Lewis backs CIO in GM bargaining dispute
John L. Lewis stated in Washington that the Committee for Industrial Organization supports the United Automobile Workers in demanding collective bargaining with General Motors. He said local plant conferences without proper authority would be futile and that GM officials hold the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
Kansas City
Atlanta
Flint
Mich
General Motors Corp
Lewis
Washington
the Plain Dealer
General Motors
Chevrolet Strikes Halt Flint Plant Idle 1200 Workers
A sit down strike at Fisher by Plant No 2 in Flint Michigan left 1,200 idle and forced Chevrolet to suspend operations in its assembly and delivery departments. General Motors issued temporary stop orders affecting parts flow as union leaders seek a conference with GM officials. Additional sit down actions occurred at Standard Cotton Products demanding wage and overtime gains while Fisher Body plants nationwide remain closed.
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Detroit
Fisher
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
General Motors
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
William S. Knudsen
Standard Cotton Products Company
Fisher Body
Cleveland
Atlanta
Kansas City
UAW Forms Common Cause With Glass Workers
Dec 30 Cleveland report says Wyndham Mortimer international vice president of the UAW says the union must unite with glass workers who have tied up auto manufacturers. Strike stalemate continues as leaders refuse to meet Lincoln R. Scafe GM Fisher Body general manager. plan to turn to page five for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wyndham Mortimer
United Automobile Workers of America
Fisher Body Company
Lincoln R. Scafe
General Motors
Puritan Man Claims No Intention to Kill in Death Case
Albert Goglick, 66, of Puritan testified he did not intend to kill Stanley Zolarczyk, saying he meant to hit his neighbor and did not understand the word kill. He admitted telling police me kill Stanley Zolarczyk but argued the statement implied only harm. The judge postponed sentence as to the degree of guilt while Goglick’s testimony is reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebensburg
Albert Goglick
Puritan
Stanley Zolarczyk
Goglick
Zolarczyk
John H. McCann
Bank Robbery at Mapleton Nets 1350 In Cash
Two men robbed the First National Bank of Mapleton taking 1350 in cash and fled in a car. Clerk Robert Querry 22 alone in the bank said the bandits were unmasked and matched descriptions from three prior local holdups. He was forced to lie on the vault floor.
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Lewistown
First National Bank of
Mapleton
Robert Querry
F. J. Mattern
Querry
Pope Pius Ninth Suffering Decline Deepens
Vatican reports the 79 year old pope is in a slow but continual decline with a blood clot feared to threaten his heart or brain. Relatives are near and nursing staff sharpen vigilance as doctors monitor his condition and physicians fear complications. Eugenio Pacelli visits briefly, while the pope bears his suffering with faith and resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Papal Apartments
Tne
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Amanti Milani
Observatore
Philadelphia tax and reform plan outlined for upcoming legislature
State officials led by Governor Earle preview a reform program for the next session. A fair rate board would regulate utilities and energy industries, a Philadelphia municipal court bill, tax revision board elimination, permanent Philadelphia registration, and housing measures to clear slum areas. Additional bills to follow with a likely joint-session message including liberal tax relief and Sunday fishing.
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Paladelphia
State Secretary of Revenue
John B. Kelly
Earle
Fair Rate Board
Public Service Commission
Philadelphia Municipal Court
Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes
Philadelphia
Kelly
Earl
Statadrs
Gernor Earle
Francis B. Biddle
Weather disaster toll tops one billion bushels yearly
In Atlantic City on December 30 a Weather Bureau official, J B Kincer, said drought frost and hail destroy over one billion bushels of U S food annually. He noted the figure excludes the 1934 and 1926 droughts and cites weather alone as the cause.
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Atlantic City
United States
J. B. Kincer
U. S. Weather Bureau
Shaw's torturers jailed for six months to a year
Uniontown report says Judge Harry A. Cottom sentenced three youths to six months to four years in jail on charges they robbed Paul Shaw of 25 dollars. Police named Martin J. Adams, Robert L. Haven, and Gary Miller as the assailants who forced Shaw into their car and tortured him before throwing him out.
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Uniontown
Harry A. Cottom
Paul Shaw
Confluence
Somerset County
Martin J. Adams
Robert L. Haven
Gary Miller
Shaw
Link Russia With Planes Sold Spain
Washington reports a story tying the Soviet Union to a Jersey City firm preparing to ship airplanes and motors to Spanish Loyalists. The Vimaleft Company, Ltd. allegedly authorized $2,777,000 in aircraft exports despite President Roosevelt’s opposition as congressional probes continue.
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Washington
Russia
Jersey City
Vimalert Company, Ltd
Spain
Roosevelt
Basil W. Delgass
Amtorg
Russian Trading Corporation
America
Vimaleft
United States
Soviet Russia
Alexander Troyanovsky
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Coal interests to press Guffey bill talks in Washington
Leading soft coal producers meeting in White Sulphur Springs, W Va, decide to resume discussions on a new Guffey coal control bill next week in Washington. A 6 member subcommittee will report Tuesday and the full committee meets Monday, with industry men divided over cost based pricing plans to curb cut throat competition.
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Joseph L. Miller
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Washington
Bach
Supreme Court
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
United Mine Workers of America
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Charles O'Neill
United Eastern Coal Sales Corporation
Morrow
O'Neill
E. C. Mahon
The
Southern Coal and Coke Company
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Ed Davis
New York Fuel Company
Dr. Westfall Begins Postgraduate Obstetrics Study
Dr. Wilbur W. Westfall of Mt. Pleasant Road departed Wednesday night for Jersey City New Jersey to enter the Margaret Hague Maternity Center for a three month obstetrics course. In Pittsburgh David A Reed said he bought a 48 acre estate near New Canaan Connecticut for investment and has no plans announced.
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Wilbur W. Westfall
Mt. Pleasant Road
Jersey City
New Jersey
Margaret Hague
New Canaan Place
Pittsburgh
United States
David A. Reed
New Canaan, Conn
No Action On Milk Control At Four-State Conference
The executive committee of the four state dairy conference closed a three day section in New York with no decision on milk control legislation set to expire in April. State leaders from four states discussed whether to extend or replace current controls.
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New York
Four-State
Dairy Conference
Wall visits Somerset for payette murder trial previews
Fayette County Detective John Wall who survived a throat slash during the Monaghan case arrived in Somerset for trial prep. Assistant Detective Wilbert Minerd accompanied him as attorneys and officials gauged possible separate trials for the twelve defendants and juror drawing plans while Western Union reviews a telegraph installation site in the courthouse balcony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
John Wall
Monaghan
Payette County
Frank C. Monaghan
Somerset County
Somerset
Wilbert R. Minerd
Wall
John Duggan, Jr
Reilly
Dean Sturgis
Baltz
Sturgis
W. J. Sturgis
Supreme Court
Western Union
George Sabin
Basques Refuse Delivery of Palos Cargo in Bilbao
Basque President Juan Aguirre declines to hand over the German freighter Palos cargo to the Koenigsberg's commander pending word from the London based international non intervention committee. The vessel was released with cargo and a passenger detained by Basque authorities as negotiations continue.
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Madrid
Juan Aguirre
International Non-Intervention Committee
London
Bilbao
Berlin
Luesday
Koenigsberg
Hitler Leaves Berlin For Berchtesgaden Policy Veiled
Berlin dispatch reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler departed Berlin for his Bavarian retreat at Berchtesgaden without revealing details of his Spanish policy. He remained in the capital for General Hans von Seeckt's funeral and conferred with Nazi leaders, offering no clear orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Brownson to Hear Slayers Plea in Murder Case
Judge James I. Brownson will hear Monday arguments on a petition by John G. Polens and Joe Senauskas to change their guilty pleas to murder in the Metro Seminak case. Judge D. A. Arird had sentenced both to die. counsel say guilty pleas were made with a prison sentence understanding.
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Brownson
Warren
James I. Brownson
Washington
John G. Polens
Joe Senauskas
Metro Seminak
D. A. Arird
Haupt estate provisions benefit four Pennsylvania institutions
The estate of Amy B. Haupt totals $12,000 with $5,000 left to the Tressier Orphans Home Loysville and to the House of the Good Shepherd Allentown, $2,000 to the First Lutheran Church Altoona, and funds shared by two orphanages and a church.
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Tressier
Altoona
Amy B. Haupt
Loysville
House of the Good Shepherd
Allentown
First Lutheran Church
They Await Safe Return of Kidnapped Tacoma Boy
In Tacoma Washington the Mattson family held vigil for Charles a year old boy seized by a masked gunman as his father Dr W W Mattson and siblings William and Muriel awaited news of the boy found alive.
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Tacoma, Wash
W. W. Mattson
William and
Muriel
Hadeen
William
Mattson
Charles
Federated Store Planned for N Center Ave in Somerset
Mr Jack Burdette of Dawson and his wife plan a Federated Store on N Center Ave in the former Shoemaker brothers building in Somerset. It will feature modern dry goods with a basement for housewares and wallpaper, and will be run by local staff using locally sourced materials.
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Somerset
Jack Burdette
Dawson
Federated
N. Center Avenue
Shoemaker Brothers
Burdette
Efficenuy
S@luun
Somerset Girls
Wright and Hoffman Named Gulf Oil Distributors
H. E. Wright and C. H. Hoffman, operators of Service Oil Company on Edgewood Avenue Haven, appointed Gulf Oil Corporation distributors. They will cover nearly all of Somerset county within a 40 mile radius from Somerset along the Lincoln highway to the National highway. L. R. Murray, Gulf representative, says three new trucks will service the county as Wright extends his nine year petroleum business. All dealers under the Wright banner become Gulf dealers.
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H. E. Wright
C. H. Hoffman
Service Oil Company
Edgewood Avenue
Haven
Gulf Oil Corporation
Somerset County
Somerset
Lincoln Highway
L. R. Murray
Mr. Wright
Wright
Lycoming County Names Acting to Superintendents Post
Dr. Lester K. Ade named Frank T. Painter of Jersey Shore as acting Lycoming County superintendent of schools. The Lycoming County School Directors Association unanimously nominated Painter for the role.
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Aainter Lycoming Co
Harrisburg
Lester K. Ade
Frank T. Painter
Jersey Shore
Lycoming County
Lycoming County School Directors Association
Painter
Five of Fifteen Allan Wood Steel Workers Ill From Carbon Monoxide
In Norristown a blast furnace incident at Allan Wood Steel Company left five of fifteen exposed employees in serious condition. The rest received treatment from the company first aid crew and physicians.
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Norristown
Pec
Allan Wood Steel Company
Jane Withers Faces Death Threat Demands 50 000
Boston report says child star Jane Withers received two anonymous notes threatening kidnap and death unless her parents pay 50 000. An armed guard accompanies her in public and in a hotel suite as authorities investigate with federal help.
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Jane Withers
Boston
Jane
Ruth Withers
Relief hearing kicks off 1937 legislature session
In Harnsburg on December 30 state officials announced a public hearing on unemployment relief for 2 p m in the state caucus room. Senator Edward Jackson Thompson chaired the first relief hearing of the session as part of the legislature opening activities. In Mercer Mrs Laura J Brown became jury commissioner after her husband was injured, filling the jury wheel with 600 names for 1937 court sessions.
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Harn’sburg
Edward Jackson Thompson
Centre Democrat
Joint Legislative Committee On
Mercer
Laura J. Brown
Stoneboro
Edward Lytle
J. W. Brown
School Burns Third Time In Kulpmont Fire
State police and Kulpmont officials probe a blaze that destroyed the Wilson school for the third time since March 1934. Officials estimate losses at about 60000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kulpmont
Wilson
Mrs Barkman Exhibits Unusual Hen Egg From Six Month Old Fowl
Mrs Merle Barkman reports her White Leghorn laid an unusual pullet egg during the presidential campaign. The egg measures 7% inches in length around the long way and six inches in circumference, exhibited at the American office on Wednesday.
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Merle Barkman
1100 Miners Return to Pits in WV Wage Accord
Charleston dispatch reports a wage pact between the United Mine Workers and the Upper Buchanan County Coal Operators Association orders 1,100 striking miners to resume work. The agreement ends a labor dispute affecting mines in Virginia and West Virginia as of December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Buchanan County
Coal Operators Association
Dr Norman W Cameron Refuses Surrender in Pa
Deputy Attorney General J Paul Mac Fhree said he was notified by Robert T McCracken Philadelphia attorney for Dr Norman W Cameron that Cameron would not surrender voluntarily to Pennsylvania state officials.
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Cameron
Westchester
J. Paul MacFhree
Robert T. McCracken
Philadelphia
Norman W. Cameron
Pennsylvania
Auto Kidnap Note Ordered Ready in Tacoma
A ransom note leads to an automobile matching the abductor description arriving at the Mattson home in Tacoma. Lt. Col. Gus Appelman and Paul Sceva visited amid efforts to contact the family and negotiations begin with a Seattle Times classified ad. The case centers on Charles Mattson's abduction and the $100,000 ransom offer.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattsons
W. W. Mattson
Mattson
Uae
Wien
Ullalite Eivase
Ming Counly
Seattle
Wim
Charles
Hends
Bbby
Gus B. Appelman
Paul Sceva
Mount Rainier National Park
Seattle Times
Appleman
Appelman
Sid
Mable
Ann
Somerset Man's Brother Dies After A Fall
Clark J. Cunningham died at 56 after slipping on cellar steps Monday afternoon in Connellsville. He was born April 14, 1880, in Connellsville and lived there most of his life. He worked as a blacksmith and on the Wheatfield Park stadium project. He is survived by his wife Ella Ansell Cunningham, a son Edwin C., and siblings F W Cunningham, Robert E Cunningham, Thomas R Cunningham, Toe W Cannas, Mrs. el E Young, Mrs. P A Huesken, and Miss Bertha Cunningham.
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F. W. Cunningham
South Center Avenue
Connellsville
Clark J. Cunningham
John A
Margaret Cunningham
Cunningham
Wheatfield Park
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ella Ansell Cunningham
Edwin C
Somerset
Robert E. Cunningham
Dormont
Pittsburgh
Thomas R
Homer B
Toe
Cannas
Nellsville
el E. Young
Uniontown
P. A. Huesken
Bertha Cunningham
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Charles Mattson
N. Center Ave
GULF
Gulf Products
Somerset Man
John P. McNelly
Peoples National Bank
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