General Motors and UAW Reach Peace in Auto Strike
Detroit February 11 1940 General Motors and the United Auto Workers signed a peace pact ending the costliest strike in auto history. GM will raise wages five cents an hour to about twenty five million dollars annually and will resume operations as quickly as possible while starting collective bargaining on February 16.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Corporation
Van Sweringen Mansion Sale Exclusive Kingdom Offer
Fire swept through St Francisville Louisiana driven by high winds from an undetermined origin at the 75 year old Stocking villa home of Mrs Eugene Kilbourne. Flames damaged several buildings and a gasoline storage structure as sparks scattered a quarter mile. Town was threatened but containment followed.
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ST. Francisville
Eugene 8. Kilbourne
Feliciana Parishes
Proud Daisy Hill Sells As Debt Burden Rides Out
Daisy Hill farm on Cleveland’s outskirts steps onto the market amid debt after the van Sweringen era ends. The Union Trust announces the 609 acre property, with eleven master chambers and an indoor pool, is for sale preferably in a block as wealthy real estate men weigh a purchase and development.
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Cleveland
Daisy Hill Farm
van Sweringen
O. P
M. J
Daisy Hill
Union Trust
Bandit killed by store manager in Atlanta shooting
Police said drug store manager C. J. Hazlerigs shot and killed a bandit identified as F. J. Schooley after he and a companion robbed the store of about $100 and forced Hazlerigs to drive them to his home where $500 was stolen from a safe. The other fugitive was Tom A. Hambrick, an escaped Kilby prison convict.
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Atlanta
C. J. Hazlerigs
Frank S. French
Fulton County Police Bureau of Identification
F. J. Schooley
Kilby
Alabama
Hazlerigs
French
Tom A. Hambrick
Hambrick
Kidnapper Used Tim Signature in Mattson Case
Seattle report says ex convict H A Post alias Tim Donovan and James G McDonald used the name Tim on the ransom note for 10 year old Charles Mattson. Investigators seek clarity on movements around the Tacoma kidnapping and the boy’s death, with questions extending to state and city officers. A detective questioned Post while a state police chief noted a red haired woman was involved.
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Seattle
Tim
Charles Mattson
H. A. Post
Seaman
Tacoma
Post
Tim Donovan
Mattson
Everett
James G. McDonald
San Quentin
California
William Cole
State Police
Contract Let For New Gymnasium At Louisiana Training Institute
Dr. Harvey Dillon announces Salley and Ellis of Monroe win the contract to build a brick gymnasium and swimming pool at the Louisiana Training Institute for 64 989 dollars. Work to begin after February 1 bid results, with completion in about four months pending favorable weather. J W Smith and Associates designed the modern facility with indoor courts and locker rooms.
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Harvey Dillon
Louisiana Training Institute
Salley and Ellis
Monroe
Dillon
J. W. Smith and Associates
Representative Overton Brooks Named to Military Affairs Subcommittee
Washington report notes Rep Overton Brooks of Shreveport Louisiana named to the house military affairs subcommittee on aviation appointments promotions and retirement supply and transportation relief for Civil War veterans and soldiers homes national cemeteries veterans of the World War.
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Washington
Overton Brooks
Shreveport
House
Soldiers’ Homes
Louisiana and Arkansas Weather Outlook Tonight
Northerly regions in Louisiana see frost in the southeast with temperatures from 27 to 32. Tonight and Friday bring fair skies and warmer conditions with gentle to moderate northeast winds along the coast. Arkansas reports fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Approval for Court Reform Program Seen
Senators leading the fight against the presidents court reorganization program claimed 32 sure opposition votes today and said others were possible. About 30 senators had declared openly in favor of the proposals. Forty nine votes needed to defeat if all present. Conferences between President Roosevelt and Democrats spurred further predictions of approval for the entire program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Guess Who's City Manager At Muskogee
In Muskogee Oklahoma on February 11, city manager position drama unfolds as W H Pritchett asserts the office while Phifer B Bostic sits in the reception room, prompting taunting comments at Municipal Bar and a tense stand off over council votes and tenure.
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Muskogee
Okla
W. H. Pritchett
Pritchett
Phifer B. Bostic
Bostic
Municipal Bar
Lota
Two Theories Theorized In Bay Plane Crash
San Francisco investigators weigh two leading hypotheses after a large airliner crashed in the bay killing 11. Pilots suggest either a too sharp bank or misjudged altitude as searchers recover bodies and the wreckage from 26 feet of water three miles offshore. Millionaire Mark Fontana is among the victims.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Mark Fontana
Thompson
Valencia Next Big Objective in Rebel Push to Eastward
Fierce fighting drives east as insurgents press toward Valencia the Socialist government seat. Paris voices anger over suspected Italian aid at Malaga and warns of intervention. Madrid endures artillery and machine gun fire near Fuencharal while Barcelona strengthens forces to defend Catalonia. France weighs renewed action if Italy and Germany continue saboteur acts.
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Valencia
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Paris
Malaga
Madrid
Fuencarral
Sir
Barcelona
Catalonia
Leot. Blum
le Populaire
Italy
Reich
France
Spain
French Council] of Ministers
Five Youths to Face Preliminary Hearing in Murder Case
Five young people including two women charged with murder in the death of Genevieve Legnon will have a preliminary hearing in Donaldsonville on Friday. Attorneys say Judge Henry Himel granted the hearing as prosecutors prepare to outline the state's charges against Clea Miller Louis Wilson Elmo Melancon Lorenzo Mileno and Ralph Falsetto. The group, once with Legnon after a night club party January 24, are held in Baton Rouge jail as officials maintain silence on case details.
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Donaldsonville
Genevieve Leguon
George Blum
Baton Rouge
Henry Himel
Clea Miller
Louis Wilson
Elmo Melancon
Lorenzo Mileno
Ralph Falsetto
Legnon
Bishop Mouzon Lays In State In Charlotte
The body of Bishop Edwin Dubose Mouzon lay in state at First Methodist church in Charlotte N C He died of a heart attack at his home aged 64 His funeral followed at 9 90 this afternoon and his remains were to be sent to Dallas for burial Mouzon a senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South helped lead efforts to unify the Methodist branches He opposed Al Smith in 1928 over Prohibition and the JASi He was born in Spartanburg S C and educated at Wofford College He served in Texas and later became a bishop with work in Virginia West Virginia and Baltimore before marrying Mary Elizabeth Mike of Bryan Tex in 1899
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Charlotte
N.C
Edwin Dubose Mouzon
First Methodist Church
Dallas Tex
Mouton
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
al Smith
Smith
Spartanburg
S. C. Mouton
German warplane crashes into Berlin market killing many
A German military plane plunged from a heavy snowstorm into a Berlin market area. It sprayed burning fuel and killed all persons present, causing chaotic scenes.
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Berlin
Louisiana Legislature Likely to Meet in Extraordinary Session
Governor Leche hints at calling an extraordinary session within two months to adjust the two percent sales levy and modernize the luxury tax. The aim is to raise revenue and align sales taxes with federal benefits, though specifics and timing remain undecided.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Teche
Wales
Cole Sector of Revenue
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