No Water and Steelwork Attacks Highlight Cambria Strife
Explosions crippled Johnstown water mains as Cambria Works reopen under strain of the Bethlehem Steel strike. Two hundred state troopers patrolled the district while 250 pickets remained, and Mayor Shields urged President Roosevelt to curb violence amid ongoing labor unrest and proposed federal labor law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Cambria
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
George H. Earle
Daniel J. Shields
Roosevelt
Mediation Board Fails to Hear Steel Leaders in Cleveland
A three member mediation board chaired by Charles P. Taft failed to rally steel executives led by Tom Girdler and Eugene Grace to a conference with union leaders. The board urged joint talks and adherence to any agreement, while the companies refused to negotiate with the CIO, citing legal standpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Lloyd Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Edward F. McGrady
Mme. Perkins
Tom Girdler
Eugene Grace
Steel
Taft
Lewis
Roosevelt in a political spot amid 1940 third term talk
A Washington column argues Governor Earle of Pennsylvania pressures Roosevelt toward a third term while noting the historical prohibition and mounting calls for leadership changes. It discusses potential 1940 candidates, party unity, and Senate White House tensions with Garner Robinson and Harrison.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Earle
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
George Washington
George
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
1940
White House
Henry Wallace
Murphy
Michigan
Paul McNutt
Philippine Commonwealth
Davey
Ohio
Barkley
Kentucky
Jesse Jones
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Labor
Mr. Lewis
Chesapeake Bay
House of Representatives
Jefferson Island Club
Senate
Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Household Tips From WNU Service
Practical hints cover icing cakes hides scratches with iodine wood care and polishing oils keep flannels soft in wash boiling water helps scale fish dipping boiling water aids silverware cleaning a simple pineapple sherbet recipe improves flavor with orange juice and citrus notes.
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WNU
Arch Firm of Deception Tattooed Patch Story
A foreign army officer famed as a deceiver was wounded in Africa and returned home with sock tattoos. His tattooist urged covering the scar with more ink while the colonel refused, choosing a tattoo patch to mend the apparent tear in his hose.
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France
Leon Blum
People’s Front
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
United States
Bonnet
Stock Exchange
Senate
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Senate Finance Committee
Vincent Auriol
Rene Brunet
Madrid
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Guadalajara
Collier’s Weekly
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EL Plant
F.D.R. Waxes
C- Was
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mediation Board
der Fuehrer
Almeria
Deutschland
Leipzig
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Spain
Ethel du Pont
Eugene du Pont
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Christchurch
Wilmington
Del
Gov
Adolf Hitler
U. S. Treasury
Jersey
Parkers
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
Federal
William Clark
Newark
Wendel
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Premier Chautemps
William Bruckart
Washington, D. C
National Press Building
Aol
Doan
Misad
West Adams Street
Cee
College Hill
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