Sheet And Tube Not Joining Trace Agreement In Chicago
Pickets guard Youngstown Sheet and Tube gates as executives refuse to join the truce with Inland Steel. Governor Townsend seeks a settlement while Inland moves workers to restart furnaces, signaling a possible long siege and cautious talks with Indiana Harbor plans.
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Chicago
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Calumet
Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
Thomas R. Hutson
Indiana
Youngstown
M. Clifford Townsend
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Couny
Indiana Harbor
Frank Purnell
Town Send
Purnell
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers’ Organization Committee
Workers Return At Massillon as Steel Divisions Open
In Canton Ohio on July 2 tensions rose as Republic Steel back-to-work movements spread with two divisions opening in nearby Massillon. An explosion damaged homes on a back porch while windows broke at three other residences but caused no injuries. Police reported over 400 workers passed picket lines into the plants without trouble.
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Canton
Republic Steel
Massillon
Matt Perish
Republica Steel
Republic
Central Steel
Union Drawn
Carl Meyers
Bass fishermen report patchy luck as bass season opens
On the first day of bass season many anglers along streams find few catches. Traffic officials warn of dense highways during the long Fourth weekend with Monday as a holiday. A Perry township WPA worker recovering from a snake bite incident describes leaping away after a five foot black snake crawled up his pant leg.
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Perry Township
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily U S weather report for 24 hours to 9 am shows a 67 degree high and 45 degree low with 0.01 inches of precipitation. River stage at 4.2 feet. Year ago statistics record a 82 degree high and 51 degree low with no precipitation.
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Auto Plunges Off Bridge Near Mercer Escape Miracles
The Reigards and their nephew Stanley Hall survived a 12 foot plunge into Munnell Run after their car struck the Mercer Greville road bridge. Hall suffered cuts and bruises, Mrs. Reigard a fractured wrist, and the husband was uninjured. Hall believes he fell asleep at the wheel while returning from Pymatuning Lake.
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Robert Reigard
Stanley Hall
Brackenridge
Munnell Run Bridge
Mercer-Greenville Road
Young Hall
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Huge Deficit As Fiscal Year Ends
The government closed its 1937 fiscal year with a deficit of 2.811 billion dollars and a gross public debt of 36.425 billion, according to final Treasury statistics. The deficit topped Roosevelt’s April budget forecast by about 150 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Seisanto Demands Severance With Soviet Union
In Tokyo the Seisanto party urged the government to cut diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union. The leaders delivered a resolution to Premier Konoye and ministers Hirota Sugiyama and Yamae after the Amur river crisis involving Soviet and Japanese Manchukuoan forces near Sennuru Island. Harbin reports say steamship lines refuse cargo and passengers for Sungari.
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Amur
Japan
Seisanto
Soviet Union
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Koki Hirota
Sugiyama
Navy
Mitsumasa Yanae
Sennuru
Siberia
Manchukuo
Harbin
Sungari
President Roosevelt Spends Holiday at Hyde Park Estate
President Roosevelt enjoys a quiet holiday at the Hyde Park Hudson River estate with no engagements planned. He swims at Walkill cottage and hosts neighbors while his son-in-law John Boettiger and daughter visit from Seattle.
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N. Y
Hudson River
Roosevelt
Marvin H. McIntyre
Walkill Cottage
John Boettiger
New York
Seattle
Death Record for Dennis Kennedy and Infant Walker
Dennis Kennedy aged 74 of 1024 Glen Avenue, and infant Walker of Harbor Road, are listed in a local death record with accompanying mentions of Mrs Barbara Yarnevich of Koppel. The notice provides names and addresses without additional biographical detail.
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Glen Avenue
Barbara Yarnevich
Koppel
Walker
Harbor Road
Man Guilty in Editor Claude McCracken Murder Case
Alturas California July 2 Harry French 27 found guilty of the newspaper feud murder of Claude L McCracken local editor. Jury made no recommendation of leniency. He faces execution unless found insane and will be tried on insanity plea next week.
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Cal
Harry French
Claude L. McCracken
French
Court delays ruling on CIO request amid Ohio steel strike
In Columbus Ohio on July 2 CIO seeks to resume status quo as militia guards patrol strike area. Judge Mell G Underwood delays temporary restraining order until July 6 and will decide whether a three judge panel should hear the case.
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cIo
Ohio
Mell G Underwood
Underwood
Swoe
National Guard
Prominent Mercer Man Badly Injured
Ray C. Neuroh assistant postmaster Mercer was struck by a car driven by Dr J A McKay Mercer sanatorium staff while alighting from a fire company truck at Wilson Avenue station house. He suffered a fractured pelvis broken right leg dislocated ankle and bruises.
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Ray C. Neuroh
J. A. McKay
Mercer Sanatorium
East End
Wilson Avenue
Neuroh
McKay
Grove City
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Paint under nails tied to Englewood killings clue
Police chemists found paint scrapings under eight year old Melba Everett s nails in the Englewood triple murder. Nearly a hundred suspects have been questioned and exonerated as investigators reorganize the hunt. Luther Dow was briefly jailed but exonerated. no firm link to the crime.
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Los Angeles
Englewood
Ray Pinker
Pinker
Melba Everett
Madeline
Jeannette Stephens
Luther Dow
Nancy Carroll
Inglewood
Angeles
Death by own action pact ends in overdose attempt
In Portland Maine two women Miss Ruth Lucille Stewart 36 head of medical at Hotchkiss School Lakewood Conn and her assistant Miss Margaret Grant Elliott were found overdosed in a hotel room. A note suggested a joint pact to die. Elliott had wrist wounds from a razor. Police say both were rushed to Maine General Hospital.
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Portland
Ruth Lucille Stewart
Hotchkiss
Lakewood
Five Die From Fireworks Blast In Nampa
The city of Nampa Idaho bans fireworks after a deadly blast at a drug store fire works depot left five dead and nine injured. victims include Mrs. Ernest Miller and Mrs. May Ladelle from Billings Montana and several others in burns and shock.
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Idaho
Lewis
Ernest Miller
May Ladelle
Billings
Mont
Three Executed For Holdup Murder In Sing Sing
In Ossining New York three gunmen who killed Isaac Shain during a Brooklyn tavern holdup last fall were executed in Sing Sing. Tony Garrus 34 the ringleader died last with a crucifix in his mouth. Harry Eisenberg 43 was first to die protesting capital punishment and urging people to vote.
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Ossining
N. Y
Isaac Shain
Brooklyn
Shain
Sing Sing
Tony Garrus
Harry Eisenberg
Non-Intervention Plan Collapses
London reports the non intervention system failing as Italy and Germany reject patrol proposals. The plan’s collapse follows a rift over coast patrols and a proposal to abolish naval patrols. The British and French governments refuse further concessions as talks aim only to draft a statement.
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London
Europe
Leipzig
Italy
Germany
Japan Demands Right To Islands In Amur Dispute
Japan declares a claim by its puppet state Manchukuo to Seniuru and other Amur river islands. Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu warned force might be used if necessary after lengthy talks with Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov. Soviet communique said Moscow would withdraw forces if Japan renounces the claim.
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Seniuru
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Shigemitsu
Maxim Litvinov
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Amur River Islands
Marbles Champ Will Know Rating Shortly
Wildwood New Jersey hosts the National marbles championship as 12 year old Paul Lelenko from New Castle awaits his official rating after finishing with seven wins and eight losses in yesterday’s play. The national champ is expected today and Paul may head home tonight. His overall record stands 12 wins and 18 losses, while Throop Pennsylvania player leads with 20 wins and 10 losses.
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N. J
New Castle
Paul Lelenko
Paul
Throop
Camp Rentz Hosts Guest Night At YMCA Camp
Camp Fred L. Rentz on Slippery Rock creek invites residents to view new camp buildings and improved grounds tonight from 7 to 9. General Secretary R. L. Merr mans Activities Director Henry T. MacNicholas and other YMCA staff will host guests.
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Fred L. Rentz
Slippery Rock Creek
R. L. Merrmans
Henry T. MacNicholas
Steel Mediation Board Findings Released to Public
The Steel Mediation Board released its findings on a dispute between industry firms. Officials named key parties and summarized the ruling's implications for pricing and labor negotiations.
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Steel Mediation Board
Perkins urges legal process to resolve steel disputes
Secretary Frances Perkins released the defunct Steel Mediation Board report urging mill operators and union leaders to settle conflicts through legal channels. The board faulted Youngstown Sheet & Tube Republic Steel Inland Steel and Bethlehem Steel for refusing to enter any agreement with SWOC, asserting a secret ballot would not ensure industrial peace. The board was disbanded as Perkins hinted at other measures to end the steel strike.
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Washington
Steel Mediation Board
Frances Perkins
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Republic Steel
Inland Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Film shown of Memorial Day riot at Republic Steel plant
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee displayed a condensed news reel of the Memorial Day riot at Republic Steel's South Chicago plant before about 350 spectators. The footage, with sound effects then slow motion, depicted hand to hand clashes between police and strike pickets as the panel continues its three day inquiry.
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Chicago
Petitions For Elections In Two Steel Plants
Murray denies bombing charge and says the Johnstown July 4 assembly will be peaceful. Petitions for elections involve Hem and Weirton steel plants and their companies amid rising tensions.
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Johnstown
SWOC seeks union election at Bethlehem and Weirton plants
CIO steel workers organize committee files petitions with the national labor relations board to run company wide elections to choose a collective bargaining agency for Bethlehem Steel and Weirton Steel. Philip Murray cites the Cambria works water main bombing as an act by enemies of the union and pledges cooperation with authorities. An overwhelming majority of employees have authorized SWOC to represent them.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
SWOC
Cambria Works
Bethlehem
Labor Board
Amalgamated Association of Iron
Compromise Court Bill Introduced
Washington July 2 The administrations new compromise supreme court bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Robinson Democratic floor leader. It ends the presidents original plan for six new justices and provides for one new justice this year plus at least one appointment in each remaining year of the term, with a cap on total additions.
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William K. Hutchinson
Justice van Devanter
Supreme Court
Fourth of July Picnic Chaos and Sunshine
A lively Fourth of July scene with relatives from a distant city and many friends at a lakeside outing. Soggy pies and sad cake, kids splashing in the lake, horseshoe tossing, running races, sunburn and cherry noses mark a playful, hot eighty two degree day.
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