdict
Wise Virginia March 10 Edith Maxwell seeks a third trial appeal after Judge Ezra T Carter denied a new trial in the 1935 slaying case. Maxwell remains free on 15000 bond, plans to return to the Chesterfield Richmond area. Attorney Charles Henry Smith has 90 days to pursue the appeal while defense affidavits from eight jurors and other notes were filed.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Carter
Commonwealth
Laxtvell
Pound
M. Maxwell
Jaex
Fred B. Geear
Eldridge Christin
Taman
George Peniston
John Daumbhert
Bix Stone Gap
Withers to Head Education Group on March 22
The Education Association convention in New York will host Withers as head of the education group. Miron Wil ie Foe hoi WA QW tte imf die Rehnol of Wdedtion is scheduled to speak along with Governor Wrawning and Herbert Agar of the Louisville Courier. The event, set for 1,400 seats at the stately Ia, 7H6, aims to address education policy and administration.
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Miron
Wdedtion
New York
Tniversity
Mereleio
Temes Education Association
Governor Wrawning
Herbert Agar
Louisville Courierdournit
Four Men Face Murder Charge In Tennessee Case
Four men went on trial in Covington on charges of murdering Charlie Cianciola, a 42 year old night club operator. Cianciola was found Nov 7 behind his Golden Supper club 15 miles south of Covington, beaten and shot with hands and feet bound. Defendants pleaded not guilty: Jack Richardson, 30, Leonard Richardson, 42, brothers from Memphis, William Red Jennings a former bouncer, and Augusta Wilkins a Negro.
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Covington
Tenn
Charlie Cianciola
Gianciola
Golden Supper Club
Here
Jack Richardson
Leonard Richardson
Memphis
William
Red) Jennings
Augusta Wilkins
Three Held After Officer Wounded in Tennessee
Jamestown Tennessee March 10 three men were held in Fentress county jail with a preliminary hearing set for April 3 on charges tied to the shooting of Sheriff Wilford Smith. Curtiss Mi faces a murder attempt charge while Roy Stephens and Paul Jones are charged as accessories. Sheriff Smith, shot in an ambush at the coal mine commissary, was hospitalized but expected to attend the April hearing. The mine, operated by Jackson Laxton Company, had reopened after a strike.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Fentress County
Wilford Smith
Dinck Robbins
Curtiss Mi
Roy Stephens
Paul Jones
Mills
Sherif Duproves Smith
Wsco
T. A. Cat
Smith and Seversl
Jackson-Laxton Company
Belgian consul arrested protesting delinquent taxes in Mobile
A. J. Tellier the Belgian consul was arrested after forcibly stopping city officers from cutting water service to his Mobile home over unpaid sewerage taxes. He claimed diplomatic immunity and disputed the meter location on private property. He was charged with disorderly conduct and released on bond as the city continues tax enforcement.
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Mobile
Ala
A. J. TeHier
Tellier
Hotel Employes End Their Strike
Washington March 10 union cooks and waiters at the Willard hotel ended a sit down strike and returned to work after 26 hours. A three piece orchestra in the dining room played The Star Spangled Banner as union leaders claimed a gain in their organization under the AFL while management said the deal was not pressing for a closed shop. John L. Lewis, head of the committee on industrial organization refused to block the lines to enter Loe ment.
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Washington
Willard Hotel
Iol
American Federation of Labor
Ither
John L. Lewis
Cenmittes Ondustrial Organization
A. F. of L
Niefsst Jines
Loement
Cities to Seek Smaller Bond Sum in School Plan
Cities of Singsport and Bristol plan to ask for a smaller appropriation for a county school bond issue after the county court defeated a 500000 bond package. Officials will meet with the school board in a tentative session this week to outline revised figures, with April term action expected to revise the program.
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Balliven
Singsport
Bristol
Striking Women Demand 12 Dollar Minimum Pay in Memphis
In Memphis on March 10 striking women at Tri State Dress Manufacturing demand a 12 dollar minimum and a 40 hour week as negotiations open with owners John and Joseph Kriveher. Meyer Perlstein of ILGWU acts as spokesman for 60 workers who walked out, seeking reinstatement for 18 to 20 dismissed for union activity.
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Memphis
Tri-State Dress Manufacturing Co
John
Joseph Kriveher
Meyer Perlstein
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
BEL
Bruce Lamber Co
Youths Mobilized as Madrid Defenses Brace for Rebels
Madrid March 10 government reports say 10 000 to 12 000 youths were mobilized at dawn to defend the capital against a mechanized insurgent army from the Northeast. Government withdrawals to positions along the Guadalajara Zaragoza highway followed word that the offensive was halted 60 miles northeast of Madrid. Insurgents claimed to have advanced toward Madrid’s approaches while Franco's forces moved to outflank Guadalajara with Italian and Spanish troops.
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Madrid
Guadalajara-Zaragoza
Guadalajara
Avila
Francisco France
Franco
Briduegs
Pozoblanco
Jaen
Villaharta-Pozoblanco
FDR Address Noted For Quiet Tone And Court References
The report highlights President Roosevelt's address lacking stirring rhetoric, citing muted tones and a few family members present in a White House room. It notes courtroom imagery in his delivery, with comparisons to a lawyer pleading, and references to the Supreme Court without naming it.
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Supreme Court
Hin
Roosevelt presses judicial reform with court packing stance
President Roosevelt warned against appointing "spineless puppets" to the Supreme Court and urged enacting his judiciary reform to bring younger, experienced judges. Attorney General Cummings testified for injecting "new blood" to speed justice and curb "super‑legislature" powers amid Senate hearings on the plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Cummings
Senator Connally
Dtex
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Callins
High Tribunal
Ashurst
Ariz
Ashurstl
Brookhart
Gwen
Oklahoma
Quates
Taft
Senery
Son Denies Aiding Father In Murder In Richmond Case
Joseph Shelton Howard twenty one of Norfolk is held as a material witness in a Chesterfield county murder case involving his father Laban Blunt Howard. Authorities say Howard signed statements denying involvement but implicated his father in the killing of former state patrolman Edward Hawkins last August and helping dispose of the body. Exhumed remains were identified as Hawkins and linked to the Elder Howard's cabin in Chesterfield.
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Richmond
Joseph Shelton Howard
Norfork
Agaist
Laban
Blunt Howard
Edward Hawkins
Young Howard
Norfolk
Norfollk
Commonwealth
M. A. Coghill
Chesterfield County
Howard
Coghill
Hawkins
Potters Fell
Moonwealth
J. Parrait
Greene County
Hawking
Chesterfield
Violet Merryiman
Elder Howard
Bob
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