Steel Strike Heads Toward Finish Fight
United Press report from Cleveland on June 16 describes the three week old steel strike pitting four major companies Bethlehem Republic Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland against the CIO led by John L. Lewis. authorities deploy guards vigilantes and militia to quell violence as talks fail and pressure grows for federal mediation.
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United Press
Cleveland
CMNN
Bethlehem, Republic
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Committee For Industrial Organization
New Labor Organization
John L. Lewis
Frank Parnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Youngstown
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Cambria
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Chicago
Davey
Republic
Sheet and Tube
National Labor Board
Ton Girdler
Parnell
Younrstown
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C. SO
Roosevelt
Hare
J. C. Arzetsingzer
Sheet & Tube
Mr. Roosevelt
Lew R
Weather for Ohio and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy followed by showers Thursday and in west portion late tonight. High pressure over New England states this morning extends over the lake region and Atlantic states. Low pressure covers the southern plains and far northwest. Showers and thunderstorms reported from northern Texas Oklahoma and Kansas eastward to the Mississippi with heavy precipitation at many stations. Showers occurred over the eastern country with somewhat warmer conditions over the Rocky Mountain Plateau.
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Ohio
West
New England
Lake Region
Atlantic States
Plains States
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Bomb Explodes At Gate Of Steel Plant In Johnstown
Johnstown reports a bomb exploded near the gate of Bethlehem Steel Cambria plant during a major CIO picket line. Pickets tightened siege lines as 175 state police and volunteers monitored potential mass back to work action amid threats of a broader strike across seven states.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem
Cambria Mills
Azamat A
Gautier
CIO
Daniel Shields
Pta
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Daniel J. Shields
Shields
Vicilantes
David Watkins
Vocar
Committee For Industrial Organization
George H. Earleto
Nine Thousand Want To Return To Work Petition
A 15 member back-to-work committee presented to Youngstown Sheet and Tube President Frank Purnell a petition and questionnaires from 9,000 employees seeking to resume work. Purnell said reopening depends on civil authority protection and asked for time to consult with authorities and executives. Ray Thomas urged immediate action.
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Youngstown
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Purnell
Ray Thomas
President Hints Steel Concerns Should Sign
Washington reports a postal battle over Republic Steel plant deliveries amid a strike. The Senate Post Office Committee plans hearings with witnesses led by Philip Murray as probes into mail censorship proceed. President Roosevelt questions why firms refuse to sign contracts, while Farley faces orders to explain unofficial rulings denying irregular mails to non strikers inside factories.
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Washington
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
James A. Farley
Senate Post Office Committee
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
Republic
Farley
James M. Proctor
Niles and Warren
W. A Howes
185 Chickens Stolen From Two Ridgeville Farms
Deputy sheriffs investigated the night theft of about 185 chickens from two Ridgeville farms NM. D. Akin reported 125 birds taken from his Zigmund road coops while Martin Haas lost 60 chickens nearby. Two burlap bags and footprint impressions led deputies Samuel Paonessa and Channer Davidson to the case. Mrs. Akin heard a coop noise between one and two, but dismissed it as a minor disturbance.
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Ridgeville
NM. D. Akin
Zigmund
Race Road
Route 20
Martin Haas
Haas
Samuel Paonessa
Channer Davidson
Elyrian Elected Association Head in Columbus Meeting
Karl Meinter yesterday became president of the Ohio Association of Homes for the Aged at a Columbus meeting attended by eight private homes religious and fraternal groups. The association will study mutual welfare problems for residents of the homes.
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Elyria
Karl Meinter
Ohio Association of Homes For the Aged
Columbus
Youth strikes ninth victim dies in Chicago riot
Chicago June 16 Leo Francisco 17 was named the ninth fatality from the Memorial Day clash at Republic Steel South Chicago plant. He died yesterday from gunshot wounds after the strike riot between steel workers and police.
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Chicago
Leo Francisco
Republic Steel Company
Cascade Park Pool Set to Open Tomorrow
Park Commissioner Frank Wilford announced Cascade Park swimming pool will open tomorrow with the water filling today. The pool aims to resemble a sandy beach experience by adding 100 tons of White Cedar Point sand. Open daily from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. with two guards on duty. no admission charge.
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Cascade Park
Frank Wilford
Wilford
Cedar Point
Social Security account applications rise in Elyria
Postmaster Charles J. Sartor notes a steady flow of about 20 Social Security account applications daily in Elyria, indicating new workers since last December. Total accounts reach around 10,400, with 2,400 added since December. The local office will stop handling new applications by July 1, after which processing moves to the Lorain regional office.
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Elyria
Charles J. Sartor
Sartor
Social Security Program
Lo- Tain
Lorain
Man Slain by Gangster Enemies in New York
John Costello 30 known as a tough Prohibition figure, shot dead while strolling with his year old son. Two men exited a New Jersey car, fired six shots at Costello, who died after receiving last rites from Rev J F Holland. Police say gangster rivals tracked him down.
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New York
John
Kiki) Costello
West Side
River Front
Costello
John, Jr
New Jersey
J. F. Holland
St. Bernard’s Church
Mail service to steel plants declared normal
Acting Postmaster General W W Hoes told the House Post Office committee that normal mail service has been maintained to strike bound steel plants at Youngstown Niles and Warren Ohio though there were a few instances of delayed deliveries.
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Washington
W W. Ho ¥Es
House Post Office Committee
Youngstown
Niles
Warren
Democrats To Hold Love Feast On Chesapeake Island
President Roosevelt and Congressional leaders plan a three day Democratic goodwill gathering at Jefferson Island Sports Club in Chesapeake Bay over the June 25 27 weekend. Cabinet heads except Frances Perkins and agency heads will attend. press barred. aims to discuss issues privately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Jefferson Island
Senate
House Democratic
Stephen T. Early
White House
Congress
House
Tax Bills To Be Ready For Mails By July Tenth
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright announced mid-year tax bills will be ready for mail by July 10. About 20,000 bills will be mailed to those who request delivery, out of roughly 100,000 bills per collection period. He has already collected $215,000 to apply to mid-year collections under his partial payment plan and urged delinquent property owners to use the Wittemore plan to save their properties. Approximately 29,000 parcels are on the delinquent list and may be sold unless delinquencies are paid before court action.
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Walter J. Wright
Wright
Wittemore
Two GM Plants Closed by Strike in Nova Scotia
Two General Motors plants halted operations as about 700 workers staged a sit down at the Fisher Body unit in Buffalo Nova Scotia. Negotiations failed after a four hour talk as union leaders urged members to stay put awaiting international guidance. The strike, sparked by a dispute over the rehiring of a discharged woman, Anna Robertson, led Chevrolet Plant nearby to suspend activity as material shortages halted about 800 workers.
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Buffalo
General Motors
Fisher Body Corporation
George Wilson
Automoble Workers of America
International
Homer Martn
Aco
Committee Ofne Industrial Organization
Anna Robertson
Chevrolet Motor Company
Man and Wife Die in Crash Near Oberlin
Edward Kuderna 24 and his wife Ella 22 of Cowleaville New York were killed when their pew sedan left Route 20 at Bates Corners four miles west of Oberlin and crashed into a tree. The couple, married four and a half years, were on a vacation trip. Car was demolished. Kuderna worked for a Buffalo meat packing firm. Coroner C S Ward reported after word from Buffalo authorities. Bodies taken to Sedgeman Funeral Home Oberlin and sent to Buffalo for burial.
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Edward. Kuderna
Ella
Cowleaville
N. Y
Bates’ Corners
Route 20
Oberlin
Kuderna
Buffalo
C. S. Ward
Sedgeman Funeral Home
Summer Repair And Painting Program Starts In Schools
Elyria begins a summer repair and painting drive across its schools. Work includes exterior and interior painting, shelving in the Washington building book room, window checks, desk refinishing, and general cleaning with WPA help. Plan hinges on state WPA approval.
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Elyria
W. O. McClellan
West Avenue
Sixth Street
Edison
Washington
WPA
Ely
McKinley
McClellan
Ambrose Swasey Dies Pioneer Cleveland Scientist at 90
Ambrose Swasey, renowned Cleveland scientist and turret lathe and telescope pioneer, died at 90 near Exeter New Hampshire after a severe cold turned to pneumonia. He spent over a half century in Cleveland and had recently viewed the city once more. Swasey received Hoover Medal recognition for distinguished engineering service and funded observatories and a chapel at Denison University. He was a trustee of Case School of Applied Science and helped build the 36 inch Lick Observatory telescope among others.
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Cleveland, O
Ambrose Swasey
Exeter
N. H
Swasey
Cleveland
Stasey
Hoover
Lick Observatory
Case School of Applied Science
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
John L. Lewis Plans First Visit To Strike Area
John J. Lewis, chairman of the committee for industrial organization, prepared to visit the steel strike area for the first time. The trip follows Philip Murray’s announcement of a conference with Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and precedes a mass labor meeting in Chicago arranged by the steel workers organizing committee.
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Washington
John J. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Workers
Frances Perkins
Chicago
Murray May Seek Federal Action On Steel Strike
Murray, chairman of the steelworkers organizing committee, will meet with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in Washington and may request federal intervention in the seven-state steel strike. He arrived from the strike area and will present the facts for Perkins to judge, with testimony expected tomorrow on the Republic Steel mail blockade investigation.
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Washington
Jana
Philip Murray
Frances Perkins
Murray
Senate Post Office Committee
Pridges
Republic Steel
Ohio
Begin Hemming In Bilbao Begin Hemming In Bilbao
Nationalist forces began hemming in Bilbao from north and south in a dual operation seen as trapping Basque defenders between sea and mountains. Davila’s troops moved toward Guecho while others advanced along the coast toward the Nertion estuary.
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United Press
Bilbao
Piencia
Guecho
Jose Fidel Davila
Nertion
Santa Marina
Germany and Italy To Rejoin Non-Intervention Pact
London June 16 Britain seeks an accord to withdraw all foreign volunteers from Spain. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced in the House of Commons that Germany and Italy had agreed to rejoin the non-intervention pact and the four power naval control of Spanish waters.
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London
Great Britain
Spain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Germany
Ialy
Nationalists Cross River South of Bilbao
Nationalists on the frontier announced their troops have crossed the Nervion River due south of the city and are pushing westward in their encirclement of Bilbao, battling for the heights of Miraralics. This report from JEAN DE LUZ France dated June 16 cites ongoing engagement as forces advance.
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Jean DE Luz
France
Bilbao
Nervion River
Cis
Miraralics
Emergency telephone service halted in Warren strike
In Warren Ohio a city of 40 000 residents the state of emergency calls only prevailed as 78 operators walked out over wages. Jean Johnson president of the AF of L affiliate union said only emergency lines for police and physicians would be kept open. The strike followed a rejected counter proposal after a 11 a.m. deadline.
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Jean Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Warren Telephone Company
Court Grants and Denies Demands in Union Case at Republic Steel
Common Pleas Judge Lynn B. Griffith ordered Republic Steel to produce records on munition purchases, surveillance of labor groups, private detectives, plant security, and pre Wagner Act employee activity, while denying requests for discharge records, unemployment applications, in-plant labor activity, current plant workforce lists, strike records, and photos of picket lines. The ruling accompanied an alternative writ to limit picketing at Republic plants in Trumbull County, Ohio.
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Warren
AFL and CIO Plan General Strike at Canton
Canton Ohio June 18 AFL and CIO joined to plan a possible general strike if steel picket lines are attacked by Citizens Law and Order League members. Canton Federation of Labor and striking steel workers defense committees coordinate to provide hospital emergency service. strike to back a protest against the League. If the League refrains from interfering the walkout may not occur.
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Canton
American Federation, of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Canton Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Steel Workers of
C. L
Citizens Law and Order League
Law and Order League
Citizens Law and Order League Iil
Boy Falls Ten Feet In Fall On Turner Street
George O'Dell a six year old son of Fr O'Dell of 578 Turner Street was taken to Risra Memorial Hospital for observation after falling about ten feet from a board railing along a stone wall on Turner Street and striking his head. He arose, staggered to his home, collapsed, and was reported by police to be revived before transport.
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George O'Dell
Fr. O'Dell
Turner Stret
Risra Memorial Hospal
Turner Street
Feter
Alice
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Daver
U.S. Post
Louis A. Johnson
West Virginia
American Legion
Johnson
Harry H. Woodring
Johson
Acme
Gate of Steel
Big Cambria
National Labor Relations Board
Bulletin
Elyrian
William H. King
Utah
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Italy
A. F. Ofl
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