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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1937
Page
1
Washington march 29 ap the supreme court deferred ruling on the wagner labor relations act and consented to decide within weeks the constitutionality of the federal social security act in a pair of wage and social policy cases.
The Supreme Court reversed prior rulings and upheld the Washington law setting minimum wages for women in a 5-4 decision led by Chief Justice Hughes. Justice Sutherland dissented, joined by Justices Van Devanter and McReynolds.
The Supreme Court today upheld as constitutional the revised Frazier Lemke Act authorizing a three year moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures. Justice Brandeis delivered the unanimous opinion that the provisions do not unreasonably modify the mortgagee's rights and are valid.
The Virginian Railway Company lost today in the Supreme Court in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Railway Labor Act which guarantees collective bargaining for railway workers.
In Columbus Ohio the legislature planned to start the week with bills on wolf and coyote bounty payments and judges retirement. The Senate would tackle the retirement bill while the House considers the wolf and coyote measure Along with minor items on calendars Rep R J Kiefer urged authorizing 10 from county dog and kennel funds for a wolf scalp prize to curb livestock losses.
Two veteran Democratic senators Glass of Virginia and Robinson of Arkansas will present opposing views on the president's court reorganization bill this week. Glass, recently recovered from illness, will broadcast an address tonight at 10 o'clock EST in opposition to the bill. Robinson, a Roosevelt bill advocate, will deliver a radio address tomorrow.
Elven J. Ross age 23 of Salt Creek Township was found dead in his car on Pike Run last night. Coroner Vance Brian ruled accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after an autopsy by Dr. A. K. Smith of Logan. Ross was returning from church when found by his brother near his home.
Sheriff Farbearn received information that the youth had epileptic seizures. It is believed he may have been stricken in his car, fell to the floor, and was asphyxiated by motor fumes, which could explain his inability to exit the vehicle.
Officers at 1:30 A.M. found the body of Ross in the front seat of a Ford Model T sedan partly off the road. A section of the floorboards was cut and is believed to have contributed to his death. A neighbor youth rode with Ross to within 300 yards of the scene. Ross, unmarried, lived with his parents on Pike Run in Salt Creek Township. Funeral arrangements are by H. E. Deffenbaugh and Son of Tarlton.
Grace English 61 died from fatal burns after a gas blast in her Columbus rooming house on Cypress Avenue. She had returned from a Logan visit with relatives when the explosion occurred, burning her fur coat off and sending her to Mt. Carmel Hospital where she passed away. English operated the house for 10 years and was well known in the area.
March 29 AP report quotes John L. Lewis condemning William Green's stance on sit-down strikes as cowardly and contemptible. Lewis criticizes the opposition while speaking in New York. The exchange highlights tensions within the labor movement and the broader debate over labor actions.
John L. Lewis, famed CIO leader, pivots to aid 400000 soft coal miners in New York amid stalled Detroit auto talks. Miners seek 15 percent pay hike and 30 hour week. operators push current wage scale and 40 hour week. Downtimes persist as Gov Murphy and Akron labor tensions surface with sit down ends and a pending Firestone dispute intervention request.
Survivors of the nation's worst school disaster return to makeshift classrooms in New London Texas near the ruined high school site where 456 students and staff died in the March 18 gas explosion. About 200 pupils and 79 teachers attend in gymnasiums band house and cafeteria. guardsmen remove martial law markers as National Guard Captain Royal G. Phillips oversees.
A 26 year old unemployed chef, linked to Cleveland eight decapitation killings since 1934, was detained after going berserk with a butcher knife near Kingsbury Run. He barricaded himself, shattered furniture, was knocked unconscious, and placed in a psychiatric ward. weapons and knives were seized for ballistics analysis.
Dubois Pa March 29 AP District Mine Inspector Tom Lewis said ventilation fans were cut off for hours in the Kramer mine where two miners Francis Dixon and Thomas Heberling died in the first blast as they moved an empty coal train. Eight hundred feet nearer the entrance seven rescue workers perished in the second blast about four hours later.
Miss Ethel Du Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr to be married at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Wilmington on June 30 in the afternoon. Announcement comes from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Du Pont, with a reception at the Du Pont home.
Washington reports the death of Rep Benjamin K Focht aged 74 of Lewisburg Pennsylvania from a heart attack. His passing reduces the Republican representation in the House to 88, the smallest party strength in the party's history, following a prior count of 89.
Police report a brutal Beekman Hill triple murder in an East Forty ninth street apartment. Veronica Gedeon a 20 year old model, her mother Mary Gedeon 54, and roomer Frank Byrnes 35 were killed with multiple wounds between Saturday evening and Easter Sunday dawn. Mrs Gedeon was sexually assaulted and Byrnes suffered ice pick wounds. A dog in the home survived.
Washington March 29 Senator Vandenberg of Michigan proposed a modification to the pending child labor amendment. He would lower the age limit from 18 to 16 and specify that Congress would have authority to regulate child labor only where it is labor for hire.
Newark March 29 AP Jimmy Braddock was served with a court order that prevents his June 22 title fight with Joe Louis in Chicago until after a championship defense against Max Schmeling in New York on June 3.
Insurgent forces maneuver behind Moorish cavalry and launch two wings attack to breach government lines toward Ciudad Real. Simultaneous pushes east toward Pozoblanco and north along the Porcuna river disrupt Easter calm as observers track positions from high peaks.
Frederick W Flowers, a Columbus bookstore owner aged 79, died last night. His death ended a Cribbage foursome of lifelong Columbus residents who had kept game records for 30 years.
Sheriff Joe Farbearn and deputies halted a car theft spree on Logan streets by tracking a suspect for several blocks. Mrs. Ernestine Paxton, 19, of near Gibisonville, admitted stealing groceries valued at $1.35 from John Krinn’s car on March 13 and was fined $50 with a suspended 30 day sentence pending good behavior after pleading guilty before Judge Henderson.
Gibisonville authorities praised the sheriff's department for solving a string of thefts. Mrs Paxton was seen Saturday at Market and Hunter Streets examining parked cars before entering a vehicle with two market baskets. Sheriff FarbeArn followed. her husband denied knowledge. She admitted stealing to help with household expenses.
Reynolds 47 of Athens pleads not guilty to drunken driving after a crash on Route 31 near Logan that killed his wife. He posted bond and awaits April grand jury. Three women in the same collision suffered injuries, treated at Cherrington Hospital. their husbands were unhurt.
The Associated Press reports Ohio road tragedies during Easter weekend with two wrecks involving cars striking buildings. Rex Timms of McArthur died in an accident at Wellston, amid swollen holiday traffic and multiple fatalities.
Wibert of Wa, Va pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge before Maye or Kenneth Fitzgerald. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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