San Francisco General Strike Near Collapse
San Francisco's general strike, entering its fourth day, teetered toward near collapse as conservative labor leaders tighten control. Mediation by General Hugh Johnson and moves by Matson Navigation and Dollar Steamship fueled expectations of a swift return to work, with restorations in gas, retail, and transit services signaling a winding down of the dispute.
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San Francisco
Hugh S. Johnson
Matson Navigation Company
Dollar Steamship Company
Lorain Centennial Parade Float to Be Led by Bairds Bell Band
The Bairds Bells Band of Lorain will head the float division in the Centennial Parade tomorrow evening. City official Mr. Baird announced today that the local band comprising two musicians will lead the procession through Lorain.
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Lorain
Bairds
Ohio Bells Band
Baird
The Weather Forecast OHIG Thunderstorms in North Tonight
Generally fair tonight and Friday with possible local thundershowers in the extreme north portion. Warmer in the south portion with continued warmth Friday.
President Roosevelt Acts on Many Documents Aboard Cruiser Houstons
President Roosevelt, aboard the U S S New Orleans, disposes of many important reports and documents, while remaining in touch with the San Francisco strike by wireless. He plans long range social and economic programs for Congress, reviews Puerto Rico and Canal Zone results, and continues to inspect island administrations on his voyage to Honolulu with a stop in Hawaii for fishing and study.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
White House
Houston
San Francisco
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Napoopoo
Hawaii
Hilo
Honolulu
Island Administration
Explosion Rocks Bog Lands McGuffey 0
A midnight explosion rocked the Scioto marshlands amid a wage dispute between weeders and growers entering its fifth week. Sheriffs and deputies report no source found, with Deputy Forrest Black noting possible dynamiting of a small interior bridge near Alger seven miles away. Ada feels the blast eight miles distant, as bitter strikers fear new flareups. The unsolved blast marks McGuffey’s second mystery since the walkout.
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Alger
Ada
Ott
McGuffey
Elyria Man In Critical Condition After Surgery
Harry Robinson, 33, of 308 Washington Avenue, is in Memorial Hospital in serious condition from complications after an appendicitis operation performed about a week ago. A three day and night bout of hiccups hindered recovery but appeared to be arrested today.
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Harry Robinson
Washington Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Past Masters to Charge of Ridgeville Grange Meeting
Past Masters of the Ridgeville Grange will lead the next meeting on Tuesday with Worthy Deputy Frank Mason as chairman. A large attendance is expected.
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Ridgeville Grange
Grange
Worthy
Frank Mason
Violence marks Portland at Aire
Portland Oregon c. July 19 after a chaotic day and night gunfire erupted when 10 shots were fired at an automobile carrying U S Senator Robert F Wagner of New York. Guards were arrested then released amid claims they did not halt on command. Wagner planned to report to Roosevelt mediation in San Francisco as Seattle and Portland faced ongoing labor unrest and possible general strikes.
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Portland
Ore
U.S
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Seattle
Wagner
Portlands Municipal Pier No. 4
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Ernest Marsh
U. S. Department of Labor
Pier 41
Smith Cove
Ll. W. Pedersen
Comunists
Marine Workers’ Industrial Union
Northwest
Mediation Forges Active in Strikes
United Press reports government mediation moves to erase the strike blot nationwide. Developments include a near collapse of the San Francisco general strike, the mediation board gaining influence, two major shipping lines ordering fleets to port, and an embattled Portland labor front. Violence concerns and stalled talks appear in Seattle and Minneapolis while Alabama textilers clash with mill owners.
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United Press
San Francisco
Portland
Robert F. Wagner
Seattle
Minneapolis
U. S
Alabama
Sacmaheus
Connor Child Is Gaining Strength
White Plains July 19 Little Bobby Connor's condition was declared favorable at White Plains hospital after a five day disappearance. Temperature 190 he is steadily gaining strength and may return home within ten days. Authorities including Frank Fay NY head of the Department of Justice and Greensburg Police Chief Philip J McQuillan say the case is closed and the baby likely crawled away from the sandpile surviving on grass and leaves, though a few officials still doubt kidnapping.
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White Plains
Bobby Connor
White Plains Hospital
Hartsdale
Frank &. Fay
New York
Department of Justice
Philip J. McQuillan
Greensburg
Andr
County Treasurer Extends Tax Collection to August 6
Walter J. Wright announced that the State Tax Commission approved continuing real estate tax collection to August 6 with no penalty. He said he will be unable to close his books before that date and expects to collect about $1,500,000.
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Walter J. Wright
State Tax Commission
Wright
Will of Izaac D Faxon Leaves Hospital Trust and Legacies
The will filed for probate details a 5000 hospital fund for Elyria Memorial Hospital and Gates Hospital for Crippled Children, with income split three-fifths to the crippled children's institution and two-fifths to the hospital. It also disposes 20000 to relatives and 1000 to St Andrew's Episcopal Church, naming Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company as executor.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gates Hospital
Izaac Davis Faxon
John Faxon
Harriet Faxon
Theodore
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Crippled Children’s Institution
A. A Briggs
Kate Briggs Lowe
Margaret Ellen Brownell
Lucy P. Willams
Truman Starr Faxon
Hubert Bullock Faxon
Cyrus Wheeler Faxon
Richard Faxon
John Hall Faxon, Jr
Dorothy Browning Faxon Ingels
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Camp Iss-See-Kes Ends Girl Camp Period Tonight
The girls camp at Camp Iss-See-Kes on the Vermilion River will close this evening. Winners of events held during the camp period will receive awards, with a candle service serving as the final feature. Mrs. Charlotte Kershaw Shannon, in charge, will present the awards.
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Iss-See-Kes
Vermilion River
Charlotte Kershaw Shannon
Lorain Centenary Pageant Honors Tornado Recovery
Governor White praised Lorain for rebuilding after the 1924 tornado and likened it to the 1929 cyclone, defending the New Deal before about 20 visiting mayors. The Lorain centennial featured a history pageant, Mardi Gras, and a huge parade planned for tomorrow evening drawing around 19 000 attendees.
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Lorain
White
W. H Vanoster
Elytia
Ezra Shapiro
Cleveland
Law Drector
BE. A. Braun
Annual Health Day At Oberlin
Between fifty and sixty 4-H Club members from Lorain County are expected to participate in Oberlin for Health Day next Tuesday. Miss Alice Bird reports the plan and staff include Miss Ruth Paddock and Miss Mable Wade in charge. Two physicians will supervise examinations and a boy and girl will be chosen to represent Lorain County at the 4-H Health Contest at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus.
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Lorain County
Oberlin
Alice Bird
Ruth Paddock
Mable Wade
Columbus
Tire Co Strike Settled
AKRON July 19 Two thousand General Tire and Rubber Company workers returned to work after a four week strike. Workers approved terms of a company wage program at a mass meeting. W O Neil, company president, said the walkout ended amicably under the National Recovery Act.
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Akron
Juy
General Tire and Rubber Company
W. O'Neil
O'Neil
Bomb blasts fl rouse Cleveland home. 16 residents hurt
In Cleveland on July 19 two gunpowder bombs exploded beside Morris Sherman’s home, throwing 16 people from their beds and shaking houses for miles. Detective sergeant pins blame on poultry-dealer war linked to Sherman’s refusal to join a dealers’ association. marked as the third bombing against Sherman.
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Cleveland
Morris Sherman
Harvey Wertzel
Sherman
LaGron Defends Biggs Road Against Shaw Charge
LaGrange township official A P Lagron rebutted County Commissioner Harry L Shaw who claimed 13 000 was spent on an isolated road. Lagron called Biggs Road a main cross road and school bus route listed for improvement by R P Vaughn, accusing Shaw of memory issues as the dispute centers on the Biggs road across La Grange township.
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A P. Lagron
Harry L. Shaw
la Grange
R P. Vaughn
Lagron
Harry
Biggs Road
la Grange Township
Chicago Moscow Plane Forced Landing Over Lake Erie
A Chicago to Moscow amphibian plane with nine aboard made a spectacular forced landing in Lake Erie after an engine fire near Cleveland. Aviation officials said repairs would delay the goodwill flight to Moscow and around the world as fire was fought and the ship touched water near a park breakwater.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
W. H. Alenander
Chicago
Toledo
Skyways, Inc
W. C. Brooks
John W. Isumagz
Moscow
Europe
Russia
Alexander
National Aniline and Chemical May Lose Blue Eagle
The National Labor Relations Board ordered National Aniline and Chemical Co of Buffalo to appear July 37 to show cause why it should not lose its Blue Eagle and face prosecution for alleged violation of the National Recovery Act. A 900 worker strike followed its refusal to reduce collective bargaining terms to writing after a May 1 1934 hearing.
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Washington
National Aniline and Chemical Co
Buffalo
N. Y
National Labor Relations Board
Old Wagner Labor Board
National Airline and Chemical Company
Buffalo Regional Board
Grocer Killed By Lone Bandit in Toledo
A Toledo youth is jailed in Lucas county for the fatal Wednesday night shooting of Monros, Mich grocer John Inggneri during a store hold up. Inggneri, 33, died at 1 A.M. after being shot as he reached for his revolver. Customer Mrs. Georgia Raymond fainted as the robber fled empty handed. deputies arrested the suspect near the Toledo city limits hours later.
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Toledo
Lucas County
John Inggneri
Monros
Mich
Inggneri
Georgia Raymond
Five Killed in Auto Truck Collision Near Gridley
Five persons from Chandlerville were killed when their car side swiped a truck and plunged into a ditch on U S Highway 24 near Gridley Illinois. The victims were Ezra Vaughn 56 his wife 56 M Armstrong 48 Mrs C M Armstrong 44 and Doris Mae French 14.
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Gridley
U. S. Highway 24
Chandlerville
Ezra Vaughn
M. Armstrong
C. M. Armstrong
Doris Mae French
Rain Prayer Marks Kansas City Drought Aid
In Kansas City, 800 worshippers attended Bates Baptist Church as Rev Alvin G House led a mass prayer for rain during 108 degree heat. He tied drought to divine judgment, urged communal humility, and cited biblical scripture as attendees prayed aloud. No rain fell, while two heat deaths were reported and rainfall remained below normal.
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Kansas City
Alvin G. House
Bates Baptist Church
Hause
Israel
House
Wolcott
Kan
Y M C A Pool Closed All Day For Cleaning Saturday
The Y M C A swimming pool will close all day Saturday for cleaning painting and repairs W C McClellan general secretary announced Two swimming classes will be held that day Classes resume Monday when the pool is again usable Canton O July 18 Two drownings within 20 minutes of each other claimed the lives of two boy swimmers nearby
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W. C. McClellan
Canton
FIRST STOP 10 BEAT DAYTON FOR FUEL BULLETIN
Ten brown and yellow army bombing planes, the United States largest aerial death dealing machines, left Bolling Field for a recon flight to Alaska. They formed in flight over Washington and circled the city before heading to Dayton for gas. Elliott Roosevelt and his wife watched as 3,000 citizens waved them off.
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Washington
United States
Bolling Field
Alaska
Anacostia River
Capitol Dome
Dayton
Ohio
Minneapolis
Canada
Fairbanks
Elliott Roosevelt
Henry Arnold
Flooded Poland Bears Down on Southern Towns
In Warsaw on July 19, Army aircraft scanned flooded southern Poland as thousands of families remained isolated. White bed sheets on rooftops signaled needs medical aid drinking water and food for children. Torrential rains swelled rivers and the Vistula rose rapidly. Official reports counted 120 bodies recovered, four hundred missing, with thousands unaccounted.
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Warsaw
Poland
Cracow
Taxi Drivers End Eleven-Week Strike In Cleveland
By a near unanimous vote taxi drivers approve ending the 11 week strike against Yellow Cab Co. and authorize adjustment of the union contract with Zone Cab Corporation. Both firms will pay 35 percent of gross receipts with a guaranteed minimum weekly wage of 12 dollars. No rate changes now. Zone Cab operates on a closed shop while Yellow Cab recognizes the Taxi Drivers Union and AFL unit plus Cab Drivers Protection Union formed by the company.
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Cleveland
Taxicab Drivers’ Union
Yellow Cab Co
Zone Cab Corporation
Zong Cab Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Cab Drivers’ Protection Union
Richberg Returns to Capitol Amid San Francisco Strike Action
Washington July 19 The administration strengthens strike emergency measures as Donald R Richberg recovery coordinator returns from vacation. He arrives by special plane from New England at midnight and meets with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Martin McIntyre of the presidential secretariat.
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Washington
San Francisco
Donald R.richberg
Richberg
Speciat I
New England
Frances Pes Huts
Martin McIntyre
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San Francisco Bay Area
Quhland
Alameda
Berkeley
Howard
Hugh Johnson
NRA
General Strike
Market Street Railway
California Street Cable Car Company
Pacific Steamship Company
Pacific Coast
Standard Oil Company of California
Gov
Joseph B. Poindexter
Joseph Boyd Poindexter
Hawaiian Islands
Elyria Man
Aire
Connor
Logal Hospital
Tire Co
Shaw
Capitol
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