Nine Injured In Unions Fight In Auto Plant
DETROIT August 5 Chrysler and United Automobile Workers officials met to fix responsibility for a labor fight that left nine workers seriously injured and 21,000 idle. Chrysler closed the Plymouth plant, affecting 11,000, after a sit down strike tied up sheet metal operations and led to a shutdown under police guard. Four attackers were discharged and UAW members later staged further clashes. Chrysler called it a violation of its contract. Union officials pressed for reinstatement of four discharged workers and an election to test CIO strength.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Chrysler
Plymouth
Brigen Manufacturing Company
Plymouth Sheet Metal
Association of
Richard T. Frankensteen
Herman L. Weckler
Frank Dillon
Independent Union
Robert Pemberton
Frankensteen
C. I O
National Labor Relations Board
Fair Group Will Meet Monday Lorain County Agriculture Society
Earl E. Hanefeld head of Ohio State Agriculture Department and B P Sanders manager of the Ohio State Junior Fair speak at a Lorain County Agricultural Society meeting. The event at Lorain County Fairgrounds is a general gathering to acquaint attendees with society workings. Secretary J Levis Mathis reports 254 invitations mailed today. The Frost and Vegetable Hall hosts Monday's gathering starting at p.m.
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Earl E. Hanefeld
Ohio State Department of Agriculture
B. P. Sanders
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Lorain County Fairgrounds
J Levis Mathis
Mondar
Frost and Vegetable Hall
Ohio Forecast Promises Light Showers And Mild Temperatures
Weather report notes mostly cloudy skies in Ohio with possible local showers in the northern area through Friday. Temperatures remain steady with high pressure over the mid Atlantic, Rocky Mountain, and North Pacific coasts, while lower pressure sits over the Mississippi valley and Great Lakes. Scattered showers reported in Ohio Valley and middle Mississippi Valley. generally fair elsewhere.
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Ohio
Middle Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain States
Pacife
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Plains
Ohio Valley
Opposition To Wage And Hour Legislation Breaks Up In Face Of Organized Labor Support
Washington reports that House opposition to wage and hour legislation fractured amid strong organized labor backing for the Senate measure. Liberal and farm bloc members took up debate, with AFL backing deeming the revised bill practical. The committee’s changes include removing wheel-Johnson child labor provisions and extending coverage to retail workers, while safeguarding collective bargaining and local wage considerations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Labor Standards Board
Roosevelt
House Labor Committee
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Democratic Party
Patrick J. Boland
Pennsylvania
Civil Service
Wheel‘ar-Johnson
Storm Hampers Rescue of Army Fliers
Tropical rainstorms hindered U S Army search for an army transport crew that parachuted to safety in Chiriqui Province near the Costa Rican border. Six men aboard the plane were listed with several possibly having landed at Rio Hato while four parachutes were found on the ground. Rescue planes awaited clear weather to deliver food and medical supplies as natives reported the transport burned after the crash.
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Panama
C. Z
U. S. Army
Chiriqui
Rio Hato
Albrook Field
David
T. J. Schofield
Pittsburgh
C. M. Brooks
Ashland
N. D. Hagins
Johnstown
A. A. Forest
Athens
G. W. Vail
Towanda
N.C. Hill
Edenville
Ric Hato
Man Jailed For Hoax Involving Amelia Earhart
New York August 5 Wilbur Rothar Bronx janitor and father of eight faces arraignment in felony court on a charge of attempting to extort 2000 dollars from George Palmer Putnam for the safe return of his alleged wife Amelia Earhart. Rothar says he witnessed Earhart land at Roosevelt Field three years ago and claims a scarf he grabbed as a souvenir proves she is alive. He alleges an arms-running vessel near New Guinea rescued her and that 2000 dollars would secure her return. Continued on Page 2.
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New York
Wilbur Rothar
Bronx
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Rothar
Miss Earhart
Roosevelt Field
Putnam
New Guinea
Flying Laboratory
Union funds stolen from hotel room reported
Charles Bilse Jr of 217 George Street, rep of the truck drivers union, told police he was robbed of 70 dollars from the union room in the Jackson Hotel. He left for lunch and returned to find the door unlocked and the cash box rifled.
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Charles Bilse, Jr
George Street
Truck Drivers Union
Bliss
Jackson Hotel
Buss
New Cotton Picking Machine Uses Electric Eye
Washington Aug 5 An inventor, Charles H White of Moline Illinois, has patented a cotton picking machine that uses a photo electric cell to select only opened bolls. The device projects a picker to the boll when the eye detects reflected light from opened cotton firms.
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Washington
Charles H. White
Moline
White
Five Held Here For Cleveland Authorities
Five Cleveland men were held in city jail awaiting transfer to Cleveland authorities. Officers Parker and Burrer stopped two cars at 2:46 am and found a loaded .32 caliber revolver and stolen license plates under a seat. One man admitted the car had been stolen. all five were held on suspicion after Cleveland police requested custody.
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Cleveland
Clare Parker
Corwin Burrer
Parker
Burrer
Tax deadline extended to August 16 as payments near one million line
County treasurer Walter J. Wright announced the tax deadline extension to August 16 from August 10. Total collected so far is about $1,000,000 with an expected $600,000 more before closing. Outside agencies aiding taxpayers in outlying communities were closed today. Payments must be made at the treasurer's office in the courthouse.
Marriage License Refused To 15 Year Old Girl
A probate court case in Lorein County refused a marriage license to a 15 year old girl in Wellington after the clerk cited 16 as the minimum age for girls in Ohio. The girl, accompanied by a young man and their parents, argued that Ashland officials had told them they could obtain one. The clerk noted state law forbids licenses for girls under 16 or boys under 18, and the couple left with the sense they might seek licenses elsewhere.
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Lorein County
Tennessee
Marguerite Merthe
Wellington
Ohio
Ashland
Secretary Perkins At Athens Commencement
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins will deliver an address at Ohio University summer commencement in Athens tomorrow. She will speak on Labor and the Modern State.
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Athens
Frances Perkins
Ohio University
Action To Seal Tax Law Loopholes
Washington Aug 5 The House and Senate tax avoidance committee urged Congress to act quickly to close loopholes that drain 100 million to 200 million dollars yearly. It outlined eight recommendations including ending deductions for personal holding companies and tightening rules on foreign holding companies and yachts. It warned some changes may wait until next session and noted the inquiry into President Roosevelt and family.
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Washington
House and Senate
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt I
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Public Hearing On County Budget Set For August 13
County commissioners scheduled a public hearing on the county budget of 661 455 dollars and 31 cents for 1938 at 1 a m on August 13. The total excludes a contingent fund set annually at about 18 000 dollars.
Elyria Democratic Committee Meets Friday Evening
The Elyria Democratic Central Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the Hotel Graystone. Vince Gray announces the session invites Democratic candidates for municipal offices precinct committee men booth workers and the general public to attend.
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Moeelin
Elyria
Democratic Central Committee
P.m
Graystone
Vince Gray
Muncipla
Delay Wage Hour Bill Consideration
Washington August 5 Speaker William B Bankhead said the House would delay consideration of the Wages Hours Bill until next week delaying action on the measure.
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Washington
William B. Bankhead
House
Non-Operating Rail Workers Win Five Cent Pay Increase
Washington August 6 a five cent per hour raise ends a two month wage dispute with railroad executives and 14 unions representing about 0900 non operating employees the plan costs carriers roughly 98 006 000 annually retroactive to August 1 unions surveyed show 85 percent would strike if talks failed mediation board calls the settlement orderly praising calm judgment and foresight of both sides letters list the 14 unions involved with names such as International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Boilermen
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
National Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
National Marine Cnzineers Association
International Longshoremen’s Association
Lucas County CCC drainage camp reaches full enrollment
Lorain County drainage camp increased by 62 men this week to a total of 152, with 60 miles of ditch work pending. R W Wander of the USDA notes work will take about a year, depending on a favorable winter, as two government draglines haul 16 hours a day in Henrietta and Ridgeville areas. County officials urge farmers to use private contracting or rental plans to speed relief before the camp can assist.
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Lorain County
CCC
R. W. Wander
United States Department of Agriculture
Wanders
Edward DeChant
Wander
Henrietta
Eaton
Ridgeville
Avon
Chinese War Lords Meet To Plan Warfare
Chinese war lords from across the country met in Nanking to coordinate defense plans against Japan. Reports indicate secret peace talks with Shanghai and possible visits by Japanese envoy Shigeru Kawagoe. Prominent leaders like Pai Chun-Hsi Yen Hei-Shan Feng Yhsiang and Liu Hsiang attended as they prepared for a long war in the Far East.
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Nanking
Japan
Shanghai
Shigeru Kawagoe
Gen Pai Chunc-Hsi
South China
Yen Hei-Shan
Feng Yn-Hsiang
Chiang
Feng
Liu Hsiang
Infantile Paralysis Outbreak Moves Toward Ohio Warning
Washington reports an infantile paralysis outbreak expanding northeast from Texas toward Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Health officials note 360 new weekly cases through July 31, with Ohio and Kentucky now the center. Nasal spray trials advance, but mass use not yet widespread. September expected to bring the seasonal peak.
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Texas
Ohio
Washington
Trias
Peninslvania
New York
U.S. Public Health Service
Kentucky
Till
Texan
Cahtornia
Rentackt
Oklahoma
Arkansas and
Olimois
Japanese War Turmoil Mounts Near Peiping Frontier
Major battle looms along the Peiping Suiyuan railway northwest of Peiping as Japanese air strikes and a mixed brigade push toward the Chinese 9th division under Gen. Tang En-Po. Chinese reinforcements arrive, railways repaired, and navy air power pressed. Chiang Kai-Shek debates strategy in Nanking as war council considers wartime economic mobilization to control banks and exchanges and fix prices.
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United Press
Shanghat
Peiping-Suiyuan
China
Fengtai
Sha River
Tang En-Po
Tang
184Th
Kalgan
Peiping
Nankou
Jehor
Manchukuo
Chahar
Nanking
Supreme War Council
Chiang Kai-Shek
Stratesy
Chiang
Domei
Americans Urged to Move to Safety Zones in China
The American consul general in Hankow urged Americans in southern Hopei Province to evacuate to safety zones at once amid conflicting fighting risk. Reports from Tientsin said Japanese forces viewed Chinese troops near Pachingfu as less hostile, while Japanese dispatches warned of punitive action. Signs suggested possible Japanese attacks toward Hankow and rail lines toward the Peiping Tientsin region.
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Hankow
China
Hopei
United Press
Tientsin
Pachingfu
Peiping
Danser Zone
Peiping-Tientsin
Rules Committee Lacks Power to Probe Civil Service
Columbus Ohio May 5 The state attorney general ruled that the Senate special investigating committee has no authority to conduct inquiries into civil service highway and liquor departments The ruling, responding to the State Civil Service Commission, also covers the proposed probe of that commission and applies to the other two departments as well
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Columbus
Seenate
Herbert S. Duffy
State Civil Service Commission
Duffy
Amon
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Perkins
Democratic Committee
Bulletin
Rules Committee
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