Coronation Glitters Plan for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
England's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will ride in a golden coach from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for a religious coronation ceremony. The event features the Kohinoor diamond the Black Prince's ruby and the Star of Africa with a detailed radio timetable from 4 a. m. to a 2 p. m. broadcast lasting about two hours.
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England
George VI
Elizabeth
Kohinoor
Canterbury
Ige VI
George V
United States
Crown
Archbishop of
West
Mary
Marlborough House
George
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Merrill and Lambie Set New Atlantic Record Flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie completed a New York to Essex England flight in 20 hours 31 minutes aboard a Lockheed twin motor plane. The journey established a new Atlantic record for New York to the British Isles with an average speed of 160 miles per hour.
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New York
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Essex
England
Atlantic
British Isles
Merrill
Lambie
Oriental Scientists Watch Mercury for Signs of Life
U P dispatch reports a rare Mercury transit tangent to the sun observed in parts of the world as scientists seek to detect any atmosphere. Naval Observatory staff missed the event due to night in the Western Hemisphere. Photographs from Australia Asia and Africa may help decide if Mercury could host life.
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Naval Observatory
Australia
Asia
Africa
Mercury
Owens Named CIO Regional Director in Ohio Move
John Owens, president of Ohio Mine Workers, is appointed CIO regional director and will call a state convention to form a central labor body. The move aims to organize 250 000 Ohio workers across CIO and allied unions, with Owens continuing as head of 30 000 miners. Readied unions include Miners Iron Tin and Steel Rubber Automobile Textile Oil Field and others.
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Columbus
U.P
John Owens
Ohio Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Owens
CIO
Ohio
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
International Ladies Garment Workers
Supply Bill Approved by House Appropriations Committee
The House appropriations committee favorably reported a 115 million interior department supply bill. It comes in 4.7 million below budget estimates and allocates 54.34 million for public works projects.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Jones Triplet Boys Named Franklin Delano and Velk in Longview
In Longview Texas a Negro mother Lilie Mae Jones gave birth to triplet boys on Saturday. The newborns are named Franklin Delano and Velk.
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Longview
Tex
Lilie Mae Jones
Franklin, Delano and
Velt
Utilities Companies Ask Right To Merge
A joint application was filed with the State Public Utilities Commission by the Columbus Railway Power and Light Co. Southern Ohio Electric Co. and Adams County Power and Light Co. to merge into the Columbus Company as the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. The consolidation would reduce the Columbus company capital from 28 388 193 to 20 881 393 with the merged debt and capitalization. Death and injuries from a separate Columbus crash were reported.
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Columbus—U.p
State Public Utilities Commission
Columbus Railway Power and Light Co
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Adams County Power and Light Co
Columbus Company
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Southern
Adams
Counter Attack Gives Bilbao Breathing Spell
Basque troops on a 12 mile front counter attacked under darkness and rain, pushing back Gen Emilio Mola's Nationalist army and giving Bilbao a breathing spell. Madrid reports 55 killed and 130 wounded in a seven hour bombardment, with Bilbao seeking more help from Valencia Santander and Gijon before it is too late. The Basque offensive marks the first since Jose Antonio Aguirre assumed command of Basque forces.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Bilbao
Valencia
Santander
Gijon
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Hold Withers Funeral on Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Samuel L. Withers aged 78 who died at his home after a short illness will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Methodist Protestant Church. Burial will be in the local cemetery. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs Eva Trout and Mrs James Stedman both of New Marshfield. He spent his life in the community.
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New Marshfield
Samuel L. Withers
Withers
Eva Trout
James Stedman
Mrs Norton Sent To California Jail For Mail Fraud
Mrs Violet Wells Norton, an English woman who claimed Clark Gable wooed her, was sentenced by Federal Judge George Cosgrave to a year in Orange County jail for mail fraud. She denounced the ruling as disgraceful and reacted with rage at the courtroom.
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Hollywood
U.P
Clark Gable
Violet Wells Norton
Secretary weighs ban on needless trans Atlantic hops
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson says he is considering banning "unnecessary stunt" ocean flights like Dick Merrill’s London hop and Amelia Earhart’s globe circling project. He argues such races could delay scheduled commercial Atlantic service.
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Washington
U.P
J. Monroe Johnson
London
Dick Merrill
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
New Dealers Planning Broad New Monopoly Legislation
Washington sources report the New Deal will back broad laws to curb monopoly and enforce federal regulation across industries. The bill, delayed to the next Congress, aims to test federal powers in the Aluminum Company of America case and may link to substitute NRA legislation while separating wage and hour rules from industrial regulation.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Aluminum Company of America
NRA
Funeral Services Halt Zeppelin Investigation
Investigation into the Hindenburg disaster paused as survivors German diplomats and U S officers prepare for funeral services for 23 of 35 victims. Coffins draped with flags move to Hamburg American Line Pier for rites at 5 p m EST before transport to Germany.
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New York
U. S. Army
Navy
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg
Germany
Rising Temperature and Rain Forecast for Tuesday through Wednesday
Warmer and cloudier conditions are expected Tuesday night with showers on Wednesday and cooler temperatures that evening. Monday’s noon readings showed the lowest maximum this month, while last night’s low fell to 30 degrees, the coldest since April 25. At noon today the temperature rose past 63 degrees, reaching into the high sixties.
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Mercury
Solons Likely To Be Called Back June 15
Columbus U P Members of the 92nd Ohio General Assembly expect a special session on June 15 to pass an appropriations bill for current and next year. The legislature adjourned after a one day session, with many bills dying or awaiting votes. Speaker Frank Aible and Sen. Keith Lawrence signed 119 bills sent to Gov. Davey for action.
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Solons
Columbus
U.P
92Nd
Ohio General Assembly
House
Senate
Ohio Assembly
Frank Aible
Cuyahoga
Keith Lawrence
Davey
Ohio Coal Conference Opens in Columbus
The sixth annual Ohio Coal Conference convenes in Columbus for three days with expected record attendance. Key speakers include J. Paul Timmerman of Lima, Leo Dunning of Youngstown, W. G. Davis and Walter Mackey of Columbus, Marc Bluth of Chicago, A. F. Arbury of Detroit, and T. P. Kearns of Columbus.
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Columbus
Aupi
The
Ohio Coal Conference, Inc
O. W. Wiswell
J. Paul ‘Timmerman
Lima
Leo Dunning
Youngstown
W. G. Davis
Walter Mackey
Marc Bluth
Chicago
A. F. Arbury
Detroit
T. P. Kearns
Movie Craft Unions Plan Nationwide Hollywood Boycott
Hollywood union leaders call a nation wide boycott of films within a week. Charles Lessing, head of the strikers federation, says 340000 workers will form picket lines before theaters nationwide today and 2000000 total may join the action.
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Hollywood
U.P
Charles Lessing
Strikers’ Federation
Edward Is Still Your Royal Highness Bride To Be
Edward and Wallis Warfield await their wedding in Monts France with plans for June 1 or 2. Mrs Warfield has legally resumed her maiden name while the Duke maintains royal reserve. Guests address him as Your Royal Highness and she as Sir in greeting, with formal curtseys observed.
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Edward
Monts
France
UPR
London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Chateau
Charlies Bedaux
Herman L. Rogers
Missing Ruth Baumgardner Seen Hitch Hiking
A private detective pursuing the Ruth Baumgardner disappearance at Ohio Wesleyan University received a report of a girl matching her description hitchhiking with a young man near Zanesville. Miss Baumgardner left Austin Hall last Tuesday night and was last seen in brown attire with a brown hat and low-heeled shoes.
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Delaware
U.P
Ruth Elizabeth Baumgardner
Ohio Wesleyan University
Zanesville
Edward Hieghle
Earick
Miss Baumgardner
Austin Hall
Man Confesses Stolen Car Drift To Aid Ailing Father
Harold Hirsch 23 of Columbus says he stole a car in February in Chattanooga to hurry to his dying father in Columbus. He was arrested February 15 near Coolville, held in Athens County Jail, and sentenced to two years in a correctional institution. Judge Mel G Underwood also handed one year and a day terms to three liquor offenders. Several others pleaded guilty or not guilty to liquor indictments.
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Harold Hirsch
Columbus
Mel G. Underwood
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hirsch
Coolville
Athens County
Underwood
Robert Nutter
New Straitsville
Jack H. Johnson
R. BD
Nelsonville
Harry Stobbs
Haskell Jones
Mildred Jones
Leslie F. Worden
John W. Miller
Harold Hoskins
Orval Coleman
George W. Moore
Cecil O. Smith
Jackson
Quarrel Left Man Shot In Portsmouth Hospital
Louis Bryant 35, farmer of Peebles Ohio portsmouth hospital in critical condition after bullet wound during a quarrel with his brother George 21 the shooting reported by police authorities.
Roosevelt Ends Vacation in Galveston Texans
Roosevelt's 11 day spring vacation ends in Galveston with a brief official entertainment program.
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Roosevelt
Galveston
Tex
U.P
George VI Pledges Father’s Work as Crowds Readied for Coronation
George VI opened coronation week promising to carry on his father’s work for the empire as Buckingham Palace hosted dominion prime ministers and colonial representatives. Crowds thronged London while security tightened and the ceremony’s stage managers watched nervously for a flawless crown.
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George VI
Edward
Webb Miller
United Press
United Press London
U.P
Duke of Windsor
Buckingham Palace
India
Capitol Sit-Down Case To Go to Jury Today
Five relief sitdowners charged with inciting to riot and creating a nuisance faced jury deliberations in Columbus after the defense finished its case. Prosecutors said the eviction followed Gov. Davey’s rejected soup kitchen plan.
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Capitol
Columbus
U.P
Davey
State House
AFL Urges Roosevelt Act To Curb Living Costs
The American Federation of Labor asks President Roosevelt to appoint a presidential commission to begin federal regulation of living costs. In a monthly survey the federation accuses price profiteers of treason and links price hikes to high unemployment. It calls for joint labor action and a plan to control prices as an initial step.
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AFL
Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor Today
Federation
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Ohio Wesleyan
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James W. Gerard
Queen Mary
Queen Maud
Norway
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