Mass death threat as Hungarian coal miners entomb themselves
In Pecssemery a strike by 1 200 Hungarian coal miners left 44 men trapped 1000 feet underground for over 65 hours with no food water or light. The miners threaten to suffocate themselves and spark a government rescue negotiation clash as wives confront police and five trade unionists are held hostage. Wages are cited at about 2 dollars weekly with demands up to 3 50 per day.
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Pecssemery
Julius Gomboes
Budapest
Pecs
Danube Steam Navigation Company
Endeen
Juliuus Gomboes
Episcopalians Vote on Change to Church Name
Delegates at the general convention consider renaming to Episcopal Church in the United States of America removing Protestant from the title. The high church proposal also seeks to allow women to elect four representatives to the national council with voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopalians
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
House of Deputies
Episcopal Church
United States of America
National Council
University Receives 2000 Acre Forest Gift
Bluefields Nicaragua names its town from the Dutch pirate Blew feldt rather than its green fields. The University of California accepts a 2000 acre forest gift to equip the state's forestry school.
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Nicaragua
Blewfeldt
University
Forest
University of California
School of Forestry
Coat Dress for Fall by Marian Martin Pattern 9175
Fashion spread promotes a coat dress design by Marian Martin with paneled back and belt, patch pockets, square buttons, and a range of sizes. Details include fabric needs for size 16 and ordering instructions, plus advertisement for the Winter Pattern Book and combined book and pattern price. Authority and contact address listed for orders from The Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Department
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Protestants Defy Nazis in Germany Amid Church Outcry
In Berlin and Munich Protestant congregations openly challenged Nazi authority as 16 000 pastors led sermons and distributed manifestos. Bishop Niemoeller denounced Hitler’s church regime, while crowds braved rain at Saint Annes Dahlem and collected funds for persecuted pastors and the Württemberg opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Reichbishop
Mueller
Meuller
August Jaeger
Prussia
Satan
Bavaria
Reich
Saint Anne’s Church
Dahlem
Niemoeller
Bac
Hans Meiser
Gethsemane
Pontius Pilate
Golgotha
Wurttemberg
Over 18 000 Tourists Flock to Skyline Drive Weekend
Special to The Star reports a large fall tourist surge along Skyline Drive with 18 000 plus visitors over Saturday and Sunday. Luray restaurants and Endless Caverns saw record autumn business as crowds jammed parking, boosted by new road openings and favorable weather. License plates show visitors from DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York.
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Luray
Scenic Mountain Highway
Burg Harrisonburg
EB. L. Klingstein
Endless Caverns
Maj. E. M. Brown
Caverns
Caverns Grounds
Skyline Drive
Vernon Foltz
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Checker
Swift Run Gap
Panorama
Piedmont
Mrs Roosevelt Backs Friend In New York Campaign
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt announced five campaign speeches in New York to urge voter support for her friend Mrs Daniel O Day running as congresswoman at large The move marks a bold public role for Mrs Roosevelt while President Roosevelt stays distant from the congressional campaign in the state
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Daniel O'Day
Roosevelt
New York Financial
O'Day
Collective bargaining limits in employer employee relations
A statement clarifies that collective bargaining does not grant employees a voice in management decisions. It asserts management retains sole responsibility for business decisions and that collective bargaining pertains only to the employer employee relationship, not to joint management.
Supreme Court Denies Airmail Contract Challenge and Capone Appeal
The Supreme Court refused to review the cancellation of airmail contracts, allowing lower court rulings that the government cannot be sued without consent to stand. The court also did not grant relief to Al Capone, denying review of his bid for release from Alcatraz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Government Not Paternalistic Says J H Fahey
J H Fahey chairman of a Federal Home Loan Bank board argues there is nothing paternalistic in organizing the nations home financing system. He calls for long term amortized loans to extend credit to homeowners and reduce reliance on second mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohn H. Pahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Review
Bargaining Is Endorsed With A Reservation
The 130,000 General Motors employees receive by mail pamphlets outlining basic employer employee relations policies. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. endorses collective bargaining as a constructive approach in a letter accompanying the packets from OIT on October 15.
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General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Violation Charged in Air Mail Contracts
The Airline Pilots Association accused air mail contractors of violating the wage schedules set by the National Labor Board in May. David L. Behncke said the association asked the Post Office Department to cancel contracts of Long and Harman on a Brownsville to Amarillo route for flagrant violations. He named five other firms with similar actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Airline Pilots’ Association
National Labor Board
David L. Sehncke
President's Aviation Commission
Post Office Department
Long and Harman
Brownville
Amarillo
Texas
Behncke
Greater Birth Control Freedom Backed by Church Bishops
A resolution to grant physicians and medical facilities wider access to birth control information was presented to the house of bishops. Bishop Huston urged its passage, aiming to allow licensed doctors, hospitals, and clinics to share information aligned with eugenics and healthier family life while protecting maternal health and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
House of Bishops
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
Arthur Huston
Olympia
Wash
Committee On Social Force
Hope of saving miners given up by Hungarians
Government officials contemplated sending troops to the pit to force out strikers but the elevator could only carry 16 men, halting action. Hunger striking miners endured 96 hours of confinement over demands of 3.50 a week, while paid work remained limited to two days. Authorities feared foreign involvement and wider wage protests among Hungarian miners.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1475 B Slip Design
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1475 B presents a back panel slip with curved join to front to improve fit, avoiding underarm and hem seams. It guides bias vs cross grain choices, offers four inch lace or tailored brassiere top, and notes darts for uplifted bust contour and non slipping straps. Size 16 requires 1% yards of fabric and lace. tomorrow feature on a house dress for large women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Wives Confront Mine Entrance Over Unmet Wage Demands
At the mine entrance wives and women beseeched mine owners as police kept them back. Some pleaded for negotiations as the Danube Steam Navigating Company, owner of the mine, cites a slack coal market preventing wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube Steam Navigating Company
Truck Driver's Story Triggers Search for Kidnapped Woman
James E. Scales, 26, a plasterer, told police he collided with a passenger car at dawn and was forced to drive by the driver who threatened him with a pistol. He claimed to have seen a woman he identified as Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll bound in the car, prompting authorities to dispatch an Army Air Forces plane to search the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
James E. Scales
Scales
Woman Kidnapping Case Ties To Local Society Matron
A society matron identified by sight as Mrs. Stoll was kidnapped Wednesday by an unidentified man and held for a $50,000 ransom. Police blocked highways as the search continued. William Stoll, Berry Stoll's brother, interviewed Scales. Captain William Welsh led the Fort Knox air unit and WHAS radio delayed a broadcast to prevent signal interference.
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Stoll
William Stoll
Berry
W. Stoll
Scales
Wiliam
Welsh
Fort Knox
WHAS
Striking Seamen Return To Work In Baltimore
More than 400 striking seamen returned to duty in Baltimore as the Marine Workers' Industrial Union branch ended the strike started last week for higher wages. Union officials offered no explanation, while police noted ship bureaus kept operating despite the stoppage.
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Baltimore
Marine Workers’ Industrial Union
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Capone
Luxenberg’s Department Store
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J. H. Fahey
Winchester
Evening Star
Times Square
New York, N. Y
Rsna Ic
T. F. Timberlake
Priscilla
Hollands
Moling & Cather Phone
Wiltedev
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
J. L. Massey
N. Main St
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