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December 30, 1936

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RANSOM PAYMENT FOR MATTSON BOY IS DECLARED NEAR; Negotiations With Kidnapper Are 'Definitely Under Way,' Friend of Family Says. RELEASE IN 12 HOURS SEEN Note Demanding $28,000 Hints Educated Person Was Accomplice in Crime.

By the Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 29. -- A friend of the family declared tonight that negotiations for the return of kidnapped Charles Mattson, 10, son of Dr. W.W. Mattson, were "definitely under way" and that the $28,000 ransom would probably be paid within twelve hours.

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POPE FAILS TO GAIN; ITALIAN CHURCHES TO RECITE PRAYERS; Gloom at Vatican as Pontiff Suffers Intense Pain -X-Rays Used on Leg. SEDATIVES HELP HIM REST Physician Stays Near, Making Frequent Checks on the Condition of Patient. POPE'S CONDITION GIVE NO NEW HOPE

By Arnaldo Cortesiwireless To the New York Times

X-ray used on leg; prayers in all chs of Italy offered

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Aid in Crime Evidenced; RANSOM PAYMENT FOR BOY HELD NEAR

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WAY BEING STUDIED; But President Is Silent on Question of Change in the Constitution. STANDARDS GOING DOWN Of That There Is No Doubt, He Says After Talk With Hillman, Formerly of the NRA. MANY PLEAS REACH HIM From People Who Think He Still Has the Power, Shorn by Court, to Control Industry. PRESIDENT FAVORS HOURS-WAGE LAW

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt denounces breaking down of standards since end of NRA

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1936The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.^[†]

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union, and led to the unionization of the American automobile industry.

Headlines from December 30, 1936

RANSOM PAYMENT FOR MATTSON BOY IS DECLARED NEAR; Negotiations With Kidnapper Are 'Definitely Under Way,' Friend of Family Says. RELEASE IN 12 HOURS SEEN Note Demanding $28,000 Hints Educated Person Was Accomplice in Crime.

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POPE FAILS TO GAIN; ITALIAN CHURCHES TO RECITE PRAYERS; Gloom at Vatican as Pontiff Suffers Intense Pain -X-Rays Used on Leg. SEDATIVES HELP HIM REST Physician Stays Near, Making Frequent Checks on the Condition of Patient. POPE'S CONDITION GIVE NO NEW HOPE

Aid in Crime Evidenced; RANSOM PAYMENT FOR BOY HELD NEAR

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