Police Break Picket Line At Victor Plant
Police reopened the Victor Products Corporation plant in Hagerstown after aiding officials and workers through a CIO UAW picket line. Mayor Mills ordered no favoritism, offered mediation, and a disorderly conduct charge was filed against an international UAW representative who blocked a doorway. Over 100 furloughed workers were recalled as the plant resumed operations despite ongoing pickets.
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Hagerstown
Victor Products Corporation
Herman J. Mills
Cio-United Auto Workers
Victor
Norman Broadwater
M. E. Ellinger
Ellinger
CIO
United Auto Workers
R. J. Funkhouser
West Virginia
Glenn Braynton
UAW
Notable arrest leads to fatal bystander shooting during raid
Police say Victor Hugo Libera, a student Communist leader, escaped a raid after exchanging fire that killed a bystander and wounded Enrique Barron, an office employee, in a crossfire. Officers report Libera knocked down Police Chief Donato Millian before fleeing. Meanwhile bankers strike nationwide demanding labor leader releases and higher pay. Government revises foreign exchange rates, effectively devaluing the Boliviano.
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Victor Hugo Libera
Libera
Enrique Barron
Donato Millian
Bainbridge Colby Dies in New York at 60
New York April 11 Bainbridge Colby Woodrow Wilsons last Secretary of State died tonight at Bemus Point New York age 60 He served as Secretary from March 22 1920 to March 4 1921 He authored the note refusing to recognize the Soviet government and held to that stance years later remarking that Russia remained an enemy state.
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New York
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
Colby
Bemus Point
N. Y
Wilson
Russia
Bolivia Outlaws Communist Party In Ban Across Nation
In La Paz on April 11 the Bolivian government outlawed the Communist Party and all its activities and subsidiaries. It charged Communists of ten nations were plotting a South American Soviet Union under Brazilian Luis Carlos Prestes. The ban ties to labor unrest in the tin rich Andean republic. Forty nine later figures were not confirmed.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Communist Party
Luis Carlos Prestes
Bank Strike Sparks Code Decree and Pay Hike
A government decree orders bank strike participants back to work on pain of dismissal. Simultaneously government and private sector workers receive a 30 percent pay increase while the value of a 25 cent unit and an average 48 percent rise are noted in the same report.
Audiene Hire Alleged for Brannan Speech Sparks Senate Probe
Washington April 1 two Republican Senators accused the Agriculture Department of using public funds to hire an audience for a political speech by Secretary Brannan. Senator Aiken said Minnesota farm committee members were paid travel and per diem to attend a St. Paul meeting where Brannan and Senator Humphrey spoke, with as many as 5,000 attendees instructed to appear and reimbursed. He estimated the meeting cost between 50,000 and 100,000 dollars from soil improvement funds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Brannan
Ferguson
R-Mich
McGrath
Aiken UR
Minnesota
St. Paul
Humphrey
D-Minn
Aiken
Senate
Baltimore Tax Evasion Sentence Reduced for Three Brothers
Federal Judge W Calvin Chesnut allowed three Baltimore brothers to depart jail shortly, but kept the $90 900 income tax evasion fines intact. The men Samuel B and Charles B faced lengthy penalties amid a speech by Brinan highlighting agricultural program spending and production payments.
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Baltimore
W. Calvin Chesnut
Samuel B
Charles B
Long sentence adjustments for three fraud defendants
Judge Chesnut cut jail terms from three months to five months for all three defendants in a seven to eight year fraud scheme. He kept the overall assessment that the fraud was continued and increasing, despite health factors noted by private doctors. In Rockville, Ellsworth Nelsory was jailed after a family argument led to his brother Earl being shot. Ellsworth handed to juvenile authorities while Earl received treatment for a shoulder wound.
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Irving B. Jacobs
Uniform Manufacturers
Chesnut
Rockville
Ellsworth Nelsory 17
Laytensville
Earl
Montgomery County General Hospital
Ellsworth
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