Efforts Slated To End Detroit Labor Dispute
Detroit wage dispute in the tool and die industry escalated as 5 000 workers threatened to walk out of 62 shops Thursday night. Owners rejected 20 percent pay rise and 36 hour week, citing unfair demands and competitive harm. The national automobile labor board watched developments as other city strikes spread, including 300 girls at Selectograph and 140 window workers.
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Detroit
Matthew J. Smith
National Automobile Labor Board
Selectograph Company
Automobile Labor Board
St. Louis
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Violence Flares At Alabama Coal Mine
In Walker county unknown gunmen fired on miners entering the Coal Valley shaft wounding two lightly. Debardeleben Coal Corp. says 50 to 75 shots were fired. The mine remains one of Alabama’s few operating pits as unions and operators confront wage order changes and federal injunctions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walker County
Coal Valley
Debardelaben Coal Corporation
Hugh S. Johnson
Debardeleben Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers of America
W. H. Huey
Huey
Legislation To Pay Off Depositors Gets Committee Sanction
Washington April 12 The House Banking Committee approves a bill to pay depositors in closed banks up to 2500 dollars across national state and private banks closed on or after January 1 1930 The measure limits payments and follows a petition drive by Rep McLeod Michigan to bring the bill to a floor vote while Rainey blocks early disclosure of signer names until 145 signatures are reached.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
McLeod
Republican
Michigan
House
Rainey
Only God Can Make a Tree and Other Town Tales
A nostalgic column recalls Monr oe and West Monroe beauty in oaks and season color, notes a 1909 Ouachita Parish baseball anecdote between Charlie Rochester and J M Covington, then shares a traveling salesman joke about tooth powder. It ends with fashion remarks on foot wear and a vivid stocking hole vignette.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Quachita
Ouachita Parish
Farmerville
Charlie Rochester
J. M. Covington
Covington
Charlie
Lexington Hotel
New York
Mrs Roosevelt backs reply to Wirt in Washington
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt won support for her response to Dr William A Wirt who called her subsistence homestead plan communist. Representative Randolph WV Democrat hailed her courageous answer and pledged hill people support as Capitol Hill debated Wirt charges and counter claims from Bulwinkle and Reed.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosvelt
William A. Wirt
Randolph
West Virginia
Reedsville
W. Va
Roosevelt
McGugin
Kansas
LaGuardia and Experts Trim New York Deficit
Mayor LaGuardia and experts cut 12 429 541 from New York City's 31 million deficit after obtaining retrenchment power. They targeted 13 departments, with 1010 jobs eliminated and furloughs up to 30 days. Salary cuts affected several commissioners and deputies as budget balancing continues.
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New York
LaGuardia
Board of Estimate
Government moves to bar Arthur Cutten from U S markets
Washington April 12 The government will seek to bar Chicago grain trader Arthur W Cutten from all U S contract markets The action stems from charges under the grain futures act including conspiracy and collusion false reporting and use of dummy firms The hearing in Chicago is set for May 14 if proven true the order could deny trading privileges at all contract markets
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Washington
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
United States
Wallace
Cutten
Seth Thomas
Department of Agriculture
Stolen Gems Returned To New York Resident
Jewelry valued at 30000 belonging to Mrs. John Loeb niece of Governor Herbert Lehman was found last night loose in tissue paper in the vestibule of the Lehman mansion off Park Avenue. Police think the gems were taken from a third floor bedroom. A private patrolman discovered the package while checking doors.
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New York
John Loeb
Arthur Lehmans
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Park Avenue
70Th Street
Accord Reached On Cotton Bill In Washington
Conferees sign off on a compromise to strip major senate amendments from the Bankhead Cotton bill. Provisions passed include a 50 percent tax on surplus cotton, a five year quota basis, and restoration of penal clauses. Roosevelt supports the compulsory framework despite constitutional criticisms aimed at farm product regulation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Vicksburg Span Case Settled by Compromise
A compromise settlement was reached late Wednesday in federal court in the case of W. H. Fitzhugh Jr et al vs the Vicksburg Bridge and Terminal Co. The judge adjourned court to Saturday due to the death of Judge Dawkins' sister-in-law. Upcoming motions and trials were scheduled for Saturday and Monday, with several gas cases slated for conclusion.
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W. H. Fitzhugh, Jr
Vicksburg Bridge and Terminal Company
Ben C. Dawkins
Harry Prindle
Ruth Moore Fox
United States
Dawkins
Harry E. Bovay
H. G. Ellerd
Life's brighter for three tots fighting death
New York April 12. Three of four children with rare diseases showed brief improvement. Seven-year-old Benny Hendrick, whose bones stiffen from excess calcium, returned home near Wilkes-Barre after six weeks in hospital. Four-year-old Roma Garrett at East View hospital had a good day but physicians warned leukemia's lethargy may still doom her recovery.
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New York
Benny Hendrick
Wilkesbarre
Benny
Roma Garrett
East View
N. Y
Allen Worried Over Impeachment Rumors
Huey P. Long’s public affairs in Louisiana are under intense scrutiny as the legislature prepares to probe alleged misuses of state funds. The focus centers on Governor Oscar K. Allen and his tenure as highway commission chairman, with fears of disclosures about highway fund misuse.
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Huey P. Long
United States
Oscar K. Allen
Allen
Highway Commission
Senator Long
True Tabloid Tales: Williamson Beats Moss in Calcasieu
The election of Jack Williamson over administration candidate Lucius Moss in Calcasieu Parish marks Huey P. Long’s crushing defeat this year outside New Orleans. Long’s machine used jobs and prodding threats, but Williamson’s anti Longism campaign prevailed, signaling a weakening Long grip and a looming political shift.
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Jack Williamson
Calcasieu
Lucius L. Moss
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Moss
Lake Charlies
CWA
Ltitl
Lake Charles
Long
Tottering Long
Dillinger sighting triggers manhunt at Shreveport
Reports raised in Shreveport that John Dillinger was moving toward the area from Alabama with a machine gun. Justice agents warned local sheriffs to block the Dixie Overland highway and guard bridges across Red River as they hunted the U.S. public enemy No. 1.
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Shreveport
St John
Jake
Red River
John Dillinger
Indiana
Alabama
Department of Justice
Dallas
New Orleans
Marshall
Tex
Hugh Johnson Narrowly Escapes Death En Route to White House
General Hugh Johnson national recovery administrator escaped a fatal railroad collision when a large auto trailer nearly was struck by a train on the way to meet President Roosevelt in Miami Florida The party included Donald Richberg Marvin H McIntyre and about twenty White House correspondents and wives The incident followed talks with Roosevelt on extending NRA licensing provisions and support for the Wagner bill creating an industrial relations court
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Roosevelt
Washington
Hugh §. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Supreme Court of Industrial Relations
Miami
Fla
National Recovery
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
NRA
Marvin H. McIntyre
White House
Allen and Tugwell Headed to Washington for Bridge Funding
Governor Oscar K. Allen and Louisiana highway commission chairman A P Tugwell traveled to Washington to finalize contracts for a seven million dollar PWA loan and grant for the joint rail highway Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Oscar K. Allen
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Washington
PWA
Louisiana PSC approves Huey Long rate plea in silence
The Louisiana Public Service Commission passed a statewide telephone rate reduction petition filed by Senator Huey P. Long when no opponents appeared at the opening of a two day session in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Frantic Search For Missing American Fliers In China
Nine planes swept Hangchow bay for three Americans missing since Tuesday after taking the Shanghai Canton mail route. James Finck of Miami Robert Gast of Louisville and Ivan Carlson of Donna Texas were aboard with a Japanese passenger. Frank Hawks reported heavy winds and no trace as the bay, known to fliers as China’s graveyard, kept the searchgoing.
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Shanghai
Hangchow Bay
China
James Finck
Miami
Fla
Robert Gast
Louisville
Ivan Carlson
Donna
Texas
Shanghai-Canton
Finck
Gast
Carlson
Frank Hawks
Delegates Begin 11th Louisiana P T A Convention
About 300 delegates from all eight Louisiana congressional districts registered as the 11th annual Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association convention opened at Hotel Frances. The three day session began Thursday morning with delegates representing the state's eight districts.
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Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association
Hotel Frances
Rabbi Binstock to Speak at Neville High Tonight
Rabbi Louis Binstock of New Orleans will address the Neville High School convention at 7 30 tonight replacing the 8 30 start. He must leave on the night train so the program begins with his address as the first item.
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Louis Binstock
New Orleans
Neville High School
Binstock
Neville High
Convention Opens With Broad Support From City Leaders
The opening session drew an expected crowd of about 500 as Monroe Mayor Arnold Bernstein, also school board president, spoke on the vital work of organizing parents and teachers. He emphasized training young people for broader life tasks and urged unity to meet expanding school needs.
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Arnold Bernstein
Monroe
Woman Indicted After Slaying Itinerant Lover
Miss Tessie Milligan was indicted by the Anderson county grand jury for murder in the death of her fiance Jessie Lloyd a 37 year old itinerant workman shot as he entered his automobile to leave the Milligan home east of Slocum Lloyd had stayed with the Milligan family for two weeks and the romance began about a year ago investigators noted Milligan reportedly said he was leaving her and she objected to his departure
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Palestine
Tex
Tessie Milligan
Anderson County
Jessie Lloyd
Lloyd
Slocum
Miss Milligan
Milligan
Body Of Gangster Found In River In Dayton
CHICAGO April 12 The police were informed today that the body of a man believed to be Frank Porky Dillon notorious Touhy gangster had been taken from the Miami river at Dayton.
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River
Chicago
Frank
Porky) Dillon
Miami River
Dayton
Inheritance tax reform moves through senate policy shift
The senate approved a major overhaul raising estate tax rates to as high as 60 percent on large estates and lowering exemptions from 50 000 to 40 000 dollars while complementing state credits. The reform targets net estates under 20 000 dollars and projects about 92 million dollars in annual revenue.
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Washington
The
Senate Today
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Philippines
Couzens
Louisiana tax reform panel talks with teachers on school aid report
The Louisiana tax reform commission met with the Louisiana Teachers Association legislative committee to discuss the school finance report to be submitted to the legislature next month. Chairman J. Porter Burgess Secretary Lorris Wimberly and Senator A. C. Gardiner heard teachers' suggestions on increased state aid for parish schools and proposed supervision of school expenditures.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Teachers Association
J. Porter Burgess
Lorris Wimberly
A. C. Gardiner
Teachers Association
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