Michigan May Take Land in Auto War
Detroit January reports show General Motors at risk of widespread strike action as eight plants face walkouts. Governor Murphy contemplates arbitration if requested, while a union strategy board gains power to call a general strike across 63 GM plants in 14 states. 325,000 GM workers could be idled if body and parts shortages persist, with Anderson Delco Remy plant not reopening.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Frank Murphy
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers
Tunioit
Committee For Lacustrial Organization
Martin and
Is Associates
General Motors
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Board of Strategy
Bianket
Call & Seneval
Alrike
International Union
William 8. Knudsen
Newsmen
Martin
Knudsen
Genect! Motors
Anderson
Tné
Delco-Remy
Bking
Fred C. Krosger
Oil firm hikes pay schedule at Pure Oil refinery
Beaumont January 4 The Pure Oil Company refinery at Smith's Bluff near here is changing wage schedules. Hourly rates become monthly salaries. Most workers in lower brackets see increases with some earning up to 20 dollars monthly.
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Beaumont
Jen
Pure Oil Company
Simith
Pluff
Tragic Hollywood Death Ties Actor Rosa Alexander to Suicide
Ann Nagel, second wife of actor Rosa Alexander, laments the broken honeymoon as authorities report Alexander fatally shot himself in the San Fernando Valley after earlier tragedy. The incident follows the death of Alexander’s first wife, Alte Freile Alexander, by suicide last year. The couple had planned a New York honeymoon. Nagel is receiving care while relatives and friends process the shock. Police remain on the scene as investigators piece together the sequence of events surrounding the pianist actor’s final act.
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Moon
Ann Nagel
Rosa Alexander
Ware Brothers
Miss .Nagel
San Fernando Valley
Rosa
Tonica Nagel
Mr. Watson
Englih Polidog Pal
Alexander
Altea Freile Alesander
Cornelius Blevjenson
Lous Chanteur
Fireman Killed in Indianapolis Grocery Fire
Thomas Rheehen a firefighter was killed and two others injured while battling a $5000 blaze that destroyed a grocery store in Indianapolis today.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ian
Thomas Rheehen
Kelly Plans New Flights to Southern Universities
Maj. Robert C. Knapp of Kelly field will fly to four Southern universities to gauge feasibility of southern training visits for students. He will visit the University of Alabama, University of Georgia, Louisiana State University and Alabama Polytechnic Institute to discuss aging and inspect planes as part of a January flight plan.
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Kelly Tel Ad-Ivanced Rying School
Fort ‘Sh
EY Paso
Maj
Robert C. Knapp
Kelly Field
University of Alabama
University of Georgia
Louisiana State Univerity
Alabama, Polytechnic Institute
Army
Texas Freeze Sends Record Lows Across North Texas
A vast cold wave intensifies as lows drop across the region. Amarillo records 20 degrees the coldest in the state, Dallas and Houston see 42 and 42 while Abilene and Austin fall to the low 20s, with Lubbock at 23 and Dallas forecast to stay frigid. The Weather Bureau warns of continuing bitter temperatures through the area.
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United States Weather Bureau
Amarilla
Lubbock
Dallas
Abilene
Austin
Galveston
Houston
Palestine
Wichita
Falls
Weather Bureau
North Texas
Youth 15 saved after long Sierra rescue in California
In Pasadena California on January 4 thirty five volunteers from Salvation camps Boy Scouts forest rangers CCC and sheriff deputies joined climbers to rescue Perry Ustlek 17 who fell into a deep ravine on the Sierra Madre slopes. He suffered a broken hip and was carried two miles to Opid’s camp where an ambulance took him to St Luke’s hospital. Weather was severe with 20 degree wind chill at Mount Wilta.
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Sierra Madre Mountains
Perry Ustlek
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Sorook Oller
Valley Forge
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Rattlesnake Canyon
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Yang
Valley
Porge Lodge
CCC
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Opid
Ustick
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Wilta
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Ustiek
Mary A. Unlles
Long Beach
Glass strike in arbitration in Toledo talks
Cleveland January 4 federal mediator Ralph Lind opened conferences in Toledo to settle a three week old strike of 4000 workers at Leyden Owens Ford Glass. The union and company discussed full pictures of the dispute as furnaces in Rossford East Broadway and other plants were shut down. A gasoling shortage loomed as a separate strike by truck drivers remained deadlocked after a weekend standoff.
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Ralph Lind
Toledo
Lineley-Owens-Pord Glass Company
Gina Ftirst
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Gus Scholle
Union of
Tand
Glass Company
Lind
Pittcourgt
Edmund Rusefia
United Automomobile Workers’ Union
Rossford
East Broadway
Rouge
Charleston
W. Va
Shreveport
Abhon
Shen
Trivator's
Fie Tack
Pair Charged With Automobile Theft in Port Arthur Case
A complaint filed in Port Arthur Justice Court charges A D Mare tin Tugkin and O N Bairetoth with stealing an automobile on December 21. Detective A F Nreach filed the complaint after the car was taken from the Orelnger Motor company and recovered at Merkel by City Marshal D A Vitighan.
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Tugkin
O. N. Bairetoth
Port Artur
Tity
A F. Nreach
Pence
Labor official probes GM strike to aid settlement
Washington, Dan 4. Assistant Secretary of Labor K McGrady spent over an hour with John L Leyla, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, seeking ways to settle the General Motors plant strike. He said he sought to learn workers’ intentions and how the department could help an amicable settlement. McGrady had just returned from the Pacific coast where he failed to end a maritime strike.
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Washington
Dan
Howard K. McGrady
John L. Leyla
Commatt Wne
Industrial Organization
General Motors Corporation
McGrady
Department of Labor
Pacific Coast
Japan Faces Big Steel Shortage Amid Policy Shift
TORCO Jan 4 The Japanese empire faces a severe steel shortage as government policy shifts to protest industrial growth. Tokyo suspends pig iron tariffs for five years and encourages finished steel imports while preferring purchases of pig iron for local fabrication. The capital seeks to ease construction material scarcity impacting housing and real estate.
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TORCO
Tokin
Fastern
GEN BREED ON CHAMPS TOUR OF INSPECTION
Maj. Gen. Hg Brees commander of the Eighth corps area and two officers arrived at Hereford Arizona Monday to begin an army and civil conservation camps inspection tour. The party included Maj. Dale D Hinman and Capt. Jean D Scott. They visited Fort Huachuca and planned to move to Tucson to observe CCC activities and then Phoenix Albuquerque and Sam Houston before returning.
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Hg. Brees
Eighth Corps
Hereford
Ariz
Brees
Dale D. Hinman
Jean D. Scott
Heréloré
Fort Huschita
Man Drops Dead in Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee January 4 reports say J F Max Palitz 70 an officer of a manufacturing company collapsed dead in the street and his sister Miss Martha Palitz died shortly after when informed of the event. Physicians attributed both deaths to heart shocks observed by witnesses.
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Milwaukee
Wis
J. F. Max Palitz
Martha Palitz
Dies hints at action to curb officials switching jobs
Jan 4 letter from Representative Dies urges cabinet officers to explain ties to former government officials. He signalled possible moves against what he calls the evil of resignations to private posts or lobbying in Washington. Secretaries Wallace and others were not sent letters as Dies pushes for a congressional inquiry into official resignations and related policy matters.
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Diley
Dies
Ington
Wallace
Sanafer
Apriculture Department
Police clash at Fisher Body plant strike
In Cleveland on March 4 1911 police and United Automobile Workers struck at Fisher Body plant as roughly 200 tickets blocked Lincoln R Serfe the plant manager and 300 office workers. Scuffle occurred near the main entrance when police attempted to clear a path for Scafe injuring one lieutenant and two officers lightly while two unaffiliated workers were slightly hurt. Union spokesmen claimed entry would have been allowed if police had not interfered.
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Cleveland
Jam
United Automotile Workers Union
Fisher Body Company
Lincoln
R. Serfe
Scafe
Kekic
Seafe
Pope Spends Quiet Night Near Vatican
Vatican City January 4 Pope Pius XII gains strength as pain diminishes and he sleeps well for three nights. The 79 year old pontiff awoke refreshed and heard Mass before meeting Cardinal Pacelli and Cardinal Gaetano Blelet. Officials prepare official bulletin detailing his condition amid inquiries for information.
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Pis Gaines
Bentir
Cardinal Pageltl
Papel
Holy Father
Cardinal Pascell
Gaetano Cardinal Bleletl
Drefect
Congregation of Seminaries
Avowed Red Seamen Return to New York
Avowed red seaman Joseph B. Simpson arrived in New York after being released from German prison for high treason. A small crowd greeted him as he disembarked from the President Roosevelt and headed to Seamen’s strike headquarters to register for picket duty. International Longshoremen’s Association President Joseph P. Ryan criticized the welcome, warning it could undermine strike unity among seamen.
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Larytehee B. Simpson
Hitler
Wes
New
York
Simpson
Roosevelt
Famburg
Germany
Seamen's Strike
Jozepte P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Assosation
Hospital Board in First Session Organizes New Managers
The Hospital Board of Booerd A. Green Hospital held its first meeting to organize and acquaint new trustees with duties. They planned not to discuss the appointment of a successor to Dr J. B. Carat, whose resignation will take effect February 1. The board includes chairman W. L Forster, Dr E R Lochte, Mrs George Layer, Russell B Wine, and Dk H K Whneken, appointed as commissioners.
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A. Green Hospital
Les
Stattonaitman
Statton
J. B. Carat
Caughtriday
Br. W
Forster
E.R. Lochte
George Layer
Rusell
Wine
Dy. HK. OQ
Whneken
Seamen End Gulf Tanker Strike Ties Hold
Seamen in Houston voted to resume work, following Port Arthur and Beaumont, to present a united front as strike lines ease. About 30 percent of Gulf seamen in tanker work joined the action, boosting earlier gains while talks with shipowners and labor conciliators loom in Washington for a broader settlement.
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Dan
Texas
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Beaumont
Old Pines
Sentnet
Port Arthur
L. Philips
Ft Houston
Cald
Teacers
Gulf Ports
Public Domain Mine Leasing Opposed by Senator McCanron
Senator McCanron of Nevada denounced Secretary Tekes proposed mining lease system on the public domain. He argued the policy would abrogate and set aside established mining laws and regulations refined over 75 years by court decisions and rooted in justice and equity.
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Washington
McCanron
Nevada
Denomat
Tekes
Plea in $32 Theft Leads to Fine and Jail Time
Clarence Richarda pleaded guilty to stealing 32 dollars from Mrs. Cora Lee Wheeler at Main Avenue. He was sentenced to 16 days in jail and fined 10 dollars plus costs. A related charge against Earl Richards was dismissed after Clarence testified his brother had no involvement. The incident allegedly occurred on November 3, 1938.
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van Nezysbhtert
Cora Lee-Wheeler
Main Avenue
Aint
County Court-at-Lawn No
Earl Richards
Company M
Clarence
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Endorsed By Arkansas Woman
Myrtle Donbhne of Rector Atty Hot Springs Arkansas credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring her strength appetite and sleep after a period of weakness. She recalls poor sleep and low energy before starting the remedy and notes marked improvement across several months.
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Myrtle Donbhne
Atty Hot Springs
Ark
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