National Labor Policy Plan Emerges After Court Ruling
Washington March 30 The Supreme Court affirmation of the Railway Labor Act spurs federal and congressional moves toward a national labor policy. Speaker Bankhead directs an eight point plan, drawing on Railway and Wagner Act outlines, while officials study wage standards and the Forty Hour Week for possible NRA replacements.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
House
William B. Bankhead
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Washington State
NRA
Charles Evans Hughes
Bankhead
Railway Labor
Wagner
Club Hears Social Security Act Explained
The Young Men's Club heard Patrick A. Radican explain provisions of the Social Security Act and related unemployment, blind relief, dependent children aid, and training school programs. He described government efforts to bridge the gap until benefits begin and answered many questions. Next week features a dinner in Lorain and a tour of the Elyria water works west of Lorain.
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Young Men's Club
Patrick A. Radican
Internal Revenue
Lorain
Elyria Water Works
Weather report for Ohio and surrounding regions
Snow in the north with rain or snow in the south tonight and Wednesday, followed by colder conditions on Wednesday. High pressure center moves east over Ontario, with 30.34 inches observed at White River and Cochrane disturbances offshore. Light showers in Missouri and Mississippi Valleys, gulf states, Washington, and Oregon. warmer trends east of the Mississippi and in the far West.
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Ohio
Ontario
White River
Cochrane
Washington
North Atlantic
Gulf States
Missouri
Mississippi
Oregon
Taxes Studied as Two-Week Window Remains in Ohio
In Columbus on March 30 the House Taxation Committee opened hearings on six revenue measures including a one-cent cigaret levy and a sales tax. The group eyed $2.2 million from cigaret taxes and up to $10 million from a sales tax in 1937, plus other levies. Senator Keith Lawrence backed a possible special session for relief bills, while Senate action favored adjourning by month’s end. A related move would fund state aid and tax reforms with a governor’s budget cap.
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Columbus
House Taxation Committee
Ruth Lloyd
Scioto
Lawrence
Senate
Yoder
Inter-Organization Council of the
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House
Ohio University
Miami University
Bowling Green
Kent State
Senator Glass Attacks Court Reform Plan
Senator Carter Glass denounced President Roosevelts court reform plan as repugnant and morally senseless in a radio speech while foes hailed his critique as a boost to their campaign against the measure. Glass linked the proposal to seating court marionettes and attacked what he called political sanitariums and radicalisers on the federal payroll. The piece notes Supreme Court rulings on wage and mortgage cases cited by critics and says Administration leaders view the court reversal on wages as supporting the presidents plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Supreme Court
Virginia
Glass
Harold J. Ickes
White House
Gov. Roosevelt
Glags
Congress
New Deal Batting Average Reaches .500 in Supreme Court Decisions
A summary of 18 Supreme Court rulings shows 9 favorable and 9 unfavorable outcomes affecting New Deal measures. Favorables include Gold Clause Act, TVA, Chaco Arms Embargo, Silver Tax, prison-made goods ban, gold bullion contracts, National Firearms Act, Railway Labor Act, and Revised Frazier-Lemke Act. Unfavorables include NRA hot oil control, Railway Pensions Act, Original Frazier-Lemke Farm Act, removal of Trade Commission, AAA, Processing Tax, Guffey Act, and Municipal Bankruptcy Act.
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New Deal
Supreme Court
Washington
TVA
NRA
Humphrey
AAA
Guffey
Deadlock Over Chrysler Bargaining Rights Persists
In Lansing Michigan union leaders press for exclusive bargaining rights at Chrysler plants while negotiating with Walter P Chrysler. Aimed at reopening nine closed Detroit area plants, the dispute continues as John L Lewis is away. Union chiefs push for preferential treatment and exclusive representation, with three compromise proposals dropped.
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Lansing
Mich
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Walter P. Chrysler
Frank Murphy
Chrysler
Detroit
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
New York City
Union Iinsistent
United States Supreme Court
Homer Martin
Richard T. Frankensteen
Lee Pressman
Lewis
Ree Motor Car Company
Max Templeton
Reo
Nationalist revolt in Algeciras quelled as leaders shot
Spanish Nationalists rose in barracks at Algeciras across the Bay of Gibraltar and proclaimed loyalty to the Madrid government. They hoisted the republic flag over their quarters. The uprising was quickly suppressed and several ring leaders executed.
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Gibraltar
Algeciras
Bay of Gibraltar
Madrid
Here
Stevens Resigns From Tariff Commission to Campaign for Court Plan
Raymond B. Stevens resigned as a tariff commission member to back President Roosevelt’s judiciary reorganization plan. Roosevelt accepted the resignation in letters released by the White House. Stevens will also aid pending tax law revisions in New Hampshire.
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Washington
Raymond B. Stevens
Tariff Commission
Roosevelt
Stevens
White House
New Hampshire
Cleveland Woman Confesses to Killing Husband
Police report Mrs Julia Bender aged 36 confessed to beating her husband Steve Bender to death in their bed with a hammer early Monday. She endured 20 hours of questioning and said she killed him to stop a divorce she believed would separate her from their son.
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Cleveland
U. P
Julia Bender
Steve
Discovery May Lead To Espionage Plot
Federal agents found blueprints of Hawaiian fortifications and a secret radio transmitting device in the room of Buichiro Abe a 54 year old Japanese. Detectives J P Filkas and William Baker recovered the items during a routine check after Abe was taken into custody on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on T Onishi a 40 year old man.
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Los Angeles
Buichiro Abe
J.P. Filkas
William Baker
Abe
T. Onishi
23 Killed In Battle With Tribesmen
March 30 report from New Delue says 23 British and Indian troops died and 41 were wounded in a clash with tribesmen south west of Damdil on the northwest frontier.
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New Delue
India
Damdil
Nye and Fish Propose Drastic Neutrality Policy
Sen Gerald Nye and Rep Hamilton Fish Jr introduced identical resolutions calling for a new neutrality policy. The plan would ban shipments of arms to European nations in both peacetime and wartime.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
N. B
Hamilton Fish, Jr
N. Y
Senate
House
Britain warns Franco over high seas interference
Britain issued a counter warning to Generalissimo Francisco Franco stating it will not tolerate any interference with British ships on the high seas. The March 30 note underscores Britain’s stance amid Spanish insurgent actions.
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London
U. P
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Britain
Senate Tax Committee Delays Tax Commission Reform
In Columbus March 30 the Senate Taxation Committee indefinitely postponed action on the administration bill to reorganize the State Tax Commission and reduce its membership from four to three after it had passed the House.
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Columbls. C
Senate Taxation Committee
State Tax Commission
31 Criminal Cases To Be Dropped
Judge D A Cook grant 31 criminal cases to be dropped on docket at prosecutor Butler's urging. Many are non-support charges filed against men who vanished after release on bond, with some defendants already serving other terms or witnesses disappeared making prosecution futile. The most serious case is a first degree murder indictment against Luther Young, though he has already been sentenced for manslaughter.
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Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Howard R Butler
Luther Young
Young
Butler
William
Arrest Four Men In Liquor Raid In Ohio
Ten agents of the U S alcohol unit raided a Willoughby on the Lake farm and arrested four men A J Tyler 48 owner Tony Rae fele 45 Dominic Calabresa 21 and Mike Leanza 45. They seized a 500 gallon still 6600 gallons of whisky and 1200 gallons of mash.
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Cleveland, O
U.S. Alcohelial Unit
Col. C. BE. Whitney
Willoughby on-the-Lake
A. J. Tyler
Tony Raefele
Dominic Calabresa
Mike Leanza
Water Office Moves to First Floor in City Hall
Elyria’s water office shifts to the remodeled city hall first floor to ease payments for 5,000 plus customers. Service Director I. D. Faxon and his stenographer move there as well, with public access via the fire station entrance until the front is completed.
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Elyria
Amisl
City Hall
I. D. Faxon
Dorothy Peters
I’axon
Get Acquainted Day Attracts 300 Women
More than three hundred women from all parts of Lorain County joined Elyria in an autograph hunt at the M C A for Get Acquainted Day. The Brighton Community Club with 32 members led attendance, Oberlin Women's Club had 30. A parade of the Gay Nineties inspired costumes judged in a beauty contest by Dr. Virginia S. Sanderson. Three prizes were to be awarded for glamour and for the most new friendships.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Alice Bird
Brighton Community Club
Oberlin Arm Women’s Club
Virginia S. Sanderson
Ohio State University
Mayor Injured In Suspected Nitro Explosion In City
Kirkville Missouri March date. Mayor Gail H Jacobs critically injured when his automobile motor exploded as he tried to start it. Police suspect nitroglycerin placed inside the crankcase. blast damaged garage and nearby home while bystanders heard the detonation. Mrs Jacobs aided by smoke-filled kitchen as rescuers reached him. No bomb trace found.
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Kirksville
Cpe
Gail H. Jacobs
Jacobs
Bids Opened for Route 20 Highway Improvements
Columbus Ohio March 30 state highway department received bids on three projects including U S Route 20 Norwalk and Townsend townships grade drain concrete beam bridge over Rattlesnake creek paving with brick and roadside improvement 2.772 miles low bid A J Baltes Norwalk 3 259 691
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Huron-Oberlin
Norwalk
U. S. Route 20
Townsend
A. J. Baltes
Two Robbers Take 1500 From Berlin Heights Bank
Lorain County deputies and Elyria police hunted two men who robbed the Berlin Heights Banking Company at Huron this morning. They fled in a Plymouth coupe Ohio SP 786, secured about 1500, and fled south as officers watched Routes 2 and 6 for a get away.
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Lorain County
Berlin Heights
Huron
William F. Grall
Elyria
Lorain
State Highway Patrol
H. G. Waite
Ashtabula
District Boards Of Education Set May 3 Meeting And Hearing
Lorain County district boards of education will merge their May 3 hearing on proposed school district organization with their annual meeting. The session, at 1 p.m., will follow a special county board meeting to fix the date and venue. E N Dietrich will advise on the Ohio School Foundation Program.
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Lorain County
E. N. Dietrich
Ohio School Foundation
School Foundation
Mrs. Adelia Boyd Dies After Illness in Elyria
Adelia Corning Boyd, born June 21 1861 in Grafton Township Ohio, died March 29 1937 at Elyria Memorial Hospital after several weeks illness. She taught school and worked in probate offices before marrying George W Boyd in 1884. he died 1910. Survived by son William Wendell Boyd three brothers and a nephew. Funeral April 1 1937 at Taylor Funeral Parlors with burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Adelia Corning Boyd
Hobart E. Corning
Jane Perkins Corning
Grafton Township
Ohio
Elyria Memorial Hospital
C. J. Corning
Stecklyn
New York
Leveret Corning
H. Munson Corning
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Corning D. Ryals
Elyria
Boyd
Methodist Episcopal Church
Belden
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Unity Club
Taylor Funeral
E. J. Bond
Ridgelawn
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Royal School of Needlework
South Kensington
National Labor Policy
Towe Paper
Senator Glass
Bulletin
Tax Commission
Martha Lipinski
Jefferson Davis
Ralph Schiebe
Hunt
District Boards of Education
Adelia M. Boyd
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