Roosevelt moves to end labor controversy and push permanent board
President Roosevelt acts to resolve rail wage disputes by advancing a plan for a permanent labor board. A committee including Perkins Johnson Hopkins Richberg and Wagner is shaping revisions to the Wagner bill and addressing unfair labor practices. Eastman’s retirement as railroad wage umpire follows failed extension talks, signaling a White House push to settle the dispute.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner Labor Board
Permanent Labor Board
Senate
White House
Congress
Perkins
Hugh S. Johnson
Harry Hopkins
Donald Richberg
NRA
Wagner
N.Y
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Measles Report Appears In Local Area
The first measles cases emerged over the weekend with mild symptoms, doctors report. Parents are advised bed rest to prevent complications, which can include pneumonia. The outbreak is already active in Washington and Frederick County, but health officials do not expect a widespread local epidemic due to prior school-age case numbers.
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Washington
Frederick County
Health Department
One Night With Dempsey Yields Davis Judgment
Lloyd R. Davis, a giant police officer and Municipal Judge Isadore Nockweller, ruled in Los Angeles that Jack Kearns must pay $35 for a single night with Jack Dempsey three years prior. Kearns refused to pay for weeks not worked, saying one night against Dempsey is enough for anybody.
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OS Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Lloyd R. Davis
Isadore Nockweller
Davis
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Kearns
AP News Media Records Largest Membership Ever
New York April 22 The Associated Press reported its largest membership in history totaling 1315 cooperating newspapers at the annual meeting. Kent Cooper outlined the organization’s efforts as five board members were elected and Cordell Hull was slated as principal luncheon speaker. Frank B. Noyes presided and toasted the President of the United States.
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New York
Associated Press
Kent Cooper
Cordell Hull
Frank 8. Noyes
United States
My. Naves
Lobby Fights Bill Warns of Powerful Opposition
Representative Rayburn of Texas says a powerful lobby is opposing a Stock Exchange control bill in Congress. He hints at a tie up among exchange officials and NRA business leaders, noting a mimeographed memorandum attributed to NRA leaders and statements from NYSE President Richard Whitney and Roland Redmond.
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Washington
Arif
Rayburn JD
Tex
House
Congress
NRA
Durable Goods Committee
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Roland Redmond
Spy Is Given Prison Term
ARO Finland Anvil 28 a. Arvid Woerher Jacobsen a former Michizan school teacher was sentenced to five years imprisonment today for espionage. Marie Emma Schul received eight years. Jacobsen has been detained since August on charges of involvement with an international espionage ring operating in Finland.
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Aro
Finland
Anvil
Arvid Woerher Jacobsen
Michizan
Mme
Marie Emma Schul
Jacobsen
Dillinger Emerges as Nation's Most Wanted Outlaw
INDIANAPOLIS April 23. John Dillinger, once a little known convict paroled from Indiana prison last June, became the country’s most hunted desperado six months later. The Dillinger gang robbed banks and killed, with a string of incarcerations and escapes, including a Tucson capture and a sensational Lake County jail escape. Fourteen killings are charged in connection with the gang’s crimes and manhunts, including a Justice Department agent and a CCC worker near Mercer Wisconsin.
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Indianapolis
John Dillinger
Indiana Penitentiary
Encyv
Paul V. McNutt
Dillinger
Indiana
Milli
Nois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Tucson
Ariz
Irons
Lake County
Desperado
Department Justice
CCC
Mercer
Wis
Damage Suit Against Railroad Placed Before Jury
William H. King of Keedysville sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 50000 alleging breach of contract after an accident in 1909 left him with an arm loss. He claims a promised lifetime job and seeks damages. trial before a circuit court jury caused a morning postponement of criminal court. Attorneys for King and the railroad presented opening statements.
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William H. King
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
King
Keedysville
E.R. Rouletta
F. Stuart Rushong
W. Preston Lane
Joseph PD. Mish
Wedding plan shifts as UC Los Angeles coeds favor marriage
In Los Angeles on April 28 2P report that about 7 percent of the 200 female students at the University of California at Los Angeles answered a questionnaire preferring marriage to a career. This wedding trend reflects a social shift among campus women.
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Los Angeles
University of California At Los Angeles
Senate munitions inquiry seeks sources of rumors on Japan
Washington April 23 The Senate special munitions investigating committee said it would trace rumors of war with Japan and determine what U S war material plants shipped products to Japan that could be turned into munitions to harm U S soldiers. Senator Rope temporary chairman.
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Washinton
Senate
Special Munitions Investigating Committee
United States
Japan
Rope
Idaho
Oriental
Big Three May Speak at Stonewall Club Ball
Baltimore April 28 The big three Maryland Democratic leaders Mayor Jackson Governor Ritchie and Senator Tydings will speak on the platform at the Stonewall Democratic club ball. Tydings receives first place of honor as the ball is dedicated to him. No public indication of gubernatorial candidacy announcements appeared from the governor or the mayor.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Jackson
Ritchie
Tydings
Stonewall
Democratic Club
Mexico
Lived under four kings birthday tribute to Mrs Buchanan
Montreal April 23 and King George V sent congratulations to Mrs A B Buchanan on her hundredth birthday. The message notes she was born April 22 1834 in Ireland.
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Montreal
George V
A.B. Buchanan
Jean
Ireland
Work Whistle Calls Back 50,000 Coal Miners
Washington reports almost 50,900 striking coal miners returned to work as a new wage schedule for the soft coal industry took effect. NRA chief Hugh S. Johnson issued an executive order adjusting the scale while preserving the seven hour day. Alabama operators kept their wage differential amid threats of civil strife, and northern West Virginia gains were rejected.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Alabama
Johnson
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Lincoln boy dies from gunfight as two face murder rumbles
Lincoln Nebraska April 22 twelve year old Luceen Marshall died from a gunshot in a running fight between police and three desperadoes. One gunman was killed two captured while ex convicts Walter Dean Sam Rivette linked to Bethany Oklahoma bank robbery face first degree murder charges. Aubrey Ray, the slain companion, also Texan, died at the scene. The chase ended ten miles east when the car overturned and Frank Robbins shot Ray.
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Max Towle
Walter Dean
Sam Rivette
Texas
Bethany
Okla
Aubrey Ray
Luceen
Here
Frank Robbins
Ray
Former Cumberland Mayor Files Campaign Expenses
Cumberland April 23 Dr. Thomas W. Koon former mayor defeated by 90 votes in last month's race lists campaign expenses of 2172 30 dollars. His personal expenditures amount to 72 dollars. Political friends and advisors supplied the balance.
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Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Four Convicts Escape Michigan City Prison
Michigan City Indiana April 23 Four prisoners escaping from the state prison farm west of town during the weekend. Leland Phillips 26 serving a life term for murder and Noah Seals three year sentence for second degree burglary escaped Saturday. Two black inmates Willard Butler 37 and Charles Irvin 38 both life terms for murder escaped Sunday. Butler was a cook at the warden’s home and Irvin a harbor shop janitor.
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Michigan City
Ind
Leland Phillips
Noah Seals
Willard Butler
Charles Irvin
Butler
Louis Kunkel
Irvin
Candidate in Assault Case Seeks Sheriff Nomination
James Long a West End restaurant owner who had announced his Republican sheriff bid paid a $15 fine after being found guilty of an assault on his wife. Mrs Long testified about the Friday attack and showed bruises on her arms to Justice Richard H Sweeney.
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James Long
West End
Richard H. Sweeneyan
Apple Blossom Festival Dates Set for Winchester
It was learned today that the Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester will be staged next Wednesday and Thursday, May 2 and 3. An official announcement is expected either tonight or tomorrow.
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Winchester
Arraignment Postponed For State Senator Coblentz
Baltimore April 25 judge Solter will set a new arraignment date for State Senator Emory N Coblentz charged with banking law violations and conspiracy to defraud depositors in the failed Central Trust Company of Maryland head of its Baltimore branch system. The four defendants including three bank colleagues await trial after appellate reversal of Howard county indictments.
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Baltimore
Emory J. Coblentz
Ellicott City
Central Trust Company of Maryland
George A. Solter
Emory N. Coblentz
Frederick
Central Trust Company of Baltimore
Howard County
Coblentz
Court of Appeals
Howard
Allegany Circuit Court
Miners Trapped as Kakanj Mine Disaster Claims 146
In Sarajevo April 24 workers abandoned hope of survivors in the blast wrecked Kakanj coal mine. Officials report 146 dead, 60 bodies recovered, 15 rescued. Water and gas hinder rescue as grieving relatives gather. caskets are built while rescue efforts fade.
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Sarajevo
Mneoslavia
Rescene
Kakanj
Stantly
Dog Guarding Slain Master on River Houseboat
MEMPHIS April 23. Red a large sand colored dog that understands nothing but Swedish guards the Mississippi River houseboat of Eric Johnsson whose 45 year old master was shot and killed Thursday night. Red howls on the river bank defying feeds. Police search for Johnsson's killer.
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Memphis
Tenn
Red
Mississippi River
Eric Johnsson
Johnsson
Lawrence Cuneo
Son
Little Prompter Sparks Stage Moment in Neb Parish Play
In FALLS CITY Nebraska on April 23 three year old Wilfred Ebel warned his father Louis Ebel about a misplaced cigarette case during a St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church parish play. The scene unfolded as a lively family moment witnessed from the orchestra seats. A Williamsport woman displayed a freak egg described as potato sized peanut shaped.
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Falls City
Neb
Wilfred Ebel
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Louis Ebel
Wilfred
One Tip Wins First Prize in Youth Contest
News tipsters were on a hot trail last week with all but one winning a prize. The sole winner was a Williamsport boy who submitted a tip about a 21 year old couch and earned the first prize. The prize marks a rare weekly repeat after two years with only one prize awarded. The week ahead promises more prizes as readers are urged to listen for tips.
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Williamsport
Couch
Board of Education
Four die as Dillinger gang battles with police
In northern Michigan and Wisconsin, John Dillinger and six companions battle police with machine guns and rifles. Four are killed, including Eugene Roiseneaan, a CCC worker. Federal and state officers pursue the fugitives from Bohemia camp to Crown Point and Mercer area as tear gas raids fail to halt them.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
John Dillinger
John Hamilton
Wisconsin
Mercer
Wis
Dillinger
Federal
Crown Point
Ind
Indiana
Bohemia Camp
Eugene Roiseneaan
CCC
Little Bohemia
Roisonean
John Hoffman
John Morris
Hofman
Morris
Grand View Hospital
Ironwood
Hoffman
Plar
Slain Officer Washingtonian Profile of Carter Raum
Carter Raum, a Department of Justice special agent, was killed in the Dillinger shootout in Wisconsin. A Chicago resident born and educated in Washington, Raum held an LL B from George Washington University and was admitted to the bar in DC and Virginia. He joined the division of investigation on June 30, 1930, and served in New York and Chicago after practicing law in Washington.
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Washington
Carter Raum
Department of Justice
Wisconsin
Chicago
George Washington University
District of Columbia
Virginia
Baum
Mary E. Grose
John A. Grose
Laytonsville
Division of Investigation
New York
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Lincoln, Neb
Luceen Marshall
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Center
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Outlaw
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