GM Strike Spreads to Cleveland and Saginaw Units
Solid CIO pickets resisted police at Pontiac Fisher Body plant entrances as GM skilled workers strike expands to Cleveland and Saginaw. About 450 pickets pushed back 50 police and 10 deputies, aiming to cripple 1940 model production. The DAW GM contract remains unsettled between union factions awaiting legal rights.
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Detroit
CIO
Pontiac
Mich
Fisher Body
General Motors
Corporation
Cleveland
Saginaw
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Fisher
Names Are Given To Latest Ships Names Are Given To Latest Ships
Washington July 11 The Navy named its 45 000 ton battleships Iowa and New Jersey The Iowa formerly Battleship Number 61 is built at the New York Navy Yard the New Jersey at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Charles Edison Acting Secretary announced names for 23 other vessels in the 1939 program Two destroyers received first time names Destroyer No 439 to be U S S Edison honoring Thomas A Edison and Destroyer No 448 to be U S S Swanson honoring Secretary Claude A Swanson whose funeral was held today
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Washington
Navy
Iowa
New Jersey
Navy Yard
New York
State of
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Charles Edison
Lst
U S.S. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Swanson
Secretary of the Navy
Claude Augustus Swanson
Heat wave grips northern Rockies with record highs
Rockie towns from Billings to Glendive reported temperatures around 106 degrees on Monday. Denver hit 98, its hottest July 10 in 65 years, while Akron Colorado reached 101 and Sheridan Wyoming saw 104.
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Billings
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Glendive
Scottshind
Neb
Denver
Colorado
Akron
Sheridan
Woo
Dude Ranch Capital
Accountant Slaybaugh Testifies in Dunn Woolen Conspiracy Trial
George E. Slaybaugh, Hagerstown and Dunn Woolen Co official since 1958, testified as the first government witness in Elkins Federal Court yesterday. He described inventory, shipment records, and bookkeeping. Co-defendant Sencindiver had pleaded guilty. others faced charges for conspiring to ship auto upholstery to Brooklyn and New York, with property valued at 32000 dollars.
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George E. Slaybaugh
Hagerstown
Dunn Woolen Company
Martinsburg
Elkins
Harry W. Sencindiver
Wayne T. Brooks
Homer Vincent Hart, Jr
Lewis H. Andrews
Albert A. Scherr
Sencindiver
Brooklyn
New York
Brooks
Scherr, Hart and Andrews
Elks Convention Opens with Radical Critique
St Louis July 14 radicals labeled educators and labor leaders as un-American during the Elks Seventy Fifth National convention opening. Grand Exalted Ruler Edward J. McCormick of Toledo urged a global fight against intolerance and warned that some in schools and universities have cast God out and seek changes toward communism and totalitarianism.
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St. Louis
Elks
Edward J. McCormick
Toledo
Crabs Plentiful in Chesapeake Bay Reported
Fishermen report supplies of crabs remaining plentiful in Chesapeake Bay. Frank Bentz, Conservation Commission secretary, said Monday that prices have risen after a slump at the season's opening.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Frank Bentz
Conservation Commission
Bentz
WPA Blamed for Cumberland Discharges
Mayor Harry Irvine blamed the WPA for discharging 170 workers in Cumberland, while F W Springer, area representative in Frederick, said city officials are responsible. The Council was notified June 7 that WPA work would cease unless the city provided funded projects. Springer warned further layoffs if the city does not act. Irvine urged city accountability.
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Cumberland
Harry Irvine
WPA
F. W. Springer
Frederick
Irvine
Simon G. Mack
Springer
German press warns Turkey over Italy axis ties
Berlin reports that the German Foreign Office warned Turkey that friendship with Germany hinges on good terms with Italy. Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saraçoglu was quoted showing a friendly gesture to Berlin while signaling a different stance toward Germany's axis partner. Foreign office sources said Germany and Italy are closely bound, so hostility to one is hostility to the other.
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Berlin
Turkey
Germany
Italy
Sukru Saracoglu
Roosevelt seeks 6 million for strategic defense minerals
President Roosevelt asked Congress to immediately provide 6,000,000 for acquisition of strategic national defense minerals. Additional requests include 150,000 for the geological survey and 350,600 for the Bureau of Mines to study and develop strategic minerals for defense and industrial use.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Lawyers Argue Over Court Rulings At ABA Meet
San Francisco July 11 A startling parallel between German 15 year development and American pace since 1890 was drawn by Thurman W Arnold Assistant U S Attorney General in arguing for a tougher anti trust policy and free economy protection The group heard divergent constitutional views from Frank J Hogan and Robert H Jackson as 3090 attorneys attended the ABA's 2nd annual meeting Resolutions urged study of deterring parole in favor of determinate sentences and a uniform juvenile delinquency law Hogan warned recent Supreme Court decisions require legislative preservation of liberties Jackson argued constitutional limits allow government price and wage controls and defend a tolerant view of governance.
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San Francisco
United States
Germany
American Bar Association
United States Supreme Court
Thurman W. Arnold
U. S
Frank J. Hogan
Washington, D. C
Association
Robert H. Jackson
House of Delegates
Hogan
Supreme Court
Jackson
Fisheries Bill Hearing July 24 in Annapolis
Circuit Judge Ridgely P. Melvin set July 24 for a mandamus hearing to stop Secretary of State Francis Perrott from placing the Fisheries Commission Act on the 1940 ballot for referendum. Petitioners Dorsey Kelley Woodfield seek immediate operation of the Marine Fisheries Commission law after the 1939 Legislature split the Conservation Commission. Attorney General Walsh ruled the referendum must wait until 1940.
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Annapolis
Ridgely P. Melvin
Francis Perrott
Philip Dorsey, Jr
Leonardtown
J. Wesley Kelley
Cumberland
Albert Woodfield
Galesville
Makete Marine Fisheries Commission Law
The
Conservation Commission
Marine Fisheries Commission
Upland Game Commission
William C. Walsh
Ruling Denies NLRB Petition to Enforce Order
Third Circuit rejects NLRB bid to enforce a cease and desist order against LaSalle Hat Co and Sajesky Brothers for reinstating 15 workers with back pay totaling $10,000 after delays in filing. Madrids 80 year prison term given to Julian Besteiro for aiding prolongation of the civil war. Elk Lodge guest arrested for walking in underwear due to heat. funds raised for khaki shorts.
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Philadelphia
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
LaSalle Hat Company
Sa Jesky Brothers
Sunbury
Madrid
Julian Besteiro
Defense Council
Autogiro Mail Service Lands On Philadelphia Roof
Philadelphia launches the nations first autogiro mail run with Johnny Miller piloting a blue and silver autogiro from Camden to a rooftop post office. Flights run daily except Sunday, at about 1000 feet, promising time savings of five minutes versus road transport and potential expansion to Chicago New York and other cities if successful.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Johnny Miller
Camden
N. J
Johny Miller
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Third Term Rally Staged In Albany
In Albany New York July 11 minority Democrats in the New York Assembly staged an impromptu third term demonstration for President Roosevelt during a waning hours of a special Legislative session. Minority Leader Irwin Steingut lauded the National Government and pledged support for a Roosevelt candidacy.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Assembly
Roosevelt
Irwin Steingut
New York City
Steingut
United States
Dies Committee to Resume Aug 1 in Washington
Chairman Dies announced the House Un American Activities Committee will restart hearings August 1 in Washington to probe Nazi and Fascist activities in the United States. About a month of testimony is planned before moving West Coast hearings, with additional sessions likely in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Also, Major General Smedley D Butler entered the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia for a hernia operation expected to keep him there about three weeks.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee On Un-American Activities
United States
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Butler
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Naval Hospital
World Wheat Prices Fall as Global Surplus Grows
Chicago reports a drop in world wheat prices to new early season lows as major producers meet in London to chart a plan to curb the world wheat surplus. Traders in Chicago Winnipeg and Liverpool anticipate continued declines amid large carryovers and a large new crop.
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Chicago
London
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Contracts To Be Awarded Tonight For Coal And Police Cars
Contracts for supplying about 15000 tons of coal to the municipal light plant and for one or two new police cruisers are expected to be awarded at tonight’s Board of Street Commissioners meeting. Bids were opened two weeks ago. Current wagons are worn but adequate. the new cars will be sedans.
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Municipal
Police Department
Board of Street Commissioners
Four Hurt In Maylowe West Virginia Crash
Four local colored people suffered injuries in a highway crash near Maylowe West Virginia just above Williamsport early Monday. Mrs. Alice Knight aged 30 sustained head cuts and was the most seriously hurt. Three of her children were injured. the father Jesse Knight and two other children were uninjured. Driver Walter Washington escaped unharmed after saying he fell asleep at the wheel. The car struck a pole, snapping it six inches above the ground and they were taken to City Hospital in Martinsburg.
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Maylowe
W. Va
Williamsport
Martinsburg
Alice Knight
Jesse Knight
Walter Washington
Beaten and robbed while traveling from beach visit
James Rudnick, a 42 year old Washington economist, was beaten by three men and dumped on the road near Calvert County after missing the last Washington bus. He reported the assailants took his only cash, one dollar, as he staggered five miles to a neighbor’s home and was taken to Calvert Hospital in a dazed condition.
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Prince Frederick
James Rudnick
Washington
Calvert Hospital
Rudnick
G. A. Westinghouse
Maryland
Westinghouse
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George Slaytaugh
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
Hagerstown, Md
STRE
Shamokin. Pa
United Mine Workers
Cameron
Stevens Coal Company
A.fl of L. Progressive Minera of America
Kentucky
Ruth Rose
Chicaco
Frank Haines
Tima
NLRB
ELK
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Howard's
Baltimore St
Prone
Autogiro
Flying Family
Flying Hutchinsons
George Hutchinson
Kathryn
Janet Lee
Logan Field
Hemisphere
Hutchinson
Hagerstown Industrial
Andrew F. Coffin
Earl Nelkirk
Treas
OLDS
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Michigan
Genars Motors
J. S. Snowberger & Sons
E. Washington St
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