War at Home: Steel Strike Bloodshed Across Midwest
A CIO led strike against Republic Steel and two others triggers deadly clashes across six states. Six killed and many injured as 70,000 strikers clash with 2000 police and guards. Blockades, air drops, and disrupted supplies mark the violent confrontation as leaders demand a binding contract.
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Chicago
Republic Steel
Tom Girdler
France
CIO
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
U.S. Steel
Labor's Divided House and Global Labor Tensions
AFL and CIO clashed in rhetoric as Detroit laborers courted Ford workers. CIO plans a future strike to impact next model production while filing unfair labor practice charges against Ford. Edsel Ford subpoenaed in a related dispute as international labor talks continue. Mexico's oil contract talks with Lazaro Cardenas ended without agreement despite wage offers, sparking strikes. Illinois miners protest mechanization costs, and draegermen in Canada strike for higher wages after last year’s rescue.
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AFL
CIO
Detroit
Ford
Labor Board
Edsel Ford
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Nation faces storms with mixed news and crimes in 1937 reports
Storms caused 10 deaths and million dollars in damage in New Mexico and Oklahoma while a landslide killed 168 in Old Mexico. Floods hit La Junta Colorado and rail tracks washed away in Texas. Despite disasters, officials praised favorable agricultural outlook and farmers earned over 2.6 billion dollars in four months. A trio of robberies tied to a notorious gang, the Brady brothers, sparked fears of prison escapes as police hunt for suspects. The WCTU gathered in Washington with Ida B Wise Smith noting a joke on beer causing tunnel vision for drivers.
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New Mexico
Old Mexico
la Junta
Colo
Oklahoma
Texas
Sam
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Kans City Vote Plot Convictions Rise to 45
Five more persons were convicted for plotting to steal votes in Kansas City on November 3. Federal Judge Reeves condemned the influence and system behind the scheme as he declared his outrage at the broad, continuing effort.
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Kansas City
Reeves
Memorial Day Toll Tops Four Hundred In Weekend Crashes
The summary notes nearly 400 deaths during Memorial Day weekend with most being traffic related. It also cites Pennsylvania Governor Edrle wading into a river to rescue his dog, a Pittsburgh unveiling of a 500000 Stephen Foster memorial, multiple celebrity marriages, and the death of George F. Baker after an emergency appendectomy aboard his yacht.
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Pennsylvania
Edrle
Stephen Collins Foster
Pittsburgh
Colleen Moore
Homer Pe Hargrave
Chicago
Martha Raye
Hamilton Westmore
Bob Burns
Madelin Foster
Dora
Doris
Dorothy Zehr
Carthage
N. Y
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Pacific
Cryx
Germany
America
Jutland
Hitler
Munich
der Fuehrer
Berlin
Almeria
Spain
Deutschland
Destiny
Roosevelt
Flying Up to the Pole Aboard Drifting Ice
A fringe of Russian explorers report daily weather from drifting ice near the pole. They note the North Pole to Moscow temperature gap, depth measurements of 242 miles, and magnetic fluctuation data while radios falter but sunspot interference is blamed. They claim radio contact with Moscow remains possible.
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North Pole
Moscow
China
England
Russia
United States
Unhappy Landing Heroic acts during Hindenburg disaster
Albert Sammt navigated the Hindenburg crisis from a hospital bed testifying to investigators. He refused to release ballast water despite flames to keep the airship from delaying its descent, aiming to maximize survivors. Commander Rosendahl called his actions the most heroic.
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Hindenburg
Albert Sammt
Department of Commerce
Rosendahl
Lakehurst
50 Ton Planes Ready for Transatlantic Passenger Service
In Seattle six 50 ton planes are being built for Pacific to Atlantic routes and scheduled to be ready by fall. However Pan American and Imperial Airways plan to convert some clippers, remove passengers, add gas tanks and lab gear for exploratory flights.
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Pacific
Seattle
America
Pan-American
Britain
Imperial Airlines
Amelia Earhart Starts Second Around-The-World Trip
Amelia Earhart began another round the world flight from Miami with the same plane used in her earlier crash. She aimed east around the equator rather than west and paused in Venezuela on Wednesday as she continued this voyage for recreation.
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Amelia Earhart
Miami
Honolulu
Equator
Venezuela
Tax evasion drive and national planning in Roosevelt week
The article reports President Roosevelt pushing Congress for stronger anti evasion tax measures after a retired officer renounced citizenship to dodge taxes. Treasury chief Morgenthau exposes devices used by some to evade the tax system and Senate approval of a joint study committee. It also covers Norris's regional planning bill and a Supreme Court delay in PWA financed power plants, with Norris asserting justice delayed is justice denied.
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Roosevelt
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Congressional Committee
George” Norris
Nebraska
TVA
Norris
Supreme Court
PWA
Alabama
Iowa
Court Questions Roosevelt advisers over court action
The article reports mixed reactions among Roosevelt advisers after the court action. It notes debate over the Roosevelt judiciary reorganization bill and the administration’s push on tax power relief and wage laws. Congress moved to pass the $1.5 billion relief bill as a first term session closes.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Goebbels attacks clergy as Pope's broadcast looms
Goebbels denounces Catholic clerics and hints at a German church break with the Vatican while Pope Pius XII marks his 80th birthday and a world broadcast is canceled amid health and diplomatic tensions. The piece also notes Allied debates on Syria Alexandretta autonomy and Britain’s war debt denial in Parliament.
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Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Berlin
Alexandretta
Syria
Turkey
League of Nations
France
Saionji Chooses Konoye as Japan’s Next Premier
Elder statesman Saionji, veteran prime minister three times, selects his close ally Prince Fumimaro Konoye to lead after Premier Hayashi resigns at the request of nearly all politicians. Saionji, once famed for wearing Western dress in the imperial palace, remains influential in Tokyo politics.
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Kimmochi Saionji
Japan
Imperial
Saionji
Hirohito
Hayashi
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Firsts and fortunes from history and a jail night
Odd items recount rare collectors’ currency value and estate moves raising values of U S notes. Festival firsts at Golden Gate bridge amid a run and stunts lead to jail nights. Buffalo Judge Keller questions President Roosevelt’s authority on Supreme Court vacancies citing constitutional vacancy methods.
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Hetty Green
United States
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Patrick J. Keller
Buffalo
N. Y
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Germany Fights and Nonintervention Tensions Rise in Spain
In 1937 coverage recalls the Deutschland bombing near Ibiza and the Spanish conflict's impact on neutrality policy. The episode spurs a new plan for unified sea patrols and safety zones as Britain Italy and France weigh guarantees and risks.
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Spain
Ibiza
Mediterranean
Kiza
Germany
Italy
England
Berlin
Spanish
Eden
London
International Navy
Rotary and medical groups announce events in multiple cities
Coming up events include Rotary International congress in Nice France American Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City a sun eclipse in the South Pacific wings over Virginia in Richmond and a Texas Pan American exposition in Dallas plus a hayfever association convention in Richmond Indiana.
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Rotary International Congress
Nice
France
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
South Pacific
Virginia
Richmond
Dallas
Tex
Hayfever Association of America
Ind
Goering and Murphy Speak on Respect and Violence
Quotes from Colonel General Goering and Governor Murphy discuss respect as essential, while condemning force and violence as easy but dangerous methods that threaten disputants and government alike.
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General Goering
Germany
Murphy
Michigan
Duke of Windsor and Wallis wed in France amid royal reshuffle
The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield married in France. George VI barred any wife or descendants from bearing the title Royal Highness. Stanley Baldwin receives a knighthood and Dame Grand Cross for Lady Baldwin, while Windsor gains a minister despite church opposition.
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Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
France
George VI
Stanley Baldwin
Wally
Lady Baldwin
Windsor
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