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1937Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer[†]
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films – the only artist to officially perform more than one. Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain.
ousted; Frank blames La Follettes; Gov to reply; Dean G C Sellery apptd temporary successor
description of wedding (F T Birchall); illus
Shocks, Erivan
Flint Alliance of non-strikers organized with G E Boysen, former mayor and Buick employe, as leader; resentment against out-of-town agitators grows; statement by Boysen on purposes of organization; 2 union men arrested during pitched battle with non-strikers outside Chevrolet plant; 8 injured; County Bar Assn condemns request for Judge Black's impeachment; strikers routed in march on jail
Unemployment in automotive plants of General Motors Corporation mounted slowly last night toward the 135,000 which William S. Knudsen, executive vice president, predicted would be out of work by the end of the week.
repts of German mil and commercial invasion of Spanish Morocco results in conf of French mil officials in Paris
strike statistics; co and union deadlocked on evacuation of plants; Gov Murphy and Dewey confer with Knudsen; co announces 3 more Chevrolet plants will have to close; cites number idle as result of sit-downs by small minorities; denies knowing Judge Black was stockholder and announces transfer of injunction proceedings to another judge
deadlock holds in 7th ballot; H Brownell, refusing to vote, asks compromise; Ives urged to quit; bolters see Murray demanding Ives's withdrawal; L Steingut, Dem, scores delay caused by rift
union temporarily drops demand for recognition as sole bargaining agency during conf with Gov Murphy; co unwilling to give written guarantee dies will not be removed from Fisher Body plant; Martin sees threat of violence in formation of Flint Alliance; says he will file charges of co's discrimination against union men with NLRB, citing specific case in Chevrolet plant; Cadillac-Fleetwood strike delayed pending results of conf negotiations
Germany rejects Anglo-French proposal for immediate ban on alien volunteers, out will support all non-intervention measures within London internatl com provided all other powers promise to do same; urges evacuation of foreign pol agitators as well as soldiers; German press comment; Italy delivers similar reply
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Plant shuts down because of strikes in auto industry