No Water No Steel No Jobs at Bethlehem Cambria Works
Evacuations followed explosions crippling Johnstown water mains as Bethlehem Steel workers returned amid martial law. The IIWU conflict escalated with 200 state troopers patrolling the area to protect the water supply while mass union meetings drew limited turnout. The strike, linked to John L Lewis and the CIO, sparked violence, deaths, and ongoing plant closures despite re opening efforts.
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Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Cambria
John L. Lewis
George H. Earle
Daniel J. Shields
Roosevelt
C. I.O
Roosevelt Pressed for Steel Labor Act Amid Strike Tensions
The article notes public pressure pushing President Roosevelt toward federal steel labor legislation similar to Vandenberg’s proposals. Roosevelt condemned both the CIO for imposing union demands and corporations for refusing to negotiate a signed contract after discussions with Taft.
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F.D.R. Waxes
Roosevelt
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles P. Taft
Du Pont and Roosevelt Jr wed in simple Delaware ceremony
Miss Ethel du Pont and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr tied the knot at Christ Church near Wilmington in a simple wedding attended by about 400 guests. Political enmities were set aside for the occasion.
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Ethel du Pont
Eugene du Pont
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
United States
Christchurch
Wilmington
Del
Mediation Board Abandons Efforts in Steel Strike Talks
The mediation board summoned by Secretary of Labor Perkins in Cleveland gave up attempts to broker a settlement between steel employers and union leaders. Chairman Charles P. Taft and members Lloyd Garrison and Edward F. McGrady cited the failure to bring steel executives like Tom Girdler and Eugene Grace to the table, noting management and labor must learn to live together and honor agreements. Steel officials refused to strike a deal with the CIO led by Lewis, asserting they need not contract against their wishes despite Wagner Act pressures.
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Mediation Board
Mediation Board of
Perkins
Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Lloyd Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Edward F. McGrady
Mme. Perkins
Tom Girdler
Eugene Grace
Steel
Taft
Lewis
Budget Shortfall Seen in U S Treasury Figures
Treasury figures show the end of the fiscal year will miss the President's economy program by about 200 million dollars. The revised budget cut expenditures by 295 million less than January forecast. For 1936 37 expenditures rose to 7 883 billion versus 7 781 billion estimated, a 102 million excess, suggesting a roughly 200 million overall year gap.
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U. S
French budget crisis forces government resignation
Premier Leon Blum and his People’s Front cabinet resign as budget turmoil prompts a change in leadership. Camille Chautemps becomes premier and appoints Georges Bonnet as finance minister to pursue budget balance. Bonnet moves include closing the stock exchange and suspending foreign exchange. Senate opposition blocks a temporary economic dictatorship, while earlier deputies and the senate finance committee supported similar powers. France faces a two-budget system with a large extraordinary deficit mainly for defense, projected to be balanced in three years per Rene Brunet.
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France
Leon Blum
People’s Front
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
United States
Bonnet
Stock Exchange
Senate
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Senate Finance Committee
Vincent Auriol
Rene Brunet
Parker and son sentenced in Hauptmann case conspiracy
Ellis Parker and his son Ellis Parker Jr. were sentenced to six and three years in a federal penitentiary by Judge William Clark in Newark for conspiring to seize and torture Bruno Richard Hauptmann to obtain Paul H. Wendel’s false confession. Attorneys said an appeal would be filed.
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Jersey
Parkers
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
Federal
William Clark
Newark
Wendel
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Rebels Attack Madrid After Bilbao Victory
Rebels under Gen Francisco Franco pressed on Madrid and the area north of Guadalajara after taking Bilbao. New troops reinforced western and southeastern city sectors while the loyalist government strengthened lines, though Madrid was not seen as in immediate danger. Basque and Asturian forces remained cut off from Madrid Valencia forces after Bilbao’s fall.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Guadalajara
Comfort in Traveling and Public Life Reflections
A reflective column contrasts rough travel of the past with modern luxury and speed. The piece notes deserts crossed, old rail lines, and jokes about shaving on a train, then shifts to remarks on diplomats, toasts, and a culture of public spectacle. It laments privacy loss from candid cameras and passport photos, touching on social changes.
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Ately
America
Deep South
Sherman
Germany
Nursie
Paregoric
Husha-Bye-Land
Philippines
Manila
Washington
NCE
Roosevelt third term debate swirls at Washington scene
The column analyzes the push for a third Roosevelt term led by Governor Earle of Pennsylvania and the political risks. It notes opposition to breaking Washington precedent, the strain between the White House and Senate leaders Garner Robinson and Harrison, and potential candidates weighing the 1940 Democratic race.
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Washington
Grover
Evsta Ube
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Earle
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
George Washington
George
Congress
Nore
Frank Roosevelt
Goone Earle
White House
Franklin Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
House of Representatives
Jefferson Island Club
Senate
Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Courage Turns Hard Times Into Opportunity
The account traces Fred MacMurray s rise from a Kankakee native and Beaver Dam youth to a Hollywood star. It covers early struggles washing cars in a bankrupt shop, saxophone gigs funding his mother, and a breakthrough with a band and the film Three s a Crowd before a Paramount contract launched his film career.
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Nee
Fred MacMurray
Kankakee
Ill
Fred
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
Hollywood
Calif
Picture
The
California College
Newark City
Roberta
Paramount
John Masefield Rise From Sailor to Poet Laureate
The article recalls John Masefield born 1874 Ledburn Herefordshire as a reckless youth indentured to a merchant ship at fourteen. He later held odd jobs in New York including porter in Luke O Connors saloon and rose to become England s poet laureate. His first Salt Water Ballad appeared in 1902 and he published many volumes thereafter.
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John Masefield
England
Ledburn
Herefordshire
New York City
Luke O’connor
Columbian Hotel
Jefferson Market
Yonkers
London
Oper Swith
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