Strikes, Courts and Political Turmoil Sweep U S News
The piece surveys labor strife across the United States with San Francisco clashes led by radicals and a mobilized National Guard. It notes arbitration attempts, Bridges blocking talks, and mayoral vows to eject Communistic agitators while other states face textile and truck strikes and a North Dakota governorship crisis.
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NCE
United States
San Francisco
Merriam
Rossi
National Guard
Central Committee
General Johnson
NRA
Federal Maritime Dispute Board
Pacific Coast
Marine Workers
Teamsters
Joseph P. Ryan
Labor Disputes Board
Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
Ryan
Angelo J. Ross
Citizens’ Committee
McAdoo Split After Brief California Divorce Hearing
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo obtained an Interlocutory divorce from William G. McAdoo in Los Angeles after claiming mental cruelty. The judge granted custody to both parents, with a property settlement not disclosed. the couple had been separated since December.
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Enator
William G. McAdoo
California
Eleanor Wilson
Los Angeles
McAdoo
McAdoos
Roosevelt forms power policy committee in push for nationalization
President Roosevelt creates a special committee led by Ickes to draft a plan unifying federal and state power regulation. The body will study holding company legislation, interstate commerce rules, and ensure cheaper electricity for industry, households, and agriculture nationwide.
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Marvin M’intyre
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Elwood Mead
Bureau of Reclamation
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Power Commission
Morris L. Cooke
PWA Mississippi Valley Committee
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
Robert E. Healy
Federal Stock Exchange Commission
David B. Lillienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
T. W. Norcross
The
Forest Service
Battle Over NRA Control Shapes 1930s Policy Battles
Washington observers warn of a coming fight over limiting the national recovery act provisions. Debates focus on price setting and production controls versus labor protections. General Johnson tours to sell the blue eagle as talks crown a push for codes reform and potential permanency of NRA in economic policy.
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Washington
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act
Roosevelt
Johnson
General Johnson
Blue Eagle
United States
Department of Justice
Western Newspaper Union
Hitler Justifies Purge in Speech Before Reichstag
In a dramatic address, Adolf Hitler defended the Nazi purge and killings of conspirators, warning traitors face death. He claimed to be the supreme court for 24 hours and vowed to burn out internal enemies and foreign poisoners as Britain and Italy signaled support for eastern security pacts.
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Orth Dakota
National Guard
William H. Langer
State Supreme Court
Ole H. Olson
Langer
Olson
Adjt
Earle R. Sarles
Bismarck
Supreme Court
A. B. Bonzer
William Langer
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Reich
Berlin
Hitler
Supreme Court of the Land
Boehm
Great Britain
Italy
France
Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Czechoslovakia
House Falls on Him Brings $2,500 Suit Against Britton
Oklahoma City. W. O. Hall sues the city of Britton claiming a city shack fell on him from above pinning him against an iron post injuring his arches and bruising a big toe. He seeks $2,500 damages.
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Oklahoma City
W. O. Hall
Britton
Man Killed for Deceiving Spouse in Historic Paris Killing
In Paris a Belgian merchant, Jules Lussoir, killed his son in law Albert Van de Vorst who had duped his wife Jeanne Lussoir. After a long pursuit and prior prison escapes, Lussoir trapped Van de Vorst near his engagement to a wealthy widow Mme Ehrmann and shot him four times, killing him.
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Paris
Albert van de Vorst
Jeanne Lussoir
de Vorst
Sailor in Seven Ports Proposes to All London Girls
In Plymouth a U S Navy sailor discovered seven postcards in a shop letter box addressed to seven different girls in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Newfoundland, Mexico City and London. He said he hoped to marry them all and wrote that he never thinks of any other girl but you to at least three recipients.
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London
Plymouth
U. S
Wyoming
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Newfoundland
Mexico City
Theft of Flower Triggers Bloodhounds in Kentucky
In Hopkinsville Maggie Rosch faced a string of pantry raids and trinket losses. The final straw was the theft of a prized bloom, prompting her to hire brood hounds at $25 to track the thief, even seeking dogs from Tennessee if necessary.
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Hopkinsville
Maggie Rosch
Maggie
Tennessee
Oklahoma Judge Bars Fast Divorces For 80 Days Cooling
Oklahoma City district judge Claude Weaver, appointed to fill a vacancy by Gov. W. H. Murray, announced he would not hear any divorce case unless it had been on file 80 days to allow cooling time and encourage reconciliation.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Claude Weaver
W. H. Murray
Weaver
Woman Divorces Over Hubby’s Courtly Parties
In Media Pennsylvania Elizabeth Hume 27 Marcus Hook filed for divorce after recounting how she supported her husband through job loss and car fuel but objected to him driving other women around town on her money. The judge granted the decree.
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Media
Elizabeth Hume
Marcus Hook
Four Legged Chicken Hatches on Kansas Farm
A Berry brothers hatchery in Atchison Kansas produced a four legged chicken. The bird has two extra legs and feet fully formed but drags behind its two normal legs.
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Kansas Farm
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Berry Brothers’ Hatchery
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