Strike Mail Block Probe Ends and Steel Strike Developments
The Senate Post Office Committee voted 12 to 1 to end its probe into alleged mail interference linked to midwestern steel strikes and urged leaving further study to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Indiana Governor Townsend predicted a peaceful settlement within 24 hours as CIO leaders vow to resist plant reopenings amid martial law in several states.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Farley
Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Post Office Committee
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
National Labor Relations Act
Black
Alabama
Senate Labor Committee
House Labor Committee
Indianapolis
Calumet
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Inland Steel
Youngstown
National Guard
Andrew Rooney
East Chicago
Townsend Yested
Townsend
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
National
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Gus Hall
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
America
Johnstown
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic
Monroe
Mich
Eczemic Skin Black and White Ointment Ad
An old ad promotes Eczemic Skin Black and White Ointment to clear red itchy eczemic irritation. Describes as scientific and safe with over 20 years of use. Trial size 10c, large can 25c. recommends Black and White Skin Soap first. Available at all druggists.
Inside Alcatraz: daily routine and strict gatekeeping described
Excerpt recounts life on The Rock with details of cell blocks and cell cleaning, the electric metal detectors at exits, and the rigid daily schedule. The narrator describes medical checks, laundry duties, warden interactions, and the forced discipline of recreation yard lines and lineups.
Bigfoot Meets Al Capone and Alcatraz Life Threats
An inmate recounts factory divisions and guard routines at a prison camp on an island. He details work in the mat shop the laundry and other shops, daily schedules and checkpoints, and nightly gunfire practice by guards. He also mentions an attempted hit on a Chicago figure tied to Capone.
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San Francisco
Bigfoot
al Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz
Car fire damages JL C Noland Jr vehicle near Forssthe pool
An auto owned by JL C Noland Jr sustained minor fire damage Sunday while parked beside the Forssthe park swimming pool. Officials attribute the blaze to a faulty carburetor.
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JL C Noland, Jr
Forssthe Park
Court rules Bankhead cotton tax a coercive excess
The U S court of appeals found the Bankhead act coercively set production limits and taxed cotton at an effective 40 percent of value. Plaintiffs Thompson Fisher of Mississippi and Hopson Ward of Alabama sought to halt fund disbursements and direct payments to certificate purchasers. Justice Groner said the suit is a class action and all similarly situated farmers should be repaid. Justice Stephens dissented, arguing Congress should fix certificate payments, not courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wood Thompson
A. W. Fisher
Mississippi
Dos. Hopson
8. J. Ward
Alabama
Court of Appeals
D. Lawrence Groner
United States
Harold M. Stephens
Congress
Geysers Erupt Near Orleans Well No 2 Attracts Awe
In Orleans area about 10 square feet of ground inflated and deflated as gas vents surged. Well No 2 remained active through nightfall while No 1 ceased. Resident Latusa warned of moving if gas continued and wells popped up nearby. Local families rely on private gas wells for fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latusa
Louisiana
Verdict Comes Sets 153 Year Ceiling in State Case
The court fixed the maximum at 153 years, with a 20 year verdict in today’s ruling. Puryear faces a potential first degree murder death verdict for his daughter’s slaying, though he has never been tried on that crime. The defense portrayed him as a loving family man, while the state mocked this claim and presented witnesses to counter it.
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Katherine Kreliv
George
Mama Nme
Alcatraz
Tidam
Puryear
McLain
Auburn
Sunshine Walker
Miss Walker
Texas
Drowns in River Tragedy and Campus Fatality
A coroner's jury ruled the drowning of Mrs Marguerite Daewo accidental after hours of river search. The report notes the Corsicana native lay in state at a local funeral parlor. Separately, Louisiana State University freshman Leanare Bethan died by falling from a log in a Baton Rouge area pond during a rest break. The Covington youth David Penton, age 9, drowned in a creek near his home amid a family whose members survived by five brothers and sisters.
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State University
Baton Rouge
Leanare Bethan
Covington
David Penton
M Alvin Penton
Scouts Leave Seven Seven in Ferviday Disrupted List
Fragmentary OCR lists many names and places such as Monroe Columbia Farmerville and Ruston with scouts and troops including Hill Dawkins and Scarborough. The text appears as garbled roster data without a clear event, date, or outcome.
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Ferviday
Frank Reitze
Columba
Halley Stone
Monroe
James Bo Adam
Columbia
Richard Truiv
Farmerville
Robert
Rain of Fish Tied to Waterspouts Worldwide
A weather phenomenon where small fish are sucked into waterspouts and carried aloft before dropping to the ground occurs in various regions. Reports describe scattered sightings where aquatic creatures fall after being lifted from water, creating odd meteorological events.
A Proven Remedy For Southern Ailments
Nine tenths of sickness in the South come from bile stagnation, causing dizziness biliousness headaches pimples sour stomach and constipation. Dr Bond's Pills have helped thousands for 25 30 and even 25 years. Insist on Bonds Pills sold everywhere for 25e.
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South
Bond
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Warren, QC
Steel Workers’ Union
Clinton S. Golden
Pittsburgh
SWOC
Weir
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Carters
Augustus
Bos Victors
Marc Antony
Federal District Court
Orleans
Irving J. Wolff
Benny Oakland
Dewey Mobley
Herety Gwinn
Jack McStravick
Jack Blanks
Marguerite Daevo
Corsicana
Tex
Steve
Percy Benjamin, Jr
Tallulah
Jim Folk
Bruce Tanner
J. B. Swanson
Ralph Linton
Tallah
Mack Innis
Sterlington
Sam Hartman
Harry Bell
Robert C. Todd
Henry Butts
Waterproof
Flosh Stone
Ernest Ste
Batcom
McFatter
Talmadee Mystiy
Beth Ema
Ida Beth Here
Rufus. Louis
Mowatch
Gloria Wheeden
Floyd Stimson
Benny Goodman
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