CIO orders 12000 Bethlehem Steel workers strike at Cambria plant
The CIO directs a 12000 worker strike at Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown Pennsylvania to back a walkout at the Conemaugh and Blacklick railroad linking Bethlehem plants. The action follows the company’s refusal to recognize unions as collective bargaining agents amid a broader steel strike context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Company
Johnstown
CIO
Cambria
Conemaugh & Blacklick Railroad
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Clinton Golden
SWOC
David Watkins
Conemaugh & Blacklick
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Fear Missing Woman Held by Kidnappers in Jamaica Bay
The note demands a $25,000 ransom for Mrs. Parsons, warning cops and promising she will not speak again. Authorities traced clues to a possible British ex-seafarer and a black sedan seen near Stony Brook, as public fear grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Will Parsons
Jamaica
Leona Newton
Stony Brook
Mc Donell Races Along Gold Coast in Kidnapping Case
Frank Mc Donell, brother of missing Mrs. Alice McDonell Parsons, sped his car along Long Island's Gold Coast today after a swarthy taxi driver in a yellow cab visited the Long Meadows Farm estate. He left the house at 9 50 a m and, after receiving a possible message from the driver, pursued in his own car with the taximan following as police blocked nearby roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Richardson Pratt
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Glen Cove
J. P. Morgan
Woodbury
Conn
Pratt
Standard Oil
Timothy Shaler Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
New York
Frank McDonell
Alice McDonell Parsons
Long Island
Gold Coast
McDonell
Long Meadows Farm
Hackman
Soviet Granted Right to Fly Planes Over Alaska
U S grants Soviet government permission for a trans polar dash from Moscow to San Francisco with Levanevsky leading the route. Weather data will be shared from Arctic outposts and a new North Pole base is noted as preparation. The plan envisions three to four hops ending in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continents
State Department
Levanevsky
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Arctic
North Pole
Professor Schmidt
Moscow
Dr. Schmidt
Arctic Circle
Arctic Ocean
Point Barrow
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Siberia
Adverse Court Plan Report Nears Final Approval
A near final adverse report on a court plan, approved by a bipartisan bloc including King, McCarran, Borah, and O’Mahoney, after Sen Hatch’s retirement age, with King and Borah drafting sections and opposition members backing the draft. The News offers mail subscription rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hatch
King
Utah
van Nuys
Indiana
McCarran
Nevada
Burke
Nebraska
Connally
Texas
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Borah
Idaho
Austin
Vermont
Steiner
Oregon
O’mahoney
Pittsburgh man shoots wife then attempts self destruction
A 68 year old man, Philip Trautman, shot his wife, 56, four times as police moved in, then shot himself in the temple after returning to the kitchen. His wife was in serious condition and Trautman was unconscious in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Philip Trautman
Anna
Trautman
Labor Congress to Discuss Unified Action Amid Steel Strike
Anthony Hubbard of the United Labor Congress convened a meeting to consider unified action in support of the CIO during the SWOC strike. Amid clashes at Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube, CIO organizer Ralph H. Burke was arrested after a clash between 100 deputies and 500 pickets. Mayor Lionel Evans called a council meeting to authorize more police and deputies to keep peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
United Action
CIO
Lionel Evans
Ralph Elser
SWOC
Ralph H. Burke
Columbia University
Ralph Ross
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Evans
Republic Steel and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Settle Marbles Title Saturday
Tomorrow’s marble tournament may be postponed by heavy rain. Forty players, champions and runners up from city public schools, qualified in earlier rounds. Sponsored by The Townsmen with NYA support and school PE staff help. A census of jobless costs is questioned by taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
Wage Board Details For Minimum Wage Plan Outlined
The plan creates a nine member board with equal employee, employer, and public representation. It studies occupation conditions including living costs across communities, reports to the labor and industry department in 60 days, and may lead to a mandatory minimum wage order for women and minors with publication penalties for non compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor and Industry Department
Derailment Delays Pennsylvania Line Cleared by Evening
Normal traffic resumed on the Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula branch near Montgomery avenue after emergency wreck crews removed debris from the derailment of 10 ore cars the night before. Officials expect to determine the cause in a few days as crowds watched the clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula
Montgomery Avenue
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Two New Castle Men to Be Ordained Sub Deacons
Nicolas Biondi son of Mrs Theresa Biondi of South Jefferson street and Dante DeLillo son of Mrs Joseph DeLillo of Laurel Boulevard are among 26 men to be ordained sub deacons at St Vincent college La Trobe PA. Bishop Boyle of Pittsburgh will preside. The ceremony marks their path to priesthood in 1938. Biondi or DeLillo will serve as sub deacon at the High Mass in St Vitus church Monday at 9 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Nicholas Biondi
Theresa Biondi
South Jefferson Street
Dante DeLillo
Joseph DeLillo
Laurel Boulevard
St. Vincent College
Latrobe
Bishop Boyle
Pittsburgh
Nicholas DeMita
St. Vitus Church
Biondi
de Lillo
Governor Davey to Open Parley on Steel Strike
Columbus reports CIO regional director and officials will attend the governor’s steel strike conference. Davey pursues secrecy on the method to reconcile warring factions while urging restraint to curb violence between loyal workers and union pickets. The 2 pm meeting may bar newsmen from attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey
Columbus
CIO
Martin Halts Pontiac March To Monroe Overunion Crackdown
Martin succeeded in stopping plans to march on Monroe and forced a return to Pontiac. The Pontiac general strike movement was quelled by his prompt action. Over 500 workers left Fisher Body causing a plant shutdown and a threat to expel recalcitrant union members. He urged all union men in Pontiac to return today to avoid expulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Martin
Fisher Body
Monroe
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Deaths of the Day Dorothy L Montgomery in New Castle
Seven year old Dorothy L Montgomery of Montoursville Pa died last night in Jameson Memorial Hospital from tetanus after knee injury. Survived by parents Raymond and Beulah Houseknecht Montgomery and siblings, with funeral in Montoursville after a Saturday transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L. Montgomery
New Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Montoursville
Geraldine Wechtenhiser
Croton Avenue
Williamsport
Raymond and
Beulah Houseknecht Montgomery
Wechtenhiser
Carlene
Mildred
Ruth
Charles
Raymond
Donald
Cora Houseknecht
Muncy’s Valley
Funeral Rites Planned for Mina Moore at Ritchie Home
Funeral services for Mina Moore of San Jose California will be held Monday at 2 PM at the Ritchie funeral home. Interment follows in Mount Hermon cemetery. The body lies in state at the funeral home for friends to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Moore
San Jose
Cal
Nancy J. Copper
Slippery Rock Township
Ritchie Funeral Home
Mt. Hermon
Funeral services for Thomas McCollum at Leyde mortuary
Thomas McCollum funeral services were held at Leyde mortuary at 2 30 p m Thursday led by Rev D N Scott of Valley Way Mission with his sister singing Saved By His Grace and Mrs Jay L Reed at the piano. Pallbearers included Joseph Kelley George Rushenback Ernest Rushenback and Calvin McCollum. Interment followed in Savannah cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McCollum
Thomas McCollum
Leyde Mortuary
D. N. Scott
Valley Way Mission
Monroe Strike Riots Prompt Gloomy Governor Action
Governor Murphy deplores disorder as On to Monroe march and strike protests flare at Newton Steel plant in Monroe Michigan. Police mobilization plans discussed while vigilantes arrest thirty two men and two women before releasing them and ordering departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mich
Newton
Plaingrove Cemetery Restoration Recalls Local History
Plaingrove township marks twenty five years since restoring its old cemetery. Rev Shoemaker led volunteers to clear weeds, restore stones and plant replacements. An endowment fund has grown to four thousand five hundred dollars, with a caretaker keep in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemaker
Filo Rogers
Claire Pollock
Bowman Pisor
Leslie Bell
Robert Offutt
Indiana
Plaingrove
Offutts
Raney
Plaingrove High School
Westfield
Slippery Rock Presbyterian
Marriage License Applications From Various Counties
A list of marriage license applicants includes Merril W. Fager and Helen J. Worose of Warren, Edna Bernice Fostera and Emor K. Vaughn of New Galilee, Charles Edwin Duff and Mary Grace Hockenberry of New Castle, Arthur H. Walker and Helen M. Lapish of New Castle, John W. Nagel Jr. of Pittsburgh, Barbara R. Campbell of West Pittsburg, Homer M. Worcester of Youngstown, Adeline Bingham of Youngstown, Patsy Rubino of Ellwood City, and Virginia O. Bellora of Ellwood City. Continuous addresses across Pennsylvania and Ohio are listed for each applicant.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.L.C
Will
William Henry Parsons
U. S
Alaskan
M. A. Fier
Patel ES Pes
Washington St
Labor Congress
Anthony Hubbard
United Labor Congress
Settle Marbles
P.R. R
St. Vincents
Mrs. Moore
Wolfe
Rosie Wolfe
A. S. Wolfe
Jacob Wolfe
South Mercer Street
Pinchas Katz
Tifereth Israel
Monroe, Mich
Plant
Murphy
John S. Bersey
Oscar G. Olander
National Guard
Ture
Plaingrove Township
Florida
East St
Neiman’s
East Washington St
H. Lloyd Rich
N- Mill St
Merril W. Fagerewesht R
Warren
Helen J. Worose
Fe Mo Ee
Warren, O
Charles Edwin Duff
New Galilee
Edna Bernice Fostera
Emor K. Vaughn
Lorain Ave
Alexander M. Cross
Mary Grace Hockenberry
Maryland Ave
Arthur H. Walker
W. Clayton St
Helen M. Lapish
R. D
Mahoningtown
John W. Nagel, Jr
Barbara R. Campbell
West Pittsburg
Homer M. Worcester
Adeline Bingham
Lauderdale Ave
Patsy S. Rubino
Franklin Ave
Ellwood City
Virginia O. Bellora
Fourth St
Castle View Burial Park
Kerr and
Erwin
North Mill Street
J. B. Nielsen
Optometrist
Jieweler—Watchmaker
East Washington Street
New Castle, Pa
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