No Water No Steel as Cambria Works Strike Racks Johnstown
The Bethlehem Steel Cambria Works in Johnstown Pa. halted back to work after two explosions crippled the water mains. State troopers patrolled the area as 250 pickets remained and Gov. Earle urged calm amid broader labor unrest and clashes with the CIO.
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Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Cambria
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
George H. Earle
Daniel J. Shields
Roosevelt
The Sagacious Serpent Elmer Saves Circus Train
Madame Zulana recalls Elmer the black python from the Robinson circus. While the train crested a Sierra summit, Elmer bridged two cars with his teeth and tail, preventing a derailment. He ends up at the Cincinnati zoo labeled The Only Black Python in Captivity, 42 feet 6 1/2 inches long.
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Madame Zulana
Robinson Circus
Elmer
High
Sierras
Mimner
Cincinnati Zoo
Western Newsnower Talon
Public pressure on steel strikes tests F D R and Wagner act
President Roosevelt, uneasy over steel labor strifes, hints at federal legislation akin to Senator Vandenberg’s plan. He faulted both the CIO and steelmakers for impeding talks and, after speaking with Taft, said the nation voices a “plague on both your houses” regarding the dispute.
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F.D.R. Wales
Roosevelt
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles P. Taft
Mediation Board Concludes Steel Strike Talks Fail
A three member mediation board appointed by Secretary Perkinssat Cleveland failed to bring steel executives and union leaders to a conference. Taft Garrison and McGrady said settlement hope lay in a meeting but steel officials refused to negotiate with the CIO. They argued the Wagner Act may compel talks yet another law allows them to reject any contract.
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Perkins
Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Lloyd Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Edward F. McGrady
Mme. Perkins
Tom Girdher
Eugene Grace
Steel
Taft
Lewis
Wendel and Parker family cases linked to Lindbergh case
Wendel, the former Trenton lawyer who confessed to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, faced delayed execution. Ellis Parker and son Ellis Jr were sentenced to six and three years respectively for conspiring to force the confession. Their appeal plans were announced. Rebels eye Madrid as Franco’s forces advance and Bilbao falls.
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W Ben Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
William Clark
Newark
Wendel
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Columbus Discovery Letter Sells At New York Auction
A first dated edition of Columbus letter to Ferdinand and Isabella sold in New York for 4350 dollars. Printed in Rome in 1493, one of about 20 known copies, it describes discovery of islands near Cadiz and possession claims.
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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
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand and Isabella
America
New York
Rome
Cadiz
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Francisco Franco
Ethel du Pont
Eugene du Pont
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
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Vicky
California
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China
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Susan
del Monte
Mollie
Carters
Johnny
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the Morrisons
Morrisons
Guentin
Doss
Premier
Chantemps
Frank E. Hagan
Elmo Scott Watson
Mediation Board
Jersey
Parkers
Madrid
Bilbao
Guadalajara
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Columbus Discovery Letter
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