End of Sit-Down Strikes Declared Illegal by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled sit-down strikes illegal and denied Wagner Act protections, signaling the end of this tactic in labor disputes. The decision held that strikers surrender rights under the act and could face immediate eviction, while also condemning union violations of collective bargaining contracts.
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Washington
U. P
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Wiliam Green
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Michigan Auto
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
NLRB
Tax Redemption Bill Signed Bricker backs 3 percent stamp refunds
Governor Bricker signed the Ward sales tax redemption bill allowing redemption after May 1 of cancelled stamps at three percent of face value. Applicants must present stamps with a minimum $100 face value. The measure aims to boost tax collections via campaigns by civic, charitable and political groups.
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Columbus
U. P
Bricker
Weather Ohio Forecast Turns to Snow Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions with light rain turning to snow in extreme north tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight and Wednesday. A disturbance moving from the Panhandle toward the Upper Mississippi Valley brings rain from the South Atlantic States and the Central Valleys with snow from Minnesota to Kansas. High pressure in the Northwest and cooler Canada Prairies follow the system.
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Ohio
Panhandle
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Minnesota
Kansas
Northwest
Praire
Canada
Fine Shoe Co. Fined Under Federal Wages and Hours Law
In Boston on February 28 the first penalties under the federal Wages and Hours law were issued. Lawrence Shoe Co and treasurer Nathan Brown were fined 1500 dollars after pleading guilty to failing to pay minimum wages and falsifying records. Brown's Contract Stitching Inc faced 500 dollars. its treasurer received 1000 dollars.
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Boston
U. S&s
Lawrence Shoe Company
Brown
Expect Record Vote Today At Chicago
In Chicago a four way mayoral primary draws voters with a projected turnout near 1.2 million. The contest pits Mayor Edward J Kelly against Thomas J Courtney in the Democratic race while Republican Dwight H Green faces William Hale Thompson. Results will shape the April 5 general election and national politics in 1940.
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Chicago
Edward J Kelly
Thomas J Courtney
Dwight H Green
Conclave of Cardinals to Open Tomorrow
Vatican City February 28 CP The 62 cardinals will enter a sealed conclave to elect the 262nd pope succeeding Pius XI. Italian candidates favored but arrival of American cardinals Capello Leme and Oconnell expected in Naples for opening. Observers expect a swift result within two to three days.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
American Hemisphere
Naples
Oconnell
Boston
Capello
Buenos Aires
Leme
Rio de Janeiro
Mediterranean
Neptunia
Catholic Church
Vatican
Sacred College of Cardinals
Gregoryx
Twenty three coal miners believed dead in Turkish mine blast
An explosion at a Kozlu mine near Zonguldak in the Black Sea coal basin left 23 miners believed dead. Turkish authorities reported the blast as of February 28.
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Ankara
Turkey
Kozlou
Zonguldak
Black Sea
Drys Favor Midnight Limit On Sale Of Intoxicants Here
Elyria drys urge a weekday midnight limit on sale of intoxicants and a Sunday ban on all alcohol above 3.2 beer. They approve later closing on weeknights, with many favoring 2:30 a m on Sundays. The committee will present the ordinance at the March 20 council meeting.
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Elyria
Nets
Fowls
Purchase For Park Will Be Discussed
A public meeting called by Mayor Joseph Q Petro will discuss the proposed city purchase of the fairgrounds for park use. A citizen committee backed the plan and urged a bond issue of 35000 to 40000 to acquire and improve the property amid a foreclosure by Elyria Savings and Trust Company. The meeting is open to all residents Friday at 4 P M in the council chamber.
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Joseph Q Petro
Kenneth Barclay
Petro
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Amherst Board of Affairs Member Dies Suddenly
Amherst Ohio mourns as 42 year old D Kaser, member of the Board of Public Affairs, dies at work at National Tube Co Lorain from a heart attack. Survived by wife Mary two daughters Mildred Nancy and sister Mrs I G Maxwell. Rites Thursday at Zilch Funeral Home with Masonic and military honors burial at Ridgeville Memorial Park.
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Amherst
J D Kaser
Board of Public Affairs
National Tube Co
Lorain
Amherst High School
Oberlin College
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Oberlin
Kaser
Methodist Church
Men's Brotherhood of the Church
Stonington Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Mary
Mildred
Nancy
I. G. Maxwell
Zilch Funeral
Park Avenue
A A Hunter
Ashland
M. A Burris
Amherst Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Ridgeville Memorial Park
Wellington Man Honored For 50 Years In Masonry
Wellington Ohio honors William Bentley Vischer for 50 years as a member of Wellington Lodge No 127 F and A M. The banquet featured 50 year jewel presentation by W G Watts. Vischer is a 32nd degree mason. Other honored include three past masters R A Cordray Clifton West Edward Wells.
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Wellington, O
William Bentley Vischer
Wellington Lodge
W G Watts
Grand Lodge
Omo
H H Nye
Edward Notley
Elyria
W. G Watts
Edward Wells
Clifton West
A. W. Shields
H C Otterbacher
Temple Chapter
Wellington High School
Anna Buswell
Donald Brenner
Jeenine Brewer
Laura McConnell
Swedish liner rescues crew of Isfjell off Greenland
The Swedish American Line said the liner Drottningholm rescued 20 crewmen from the sealing ship Isfjell southeast of Greenland while en route from New York to Gothenburg.
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New York
Drottingholm
Gothenburg
Isfjell
Greenland
Rumor of Superintendent Holland Resigning at Oberlin Home
Rumors say J G Holland may resign as superintendent of the County Children's Home at Oberlin at the trustees annual meeting tomorrow. Mrs Luella Peabody Magruder of Oberlin seeks the post, writing to three county commissioners highlighting child welfare work and family political ties. Commissioner Dunn will refer her letters to the trustees. Davidson notes the job is civil service and any appointment would be provisional if Holland resigns.
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J G. Holland
State Department
Dunn
Children's Home
Holland
Davidson
Civil Service
Ehila
Belle Stephen
Loram
E L. Barrick
Wellington
Nabakowski
Amherst
Houghton
Oberlin
Car Crash Injures Ridgeville Man Aged 68
Charles Hurd of Ridgeville suffered a sprained shoulder when his car lost control on Cleveland Road near Ridgeville and struck a tree at about 3 PM. Hurd said the steering gear locked. A large corn truck capsized in a ditch on Route 59 west of Elyria. driver unknown per deputy Chalmer Davidson.
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Charles Hurd
Ridgeville
Cleveland Road
Hurd
Chalmer Davidson
Route 59
Elyria
Fire destroys five cars at Marion used car exchange
Damage from a fire at the Marion used car exchange garage is estimated at 2500 dollars. The blaze began from an unvented air dawn.
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Marion
Ship Marion On Fire Intercepted Radio Message
The Coast Guard reported an intercepted radio message from the SS Marion stating the ship was on fire. It gave position at 73N 10E near two freighters named Marion, including a 3,267-ton German ship registry Hamburg and a 1,185-ton Colonial Navigation vessel operating from New York.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Marion
Greenland
Liloyd’s
Hamburg
Colonial Navigation Company
New York
Relief Rolls Show Increase in WPA Aid
The Works Progress Administration reports relief rolls rose 14 percent in the week ending Feb 18 to 3,010,068 dollars. The gain follows a fall to a 1939 low, as a 725 million dollar deficiency appropriation will cut WPA rolls after April 1. President Roosevelt urges restoring 150 million dollars trimmed from the bill.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Congress
Basements Flooded as Snowmelt and Rain Flood Streets
Service Director I D Faxon answered complaints about flooded streets and basements. He said rapid snowmelt combined with rain overwhelmed sewers, causing water to back into homes in several areas.
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Service
I D Faxon
Borah Opposes Large Air Corps Increase
Sen William E. Borah of Idaho denounced the administration plan for a big Army Air Corps expansion as bluff and jitterism. He criticized Guam harbor spending and the 6,000 plane target, warning the air force would outpace completion and calling defense bill funding excessive.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Army Air Corps
Borah
Pacific
Guam
Japan
House
Senate
County balks at engineer meal bill on LoRains Bridge work
County commissioners refused approval of a 4635 dollar meal bill for engineers on location. John E. Davidson and Oscar G Dunn argued workers should pay meals themselves, noting prior warnings about not covering meals this year while Commissioner Edward DeChant stayed home ill.
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Lorain
Engineers Department
John E. Davidson
Oscar G Dunn
Davidson
Dunn
Edward DeChant
Lorain County Dairy Herd Owners Receive Honor Certificates
Forty seven Lorain County dairy herd owners were honored at the fourth annual dairymen banquet for butterfat records. Certificates from the National Dairy Association were presented at LaGrange School with about 300 attendees. Two herds averaged over 400 pounds butterfat per cow, H B Rowland with 418 pounds from 12 cows and M O Pen found and Son with 408 pounds from eight cows.
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Lorain County
National Dairy Association
LaGrange School
W E Krauss
Ohio Agricultural Experient Station
Carlton F. Christian
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
Cleveland
Cleveland Milk Producers’ Federation
N. Salisbury
Ohio State
Timisaresta
LaGrange High School
William T Moran
Robert Burns
Mistic
Blarens
Fred Kleps
C I Hummel
Duke Ledyard
Herd Improvement Association
Splendid Records
H. B Rowland
M. O. Penfound
Absentee Uptick Hits Elyria Schools Amid Influenza
Elyria officials report about 325 students absent from local schools with 221 elementary and 104 high school pupils out. Eight county schools closed and Avon Lake may stay shut all week as health officials urge doctors to report influenza cases to the Elyria health department.
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Elyria
Oberlin
Camden
Columbia
Sheffield
Brownhelm Township
Ridgeville Township
Ridgevile
Elyria High School
French
Health Department
A T. Smyth
Healthy competition urged to prevent authoritarian government
Washington February 28 William J Ballinger economic adviser to the Federal Trade Commission warned the National Monopoly committee that monopolies harming free enterprise could push the United States toward some form of authoritarian rule. He said abandoning capitalism here would threaten democracy and noted symptoms of weakening capitalist strength amid calls for a return to healthy industry.
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Washington
William J. Ballinger
Federal Trade Commissioner
National Monopoly Committee Today
United States
Soules
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Fort Monroe
Uncle Sams
Matthew Merritt
Don Harter
Julius Bube
Acme
Conclave of Cardinals
Leonard Fowls
Amherst Board of Affairs
Omaha
Neb
Rumor Holland
Bulletin
Air Corps
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