CONCILIATION IN SIGHT

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 11

CONCILIATION IN SIGHT

♦ The American Motor Industry i i HOI'KS REDUCED BY t'AR| I ISEILDERS | (Received March 2m a. a p.m.) J WASHINGTON, March 2M. President KooseveH's negotiations with the motor industry labour representatives, and manufacturers continued to-day, after which the strike call was again postponed pending the outcome of the deliberations. The unionists indicated that they believed the President would uphold their demands tor Ihe ; recognition of the American Fedora-j t ion id* Labour, while the employers | are stated to be willing to grant | some concessions, which, however, ■ may not be sutlieient to avert thej strike-. | Meanwhile, from Detroit, came i word that the major automobile i builders, led by the General Motors; and Chrysler firms, will mime-j diateiy reduce working hours to '.W ; weekly, while they will mainUiin I wages based on the -10 hours schedule. This is interpreted as aj renewal of their allegiance to the \ recovery administration and as ;ini indication to the public of their | fairness in dealing with labour. j According to dispatches from San j .Francisco, a scheduled strike of; 12,1100 dock worker.-, calculated to | tie up all West Coast shipping, was; posipoiied at President Roosevelt'"; re(|iie.-.t. But tho labourers are ! restive and anxious to walk e.iil miless their demands are immediately j THE PHILIPPINE | ISLANDS ! i independence tji isiion | WASHINGTON. Mm,-', :.'!. i'l. -d'-u! K \el: i,., : ■.,:■ e-i -an • ~\ the Philippine 1 iem ::■ bi RE.IOICINCS AT MAM! V i:il I•- I \l'El I n\| ii;m \I !' ''■ , lAI'I < I I D ; am! u" I " bem'.ed | ■..- ,ble f,,,1 :, e, ■..- ...,, i,i with .1 Kihpmo a ' !hi;h OiMinii -sinner v. ill be Mim'tmiaiw in lot!'- tnore than a ; ' ;-r. All tiie American mditere ba e - will be wdihdrav. n at'",. ~,.;, ,„-,:.!- UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S MEDALS dakinc riiill i mm ce.ws c\sr: Go cei\cd Maich 2A, V."-■ > p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 2-1. A vandal stole from a gles-; case at the Arlington milit;iry cemetery ail but two of the medals bestowed by the governments of the world aiid patriotic societies on the unknown soldier. While the sentry constantly patrols the tomb, he wa.s out ot sight in the adjacent amphitheatre at the time of the then. The top of the ease wa.s apparently lifted sudiciently to in.-ert a stick and to rake the medals forward to where they could be reached by hand. 1 1 BURNED TO DEATH disastroes vim: in me.vs HOME (Keceived March 2a 7.-10 p.m.) LYNCHBURG (Virginia) March 21. Fourteen persons were burned In death and tio others were injured some of them seriously early today, when (ire swept through the Federal Transient Bureau, accommodating 2(10 v. hitt- and ne;',ro homeless men. 2.-> YEARS' IMERISON.MEN T \\om\n doctou si;n i!;n< i-:i» ( l'oee:\ e,J March ~a. I 1.e.) p.m.> CHICAGO, March 2-1. !'r. Alice Wyneknop was to-day ;entenced to 25 .'/ears' imprisenmcn'. The term may be reduced t" Pi years by good behaviour, bv which, time Dr. Wyneknop would be 71) years of age. She took her sentence calmly. I A sensation was cause:! in Chicago late last year when Dr. Wynckoop was accused of killing Lit daughter-in-law, Rhela Wynckoop, who was found dead on hep operating table. The .jury failed to agree en the first ) rial in .pimiam ba! ; lie wa. found sail'; on March (i. I