City Widespread Building Strike Threat Amid Talks Collapse
Leaders of unions and owners failed to reach agreement on wage, hours, and closed shop during a New York conference. With 30,000 to 75,000 workers on strike in Manhattan and nearby boroughs, a national response looms as talks collapse and a broader walkout appears possible.
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United Prose
Beau Cortes
United T
New York
Fiorello H. la Oats
Realty Advisory Board
la Guardia
U. S
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Helplss
Ben Golden
National Labor Relations Board
Bambrick
Edward C. Maguire
George Scalise
Quiet International
Chicago
William D. Rawlins
Walter Gordon Merritt
Samuel Gallow
Park Avenue
Upper Manhattan
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklin
Queens
Brooklyn
Goodyear Ordered to End Tire Price Discrimination
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron was directed by the Federal Trade Commission to cease and desist from discriminating in tire prices in favor of Sears Roebuck and against independent dealers. The FTC said the alleged discrimination amounted to more than a stated amount.
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Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Federal Trade Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Trade Commission
Vatican Urges Immediate Just Peace With Ethiopia
Observatore Romano calls for immediate peace between Italy and Ethiopia in a front page editorial noting the frightening announced losses of life in East Africa battles. The Vatican paper urges a just settlement to end ongoing hostilities.
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Vatican City
Observatore Romano
Vatican
Italy
Ethiopia
East Africa
School funds sent to all districts under foundation law
Notes and checks totaling 11,044,609.14 were sent to Ohio school districts as the first quarterly payment under the Traxier-Keifer minimum school foundation law. Net distributions to cities included Van Wert 15,973 dollars. The Van Wert county share was 30,333 dollars.
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Columbus
Traxier-Keifer
Department
van Wert
van Wert County
Supreme Court Dismisses Two Slum Clearance Cases
Washington March 5 The supreme court today dismissed two pending test cases involving the government's slum clearance program.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
County Receives 8749 From State School Funds
Ohio officials announce distribution of 2,233,780 in liquid fuel and sales tax proceeds to public schools. Van Wert County gets 8,749 based on 1.78 per pupil, with adjustments by district revenue. The state boards also approve 2,608,847 for first foundation program allocations, part of an 11,370,000 quarterly total and 47,916,000 yearly goal.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
van Wert
State Board of Control
Flood Threat Hits Posey County Farmlands
Wabash River flooding endangers several thousand acres in Posey county. Wheat crops may be ruined and farmers face major losses as waters rise around Mount Vernon Indiana.
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Indiana
MT. Vernon
Ind
Posey County
Lindbergh House Story Tied To London Area Ghost Tale
Birmingham dispatch reports Mrs. Phoebe Elsie Wateley a 51 year old cook in the Lindbergh home died January 8 after being with Mrs. Lindbergh when the kidnapping was first discovered. Her husband Olly the Lindbergh butler and chauffeur died two years earlier in the United States.
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Birmingham
England
Phoebe Elsie Wateley
Cook
Lindbergh
Olly
United States
Akron Labor Trouble Grows From Nationwide Strikes
Akron Ohio March 5 a widening labor dispute shadows Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co dairy and other plants. Averill Dairy Co and Palmer Match Co face closures with hundreds out. Columbia Chemical Barberton talks of settlement. council efforts to brake the strife fail. United Rubber Workers leaders seek talks. dairy drivers walk out while others deliver milk. union claims of lockout and inferior product cited.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Averill Dairy Co
Palmer Match Co
Columbia Chemical Co
Barberton
Milk Distributors Association
Donald Davis
Townsend Club Plans Public Meeting With Noted Speaker
Townsend club members will hold a Friday night meeting at 8 in the court room to make plans for a later public gathering, where a prominent speaker is expected to be brought to town.
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Townsend Club
Pollock Named Head of Brumback Library Board
The Brumback library board elected officers yesterday with C. B. Pollock as president and Mrs. J. F. Molle as vice president. G. Giffin was named secretary and staff reemployment was included.
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C. B. Pollock
Library
The
Brumback Library
J. F. Molle
G. Giffin
Hirota Named Japan Cabinet Head Emphasizes Moderation
Koki Hirota, 58, a veteran diplomat with ties to China Russia and the United States, is chosen to head Japan's cabinet in a move seen as a rebuke to extremists. He favors modernization and友 friendship with the United States and Russia while backing a non aggression pact with Moscow when opportune.
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United Press Enarf
United Press Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Japan
Russia
Hirota
Foreign Office
United States
China
Peking
London
Washington
Baron Shidehara
Katsuji Debuchi
Moscow
Davey Backs Juvenile Research Funding Bill
Governor Davey has given positive assurance he will approve a bill reappropriating 38,000 dollars for the state bureau of juvenile research after vetoing it from the budget. Miss Hannah L. Portyman, secretary of the Ohio Probation Association, stated the governor's position in a letter to juvenile judges.
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Columbus
Davey
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Hannah L. Portyman
Ohio Probation Association
Women's Joint Committee of Ohio For Public Welfare
Trials Set Next Week in Common Pleas Court
Two jury trials are scheduled in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. C. M. Riggin sues the Van Wert County Agricultural Society, to be heard Monday at 9 a.m. Judge Sumner E. Walters presiding. Wendell Morgan appeals a justice of the peace ruling, to be heard Thursday.
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Common Pleas Court
Sumner E. Walters
C. M. Riggin
van Wert County Agricultural Society
Wendell Morgan
D. Orus Morgan
Justice of the Peace
Georgia County Votes New Deal in March Primary
In southwestern Seminole county Georgia a snap primary delivered a six to one Roosevelt victory over Governor Talmadge. The race showcased conservative Democratic opposition to the New Deal with Breckinridge plans and a Maryland Ohio spread. Roosevelt carried 661 to 120 in yesterday’s Seminole tally as Georgia Republicans discussed party unity and anti Roosevelt sentiment.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United
Washington
Roosevelt
Georgia
Maryland
Mole County
Me Talmadge
Henry Breckinridge
New York
Wil
Baltimore
Breckinridge
Mr. Roosevelt
Ohio
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mid-West
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Midwest
Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher
Rosevelt
Talmadge
Local men to judge Vene docia amateur contest
Van Wert city schools superintendent U E Diener Gordon Balyeat and Delphos schools music superintendent K W Findlay will judge the Vene docia amateur musical contest set for Friday March 6 at 17 30 in Cambrian hall. The male chorus of Vene docia sponsors the event and will perform four numbers with J A Breese directing. Thirty entries from Delphos Middle Point Elida Spencerville Haviland and Van Wert compete for four cash prizes amid small admission and public invitation.
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van Wert
Gordon Balyeat
K. W. Findlay
Delphos
Cambrian Hall
Venedocia
J. A. Breese
Middle Point
Elida
Spencerville
Haviland
Stoops Packing Starts Crop Contracting With Farmers
The Stoops Packing company announced the start of contracting with farmers to raise corn and tomatoes for canning this year. They foresee quick uptake to cover the entire required acreage. Farmers note hard-to-find field corn seed next spring and favor canning crops for high quality seed and germination. Many expect larger general crop acreages and lower grain prices after 1936 harvest.
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Stoops Packing Company
500 Attend Show for Band Fund
A crowd of 500 attended a Van Wert High School Band program at Lincoln School auditorium last night. Dr A B Himes performed magic with Mrs Himes assisting, the high school chorus sang, and the orchestra and band played. Proceeds go toward raising funds to send the band to Washington, D C, in May.
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van Wert High School
Lincoln School
A. B. Himes
Dale Stump Club Organizes Support for Secretary of State Run
Dale Stump is backed by a Van Wert County Stump for Secretary of State club organized at Republican headquarters. Frank Manship was elected chair man and C D Pennell secretary with C M Purmort named state chairman. Stump’s campaign slogan is Stumping for Stump. Gasoline fumes from sewer drains caused evacuations in Lima as a tanker spilled 2600 gallons into the street sewer system.
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Frank Manship
C.D. Pennell
van Wert
Dale Stump
Columbus
Tully Tp
C. M. Purmort
Stump
Lima
Laughing Girl Faces Pelvic Nerve Operation
Teresa Hawkins an 18 year old in Weston West Virginia suffers uncontrollable laughter and near exhaustion as doctors seek a pelvic nerve center operation to stop the fitful laughter. Sedatives failed to calm the fits eight days. She remained conscious briefly and said it is too much trouble before starting to laugh again while at a Fairmont theater.
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Weston
W. Va
Teresa Hawkins
Teresa
Hoaday
Fairmont
Hoffman Seeks Fisch Link in Lindbergh Case
Trenton reports Gov. Hoffman sending a representative to the Panama Canal Zone to question Dr. John F. Cond on about links to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Investigators focus on Isidor Fisch and possible Hampauptmann ties as March 30 electric chair date approaches.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Panama Canal
John F
Jamie) Condon
Hauptmann
Isidor Fisch
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
United Press
Fisch
Germany
New Jersey
Havana
Hoffman
Prison for 30 Cent Hold Up in Connersville
Earlvie 29 and Mrs Magdalene Cooper were sentenced to one to ten years in prison after robbing Fred R Walker a cate operator and taking 30 cents in Connersville Indiana.
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Connersville
Ind
Earlvie
Magdalene Cooper
Fred R. Walker
Cate
Congress Eyes New Plans to Raise Revenue for Farm Relief
Congress and Treasury officials discussed raising funds to balance the budget and finance farm relief. Proposals include higher taxes on individuals with incomes from 10 000 to 100 000 dollars, corporate surpluses, and various excise taxes.
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Treasury
Berah
House
County Officials Discuss Road Work Problems
County and township officials met in the court room to discuss road building issues. Beard, the county peni eien, and D. J. Gunsett the postmaster addressed about 40 men, with sessions in the morning and afternoon. They talked about how road work should be done and the responsibilities for roads sewers and ditches.
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Beard
Peneieien
D. J. Gunsett
Gurveess
Weather Overview Shows Colder Tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight with much colder temperatures and a Friday turn to fair but chilly weather. Local temperatures show a 24 hour period ending at noon with notable day and night extremes and seasonal comparison data.
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Dale Stump Club
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Samuel B. Hill
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