Elevator workers strike hits midtown garment district
New York February 17 hundreds of workers in the midtown garment district walked out in a strike by elevator operators and building service employes. James J Bambrick president of the Building Service Employees International union said about 4000 employees were out with 500 buildings involved in the district. Four pickets were assigned to each building as negotiations with city authorities and realty associations stalled.
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New York
Mid-Town
Building Service
James J. Bambrick
Building Service Employes International Union
Bambrick
Garroens
Union
Raid-Towh
Penn Zone Realty
Inglight
Russian Prince Weds Edna Plant in New Jersey
Edna Dunham Plant, divorcee of millionaire chicken farmer Philip Morton Plant, married Prince Legan Dadipns of Georgia South Hissia in a city hall ceremony on December 29 in East Orange New Jersey. The couple reportedly left for a European honeymoon after the wedding while Plant and his new bride Marjorie Hing reportedly await further plans.
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East Orange
WN. J
Edna Dunham Plant
Philip Morton Plant
Bridgeport
Tonteht
City Hall
Prince Legan Dadipns
Georgia
Ena
Plant
Prince Aud
Bank January clearings rise above prior year
Bank clearings for January reached 89 million with 375 thousand dollars, a gain of 4.45 million over January 1938. Thomas G. Leighton, secretary of the San Antonio Ghear ing House resociation, announced the figures on Wednesday, noting December 1938 had the only higher month with 61.39 million.
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Thomas G. Leighton
San Antonio
School Clinic Plans Outline Heart Program For Students
Plans to run June clinics for corrective treatment for school children under a new heart program were outlined by Dr W F Hargis. About 2000 pupils examined showed many needing care. Marshall Eskridge pledged hospital support for up to 100 cases. Dr Hargis seeks help from hospitals, luncheon clubs, WEA, and medical associations. 30 doctors aided in examining 11 225 pupils, with 8145 needing treatment.
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W. 4. Hargla
Marshall Eskridge
Medical and Suregical Hospital
Hargis
IWIN
Ian
Medical Society
T. M. Dale
Dental Association
Haveis
iWargis
Martha Murray
Pt.a
Dairyman and Assistant Fined in Test Law Case
A jury in County Contreal-Layw No.1 fined dairyman J. M. Escubeda and assistant P. B. Coggins a total of 150 dollars plus costs for violations of the Tabcock law and false determination of byltertat with samples dated December 24. Complaint was filed by J. D. Walton, investigator for the state department of aprientire.
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Bytlertat
J. M. Escubeda
Wesb Slinas
P. B. Coggins
J.D. Walton
State Department of Aprientire
Pappy Has First Death Case in Texas
Fel. 1 07 unitoss Governor Wy Lea O Daniel inters feres Winzell Williams a 19 year old negro convicted of murder in Dallas county will die in the electric chair at Huntsville Prison This is Daniels first death penalty case The board of pardons and paroles refused clemency for the man who shot dairyman B Atwood while he slept February 25 1938 The governor an avowed opponent of capital punishment can grant a 24 hour reprieve or longer but after that no action is possible.
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Austin
Unitoss
Wy Lea O'Daniel
Feres
Winzell Willams
Dalsles County
Huntsville Puidsy
Ddaniel
Board of Pardons and Paroles
B. Atwood
Blaze Kills 4 in Cleveland
Fire on the second floor of a frame rooming house on Cleveland’s West Side killed four people and seriously injured two others. The victims were Elizabeth Spilth 28 a WPA seamstress and her two sons Glate age 2 and Everett age 5 along with an unidentified 17 year old youth. Benjamin H Brand 51 a WPA worker and Stephen Toth 32 were taken to hospital with second degree burns. Origin of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Spilth
WPA
Glate
Everett
Benjamin H. Brand
Stephen Toth
Sufficient Timber in Amberland Forest Said Adequate
Forest Service estimates that the 620 million acres of United States Amberland are probably sufficient to meet the nation’s needs if properly cared for.
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The
Forest Service
United States
Egg-cracker Estimator Claims 10 Million Eggs Cooked
Portland entrepreneur Erving W Huff, running a 22 year old hinge-style restaurant, estimated that his operation has cracked and cooked more than 10,004,000 eggs. He outlined the tally as part of a promotional claim for his diner.
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Portland
Ore
Erving W. Huff
Week End Cleanser Promoted For Constipation Relief
Advert appears for BLACK-DRAUGHT as a weekend intestinal cleanser or laxative. Claims to ease constipation, headachy and nervous symptoms, with gentle action and a principal plant ingredient. Promotes use over a simple, aromatic product, citing widespread popularity and effectiveness.
Youth 17 Marries Mother of Three in Indiana
In Logansport Indiana a 17 year old, Wererren Bowen, wed 35 year old Dorohy Stiff. The ceremony created a step-son Bowen’s own age, oldest child of the bride. They were wed after Bowen’s mother consented and prior court costs were paid to finalize a divorce.
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Logansport
Ind
Fev
Wererren Bowen
Dorohy Stiff
Elilaren
Suli
Bowen
Soldier Captured After Attack Near Fort Sam Houston
A 28 year old Randolph held soldier was treated at Fort Sam Houston base hospital Wednesday for wounds after an alleged attempted assault. Mrs T F Shoaman reported a nude man entered her Commerce Street home around midnight Tuesday. her husband and two men restrained the intruder as police arrived.
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Refige
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