Labor chiefs hopeful for a solution
Washington and Detroit reports say President Roosevelt will meet with automobile factory leaders to seek an end to the looming labor dispute. Senator Couzens says a proposal is ready but offers no details. AFL leaders express cautious hope as a general strike is postponed pending Washington talks tomorrow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Couzens
Mich
Detroit
Dlabor
Tomor
William Collins
American Federation of Labor
Income tax collections rise in March totals
Washington, March 21, March income tax collections climbed to 183,236,608, narrowing the Treasury goal toward 250 million for the month. The figure for March 18 compares to 122,254,602 at the same point last year, with fiscal year payments ending June 30 at 541,443,597 versus 505,494,245 in 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
MISS PERKINS FAVORS BILL
WALLINGTON March 21 Secretary Perkins told a House committee it is fair that employers help pay the large cost of caring for workers they dismiss. She urged passage of the Warner-Lewis unemployment insurance bill saying reserves built in the 1930s would reduce distress. She argued the burden should shift from workers to employers who provide jobs and security and steady purchasing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallington
Perkins Ald
House
Warner-Lewis
Perkins
Jarre
Seats Costless as NYSE Seats Fall on Regulatory Bill
New York march 21 price of New York stock exchange seats tumbled in early trades as federal securities regulation bill took shape. The exchange reported transfers at 110000 and 105800 dollars, down from the February 8 level of 190000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Capital Labor Controversies At A Glance
Major capital labor conflicts are outlined with four key items. First a general automobile strike was postponed after Roosevelt urged a delay and a White House conference is planned. Second railroad wage talks continue with a potential commission. rail managers maintain a 10 percent cut while labor seeks 20 percent. Third labor criticizes the Weirton case where the NRA injunction is deemed insufficient. Fourth the FTC report on the steel code cites price fixing and discrimination against small firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. of
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Weirton Street Company
NRA
E. T. Weir
Federal Trade Commission
Steel Code
Seven Die In Flat Blaze On New York's East Side
A fatal blaze on the upper East Side killed seven people in a three story tenement at 1909 Second Avenue. Fire Marshal Brophy questioned Raymond Montesino, 27, who claimed to be John Smith but was identified as a suspect and sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation amid an ongoing probe.
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New York
Upper East Side
Law
Second Avenue
Thomas P. Brophy
Brophy
John Smith
Raymond Montesino
Bellevue Hospital
Old Pistol Kills 13YearOld in Accident
In Philadelphia on March 21 a 13 year old boy, James Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Houston Dunn, died after an old French pistol, thought unloaded, exploded while he and George Coates Jr. examined it at Coates home. A slug entered Dunn's chest.
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James Dunn
Houston Dunn
George Coates, Jr
Young Dunn
Justice in Bridgeport: Man Convicted for Auto Assault
Emory Sable drove through a puddle in Bridgeport on March 21 and showered a pedestrian with muddy water. He was convicted on the count of assault and battery with an automobile and fined $8.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Emory Sable
New Prison Farm Units Under Way at Roxbury
Ground was broken yesterday for the permanent building to house inmates at the state penal farm in Roxbury. Work proceeds with good weather as group farm buildings near completion, with all but the dairy building ready for occupancy. The new permanent building will house 12 inmates and is built by inmate labor under skilled supervision using native stone. Construction has started on a superintendent’s residence and four staff houses on the hill above Sharnsurg Pike.
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Roxbury
Sharnsurg Pike
Two Byrd Fliers Rescued in Antarctic Stranding
Little America Antarctica March 21 Two Byrd expedition crews pursue two stranded planes. Ground party searches for William C. Rowlin and Clay Bailey wrecked 15 miles from Little America on a supply run. A second team repairs the Byrd rescue aircraft used by Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, which later grounded near the base and returned by dog tram.
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
William C. Rowlin
Clay Bailey
Richard F. Byrd
Rowlin
Bailey
Byrd
Tragedy on B and O Railroad at Martinsburg
Thomas Rice, 27, was crushed beneath moving cars while attempting to board a train on the B and O line at Martinsburg. He died later at King's Daughters hospital. He was the son of Edward and Mrs. Rice of near Martinshire and worked at the Standard Lime and Stone plant.
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B. and O
Martinsburg
Thomas Rice
King’s Daughters Hospital
Edward Rice
Martinshire
Standard
Lime and
Stone Eompant
Missing U S Post Office janitor Reginald Penner
A search is underway for Reginald A. Penner day janitor at the U S Post Office who vanished yesterday morning while en route from his boarding place on North Mulberry Street. Police assist as coworkers from Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company help in the search. Penner, about 55, had reported feeling ill for months and had been taking medicine.
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Reginald A. Penner
U. S. Post Office
North Mulberry Street
Penner
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
Bans Talkies On Dillinger Life
Will Hays head of a national film body bans any depiction of John Dillinger in movies. J J McCarthy calls it the most definite action against criminal pictures and says it will reduce production of such films.
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New York
Will Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
John Dillinger
Indiana
Gang Pictures
J. J. McCarthy
Hays Organization
McCarthy
New Bridge Opens for Travel Near Waynesboro
A new steel and concrete bridge over the eastern branch of Antietam Creek at Strickler's, east of Waynesboro, opened to traffic yesterday though unfinished. Built in five months, it lacks approaches but features heavy plank decking and new guard rails with inner rails backed by coil springs to rebound vehicles back onto the roadway.
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Antietam
Strickler’s
Waynesboro
Grain elevator fire destroys Buckeystown facility in Maryland
A grain elevator and warehouse at Buckeystown near Frederick, Maryland, were destroyed by fire early today, causing about 15 000 dollars in loss. The Dietrich and Gambrill Company owned the building, which was insured. Nearby property owned by John H. Baker suffered roof damage of 1 909 dollars as smoke forced ten residents from two houses to flee. The Independent Hose Company saved other nearby structures, and the town lost outside communication for several hours after a telephone line burned.
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Frederick
Buckeystown
Here
Dietrich and Gambrill Company
John H. Baker
Baltimore
Ruckeystown
John FE. Morningstar
Beatrice Snoots
Independent Hose Company
Germany Reads Hitler Loans to Newlyweds
In Munich on March 21 Adolf Hitler used a speech from a dumping cart at Unterhaching to announce 150,000,000 marks in loans to newlyweds. He pledged to spur employment and expected 300,000 marriages by 1935 as the Reich marks its first anniversary of powers.
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Munich
Germany
Cupid
Adolf Hitler
Unterhach
Couple Pictured as Catspaws in Spy Ring Drama
London reports Mr and Mrs Robert Gordon Switz two Americans held in Paris in a vast international spy plot investigation. The Daily Mail identified the real operations director in Britain as a woman who has not left the country. The Switzes, from North Orange New Jersey and New York, fled London 18 months ago, leaving behind a book with puzzling entries and a code keyed by handwriting styles.
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London
Robert Gordon Switz
Paris
Britain
Daily Mail
Coun
Fatally Injured Boarding Freight at Martinsburg
Thomas Rice, 25, of Berkeley County, attempted to board a fast moving Baltimore and Ohio freight train at Martinsburg Tuesday evening. He sustained injuries that led to his death an hour later at Martinsburg hospital. Both legs and an arm were severed. Found by friends after leaving his home minutes earlier, Rice planned to ride the train to see another friend. He was a quarry worker.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Martinsburg
Thomas Rice
Berkeley County
Rice
Attempt on Nazi Leader in Berlin Lottery
A hand grenade exploded on Unter den Linden near Neue Wilhelmstrasse as Premier Hermann Wilhelm Goering's car passed. A taxi driver was wounded and windows shook. It was said Karl Ernst, Nazi group leader, was in the car with Goering.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Unter den Tinden
Goering
Unter den Linden
Neue Wilelmstrasse
Karl Ernst
Silence Wins in Chicago Civil Case
Max Karp, a deaf mute, argued his own civil suit of 285 dollars through an interpreter before Municipal Judge Samuel H. Trude and won. The case was brought by a local merchant in Chicago on March 21.
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Chicago
Max Karp
Samuel H. Trude
Spring Bow Marks First Warm Day Amid Cloudy Night Freeze
The day opened with a moderate temperature signaling spring but clouds and a sharp drop in temperature are forecast tonight. The weather bureau warns of much colder air tomorrow and urges caution for outdoor plans.
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Weather Bureau
Tamnorrow
Legge Wins Mayoralty in Cumberland by 90 Vote Majority
Unofficial city election returns from Cumberland show George W. Legge winning the mayoralty by 90 votes over Dr. Thomas W. Koon. The City Council elected Harry W. Matheney Martin M. Connelly Harry Irvine and Edgar Reynolds. An interceptor sewer project passed 2699 to 2113, estimated at 235000 with 30 percent labor/ material funded by the PWA.
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Cumberland
George W. Legge
Thomas W. Koon
Harry W. Matheney
Police and Fire
Martin M. Connelly
Harry Irvine
Edgar Reynolds
Randolph T. Wishmyer
Water and Light
Joseph H
Legge
George Henderson
Matheney
Reynolds
Connelly
Irvine
Koon
Wishmyrer
Dr. Koon
George Wenderson
Griffin
Reinhart
Smith
Wishmyer
Youth Struck By Automobile on Mulberry Street
James Harman seventeen, of the 500 block North Mulberry, employed by pretzel maker G J Harman, was struck at East Avenue and Mulberry about 10:30 AM while crossing from a store to his truck. He suffered facial cuts and was rushed to the hospital where attendants expected discharge later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harman
North Mulberry Street
G. J. Harman
East Avenue
Harman
Suit Filed for $25,000 Damages in Barkman Death
A widow and five children of Lloyd A. Barkman of Deerfield Frederick county filed a $25,000 damages suit in Frederick court yesterday against Ralph W. Miller and Paul C. Fry. Barkman died February 19 when the truck he rode in with two others to a sawmill owned by Miller near Thurmont overturned after bales of hay shifted on a curve.
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Lloyd A. Barkman
Deerfield
Frederick County
Frederick
Ralph W. Miller
Paul C. Fry
Barkman
Miller
Thurmont
Sleepwalking Fatality in Towanda Man Falls From Porch Roof
Towanda Pa March 21 Sleepwalking caused the death of John Lynch a 52 year old man who died yesterday from a fall nine days earlier his skull fractured in the incident authorities said the accident occurred on a porch roof leading to his fatal injuries.
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Towanda
John Lynch
Raft Romance Tangle at Divorce Hearing in Chicago
George Raft seeks marriage with Mrs. Virginia Lehmann who arrives in Chicago for a divorce hearing that granted her divorce. Lehmann, now Virginia Pine, confirms romance on the same train. Associated Press Photo.
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George Raft
Virginia Lehmann
Chicago
Hollywood
Raft
Poison May Prove Fatal In Baltimore Case
Thelma Williams a 16 year old daughter of Charles A Williams formerly of Halfway is in critical condition from poison at a Baltimore hospital Relatives here received the word She was badly burned years ago on Halloween when a costume she wore caught fire from a candle She was treated at a hospital here The Williams family moved to Baltimore about two years ago.
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Thelma Williams
Charles A. Williams
Halfway
Baltimore
Hallowe’en
Williams
Miss Stella Ronk Dies After Weight Loss Fight in Bethlehem
Miss Stella Ronk of Baltimore died in Bethlehem after losing 92 pounds from a reported 732 pounds to 640. She belonged to a museum troupe that had opened there recently and was billed as the world’s heaviest performer. Her death followed an illness that struck yesterday.
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Bethlehem
Stella Ronk
Baltimore
Samuel K. Fekis joins Williamsport Sewerage Commission
Samuel K. Fekis is named a member of the Williamsport Sewerage Commission replacing Major Joseph Wy. Byron who resigned after his removal to Hagerstown.
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Samuel K. Fekis
Sewerare Commission
Williamsport
Joseph Wy. Byron
Hagerstown
Japan and U S pledge peace in note exchange
Washington, March 21. The United States and Japan exchanged notes pledging peace. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota stated Japan has no intention to provoke any power. Secretary Hull said the United States has no desire to create issues or initiate conflicts. This marked the first such goodwill exchange since President Roosevelt took office over a year ago.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Koki Hirota
Roosevelt
Nippon
Hull
Far East
Soviet Russia
Hirota-Hull
Man Killed During Attempted Reconciliation in Philadelphia
Theodore de Michel aged 22 was fatally shot while talking with his wife Anna 18 on a street corner. Her brother William Manderfield, after pursuing him several blocks, shot him four times and surrendered at a police station admitting the crime.
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Philadelphia
Theodore de Michel
Anna
William Manderfield
de Michel
Manderfield
Grandmother Wounded Defends Granddaughter in Denver
Mrs. Laura Hall a 60 year old grandmother was shot seven times when she stepped between her granddaughter Mrs. Marporis Holloway 23 and her divorced husband Donald Holloway 25 who had threatened the younger woman. After exchanges with police Holloway killed himself. Police quoted Mrs Hall that Holloway came to reconcile with his former wife.
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Denver
Laura Hall
Marporis Holloway
Donald Holloway
Holloway
Smithsburg’s 1804 election mirrors current no-candidate vote
Thirty years ago Smithsburg faced a candidateless municipal vote. Unlike modern times, polls opened late after Burgess Ferguson sought legal advice, and a small turnout produced a drafted result with Charles I. Wolfinger chosen to succeed Jacob Bretner as burgess.
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Daily Mail
the Mail
Smithsburg
Burgess Ferguson
Joseph W. Wolfinger
Wolfinger
John H. Ferguson
Burgess
Thomas Simmers
Charles Hoffman
D. W. Barkdoll
PD. J. Winters
Ferguson
Charles I. Wolfinger
Jacob Bretner
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Russell Clark
Lima
Jess Larber
Reginald Penner
Talkies
Dillinger Life
Upper Bavaria
Potsdam
U. 5
International Ring
England
Baltimore Hospital
Self
Granddaughter
Tew
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