Strike Violence At Flint GM Plant Sparks Guard Action
Nationwide reaction to the Flint General Motors strike escalated as 19 injured in a clash at Fisher Body No 2. Michigan mobilized the National Guard for riot duty while Governor Murphy deployed state police to prevent further disorder. Officials from GM voiced regret as authorities pledged to keep the peace and avoid taking sides.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan National Guard
Flint
John S. Bersey
126Th Infantry
National Guard
126Th National Guard Infantry
Bersey
Frank Murphy
Michigan
General Motors
Fisher Body Plant
Detroit
William S. Knudsen
M. F E. Coxle
Chevrolet
Lawrence Fisher
Fisher Body
Murphy
Weather forecast for Ohio clouds and rain
Cloudy conditions tonight with rain possible and a gradually rising temperature through Wednesday as conditions shift from overcast to wet and mild. The outlook suggests a steady warm up as showers move through the region.
President seeks broad reorganization of executive power
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create two new executive departments and grant discretionary power to reform the federal system. He warned that self-government cannot endure amid disorder, citing 100 plus agencies as a chaotic maze. He pressed for immediate action to restore constitutional intent and executive efficiency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Executive Branch
Council Clears Its Slate Of Several Items
The adjourned council meeting cleared pending matters. The amended garbage collection ordinance passed final reading requiring canvas or tarpaulin covers for all trucks, replacing metal covers. vote five to two with Thompson absent. A boiler installation for city hall was approved at 1195 dollars. A contract with Elyria Memorial Hospital for indigent care at five dollars and thirty cents per day up to eight thousand four hundred dollars was authorized, noting this as the total hospitalization appropriation for the year.
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Frank. Henke
Elmer Nelson
Anna Kennedy
Henrietta Colburn
Notley
Seward Black
Henry Sassmanhausen
George Thompson
Board of Control
Thesalons
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Council
Reorganization plan would end power of comptroller general
Washington January 12 Roosevelt plan to reorganize federal finances would abolish the comptroller general role held by John R. McCarl, replacing it with an auditor general. The report criticizes McCarl’s rulings as beyond statute, cites Hoover recommendations, and outlines proposed shifts in accounting authority to the treasury, legal opinions to the attorney general, and new audit structures nationwide and in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Comptroller-General
John Raymond McCart
Richard N. Elliott
McCarl
Office of Comptroller-General
Supreme Court
Herbert Hoover
Comptroller General
United States
Attorney General
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Department
Secretary of Treasury
General Accounting Office
General Auditing Office
Auditor General
City approves 1937 budget with 50 percent pay restores
City council passed the 1937 appropriation totaling 825 164 dollars. General operation funds total 253 004 dollars, with increases in auto and gas tax allocations. Salaries for most city workers to be raised by 50 percent of prior cuts starting March first.
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Water Department
Finance Committee
A. C. Schilleman
Water Works Department
Washington shift to settle GM UAW strike
UAW President Homer Martin and CIO official John Brophy traveled to Washington to meet with labor conciliator Edward McGrady and CIO leader John L. Lewis as President Roosevelt watched developments in the GM strike that has left over half of GM's 211,000 workers idle. McGrady called the talks a “meeting of minds” and sought a basis for arbitration while Roosevelt indicated nonintervention until other options fail. The group nearly arrived by air but bad weather delayed their flight from Detroit.
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Washington
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Hiomer Martin
UAW
John P. Brophy
CIO
Edward F. McGrady
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
McGrady
Martin and
Brophy
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Elyria Board Sets Up 1937 School Appropriations Totals
The Elyria Board of Education approved a 1937 appropriation totaling 622495.20, up from 616494.18 in 1936. General fund dominates at 491911.14 with 330000 for teachers payroll and plans to restore kindergarten services, plus funds for bond retirement, relief, library, Massey Trust, cafeteria, and other allocations.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Relef
Library
Massey Trust
General Fund
Health Department
Jefferson Junior High School
Bas
S. S. Rockwood
Jefferson School
Elyria School Board Hopes for Surplus in 1937
Elyria Board of Education members discussed 1937 appropriations and noted 622 495.20 was appropriated but not guaranteed to be spent. They hoped a larger year end balance could allow possible future reductions of the three mill school levy, though not this year due to a 3 091 32 starting balance and potential unforeseen costs.
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Elyria
Board
Education
Police Fight Slot Machines Crusade Grows in Lorain County
Lorain county authorities widen a crackdown on gambling devices as Sheriff William F Grall signals possible action though no arrests are announced. Deputy Samuel Paonessa weighs immediate arrests versus warnings as the probe expands from Elyria police chief E J Stankard’s earlier crusade sparked by a 15 year old boy's theft and pawned jewelry used to gamble.
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Lorain County
William F. Grall
Lorain
Samuel Paonessa
Grall
Paonessa
Elyria
Six Executive Aides Called for Anonymity by President
Roosevelt asks Congress to create six executive aides with a passion for anonymity to assist the White House in handling the growing complexity of executive work. The plan limits their role to information gathering and advising the President, not decision making, and would not alter the secretariat’s public functions. If approved, the White House staff would expand and allow temporary experts to be hired under a contingency fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Marvin H. McIntyre
Young Roosevelt
McIntyre
Congressional
Charles West
Grou
G-Men Identify Abductor In Mattson Kidnapping Case
Federal agents edge closer to the Mattson child murder suspect as clues mount near Tacoma. Footprints, ransom-note fingerprints, clay under nails, hair strands, and note printing are analyzed. President Roosevelt orders full use of Justice Department resources and a $10000 reward for information.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Mattson
Homer
S. Cummings
Justice Department
Mattson Youngster
Tacoma
Wash
Federal Bureau of
Murs
Charles Mait
G-mén
Puget Sound
Charles
G-men
Mattzon
Dr. Mattson
Mattson
America
Washington D. C
Northwest Division Bureau
Portland
Puget Sourd
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Arnold G. Lenz
Flint Plant
National Relations Board
H.L. Morrison
Field
Los Angeles
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